The pope is weak on crime, tbh. I haven’t heard of him arresting a single person.

Weird war, where the winner gets skyrocketing gas prices, inflation and market crashes while the loser gets control over 20% of global oil flow.

Didn't see this one coming: Corey Scott, a former Navy SEAL medic who upended the trial of Eddie Gallagher by testifying that he, not Gallagher, murdered an ISIS prisoner, is a white nationalist member of Patriot Front, according to @nick-martin.bsky.social. www.informant.news/patriot-fron...

Insane (unconfirmed) video with what appears to be US troops in a bunker as an Iranian missile strikes close by. Uploaded today to funker530.com, a popular website where veterans upload combat footage.

Aside from 10 wounded, we just lost an E-3 AWACS, a $270 million item of which we have only 31 in our inventory. www.airandspaceforces.com/us-forces-sa...

Adm. Paparo first used the term “Hellscape”, describing his intent to flood the Taiwan strait with unmanned systems if China ever attempted to invade Taiwan… but it should be a Taiwanese operational concept for self-defense embedded in its asymmetric strategy. warontherocks.com/2026/03/hell...

war_iran_final-blow_v1.pdf war_iran_final-final-blow-v2.pdf war_iran_final-blow-no edits.pdf war_iran_final-blow-no edits (1).pdf war_iran_final-blow-no edits (1) APPROVED.pdf IRANWARPLANSFINALFINALFINAL.pdf IRANWARPLANSFINALFINALFINAL (1).pdf

"What exactly do our service members think we’re trying to do in Iran?...This isn’t simply about rhetoric, but about a fundamental view of power & its relationship to violence that filters down to strategy.” Powerful challenge from @philklay.bsky.social about American traditions of morality in war.

I hate question headlines because the answer is always no, but this headline really needs a question mark.

BREAKING: Pentagon press policy ruled unconstitutional in case brought by N.Y. Times www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

*right in the middle of a call* Alexa Phone: I heard you say you’re having a barbecue this weekend. Would you like me to add 27-piece grill accessory kit to your cart? No. Shut up Alexa phone. Alexa Phone: I’m sorry. I didn’t understand that. I’ve added 27-piece grill accessory kit to your cart.

"No war is over until the enemy says it's over. We may think it over, but in fact, the enemy gets a vote." — Gen. James Mattis

try to keep up

this means it is not open for transit

Operation Epic High Gas Prices

“It has been a recurring pattern that Centcom uses the long-range missiles that Indo-Pacom is going to need on a bad day. We have enough munitions to defeat Iran. The problem is how it begins to cut into our need to deter China.” www.wsj.com/world/us-mil...

I too remember the earlier, woke wars. tons of spent microaggression munitions strewn about everywhere, friends crying out for God as they were slowly cancelled...look, if you weren't there, you'll never understand

war mongering mad libs

“America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof — the smoking gun — that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.” —President George W. Bush, Oct. 8, 2002, outlining the case for war in Iraq.

Memories…

CNN put together a montage of the regime's incoherent talking points about Trump's war on Iran

The death toll has risen to 6. @halbritz.bsky.social with more details: www.cnn.com/2026/03/02/p...

Today’s edition of words the Secretary of Defense will come to regret

I have never seen a politician more directly copy this speech in my life

The campaign, tentatively titled Operation War Like Nobody’s Ever Seen, will reportedly combine a massive air assault, multi-division ground invasion, and an undefined end state described by officials as “winning eventually.” www.duffelblog.com/trump-promis...

“We are going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground. It will be totally – again – obliterated. We’re going to annihilate their navy,” Mr Trump said. Obliterated. Again. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

What an amazing own goal from DoD

Amazing 4D Chess move by Hegseth digging himself yet another hole to struggle out of. Anthropic has the far superior model, so pulling it from DoD networks would be idiotic. www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

Random observation: Claude Code is a million times better than Codex.

“Iran’s nuclear facilities have been obliterated - and suggestions otherwise are fake news.” - White House, June 25, 2025 www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

I imagine it was extremely disturbing

We moved @duffelblog.com from Substack to @ghost.org in September and it’s so much better. More control, better data, and zero Nazis. Highly recommend.

The past is alterable. The past never has been altered. America is at war with Iran. America has always been at war with Iran.

Alt Headline: Pentagon begins push for dumber officers

This story says a whole lot of nothing, other than Claude was used. In what way? Wow. Much AI.

Sir, this is a Wendy’s

In other news, US Navy to launch ‘Smoggy Fleet’ of coal-powered warships

No one brought the ferments to my Super Bowl party and I’m very upset

This was so good.

“One day after meeting [White House Chief of Staff Susie] Wiles, Gabbard told the NSA not to publish the intelligence report. Instead, she instructed NSA officials to transmit the highly classified details directly to her office.”

Really living up to the quote: "The nation that will insist on drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking done by cowards." www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...

Oh no, this is terrible. I really hope he's gonna be not okay www.wsj.com/world/russia...

the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran

‘Oer the land of the free

Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him. “When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."

TIL Trump’s feet are as small as a penguin’s