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Your image with the protest sign has a claim that is too broad.
January 16, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Your image with the protest sign has a claim that is too broad.
Yeah, Iran is not the Iraq war. in Poland in 1939 there was a plot to assassinate Hitler. A bomb was planted on his parade route, but it failed to go off. We will never know if it would have prevented tens of millions of deaths… but in the end Germany had to be bombed to achieve peace.
January 16, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Yeah, Iran is not the Iraq war. in Poland in 1939 there was a plot to assassinate Hitler. A bomb was planted on his parade route, but it failed to go off. We will never know if it would have prevented tens of millions of deaths… but in the end Germany had to be bombed to achieve peace.
No other aviation in the area?
January 14, 2026 at 8:57 PM
No other aviation in the area?
Answer the man’s question— If there’s an active shooter murdering kids, shooting the active shooter is wrong?
January 14, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Answer the man’s question— If there’s an active shooter murdering kids, shooting the active shooter is wrong?
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Look at these two things side by side and tell me you don't feel any shame at all that American fascism's aesthetics are this fucked
January 13, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Look at these two things side by side and tell me you don't feel any shame at all that American fascism's aesthetics are this fucked
If he goes ahead anyway, I would suspect it will be less that he wants Greenland than a distraction from other things going very badly.
January 13, 2026 at 6:34 AM
If he goes ahead anyway, I would suspect it will be less that he wants Greenland than a distraction from other things going very badly.
This seems really unlikely. First, it has to survive intervention from his handlers (he can’t seem to stick with an idea long enough otherwise) and then the oligarchs. Prosecuting the Fed board and forcing oil companies to go into Venezuela can be added to the list.
January 13, 2026 at 6:34 AM
This seems really unlikely. First, it has to survive intervention from his handlers (he can’t seem to stick with an idea long enough otherwise) and then the oligarchs. Prosecuting the Fed board and forcing oil companies to go into Venezuela can be added to the list.
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What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
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Or Russia. Not a coincidence that dissidents from authoritarian nations and reporters that covered those places have been waving their arms over what the Trump White House has been doing since 2017 while most US opposition and media have been sedately concerned. It’s not confusing to us at all.
So much has gone wrong in US press reporting on Trump because the White House reporters are people who have exclusively covered US politics.
They need people who have worked in Hungary, Turkey, etc. The relevant knowledge isn't Reagan factoids; it's the dynamics of competitive authoritarianism.
They need people who have worked in Hungary, Turkey, etc. The relevant knowledge isn't Reagan factoids; it's the dynamics of competitive authoritarianism.
September 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Or Russia. Not a coincidence that dissidents from authoritarian nations and reporters that covered those places have been waving their arms over what the Trump White House has been doing since 2017 while most US opposition and media have been sedately concerned. It’s not confusing to us at all.
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Think about the mindset, and the expectation of immunity, of someone who texts this to friends.
January 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Think about the mindset, and the expectation of immunity, of someone who texts this to friends.
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One of my children has inadvertently recreated the Maduro raid with a doll's house and Playmobil.
January 9, 2026 at 4:11 PM
One of my children has inadvertently recreated the Maduro raid with a doll's house and Playmobil.
There is no opposition party.
January 9, 2026 at 3:52 AM
There is no opposition party.
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The New York Times states it plainly in display type:
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 PM
The New York Times states it plainly in display type:
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
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21 years ago a single submarine of Swedish Navy sneaked past the extensive anti-submarine shields and sank air craft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in an exercise.
Sweden has since refined the stealth properties of the Gotland-class submarines and a newer class is under construction.
Sweden has since refined the stealth properties of the Gotland-class submarines and a newer class is under construction.
Swedish Radio program Gräns did an interview with commander Paula Wallenburg, top brass of Swedish submarines, guardian of Gotland depths.
She was also part of the crew that sank Nimitz-class carrier USS Ronald Reagan in an exercise in 2005.
Worth a listen!
www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/somm...
She was also part of the crew that sank Nimitz-class carrier USS Ronald Reagan in an exercise in 2005.
Worth a listen!
www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/somm...
Sommargräns: Så bra är Sveriges ubåtar - Gräns
Hör en längre intervju med Paula Wallenburg, kommendör och chef över Sveriges fyra ubåtar.
www.sverigesradio.se
January 6, 2026 at 7:03 PM
21 years ago a single submarine of Swedish Navy sneaked past the extensive anti-submarine shields and sank air craft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in an exercise.
