Althouse: Sunrise.

11 జూన్, 2026

Sunrise.

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CORRECTION: Somehow I'd mistakenly titled this post "Sunset."

71 కామెంట్‌లు:

Smilin' Jack చెప్పారు...: Set or rise?; 11-06-26 6:31 PM
Dave Begley చెప్పారు...: Peace with Iran.

Now the Iranian people can rise up, kill their so-called leaders and create a new government.; 11-06-26 6:36 PM
RJW చెప్పారు...: Dave Begley @ 6:36, not quite sure what you're talking about as that seems to assume the outcome is already known.

A peace agreement may reduce the immediate threat of war, but it doesn't necessarily follow that the Iranian people will overthrow their government or that whatever replaces it would be more democratic or stable.

History is full of regimes that survived crises, became more repressive, or were replaced by something equally problematic.

Sometimes external pressure weakens a government.

Sometimes it strengthens it by allowing leaders to rally nationalist sentiment.

I'm also not sure how this fits with Trump's current position. If the reports are accurate, he appears to be moving toward negotiation and accommodation rather than regime change.

That may be good or bad policy, but it seems different from the idea that the goal is for Iranians to rise up and remove their leaders.

So I'm scratching my head a bit here. What evidence leads you to believe a peace deal would likely produce the outcome you're describing?; 11-06-26 7:26 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Disclosure day looks decidedly blase did the aliens steal spielbergs memory (how to do a film); 11-06-26 7:38 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: The last spielberg film i went to see was minority report that has some real stakes and a twist or two; 11-06-26 7:45 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: That was more than 20 years ago ill leave out munich; 11-06-26 7:48 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: https://share.google/HvY4wjFan0ftZzmmr; 11-06-26 7:50 PM
Gospace చెప్పారు...: https://cis.org/Arthur/Birthright-Citizenship-Exception-Canada

One quote from this that I knew from earlier looking into it- If that sounds familiar, it’s likely because from some point in the 1940s up until Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 14160, “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship” (and possibly beyond, depending on how the Supreme Court rules), that has been the accepted definition of jus soli — i.e., “birthright citizenship” — in the United States.

The 1940s. FDR era. If in 1920 someone who had been born in any state and was immediately whisked away to another country by his non-citizen parents had appeared at a consulate -or a port of entry- and declared he was a citizen and wanted a passport- he'd have been laughed at. ANd if he had succeeded in getting the question in front of a court- it would have been thrown out. Bureaucrats made the decision behind the scenes without any discussion that birthright applied to everyone.

And when I say everyone- I do know of children of Russian diplomats born here who carry US passports because they were born here- and were therefore issued passports. Though that's explicitly an exception.

The 14th specifically states they are citizens of the US- and the state in which they reside. If the parents aren't actually residing in the state- and every state has rules on how long and how residency is established, they're not citizens of either.

And everyone is still ignoring that American Samoans aren't citizens. Supported by Supreme Court decisions.; 11-06-26 7:54 PM
FullMoon చెప్పారు...: 98 degrees here in San Jose. This is when I call relatives in Las Vegas and Phoenix. Helps put things in perspective.; 11-06-26 8:18 PM
Iman చెప్పారు...: Don’t take away the Commie Mooks’ last hope, Begley… the defeat of America. They won’t know what to do with themselves.; 11-06-26 8:19 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Theyll rage like the zombies in i am legend; 11-06-26 8:22 PM
Known Unknown చెప్పారు...: Tonight's TCM: The Age of Innocence (1993)

Martin Scorsese's adaptation of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1920 novel is a relatively newer feature on the Turner Classic Movies app. A Scorsese fan, I had strangely never seen this film. It's one of his most beautifully-shot films, and the performances are top notch. I found the Joanne Woodward narration distracting — the introduction of up to 7 characters nearly at the outset of the film was cumbersome and the constant re-introduction of the narrator slowed down an already languishly-paced film. Pfeiffer is magnetic and Day-Lewis is Day-Lewis although a bit too effete at times to command the attention of two beautiful women. Wynona Ryder seems slightly out of her element in Gilded Age New York, but it works as she seems too young to really fully engage Day-Lewis's Newland Archer. She received a Best Supporting Actress nod.

This isn't one of my favorite Scorsese films, but the first 10 minutes will remind you of how sophisticated a touch Scorsese can bring to the cinema. The lush looks into New York luxury life are engrossing but the film's pace is a bit too tedious overall. It's an interesting choice that Marty follows up the rollicking, energized Goodfellas with a deliberate costume drama.

