Ron Hitchens

They should play the Bennie Hill theme music when these morons are on.

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed - Wikipedia

I think they're so far up their own asses and cushioned by their money and privilege that they simply don't now how the Real World™ works.

They swan about in a flurry of sycophants and everything seems fine to them because they only get positive feedback.

See the book Collapse, by Jared Diamond.

Kill Decision - Wikipedia

I don't pay for the WSJ anymore, so I didn't read this piece.

But I have read the novel Kill Decision (2012) by @daniel-suarez.com. It's about swarming drones, AI, future warfare, and much, much more.

Not exactly a happy story, but though-provoking and a bit terrifying. As are all his novels.

Just imagine Trump trying to ad-lib something like this.

It would be cringe, creepy and wildly inappropriate. Like everything else he does.

Well duh.

The war law doesn't apply because it's not war, it's cold blooded murder.

No way Donald Trump wrote that tweet. Except maybe the last sentence.

JD Vance seems to be under the impression that he's being clever in some way.

No, he's just a hopeless, charisma-free doofus.

I just hope she gets sole custody of the kids in the inevitable messy divorce.

Wait what? Canada is the one being rude and dismissive?

Has this Hassett dude ever met a Canadian?

Someone suggested that when the Dems take the next Congress, that they should refuse to swear in Johnson for the same number of says as Grijalva had to wait.

That would be rather petty.

But they should at least delegate Rep Grijalva to swear Mike Johnson in. Just to rub his nose in it.

I thought Noem said they were only arresting drug dealers and violent gang members.

How exactly is Jose hauling a load of TVs to a warehouse endangering the American Way of Life?

AGAIN, he puts the candy ON the kids.

Trump doesn't even know how Halloween works.

Yeah. Even though that's probably a form letter response for people writing in about his cancer diagnosis, he (and his staff) still make the effort to offer a kind response. Like normal, caring people.

I fled to England with my family 15 years ago. Not because I'm Nostradamus – I had a career opportunity.

But I'm glad I did and that my kids grew up in a place with no guns, universal free heath care, quality schools, shitty weather, etc.

Hold it together America. Please.

Little known fact: for us old white boomer democrats, sucking is actually optional.

Go forth and proudly don't suck.

Perhaps. Whatever gets him gone is good in my book. Then we deal with the next horror show.

That's what I mean, without DJT the circus breaks up into warring freak shows.

And I'm saying DJT is likely to die, become incapacitated or say/do something so egregious that he must be removed before the end of next year. Playing with nukes might qualify.

Then things will get REALLY weird.

The causative association between years of intra-veinous heroin use is not sufficient to say it definitely causes extreme delusions and narcissistic behavior. But it is very suggestive.

I think the 25th, if it happens, will be well before Nov 2026.

Trump's mental and physical states are declining fast. I don't think he survives next year.

He could go barking mad, stroke out, try to nuke LA, something.

Of course, the 25th means we get JD, but everyone hates him, even the GOP.

Yeah, $20k for a janky first-gen robot that lets some unknown person/corporation see & hear you, and explore your house, even when you're asleep or away. Sure.

It's an excellent way for criminals to case the houses of families that buy expensive toys. Bribe an operator or hack into the system.

Hello? The 25th Amendment is sitting right there. Anyone? Anyone?

And where did Dr Oz get that $13 number?

From his butt? He pulled it out of his butt didn't he?

What could possibly go wrong?

Did he have another minor stroke in the middle of posting that?

Based on Musk's observed behavior, I think the breeding machine thing is the way he wants to go.

I'm an American and naturalized Brit. Musk can please fuck off and stop screwing with both my countries.

The real question is how did a bag of cement in human form like Tuberville ever become a US Senator?

Oh, you upgraded to the new model. Cool.

Hours before this he was bragging about how he supposedly aced a cognitive exam.