@GovTimWalz should read up on the use case from 1957 where Orval Faubus called up the National Guard to “Keep the peace” with the real purpose of preventing public school integration for nine black students. It didn’t go as planned. Eisenhower federalized them & deployed

Walz is aware that once he activates the National Guard-for his stated objective-that Trump can federalize them and take command, right? Walz is alluding to using National Guard to obstruct federal agents from carrying out their lawful duties.

The “American Dream” is looking a lot like buying a home in Japan for $30k-$65k. I’m seriously thinking of just buying a home there for visiting a few times a year since you can find such low prices.

Greenland has 56,000 people. What if we just gave them all $1,000,000 each and called it a day? Their average annual salary is $40,000. I’d imagine that they’d vote to be part of America if they could get 25 years of salary tax free.

My sleep schedule is so off right now. How do people get used to the time difference from Asia?

Has anyone done a safety check on Sean Penn yet to see if he’s ok after the news of his friend being arrested?

I was speaking with someone over in Japan & they mentioned concern over Palantir & its role along with its CEO’s statements. I corrected them as to what Palantir actually does(lots of doom myth) & told them Karp is exceptional & a deep thinking philosopher. Originally they

Chinese diplomats in Venezuela right now who had dinner with Maduro a few hours earlier.

This is the worst part of any international trip. Now it’s a puzzle on how to make everything fit and what to throw away (clothes/etc)

Well, I guess I wrapped up the trip here in Japan with a few good bottles @octal Like, Yamazaki 18 and Hibiki 21.

No Nihinto today. Apparently I just came to Tokyo at the wrong time of the year for swords. Everything is closed for the holidays until after I’m back in California. So, I went to go look at cute cat girls in Shibuya.

While trying to tear JD Vance down, the left didn’t know what sort of beast they were creating. This will destroy them.

Akihabara is an interesting place. I see how you could get excited about all of the shops if you’re into anime and cards.

You can even get a highball @kane Why does that seem unthinkable at a Dennys in America?

Dennys is different in Japan. This seems a little more upscale than America ⁦@DennysDiner⁩

Happy New Year from Japan! I’m two and a half hour late but I just got back to my hotel.

And they have adorable little totes here which I promptly filled up with a Gateau and other goodies.

As soon as I got back into Tokyo I introduced a friend from work(also happens to be visiting) to the wonders of Dandelion at the ⁦@DandelionChoco⁩ Tokyo cafe I ordered an array of things for them to try for the full experience. The staff was very nice The S’more is great