If I have to give it a rating, I'd say 7/10. Cinematographer Michael Ballhaus and Production Designer Dante Ferretti get major props.

Other options were Hotel Berlin (1945) with Frederic March and Love Affair (1939) with Irene Dunne.; 11-06-26 8:28 PM
Original Mike చెప్పారు...: I Am Lovin' Me European Soccer Fans

Their plane ran out of beer.
I wonder why.

These are great.
Check out the guy at Walmart.; 11-06-26 8:47 PM
Original Mike చెప్పారు...: Carolina is taking it to Vegas at the moment.; 11-06-26 8:49 PM
wildswan చెప్పారు...: You know how they say "Socialism has never been tried." Why not? What happens when socialists gain power? Russia, China, Viet Nam, North Korea - they all tried to try socialism but somehow socialism was never tried. Why will it be different here in America when they try to try socialism? The good life for the party leaders financed by government seizure of the good life of everyone else - this what happens instead of socialism-the-dream and this is why socialism has never been tried in all the countries that tried to try socialism. C'mon, why does anyone suppose that American socialists, unlike all others, will vigorously resist the allure of sanctioned theft as a path to the good life? Look at the fingernails on progressive women - are they going to work for justice - or even just work? And look at the socialist men and the brutality against women that's a norm (Clinton, Weinstein) such that a Graham Platner does OK. Wherever Dems gather in the name of justice, a man steals, a woman gets raped and the media covers. And that's socialism being not-tried in America.; 11-06-26 8:54 PM
Original Mike చెప్పారు...: Raman’s late mail in ballot surge was fueled in large part by ballots from Skid Row.

Tens of thousands of homeless whose ballots are sent to central addresses (not the sidewalk) & can be filled out/returned by someone else.; 11-06-26 9:20 PM
Jaq చెప్పారు...: Look at how 9-11 unified America, then imagine how the Iranians feel about 160 schoolgirls being killed in a double tap in the first hour of the war. That mistake alone, which can be laid at the feet of Hegseth, who ended the policy of reviewing targets by legal experts for war crimes, made protesting for a pro American regime toxic. It was stupidly on stilts, and the review policy has been reinstated, but that blunder , and talking about putting the Shah’s son in power, has solidified the regime’s political standing in Iran.

This is the 39th time Trump has announced a deal, but supposedly it takes over a day, and many layers of couriers to get paperwork to the supreme leader, due to the penchant for assassinations by Trump and Israel, so maybe 39th time is the charm.; 11-06-26 9:51 PM
Jaq చెప్పారు...: It is said that one way people decide whether something is true or not is how easy it is to think. You know what makes something easy to think? Repetition. Don’t simply believe something because it is endlessly repeated.; 11-06-26 9:56 PM
Jaq చెప్పారు...: Like they keep repeating that there was no evidence of voter fraud in 2020. People are especially susceptible if the repeated lie is something that they want to believe anyway because it makes them part of a group they admire.; 11-06-26 9:59 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit చెప్పారు...: The sun also sets.; 11-06-26 10:00 PM
n.n చెప్పారు...: Peace with Iran.

Ideally. Decades in waiting to mitigate progress.

Now the Iranian people can rise up, kill their so-called leaders and create a new government.

It's an opportunity for them and the region collectively.; 11-06-26 10:20 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit చెప్పారు...: Word is el niño is going to be particularly ferocious this year.; 11-06-26 10:34 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit చెప్పారు...: Maybe that’s why that Reddit post I talked about the other day is doing so well. People are paying extra attention to the weather.; 11-06-26 10:35 PM
Mr. T. చెప్పారు...: The BBC ironically must report that the brother and sister who tried to asault the two girls in Dundee were found guilty today.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2d83w1yvyo

The BBC laughably called the girls story (which was caught on video) "misinformation." A false claim also echoed in leftist media including the defamatory publication, the Guardian, the laughably inaccurately named "Independent., " the perpetually on the verge of bankruptcy Daily Beast. The false leftist narrative was also picked up unsurprisingly by the garbage Washington comPost. Turns out Farrage and Musk were right again.

Proof postive that from now on , when any leftwing media outlet claims something is "misinformation, " it means they are actually the one publishing misinformation.; 11-06-26 10:36 PM
Big Mike చెప్పారు...: Proof postive that from now on , when any leftwing media outlet claims something is "misinformation, " it means they are actually the one publishing misinformation.

