One in which they literally ransacked the Imperial Palace, shot a general, and threatened to disembowel Hirohito's Chamberlain if he didn't tell them where the surrender speech recording was.

Japan wanted a conditional surrender in which only they could charge and try their military leaders for war crimes.

To put it this way, that would be like saying only Israel gets to determine if IDF officers committed Geneva violations as part of any I/P peace settlement.

The alternative to Hiroshima/Nagasaki was an amphibious invasion of the Home Islands that likely sees half of Japan's civilian population die from artillery shells and starvation.

The sooner Israel comes around to the idea of a bi-national confederation, the better it will be for everyone.

The commercials he did for Pizza Hut in the 90s is the main reason stuffed crust became a permanent addition to their menu.

Not even Taylor can claim such an achievement.

I've always said that what makes Trumpism work for Trump and only Trump has been due to his near omni-present celebrity status for decades.

-Cameos in Home Alone movies
-Oreo commercials with Peyton Manning
-Getting stunnered by Stone Cold at Wrestlemania

And so on.

Trump's sui generis is that low-info/propensity voters love him because he is Mr. Populist Outsider Businessman and not Politician McSmarmy.

Those low propensity voters only show up when Trump is on the ballot.

Is it me or does his voice sound raspier than usual?

"It didn't go as planned but it arguably was the best we could have done given the circumstances to help the country heal from the Civil War"

vs

"We should have hanged Lee and Davis and charged admission for people to spit at the corpses. Make it a full-fledged carnival".

I thought the main indicator of white southern liberals vs "white southern liberals" is asking where they stand on Reconstruction?

Damn it, him too?

>Be the GOP

>Win a trifecta thanks in part to record Hispanic support because voters are pissed at cost of living

>Proceed to be racist as hell and send the CBP to drag seventy-year old abuelas out of churches in handcuffs while Tariff Otaku presses the "Make Prices Go Up" button repeatedly.

Is that assuming no further complications to his health, sir?

There's a reason why gambling was restricted to Vegas and Atlantic City before the rise of apps.

Sooner or later, someone is going to try to shoot Patrick Mahomes or Nikola Jokic for not scoring enough points to cover the spread and only then will people actually get serious about regulating sports gambling.

NOTAM alert over the southern Caribbean would be my guess.