y'all have fun when the heat index gets up to 80 at Joint Base Qeshm. 80 *Celsius*.
War is an all-encompassing problem that compels all-encompassing solutions, turns out
I would simply unleash Chiang
Whoever negotiated that withdrawal clearly hates America & the MAGA agenda
"We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things."
this is what happens when you let AUSA be run by a Coach K protege
I can't be too critical of any part of it because the internalized misogyny is so overt. It's pathetic
time traveler shows up to Plantagenet England wielding fistfuls of Tony Chachere's:
I never thought I'd write the phrase "esoteric DARVO" but now that it's here it feels like an old friend
But they look like they're having so much fun!
When the game stops being fun it's only natural to want to stop playing
our beloved tsar ensures it only good happens, unless the boyars betray him
I saw a person compare it to the "cubic" models Trump put out regarding COVID going away in spring 2020. I'M REALLY NOT PLEASED TO HAVE THIS BACK IN MY LIFE, KEITH.
Why focus on petty domestic concerns or metrics when you can be part of the global struggle against the Great Enemy? You can see in their propaganda how much more actualized MAGA becomes when at war, regardless of the actual strategic utility of that war; the bloodshed is the point
If this were the tinpot ruling regime of a tropical island or a Gulf petrostate the purpose would be perfectly clear. MAGA & its information environment is a fine example of fascism's ironically cosmopolitan habits
What is I hate it
Nothing Ever Happens, & its crucial corollary, Things Tend To Work Out More Or Less
Iran stubbornly refusing to depart the Persian Gulf
Of course it is, but you have to avoid saying what it actually is for long enough that people won't be able to easily glean the point of the article from the headline/thumbnail or they won't click
finally bringing zero-emissions vehicles to the oil transport industry
I certainly don't blame people for not knowing that a Bush-era program finally became capable of its basic tasks during the Biden Administration. But they did figure it out mostly, just in time to have canceled production five years before. The farce only compounds
Everyone knows the dowdy potato snack, you see
The LCS can demine as of 2023, if it's equipped with the mine countermeasures package. Between the 57mm gun & SeaRAM they should be able to intercept Shaheds easily. The LCS is a much more capable platform than it was even five years ago.
tbf the benefit of the pre-neolithic life is that your bad ending is pretty low-key. You starve, you freeze, you get eaten, etc. You don't get broken in the teeth of an infernal machine. Aesthetically, the bottom 5% of industrial life is distinctively repellent.
Yeah, in a lot of these cases we're often talking watered wine & weak beer getting you through the day. John Adams was drinking a tankard of cider, but it was like 5% ABV. Buzzed, not drunk. But whiskey being the most practical alternative to specie sure made it easy to get hammered.
Consider that the alternative was... nothing. This was 0% necessary & only happened because Trump was convinced that he could do Venezuela 2
Chesnaught can be an awesome tank if you build him right. Weird role for a starter but can be a delight. Delphox isn't so great but I have a shiny one I wouldn't trade for anything. Every Pokemon has its merits (except food Pokemon, which weirds me the fuck out, as it should everyone)
When's the last time they even offered a starter who wasn't worth keeping in the rotation? Gen 6, if you somehow failed to choose Froakie, maybe?
What Iran is doing would have been a cost worth bearing to eliminate that threat. The absence of a persistent regional threat means all of this was idiotic at a strategic level as well as costly in all the ways that are obvious
