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Holic, is the US a good ally at the moment?

A couple things happened while I was enforced away: Trump and Hegseth murdered a boat of people for whom the previous and extant justification for extrajudicial killings was not proven in any way beyond "just so" rationalization. The existing process for dealing with such a boat is to shoot out its engine and board it to make arrests and seizures. Meanwhile, the leaders of the alliance of Trump's would-be friends got together in Beijing to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War2 and to stab at the heart of the West's post-WW2 political order of NATO and the East Asian democracies we helped build through blood and treasure. They even got Vietnam to attend which fricking hates China but they know the US is a terrible ally at the moment. Xi knows how valuable alliances are...why doesn't Moscow Donnie and Drunken Pete?

definitely marries up to poverty rates.

Good point. I also advise NEVER change your plans with your family around sporting events. You curse everyone when you do that.

'Don’t be surprised': Conservative George Conway warns of drastic Trump move 'tonight' - Raw Story

John Bolton knifed after he meets with Putin..

The Manchester Guardian didn't save the UK in the Battle of Britain neither...and all media in Britain was manipulated by the Ministry of Defense but, they were not why they lost France. They just were part of a media ecosystem.

Really? EPSTEIN FILES?

It was intended as a sucker punch and comes across as just as classless.

Former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton's Bethesda Home Raided by FBI: Live Updates - Newsweek

Looks like John Bolton is being singled out for special treatment by the Gestapo.

No doubt about it. Gangster behaving like gangsters.

It would be like ascribing some magical fascination to Bates Hamburgers or Brays.

Give me dumplings or give me Death!

I liked that.

Interesting observation

another minor quibble with Shep but one which I feel like pointing out. "Spit on it" is a dumb phrase for taking a pitch. I know its probably something he heard around a batting cage. I have heard all of them use it including Jason. I prefer they say what I always told the girls in the 10U level when they were getting coach pitched (they are allowed 5 soft tosses from their coach at that level locally) "be a smart investor, reject the first offer!"

Yeah, I'd rather Northern chains swamped the South than vice versa.

I like these Jeff Seidel articles Detroit Tigers' off-the-field fun as important as on-the-field success As much as I know i'm eating pure sugar ... i like them.

This came up when I searched on the correct spelling of the Abu Ghraib event's most notable character. Lynndie England’s Hometown - Foreign Policy Association Not sure if this is apologia for the Appalachian de Sade

I'm going to miss Wegmans when I return to Michigan. That is a grocery store chain with some amazing stuff of their own.

The point being that Shep expected everyone to explain the game to him.

I'd want to go to the ballgame with Jason. I'd find going to the game with Shep to be a little bit of work. Kinda like having to explain the dropped 3rd strike rule to my wife for the 40th time.

well, its one post. However, you have to imagine these World Historical Geniuses that ICE has recruited for their 'toughness' are going to flow like water to the dumbest possible reasons for making policing decisions. They certainly won't be tactful or intelligent about it. Expect some Lynndie England type crap.