Icarus27k

This war has taught me to refine which sources to believe. So far, I believe what U.S. military and intelligence officials say. Their record on calling this war has been spot on. However, they are often overshadowed by the policymakers they serve. These are the politicians in the White House and the Cabinet officials, who I trust less. They often go against what the military and intelligence officials say, and get things wrong. I do NOT trust former U.S. government officials who have made a life of being experts. They have a pretty poor track record in this war. Almost like as soon as they leave government service, they lose the judgment they previously had. Most of all, think tank experts and researchers have been ridiculously wrong. I've seen them get proven spectacularly wrong in their predictions. Almost like they know just a little bit more about what's going on than you or I.

If the ruling stands, it means Trump's businesses in New York will be taken away from him. Let's hear his reaction...

I really like that Trump's legal troubles are so numerous we don't know which of the four threads to place each news story in. This is an additional case to any of the others where Trump has been criminally indicted.

Russian sailors betrayed their commanders for money, if Ukraine is to be believed.

Shocking if true, but this is still a "he said, she said" thing at the moment. I'll wait to see what U.S. officials say about who was killed during this Ukrainian attack. But still, "we can hold this meeting over Zoom" would have prevented this.

A play in three acts:

Me to a pro-Russia group online. Let's see how they respond.

Maybe Colbert will be back soon.

He's been an embarrassment for a long time, despite being low profile. He should go and let the governor appoint another Democrat..

The Internet was offended. People in the replies were gasping..

I thought I would perk you up by reminding you this bit exists.

Still interesting how NFTs were big news, the hot new idea, a few years ago, with serious articles written about them and then you blink and it's over. I'd say that says something about what the media and the internet thinks, but I don't want to spend time figuring out specifically what. Just don't believe everything you read, I guess.

Asshole doesn't get his way of having the chair of the Joint Chiefs position vacant.

I'm afraid the tokens have been found to be quite fungible.

Fascinating amount of skepticism in this thread. Like a government shutdown isn't going to happen, despite just in recent history unbelivable things such as Trump getting elected, Trump getting impeached twice, Trump getting indicted four times, Republicans coming within a few points of making an infamous pedophile a senator, and the House Speaker vote having to go to like 20 rounds of voting.

Trump Privately Frets He Could Be Headed to Prison Would he be sent to a “club fed” style prison — or a “bad” one? Would he have Secret Service protection? And what would they make him wear? Those are some of the questions Donald Trump is asking his lawyers as his many trials loom BY ADAM RAWNSLEY, ASAWIN SUEBSAENG SEPTEMBER 20, 2023 https://archive.ph/gUYUq

Gaetz is preparing a vote to make McCarthy lose his position as Speaker.

September 30 is the last day of the federal fiscal year. Ideally government spending laws would be passed well before then, but you know, Congress. Anyway, the Republican controlled House is having a split among the majority similar to when they split over the House Speaker vote. Matt Gaetz's group is fighting all the other Republicans.

I'll start.

Watch this clip. Now that you've seen Lauren Boebert and her companion getting frisky, you can thank me.