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Screenshot of an excerpt of a Bulwark article by Lt. Gen. (retired) Mark Hertling: *** This is why responsible national leadership requires two qualities at the same time: expertise and, in my view, a level of discomfort and anxiety. Expertise ensures decisions are grounded in strategy—clear thinking about ends, ways, and means. What is the political objective? What military action advances it? How do those individual tactical actions contribute to an operational plan? What risks follow? What happens the day after the strikes end? Discomfort serves as a moral and strategic guardrail. Leaders who feel the weight of ordering teenagers toward hardship, injury, and death are more likely to ask the necessary hard questions. They consult widely, think about escalation, and remember that war is not simply a tool of policy but a human undertaking with irreversible consequences. The paradox is that those who understand force best are rarely eager to use it. They prepare for it. They plan for it. They master it. But they never become comfortable with it. If a president is becoming more knowledgeable about military power, that is a good thing. If he is becoming “comfortable” ordering it, that should give all of us pause—because too much comfort with the desire to use force is rarely a sign of wisdom.

"The paradox is that those who understand force best are rarely eager to use it. They prepare for it. They plan for it. They master it. But they never become comfortable with it."

Really wise piece here from @markhertling.bsky.social.

www.thebulwark.com/i/190103369/...

Spectacle website in 1996

Urban Diary website in 1997

Conscience Records website in 1998

p2 output website in 1998

Grunge Web Design Style in the 1990s

– Spectacle in 1996
– Urban Diary in 1997
– Conscience Records in 1998
– p2 output in 1998

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Is there a healthy fascination with Hitler?

Yeah, you're right. I remember something about that.

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN

This is Mango Mussolini's midterms strategy. This plus the occasional illegal war on random countries.

Midland/Odessa just "yeehawed"

Screenshot of an X post by Gavin Newsom reading “Gone, but not forgotten.” The post includes a grayscale video thumbnail showing a person in military gear and helmet, with large text over the image reading “IN MEMORIAM KRISTI NOEM 2025–2026.”

She lasted just over 37 Scaramuccis.

Yes. Yes, this must happen

Real "panem et circensus" vibes from the MAGA cohorts...

Democrats may not be able to prevent Mullin's confirmation, but they can certainly turn his track record of offense and stupidity into two days of televised humiliation so spectacular that he is wounded in Trump's eyes from day 1. That is the job.

Laughs from the other side of the Red River.

This is a great read, and this section is the fundamental thing for me. What we are seeing with Platner is the increased normalization of Nazism. We cannot have *both* major parties be places where Nazism is accepted.

Andrew Tate held in 'detention centre' after pointless attempt to reach Dubai Andrew Tate has allegedly been held in a detention centre as he tries to get to Dubai, apparently to prove some kind of point.Apropos of nothing, controversial manosphere influencer Tate has seemingly...

The chinless wonder got detained trying to go into Dubai. Ha!

www.indy100.com/viral/andrew...

4 corporate Democrats funded by AIPAC voted with MAGA to let Trump continue to wage illegal war on Iran.😐
•Henry Cuellar: 202-225-1640
•Jared Golden: 202-225-6306
•Greg Landsman:202-225-2216
•Juan Vargas: 202-225-8045

Call & remind them we reject their complicity in fascism

Jeffries should resign.

Hey. @jaketapper.bsky.social - shouldn’t you be drafting a new book on elderly politicians?

Perry: This St. Patrick’s Day, don’t forget Irish music’s anti-fascist roots Dropkick Murphys, the iconic Irish American punk band, are headlining a free block party March 6 near where Alex Pretti was killed by immigration agents, contributing columnist David M. Perry writes.

NEW “We’re celebrating a tradition that is at its core about resisting occupation and maintaining community in the face of horrors. You can’t keep politics out of Irish music. No one should try, for two reasons. First, it’s ahistorical. Second, Minnesotans are ready for a big anti-fascist party.”

I laughed way too hard at this. 😂

Whoa. What the Fuck, Proton!

Just when I toyed with the idea of going back to Spotify... Nope. Happy with Qobuz

Isn't that Kipling, not Orwell? (Or more likely, some amalgam of citations)

I truly do think all of the "Noem out, Mullin in" posts and stories are failing American democracy right now!

Trump is announcing his nominee.

That's it.

If the Senate majority wants to confirm him, they're a part of this—even after knowing what they know now.

And that matters come November.

oh yeah, fuck Senate decorum and norms and all that bullshit

Trump gave @democrats.senate.gov and opportunity here, take it

Senator Hey Bub is now Secretary Hey Bub (I mean, no senate confirmation, apparently).

From Dipshit One to Dipshit Two, the shitshow carousel keeps turning!

Mango Mussolini will dump the puppy killer, then try to act like all DHS/ICE problems are solved, and "we should be saying thank you!"

All he's gonna do is queue up the next person to eventually face a human rights violation tribunal.

D'oh! Missed that. Thank you!

digital model of the ship Icarus 2 from the Danny Boyle film, "Sunshine"

Icarus 1 & 2 from Sunshine had big chonky heads. (found on forums.scifi-meshes.com)

If you wear these around me and don't give me a heads up, don't be surprised when I knock them off your face.

oh barf. that's just... yech