Marinus Barletius

This is probably correct. It also possible that China is leaning on Russia to wrap up the active phase of the war, so Russia can build up for a European front once the PLA launch their Taiwan invasion.

Ah yes… the ole reverse Noem.

Nukes

I see this more as a “not yet” rather than a firm “no”.

So, like a “public option”?

Conspiracy brain parasites

MAGAs in ST

Babylon 5 Gray Council

This, unfortunately, is the “late” tail of “republicans awakening” bell curve. The mean was sometime in 2020-2021. Only a trickle remains, everyone else is fully onboard the fascism wagon.

Trump wants to talk to daddy Putin on the phone. But, he doesn’t want to seem desperate. So, he pretends he will help Ukraine to make daddy P call him and tell him how special he is.

We have a whole generation of politicians who not only tolerated the growth of fascist ideology, they fully and wholeheartedly embraced it. There is no turning back from that. The GOP must die and a new party or parties must fork from the anti-MAGA coalition.

Yeah, he was real happy to put a korce in it

I don’t think he’s looking to “negotiate”. Dems should go in expecting a performative dressing down like they did to Zelenskyy.

Shutout to Sal Saperstein

Once you see it, it’s impossible to keep a conservative view on economics. Capitalism may be the least bad of economic systems, but capital is a heavy weight on the scale. Government must keep the balance through regulation. If government is captured, inequality rises until unrest is inevitable.

If we search the entire multiverse, there’s probably a timeline where someone started global nuclear war due to a misheard/misinterpreted command. That’s the only thing that can possibly compare to how badly Comey fucked up that last week of October in 2016.

If we search the entire multiverse, there’s probably a timeline where someone started global nuclear war due to a misheard/misinterpreted command. That’s the only thing that can possibly compare to how badly Comey fucked up that last week of October in 2016.

That last sentence had a bit of a Douglas Adams flare to it.

Hamas is probably finished. I’m sure the young survivors of Israel’s wrath will grow up to appreciate that peaceful resistance is the only way to protest their oppression, unhaunted by the memories of their families and friends blown to bits.

This should have come out at both of his impeachment trials. So many people have failed our democracy. John Bolton was saving this for his stupid fucking tell all book, when it could have been the thing that saved us from Cheetolini’s democracy-snuffing comeback tour.

“Have you traveled to Florida in the past 30 days?”… nurses now every time I go in for a routine appointment.

I only ever feel good about these decisions for a few seconds anymore. It quickly occurs to me that, ultimately, this SCOTUS will rubber stamp whatever grotesque policy Trump wants. Our checks-and-balances are a house of cards.

Next up: referendums on building codes. Trust voters to be properly educated on adequate load safety factors.

When the tide turns, the accounting of this admin’s bullying of DC may be the push needed for it to gain statehood.

Cringe-fascist vibes

It dominated online conversations because the algorithms that brought us the Mango Mussolini and co. are EXTREMELY good at creating feedback loops of right wing indignation. An attractive young white woman was “attacked by the left wing cancel culture”… they eat this shit UP!

It’s a parallel world hopping adventure like Sliders, but grittier and with a tighter plot. It’s based on a highly acclaimed book and stars Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connolly.

May I suggest Dark Matter (the recent one on AppleTV) as a palate cleanser for Sliders? Assuming you haven’t watched already that is.

In 1965 the bank of Albania revalued the Lek, the national currency by 1/10. That is, 10 Lek became 1 Lek and so on. To this day Albanians informally discuss prices using “old Lek” nomenclature. So.. color me skeptical this will stick.

From “speak softly and carry a big stick” to “tweet stupidity and carry a mushroom tip”.

It’s his job to imagine the “bad tailed” outcomes in a probability distribution of 5-10 years possible futures. Unfortunately, I don’t believe this outcome is even outside the standard deviation.