Sweden has since refined the stealth properties of the Gotland-class submarines and a newer class is under construction.
Sweden has since refined the stealth properties of the Gotland-class submarines and a newer class is under construction.
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The Europeans have done all they can to try and make this proposal serious and credible, but a serious and credible ceasefire enforced by western forces is the exact opposite of what Putin wants, because Putin's objectives for the total capture of Ukraine remain unchanged.
January 6, 2026 at 9:38 PM
The Europeans have done all they can to try and make this proposal serious and credible, but a serious and credible ceasefire enforced by western forces is the exact opposite of what Putin wants, because Putin's objectives for the total capture of Ukraine remain unchanged.
Then we move to journalists, who IMO are increasingly challenged as technical complexity increases.
January 6, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Then we move to journalists, who IMO are increasingly challenged as technical complexity increases.
From this problem to a degree. Some are adapting better than others. US auto makers don’t have this society wide caste system for engineers. The best software comes from newer companies like Tesla and Rivian (but Tesla plays fast and loose with safety). Chinese companies too.
January 6, 2026 at 6:50 PM
From this problem to a degree. Some are adapting better than others. US auto makers don’t have this society wide caste system for engineers. The best software comes from newer companies like Tesla and Rivian (but Tesla plays fast and loose with safety). Chinese companies too.
Leadership does not come from a software background and the organization is not designed to develop software. It ends up being treated as an afterthought, even though the reality is that software is increasingly central to cars (Google software defined vehicle). All the legacy automakers suffer
January 6, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Leadership does not come from a software background and the organization is not designed to develop software. It ends up being treated as an afterthought, even though the reality is that software is increasingly central to cars (Google software defined vehicle). All the legacy automakers suffer
Bug or defect are the correct terms. I spoke with a former BMW employee (now at Apple) about why German auto software is always so bizarre and buggy. He thought it was cultural— mechanical engineers are the top tier and CS/CE are lower tier and looked down upon.
January 6, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Bug or defect are the correct terms. I spoke with a former BMW employee (now at Apple) about why German auto software is always so bizarre and buggy. He thought it was cultural— mechanical engineers are the top tier and CS/CE are lower tier and looked down upon.
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Russian forces are mounting Igla MANPADS on Shahed drones to target Ukrainian helicopters that intercept them. The drones carry a camera and radio modem, and the missile is launched remotely by an operator in Russian territory.
January 4, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Russian forces are mounting Igla MANPADS on Shahed drones to target Ukrainian helicopters that intercept them. The drones carry a camera and radio modem, and the missile is launched remotely by an operator in Russian territory.
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Russian shadow fleet tanker „Qendil“ ran aground at the Turkish coast.
The tanker was previously target by Ukrainian UAVs.
The tanker was previously target by Ukrainian UAVs.
January 4, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Russian shadow fleet tanker „Qendil“ ran aground at the Turkish coast.
The tanker was previously target by Ukrainian UAVs.
The tanker was previously target by Ukrainian UAVs.
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Don't worry: this time for sure
January 4, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Don't worry: this time for sure
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Maduro rates the effectiveness of Russian air defense systems
January 4, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Maduro rates the effectiveness of Russian air defense systems
focus on why people voted for a moron twice, it doesn’t make sense. But look at the macro level: incumbents were defeated twice after 3x 2 term presidents. There are true believers but mostly US politicians are very unpopular so the presidency swings between parties if candidates are roughly equal.
January 3, 2026 at 5:59 AM
focus on why people voted for a moron twice, it doesn’t make sense. But look at the macro level: incumbents were defeated twice after 3x 2 term presidents. There are true believers but mostly US politicians are very unpopular so the presidency swings between parties if candidates are roughly equal.
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After four years – equivalent to all of the US Civil War or almost all of WW1 - it’s no closer to this goal than it was in 2022. There’s no reason to think that Russia, with a weaker economy, will do in 2026 or 2027 what it was unable to do in 2022-2025.
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 PM
After four years – equivalent to all of the US Civil War or almost all of WW1 - it’s no closer to this goal than it was in 2022. There’s no reason to think that Russia, with a weaker economy, will do in 2026 or 2027 what it was unable to do in 2022-2025.