Nothing personal, Mr. T, but how long were you in a coma? This has been true for a fu decade, if not longer.; 11-06-26 11:01 PM
Eva Marie చెప్పారు...: Another former girlfriend speaks out:
The ex who spoke to the Post also alleged that Platner was cheating on his then-fiancée.
“I found out that he had been engaged the entire time we were talking an exchanging photos and videos. I can’t say for certain if he was still engaged when we were seeing each other in person,” wrote the ex in a statement. She also said that a mutual friend claimed his fiancée had “walked in on him having sex with another person at a wedding they were at in DC.”
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/ex-girlfriend-reveals-graham-platner-called-america-the-worlds-evil-bad-guy/; 11-06-26 11:05 PM
wendybar చెప్పారు...: Place the blame where it belongs....On Barack Hussein Obama. He did more to start a race war than Charlie Manson ever dreamed!!!

"Are we all supposed to pretend this is sustainable?"

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/06/new_trend_shows_blacks_attacking_random_whites_and_accusing_them_of_being_part_of_karmelo_anthony_s_jury_selection_comments.html; 12-06-26 2:18 AM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: Mr T that is an interesting case. Both sides were “wrong” under current UK doctrine, since they were both claiming aggressive self defense, and of course Wee Braveheart Girl had a knife and ax. It even has in the article that WBG testified she ‘went for’ the guy’s sister and then he pushed her. So both sides did lots of things that We Just Don’t Do here.

If Migrant Guy had not claimed self-defense and stuck to “hey I was just trying to molest 12 year old girls according to my culture, then all of a sudden this one starts a one-woman highland charge on me,” he might have gotten off. But self defense? Gives the court pause. Can’t be having that. CC, JSM; 12-06-26 2:47 AM
wendybar చెప్పారు...: Please tell me....how do you unite with heathens like this??? Seriously.

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
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5h
There’s a new disturbing social media trend of BLM activists posting edited images of themselves urinating on Austin’s grave

You can’t get much lower than this.

Make these POS scum famous

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2065270840304795864?s=20; 12-06-26 3:16 AM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: O Mike: "Check out the guy at Walmart."

The size of the store should not be a shock to Europeans. The "hyper-marche" was invented in France in the 70s. Once you get outside the cities in Europe, they have car culture and big box stores just like us. The Yellow Vest protests in France were done by exurb-dwellers who depend on their cars and can't afford green taxes. Herman is either a condescending urbanite, or hamming it up for the camera.

Now the size of the containers, yes. Euros have small fridges, so they don't have room for gigantic bottles or 3-lb frozen pizzas. CC, JSM; 12-06-26 3:19 AM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: Jaq: " That mistake alone, which can be laid at the feet of Hegseth, who ended the policy of reviewing targets by legal experts for war crimes"

Yeah, but Hegseth, like Achilles, lived (just barely) under the ROE established by Obama's 'legal experts.' He lost all trust and confidence in them and all their works. This is what happens when experts use up all their credibility for political reasons: no one trusts them anymore.

If the JAGs were really worried about protecting the innocent, they would have proposed less restrictive ROE for the last 15-some years. Then people would listen on the rair occasions they put their feet down. CC, JSM; 12-06-26 3:25 AM
Howard చెప్పారు...: "My good friends, for the upmteenth time in our history, an American Realtor has returned from Iran bringing peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time."; 12-06-26 4:13 AM
rehajm చెప్పారు...: I still think the idea is he’s just one more malleable placeholder like barack and kamala and on down but senator henchman means he never goes to prison. Backing your people like that sends a powerful message for recruitment. It’s like that lawyer that kept using the made up insurrection word arguing in front of scotus. Imagine investing all that time in law school and being tasked with that? I suppose you weren’t really going anywhere anyways…; 12-06-26 4:17 AM
Ann Althouse చెప్పారు...: "Set or rise?"

Rise.

Just finally fixed it at 4:29 the next morning. Thought I'd fixed it last night when I made that "CORRECTION" note.; 12-06-26 4:29 AM
rehajm చెప్పారు...: yes they pass out addresses to the homeless to the homeless service shelters, most of which don’t exist. That 46,000 homeless people in LA number keeps getting bandied about by both sides so they were collecting the money for the shelters and using it for not homeless people stuff. What were they doing with the money? Ask the woman in charge of that shelter program. She just finished ‘second’ in the election for mayor…; 12-06-26 4:40 AM
Breezy చెప్పారు...: Supposedly Iran called the Situation Room and pleaded for a stop to the new bombing. Trump said, “Sign the papers”.

