I posted a somewhat apt reference to Horst Wessel and have now had more than a few ppl explaining toe *who* Horst Wessel was. BlueSky has the juice.

This story has drugs, murder, terrorism, and...hippos??

Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a video looking at the the development of the Colombian drug cartels and how the Cold War helped their creation and their expansion. youtu.be/A9VA51N-Ug4

BREAKING NEWS: President attends Horst Wessel Memorial

The Shart of a Deal

YT Comments...two different versions of crazy.

Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a video looking at the the development of the Colombian drug cartels and how the Cold War helped their creation and their expansion. youtu.be/A9VA51N-Ug4

I went out for dinner the other night and had a pizza with prosciutto, arugula, and peach slices. I was sad when it was finished and remain sad that it is finished.

OTD September 21 1953 Senior Lieutenant No Kum-sok of the Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force defects to South Korea, along with his MiG-15. A combat pilot for North Korea during the Korean War, No had flown over 100 combat missions by the time the open

I didn't think this was possibly real so i checked. Holy s**t, it's real. 😳😳 #Bagram

Bruce Springsteen (Tunnel of Love), Nana Mouskouri (Greatest Hits), Tina Turner (Private Dancer) What is Dad playing?

Emperor Cheeto Dust still isn't aware that "asylum" doesn't have to refer to "insane asylum". And he is threating to go to war to prove his point. What an age to be alive...

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if they can make their way back out the tunnel in the correct direction after HT, then yes.

Make sure you double check the time for Hot Yoga to avoid any unexpected surprises.

"suicide"

He also hates fishermen

I just cancelled Disney+ Fuck those guys.

Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy. Not a selfie.

You can also name it Horst Wessel Platz.

If you live in a winter climate, invest in proper winter boots. Absolute game changer.

stop this shit. If it isn't the celebs talking head in a jar (see image), we don't want it.

There were multiple other shootdowns during the Cold War of surveillance aircraft flying the border, but they didn't receive much focused attention. Hell, Turkey shot down a Russian plane in 2015. There is clear precedent in defending territorial integrity

Biographies of Soviet figures I would like to read: 1) Yuri Andropov 2) Anatoli Dobrynin 3) Andrei Gromyko

Does anyone know a bilingual English/Spanish transcriber who can transcribe an interview done in both languages with an interpreter (but not translate it)? I can pay $2/minute, reach out to brycercovert[at]gmail[dot]com

A temper tantrum disguised as an ideology. Perfection

Left-Wing Group Too Disorganized For FBI Agents To Infiltrate https://theonion.com/left-wing-group-too-disorganized-for-fbi-agents-to-infi-1848923025/

Russia is pushing NATO in the belief that it won't respond, thus demonstrating it to be a paper tiger. A measured, kinetic rebuke need to be made.

this is what is coming...

YT Comments...yeah, this is a real comments somebody left.

🤨 sus af

reminded of this photo of me from an event several years ago...far less grey in my beard then!

In the pantheon of shitty TV dads, Worf is right up there.

ST:TNG gets super horny. Good lord.

The United States is a fascist state but its level of control is still brittle and not entirely firm. The only way it stops is if people, all people, draw a line and say no more.

My mother in law had minor surgery this morning (adjusting the type of pacemaker she has) and is now in recovery and seems to be doing well. This year 2025 has been exhausting for so many reasons

Sharkdog also enjoys piracy. Arrrrgghhhh...

Guess the country...

OTD September 17 1980, the independent Polish trade union Solidarność is formed and will go on to be the first such trade union in the Warsaw Pact to be recognized by the state. Emerging from the massive labour protests which started at the Lenin Shipyards in Gdansk in August of 1980,

How do American free-marketers explain the billions of dollars in subsidies the US government gives to the fossil fuel industry?

Is it to keep people out? Or possibly just to keep Trump in?

It's an older meme, sir but it checks out. I was about to clear it.

My dogs and I on the Island on a perfect day to be outside.

It looks better from this angle...

Sharkdog is on a boat

YT Comments...that's right folks the OKC bombing was solely motivated by the deaths of children at Waco, Tx. But *I'm* the propagandist...

"we aren't racists...we just don't like anybody who isn't white"

Robert Redford...a true legend has passed

OTD September 16 1976 champion Soviet finswimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan saves the lives of 20 people from a trolley bus that had crashed and sunk into a water reservoir in Yerevan, Armenia SSR. Karapetyan, a ten time World Record breaker in finswimming, was jogging along Yerevan Reservoir