David Dixon

*checks* Yep.

I can only hope.

Why does this asshat still have a job? Literally, who is his audience? Anybody who believes it's this simple watches Fox rather than reads a column.

Figure of a Minuteman Rocket system launch trajectory.

That would take too long! I have an idea that is just as practical but will get your oil to any refinery in the world in between 30-54 minutes.

I present to you the ICDM (Intercontinental Delivery Missile).

*Joe Rogan nodding* So you say there's no God but God, and Mohammed is His prophet? That's... Definitely gonna look into it. It's entirely possible.

A screenshot of two skeets next to one another in the timeline, one of which cites Trump as eager to continue the war for another three to four weeks and one citing a Goldman-Sachs estimate of a total of 21 days of disruption. The commentary on the Goldman-Sachs analysis is "Literally what are they basing this off of?"

Sometimes the timeline perfectly captures the zeitgeist.

Insiders who still can't grasp the idea that Trump isn't the only actor on the world stage.

An advertisement from gemini.com advertising cryptocurrency by saying "Go where dollars won't."

Ah yes, going where dollars won't, such as the pockets of sanctioned Russian oligarchs, North Korean hackers, drug cartels, and human trafficking rings.

At least the marketing is honest, I guess.

Yeah, I'm not liking how familiar this sounds...

She was such an amazing writer.

Also, Stalin: Court of the Red Tsar is a fascinating, if incomplete, biography of Stalin's time as head of the Soviet Union.

On the nonfiction front, you might enjoy Hampton Sides's Blood and Thunder which is kind of a biography that is also a history of the settling of the American West.

Interesting sci-fi (all classics): Stand on Zanzibar, Roadside Picnic, The Left Hand of Darkness.

I don't read as much fantasy, but if you've never read Le Guin's Wizard of Earthsea, it's amazing.

What do you like to read (in terms of fiction vs. non-fiction, genre, etc.)?

Why does anyone in the UK even care about who or what is on the money? Every time I've been, the only people who used cash at all were tourists like me.

Also, just how quickly does this person think they could get all the "pickup" and "dropoff" infrastructure (to say nothing of the road) built?

Allow me to present a different solution, from a similar thread:

As someone who has been there (frequent rockets in Iraq, over twenty years ago at this point): unfortunately, no.

(But you do get used to it.)

I believe, based on my solid, no-risk plan and his visionary methods, our collaboration would worth somewhere in the neighborhood of 2-3 trillion.

But I'll let you in as an early investor for whatever you'll give me! Think of how much money you'll eventually make!

Ah, but the Strait itself is fine! See how tranquil the water is?

Figure of a Minuteman Rocket system launch trajectory.

That would take too long! I have an idea that is just as practical but will get your oil to any refinery in the world in between 30-54 minutes.

I present to you the ICDM (Intercontinental Delivery Missile).

The late night FOX News spin on this is "Iran can't control the Strait."

This is true, but they don't have to--WE DO.

Do you mind if I steal your pitch to secure approximately 34 billion dollars in Series A funding?

Line keep going up (still derogatory)

We have, however, put him in the rare position where the thing he most wants to do (inflict maximum pain on the US and its political and economic systems) is also the most rational thing to do.

So much winning.

Launched, presumably, from the Ayatollah's secret volcano lair, pictured here:

Translation: I am tired to people telling me illegal things are illegal.

We dress Bugs Bunny up in drag and have him make eyes at the IRGC. While they're distracted, we sneak in and carry it off while walking quietly on our tiptoes.

Voices are SI. The image of the dream is TK.