hotcouchguy [he/him]

Now that I could see them doing

Yeah in Ukraine I guess? Idk much about it but it seems like a whole thing

What if Trump replayed his recent success: drop one bomb on something insignificant, run away, declare victory? Has anyone gamed that one out?

Wasn’t there a recent unclassified US wargame over Taiwan? IIRC one of their main conclusions was that the degree of support from regional allies, Japan and Australia specifically, was pretty decisive.

Incidentally, I remember another major finding was that the US did not have the supply infrastructure or depth of ammunition reserves that would be needed, which also seems reasonable/likely. Haven’t seen any signs of improvement on that issue, but seems like a big one to watch for.

baffling. Just gonna list some grievances about a list of off-topic people and then paste my bookmarks folder in here like I’m making a point about something or other.

Yeah, I remember he discussed it recently, I believe as a guest on another show. Maybe the May 1 Bad Hasbara, ep 104?

Specifically it was about something he posted immediately after Oct 7. Nebula wanted him to at least partially walk it back, say something both-sids-ish, “condemn Hamas”, something along those lines. Seemed like Nebula was pretty afraid and wanted to CYA basically. JT went back and forth with them a bit by email and then decided to leave instead. He made it sound as amicable as possible given the circumstances, but my impression personally was that he was softening the story to some degree, out of professionalism/courtesy (which I recall he has done in discussing other past disagreements as well, eg with CPUSA.)

JT was (I believe?) the only one willing to walk away from Nebula over Palestine.

I hope they get shot in the knee, so one of their coworkers can explain that when walking only one leg is load-bearing at any given time, so they’re fine actually.

ParallelogramBison

If our enemies want to give us credit, I say we accept at least a little bit

I don’t know if it has a specific label, but “not well” is definitely a correct starting point

Doom? Misery? Dread? Bitterness? The whole thing is organized around how she feels. And incidentally never even considers a Palestinian perspective or experience.

Someone gotta keep an eye on the beans even when it’s boring

Hate it when people keep trying to politicize my job of house minority leader

low-salt diets were actually associated with higher rates of heart disease, stroke, and death than diets with moderate amounts of sodium.

Also, hospital food associated with higher rates of cancer

Reading this gave me a micro-stroke, going to have to lie down and self-induce a nano-coma before I commit a pico-omnicide on this guy specifically

Bringing back manufacturing, but with no planning and no investment

Ireland is like the only English-speaking country that isn’t cooked. Possibly NZ as well. Immigration is somewhat difficult for either (basically average difficulty for “western” countries) so might be easier to just learn a second language & leave the “west” entirely.

Euro arms industry is apparently even more of a deindustrialized neoliberal grift than the US arms industry.

Yeah but he’s doing it in a seedy, oafish way, the grifts are supposed to involve consulting firms and nonprofits and blind trusts, it’s supposed to be too boring for people to notice. Doing a grift-fest as a tv spectacle really infuriates the people working at the consulting firms and nonprofits and whatnot, who thought their system was too good to fall like this.