So, Trump might ultimately be realizing Mearsheimer’s “Back to the Future” fantasy. Next stop: German nukes? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Let me jump in before others: Neo-royalism

Have Trumpists just given up on the war against Iran? What is the next move? Are they just wishing it would go away?

Putting this on my reading list. I imagine the Party will ultimately not allow private property to limit its prerogatives.

So glad I don’t live in the US just now and don’t have to suffer the deluge of bullshit about the most recent shooting.

On this St. George’s Day, a few favorite lines from Defoe: “A true-born Englishman’s a contradiction, In speech an irony, in fact a fiction.” “Since scarce one family is left alive, Which does not from some foreigner derive.” - The True Born Englishman

Nice idea, but I suspect no such guarantee would be honored.

You think you’re having a bad day?

Seems that the PRC has neither the capability nor intention to do much more than issue anodyne statements and send a bit of military and economic aid to Iran. Not much of a player.

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There, we’ve finally settled it: the Pope is not Catholic.

Question: Did Jesus ever expound a theory of just war? Not St Augustine, but Jesus himself as recorded in the New Testament? I’m thinking not.

Napoli night

It’s always funny when conservatives try to be cool with the kids when, by definition, conservatism is not cool.

Hard to see a Magyar-type figure emerging from within Trump regime. Too much sycophancy.

Waiting for Trump to demand to choose Bishops.

Stay as far away as possible from Trumpist idiocy.

Got to believe that if Orban doesn’t try to still thwart this outcome, he will skedaddle to Moscow. Wonder why he is conceding so quickly. Perhaps armed forces told him they wouldn’t fight it?

What will Trump regime learn from Orban’s electoral defeat? Intervene with force before voting starts?

Everyone has always said he’s a loser. Overrated.

What Hungary demonstrates: defeating authoritarianism electorally is all about turn out.

Very good. But is this the end of Orban’s response?

So Orban has not disrupted the actual voting process. That suggests interference will be attempted at the counting stage.

My guess is that in this case PRC ship would yield. Xi would not want an actual exchange of fire.

China takes note.

Yes. And for those who might wander over to Twitter, this thread provides a list of the sources they simply ignore:

For all of the insistent bloviating about MAGA and the like, the Trumpist monumental arch just screams France envy.

Things getting edgy over at the other place.

Perhaps we shouldn’t over analyze this (though of course we will) but he is slightly leaning away from her. He feels awkward, unsure?

It’s worse: AI slop.

Postliberals learning an obvious lesson that has eluded their shallow, ahistorical sophistries: allowing powerholders to rule unconstrained, even when promised they will pursue the "good," opens the way for corruption, abuse of power, and depravity.

Will Monthly Review retract? They should.

This

Does anyone know the actual content of the ceasefire agreement? Seeing conflicting statements. Iran can impose tolls on shipping? Farsi translation says enrichment is allowed? Israel says Lebanon not covered but Iran and Pakistan says it is. Trumpist chaos reigns.

Ah... I'm going to say no.

I suspect Trump is now over Iran. His infantile attention span needs a new distraction. Conflict will continue there, innocent people will be killed, but the high stakes drama will recede. Just another destructive failure in his wake as he lumbers on to the next disaster of his own making.

So it was stock market manipulation all along?

here's another one. spent lots of space proving "there's no mass killing", a big strawman, and the rest talking about economic development. Of course, reeducation camps became "vocational centres" and forced labour transfer became development policies. Of course, no mention of the hundreds of

We’ve known what Trump is for decades: an inhuman charlatan, totally devoid of empathy and compassion. A moral monster. Yet conservatives and Republicans defend him and invest him with power, a power that he now threatens the world with. They are as much to blame for the current catastrophe as he.

Trump putting his own depraved spin on Nixon's Madman Theory. Makes Nixon look reasonable by comparison.

Yes. And the key point is to not ignore or downplay PRC repression in XJ.

Used to be that a seat on the Politburo was a pretty good job. Now, you’ve got to watch your back.

So, not just the PLA

Effects of the 14th Amendment: In 1864, my Great-Great Grandfather's application for citizenship required confirmation that he was a "free, white person." It was in the very first line. In 1869, when his brother applied for citizenship, that provision was gone. 1/

Sounds like the PLA before Xi cracked down on banquets 🤣

Pretty much the standard Party response 😂

Yes. The Vietnam War is an apt analogy for Trump regime’s war on Iran. Repeating so many mistakes.

Trump regime ceding international openness of strategically crucial straits sends signal on commitment to defense of Taiwan.

Chinamaxxing anyone?

This seems to be moving quickly. Strategic losses for Trump regime might accumulate sooner rather than later.