Schnorkles O'Bork

Polish the bones, meditate on your conquests, and curse the existence of tracking hellebore cannons.

I WENT TO THE DOCTOR, AND THE DOCTOR, HE SAID TO ME, SIR, JUFFO-WUP, IT IS COMPLETELY FILLING IN YOUR FIBERS, SIR. YOUR FIBERS. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT SIR. AND SO I GROW TURGID, LIKE NOBODY HAS BEFORE, VERY TURGID, AND WE’RE GOING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. MAYBE VIOLENT ACTION WILL ENSUE

They have a league I think. I managed there in OOTP one year for shits and giggles.

Belay this. A posting Mycon is a better idea.

Honestly a posting Ur-Quan is an excellent idea.

This is true. And also I appreciate a star control 2 avatar

D:

It's funny - thinking about my thoughts about college professors. There are some where I was incredibly unfair, but the FP/IR types honestly I wasn't derisive enough.

I got -out- of Foreign Policy in college because all of the professors I had drove me fucking insane.

Sobbing into my pillow.

so:
a. the Strait of Hormuz is def actually mined
b. they did ZERO planning for this
c. they're freaking out now that it's leaked to the press and trying to ensure us that 'no it's not'

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump If Iran has put out any mines in the Hormuz Strait, and we have no reports of them doing so, we want them removed, IMMEDIATELY! If for any reason mines were placed, and they are not removed forthwith, the Military consequences to Iran will be at a level never seen before. If, on the other hand, they remove what may have been placed, it will be a giant step in the right direction! Additionally, we are using the same Technology and Missile capabilities deployed against Drug Traffickers to permanently eliminate any boat or ship attempting to mine the Hormuz Strait. They will be dealt with quickly and violently. BEWARE! President DONALD J. TRUMP

lmao he added more made up shit

@sky.skymarchini.net New "macroeconomics lmao" moment.

like.. more than we already are or

It's hard to say. Detention numbers are down significantly. We can't say exactly why for now (I have theories, as do others) but if the Homan/Lyons wing has convinced the White House that the Miller/Noem mass deportation pushes were bad politics, they may have finally found the brake pedal.

ICE detention peaked at roughly 73,000 people in custody in mid-January. Since then, my sources say total in detention has fallen to sub-63,000. That is a significant drop, reversing the trend back to where things were in early November.

I am deeply skeptical of any major changes, to be clear.

This is a really impressively unhinged post

Jennifer Jacobs @JenniferJJacobs NEWS via @CBSNews : U.S. intelligence assets have begun to see indications Iran is taking steps to deploy mines in Strait of Hormuz shipping lane. Iran is using smaller crafts that can carry 2 to 3 mines each. While Iran’s mine stock isn’t publicly known, estimates over the years have ranged from roughly 2,000 to 6,000 naval mines of Iranian, Chinese and Russian-made variants, @JimLaPorta reports 2:13 PM · Mar 10, 2026 · 6,060 Views

Here we go

SCOOP: Federal judiciary approves new Supreme Court defender office to help represent indigent defendants at #SCOTUS.

Its full-time director will serve as a counterweight to the U.S. solicitor general in federal criminal cases. The first will be former Kagan clerk and SG atty Ashley Robertson.

and also we don't actually land troops we just blow up shit and leave.

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Monocles mandatory

lmaaaaaaaaaaaooooo

This strikes me as... incorrect. For a wide variety of reasons. And gets back to that current thing of "History started in 1945."

Also.. I'm not sure this is true even then

I think people don't quite understand just how ridiculous the per unit prices can get for government.

One might be concerned the Commander in Chief has no idea what he is Commander in Chiefing.

yeah probably

Now that's a MBT. What a chunky boy.

As an IR professor, it's depressing that this is outperforming all others as the best theory of US foreign policy