Labeling domestic political opponents as "terrorists" and characterizing a US city as being at war as pretexts for deploying troops against US citizens.

I am trying to think of a single thing Hegseth has done, and bragged about, that pushes his lethality goals to the right. But I think key to understanding his reasoning is that his definition of lethality is white, straight, and male. Which is a particularly ironic thing for Pete to push.

NEWS: US Secretary of War Hegseth summons top military leaders for Party study session on Donald Trump Thought.

I can’t wait to read Lt. Calley’s Medal of Honor citation.

I interviewed an F-117 pilot; truly fascinating look into the weird world of the Nighthawk in combat: hushkit.substack.com/p/i-took-the...

The invitation list being limited to those in command positions gives me a real bad feeling about this. What I wouldn't give for Admiral King to rise from the dead and attend. He'd make Pete burst into flames.

I have never liked shows that blend comedy and news, because it felt like it encouraged people to not take the news seriously. Everything is a joke, ha ha. But those very shows have turned out to be much more honest observers of current events than regular news media.

Stephen Miller looks like he sleeps in a coffin and fears the Daywalker.

Trump calls anyone who criticizes him "radical Marxists" and "enemies of the people", but if you point out how masked secret policemen grabbing people off the streets with zero accountability are kind of behaving like Nazis, you're inciting violence. Those are the rules.

“According to a review of his past lectures, Thiel draws on a theory that the Antichrist could be an individual or entity that is incredibly charismatic but talks repeatedly about the end of the world…” I have bad news for you, Peter.

Happy (rainy) Tuesday, #Boulder. I've got a new story for you all about a new temperature-stable, single-injection rabies vaccine developed by @colorado.edu researcher Ted Randolph. www.colorado.edu/today/2025/0...

Not Mayor McCheese?

That boy could use some epicanthic folds.

Spoiler: two JDAMs dropped, two misses.

Please let there be a Rapture tomorrow that takes everyone that thinks they deserve it. Please. I will pay you to take these fucking people.

This is an interesting read, including planes that were of negative net value to the countries that fielded them.

The clear implication is that the clips in the montage are of “our warriors” but there are several foreign militaries in it. -Italian Army Ariete C1 tank -Swedish Gripen fighter -Spanish Air and Space Force A400M Grizzly transport. Sloppy and incompetent, so about what you would expect.

Part of the F-35 fighter’s sophisticated defense suite is being built by contractors and subcontractors in 47 states, ensuring that no one person in government, even the President of the United States, can destroy it.

The Cambodian-Armenian War. I guess he’s right for once that only he could have stopped it.

Back in 2014 when the People’s Liberation Army Navy visited RIMPAC, we visited the Peace Ark hospital ship. They wanted final approval on whatever we published. Needless to say no secrets on a hospital ship. It took us 11 years but we finally caught up to the Chinese. Good job, Whiskey Pete.

The question is why he’s doing it. Is it just an extension of his personal paranoia?

Watching the new Superman movie and don’t really like it. Don’t like how they made his parents dumb rubes. The slate of bad guys, including Lex Luthor, are not very interesting. Story is meh. CGI monster was not good.

"Pentagon Completes Golden Dome Blueprint, But Silent on Costs"

1. Obsession with secrecy 2.) Alcoholism and substance abuse 3.) Exaggerated masculinity 4.) Married three times, still misogynistic at core 5.) Weird determination with removing LBGT from the military 6.) Extreme religious views. Hmm.

Not often seen in these parts: two AH-1Z Vipers and (I think) one UH-1Y Venom. So much throb I thought it was an Osprey.

I understand this and the drone attack on Poland were tests, but not sure why they are happening now. Doesn’t Putin realize he has enough on his plate? Maybe he doesn’t. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/w...

The Republican reaction to Kirk’s murder has been a campaign of state repression that ends with Trumpist toadies deciding what Americans are allowed to think, do and say. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Well, uh, thanks for that I guess.

And you all made fun of the “use paintballs against vision ports” guy. SMDH.

I recently got an electric toothbrush. I like it a lot. Here I am feeling sorry for my old, manual toothbrush because it doesn’t get used while the Vice President of the United States is making jokes about murdering innocent fishermen.

A complete collapse of political norms around virtue and ethics since 2016. This celebration of cruelty and violence, and the encouragement of the public to take joy in violence against others, is very unhealthy for society.

I would expect Japan is working on its own subsonic cruise missile. The exchange rate makes American weapons very expensive and they have the budget now.

Everytime it feels like this industry must surely have hit bottom, oh no here’s a lower place.

SCOOP: The US Navy is testing a laser weapon in the Red Sea www.laserwars.net/p/navy-laser...

Friend of mine bought some yarn online from a seller in France. When UPS delivered the package, she found out she owed $60 in tariffs. And UPS would only take a paper check to pay for it.

In the 2000s Amber Publishing put out a series of WW2 books on the German infantry, German panzer formations, Red Army units, etc. Definitely pop history but with some nice art. I finally picked up German Infantry in World War II.

The Trump Administration's actions off Venezuela are laying down the precedent for a Chinese blockade of Taiwan. Discuss.

Copying someone else’s work to become a tech mogul and then not having a good idea for twenty years…quite a charmed life.

Good lord iOS 26 is ugly.

Trump seems to get very excited when he successfully orders the military to carry out war crimes in international waters. He clearly loves the idea of having a murder machine at his disposal. That’s not a good sign.

This is extrajudicial execution, without any clear threat to the US, no authorization from Congress, and far beyond even Article II. The military is not the president's personal hit squad. Or wasn't, until now.

Some people were furious with this characterization btw

Fox host Kilmeade literally proposed a "final solution" to homelessness (systematic mass murder) and you know it will have zero consequences for his media career.

OK, I don’t know about anyone else but I’m taking back steak.

Missing from the general freakout about NATO’s inability to match Russia in long range strike is any assessment of what long-range strike capabilities have actually done for Russia in its war against Ukraine.

“I will never visit the United States again,” Mr. Jeong said. @nytimes.com #Hyundai www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/w...

You can’t get into Valhalla from a cocaine overdose.