Dark Laughter
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OIF/OEF vet and Duffel Blog writer. DarkLaughterTDB (at) gmail (dot) com #satire #natsec
This is an insightful idea, but after reading this I'm just going to play CK3 with the Princes of Darkness mod instead of wasting money on Bloodlines 2.
Fresh writing for the morning! I want to talk to you all about vampires, player expectations, and looking art in the eyes.
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The Art Of Playing The Damn Video Game
Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines 2 has a lot to offer if you play the game that's in front of you, instead of the one in your head
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November 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This is an insightful idea, but after reading this I'm just going to play CK3 with the Princes of Darkness mod instead of wasting money on Bloodlines 2.
November 14, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Scoop, for @zeteo.com with @premthakker.bsky.social
The draft documents for Trump’s new National Security Strategy are currently classified, and the admin is behind schedule in getting some sort of finalized version to Congress
Here are details of what’s in it, and…
zeteo.com/p/trump-nati...
The draft documents for Trump’s new National Security Strategy are currently classified, and the admin is behind schedule in getting some sort of finalized version to Congress
Here are details of what’s in it, and…
zeteo.com/p/trump-nati...
Trump’s Unpublished National Security Strategy Is Stephen Miller’s Far-Right Wet Dream
The president’s new national-security draft document rants against migration and cultural “erasure” – and endorses far-right political parties abroad, sources tell Zeteo.
zeteo.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Scoop, for @zeteo.com with @premthakker.bsky.social
The draft documents for Trump’s new National Security Strategy are currently classified, and the admin is behind schedule in getting some sort of finalized version to Congress
Here are details of what’s in it, and…
zeteo.com/p/trump-nati...
The draft documents for Trump’s new National Security Strategy are currently classified, and the admin is behind schedule in getting some sort of finalized version to Congress
Here are details of what’s in it, and…
zeteo.com/p/trump-nati...
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“The American people should ask themselves just what the president meant when he concluded every issue of Time Pedophiles with the motto ‘Three cheers for molestation, and may every historical era be another wonderful secret!’”
Trump Denies Writing 36-Volume Comic Titled ‘Don And Jeff: Time Pedophiles’
WASHINGTON—Dismissing the swashbuckling sci-fi romp as “a total hoax” amid growing scrutiny over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, President Donald Trump made remarks Tuesday denying that he had ...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
“The American people should ask themselves just what the president meant when he concluded every issue of Time Pedophiles with the motto ‘Three cheers for molestation, and may every historical era be another wonderful secret!’”
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To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
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I dunno about Trump but I sure hope these emails take down the NYT
November 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I dunno about Trump but I sure hope these emails take down the NYT
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Fall 2017: Then-NYT reporter literally warning Epstein that someone is "digging around again."
![From:
Thomas Jr., Landon
Sent:
9/27/2017 2:47:47 PM
To:
Subject:
Got another call from Connelly..
Importance:
High
Jeffrey Epstein [jeevacation@gmail.com]
He is digging around again -- not clear if its another book/or expanded paperback version. Was asking me all sorts of questions about why you hired Ken Starr. I told him I had no idea - I think he is doing some Trump-related digging too.
Anyway, for what its worth...
Landon Thomas, Jr.
Financial Reporter
New York Times
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/t/landon_ir thomas/index.h
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November 12, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Fall 2017: Then-NYT reporter literally warning Epstein that someone is "digging around again."
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Ah so the “cultivate as many weirdos, cranks, and people with oppositional defiance disorder into a political coalition” strategy is going well, I see.
November 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Ah so the “cultivate as many weirdos, cranks, and people with oppositional defiance disorder into a political coalition” strategy is going well, I see.
I know we say there are no ex-Marines, but after repudiating Motrin I don't know. At a minimum, when the Hymn plays we should get the option to all turn and silently glare at you while you sing alone.
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I know we say there are no ex-Marines, but after repudiating Motrin I don't know. At a minimum, when the Hymn plays we should get the option to all turn and silently glare at you while you sing alone.
Troops do some dumb shit, but not sure the DoD wants to play the game of "challenging them" on their declared religion. Also, not sure the SECDEF is the right leader to be prioritizing this kind of "we're not leaving this room until the Phantom Shitter is identified" level issue.
Hegseth: "We don't need to be a military of beardos anymore. Do you know how many troops claim to be Nordic Pagan? No, suddenly it's become this real fake religious affiliation inside the Pentagon where troops came to be Nordic Pagan so they can grow a beard and nobody challenges them on it."
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Troops do some dumb shit, but not sure the DoD wants to play the game of "challenging them" on their declared religion. Also, not sure the SECDEF is the right leader to be prioritizing this kind of "we're not leaving this room until the Phantom Shitter is identified" level issue.
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TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
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Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
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November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
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Fox News is VERY upset with politicians who make unrealistic promises
November 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Fox News is VERY upset with politicians who make unrealistic promises
Great, they sequenced Hitler's DNA. How many hours before some venture capitalist pitches the idea of cloning Hitler to create a nature reserve where the wealthy can hunt people without feeling guilty because they're killing Hitler?
