Neat fact: Japan maintained continuity of government through surrender and occupation. In Germany, a new government with a new constitution was formed. Nazi ideology, symbology, and officials were purged. (to one extent or another).

Not so in Japan. Only the top leadership was removed (but not the emperor). Their culture and curriculum puts Neo-Confederates to shame with it’s atrocity-denial and historical mutilation.

Don’t Goebbels away mad, just Goebbels away.

My family will rotate Steaming services. We sub for a month or two when we wanna see a show or something, then cancel in favor of something else.

The point of sanctions is not to deny a country access to products. That would be impossible. The idea is that acquiring sanctioned goods is full of friction and expense.

Smugglers don’t offer 2day shipping or easy returns. It’s also ironically a good thing to see Western tech in Russian weapons because it implies that they can’t produce the tech themselves or buy it off China.

This is jaw dropping. I wonder if this is pressure by the Trump regime to get Israel to get in line behind whatever Iran deal Trump can conjure.

Vance has publicly rebuked Israel to be “careful” with it’s most powerful ally. Netanyahu then rejected Trump’s peace plan. Friction from a normally sycophantic Huckabee may a signal that America’s love isn’t unconditional.

Whatever private channels of leverage Israel has in the US, they appear to be weak.

Despite what Alex Jones will tell you, Israel is a vassal state to the US, not the other way round. It may seem confusing considering how bad of an ally Israel is. But that’s my point, people on the left and right are starting to wonder if Israel is more trouble than she’s worth.

Everything special about this man was true when he still had an umbilical chord.

He and Trump are what happens to generational wealth. You have clever criminals like Trump’s dad and Grandad, and Joseph Kennedy, only for three generations to pass and your left with stupid criminals.

I think that the Trump and Kennedy names belong next to each other. Even if it does ruin the opera for rich cunts.

The pigs execute 3 citizens every day. No holidays or weekends. https://mappingpoliceviolence.us/

I browse reddit without logging in and with an adblocker. From their perspective, I’m a parasite using resources but contributing nothing; I’m proud of that.

It’s extraordinary that Israel doesn’t seem to have much direct leverage and instead seems to be relying on their ability to spoil an Iran deal as their “cards”.

Vance has already publicly warned Israel that back-biting their most powerful friend was risky.

Driving a wedge between the US and Israel may be the lasting consequence to this war. Nevermind the straight of Hormuz.

Online debate is fun. I don’t care if it falls short of solving the worlds problems.

Microslop has designed a hardware solution to disable AI features on Windows for advanced users.

https://nebula.tv/videos/lindsayellis-south-park

Stone and Parker are the embodiment of genX politics. That is the cynical mantra that people who believe in stuff are the real fools. And it doesn’t matter if you deny the Holocaust or advocate for green energy, in South Park you’ve committed the same sin.

Sure they make fun of Trump. But they also had an entire season devoted to frat-boy bullies and tyrants who advocated for inclusion, equity, and social justice. Because that’s a social problem in American and Matt & Tray simply have the courage to finally speak truth to power.

Oh, and meanwhile Global Warming is a hysterical myth that Al Gore invented.

Why are Republicans criticising Hegseth?

Because they need a fall-guy for Iran. It’s ironic because the things directly under Hegseth’s control appear to have largely functioned as intended. That is the strikes on Iran have been carried out with minimal US losses. Don’t @ me about war crimes like the Minab school, Republicans DGAF.

The problem with the Iran war is the decision to start it and the terms upon which it will end. We should launch an investigation into who’s responsible for that.

When I worked at Blockbuster, I miskeyed almost every credit card number on new-member applications. The system didn’t authorize the cards, or even check if the number was valid.

At the end of every shift, the computer would attempt to charge late fees to the card on record if your balance was >30days old. The failure rate was high due to expired cards anyway, so nobody ever got suspicious.

Professional wrestling was all fun and games until it started airing on CSPAN.

quit to the main menu

Fuck you, I wanna quit to the desktop.

voting with your wallet

I’m terrified how many people think buying and selling stuff is moral, civic, and democratic duty. Econ 101 doesn’t even work in economics, why are we applying it to everything?

I had an opportunity to socialize with some young people recently and the one thing that struck me the most was how far ahead the girls were in social skill and maturity.

I don’t think this has anything to do with sex difference or nature. I think that girls are simply expected to pay attention to other people and boys aren’t.

I don’t exempt myself, I was a solipsistic goblin at that age.

This isn’t a weapon, and probably won’t work as intended either.

“Space lasers” don’t work over long distances because the light spreads out. (inverse square law) A pinpoint laser is almost 2m wide when pointed at a low flying aircraft.

Increasing intensity doesn’t work because you’ll need a) a Dyson sphere level of energy input. or b) a mirror big enough to occupy a significant fraction of our orbit.

This is just “data center in space” fiction