"The war is pretty much won. You can lower crude prices now"
-Trump
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"The war is pretty much won. You can lower crude prices now"
-Trump
And those standoff munitions can only be replaced very slowly so if China invades Taiwan in the near future the US just won't have the munitions to squander so China, who're far stronger, will face *less* long range attack from the US than the one that wasn't able to take Iran out.
will remember jay as the person who deleted lexi alexander and link, worked hard to cut palestinians off from their one chance at survival, ignored the ongoing abuse of Black and trans users, and then when confronted about the whole thing said 'waffles'. and for that fugly no caesars shirt.
You have to assume Taiwan is absolutely terrified following the events of the last week.
The US has used up most of their standoff munitions against a much weaker enemy than China in *a week* and has lost multiple THAAD units.
They *cannot* stop China taking Taiwan at a time of their choosing.
China just sitting there watching their opponent repeatedly punch himself in the face.
Digital illustration of Wunmi in a blue dress with blue eye makeup. She is standing in front of shelves of bottles.
Digital illustration of Wunmi in a blue dress with blue eye makeup. She is standing in front of shelves of bottles.
My redraw 💙 Wunmi deserves the world
Lots to say about the government's insinuation-laden, simultaneously vapid & menacing "social cohesion" strategy but let's start with this:
"Gender equality, LGBTQ+ rights, and freedom from discrimination are fundamental to who we are"
How *fucking* dare you. The mendacity is off the charts
If you are a Russian oligarch, let alone a regular Russian person, no matter how much you disliked Putin the threat of a return to the chaos of the 90s or something even worse would be even less attractive.
The State Department/Biden Admin didn't even consider this.
It is probably not a coincidence that as the aesthetic of RETVRN has become more popular among elites US diplomacy has come to resemble the arrogant contempt or ancient Roman "diplomacy".
While Trump is terrible this is a consistent failing of the State Department.
They were equally shocked when under Biden, declarations that Russia would be Balkanized and China would be next lead to a Russia-China alliance and no negotation over Ukraine.
the last few times iran has accepted a ceasefire, the US and israel have taken the opportunity to restock their weapons and then surprise attack iran again. "there's zero point in engaging in diplomacy with us any more" is what that strategy teaches
He's about to find out that you can definitely start a war without the permission of the other side but you can't end one without their agreement.
"Democrats and Republicans aren't the same."
Ok. But for who? Who are they not the same for because it's certainly not everyone.
His introduction is genius.
Bayliss thinking Crosseti is Lieutenant Giardello both makes Bayliss look bad/a fish out of water but also eases the audience into just how fitting it is that Kotto Is Giardello.
Oh shit, I didn't know this. He would have absolutely killed it.
It sucks Biden and Garland couldn't be bothered to punish Trump in any way for attempting a coup and that Harris chose genocide over winning the election, sure.
Literally exactly the same defence the UK government is using.
Just a coincidence no doubt.
I do have to hand it to them that they chose to have the main character from Birmingham played by an Irishman and the Irish character played by a New Zealander.
It's unexpected, it breaks the mold.
I struggle a bit with Peaky Blinders' popularity because it's the kind of show I should really like but I found it a bit meh.
Obviously people can enjoy things I don't but it's strange when I feel like I should be the target audience and really aren't.
The situation in Gaza is rapidly worsening as Israel forces Iran into a brutal war. Food is scarce. Sama'a and her children are struggling.
Please give what you can.
chuffed.org/project/157569
Against Skaven?
Close victory.
ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS: ANY ARAB OR EUROPEAN COUNTRY THAT EXPELS THE AMBASSADORS OF ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES FROM ITS TERRITORY WILL, STARTING TOMORROW, HAVE FULL AUTHORITY AND FREEDOM TO PASS THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ
everything in the world is incredibly fucked and there are daily heartbreaking preventable tragedies because the world is run by demented ghoulish pedophiles which induces a feeling of powerlessness, but on the bright side, the absurdity is *really* funny. A+ tier bit right here.
International institutions are a joke.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Anything that rewards people for doing good things is immediately and relentlessly attacked as the nanny state/interfering in the free market/anti-freedom.
It's not like the ruling class are likely to want to encourage good behaviour but there a tremendous cost if they try.
I remain convinced that we're not far off from having access to potable water being framed as a decadent luxury that disqualifies you from holding any left wing views and means you're responsible for society's downfall.
Keeping trans women out of sports has nothing do with sports but I think Gavin Newsom knows that
Pixar was the single handed most misogyny I ever experienced to my face in my life, stemming from my work being "too girlish" with an insinuated, but never directly stated "and too gay", while also complaining that I was perplexing for not behaving like their perception of a normal "woman"
"Punching you is bad because I bruised *my* knuckles" is the argument against mass murder the ruling class will entertain.
For the American ruling class only the lives of Troops matter.
The invasion of Iraq killed ~1m people.
All the mainstream criticism of it revolves around ~2k Troops dying.
If Iraqis, Palestinians, Lebanese and Iranian people could be exterminated without a Troop dying Warren etc would support it.