QAgog

I would disagree with you if I could.

Agreed, but after Prigozhin's attempted march on
Moscow, I have to wonder if the Russian oligarchs
might get together with the generals and move
against the gang boss.

Since I myself am still in shock at the electorate putting
Trump into the White House a second time, I have to
wonder if Trump's never-ending barbarism is just
overwhelming the American media.
There is no precedent for his manic onslaught on
democracy, honesty and rationality.

He was more top than aide but, unfortunately, he
was probably right in saying Trump would pardon
him.

And don't crush that dwarf.

"wtf" is right. Please, he can't be another Fetterman.

I am surprised there has been nothing similar to the
Wagner Group rebellion yet, but I would imagine the
generals are getting worried.
Fingers crossed for a coup, violent or otherwise.

The Gulf States are non-democratic societies, and
their leaders seem to prefer other non-democracies.
Their sentiments may be Trumpian, but they have
better cognition.
Nothing gets attention like missile barrages.

My suspicion is that Russia does not have enough
willing military-age males to replace its losses.

Well, they've killed some of the future leadership
(children).
He seems to really believe the world is safer because
Trump started a lunatic war.

Precisely. Complaining about the butler but not the
lord of the manor (Mar-A-Lago).

Are you shitting us? Are there that many influential
right-wing shitheads in Canada? Or are they American
expats?

I wish there was a social media version of a cattle prod.

Are the standard estimates of Russia's population
wrong? I have the feeling Putin can order a new
mobilization, but there won't be enough men available
to make a difference.
Maybe Russia is just running out of people.

I just hope they had fries with all that lobster and steak.

I said it before, and I'll say it again: Imre Nagy and
Pal Maleter are spinning in their graves.

In all seriousness, as far as I'm concerned, the U.S.
never recovered from the post-Yom Kippur War
oil embargo.
It set off wage cuts, staffing cuts, and the transfer
of the industrial base to Mexico (and later, China).

I haven't been in a safe group since I was 5 years old, and
that did not last.
The points I was trying to make are that the SAVE Act is an
unconstitutional assault on voting rights, and that the MAGA
people seem to not comprehend that means their rights
as well.

I do not think Gavin Newsom supports genocide.
If I thought that, I would despair if he were to become
the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party.

Stanley Pottinger seems odd as hell, and Epstein
was deeply involved with him, as well as with
Douglas Leese and Steven Hoffenberg.
Incredible.
Have to wonder if Michael Ledeen will show up.

Temporary pain is sort of an S&M way to look at this.
And I can think of another terrorist regime I'd like to
get rid of.

I had no clue Southern Air Transport was in any way
linked to Epstein.
Thanks for the repost. I'll check it out.

The SAVE Act.
Screw All Voters Equally.

We can prosecute Trump after we impeach him.

I'm willing to nod my head if they call it a limited
special operation and then declare it completed.

As the AI bubble begins to burst.
My old "Magic 8 Ball" did better than Grok.

I'll buy the tickets for two of them.

True, it wasn't really that way, but it is also true that
the real income of working class Americans, adjusted
for inflation, has been going down for about 50 years
now, and income inequality has gone up at the same
time.

For every American who liked Batista, Franco, Botha,
Pinochet, Marcos, the Argentine generals, etc, there
were Americans who liked Stalin, Castro, Mao, and
so on.
Some of us immigrants wonder, now and then, if any
of you natives actually like democracy.

My younger sister died 1 month ago of liver cancer.
She spent her last years volunteering at naturalization
ceremonies at our library.
We were born in a town that was once a regional HQ
for Soviet rocket forces.
The only reason I don't call you a shitass is that I
share what you are going through.