Matthew Downhour

Everything is too stupid and horrible. Don’t let me post tomorrow

Exactly. Which is like maybe 5% the challenge Iran is

‘We’ll bomb them so hard they can’t launch any rockets’ has been tried many times, though never on this scale, and to my knowledge never successfully

Ambitious maybe too positive. This is the biggest quagmire we’ve dipped our toes in

Population wise, Iran probably the biggest country we’ve ever bombed right (if you don’t count occupied territories?)

Weird it’s like countries dependent on Qatari LNG are not gonna have a good time

I think you’ve got to bear in mind that this is the most ambitious air-sea only campaign that the U.S. has initiated probably ever. There is no precedent for this working and not even much of a theory for how it should

Ironically, the ostensibly iconoclastic foreign policy of Donald the Dove has led to....the absolute victory of The Blob

Because слава Україні

Tucker Carlson, Quincy Institute, Candace Owens, and millions of others just experienced the completion of this seven year plan

Do not let the cosplay crusaders and assorted Islamophobes pass the blame to Israel. This is a group project and they were no less excited for it than the Israeli hawks

This is an exceptionally good article and thread by Paul Rosenberg of Salon, writing in Liberal Currents, my new favorite magazine. In a short space, Rosenberg synthesizes some of the most important recent research on conservatism to explain the Great Replacement theory and its role.🧵
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The past couple years and especially last couple days seem to suggest that IFF protocols for air defense are a place where some improvement could yield some meaningful dividends

“Trump’s voters didn’t vote for this”

Really? The didn’t vote for the guy who killed Qasem Suleimani and is obviously now losing his mental faculties? They didn’t vote for him? Then they are not Trump voters

"The Israelis dragged us to war" is basically like letting Helmuth von Moltke the Younger get away with saying that the Austro-Hungarians dragged Germany into WW1. Sure, von Hötzendorf was an anti-Serb hawk, but you also wrote the memo on why Russia *had to be attacked* in the next decade.

For one thing, ground turkey is maybe 25% cheaper, and of all your grains rice is probably the least protein rich

Pathological hatred for Muslims is deeply engrained in a lot of US political cultures and it’s a big part of what enabled this, and also why I doubt we put any effort into a new regime even if one arises

Do not let the cosplay crusaders and assorted Islamophobes pass the blame to Israel. This is a group project and they were no less excited for it than the Israeli hawks

Having a hard time believing anything with ground beef is your best $/protein/calorie combo

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On Wednesday I will start as Director of Strategy and Impact at the Progress and Poverty Institute (@pandpinst.bsky.social) , which is dedicated to advancement of Land Value Tax and other Georgist ideas!

War personified as Mars: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=war+personified&title=Special%3AMediaSearch&type=image

"Now, warfare is the negation of association. ... warfare, thus checks improvement... Where this power of peaceable association is broken up, either by external assaults or internal dissensions, the advance ceases and retrogression begins." -Henry George

lol someone else made this years ago when he was running for president (I think it’s the beard off the duck dynasty guy!)

Marco Rubio with a beard

Scoop: Trump said to favor relative unknown Mahmud Rubiami as post-war ruler of Iran

So funny that so many disengaged voters were like “well I don’t love Trump but he did bring gas prices down, respect the troops, and end wars” when none of those things were true and now, (gestures at the world)

How is this our whole plan

Pedro Sánchez continúa su carrera como el único líder mundial que actúa convincentemente como si le importara defender un orden mundial basado en reglas.

Justice personified as a woman with scales in a painting https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Painting_of_justice_in_the_M%C3%BCnchner_Residenz.jpg

"To command charity as a substitute for justice, is indeed something akin in essence to those heresies, condemned by your predecessors, that taught that the Gospel had superseded the law, and that the love of God exempted men from moral obligation." -HG

Mckinney gave a speech at the ‘Multipolarity Forum” in Moscow 2024 if you’re wondering if this should surprise you (it should not)

Rybar but for the U.S.

“Iraqi militiaman” has got to be just the worst job. You’re the most disposable cannon fodder in any regional conflict, and as a reward multiple regional powers have an interest in ensuring your country never overcomes its dysfunctional (lest the supply of cannon fodder dry up)