Robert Farley

They talked about McDonalds at length!

Part of Trump’s mass appeal (and of why he’s so dangerous) is that he really seems to share Joe Barstool’s worldview that there are no complex problems: Everything has a simple brute solution, which previous leaders were somehow too stupid or weak to deploy.

“Like all of our dreams come true at the Quality Garden Suites” is a line that few with less gravitas could have delivered.

Bateman has lived on acting money for as long as he’s lived, which makes Cox’s critique particularly poignant.

And there’s a lot of depth here because Cox takes as a point of pride that he’s indifferent to the prestige of a job; he’s a working actor, which is to say he acts for money.

The David Harbour moment isn’t imaginary. He’s extraordinary in certain kinds of roles. I know he’s had it rough but he deserves this success.

And unsurprisingly he’s a genuinely fantastic director. He did the first two eps of Outsider which are absolutely amazing.

In the latest Smartless Brian Cox laid into Bateman for being unwilling to take risks and he wasn’t wrong: Even in Ozark and Black Rabbit Bateman would not let loose.

Jason Bateman has had the most unique Hollywood career in that he has consistently gotten better at his job for a good solid 40 years.

No. Conducting multilateral exercises is a standard operating procedure for most navies. Nothing special, nothing that conveys immunity.

No. From the US POV there is no confirmation that the ship is unarmed. And under LOAC it literally does not matter; unarmed warships aren’t that uncommon and you can’t immunize a warship by removing the ammunition.

By the way I find it hilarious that Trump is intervening in a GOP House primary while a general election that is likely to put the House firmly in Democratic hands is staring him in the face.

Something Wicked this Way Comes x.com/lex18news/st...

all of this talk about the young male loneliness crisis, but when someone ACTUALLY

The Sinking of Iris Dena: It’s time to Revisit The Law of Armed Conflict Claims that the sinking of the Iranian ship by the US Navy represents a ‘strategic embarrassment’ for India are matters of opinion rather than conclusions grounded in international law.

LOAC and the sinking of IRIS Dena sundayguardianlive.com/editors-choi...

Security Alert: Security Alert – U.S. Embassy Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – March 8, 2026 – Update 1  - U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Saudi Arabia

American employees of the US diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia have reportedly been told to leave the country under mandatory departure orders issued by the State Department which has publicly told Americans there to strongly consider departing the kingdom. sa.usembassy.gov/security-ale...

To be clear, the DoD does not actually want your good for nothing kids, we love the AVF, this administration just says crazy shit. They just thought this would sound cool as part of their "nothing is off the table" talking point.

Dozens killed as Israeli special forces raid Lebanese village in search of 40-year-old remains Overnight, one Israeli operation saw at least 41 people killed and 40 injured, according to the Lebanese health ministry.

Pretty serious allegation here. "Witnesses told the BBC that the Israeli soldiers had arrived disguised in Lebanese military fatigues and used ambulances with signs of Hezbollah's Islamic Health Organization."
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I’m still enough of a realist to not get my panties in a bunch about the Russians supporting Iran.

Like, we’ve facilitated the killing of almost half a million Russians in the past four years. For an entirely just cause, yes, but I don’t begrudge them being a bit miffed about it.

'Eve Of Destruction' I guess now we know for a certain that the United States was responsible for the bombing in Iran that killed as many as 170 people, mostly school girls, during the initial hours of our military campai...

"The fact that there were only four countries with confirmed US ambassadors - out of the 14 countries told to evacuate American citizens after the war began - tells you all you need to know about this administration’s incompetence and lack of professionalism."
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I believe that there are people at the Pentagon who were dismayed… but this is almost trivially true since I strongly suspect wide swaths of the Pentagon and the uniformed services think this war is stupid.

I don’t think that’s true because our Secretary of Defense, excuse me, War literally said on live television how refreshing and cool it was to have an ally who didn’t abide by targeting restrictions.

Bessner is a lot closer to Yarvin than he’d like to think, although of course Yarvin would be happy to murder Bessner along with all the liberals that Bessner hates.

This is why Red-Brown alliances don’t work?

TBH some folks at Quincy quite literally share the view that regimes like the Islamic Republic and the DPRK would not exist without the influence of US foreign policy, although they’d define the “left” differently.

Since people are rediscovering "clobbering" of cruise missiles, let me explain: Tomahawks use "terrain contour matching" (TERCOM) to find their way to targets. For reasons, about 1-2% of Tomahawks "clobber" -- get lost and fly into the ground -- en route to target.

Anti-War Musician Country Joe McDonald, Dead at 84 McDonald played the Anti-Vietnam War “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag” at Woodstock.

Bad time to lose Country Joe McDonald www.vulture.com/article/coun...

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live Otezla - SNL

“Nine out of ten dermatologists recommend Otezla. The tenth dermatologist carved a bunch of numbers into a wall and then shot himself.” youtu.be/_3QMSVD_PoY

I’m like, It was YOU, bro! You were one of the worst offenders!