Patrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield

will the president be the first boomer to eventually check out in a pit of pique and annihilatory rage, with no heed for the world he leaves behind or the fate of those still in it? no - but he also may have the singular narcissistic satisfaction of being the last

[slaps the roof of this fund] the bad boy can fit so much 2008

I think it was on Why Theory that they discussed that Right worldview is "i get all the benefits of living in society and bear none of the responsibilities and if you make me responsible for anything i will destroy you"

‪tired: the victims of 9/11 II are complicit infidels, say terrorists ‬
‪wired: 9/11 II victims were little eichmanns, say provocateurs ‬
‪hired: they were trash sucker writeoffs to begin with, says President, who prefers Americans who don’t get killed in 9/11 II‬

‪it’s fucking awesome to live in a democracy where civilians have no power over the wars waged in our name but are also expected to die in them because of logics of collective responsibility imposed on us by both our own leaders and their foreign adversaries alike ‬

turns out blowback has been disproven in the sense that nobody in power gives a shit and if comes for you that’s your fucking problem loser

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what the fuck are we doing

www.wsj.com/business/med...

Iran: look, it's simple. We literally just paint the silhouette of a plane on the ground. We literally just nail together some boxes in the shape of a tank. We literally just pull looney tunes shit. Their AI will make them spend $100 million to destroy $5 of arts and crafts.

the US: grok is this

Quite an opening paragraph.

I feel this too

I mean look given the track record of American police when it comes to just killing people with no consequences maybe we are the worlds “policemen” after all all

Mike Johnson says Iranians have "misguided religion"

ok yeah its the plan bsky.app/profile/mcca...

No Help and Few Options for Travelers Stranded by Mideast Conflict

One woman who called the State Department helpline looking for help said they told her to "stop ranting and raving" and hung up on her.

Another woman said they asked her how to spell Oman.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/t...

that's what might be the key difference in the end: the idea that they could actually protect "us" - let alone care to try - is laughable

oh yeah no question or disagreement - all this nonsense about calling it war/uncalling it war is exactly what to expect two decades plus after the AUMF for example

it's not like this isn't an approach and appeal that has served various figures in the history of Israeli politics dependably in the past and present

I suspect there are Americans in power for whom making the world less safe for Americans synergizes nicely with claims that the US - authoritarian and unsafe - is the only place for Americans to be safe, the only thing providing ANY safety for Americans anywhere, etc.

I wonder about that, though

and to be even clearer I have a strong suspicion that counting on that inevitability may even be part of the plan, for some! but doubtless even some in the most cynical and self-interested military circles must be leery of what this exposes them and theirs to

I also have no doubt that when the pushback and blowback happen we'll have zero compunctions about calling those who do it terrorists, threats to international law, etc. and hypocrisy is a meaningless analytic. I am just trying to clock pace of change and degree of blatancy

please don't misunderstand: I have zero illusions about US history both recent and deep with all these things and worse (IE Iran Air 655). but I am trying to recall a prior time when all these ostensible norms were transgressed simultaneously and with such proud glee

am I correct in thinking the US no longer has any pretense about even pretending RE: norms RE: how heads of state can be assassinated, diplomatic negotiations can be ruses for preemptive attacks (or targets outright), ships flying foreign flags can be ambushed and sunk in international waters, etc?

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polymarket on if we'll learn a lesson after 9/11 III

omg

@patblanchfield.bsky.social. vindication of your thesis of COD series over and over and over. Hate to see it.

Sunny boys selling gas out of plastic garbage cans.

You laughed at these men, who's laughing now?

while you were gambling on cryptocurrencies and online prediction markets I was preparing for the future by filling every container in my household with premium gasoline. my trunk sloshes to the brim. kiddie pools fill my basement. its called accquiring liquid assets

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