Exclusive: Adolf Hitler’s DNA has been sequenced by scientists
It has:
- shown he had a disorder which impacted his sexual development
- debunked rumours about his ancestry
- shown a high likelihood that he had a neurodivergent condition and/or bipolar disorder
www.thetimes.com/article/e728...
It has:
- shown he had a disorder which impacted his sexual development
- debunked rumours about his ancestry
- shown a high likelihood that he had a neurodivergent condition and/or bipolar disorder
www.thetimes.com/article/e728...
Hitler had hidden genetic sexual disorder, DNA analysis reveals
The Nazi dictator had Kallmann syndrome, which hinders normal puberty and the development of sexual organs, according to groundbreaking research
www.thetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Great, they sequenced Hitler's DNA. How many hours before some venture capitalist pitches the idea of cloning Hitler to create a nature reserve where the wealthy can hunt people without feeling guilty because they're killing Hitler?
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Did you kill Jeffrey Epstein? Watch Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile now to find out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhSoGcQhWU
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Did you kill Jeffrey Epstein? Watch Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile now to find out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhSoGcQhWU
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Yeah that’s cool man. Are we gonna get a national defense strategy? How’s our force posture review coming?
Hegseth: "We don't need to be a military of beardos anymore. Do you know how many troops claim to be Nordic Pagan? No, suddenly it's become this real fake religious affiliation inside the Pentagon where troops came to be Nordic Pagan so they can grow a beard and nobody challenges them on it."
November 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Yeah that’s cool man. Are we gonna get a national defense strategy? How’s our force posture review coming?
That this even made it out the door is probably due to decades of DoD brain, where enemy motivations always reduce to "they're crazy, evil, or stupid."
"The opinion also states that drug cartels are selling drugs to finance a campaign of violence and extortion, according to four people." That would be remarkable, since it's not how drug cartels work. They use violence to protect their business--selling drugs. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. troops not liable in boat strikes, classified Justice Dept. memo says
In a classified memo, the Trump administration’s Office of Legal Counsel said that U.S. troops would not be liable for participating in boat strikes on alleged narco-traffickers.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
That this even made it out the door is probably due to decades of DoD brain, where enemy motivations always reduce to "they're crazy, evil, or stupid."
If there was a trial over whether "Make America Great Again" was "covert white supremacy" I don't know if you could convince a jury it was covert.
Indiana University removed a Lecturer from her "Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice" course after a student filed a complaint about a graphic the instructor showed in class, which included "Make America Great Again" as an example of "Covert White Supremacy."
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www.wfyi.org/news/article...
IU lecturer removed from class during intellectual diversity investigation
A lecturer in the Indiana University School of Social Work has been removed from teaching one of her classes Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice while the university investigates a complaint...
www.wfyi.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
If there was a trial over whether "Make America Great Again" was "covert white supremacy" I don't know if you could convince a jury it was covert.
The reality-satire gap is now small enough to jump across.
Living in a whirlwind of simultaneous horrors is now an inescapable part of contemporary life, one that demands some kind of response. What can we learn from the practice and limits of raised voices? nyti.ms/4oBV2bP
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The reality-satire gap is now small enough to jump across.
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I think we've left "Describing the reality of the situation to normies makes you sound crazy" territory into "Describing the reality of the situation to yourself makes you feel crazy."
November 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I think we've left "Describing the reality of the situation to normies makes you sound crazy" territory into "Describing the reality of the situation to yourself makes you feel crazy."
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Religious exceptions to standards erode good order and discipline, you say? So like … no more “my religion forbids this specific vaccination (but not the others)” then?
Hegseth: "We don't need to be a military of beardos anymore. Do you know how many troops claim to be Nordic Pagan? No, suddenly it's become this real fake religious affiliation inside the Pentagon where troops came to be Nordic Pagan so they can grow a beard and nobody challenges them on it."
November 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Religious exceptions to standards erode good order and discipline, you say? So like … no more “my religion forbids this specific vaccination (but not the others)” then?
Why aren't all of you following The Legal Geeks yet? This is the exact kind of content that's catnip to most of you.
In Godzilla vs Kong, the real monster is a Florida billionaire who decided to build a giant robot and ship the components to Hong Kong through a hyperloop connecting the two cities in violation of export control licensing laws. #GodzillaDay https://bit.ly/3pcfMJb
Export Control Licensing of MechaGodzilla | The Legal Geeks
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November 12, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Why aren't all of you following The Legal Geeks yet? This is the exact kind of content that's catnip to most of you.
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Everyone is dunking on poor Noah Smith for getting lost and frustrated at Heathrow Airport and blaming him, which is victim-blaming and I am quite disappointed in all of you. Put the blame squarely where it belongs: on whoever failed to pin his name and destination to his sweater-vest.
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Everyone is dunking on poor Noah Smith for getting lost and frustrated at Heathrow Airport and blaming him, which is victim-blaming and I am quite disappointed in all of you. Put the blame squarely where it belongs: on whoever failed to pin his name and destination to his sweater-vest.
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We were Soldiers once.
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
We were Soldiers once.