So, Elon Musk is going to leaad the charge to convince the world that the US is the kinder and friendlier nation. Really? Here is a hint. Stop threatening other nations with bombs and military takeovers. That might help. Otherwise, it is a complete waste of effort and money.
"Members of the military are worried, though; calls and applications from servicepeople inquiring about filing for conscientious objection status have reportedly surged."
LOL!- We don't do that woke shit anymore....right, young MAGA?
I've lost too many people in the "global war on terror," and I, as could many, draw blood for this. There's no hell deep enough for this administration. I'm sorry for writing something so anodyne and purile, but I'm too sickened to be particularly clever rn.
Yeah, In 1971 I was NOT one of the 'fortunate sons' that drew high draft numbers (#37). I avoided the military and joined the Air Force......ended up in Thailand instead of the kill zone my older brother did....... 18 months '66-'68.
They should ask the names of the Iranians they're negotiating with. You know what they'll say. They can't tell us because it will endanger their lives.
How can someone with so little control over their own country and population be in any kind of position to agree to anything?
When you're a Republican you're not responsible for knowing anything about ANYTHING. Whatever wins the moment is sufficient; it need not be consistent even with anything said in the same paragraph.
That's why lying's so effective. All that matters is that you win the immediate argument, because you'll be out the door before anyone can call you on it.
Why is this conflict not being referred to uniformly as "Operation Epstein Fury"?
It may cost hundreds of lives and a trillion dollars, but you have to give President Pedo Pal credit: No one has even mentioned The Files for weeks now. Well played, you deranged orange sack.
I beg to differ. Many many folk talk about the Epstein files every day. On substack alone you have Ellie Leonard, Kait Justice and Julie K Brown. Legacy media may have decided to move on but other media avenues are still posting new info.
"an Iranian strike on a base in Saudi Arabia damaged one of only 17 crucial US E-3 Sentry aircraft" LOL, WSJ - that thing is destroyed, blown in half, a 500 million $ dinosaur killed by drones costing thousands. This has been happening in Ukraine four years now, but the western military-industrial-political complex won't let go of their fat contracts for what now amount to nothing but big fat targets. The other day the CEO of Rheinmetall laughed at the idea of producing low-cost, low-profit drones and interceptors, and derided Ukraine's pioneering achievements.
The car companies did this in the late 70's. The country had been battered by the Saudi Oil Embargo in the early/mid 70's, and people were starting to look at Japanese imports with better gas mileage than American cars.
The car companies laughed. They dismissed these foreign cars as cheap and unreliable, something no American would tolerate. Americans wanted iconic American cars.
The General Motors bailout soon followed.
Turns out, the cars were better engineered than American cars, with better gas mileage to boot. Word spread.
These Masters of the Universe dismiss these technological innovations of the changing world at their peril.
I was watching some WW2 histories on YouTube. For all the disadvantages the M4-Sherman tank had against the bigger, more powerful, and better armored German Tiger and Panther tanks, the Sherman did fine because it was cheaper to produce, easier to produce so outnumbering German tanks was easy, easier to maintain, and that was good enough to make them viable.
It’s a less extreme example, to me, of what’s happening with modern drone warfare. Less expensive mass produced weapons make up for whatever one-on-one differences in capabilities it has by weight of numbers.
These things cost less than my car, which is just one step up from a basic, no-frills starter car that also got the Ford retiree discount thanks to Dad.
And that's what it takes to actually obliterate a multimillion dollar weapon?
"On Friday, an Iranian strike on a base in Saudi Arabia damaged one of only 17 crucial US E-3 Sentry aircraft."
I saw that "damage" ...that airframe is never flying again.
On the plus side, less metallurgy expense when they melt it down.
So, Elon Musk is going to leaad the charge to convince the world that the US is the kinder and friendlier nation. Really? Here is a hint. Stop threatening other nations with bombs and military takeovers. That might help. Otherwise, it is a complete waste of effort and money.
"Members of the military are worried, though; calls and applications from servicepeople inquiring about filing for conscientious objection status have reportedly surged."
LOL!- We don't do that woke shit anymore....right, young MAGA?
I've lost too many people in the "global war on terror," and I, as could many, draw blood for this. There's no hell deep enough for this administration. I'm sorry for writing something so anodyne and purile, but I'm too sickened to be particularly clever rn.
