If a Trump Administration official says x, assume the opposite. Especially if they say it unprompted.
My favorite WWII story is in 1940 when Goring assured Molotov in Berlin, using facts and figures, that Britain was defeated. “Then why are we in this shelter, and whose bombs are falling?” Molotov asked, as British planes pounded the capital.
“Can we ring the bells backward? Can we unlearn the arts that pretend to civilize, and then burn the world? There is a march of science; but who shall beat the drums for its retreat?”
I really despise the offices of an ostensible Republic being passed down from parent to child like the kingdoms of old.
I am aware of Chinese New Year, Fiscal New Year, and New Year New Year, not this weirdness you skeet of.
Not sure if the degree to which many, many synagogues have daycares in them is widely known. For a lot of people involved in the institutional community, "gunman attacks synagogue on a Thursday" reads as basically "gunman attacks preschool," if you're wondering why i almost threw up this afternoon
Yes. siR I love the extra breathing room. Thank you , sir... Ha ha.. No, they fit perfectly.. You're looking very handsome today by the way, new bronzer ? No sir I'm allergic to peanuts, please si-- ok sir I'll have one, they're *cough* ve-vewry thasty
This might be the greatest split-screen ever broadcast.
They’ll play this in museums in future.
(🎥 LCI 🇫🇷)
*eyes ticker* hmmm time for President Trump to call up the thirstiest, most credulous beltway access journalist on Earth and let them know the war will be wrapping up at exactly 4:01 PM EDT
For Slate, I wrote about what it's like to get a terminal cancer diagnosis when you're 42. slate.com/life/2026/03...
Stop being so effeminate with your “logistics” and “planning” whining, Mr. Stancil. We’ll just have Hegseth do some push ups on the beach to inspire the newly judo-trained FBI agents to glaremog across the Straight and the doubly Iranians will bow to our masculine virtues. Over by lunch.
At least one of us has energy this morning.
If we could just raise sea levels by 150 meters we get a backup Strait of Hormuz
President AOC grits her teeth and orders the 101st Airborne into Tehran to topple the Ayatollah and permanently open the Straight as Fox News suddenly switches to anti-war on January 23, 2029 is a scene I dread.
A man of contrasts.
Biodegradable straws, in a line across the Empty Quarter to the Red Sea.
What if we did Covid-style supply chain disruptions, but for kicks and giggles?
Not if he keeps threatening Spain they won’t.
MADAM YOU HAVE FORCED ME TO TAKE MATTERS INTO MY OWN HANDS. Photo from my collection, 1951.
It’s been a long week, which is probably why this very silly meme has caused me to laugh until I choke.
Jesus’s definition of marriage was kind of famously flexible, and he did not judge a woman at the well who had 4 previous husbands and was living with another man (who she was not married to)
Kruge: "Admiral Kirk, this is your opponent speaking. Dot not lecture me about treaty violations. The Federation, in creating an ultimate weapon, has become a gang of intergalactic criminals. It is not I who will surrender. It is you."
I think they thought it’d all be over in a week
I’m walking around in my favorite state park thinking
I'm in a world of shit, yes. But I am alive. And I am not afraid.
so:
a. the Strait of Hormuz is def actually mined
b. they did ZERO planning for this
c. they're freaking out now that it's leaked to the press and trying to ensure us that 'no it's not'
Lo, I doth feel I have been seen, and it is a most uncomfortable sensation. Depart from my presence, for I grow most weary at this comparison to Myself.
I have given up being shocked at their ability to explain everything away. I AM shocked they sleep at night.
There’s entire subreddits devoted to this. It’s really fun to see all the responders narrow it down to the week or month of a certain year.
