Putting aside the obvious "no he won't" aspect, the mechanics are a bit more subtle, but this whole concept of *America* promoting the use of tolls is a Brexit-level strategic own-goal. Freedom of the high seas was central to America's rise as a superpower and is essential in maintaining it.

elementary school: slavery caused the civil war high school: complicated economic issues caused the civil war College: slavery caused the civil war Grad school: the civil war was a struggle between feudalism and capitalism Your 30s: the civil war was a metaphysical struggle between Good and Evil

I think Epstein's associates should be investigated for any crimes they may have committed, but also I think that "Epstein class" for many people now just means "Jews" and that is um not great.

"The world doesn't need a nuclear deal with Tehran" My brother in fucking Christ, the stated objective of the Administration was (once they got around to actually figuring this out well after the war started) prevent Iran from *ever* acquiring one.

One of my favorite things about this moment is that a lot of self-proclaimed knowledgeable and strong men are utterly incapable of directly criticizing an 80 year old imbecile because they're too afwaid of him.

At least Vance is going down lol

Knicks have won every game they have played since april except the one trump attended

@hntdove.bsky.social did you intend Atvar to be a straight up Mahanist? I'm rereading Worldwar and at one of his big meetings he more or less is directly quoting The Influence of Sea Power on History. Hilarious either way and I cant believe I never caught that.

This is a defilement of the People's Temple.

This would surprise conservatives, but I love this country in a deep and fundamental level. So I love these videos of "euros discover x" and am happy we can share these things with them.

grabbing every small business owner I can find by the shoulders and yelling directly into their faces that IF I DON'T HAVE AN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT I CAN'T SEE ANY OF YOUR SHIT GET A FUCKING WEBSITE

My aunt's ex-husband is a finance lawyer that works in Lower Manhattan. Nice dude though, the sort that would give you the shirt off his back. I talked to him at his daughter's rehearsal diner a couple months before the 2016 election. He knew Trump. And he hated him.

I think conspiracy may be a bad frame for right wing election denial because what they’re really expressing is a belief in is the idea that non-white people shouldn’t be able to vote.

Look, they're seeing up their claims for November. They know they are likely to lose alot of seats so they are looking to put all Dem victories as invalid. California is being attacked because of how blue they are. If they can convince their base the dems cheated there they can do it anywhere.

If you want to be an American, far as I'm concerned you already are one.

10 years ago the "facts don't care about your feelings" crowd enthusiastically not only got on the MAGA train, but were at the vanguard of it. Now Trump's hand chosen Speaker is saying "we can declare any election where the GOP doesn't win rigged, and don't need evidence because of vibes."

some my favorite Gordon Wood quotes: “History does not teach lots of little lessons. Insofar as it it teaches any lessons, it teaches only one big one: that nothing ever works out quite the way its managers intended or expected.” /

D-Day lowkey should be a bigger holiday. Literally the line em up and cut em down holiday of all holidays lol.

I don't think most adults are guilty of abuse.

The only way to beat a bad guy with a gun is with massed fires and maneuver.

12 years in the United States military made me absolutely despise "God Bless the USA"

Thanks @jhausdorf.bsky.social for introducing me to this hell game

There’s been a lot of talk in this race about what makes a "real man." A man does what’s right when no one is watching. He upholds his commitments to his family and neighbors. He doesn’t lie, cheat, & steal his way through life. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.

Ohhh look at me I'm New York City. I have an awesome basketball team with likeable players and a mayor that cares about making life better for every citizen man fuck you

Why aren't we seeing op eds about how voters crave Hunter's authenticity?

The Washington Nationals getting above .500 for the first time in years and then immediately getting knocked below .500 by getting swept by the Marlins is just... peak Nationals.

Just a really excellent thread on the folly of shit like Zinn or believing nothing good ever happens.

If they want to abandon our allies they should just say it instead of using LinkedIn speak like "rightsize", a corpo euphemism for "layoff 5,000 employees for no real reason other than short-term greed"

They shot and killed two Americans in cold blood.

We should be two “D&D Honor Among Thieves” sequels deep.

I should buy First Light

Not only was violence a privilege (and indeed a means of socially acceptable amassing of wealth) for much of human history, many of the modern civil rights movements for various oppressed minorities eagerly embraced armed service under a principle of "you cannot say we are not citizens if we fight"

They're going to wheel me into a padded cell when I get to the point of continuely muttering "suicide drones are just missiles. suicide drones are just missiles" over and over again through all my waking hours.

It's time to indulge my hobbies in the most ridiculious way possible. I'd buy a huge track of land near my house. It's the Jersey Shore so these are both 1) few and far between and 2) expensive as hell. Sometimes when I fantasize about winning the Powerball or something I'll look this up.

Last Thursday I needed to pick up some late night groceries after leaving an event at ~8 PM. I used gemini while driving to ask what time the Shoprite down the street, about 5 minutes away, closed. It then gave me the hours of the store on the other side of town.

How much is the Emperor paying you, Mr Turtledove?

Oh hey the 007 game from the maker's of Hitman is out in EA.

expand public transit so you can go down to the bars with the boys more

ICE agents pepper-sprayed Senator Andy Kim of New Jersey.

Our Boomer Parents: "What do you mean you don't want to inherit our fine china?"

The Constition either protects everyone or no one. There is no middle ground.

So if we had the least efficient socialized system on the planet we could afford a military more than double the size of the one we have. Put it another way: with socialized medicine we could pay for 24 Carrier Groups, 3,600 F-35 fighter jets, 16,000 Abrams tanks, and 4 million troops.

The US is THE most successful economy in human history. Its GDP is $8 trillion larger than the entire EU despite having 100 million fewer people. If the US wanted to, it could have the best social welfare system on the planet. And here's the crazy part: It would be cheaper than the present system.

Dammit a Cuban drone in our manufactured war scare doesnt quite have the range to reach my house and put me out of my misery in our everything is stupid timeline.

Not enough news coverage of how the insurrectionist reparations fund is a clear violation of the 14th Amendment. We need to enforce the Constitution in its original meaning and plain text. You can't imagine away parts of the Constitution just because it is politically inconvenient.

The President sues the IRS who then settles with the Justice Department to create a 1.7 billion dollar private slush fund with no oversite without the consent of Congress.

I've never been a bigger monster in Warthunder than at this moment