Yeah, In 1971 I was NOT one of the 'fortunate sons' that drew high draft numbers (#37). I avoided the military and joined the Air Force......ended up in Thailand instead of the kill zone my older brother did....... 18 months '66-'68.
They should ask the names of the Iranians they're negotiating with. You know what they'll say. They can't tell us because it will endanger their lives.
How can someone with so little control over their own country and population be in any kind of position to agree to anything?
Ta, Marcie. The only name I ever want to hear Pete called is the prisoner in the dock. At The Hague, of course.
They'll attack on Friday because it's 'Good' Friday so it must be lucky.
https://youtu.be/9qCcTvgyiVk?si=KkS-ZIR1RRM8qeUR
Sat at my window watched the world
Wake up this morning
Purple sky slowly turning golden,
Distant elms so orange
You'd swear they're burning
All this flowing water
Has got my mind wandering
Do you ever finally reach
A point of knowing
Or do you just wake up one day
And say I am going?
RE: LINDSEY GRAHAM'S "WE TOOK IWO JIMA" COMMENT
7,000 US troops killed.
When you're a Republican you're not responsible for knowing anything about ANYTHING. Whatever wins the moment is sufficient; it need not be consistent even with anything said in the same paragraph.
That's why lying's so effective. All that matters is that you win the immediate argument, because you'll be out the door before anyone can call you on it.
One caveat: “Whatever appears to win at the moment”, if you please! Long term? Losers.
The stripper was correct. It is awful.
“his could-not-be-worse leadership style”
I suspect this assertion will not age well.
That “tweet” on war in the Middle East. Who was president in October 2019, or did I just hallucinate his first administration?
The other strait from CNN. We're looking at 200 a barrel maybe
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/30/business/saudi-oil-war-strait-houthis
Yeah. No. I'm afraid that's going to be a problem for me.
And everybody except the billionaire class
Why is this conflict not being referred to uniformly as "Operation Epstein Fury"?
It may cost hundreds of lives and a trillion dollars, but you have to give President Pedo Pal credit: No one has even mentioned The Files for weeks now. Well played, you deranged orange sack.
At our No Kings march, I got the woman with the bullhorn to lead this chant:
Stop protecting pedophiles
Now release the Epstein files
N-O-W!!!
I beg to differ. Many many folk talk about the Epstein files every day. On substack alone you have Ellie Leonard, Kait Justice and Julie K Brown. Legacy media may have decided to move on but other media avenues are still posting new info.
"an Iranian strike on a base in Saudi Arabia damaged one of only 17 crucial US E-3 Sentry aircraft" LOL, WSJ - that thing is destroyed, blown in half, a 500 million $ dinosaur killed by drones costing thousands. This has been happening in Ukraine four years now, but the western military-industrial-political complex won't let go of their fat contracts for what now amount to nothing but big fat targets. The other day the CEO of Rheinmetall laughed at the idea of producing low-cost, low-profit drones and interceptors, and derided Ukraine's pioneering achievements.
The car companies did this in the late 70's. The country had been battered by the Saudi Oil Embargo in the early/mid 70's, and people were starting to look at Japanese imports with better gas mileage than American cars.
The car companies laughed. They dismissed these foreign cars as cheap and unreliable, something no American would tolerate. Americans wanted iconic American cars.
The General Motors bailout soon followed.
Turns out, the cars were better engineered than American cars, with better gas mileage to boot. Word spread.
These Masters of the Universe dismiss these technological innovations of the changing world at their peril.
I was watching some WW2 histories on YouTube. For all the disadvantages the M4-Sherman tank had against the bigger, more powerful, and better armored German Tiger and Panther tanks, the Sherman did fine because it was cheaper to produce, easier to produce so outnumbering German tanks was easy, easier to maintain, and that was good enough to make them viable.
It’s a less extreme example, to me, of what’s happening with modern drone warfare. Less expensive mass produced weapons make up for whatever one-on-one differences in capabilities it has by weight of numbers.
These things cost less than my car, which is just one step up from a basic, no-frills starter car that also got the Ford retiree discount thanks to Dad.
And that's what it takes to actually obliterate a multimillion dollar weapon?
Maybe it needs a better early warning system.
"Raids of what? Raids of who?" The obvious answer is panty raids, bro.