humiliation kink
humiliation kink
It's true: the whole admin are wearing shoes that don't fit rather than contradict Trump
also places that try price controls will have shortages or outages
China doesn't really do security guarantees (except NK, and that's old) and doesn't have the logistic ability to project force to the Gulf
Everyone is afraid of Trump and doing things his way
Which seems to be a consequence of letting him get away with immense crimes
It puts him in a situation where he can attack other Americans without risk to himself
the NYT doesn't do substantive response to external critics. It placates critics on its right, and attacks critics to its left
Gondor's the Byzantines, lighting the beacons and all that
You gotta consider that Israeli media probably wants to bait him into making a public appearance so he can be tracked & killed
That's just Giulo Douhet's doctrine. The earliest and wrongest theory of airpower, let's not pretend it's new
quantity tho
OK, this says 9 of 35 got through. Which is about 25.7%
Surprising, 35 is more than the previous day
Though less than any day before that
maybe the UAE relaxed a bit
www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/emergenc...
Judging by the Venezuela outcome, a lot of American media will pretend that it worked
right, it just increases the element of chance
OK, but total number matters here. Is it 4 drones & one got through?
also photos can be geolocated or electronic communications traced. by the people trying to kill him
Dover, Mandeb, Sunda
Trump and Hegseth are primally afraid of anything that makes them look weak or like losers. Psychological problem levels of afraid.
Would serious damage to a ship do that?
doing the reverse even:
civilian vessels are warned to stay at least "30 nautical miles from U.S. military vessels to reduce the risk of being mistaken as a threat"
www.maritime.dot.gov/msci/2026-00...
This is part of what a "no world order" world looks like: no freedom of the seas, every country has to guard its own ships
Iran: "I already did it"
This keeps happening!
This says one was hit in dock, the other two undergoing refit
www.janes.com/osint-insigh...
Gul Dukat & his Dominion allies spend a couple episodes
trying to clear a Federation minefield
Pakistan's navy says it's escorting vessels. Details lacking
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Oh, short term stock market swings are irrational? When were they rational? When did anyone ever know why the stock market moved one way or another.
Financial reporters tell stories about why it moves, but they're just stories.
In this case the war started at 27% but apparently Trump got most of his fans to support it
Imagining a history where Darius is not a coward and Alexander kills him at Issus. Darius is replaced by a better leader.
at one time? France, Russia
The people who said drones would be equalizing as a weapons technology seem proven right so far
Major powers can't count on bombing without being bombed back
But historical periods of equalizing weapons tech have usually been extra violent & chaotic
Not in person. Marx fought & split with almost every political ally he ever had. Engels was the exception