and a letter to colleague, speaker of the house nancyhe pelosi gushedsi over what wasen happening, saying we ve been moved by how many have channeled their righteous anger into meaningful actionn. they even got support from the white house. these activists posted a map with the home addresses of supreme court justices.is is that the kind of thingp the president wants to help your side make their point? look, they think the president s viewiew is that there s a lot of passion. deputyf white house press secretary andrew bates tried to kind of clean that upea earlier today tweeting psaki never encouraged people to protest outside p justice s homt and providing a transcript in which he highlights psakidinl saying protests have been t peaceful to date, but he didn t include the whole part. so i knowwpart that there s an outrage right now, i guess,ue about protests that have been peaceful to date and wey certainly continue to encourage that outside judge s home one angle recogni
Just this past week the prc vessels acted dangerously and unlawfully as our philippine friends conducted a Routine Resupply Mission in that your own, their own exclusive Economic Zone in the South China Sea. I want to be clear, very clear, the United States defense commitment to the philippines is iron clad, is iron clad. Any attack on the filipino Aircraft Vessels or armed forces will invoke the Mutual Defense Treaty with the philippines. And mr. Prime minister, today we renewed our commitment to defend the values that are at the heart of this alliance. And we continue to stand as one to forge a Better Future for both of us and all the region. So, i want to thank you again for being here. Thank you for your partnership and your leadership in this critical moment. And i would like to now turn it over to you. Well, thank you very much, mr. President. Australia and the United States have stood together for more than a century and it is indeed a great honor for me to stand alongside my fr
yes, i agree. i a very happy wednesday, everybody so every now and then you see something that captures why things everywhere seem to be falling apart these days . you know, not just that i m talking about a theory called chesterton s fence. the rule of chesterton s fans never destroy a fence, change a rule, or do away with a tradition until you understand why it was there in the first place. i would also removing your implants. wow. dead crowd. snyder drew a lot of implants. yeah, but that s good advice on par with don t where you eat. which is why joe biden no longer has lunch in the oval office. you don t deserve that joke. but g.k. chesterton rule goes to the heart of all this chaos. many social constructs that have held things together really come down to fences, metaphorical and literal fences and rules backed by western values that help preserve order and make for a good life. it wasn t perfect, but was a hell of a lot better than the alternatives offered by dict