Drew Burns
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You mean like taxing merchants via tariffs and then writing checks to citizens? Or public ownership of major corporations? That's socialism y'all.
Oh, and nationalism + totalitarianism + socialism = Nazism. By textbook definition.
Maybe, you know, don't be a Nazi? Can I get an amen?
Oh, and nationalism + totalitarianism + socialism = Nazism. By textbook definition.
Maybe, you know, don't be a Nazi? Can I get an amen?
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 AM
You mean like taxing merchants via tariffs and then writing checks to citizens? Or public ownership of major corporations? That's socialism y'all.
Oh, and nationalism + totalitarianism + socialism = Nazism. By textbook definition.
Maybe, you know, don't be a Nazi? Can I get an amen?
Oh, and nationalism + totalitarianism + socialism = Nazism. By textbook definition.
Maybe, you know, don't be a Nazi? Can I get an amen?
Kelly is clearly in the right, but with JAG gutted by Hegseth and POTUS able to charge him himself, there's a chance that law might get ignored.
If the admin can pull off a court martial, that's the end game for totalitarian control of the military.
If the admin can pull off a court martial, that's the end game for totalitarian control of the military.
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Kelly is clearly in the right, but with JAG gutted by Hegseth and POTUS able to charge him himself, there's a chance that law might get ignored.
If the admin can pull off a court martial, that's the end game for totalitarian control of the military.
If the admin can pull off a court martial, that's the end game for totalitarian control of the military.
Also true. And generals / admirals with the integrity to refuse illegal orders are being pushed out
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Also true. And generals / admirals with the integrity to refuse illegal orders are being pushed out
You can. They're trained to make that decision.
Are we at war? No.
Are you under attack? No.
Were you just ordered to fire? Yes.
Illegal. Stand down.
Are we at war? No.
Are you under attack? No.
Were you just ordered to fire? Yes.
Illegal. Stand down.
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
You can. They're trained to make that decision.
Are we at war? No.
Are you under attack? No.
Were you just ordered to fire? Yes.
Illegal. Stand down.
Are we at war? No.
Are you under attack? No.
Were you just ordered to fire? Yes.
Illegal. Stand down.
Not just appropriate. Necessary. For example, committing an act of war vs. Venezuela w/o a declaration of war from Congress? Illegal. Not to mention whatever shenanigans they plan for 26 election "monitoring".
November 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Not just appropriate. Necessary. For example, committing an act of war vs. Venezuela w/o a declaration of war from Congress? Illegal. Not to mention whatever shenanigans they plan for 26 election "monitoring".
That's not how you spell "Sherman Act".
November 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
That's not how you spell "Sherman Act".
What this is really all about is the Christian white nationalist panic about becoming a minority. They will push any agenda for the sake of more white babies and fewer brown people in the country making their own babies.
November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
What this is really all about is the Christian white nationalist panic about becoming a minority. They will push any agenda for the sake of more white babies and fewer brown people in the country making their own babies.
Worse. Untraceable cryptocurrency
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Worse. Untraceable cryptocurrency
Every year in Wisconsin, at the end of November, the equivalent of the 8th largest standing army in the world goes hunting for deer. I woke up yesterday to the sounds of gunfire all around me.
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Every year in Wisconsin, at the end of November, the equivalent of the 8th largest standing army in the world goes hunting for deer. I woke up yesterday to the sounds of gunfire all around me.
Macro economic indicators are pretty good right now, just like they were under Biden. But now more than ever, micro econ is completely dissociated from macro. Hardly anyone is taking that rift seriously.
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Macro economic indicators are pretty good right now, just like they were under Biden. But now more than ever, micro econ is completely dissociated from macro. Hardly anyone is taking that rift seriously.
I'm still waiting for the Bar association to drop some hammers and get these people out of courtrooms
November 24, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I'm still waiting for the Bar association to drop some hammers and get these people out of courtrooms
No. Too much oppositional defiance. Just Irish goodbye.
November 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
No. Too much oppositional defiance. Just Irish goodbye.
She's burned her free pass (pardon) to commit federal crimes like insider trading and accepting bribes. So she needs to make herself invisible before she goes to jail. I bet she takes her millions and leaves the country.
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 AM
She's burned her free pass (pardon) to commit federal crimes like insider trading and accepting bribes. So she needs to make herself invisible before she goes to jail. I bet she takes her millions and leaves the country.
I'm actually a bit surprised JD hasn't figured out that if he puts a resignation on Trump's desk, he'll sign it and brag without ever realizing what it is
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I'm actually a bit surprised JD hasn't figured out that if he puts a resignation on Trump's desk, he'll sign it and brag without ever realizing what it is
It concerns me deeply how much of JAG has been gutted and corrupted already. Armed service can't function without unshakable trust in the people around you. Especially command.
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
It concerns me deeply how much of JAG has been gutted and corrupted already. Armed service can't function without unshakable trust in the people around you. Especially command.
So does Gemini w/ Chrome use up 120% of available system resources like I suspect it does? Resource hogging was the biggest factor in my decision to no longer use Chrome
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 AM
So does Gemini w/ Chrome use up 120% of available system resources like I suspect it does? Resource hogging was the biggest factor in my decision to no longer use Chrome
Yoink.
I'm absolutely using that quote. With citation, of course.
I'm absolutely using that quote. With citation, of course.
November 19, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Yoink.
I'm absolutely using that quote. With citation, of course.
I'm absolutely using that quote. With citation, of course.
I guarantee he hasn't read that, nor any other classic literature for that matter
November 18, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I guarantee he hasn't read that, nor any other classic literature for that matter
Well, he did call his own daughter a fine piece of ass. That's worse in so many ways.
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Well, he did call his own daughter a fine piece of ass. That's worse in so many ways.
This is actually a good look for her.
November 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This is actually a good look for her.
Whoah you have 1600 arrest warrants? Go get 'em hoss!
Oh, wait, you don't? Yeah. About that. Sooner or later the only arrest warrant I'll be looking for is his.
Oh, wait, you don't? Yeah. About that. Sooner or later the only arrest warrant I'll be looking for is his.
November 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Whoah you have 1600 arrest warrants? Go get 'em hoss!
Oh, wait, you don't? Yeah. About that. Sooner or later the only arrest warrant I'll be looking for is his.
Oh, wait, you don't? Yeah. About that. Sooner or later the only arrest warrant I'll be looking for is his.
See also: besties
November 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
See also: besties
This. As someone who works with data, having a record that's shows that a recipient is dead is the best possible protection against someone pretending to be that person to get fraudulent benefits.
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This. As someone who works with data, having a record that's shows that a recipient is dead is the best possible protection against someone pretending to be that person to get fraudulent benefits.
Dirt and mutually assured destruction is what holds the good 'ol boy network together.
From reports I've read, most of Epstein's wealth and power came from blackmail.
From reports I've read, most of Epstein's wealth and power came from blackmail.
November 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Dirt and mutually assured destruction is what holds the good 'ol boy network together.
From reports I've read, most of Epstein's wealth and power came from blackmail.
From reports I've read, most of Epstein's wealth and power came from blackmail.