#multidimensional chess

[marlinspirkhall]

This is actually much simpler than I anticipated, but I'm furious to learn that I should have been saying "Spock moved the attack board" in fics this whole time.

[virtus-vincit-omnia]

[lemkin]

Mr. Boehner may face just as much risk as Mr. Obama, if not more. He has promised his more conservative members that he will extract significant concessions from the Democrats before he agrees to an increase in the debt limit. A White House that was willing to play hardball could put him to the test, and perhaps cause a substantial loss of face.[...] If Mr. Obama is a good poker player, he’ll know not to disregard Mr. Boehner’s earlier rhetoric, which gave away the vulnerability of his hand. And he’ll recognize Mr. Boehner’s more recent and more confident rhetoric for what it is: the oldest “tell” in the poker book, a show of strength betraying the ultimate weakness of his position.

Nate Silver Mr. Obama is most decidedly not a good poker player.