Steve White

You would think that any idiot could see how drone warfare has been a game-changer in Ukraine. But, apparently, this observation is beyond the top idiot at the Pentagon.

Trump is the first president in history to hand out laundry markers at a signing ceremony.

This music is very popular with circuses, so that's what I think is going on. This is the clown show part.

Opinion | Epstein Was Wicked, but as the Files Show, He Was Also Banal

Being a sex-trafficker is one thing, but in some circles, being banal is a whole other level of bad. Not as bad, but still...

An incompetent idiot is replaced by an incompetent idiot.

Trump says, "When crazy people have nuclear weapons bad things happen."

That's exactly what everyone is worried about with him in the White House.

The Viking site and the planning battle brewing over Dublin City Council’s HQ Whenever Pat Wallace walks by Wood Quay in Dublin’s city centre, he is immediately transported back to the happiest days of his life.

Prof Aidan O’Sullivan,
“I would propose that a way of honouring [Viking Dublin dig] would be to ensure that National Museum is properly resourced in terms of staff & facilities to enable people to truly start to tell the incredible stories that are there in the collections and archives.”
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Has Peter Welch lost his mind?

Kelly: "You could pick a random group of people off the street tonight here in DC and they could probably do a better job than our government is doing right now. They don't have a goal, there's no strategic plan. And what this is likely to lead to is, again, a long war with a lot of dead Americans."

I hold citizenship in both the USA and #Ireland. In this case, I am totally on the Irish side. Ireland should not allow its airports or airspace to play any part in this illegal, unjustified war.

Mullin is nuts, which is, perhaps, his chief qualification in Trump world.

I don't think replacing an idiot with another idiot is going to solve any problems. Mullin is nuts.

I saw this sign in Amherst, Maine, and I’m feeling kind of sorry for Ralph.

Woah. Noem ought to update her resume.

Archaeologists have to call out the destruction of cultural heritage wherever it’s done - e.g. 6th century Bamiyan statues in Afghanistan, Ukraine, Gaza (extensive destruction of museums, archaeological sites, libraries) or here, a UNESCO world heritage site in Tehran

The number of permutations you can get from 24 reasons, objectives, and strategies is 24! (24 factorial):
24! = 620,448,401,733,239,439,360,000. It's going to take the Trump regime a long time to work through all of them.

I just listened to Markwayne Mullin on CNN. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

Prepare for the latest GOP-initiated quagmire.

Not including this person's handle because I don't want to start a big pile-on but there is such a deep media literacy problem on the left. "The New York Times" is not "supporting" any of the things linked; individual writers on their *opinion* pages are making the case for these positions.

The US can't help Ukraine defend itself from unlawful aggression because it is busy committing its own unlawful aggression. Meanwhile, Russia condemns the unwarranted invasion of a sovereign country. It's very hard to keep up with this incessant assault on sanity.

When the bombs begin to fly, so do the euphemisms.

Once again, an old man sends forth the young to die for nothing.

Trump tells Iranian troops: “You must lay down your weapons. Or, in the alternative, face certain death.”

They're smart enough to know that unless the US puts boots on the ground, this is a meaningless threat.

It's the dawn of a new quagmire, and Trump owns this.

I come from the same part of Massachusetts as Jim McGovern, where plain speaking is an art form.

Trump orders all federal agencies to cease using Anthropic The President instructed U.S. government departments to stop using the company's products on Friday, ahead of a 5:01 p.m. deadline.

As your mother probably taught you when you were little, this kind of move is known as "cutting off your nose to spite your face."
#AI #Claude

There's definitely a post-canoodling vibe in this photo. Or maybe it's a pre-canoodling vibe. Either way, I suspect canoodling was involved.

So disappointing. But I hope you got one good lick in. 🤠

Inquiring minds want to know whether you're claiming you won or lost the alleged bar fight.