Honestly? This might be my favorite chapter so far.

To be fair is the claim that it has never been shot down by another aircraft. But they lost F-15:s already in the gulf war.

In either case, this war ends with:

1.) Oil prices surging to around $200/barrel
2.) The collapse of the global economy.
3.) A global famine due to an oil and fertilizer supply shock.
4.) The biggest humanitarian crisis in living memory.

Bartending reads blue collar if the bartender reads male, pink color if they read female. 'Waitresses' and serve staff read pink collar, back of house staff read blue collar, and fancy waiters in tuxes at fancy restaurants are rare enough in the US that I suspect we aren't sure.

It's easier to believe in the end of American democracy than it is to believe in the end of the Sixth Party System

This is just capitalist realism but for the Sixth Party System.

The funny part about all of this is that North America is oil cell sufficient. The price increases will be due to global— not domestic— supply contraction.

curious to me that america only started pretending to give a shit about ptsd when it came time to talk about our war criminal soldiers and not about any doctor who has ever practiced medicine anyway i am watching the pitt now

I believe Japan is mentioned in the extras.

That’s— that’s Hainan, not Hong Kong.

The others I understand, but why Sweden?

*2000 | 2004. Christ.

Typo on Clinton’s elections. I’m guessing it’s supposed to say 2004 | 2004?

The backlash to Prop 187 in California wasn't just from Hispanics. It offended every demographic, including those who voted for the ballot measure, to the point where Republicans became politically irrelevant in the state.

Now its playing out nationally.

The 119th Congress Constitutionally ceases to exist at 11:59 AM on January 3rd 2027

Whatever else happens from noon on, the 20th Amendment is explicitly clear on that fact. Even if the 120th Congress is not seated/whatever, the 119th Congress no longer exists ahd has no force of law

“I’m a heel, so I can’t really endorse the crowd, but… you hear ‘em”

Some Secret Service agent with a walkie talkie: "Code Brown. Repeat, we have a Code Brown."

"Eagle One has left an egg in the nest, Repeat: Eagle One has left an egg in the nest."

"The Shart of the Deal." 🤣

Among House Republicans, only Mike Johnson, could handle a 32 point swing from 2024 and still have a majority of his district.

While this is unlikely to be repeated universally, fight like it can be.

Total Strauss-Howe victory. Welcome to the Fourth Turning: Crisis

I’m against the death penalty (even one innocent wrongly killed is too many), but holy FUCK are these creeps making that position difficult.

Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE:
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935

“Freedom’s just another word
For nothing left to lose—“

The Union forever! Hurrah, boys, hurrah!

Seriously. No surge in troops at the Consulate in Nuuk, PSB, and no increased naval activity in the Davis Strait? Nothing to indicate actual pressure beyond barely cogent statements from the WH?

This whole circus was just an admission of incompetence.

When I was in high school I did a constitutional debate program and witnessed this exchange:

JUDGE: what’s your favorite amendment?

KID: the third

JUDGE: why the third?

KID: because if there’s soldiers in your house, the other ones really don’t matter

BORN READY FOR 2026

Sees people being murdered, terrorized, tortured, jailed, put into concentration camps - "HOW CAN I MAKE THIS ABOUT ME???"

Something something, gun control and police abolition are fundamentally incompatible positions, something something.