catninjamargoo.bsky.social

14 July

AND Venezuela ... though given what was in the NYT article that may be closer to "reality" than not.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump posts an image featuring a map showing the United States taking over Canada and Greenland

6 July

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

ChrisO_wiki@chriso-wiki.bsky.social

1/ Ukrainian drone manufacturer Fire Point's announcement that it has extended its FP-1 drone's range to 3,400 km (2,100 miles) is prompting alarm among Russian warbloggers. One notes that this puts many strategically vital industrial sites in Siberia within range. ⬇️

5 July

I'm sure someone else got here with this before me, but ... it's worth repeating: “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” ― George Orwell, 1984

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

BASH: But it peeled off. Why did that happen? BURGUM: It didn't peel off. There was vandalism. There was box cutters. There have been 7 arrests. BASH: There are photographs of people cutting a 350 foot gash in the reflecting pool? BURGUM: Dana, I'm not sure why you keep questioning it

politico.euBritain unveils its new Ukraine-modeled armed forcesThe U.K. is learning from Ukraine’s war against Russia to build its own armed forces to prepare for a similar conflict this decade.

30 June

Meanwhile, at the White House: NEEDZ MOAR BABBLESHIPS WITH LAZER BEAMZ!!! PEW! PEW!!! BOOM! BOOM!!!

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social

Britain is announcing one of the biggest shake-ups of its armed forces in decades, and it’s using the experience of the war in Ukraine as a model. www.politico.eu/article/brit...

9 June

Sweet Baby Jebus, but Wolf looks like a hostage forced to appear on camera against his will ... Wolf!!! Blink thrice if you require assistance and rescue!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

CNN: President Trump has said the the war will be over within days at least 37 times before

9 June

Today in: these people are just SO fucking weird.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Ted Cruz on Talarico: "If you were making a list of 1,000 adjectives to describe this guy, 'masculine' would not be one of them. I mean, if a stiff breeze came by it would blow him over like a feather."

7 June

Today in: these people are just SO f'ng weird.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

One week ago …

4 June

He's Governor Lepetomane from Blazing Saddles at this point S. Miller: Meeting adjourned. Oh, I am sorry, sir, I didn't mean to overstep my bounds. You say that. Trump: What? M: "Meeting is adjourned". T: It is? M: No, you *say* that, Mr. President. T: What? M: "Meeting is adjourned". T: It is?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: Is killing US troops your red line for ending the ceasefire? TRUMP: If they killed? Q: US troops TRUMP: What does that mean? Q: That you would restart the war with Iran if they killed US troops TRUMP: Well, it would be a good reason

Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول

30 May

Is this a bad thing? It seems a bad thing ... good thing Japan is our mortal enemy and not one of our closest, most dependable and economically integrated allies in Asia! Phew ... glad we didn't make a hash of *that* ...

Rory Johnston@roryjohnston.bsky.social

Japanese crude oil inventory chart is one of the wildest through the Hormuz crisis thus far.

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@faredalmahlool.bsky.social

24 May

Ukraine 🇺🇦 Kyiv tonight. Amid explosions and russian attacks, people lean out of their windows shouting: “Usyk! Usyk! Usyk!” “Slava Ukraini!” “Heroiam slava!” A city refusing to let fear become its only voice.

So ... embedded in a nominally positive story about the first Qatari LNG shipment out of the Gulf in 70 days, was this little delight:

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So ... embedded in a nominally positive story about the first Qatari LNG shipment out of the Gulf in 70 days, was this little delight: