Fascism And Its Discontents

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@kylec.bsky.social Given it's now 4.30pm in Colorado, will Polis' commutation of convicted insurrectionist felon Tina Peters' 9-year sentence occur 31 minutes from now.......?

pretty sure cottage is akin to being closeted only with more room to maneuver.....

will confess, I have been most of types at one time or another.
- (other than religious or prison homo anyway......)

spoken like a true careerist!
- and yet, Welch is Senator from what is arguably the Bluest state in the country.....Ugh.

I always appreciate it when smart posters like JF actually *state* their point, rather than relying on their followers to *infer* it......

rather than simply repost this, @bgrueskin.bsky.social maybe you'd suggest how you would've handled that differently/better in a phone interview......? Curious.

always interesting when BS randos are 100% sure they would've done better in the moment than the, you know, actual journalist.....?

my fave relationships are the yellow lights: filled with warning of dangerous, passionate intersections...but one drives in anyway, all wide eyes & white-knuckled.

pretty much sums it up doesn't it?

as a former American diplomat I hate to admit it, but.....I'm afraid the US Navy may have committed a grave war crime today in the India Ocean by sinking the the Iranian frigate with no apparent warning......Grim times.

In addition to which.......the U.S. Navy apparently committed a grave war crime with the sinking early this morning of the Iranian frigate in the Indian Ocean, 1,500 miles from the theatre.....

wonder who gave the order to torpedo the Iranian frigate?
- this appears to've been a flagrant war crime.....

this is nauseating, and would be an insult to every Colorado voter regardless of political party.
- heartening to see Colorado's entire Dem leadership calling Polis out on this - and a handful or GOP too.......

2 ?s for Mil types - sincere questions here:
- who would've given the order to sink this surface ship?
- do the laws of naval warfare compel the sub CO to give the enemy surface ship CO a chance to surrender his vessel *before* sinking it?

Weiser is bang-on here - good for him!

'plus ca change'......

BIGLY Winning!!

Senator it's unclear from this clip if you're asking for a vote on a Declaration of War, or an AUMF, against Iran.....big difference as you know.

last time Congress actually declared war against another country was December 8, 1941 just sayin'......

Russia's economy is roughly = to Italy's, and last time I chekced Ethiopia (a beautifuly country btw) is not exactly a 'middle power'......

Naaahh.

really fascinating historical detail actually, thanks.
- as for 2027? there's always divine intervention. (which would indeed be divine.....)

okay thanks - I'll give that a look + listen.

thank you, Dan. kinda what I figured as that's a pretty standard U.S. mil 'temporary' installation. I lived & worked in similar in Iraq in 2003.

uh, yeah - as someone who has seen war and more than one up close, I'm pretty dang sure what Don is doing is indeed 'war'.
- that said, I believe the U.S. Congress declared war was on December 8, 1941.....?

Thank you for this, Dan.
- there have been reports their facility was vastly under-protected, despite Whiskey Pete saying it was 'hardened'. do you have any info re that detail?

Pardon me if I don't get your reference Asha, but in my opinion Carney's statement is bang-on in reference to the terror wrought by Iran, both internationally and domestically, for decades now.
- I would be surprised if a former senior FBI official had a problem w Carney's statement - do you?

thank you for the education - much appreciated!
- tbh I had no idea the original BRICS had 'expanded'. certainly understandable that Iran, under broad international sanctions, would be eager to join any mongrel economic org debased enough to have them. thanks again. Cheers.

one possible problem: the Iran op *may* largely be over + out of headlines long bf you could re-establish contact, tape interviews, with your prior interviewees..... 🤔