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Former paper pusher for the deep state. Misanthropic humanist. Lover of art, literature, cinema, and all other humanistic endeavors.

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The Pentagon is rapidly burning through its stocks of precision weapons at a rate that puts the U.S. military potentially โ€œdays awayโ€ from having to prioritize which targets to intercept, according to three people familiar with the matter.-WSJ

04.03.2026 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 126    ๐Ÿ” 43    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

Also incredible that these are likely the same young men driving our prediction markets

04.03.2026 16:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Kind of incredible how every comments section on every Instagram post that Iโ€™ve seen re: Iran has been edgy young men saying something to the effect of โ€œyou can thank the Jews for thisโ€

04.03.2026 16:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Can we all just admit that betting markets are largely determined by MAGA-curious dude-bros projecting their priors?

04.03.2026 16:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
04.03.2026 04:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What a fucking joke these people are. I mean seriously. Every single time they get in front of a microphone they humiliate themselves.

04.03.2026 02:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s a copy. Might be a broadside at best. Curtains are there to protect from light damage when not being viewed.

03.03.2026 23:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If these are your representatives, give them a call. Let them know how you really feel. And spread the word.

03.03.2026 23:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

03.03.2026 22:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tehran is dominated by the sound of planes and explosions, and is currently facing the heaviest bombardment of the war so far..."massive explosions" all across Tehran. - Al Jazeera

03.03.2026 22:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 106    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Iran ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท BREAKING: opposition channel IranIntl reports that the Assembly of Experts has elected Mojtaba Khamenei to be the next Supreme Leader.

Mojtaba is the eldest son of Ali Khamenei.

03.03.2026 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 93    ๐Ÿ” 54    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 48

A suspected Iranian drone attack struck the CIA station in Saudi Arabia. -WaPo

03.03.2026 21:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 110    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Trump asks his advisers, live on camera, whether he should cut off "all business having to do with Spain"

03.03.2026 17:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 897    ๐Ÿ” 286    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 228    ๐Ÿ“Œ 122
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Trump: "I guess the worst case is we do this and then somebody takes over who is as bad as the previous person. That could happen."

03.03.2026 16:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 866    ๐Ÿ” 212    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 239    ๐Ÿ“Œ 205

Complete and utter incompetence

03.03.2026 18:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

BREAKING: The UAE is weighing military action against Iran.

Emirati officials say they reserve the right to respond.

Source: Axios

03.03.2026 16:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 72    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Personally, I think far too many people are stuck trying to reason with people who cannot be reasoned with.

At some point, we need to attach a label to these peopleโ€”whether itโ€™s โ€œevilโ€ or โ€œwarmongersโ€ or what have youโ€”and let the invective fly.

Also, related:

03.03.2026 16:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s not even a matter of โ€œWell what if Trump does [insert crazy hypothetical here]?โ€ Republicans are saying he should! Itโ€™s not a hypothetical, itโ€™s a very real possibility!

03.03.2026 16:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Or we could just point to their colleagues pushing for the very hypothetical theyโ€™re suggesting

03.03.2026 16:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
03.03.2026 13:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1096    ๐Ÿ” 268    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

Experts? Who needs experts when you can just do the thing and reap the whirlwind?

03.03.2026 15:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Club Penguin

03.03.2026 15:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I know the regime is allergic to anything and everything โ€œWestern,โ€ but youโ€™d think theyโ€™d invest in some Zoom licenses for, you know, national security

03.03.2026 15:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Video of aftermath

03.03.2026 14:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 77    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Israel attacked the 88 council members while they were voting to choose the next supreme leader. -N12

03.03.2026 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 394    ๐Ÿ” 87    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 80
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Wow. The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem tells Americans theyโ€™re on their own.

03.03.2026 13:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13918    ๐Ÿ” 6113    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1601    ๐Ÿ“Œ 986
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BARTIROMO: Do you want to see the Cuban leadership next?

REP. CARLOS GIMENEZ: Oh, absolutely

03.03.2026 12:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 469    ๐Ÿ” 156    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 89    ๐Ÿ“Œ 55

Theyโ€™re contradicting themselves every hour at this point

03.03.2026 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We appear to even be saying -- so far as I can tell -- that US government employees and their dependents in those countries are on their own

03.03.2026 12:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 156    ๐Ÿ” 67    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4