Personally most familiar with Spain and haven't seen that happen there

European liberals here meaning basically German ones? Or do you see the same thing still happening outside Germany?

Not trying to dunk and well aware of the scholarship, but thank you for 'splaing to dumb ol' me.

Absolutely. In fact there were periods when Syracuse was probably the largest of all Greek cities.
Neapolis of course was also one of many significant ones on the mainland.

Can't really agree with that. They do speak, you know, Greek.

If you sent people to the Olympics and put weight on what the sibyls said, you were Greek.

That thing was the size of a continent.

But you can't step twice into the same one...

Continental Cuisine, Continental Tires...

There's only one "continent".

Eh, they don't really have much geographic room to expand and they want to take good care of the kids they do have, and that's pretty difficult to do if you have more than two.

Not entirely true. I know what you mean, but when it came to distinguishing their own in opposition to the Persians, say, or even the "Trojans", they certainly did consider themselves Greeks.

One hopes the generals knew all of that and Trump was just being a chest thumping idiot.
But then again...

"The Germans, Brits, and Russians are all smart people and they're even cousins for god's sake ... surely they'll figure out this silly Sarajevo nonsense before August..."

Unlikely.

... and the media still treats that man as a larger-than-life hero.

... or he might just melt away.

He'll certainly bluster and throw tantrums. But I wouldn't be surprised if it's all bark and no bite.

TACO Trump now signaled he will never restart the war. Iran can do as it pleases. Watch him take down the sanctions in exchange for reopening the Strait.

Seems like Trump’s only path. He walks away. Pretends he won. Tries to change the subject.

You're right, and the markets are badly underestimating what that means.

Don't really think he has it in him to do another large attack.

That's some low-energy stuff, wow. He wants to be done with it and move on so badly.

All of which is to say, $95 for Brent futures is ... optimistic

Also funny was the guy who was like "If you don't have lounge access and a company paying for your ticket, just don't travel at all".

The Dems should never utter the word "bipartisan" again for the rest of our lives.

By "President" do you mean Trump or Pezeshkian?

Honestly surprising that the Iranian leaders are willing to talk to Kushner and Witkoff at all.

Not sure why this guy thinks saying "Y'all are fucked" is going to win him or his ilk any grace.

Not a historian but the answer is no, because the robber barons were somewhat rooted in the Protestant mores of the time.

Even the Germans and Japanese don't think we were too hard on the Germand and Japanese after WW2.