"Top Trump officials acknowledged to lawmakers during recent classified briefings that they did not plan for the possibility of Iran closing the strait in response to strikes."
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When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.
George Galloway: “I have been assailed all day by a “children’s book community” so vile and vicious I’m amazed they even let them near kids #redmolucca”. He was retweeted five times. An account named @winnie_the_pooh, not believed to be connected either to the Disney corporation or the estate of A A Milne, responded with one word: “Tosser.” and was RTed 213 times by the time this well-worn screenshot was taken, perhaps more afterwards
Well, if it’s 14 March, that can only mean... naturally: the ninth anniversary of one of the finest exchanges from The Old Place
Rest assured that zero actual punks are making any money from this.
“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”
Finally, a counterpoint to one of my own
"I could kill as many civilians as died in WW2. I deserved that Nobel Peace Prize."
Hell yeah!
Closeup of Walter White with a caption that reads “ you’re god damn right”.
A theme
I wrote about congressional Democrats’ incoherent, AIPAC-friendly, lawyerly messaging strategy around Iran that largely focuses on Trump’s supposed lack of “planning” and “consulting Congress,” while deemphasizing—or outright ignoring—clear demands to immediately end the war.
the DOGE bros should be made fun of for the rest of their lives (in addition to being charged for their crimes)
it’s unreal how these grown-ass men had no problem destroying untold lives with chatGPT but go crying to a judge when people make fun of them online
SPOTTED IN NASHVILLE…
Just because something's true doesn't mean you have to say it out loud
"This abysmal failure has been carefully planned" is an interesting way to play defense I guess
Dear members of the Senate: if you vote to confirm Mullin to run DHS, people should absolutely hold you personally responsible for every atrocity ICE and CBP carry out under his leadership.
(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors or surrender accepted; (2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted; (3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable ability to accept surrender would exist; (4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and (5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.
✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.
Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:
Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.
And recognized as such by the US Government.
From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.
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In the 1920s, there was an enormous Klan-aligned caucus in the House of Representatives that passed an immigration restriction bill designed to keep out Catholics and Jews because they supposedly posed an existential threat to American civilization. 100 years later, here we are.
And of course that shitweasel Barry Moore has his hame in there. What a prick.
Gawd, I grew up with these ads during daytime TV in the 70s. Can’t believe they’re still doing them. Speaking of which, how are Cal Worthington and his dog Spot doing?
Hegseth: "We will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, no mercy for our enemies."
No quarter is the refusal to take prisoners and instead just execute everyone. It's been considered a war crime for over a century.
I would be flabbergasted if even 10% of the people opting into these services know this
Fox News and Newsmax anchors say that anyone who opposes the Trump/Netanyahu war in Iran is antisemitic. TikTok Groypers say that the war is part of a Jewish banking conspiracy to flood America with refugees. For busy right-wing extremists, it can be hard to know who to trust.
“Imagine they have Godzilla. That’d suck.” Demented dipshit.
"Cars are the most absurd means of transport in a city. They are parked 95 per cent of the time. It takes two tonnes to move someone who weighs 70 kilogrammes. And the denser the city, the more absurd it is."
And where we’re at today is a complete denigration of that dream. Early Twitter compared to X as now. The death of Geocities and MySpace. “Pivot to video.”
We caught a glimpse of paradise (granted, with some problems), and then we let late stage capitalism drag us back into “number MUST go up.”
No joke, I think this might be one of the most important roles for tech-savvy Millennials/Gen Xers.
We caught a glimpse of an amazing world, one that was almost entirely free of corporate or political influence because the suits hadn’t caught on yet. We could talk with ANYONE in an age of landlines
As someone who went on the Internet for the first time in the early 90’s, I fucking loved the Internet. It has given so many things in life, and afforded me so many incredible experiences.
And to see it, and technology in general where they are today is kinda soul crushing.
