We all know Iran can't hit Diego Garcia. But the other suspects don't make sense either - why would Israel or India do it? It all suddenly makes sense when you remember that it's British territory - obviously, it was an Argentinean strike, taking advantage of the chaos.

The war in Iran is mind-numbingly stupid. You do not, however, gotta hand it to the IRI.

The most tragic, stupid, yet also funniest outcome is this doesn't work out, they try to take the island w/o air support "bc Trump wants the infra intact", just for it to be bombed to shit for obvious reasons anyway. All while the economy breaks irreparably and countless lives are lost for nothing.

My train was 19 minutes late (they refund half the ticket's price after 20 minutes)

Couldn't have happened to a nicer person 🙂

The thing is, not a single statement from Trump would stand up to the scrutiny of a primary school teacher. But that is above the level of every organization whose job that would be.

I think it's a lot less goon squads and a lot more extremely aggressive psychotic messaging that made half the country think this guy will literally k*ll people's loved ones with an evil war and send oil prices soaring in a similar manner. It can barely be called a campaign at this point.

An extremely urgent edition of: to keep functioning, society must discourage baldface lying, especially by authorities

Genuinely curious what the theory is here. This could have worked when the biggest opposition was rebranded arrow-cross shitheads, or when they were "from the river to the sea" chanters. The opposition this time is basically "what FIDESZ was supposed to be".

The possibility that really worries me is that when Trump withdraws leaving the regime in place – which feels inevitable – the hardliners feel emboldened to sponsor terror in the west on a larger scale, betting that Trump won't want to do a replay of this debacle.

I just realized we'll be celebrating a friend of mine's birthday on election day. Oh well, I'd probs pop a cork that day either way.

Makes you wonder if this is just NorK stuff they bought

This is another incident in which a Fergie Chambers aligned group has carried out sabotage at a firm materially helping the Ukrainian war effort believing that the facility they were attacking was assisting Israel

I'm on a train and I screamed out loud and had to explain myself

Solid indicator Iran is running low on money

I'm sure it's a coincidence that state owned corporations & agencies are firing on all cylinders shoveling out "ads" that are perfectly in sync with the govt's campaign, exactly a month before elections. This time the message is if they lose we'll go to war and also there'll be a fossil fuel crisis.

Pretty bad day to be an Italian uncle on here huh *crowd boos* scusi, scusi

An underappreciated aspect of the admin doing this is that if they want to take Kharg, that means they'll want to seize it with the oil infrastructure intact. Which means limited air support. And also somehow preventing IRGC from scorching the place. Lol. Lmao.

The war in Iran is giving me pre-Covid shut down vibes. It's like February 2020. Life is proceeding fairly normally, we're joking about using hand sanitizer. Everyone assumes this will just be a blip. It's really just a few pandemic-nerds that are freaking out because they know what's coming.

What Mihnea said

"Will the plane I bought tickets for have fuel in August to take off?" and other fun questions to ponder on a Thursday evening

The official line is shaping up to be "we won and it's Israel's and Ukraine's fault"

You know how Lockjaw was not a parody and a figure just like him emerged because it was basically inevitable? Same with TC's solar video. It wasn't a response to the admin's catastrophic self-inflicted energy crisis, but it's not that surprising they did all that immediately after the video.

Place your bets: who will be the first to call it the South Park Gas Field?

Fact check: true

"Trump's approval with MAGA GOP is literally 100%." "MAGA makes up the same share of voters as it did when Trump won in 2024." Remember this next time you see a story quoting Tucker, Bannon, Greene (and probably next Joe Kent) saying MAGA is mad at Trump and splitting. It's not.

If this does end up happening, I think people are heavily underestimating the US's ability to take ground and heavily overestimating what that'd actually translate to in terms of "control"

[TOS VIOLATION]

Hello JD this is your foregn policy stategist speaking. I am advising you today to please keep saying this shit

Not lost on me that they didn't display a single EU flag. EU states must acquire strategic assets. A lot of them. CSGs, strategic and stealth bombers, ICBMs, 5th gen fighters, transport & refuelling aircraft, satellite constellations, the list goes on. It must be distributed, and we must do it fast

I am fine with this as long as he pledges to demonstrate the aircraft's capabilities personally, just like he did with his truck. Hell, I'll even allow taking off from an incline this time.

While gun control in the wake of the coming blue wave is very likely inevitable, I'm begging Democrats not to touch suppressors. No, they don't make guns silent, they don't turn them into super assassin's weapons, they just protect your hearing, and are frankly first and foremost a health issue.

Haha :)

The thing about Putin saying he'd like Biden to win back in 2024 is that not once has Trump brought it up. If it had any merit to it, Trump would've never forgave him. But everyone knew it was a brazen lie (except for a handful of bottom-feeders who parrotted it to further their goals)

"The left is losing tech!" No. There's tech and then there's grifters. They'll never win over conmen. "But they're deranged about AI" True, and if their opposition was normal they could bleed votes. Tech workers however are educated and see what's going on. Not to mention all the layoffs "bc of AI".

Jesus christ

This is not impossible but then start moving troops! Don't send that single MEU to its death!

The war that we're winning, that we won last week, that we don't need any help with at all, is the Jews fault actually

There's been a lot of talk about how the Leopard-2 "failed" in Ukraine and while the actual battlefield experiences are less than ideal, I still think that's an unfair assessment. They are far easier to train on than the Abrams - that's why they were sent first. And they're available, which matters.

There's a lot of "I hate the Iranian regime and I wish for a regime change so that they can no longer stir up regional conflict and also that Iranian citizens get to live in a democracy" sentiment going around. I can't disagree with this. The question is, what does this have to do with the war?

Apps love to fish for reviews, but instead of "Please rate us on the app store!" they usually go "Enjoying our app? Share your feedback! [YES][NO]" They then take you to reviews if you choose yes and do nothing if you choose no. Which reads like they don't care for your feedback at all (correct)

People still regularly badmouth Black Mirror like "oi mate wot if your mum woz a mobile phone" while turning your mother into a phone becomes the biggest trend of the decade and the sole driver of economic growth.

是的 Mr Trump, we will totally help you out. All you need to do is put all of your carriers into the Big Golden Trump Fleet for Maximum Winning. Don't worry about turning your radars on, you're safe surrounded by most of the PLAN's Type 055s and 052Ds ;)

Fuck Graham Platner

This is indeed a massive crowd, and while crowds on the 15th of March are not a huge signifier (it's our national holiday), one this big does pierce even my cynicism.

Yes, lots of funny names in here, but I'd just like to say Aurora dominating Alaska is wholesome and cute

Today is our national holiday. March 15th is our 4th of July. FIDESZ bussed in huge masses from the countryside, the opposition too is holding a march. Yes, you see many people on the streets today, but it barely means amything.