Andrew S.

The National Library Service for the Blind put out braille editions of Playboy, true story. They were a real magazine! Alex Haley did interviews for them and everything!

Fran Nachlas, we thank you for your service 🫡

demand to know why Spock said in THE THOLIAN WEB that there had never been a mutiny on a Star Fleet starship when as he knew perfectly well, *his own stepsister* had been convicted of mutiny

“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”

Pedocon Theory is a theory like gravity is a theory

ahhh race race it's race it's

gendergendergendergender...

though I'd be happy if they followed our real-world example of Greeks and Romans dating things from the First Olympiad, and all the dates were measured from a semi-legendary ancient athletic tournament on Takodana or something

I think you mean 5 AI (Anno Imperii), rebel scum

check LOTR Book 4 Chapter 3, “[Only Unpatriotic Elf Fake News Says] The Black Gate is Closed”

if I ask what "BBY" stands for will I get disappeared

I have some thoughts about it here. I think a very big part of Biden's job was communicating, and I think he was no longer up to that job. He was worse at speaking, and also more stubborn and inflexible, than he used to be.

If 2008 Joe Biden made those choices, I’d be asking “why did he choose not to play the game?”

When 2022 Joe Biden made those choices, I had a strong suspicion I knew the reason and it wasn’t a choice.

his unwillingness to play the game (*sotto voce* or inability)

Juan Epstein would like to give Mr. Kotter a note from his (Epstein’s) mother

I mean to me “Epstein” is a Puerto Rican name but that may be a Gen-X thing

Donald in particular might have been led astray by asking "how would I have reacted if someone killed my dad"

I'm with you on that. Trump absolutely didn't have a plan and isn't capable of making or following one. I do think he has very rough gut feelings for "how much trouble can this get me into" (it's why, e.g., he was paralyzed during the 1/6 riot), and his estimate for the Iran war was way way off.

I think at the back of Trump's mind was the rough calculation "The absolute worst this can go *even theoretically* is the Iraq war, because that war was done by a dumbass, and I am a very stable genius who is strong and tough."

I think at the back of Trump's mind was the rough calculation "The absolute worst this can go *even theoretically* is the Iraq war, because that war was done by a dumbass, and I am a very stable genius who is strong and tough."

This has been my read too. They can’t back down unilaterally (even if it was psychologically possible, Iran can keep bombing Gulf allies and mining the strait). Can’t negotiate a cease fire because Iranians will never trust Trump and Bibi can sabotage it anyway

A lot of the Epstein files talk really does feel a bit like "We need to talk more about how (((powerful elites))) want to drink the blood of your children"

Wikipedia tells me it’s also called “the forbidden island”. Oh come on now. ”Our forces will seize the forbidden island of Kharg! It is a good day to die!”

JARED HARRIS: any new roles for me?

HIS AGENT: yeah, there's a Netflix miniseries thing and 2 indie films.

HARRIS: do I kill myself at the end?

AGENT: ummm...I don't think so, I can check with the produ-

HARRIS: not interested.

AGENT: but–

HARRIS: [practicing tying a noose] not. interested.

I know I need to take this seriously but I can’t get past the fact that “Kharg Island” is a Klingon-ass name

🎶 Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a bolt of blue 🎶

Even still, we’re asking about humor in the NT and the best we can come up with is “well Paul gets really sarcastic sometimes”

2,000 guys. Just enough to cause some trouble. Not enough to take and hold meaningful territory when outnumbered infinity to one. Just enough to ensure escalation rather than a "fuck it, we're leaving" if they can't hold out.

are you saying that you don’t plan to support our troops, starfire

our TROOPS

once our troops are there we have to support them, starfire

I am convinced that Trump thinks Iran is more or less the size of the Bronx

Especially given that Egypt is kind of famous for its graves

Closest thing to a joke I can think of is Exodus 14:11, “They said to Moses, ‘Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness?’”