Matthew Shadle

They rename him the Secretary of WAR and now he's like "No, no, what we're doing isn't WAR it's something else!"

One reason this is so absurd is that, taken seriously, this would *also*
mean that Iran was justified in striking US targets because they could reasonably anticipate that the US would attack *them*.

So… Arroz con carne molida.

Oh no

Oh no

Same.

What even is a “crazy regime” these days? Flouting international law? Threatening your neighbors?

Potentially setting up the craziest possible outcome…

“Turns out you can just kill bad people and everything is fine” - Gavrilo Princip

The Kingdom of Jordan right now:

The Kingdom of Jordan right now:

The thing about war is the other side has a say, too.

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I think he might be shoehorning his concept of “Augustinian radicalism” from this essay into his analysis of Balthasarians. All the people mentioned there have very strong views on the natural desire for the supernatural but are not Balthasarians.
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This is nuts.

🤔

I think they learned the wrong lesson from Iraq…

Blowing things up, kidnapping and killing foreign leaders, is good because it's Doing. Considering the consequences of Doing would be Thinking, which is weak and woke

“Hi, it’s me, the guy who blew up the last group of guys I was negotiating with. Would you all be willing to get together, ideally in a compact room above ground under good cloud conditions at daytime to talk this over?”

Post See new posts Conversation Laura Rozen @lrozen · 2h From US admin official background briefing recording listening to, seriously question if US negotiators understood what Iranians were proposing. One official keeps saying acronym for “IAEA” wrong. They seem astonished Iran would not agree to the US supplying them nuclear fuel Laura Rozen @lrozen · 2h They took as suspicious proposals that Iran saw as concessionary. Laura Rozen @lrozen · 2h Explains why Oman FM tried to come to DC to explain what US negotiators may not have fully understood Laura Rozen @lrozen Am not saying what Iran proposed would have been enough, I dont know, but it seems US negotiators did not have the expert guidance to understand it correctly

On top of all the reporting that this war of aggression was planned well in advance, it seems that the reporting also indicates that the US political leadership are quite literally too stupid to understand basic diplomacy. I mean literally not smart enough.

Also it’s not Catholic!

Not least coming in a distant fourth place and yet lecturing everyone else on what was wrong with their campaigns!

that's not how wars work but okay

Grok said so!

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She’s been released 🙏🏽

The Conference of Catholic Bishops is... not playing around in this brief.

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Top Trump campaign aide identified as key individual in classified docs indictment: Sources Susie Wiles, a top adviser on Donald Trump's 2024 campaign, is among the individuals identified in the classified documents indictment against him, sources tell ABC News.

[6] "Susie Wiles, one of Trump's most trusted advisers leading his second reelection effort, is the individual singled out in Smith's indictment as the 'PAC Representative' who Trump is alleged to have shown a classified map."

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What is Daffy listening to?

Tensions have risen between the firm and the Pentagon in recent weeks over how Anthropic’s AI was applied during the raid to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Defense officials responded swiftly, suggesting that if Anthropic did not allow the Pentagon to apply the AI as it wants to, within lawful limits, the company would be considered a supply-chain risk, costing it and any firm subcontracting its AI future business opportunities.

At the Tuesday meeting, Hegseth went further, saying Anthropic could be subject to the Defense Production Act — which enables the government to gain control of firms and their products — in the name of national security. The DPA was used during the covid pandemic to address medical supply shortfalls.

“Make killer robots for us or we’ll take over your company, steal your secrets, and make them anyway.”