Can we get a meme going of these?

I agree with Will. I would submit the vibes about Clinton—namely outrage—played a larger role than vibes re GWB. In fact outrage is the key determining factor for GOP success. They have to hate the Dem (HRC) and/or feel outraged about about an issue—terrorism, immigrants, COVID restrictions…

Fun fact: Molly Ringwald’s character in 16 Candles was based on Hughes’s younger sister. She’s an old friend of my family —we grew up near the Hughes clan—and is now in fact MAGA.

Al Gore, by some metrics, was the first incumbent presidential candidate (VP or Pres) to lose despite a strong economy in 100 years. Then Kamala lost in 2024 also despite a strong economy. One could argue in both those elections other concerns overrode material ones.

Imma short “make” here

Here is his actual brother

JKOT was really fucking conservative! Not a fascist, exactly, but whoo boy…

Knut Hamsun won the Nobel and was a devoted admirer of Hitler. His masterpiece is called Blood and Soil.

My eye was twitching, reading this

But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?

Vance dropping the periods in his first name is a real sign of weakness. That’s loser stuff

Graham Greene? Robert Stone? Flannery O’Connor? They all wrote Christian fiction, to one degree or another, and each transgressed their Catholic faith in their writing.

Sauer is gonna get fired for sure

Despite all of his idiocy, Rubio understands that, at this juncture, the US cannot re-open the Strait without a ground invasion of at least 500k troops.The president is cognitively incapable of accepting this reality.

Will Blythe’s To Hate Like This is to be Happy Forever is a brilliant celebration of and ode to the joys of hating Duke. Duke-hating is so deep and sustainable that it’s the subject of an entire book.

Yes, we were guests of the Kazakh government!

Have these people not heard of Project Sapphire? And how it took a US team working around the clock with heavy cargo planes a full month to extract HUE from Kazakhstan? That was stored above ground? During peacetime?

Miscellanea: The War in Iran This post is a set of my observations on the current war in Iran and my thoughts on the broader strategic implications. I am not, of course, an expert on the region nor do I have access to any spec…

Well, I am not sure what my analysis here is worth, but here is my 7,500 word primal scream of a military historian's take on the War in Iran.

My best summary: this war is dumb as hell.

acoup.blog/2026/03/25/m...

Ben Johnson for the win

Serious question: there is a natural gas pipeline from Russia to Azerbaijan that helps supply Iran, no? And can’t Russia transport oil to Iran by other means? It seems taking Kharg will not turn off the lights in Iran?

The Oil Shock Is Here. And We’re Just Beginning to Feel It. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which 20% of the world’s oil flows through, is sending shockwaves through the global economy. But how big will this disruption actually be? According to a conversa...

hbr.org/2026/03/the-...

This is 100 percent written by AI. The bloodless prose, the lack of any POV, the absence of the private grammar of a newsroom—these are all tells. This isn’t just lawyered, it’s devoid of any human voice.

Are the objectives in the room with us now?

Khe Kharg

As a Northbrook native, I can confirm that yes, pretty much *all* the kids from New Trier are bad people.

Okay but what if Trump was personally criticizing you as an official act in his capacity as president?

I’ve believed since yesterday’s bombing that the MEU is headed to Kharg. Graham’s sign off appears to confirm it.

Can one “ramp down”?

Delete Jon Stewart. Colbert is a viable candidate, potentially. I’d like to see where he’d rank in this poll.

That MEU is headed to Kharg to seize the oil.