They want to hang out with us more than anything in the world. Still carrying a grudge from high school about not being invited to a party because they were an asshole then.
November 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
They want to hang out with us more than anything in the world. Still carrying a grudge from high school about not being invited to a party because they were an asshole then.
Not just to admire they were right. They crave our respect and social approval too. They want us to accept and respect their shitlord behaviour, world view .
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Not just to admire they were right. They crave our respect and social approval too. They want us to accept and respect their shitlord behaviour, world view .
It's really a terrible fucking chop shop.
November 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
It's really a terrible fucking chop shop.
GWOT comes back to bite us with the OLC doing its usual "bless illegal shit" opinions.
November 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
GWOT comes back to bite us with the OLC doing its usual "bless illegal shit" opinions.
OLC treated as a kind of "mini-supreme court" to bless admin actions has had some horrific consequences. The Yoo stuff alone should have seen it reformed and treated more as place of legal advice and not an "oracle on law"
November 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
OLC treated as a kind of "mini-supreme court" to bless admin actions has had some horrific consequences. The Yoo stuff alone should have seen it reformed and treated more as place of legal advice and not an "oracle on law"
It might take that level of violence to snap elites out of their stupor, and get public buy in to declaring this an illegal, void presidency, with most of its acts, appointments, pardons, void etc. Incentives to not take these courses of (necessary) action are going to be pretty huge.
November 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
It might take that level of violence to snap elites out of their stupor, and get public buy in to declaring this an illegal, void presidency, with most of its acts, appointments, pardons, void etc. Incentives to not take these courses of (necessary) action are going to be pretty huge.
It's going to get worse. He's going to get pardoned, others too. Getting public buy in on declaring all these void, the presidency effectively void, most of his actions void so they can be prosecuted is going to be a mammoth job(even if wine moms want blood!) Elite inertia to do nothing will be huge
November 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
It's going to get worse. He's going to get pardoned, others too. Getting public buy in on declaring all these void, the presidency effectively void, most of his actions void so they can be prosecuted is going to be a mammoth job(even if wine moms want blood!) Elite inertia to do nothing will be huge
Thanks guys!
November 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Thanks guys!
There was a rampant culture of media reporting that OLC opinions were considered "as good as law" during the GWOT. Poor reporting that helped give these opinions more credibility than they deserved
November 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
There was a rampant culture of media reporting that OLC opinions were considered "as good as law" during the GWOT. Poor reporting that helped give these opinions more credibility than they deserved
What are some good books to catch up on this history and get a better grip on the subject matter? appreciate any recs
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
What are some good books to catch up on this history and get a better grip on the subject matter? appreciate any recs
I do love that the villain in the first dirty harry became Garak in Star Trek, possibly its best drawn (ambiguous) character
November 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I do love that the villain in the first dirty harry became Garak in Star Trek, possibly its best drawn (ambiguous) character
Were the trends really green if the civilian population was not on your side because of all your operations?
November 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Were the trends really green if the civilian population was not on your side because of all your operations?
You are!
November 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
You are!
The void in all this seems no strategy, no political aims, no actual outcome they were working to achieve through all this effort.
November 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The void in all this seems no strategy, no political aims, no actual outcome they were working to achieve through all this effort.
Depressing.
November 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Depressing.
But also sounds like it didn't exactly win many local friends in the province either.
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
But also sounds like it didn't exactly win many local friends in the province either.
That man is FIT
November 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
That man is FIT
Sure I will!...excerpts are fascinating.
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Sure I will!...excerpts are fascinating.
I'm not even 50 and yet I grew up knowing WW2 vets and partisans and I basically wouldn't exist unless my fathers family left Slovenia in the 30's because, peasants they were, they could still see it was going down bad in Europe and not the place to be.
November 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I'm not even 50 and yet I grew up knowing WW2 vets and partisans and I basically wouldn't exist unless my fathers family left Slovenia in the 30's because, peasants they were, they could still see it was going down bad in Europe and not the place to be.
Post-these strikes, did it *really* weaken these networks or did it just cycle in a new level of of more hardline, uncompromising and extreme replacements?
November 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Post-these strikes, did it *really* weaken these networks or did it just cycle in a new level of of more hardline, uncompromising and extreme replacements?
If it's a really close friend or family member I just say "surely you can do better than that" to shame them when they do that. It usually works. If they do ever say it then it's certainly not in my presence ever again.
November 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
If it's a really close friend or family member I just say "surely you can do better than that" to shame them when they do that. It usually works. If they do ever say it then it's certainly not in my presence ever again.
You can't ban words anyway. I just gently chide people for this shit when they do "surely you could use some other word, like English has lot's of words", move on and mark them as an asshole. No need to go to war about, but no need to be close or have anything other than distant relationship either
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
You can't ban words anyway. I just gently chide people for this shit when they do "surely you could use some other word, like English has lot's of words", move on and mark them as an asshole. No need to go to war about, but no need to be close or have anything other than distant relationship either
I just ordered it.
November 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I just ordered it.