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Off the Record / Re: Facebook Follies of Friend...

Last post by grumbler - Today at 10:32:47 PM

Charlie Kirk wasn't shot by the government with the President and Vice President cheering it on.

And that was a wholly mendacious characterization of the response of "the left" to the Kirk shooting. The right celebrates masked gunmen killing civilians; the left condemns violence in general.

#2

Off the Record / Re: The Shooting Gallery: Poli...

Last post by HVC - Today at 10:27:35 PM

Still working for me. Maybe Trump blocked Euro news networks

According to the article it was originally posted by Alpha News, a Minnesota news outlet, maybe you can find it at the source?

#3

Off the Record / Re: US - Greenland Crisis Thre...

Last post by Jacob - Today at 10:22:55 PM

Denmark should follow the French suggestion in hardening Greenland harbors and stationing dispersed troops to guard against any Trumpian sudden impulse. Also, be ready to knock out the 4 generators powering Pituffik/Thule.

Agreed

#4

Off the Record / Re: The Shooting Gallery: Poli...

Last post by grumbler - Today at 10:13:58 PM

Vid not playing for me.

Nor me.

#5

Off the Record / Re: Youtube Recommendations

Last post by grumbler - Today at 10:11:48 PM

I've seen many of these before, but they're even better chronologically.

#6

Off the Record / Re: The Shooting Gallery: Poli...

Last post by Admiral Yi - Today at 10:07:27 PM

Vid not playing for me.

#7

Off the Record / Re: The Shooting Gallery: Poli...

Last post by Tonitrus - Today at 09:35:22 PM

In the final part of the video the car is seen veering down the road. The ICE agent swears.

That "swears" they cut from the video is where he or one of his colleagues says "fucking bitch" after the shooting.

#8

Off the Record / Re: A Collection of Unimitigat...

Last post by jimmy olsen - Today at 09:31:37 PM

Real nice article about Eowyn and how she stradles the Homeric view of war and the 20th century

https://acoup.blog/2026/01/03/new-acquisitions-tolkien-and-eowyn-between-two-wars-ppp-moot-keynote/

Part IVa on the Hoplite Wars. Makes a strong demographic argument that Classical Greek  had way more people than historians have assumed.
https://acoup.blog/2026/01/09/collections-hoplite-wars-part-iva-the-status-of-hoplites/

#9

Off the Record / Re: US - Greenland Crisis Thre...

Last post by Legbiter - Today at 09:31:08 PM

Denmark should follow the French suggestion in hardening Greenland harbors and stationing dispersed troops to guard against any Trumpian sudden impulse. Also, be ready to knock out the 4 generators powering Pituffik/Thule.

#10

Off the Record / Re: Trump's Venezuela Vendetta

Last post by Legbiter - Today at 09:26:37 PM

Venezuela doesn't have any high-quality oil. It is the lowest-grade crude sold and is expensive to refine.

Having said that, the US has the only large refinery capacity that can process this oil, and has traditionally been the only real market for the stuff.

Venezuelan oil is apparently mostly unhardened asphalt in terms of ease of refining.

As far as I can tell the current US strategy regarding Venezuela will be the current regime stays intact so long as they (Trump-linked slush funds) get a large cut.

Just an observation but it seems the loathsome online multipolarists just got a very rude awakening. They have rediscovered a zeal for international norms, procedures, and rule of law now that the largest navy on Earth is privateering their shadow tanker fleet.

Of course the US is not doing this for any high-minded goals like democracy, people-power, etc. It's basically a mafia-don shakedown.