Ghost of Hugo Grotius
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Live, Laugh, Lethality
Law, Ethics, War
Live, Laugh, Lethality
Law, Ethics, War
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Just so we’re clear, I totally support the combat decision the other guy made. No, really. He has my support no matter what the fake news is telling you about this incident that until tonight I vehemently refuted.
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Just so we’re clear, I totally support the combat decision the other guy made. No, really. He has my support no matter what the fake news is telling you about this incident that until tonight I vehemently refuted.
Admin about to be like: why worry about some illegal strikes when we declare an illegal war
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Admin about to be like: why worry about some illegal strikes when we declare an illegal war
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Wondering when “we’d like to go to war on behalf of the oil companies” became something to actively boast about rather than vehemently deny?
GOP Rep. María Salazar celebrates the prospect of regime change in Venezuela and how it would be a potential $1 trillion windfall for American oil companies
December 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Wondering when “we’d like to go to war on behalf of the oil companies” became something to actively boast about rather than vehemently deny?
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talking to reporters last night, Trump claimed of Hegseth's double tap strike that "I don't know anything about it," then moments later claimed "I don't who you're talking about" when asked his plan to pardon the former Honduran president
December 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
talking to reporters last night, Trump claimed of Hegseth's double tap strike that "I don't know anything about it," then moments later claimed "I don't who you're talking about" when asked his plan to pardon the former Honduran president
I named my fists Iliad & Odyssey because I’m about to leave it hanging before I bring it home
I named my fists Moby and Dick because I’m about to sink the tyrant.
I named my fists Common and Sense because I'm about to bring the Paine
December 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I named my fists Iliad & Odyssey because I’m about to leave it hanging before I bring it home
The Economist looks good this week
December 1, 2025 at 4:12 AM
The Economist looks good this week
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It’s the exemplar of a war crime. An illegal order to supersede all illegal orders.
A war crime from before we invented the concept of war crimes.
Something the US literally executed people for:
A war crime from before we invented the concept of war crimes.
Something the US literally executed people for:
Heinz-Wilhelm Eck - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
It’s the exemplar of a war crime. An illegal order to supersede all illegal orders.
A war crime from before we invented the concept of war crimes.
Something the US literally executed people for:
A war crime from before we invented the concept of war crimes.
Something the US literally executed people for:
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With the National Review
“without congressional authorization, under circumstances in which the boat operators pose no military threat to the United States [acts] — are lawless and therefore that the killings are not legitimate under the law or armed conflict”
www.nationalreview.com/corner/we-in...
“without congressional authorization, under circumstances in which the boat operators pose no military threat to the United States [acts] — are lawless and therefore that the killings are not legitimate under the law or armed conflict”
www.nationalreview.com/corner/we-in...
‘We Intended the Strike to Be Lethal’ Is Not a Defense | National Review
The laws of war, incorporated in the federal war crimes statute, prohibit the killing of people who have been rendered hors de combat.
www.nationalreview.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
With the National Review
“without congressional authorization, under circumstances in which the boat operators pose no military threat to the United States [acts] — are lawless and therefore that the killings are not legitimate under the law or armed conflict”
www.nationalreview.com/corner/we-in...
“without congressional authorization, under circumstances in which the boat operators pose no military threat to the United States [acts] — are lawless and therefore that the killings are not legitimate under the law or armed conflict”
www.nationalreview.com/corner/we-in...
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
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Me responding to reviewer 2.
#cogsci #philosophy #philsky #philosophysky #budapest #academicsky #academia
#cogsci #philosophy #philsky #philosophysky #budapest #academicsky #academia
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Me responding to reviewer 2.
#cogsci #philosophy #philsky #philosophysky #budapest #academicsky #academia
#cogsci #philosophy #philsky #philosophysky #budapest #academicsky #academia
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Trump drops 11 points - 11 points! - in the past month in Gallup. Just a staggering decline. 1/
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Trump drops 11 points - 11 points! - in the past month in Gallup. Just a staggering decline. 1/
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🚨 Footage shows Israeli soldiers executing two young Palestinian men after detaining them in Jenin in the occupied West Bank today — shooting them dead as they stood with their hands raised and posed no threat, outside a home in the city.
Video: قناة الغد via X (@AlGhadTV)
Video: قناة الغد via X (@AlGhadTV)
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🚨 Footage shows Israeli soldiers executing two young Palestinian men after detaining them in Jenin in the occupied West Bank today — shooting them dead as they stood with their hands raised and posed no threat, outside a home in the city.
Video: قناة الغد via X (@AlGhadTV)
Video: قناة الغد via X (@AlGhadTV)
About that time I rucked my hip to the bone: straps were worn out & kept slipping, but I had strict time allotment. Options were quit (fail, keep hip) or keep going (maybe pass, hip would be a mess)
Bonus: You probably have the necessary gear in your closet right now.
'Rucking' Is The Walking Trend You Need To Try. Here's Why.
Bonus: You probably have the necessary gear in your closet right now.
www.huffpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
About that time I rucked my hip to the bone: straps were worn out & kept slipping, but I had strict time allotment. Options were quit (fail, keep hip) or keep going (maybe pass, hip would be a mess)
It’s not a war crime if you were drunk
November 29, 2025 at 2:11 AM
It’s not a war crime if you were drunk
Quick reminder: ‘just following orders’ isn’t a defense for criminal behavior
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Quick reminder: ‘just following orders’ isn’t a defense for criminal behavior
Oh shit, the CIA may have done some unethical during the war on terror. Hold the phone
Also, if the BBC is right about the timeline of Lakanwal's life, then the CIA used him as a child soldier.
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Oh shit, the CIA may have done some unethical during the war on terror. Hold the phone
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“There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military,” Juliette Kayyem writes, “one of which is the risk of endangering them”:
A Terrible and Avoidable Tragedy in D.C.
Trump was warned that members of the military could be attacked.
bit.ly
November 29, 2025 at 1:15 AM
“There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military,” Juliette Kayyem writes, “one of which is the risk of endangering them”:
Trump: I was against this, but Donny Jr needs his stash
trump: “no see we HAVE to blow up those boats in the caribbean, they could be carrying drugs!”
also trump:
also trump:
November 29, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Trump: I was against this, but Donny Jr needs his stash
NYT be like: Hegseth with potential illegal order, & why this is bad for Democrats
November 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
NYT be like: Hegseth with potential illegal order, & why this is bad for Democrats
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Qatar has officially agreed to the US plan and has given authorisation to conduct airstrikes inside Afghanistan from its airbase.
These operations “are aimed at eliminating high value targets, including senior leaders of Al-Qaeda and ISIS, as well as terrorist training facilities”.
These operations “are aimed at eliminating high value targets, including senior leaders of Al-Qaeda and ISIS, as well as terrorist training facilities”.
November 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Qatar has officially agreed to the US plan and has given authorisation to conduct airstrikes inside Afghanistan from its airbase.
These operations “are aimed at eliminating high value targets, including senior leaders of Al-Qaeda and ISIS, as well as terrorist training facilities”.
These operations “are aimed at eliminating high value targets, including senior leaders of Al-Qaeda and ISIS, as well as terrorist training facilities”.
Just earlier this week it was the drugs that were the target with the people being collateral damage. All this from the guy that had a kill list in his TOC when he was an LT
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Just earlier this week it was the drugs that were the target with the people being collateral damage. All this from the guy that had a kill list in his TOC when he was an LT
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Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.