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The death of Trump

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Since we could use a cheerful topic on a Friday afternoon, let's spend a little time mulling over the statistical probabilities governing Donald Trump's eventual death. I'm well aware that actuarial statistics describe probabilities for large populations of at least vaguely similar individuals, and are of...
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The lowest white man

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This (gift link) is some really good reporting: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is blocking the promotion of four Army officers to be one-star generals, a highly unusual move that has prompted some senior military officials to question whether the officers are being singled out because of...

Boots on the ground

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It's the non-interventionist mindset, you wouldn't understand: The Pentagon is looking at sending up to 10,000 additional ground troops to the Middle East to give President Trump more military options even as.

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The insanity is the point

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Just a few little snippets from today's cult worship ritual: https://bsky.app/profile/helenkennedy.com/post/3mhxzpswkds2w https://bsky.app/profile/parkermolloy.com/post/3mhxzqvdays2k https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mhxyuc7yym27 https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mhxykaxfb22h https://bsky.app/profile/golikehellmachine.com/post/3mhxxn55k5s25 In the middle of all this Trump went off on a several-minute tangent about how he replaced the thousand dollar ballpoint pens (all figures invented) with Sharpies that work great but...
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Anabasis II: The Anabasising

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I am hearing not great things about the prospects of a US ground invasion of Iran, which is to say I'm hearing that we might invade Iran: The Pentagon has ordered about 2,000 soldiers from the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to begin moving to the Middle...

Bespredel

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I recently learned of the Russian term "bespredel," which means literally "without limit." It was apparently originally a bit of prison slang, which referred to actions that were so extreme.

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