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India is annoyed as hell at China’s playing in the Indian Ocean and it’s bases in Sri Lanka and elsewhere.

True

And the state of Michigan is on the 44th parallel. Think about it.

Right on, man!

So, I'm preparing for my own softball game that begins at 5pm. They are predicting thunderstorms that begin around that time. "They" is the cabal of weather people -- who like the firefighters in Ray Bradbury's "Farenheit 451" set book-burning fires instead of putting them out -- control that it only rains when I'm scheduled for softball activity. Wheels within wheels people. There is a reason the Trinity Bomb site in Alamogordo, NM is at the 33' parallel and so is Dealy Plaza in Dallas and the ancient aliens who landed at Roswell. There is a reason Jesus predicted his own death at the age of 33. [if any of you were reading all that and going "right on, man" you might want to go talk to regular people and get off the internet]

Could be the dumbest take ever in world of dumb takes

I'm seeing a ton of photo op pictures of Indian leader Modi at the Hiroshima G7 summit. The "Quad" which is US, Japan, Australia and India is very important to counter the PRC.

So, Zelensky being in Saudi is interesting. Who better to counter an oil weapon but OPEC?

Yeah, looks like he lost that debate.

Yep

Concur

yes, good.

Biden is kicking ass through collective security.

So many dumb and convenient takes (for Putin).

I think this is right. This isn't 2003 with only our most loyal friends following along.

Well alright. Now make sure those Ukrainian runways are clear of FOD or maybe they have improved the F16 engine since my time.

I'm coming to the conclusion that Ukraine might become a popular vacation destination for dirty old men should it be kept free from Vladdie.

I remember in my Freshman history class in HS back in 1982, there was a kid who very weirdly for Livonia Michigan was Argentinean. He was cheerleading for the ruling Junta in the Falklands War. He was very boastful. He said things like: "and then we are going to take care of Chile!" after they landed on the Islands. Meanwhile, the reality of a 400 year tradition of infantry excellence smacked the draftee Argentina Army in the mouth as soon as it landed on the Islands once the 400 year tradition of Royal Navy excellence and a 40 year RAF/RNAF history of excellence was able to get the force there. Having family in the UK put me in the position of actively cheerleading for the Brits.

I'd bet that the average semi-aware sophomore history major would be shocked by the casual denigration of those two by the layperson. Considering their prominence in history books as symbols rather than flesh and blood participants in anarchist activity.

She might have been mistaking it for "Alphonse and Gaston"

the MBB program took a serious turn when Juwan's son arrived. Ugh.

I liked the absolute "moral" clarity of Dignam. He's the deus ex machina. Another thing I really liked was Martin Sheen's performance in the last scene he is in. He knows when that elevator arrives he's likely dead. That was as good as seeing Andy Serkis' Kino Loy say "I can't swim" in his final scene of season 1 of Andor. Sheen's character knows he has to do the honorable thing for his joe to keep him alive.

I just watched The Departed again following some youtube vid that claimed that Matt Damon's Sullivan character was closeted. It actually changed a couple things in the watching. Of course it surprises him that Vera Farmiga is pregnant since they show him having a "problem" with intimacy earlier. And, the Sullivan character has been overtly flirty with women all around the office...like he's concealing something? So, the baby that Vera Farmiga has on the way might be Leonardo Decaprio's Costigian character's?

Did Archie heel turn against Trump and Trump Jr all of a sudden? He just described them.