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I have mixed feeling about these. When I think of a regular bike with a little pedal assist it seems like overkill and almost cruel. But at the high end there’s little distinction between e-bikes and motorcycles anymore, so yeah.
Here it’s become a problem with kids too young to drive having the throttle based bikes, even though NY requires you to be 16 to ride them.
General Mattis:
“Iran right now, if we declared victory, they would now say they own the strait,” Mattis said during the CERAweek by S&P Global conference. “You’d see a tax for every ship that goes through.”
“We’re in a tough spot, ladies and gentlemen,” Mattis said. “I can’t identify a lot of options.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/23/mattis-ending-iran-war-now-cede-hormuz-00841109
Anything you’re hearing about a controller shortage is BS.
That seems to be a very rare - bordering on eccentric - opinion. People inside and outside the organization and multiple administrations have said otherwise consistently for years. There have even been congressional hearings about it.
Shelter in place order is in effect while they figure out ‘the nature’ of it. I assume that means whether it was an act of war or just an industrial accident.
Back to the point from the Economist piece about both sides having maximalist demands.
WSJ: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, responding to mediation efforts, is demanding firm guarantees the war will not restart, a halt to Israeli strikes on Hezbollah, the shutdown of U.S. bases in the Gulf, and compensation for its losses.
I'm just glad they called me in first. Imagine seeing the hygienist after she just got through picking human flesh out of his teeth.
