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Sawbonz

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  1. 1 minute ago, Hook'Em0608 said:

    No, I don’t have my head in my ass. Killers are killers. Motivation is irrelevant to their victims. Whether it’s to please their sky daddy or to suppress a populace it’s evil.

    Forget the fact that the sole motivation for this coup is to further enrich Trump and his cronies, this is going to cost US taxpayers around a trillion dollars, and the only material change in Venezuela itself is the country’s wealth will flow to the US oligarchs rather than Russia and China.

  2. 46 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

    Oh, and before American oil companies go in there, we probably should, and I'm just spitballin' here, we can workshop the details later on, but I think we should probably secure the country first. We start sending in oilfield workers and engineers without, I dunno, having boots on the ground, well I don't think it will end well.

    And that's putting aside the fact that it's not really our business to help companies deal with really bad decisions on where they invested in the first place.

    Venezuelan defence minister calls US attack 'criminal', urges international response | Watch

    All I see is someone talking Mexican and a woke sign language interpreter. How can anyone know what’s being said

  3. 21 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

    OK, so I get that following the law is not the administration’s jam. But how is ANY of this even remotely legal? We are just blowing through stop signs and red lights, and flipping the bird to the world in the process. It is not a “flex” to topple a regime. It is criminal.

    The daily Texan legal brain trust has all of the pertinent case law curated for you if you want to head over there.

  4. On 1/2/2026 at 1:05 PM, Captainant said:

    Holy shit Freddie Mercury would have no patience for Kirk's racist hate. A flamboyantly gay south African man is not exactly a friend of the modern conservative

    On 1/2/2026 at 1:17 PM, 'stache said:

    And vice versa, lol. He'd be afraid of catching the gay by being too close.

    I think the point is Charlie is gay, and now he can embrace his gayness

  5. On 12/29/2025 at 6:12 PM, 956 Worldwide said:

    The English have a state church and also a developed tendency to encourage their zealots to decamp for other parts of the Anglosphere. As a result they missed some real theological oddities and sped up secularization.

    However, it has long been clear that the secularism and rationalism trains are not only on different tracks, but often heading different directions. As evidenced by Mason conspiracy posting and public policy in the Year of our Lord 2025. This is in strong contention for most embarrassing statement— public institutions category in 2025, even with DJT in office.

    Sounds like something a Freemason would say

  6. This is naked imperialism with a clear “what are you gonna do about it?” to the rest of the world. I guess we will see what the rest of the world does about it, but whatever that is I think it’s going to cost the American taxpayer a shitload of new debt

  7. 2 minutes ago, Horn of Gabriel said:

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    To answer your original question about what is the main factor in China's thinking they cannot conquer Taiwan by force tomorrow, the answer is obvious: it's the post-WWII liberal international rules-based order led by the moral authority of the United States. No country wants to be seen as a pariah on the world stage, can you imagine the embarrassment? Without those rules and moral authority, countries like Russia and China would do almost whatever they please, in defiance of international rules, laws, and norms. They might even invade another country, illegally annex land, or more, which would be horrible. Thank God the rules-based order and standing of the Western democracies and institutions like the UN have put a stop to all of that.

    The US is absolutely the reason China has not invaded Taiwan yet, and to imply it is not because of the impotence of the UN etc is just stupid.

    This action by the moron in chief clearly signals the US has no moral or ethical issues with such a move going forward. Hell there may even be an unofficial official quid pro quo here.

    Couple this with the regime’s posturing about leaving NATO high and dry and shit could go sideways quickly.

  8. 1 minute ago, TwiceHorn said:

    So not decades old and all Trump?

  9. Just now, MagicSoccerSpray said:

    No, it means I'm pointing out the illogic in the previous point by asking valid questions, that if answered in good faith, reveal the fallacy of the position

    So answer my question “in good faith “ and I’ll do likewise

  10. 19 minutes ago, MagicSoccerSpray said:

    The indictment is longstanding, involves multiple members of his family, and has been upheld through multiple administrations, both Republican and Democrat.

    Link to Maduro’s wife’s longstanding indictment for owning machine guns

  11. 2 minutes ago, MagicSoccerSpray said:

    What logically follows if we don't? What happens if we don't advance our interests, in the name of optics and legalities, while the Chinese and Russians do? We weaken ourselves just so we feel better about it?

    Answering a question with a question means you know you are losing the argument

  12. 2 minutes ago, Horn of Gabriel said:

    Flip it around. We know what is happening by de-legitimatizing their illegal actions, it's in our face right now. Russia illegally invades Ukraine without giving a fuck about international laws and norms, and China spends each day coming up with new ways to isolate and bully Taiwan on their way towards invasion.

    This is realpolitik. Sternly worded letters from the UN aren't cutting it, and sanctions are bypassed.

    It is not realpolitik. It is naked aggression against a sovereign nation to capture their resources. It is clearly illegal and potentially globally destabilizing simply to line the pockets of Trump and his cronies. Don’t be obtuse

  13. 2 minutes ago, Keef said:

    In case you haven't been paying attention, we've been doing this sort of thing for quite some time now. So, whatever "legitimization" you're concerned about occured decades ago.

    We’ve been kidnapping foreign leaders and their spouses and charging them with US crimes while saying we will “run” their countries going forward for quite a while now?

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