We’ll see what happens….; 12-06-26 4:52 AM
Breezy చెప్పారు...: It sure is a nice change to see foreigners come to the US and fall in love with it. It’s an unexpected FIFA gift to Americans.; 12-06-26 4:57 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Recall when they didnt bomb mullah omar when we teleased those gentle shepherds like the saudi poet who became awlakis successor pepperidge farm remembers; 12-06-26 5:14 AM
rehajm చెప్పారు...: yah I recall in the 90s when there was world cup fans were all jovial with us and each other, all happy to be here. Melancholy because of the contrast with our usual state with each other, innit?; 12-06-26 5:19 AM
Bruce Hayden చెప్పారు...: “You know how they say "Socialism has never been tried." Why not? What happens when socialists gain power? Russia, China, Viet Nam, North Korea - they all tried to try socialism but somehow socialism was never tried. Why will it be different here in America when they try to try socialism? The good life for the party leaders financed by government seizure of the good life of everyone else - this what happens instead of socialism-the-dream and this is why socialism has never been tried in all the countries that tried to try socialism.”

You identified one of the main problems with communism, in particular - natural human greed. Under pure communism, when the society reaches pure communism, the state is supposed to wither away. But that implies that the leaders, and the mid-level bureaucrats willingly give up their power. Gives up all of the perks that they have as the leaders. Gives up all up their dachas on the Black Sea, their chauffeur driven limos, their private stores, their servants, etc. they work their entire lives for these things, and are supposed to voluntarily give them up? Not going to happen. It violates basic human nature.; 12-06-26 5:20 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: The independent is owned by ex kgb oligarch liubimov dont expect the truth from them the barclay brothers behind the telegraph are like the piranhas; 12-06-26 5:21 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Weve had more than a hundred years that tells us thats never true, same with social democracy the fabian side of communism; 12-06-26 5:23 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: In our little town in cuba they damned up the creek thar supplied our plot of land and destroyed it

That the face of socialism; 12-06-26 5:26 AM
rehajm చెప్పారు...: fortunately it feels like enough people have had enough and are rejecting the overtures. Unfortunately we can’t seem to find rock bottom of all the corruption, political, economic, so it’s hard to tell how many have the stomach to do what’s necessary to root it out. That’s hard. Advocating to spend money on your pet projects is easy and compelling….; 12-06-26 5:30 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: This is why my kinsman joined the brigade but he was betrayed by deep stater dulles; 12-06-26 5:31 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: ఈ కామెంట్‌ను రచయిత తీసివేశారు.; 12-06-26 5:31 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Too many wallets. That get light (in red states as well as blue) if we put an end to it; 12-06-26 5:33 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Did tillis do anything for the peoplr of the appalachians (dream on) why the animus against doge; 12-06-26 5:34 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: The people that did the cajun navy weisss sixty minutes savaged; 12-06-26 5:37 AM
Humperdink చెప్పారు...: July 4th will be a great day for America. July 13th will be a great day for the GOP. That’s the day when Graham Platnikov cannot be removed from the ballot. Which is why the R’s have been holding their fire against this Commie, née Nazi.; 12-06-26 6:03 AM
Bruce Hayden చెప్పారు...: Distinguishing socialism from communism a bit, communism is governmental ownership of the means of production, while socialism is the governmental control of such. Thus, communism is a branch of socialism, but not all socialists are communists. For example, Fascism utilized close cooperation between large corporations and government to impose control over the means of production. At least with the Nazi variant, that included bribery, by the state, in the form of free or low cost slave labor.

But one problem with socialism is that economic decisions are suboptimal from a point of view of allocation of resources. And the more control of the economy that the government has, the worse this is.

One consequence of this is rampant corruption. Why? Because the government has to control the entire manufacturing chain, and cant do it very well. So, they demand X widgets. And are allocated the resources for X widgets. But what happens when they don’t get that many resources? If they don’t get enough, or they are faulty? Etc. they ship what they can, up the line, then have to lie about their production, to avoid discipline for failing to meet quotas. In many cases, lethal discipline. Eventually, everyone is lying, to protect themselves. And the discipline increases in severity, as it becomes obvious that the orders for how many of each thing ordered, up and down the manufacturing chain is ordered, is not ending up where it is expected to be. The quality of information used by the central planners goes to crap.

The quality of the output follows. Take building the tens, maybe hundreds, of millions condos built by China over the last couple decades. Bulk of them are junk. Inferior materials are utilized in order to meet their quotas. Cheaper concrete, piping, electrical wire, etc is utilized. Inspectors are bribed. And on paper, in Beijing, everything looks great. Then, they fall down, or at least become uninhabitable. And the perps are punished. Some fatally. And the screws are tightened. And the quality of inputs decreases, again, as the price of failure escalates.

This is why communism, at the scale of a kibbutz might work, but the model doesn’t scale, very well, at all.; 12-06-26 6:06 AM
Jaq చెప్పారు...: You can argue all you want about JAGs, but that blunder put the kibosh on street protests in support of the Americans. This was one of the first targets hit, not something that had to be decided in the pressure cooker of combat. It was like the first possession in a football game where the coach has all of the plays called before they arrive at the stadium.; 12-06-26 6:16 AM
Jaq చెప్పారు...: Israel has normalized double taps, btw. They used to be considered a war crime, killing first responders, medics, destroying ambulances.; 12-06-26 6:19 AM
Jaq చెప్పారు...: Most people watching this war from the outside assume that Mossad was perfectly aware that this was a school attended by the children of naval officers. It was a propaganda coup for Iran.; 12-06-26 6:21 AM
rehajm చెప్పారు...: Fox News and only Fox news reporting the first of the fbi’s ten most wanted fraudsters was arrested. Go take a look at that list and tell me that doesn’t look like the Democrats bench for 2028 elections…; 12-06-26 6:31 AM
Wince చెప్పారు...: Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears; 12-06-26 6:33 AM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: Jaq said...

Look at how 9-11 unified America, then imagine how the Iranians feel about 160 schoolgirls being killed in a double tap in the first hour of the war.

Nobody thinks you are a good person Tim.

You are actually just a piece of shit that wants other people to die so you can feel better about yourself.

Your Iranian Mullahs have killed thousands of Persians including thousands of women that have been thrown in prisons and raped until they died.

Those women were raped and killed by Muslim fanatics because of pieces of shit like you supporting the Iranian Mullahs.

You are not a good person Tim. You are just another piece of shit like the rest of us. You are also a moral coward and a loser who doesn't deserve to live in our country.; 12-06-26 6:46 AM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: Howard said...

"My good friends, for the upmteenth time in our history, an American Realtor has returned from Iran bringing peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time."

You want off Howard? Is the ride to bumpy for you?

It is hilarious that people are upset the worlds problems can't all be solved in 3 months.

You need to pull your pants back on and look at how much better the world is than it was just 2 years ago.

Just do a before and after.; 12-06-26 6:49 AM
wildswan చెప్పారు...: Interesting article on Instapundit in which it is proved that AI will get stupider with each iteration. This will happen because AI began by scraping an internet written by real people but will end by scraping an internet written by itself. Its own process drops out everything that is a statistical outlier. In other words, it would have dropped out Winston Churchill in the Thirties, Galileo in the 16th century, Columbus in 1490 and it will drop out every such person in the reports and essays it generates in the 21st century. And the process will then begin to drop out the new outliers within its newly created, newly limited world. And this will continue. I believe the word "enshittification" refers to this process which was noted by some outliers some time ago. But now we see that the process is inevitable and will inevitably get worse for AI by the application of the relevant statistical laws. As human beings however, we can "scrape" only from the best and reverse the enshittification process within ourselves. If we read within a tradition we exclude the slop rather than massing it in our our memory under the such rubrics as "everyone says." This is what Virgil did for Latin and the Roman mind, this is what Dante did for the vernacular and the Christian mind. This is what the authors of "canons of western civilization" were aiming at. Learn from the best, not from a steadily falling average.; 12-06-26 7:14 AM
Original Mike చెప్పారు...: "Most people watching this war from the outside assume that Mossad was perfectly aware that this was a school attended by the children of naval officers. It was a propaganda coup for Iran."

So Mossad desired a propaganda coup for Iran? Why?; 12-06-26 7:21 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: SpaceX IPO Today: Investors Await Historic Test of Market ~ WSJ

In my professional experience, grey market prices bear little resemblance to the actual after-market performance. But then again, they didn’t previously attract the kind of interest and liquidity that we’re seeing here. Today will offer a real-life test of the proverbial wisdom of crowds.

After months spent analyzing critically aspects of the deal, I find myself caught up in the spectacle as well. Sometimes the crowd gets to you.

Everyone is free to invest their money as preferred, but fast track into indexes is the real shame of this IPO, at least S&P500 has kept a minimal ethics.

