Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
like I guarantee you. I'm better read than that dude, I interrogate my own assumptions more often than that dude, my lectures would be waaaay better & better-attended than that dude's. Brown, Notre Dame, Brandeis, where you at, I bet I work cheaper too
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
Ladies and gentlemen, the greatest American songwriter that no one remembers, Blaze Foley.
Give him two minutes and he might change your life.
Scientists have sequenced the genome of the long-extinct woolly rhinoceros from remains found in the stomach of a naturally mummified Pleistocene wolf pup
Deserved!
Native Americans Serve in the Military at the Highest Rate of Any Group.
nativenewsonline.net/currents/cel...
Once had a well meaning US official leading a delegation thank their opposite member (a regional leader in Russia known to be corrupt) for his “crime” rather than his “speech” (words that rhyme in Russian…Преступление & выступление)
Constructive interview 👍
Fantastic article on a film that will always be relevant
What the Air Force just did is wrong. It’s cowardly. And it breaks faith with every person who’s ever worn the uniform.
They told a transgender airmen with 15–18 years of service they could retire early — then yanked it away.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Thank you, I enjoy your annotated excerpt posts 👍 ….this one pushed me over the edge to finally subscribe to LRB
“These folks put pressure on me... to send a message," says the Norfolk prosecutor of other local officials. “I said to them, ... I’m not going to triple and quadruple sentences beyond what they deserve to try and send some sort of message." boltsmag.org/norfolk...
🚨This is 💯 worth your time
“I have watched with dismay and increasing horror as my nephew, an educated man who is well aware of his heritage, has become the architect of immigration policies that repudiate the very foundation of our family’s life in this country”
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
WTF is wrong with him? That’s shameful sloppy talk for a military officer let alone a General with significant command time in combat.
It would be better for NATO and Poland if #Ukraine were in the Alliance, Polish Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said.
Speaking at the Central and Eastern European Security Forum, he said Poland doesn't help Ukraine "solely out of romantic enthusiasm" and ⤵️
Disgraceful
A photo of Viola Ford Fletcher with her hands clasped
Today is the 111th birthday of Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre
Today marks the 150th day of protests in Tbilisi. Demonstrators have gathered near Didube Metro Station and are marching towards the Prosecutor’s Office. They are demanding new elections and freedom for those detained during months of protests.
Ugh, World class dumb…these are smart enterprises that are mutually beneficent…and super “efficient”!
❗️Zelensky reposted a 2018 statement by former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo:
“The U.S. reaffirms its policy of non-recognition of the Kremlin’s claims of sovereignty over territory seized by force.”
A timeless reminder: Might doesn’t make right.
This is world championships trolling you are seeing here
On the 36th anniversary of the 9 April 1989 massacre, Georgian Dream leaders used the occasion to attack foreign and domestic critics, comparing today’s protesters to Soviet troops.
➡️ Read more: oc-media.org/georgian-dre...
Central Asia is adept at hedging between Moscow and the West. Much of its success lies in adhering to a single maxim: tell each side what it wants to hear.
Stalin died in March 1953. After a period of stagnation, Soviet cinema underwent a “thaw.” Censorship eased, allowing a wave of bold, dynamic films to reach the screen. With spring in the air, we’ve selected seven films for a perfect Sunday watch—each available via: sovietmoviesonline.com
“we have to be able to commit war crimes to win wars” is the type of thing a 16-year-old dumbass says and — well, yeah, hegseth is basically a 16-year-old dumbass
How can one best articulate the idea that the Russian state has agency and should be held responsible for its actions? The Mearsheimer inspired arguments come off like a physics discussion…body A hits body B = effect x…is Russia an inanimate object? I don’t believe Russians think this is so
Just your daily remind that Putin could end the war in Ukraine by withdrawing his troops from Ukrainian territory. That would do it.
