Captain America's super power is that he creates an aura that causes petty thugs to curse like they're on network TV instead of saying "shit"
Like if you want to be mad because it's bad policy have at it. It is bad policy! But it's pretty minimally important bad policy, and the politics I'd rate as "mildly good to neutral"
Right, it's all upside if Republicans block it. And if Republicans want to do it they didn't really need Dems' permission.
I feel like it's a waste to ship Whirlwind off to distract Cap in a crossover when Jan is the leader of the Avengers in the main story.
It's 18 cents a gallon! It's not like it's going to have a meaningful impact anyway! People are hyperventilating about basically nothing.
The Dardanelles and Bosporus are surely up there. If you ever read anything about diplomatic history they're often just called "The Straits" as though there aren't any others.
The Bosporus and Dardanelles are just "The Straits" in a lot of historiography, so I think they're #1.
Yes, this is true, quite possible the kids were giving him nothing.
I don't think that's been confirmed, but it is a theory that fits with known facts.
oh right, also Winston's daughter. I was thinking of the Duchess of Marlborough.
Let's have a German official named Otto von Bismarck while we're at it.
The British spy's name is "Sarah Churchill"?
It's a pointless gesture that won't do anything, so you're not giving them anything.
If they have no interest in doing it they will shoot it down. And if they want to do it they'd be able to get seven Dem votes because Dems blocking it gives them an issue to beat up Dems about
Ha, was just watching Darkest Hour where there's that bit where Churchill is defending the Dardanelles campaign.
How is it bailing them out? Either they'll shoot it down or they could just do it themselves
Either Republicans were going to do this anyway, in which case it is no cost to Democrats to propose it first, or else they are going to shoot it down, which is good politics for Democrats. No harm no foul either way.
Caine seems to be very purposefully trying not to say anything of substance, I don't know that we can infer anything about his private sense of what's going on from this bit of word salad.
Trump's not trying to do anything. He is incapable of trying to do anything as subtle as desensitizing people.
I think people like him generally wanted Clinton to win. Would have been much easier for the Republican project.
Well they are also appointed, no?
I don't know if he's a Nazi but I'm absolutely unwilling to give him the slightest benefit of a doubt that he's not as long as he's lying about it.
Besides the "why is Durbin praising this?" part, I feel like Trump getting back on the "Governor of Canada" thing suggests he's bored and frustrated with the whole Iran war thing and is going back to an old favorite?
Anyway, I just gave $50 to Mills. Fuck this
"It seems like the people of Maine just love him and can forgive his slightly questionable tattoo, and also it's extremely clear three months ahead of the primary that Mills is drawing dead and can't possibly win. It gives me no.plrasure to report this." Shut up.
The pretended disinterest while conveying Platner talking points is so maddening. The only reason not to be hammering Platner right now is because you want him to win.
I would oppose this Nazi but the decision of the Democrat Party Establishment to run a lady who is old has unfortunately forced me to support him. What do you want from me?
No cordon sanitaire on the left, apparently. Much more important to get revenge on the greatest villain in American history, <s>Janet Mills</s> Chuck Schumer, than to oppose literal Nazis. Thanks guys. 🫡
He was making an important statement against the genocidal anti-Palestinian policies of the US government, probably.
Schlossberg is a millennial.
