@witwarrior
Doctrix of Philosophy. History: Tibet, British India, Scythia, Turkestan. The Great Game. Himalayas. The Ancient World. Victorian Orientalism. Lenin advising ladies like myself-what is to be done. Avatar is Haniwa Flying Squirrel.
So now #7 service member murdered by drumps illegal war and s congress who refused to act. Make no mistake, this isn’t only a call to duty video game to him, it’s a coverup for all the trouble he’s in, led by incompetents. We’re all paying for it, but more importantly- our military. Just stop him.
Doesn’t it occur to anyone that those “state processes,” always sluggish, would grind to a halt if thousands of extra applications suddenly show up before the midterms?
It's so bad that we've reached a point where members of Congress casually discuss stripping citizenship from and deporting people because they don't like their views.
Blumenthal after getting briefed on Iran: "We seem to be on a path toward deploying American troops on the ground in Iran to accomplish any of the potential objectives here. There's also the specter of active Russian aid to Iran putting in danger American lives ... China also may be assisting Iran"
Of course, neither Witkoff nor Kushner should be tasked with anything of importance, but I assume the decision not to include nuclear weapons experts wasn't incompetence, it was deliberate. There was never any intent to negotiate anything, the failed "talks" were a sham to justify the planned war.
It's an entire administration of middle school bullies on a school playground. Just so fucking sad and stupid.
And the words chosen by leaders in time of war are extremely powerful.
“If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind, it is now possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without them knowing it.” - Edward Bernays, (read by Goebbels.) The father of persuasion & marketing, and what he called the manipulation of “the American Mind”
Language influences thinking. The way people think of the world is influenced directly by the language that people use to talk about it.
Words matter.
FOX: What is your timeline for how long the war will last?
LEAVITT: Ultimately the operation will end when the commander in chief determines the military objectives have been met and Iran is in a position of complete and unconditional surrender, whether they say it or not
Hegseth momentarily flashing disgrace face.
Oh god.
I hope the obvious, spectacular shortcut won’t occur to the man who asked:
“We have nukes. Why don’t we use them?”
A beautiful house; and tiny, unimportant figures actually doing hard agricultural work.
Good times in the renaissance garden, including gent at lower right whose friend needs to stop handing him glasses of wine! By Louis de Caullery, whose day is today.
Before Citizens United, billionaires donated 0.3% of campaign financing. In the last election, 300 billionaires & their families — 0.0001% of America's population — provided 19%.
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You know you're getting old when the Ayatollahs start to look young.
A Christian nationalist, Crusades fan-boy and sexist xenophobe who attends Bible study and Pentagon prayer services, Hegseth is a vital force in an explosive push to enshrine brimstone-breathing-and unconstitutional-Christian fundamentalism in America’s military.
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This arrogance is what is causing the rest of the world to recognize the US is no longer the shining light on the hill but the biggest amoral bully on the planet
I just read about eels…
Meme. Colored drawing of medieval-looking people fishing in a stream with nets and wicker traps. It's a busy scene, and the people look somewhat happy and also industrious. All of the figures are muscled and would look quite dangerous if they came upon you in a dark alley with their nets and spears and all. Right now they're only fishing for fish. If they became fishers of men, they'd make for an excellent mob of muggers. * The ladies have leaves in their hats, which adds a festive air to the event. It's clearly a fishing party. They all have colorful shirts, but the men are wearing brown shirts only. Apparently, fishing (like so many other things in life, it seems) is only manly if you wear the right uniform. Likely they are also saying condescending things to each other, and comparing the size of their eels. Boys will be boys, etc. You can't see any fish or eels, but they're there. Judging you for your sins. Meme text reads: "TFW your revenue stream is dammed complicated" * Not muggers like the mugger of Mugger-Ghaut, however. Though that would explain why they're all in the water.
Are you having trouble keeping your eels to yourself? The Prior of Hardham understands.
In 1400 he accused locals of diverting water from the his stream & stealing his fish. The stream had been good for 4,000 eels per year. But now the Prior complained that he could only get 200!
🗃️🧪
@thebulwark.com
Trump to House Reps, "I won't sign any other legislation until you pass the Save Act. If we get this, they probably won't win an election for 50 years, okay, or maybe longer."
Yeah, let's just eliminate the two-party system.
Is there any bridge too far for these House Reps?
“Behavioral and Special Housing.”
If that doesn’t strike a chill to your bones…
🧊 Concentration Camp Design ✏️
Note the "Gun Range" right next to the courts.
Nice touch 😬
It is the story that will never let go:
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Give them credit for their shiny shoes!
Should the USA's attack on Iran
be regarded as infamous?
That's what Franklin Roosevelt
called Japan's attack at
Pearl Harbor (1941), done without
any war declaration,
"A day that will live in infamy!!"
In historical retrospect, does
Trump/Hegseth's behavior
absolve the Japanese?
It’s strange, but true, that most of these attacks originate on that side of the aisle.
I wonder if there are sequential satellite images of the land before and during Epstein’s occupation. Disturbances of the earth would show.
I didn't realize the 1996 Maria Farmer report to the FBI was not only her abuse on Wexner's property in Ohio, it was also Annie Farmer's abuse at Zorro Ranch, NM.
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