Posted 2 weeks ago:

Can someone explain to me like I'm 5 how seizing Kharg Island would help open the Strait???

But I thought gold was supposed to be a safe haven, lol

There are only 2 ways to keep the Hormuz Strait open: (1) Convince the Iranian regime to leave it open. (2) Put in ground forces on the north/Iranian side of the Strait and hold that territory. And option (2) might not fully work.

"I've asked God to forgive me, which he has." 🤣🤡

I'm sorry, but anyone who falls for the idea that "the Kurds are going to turn this whole thing into a success" is an idiot

Medvedev is a wild man but he's right that a polity that's been around for 2600 years is likely to outperform on the battlefield against one that's only 249 years old and based 8000 miles away.

First person to ever completely destroy himself with a single bleet.

It's gonna be lit when Fetterman and Newsom run in the *Republican* primary in an effort to become Trump's heir.

The only thing I'll say about all the "Abundance" stuff is it's a weird framing to use in a country that *already leads the world in generating abundance*. It would be like a Russian intellectual saying "What we really need is to invest in oil/gas and munitions!"

Just to clear things up for the pundits out there: Yarvin is not a "monarchist". What he advocates for is dictatorship, not monarchy.

Rare to see stocks just continue to plow lower unchecked for 4 and a half hours (so far)

Taking my first ride at PATCO's new (old) Franklin Square station. They did a nice job on the entry portal.

As someone whose career was radically derailed in 2008, I'm not amused by someone crashing the US economy.

people are always forgetting that 54% of American adults operate at a sixth grade reading level or lower it really is a country of pudding brains getting them up to speed is a slow, brutal process

I think people are still underestimating the likelihood that he just sticks with it. It'll be the ultimate demonstration of his power.

In any modern parliamentary system there would be a vote of No Confidence by Monday and Trump would be removed.

We're getting close to the point where Bessent will have to resign to preserve his own dignity.

I mean I think Abby Spanberger just wrapped up the Gov race tonight. Thanks Trump!

France’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law. South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law. Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law. Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.