SpaceX IPO prospectus - 2025 to 2030 projected revenues:
a) SpaceX 3rd party launch -- $4.1bn to $8.2bn (2x)
b) Starlink -- $11.4bn to $144bn (12x)
c) xAI -- $3.2bn to $322bn (100x); 12-06-26 7:35 AM
Leland చెప్పారు...: Your professional experience a year ago was short TSLA and oil.; 12-06-26 8:40 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: Check back in 20 years, from whichever planet you live on by then, to see who’s right. (I sold my TSLA December 2025.); 12-06-26 8:56 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: Tesla reported $477 million in profit while spending $2.5 billion on capex. The Semi truck has been repeatedly delayed and has yet to reach meaningful production. Tesla’s robotaxi effort remains limited to a small trial of around 10 vehicles in Texas, while Waymo is already operating at scale across multiple U.S. cities and expanding in London. Meanwhile, Chinese humanoid robots are dancing, running marathons, and entering real-world deployments — where is Optimus?

Musk’s greatest talent appears to be selling shares and vision to investors who don’t closely examine the underlying business results.; 12-06-26 9:02 AM
Aggie చెప్పారు...: But if you don't think it's a good investment, then maybe you shouldn't put your money into it. Why all the histrionics? Why all the attention? Someone certainly seems to have quite a bit invested in forecasting doom for everyone else. Almost as if it was more than just an idea, almost as if somebody was following instructions and putting out material on a payrate. But that would make it all phony, wouldn't it.; 12-06-26 9:11 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: This IPO is potentially a true change in financial paradigm.

There is not rational, sound financial analysis that can justify this valuation. They are openly declaring retirement funds as being the cash losers in this event. The obvious winners are private asset managers; the risk sits with retirement savers. That is the grift...

But to be fair, elites using policy to enrich themselves from the general population is right on cue for the lifecycle position of this hegemon.; 12-06-26 9:40 AM
Hey Skipper చెప్పారు...: Jaq: Look at how 9-11 unified America, then imagine how the Iranians feel about 160 schoolgirls being killed in a double tap in the first hour of the war. That mistake alone, which can be laid at the feet of Hegseth, who ended the policy of reviewing targets by legal experts for war crimes, made protesting for a pro American regime toxic.

You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

The Air Tasking Order was built from a huge target database. Some office in CENTCOM was responsible for building and maintaining that database.

For some reason, that target hadn't been updated from an Iranian Navy facility to a girls' school. It was a mistake.

That can't be laid at the foot of Hegseth, or legal review, because at every level, it would have been abundantly clear not to have targeted a girls' school.

Speaking as someone who has had extensive experience with ATO's, reading your preening ignorance nearly causes physical pain.

Also, as someone has mentioned above, you haven't so much as glanced in the direction of the regime murdering some 30,000 of its citizens, nor the deliberate targeting of purely civilian infrastructure.

Maybe you could explain that?; 12-06-26 11:14 AM
Mr. O. Possum చెప్పారు...: Saw Disclosure Day. Two-and-one-half long hours. Little joy. Little humor. A dark film. Not for children, unless you want them to see other children tortured by aliens. One good action scene where a car meets a speeding train. Perhaps two good scenes where her heroine reads people's minds. The movie's premise is that dozens, even hundreds of people have known for nearly a century that aliens are among us, yet somehow the news never got out. What else? The usual car chases we've seen dozens of times. The usual creepy government officials. The usual balloon-head aliens. Ending is a dud....the bad guys just sort of suddenly give up, and everything hinges on the supposedly incredible importance of local TV news and cable/broadcast TV...was true in the 1970s, not now. Ranks at the bottom of Spielberg's output along with The Sugarland Express.; 12-06-26 12:15 PM
Mr. O. Possum చెప్పారు...: The movie is also an inadvertent commentary on the incompetence of modern TV news. We see in the movie, as in real life, stuff just gets put on the air. No vetting. No attempt to verify anything. Emotional anchorwoman admits she doesn't know if what we are watching is real, apologizes for the dreadful things her viewers are seeing. Just like real life!; 12-06-26 12:19 PM
Mr. O. Possum చెప్పారు...: The Critical Drinker on Disclosure Day (or as he calls it Disappointment Day)....here.; 12-06-26 12:31 PM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...

Musk’s greatest talent appears to be selling shares and vision to investors who don’t closely examine the underlying business results.

Your greatest talent appears to be to swallow whatever stupidity Carlos Slims jams down your throat and say really stupid things that turn out to be embarrassingly wrong.; 12-06-26 5:11 PM

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