I rather suspect that was their thinking all along.

Motor Monday! #motorcycles

But remember, personalist leaders face no audience costs, so he could drop this like a used Kleenex whenever he feels like it.

I actually wouldn’t be surprised if the war ends next week. Trump’s going to realize soon that there’s unlikely to be any new noteworthy accomplishments and will pull the plug and send the ships back to the Caribbean to attack Cuba.

REPORTER: Yesterday you told us Israel was going to strike Iran and that's why we needed to get involved. But today the president said Iran-- RUBIO: No. Were you there yesterday? REPORTER: Yes. I asked the question

Keep hearing commentators/Hegseth saying a version of "this is not Iraq, we are not doing nation-building, it's a decapitation, the people will handle it." That's what Iraq 2003 was supposed to be! Nation-building, de-Baathification, disbanding of Iraqi army, it all came *after* things went wrong.

[5] To the question why they broke the treaty, I answer by placing first an account of their grounds of complaint and points of difference, that no one may ever have to ask the immediate cause which plunged the Hellenes into a war of such magnitude.

As a supporter of the June attack on Iran’s enrichment facilities, let me say I know of no empirical study or historical analogy that suggests that a campaign of air strikes will result in regime change.

We are so degraded as a republic that we do not even require the public ritual of consulting of legislature before launching a war of choice.

Most viewed photo of the last 24 hours: #Antonov #An-2, #Aeroklub Gliwicki (SP-AOB) photographed by Tomek Mazur (Gliwice) #General Aviation #aviation #daily #planespotting

To what extent can a U.S-brokered peace framework remain credible when its foundations overlap with an adversary’s negotiating positions? @oxanashevel.bsky.social @tufts.edu Department of Political Science discusses: faculti.net/inside-washi... #Politics #Diplomacy

In my class today on nuclear weapons and world politics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is a young woman whose father took the same class with me at the University of California-Riverside in 1997. She showed me a picture of his midterm study guide.

“Beginning on his first day in office and continuing for the past year in plain view of the American people, Donald Trump has orchestrated and led a sweeping federal government effort to subvert the midterm elections,” said J. Michael Luttig, a conservative retired federal appeals court judge

Triumph Tuesday. #motorcycles

Old timers. #motorcycle

Excellent video, but how disheartening--and patently surreal-- to see the young citizens of a model ally referencing US threats as a key driver in their desire to serve in their nation's military. www.dw.com/en/denmark-e...

When It’s Finally Cold Enough to Race Ice Yachts www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/n...

Madison folks, come support democracy, rage with the Grannies, & groove with my octet, the Subterranean Jazz Project. www.instagram.com/subterranean...

#Sopwith #1½ Strutter, #Private (OK-NUP 01) by Gut Zoltan (#Sliač) #Warbirds (WW2 and before) #aviation #photography #avgeeks

Jessie Diggins, Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist, from the Twin Cities: “I want to make sure you know who I’m racing for…”

Love them or hate them, it’s interesting to reflect on how different things would have been with 70 years of Queen Margaret followed by King Andrew.

Tyrol Basin!

Speaking of protest songs, the Psychedelic Furs’ President Gas is actually quite relevant today. youtu.be/ywCH3HN2S7E?...

Yes, this needs to be at the ready. Along with quotes about Waco and Ruby Ridge.

For a month or so, for the right kid, Wisconsin is pretty cool.

"Hi, everyone. I know things are hectic as heck right now, but please be sure to fill out your timesheets every Friday by 5 p.m. Central. I can’t pay you unless I know your hours. Please also try to be accurate."

#Supermarine #Spitfire Mk.Ia, #Private (G-CFGJ) by Richard Parkhouse (#Duxford) #Warbirds (WW2 and before) #aviation #photography #avgeeks

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Minnesota is the best of us.

💯 Every. Fucking. Word.

I fought in Afghanistan as a Marine. Danes were in Helmand before Marines were. 43 Danes gave the last full measure of devotion because the U.S. asked and we had been attacked. I’m ashamed this man is the commander in chief. This isn’t how you treat friends who bled with you.

"Liam’s teacher, Ella Sullivan, teared up when thinking about Liam. 'He’s a bright young student,' she said, 'and he’s so kind and loving. His classmates miss him.'" www.startribune.com/preschooler-...

#Antonov #An-2, #Air Service Hungary (HA-MEO) by Gábor Kovács Dödi (#Budaors) #Airliners #aviation #photography #avgeeks

I think a good strategy for your non-leftist social media presence (ie everywhere but here) is to give this photo - the remains of Danish soldiers returning in coffins after being killed in America's war in Afghanistan - as wide an audience as possible. Remind people who we're betraying

“For the families of Danish soldiers who died in the American-led campaign against the Taliban, their country’s partnership with the United States is not an abstraction. Denmark’s loyalty to America brought Sophia Bruun to Afghanistan, and it ended her life.”

2 sexy. #motorcycle

Trump is the most corrupt president in US history. Where is our Navalny?

Only few pieces of furniture from early medieval times have been preserved. Due to the water-logged condition of the area, many wooden objects such as this terrific chair made from maple and ash wood survived in a burial at Trossingen. Dating 580 AD. 📷 @almbawue.bsky.social 🏺 #archaeology

If Donald Trump makes good on his threat to use force to gain Greenland, it could set in motion a disastrous chain of events, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues: theatln.tc/nM4fmwGc

Note, the people who put out a version of the white power anthem referenced in an ICE recruiting propaganda poster are not to be confused with Pine Tree Riot, from Portland, Maine. www.facebook.com/share/1Mdpkr...

The Chemical Brother’s Block Rockin Beats on a Morgan Stanley commercial.

When philanthropist comes first in the obit. captimes.com/news/madison...

Just say non-white, this is taking forever.

Thinking of Venezuela in terms of the Iraq 2003 timeline, US troops will pull down Saddam Hussein’s statue two weeks from now.

Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."

When you can block investigations into homicides and substitute propaganda for judicial findings, you have complete impunity.

David Koresh could not be reached for comment.