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  1. The very wealthiest among us don’t have income, which is the major problem with progressive income tax being your most “progressive” vehicle.
  2. It’s in the cloakroom now! I didn’t make that call.
  3. He also announced that members need to spend 5% on defense, a figure we don’t meet ourselves and that is impossible and a moved goalpost. He’s attacking the Alliance preemptively. I think an under-appreciated aspect of DJT is that he has never had a friend. I don’t like to personalize international politics but this shapes his worldview just like being a second rate spy does for Putin. DJT cannot comprehend relationships beyond suckers to bilk, partners in bilking, or assholes trying to stop him from bilking. Trust, loyalty, patience, genuine support— all these things are foreign to him, he’s never been experienced them or demonstrated them and he views them as suspicious. He cannot believe in any relationship where both parties are happy and getting something different but valuable, or giving as much as they can even if it isn’t equal. . That carries over.
  4. The HFAC majority tweeted this out then deleted it. It’s important not to sanewash this stuff, but equally important not to dismiss it as something he won’t try. And there are other things at play here. He wants to leave NATO but that requires Congress to approve. Inciting a flagrant territorial dispute with a member that would draw anger and condemnation from the entire Alliance would be one way to whip the idiot caucus in Congress into doing that.
  5. If there had been a company of American soldiers at Vasilkyiv in 2022 and we told Putin “you wanna kill Americans? Bring it.” That would have been a complete game changer.
  6. Venezuela. Nicaragua. Bolivia. It wouldn’t be Rammstein. But a company? Some trainers and advisors? Some PMC mopes? That can easily be sustained and changes dynamics in a big way. The same way putting a company in Western Ukraine in January 22 would have changed the game.
  7. One entirely foreseeable and not far-fetched idea would be the invitation of Russian or PRC troops by other Western Hemisphere nations to deter any similar U.S. aggressive action.
  8. It made no sense to expend significant resources on Greenland prior to melting polar ice, beyond the mentioned early warning AFB and monitoring/potential ASW. Any “invasion force” or even reconnaissance vessels would be forced to approach via North Atlantic approaches (or, I suppose from the South Atlantic or through the canal although that’s loony-tunes far-fetched). These new concerns are real with warming sea ice, although it’s not really the fear of an invasion but rather free use of potential Arctic navigation. But that has to be divorced from this idea because none of the security issues arise from the Danes controlling Greenland or are solved by us controlling Greenland. It’s a naked resource grab and it’s completely insane, we can’t let Real Serious Foreign Policy assholes sanewash DJT.
  9. Greenland was also part of the Kingdom of Norway, later joined to Denmark, for almost 500 years. The Norse lost contact and the presence died out. It will never not be funny that the Norse were in Greenland before the Inuit and have a longer historical presence all together even with a few centuries gap.
  10. Did Christmas with family in Texas and so decided to make a big dinner on the last day of my subsequent home vacation. The situation here: herb-anchovy crusted leg of lamb, sweet and sour green beans with candied bacon, roast potatoes and lamb pan gravy, @jimmyjazz horseradish sauce.
  11. I don’t see how this becomes anything but CR. Everything the POTUS-elect suggested today was not just insane, it was immoral, illegal, and harmful to our country and some of our very closest friends and allies. Any attempt to implement would hopefully spark waves of resignations and if the military was ordered to invade a friendly country, a refusal to implement and impeachment. There’s nothing to debate here, this stuff isn’t even “a bad idea.”
  12. What else would you make seafood stock out of? I freeze shrimp shells in ziplocks and use them to make stocks for gumbo and for soup. And if I am making a seafood pasta, I’ll let the pasta water boil with salt and some shrimp shells for a bit, then fish the shells out and do the pasta. Give it a try, it will take what you are making up a level.
  13. It’s a lot like adding soy sauce, and I bet fish sauce would work too although I haven’t tried it. I add 3-4 anchovies with the trinity and they break down and dissolve and leave the kick you are talking about. I am a traditionalist but stuff like this is different than adding a bunch of tomato to gumbo or putting beans in chili. With the former you’re trying to make the best version of a dish. With the latter, you may have made something really good but it’s not chili or gumbo anymore.
  14. Greenland is going to be even more strategic going forward, he’s not wrong on that he’s just completely immoral for trying to grab it from a friend. The jokes about melting sea ice are closer to the truth— we are getting really close to having almost ice free summers. The Russians are investing heavily in icebreakers in an attempt to make sure the Arctic is their turf. The PRC is demanding to be allowed into the Arctic Council as a “near arctic nation.” The high north is going to be valuable from resources to geography and that’s largely due to global warming.
  15. Nah, Eli’s star seems dimmer than it is because he isn’t Peyton and because of some truly great QBs in the era. He was a 4X Pro Bowler and his passer rating is above guys like Elway and Aikman. I wouldn’t put him as a first ballot HoFer and he might linger around before getting in but he isn’t average, he’s in the Hall of Very Good.
  16. Right on. One of the shittiest things you can do as a human is to in any way hinder someone from quitting the use of a substance or potentially harmful behavior. Doesn’t matter what you can handle, it’s about what they WANT to handle.
  17. This is a BFD and not in a good way. Laura Cooper is for sure not everyone’s cup of tea but she is a badass and one of the most capable and realistic Russia hawks out there. A big loss for us and for Ukraine. The Pentagon is going to have a huge knowledge and credibility gap in the Russia space, she was the big gun in an agency that has been zeroed in on the sandbox and Pacific. It’s super fucking embarrassing for our country that it’s worth Zelenskyy’s time to go on his platform.
  18. Something is off here, because I’m positive that kids who were in high school in 2008 are for sure still in college.
  19. This is fucking mental behavior.
  20. Dan Marino and Jim Kelly are legends who will be remembered as all time NFL greats. Trent Dilfer and Jeff Hostetler are not. Theres more that goes into it, Brady and Mahomes and Montana are all not just multiple champions, they are/were widely recognized by peers as the best at what they do. And I’d argue college is even harder to get to the top of the heap— you only have four years max to do it, and really three for most of college history. Teams also we-rent built around you like with franchise QBs. There is a lot more that’s chance.
  21. This is legit deplorable behavior, Denmark is a treaty ally (and one of our most reliable and capable that deploys with us—and fights— everywhere). Truly unhinged and we have Real Serious NatSec dipshits writing articles about why we should think about it.
  22. Street is interesting because he was playing the position at a time when the game was really changing; he captained the wishbone to perfection and could make the throws when it counted. But in 1969, the two All-American QBs were Jim Plunkett and Archie Manning who were playing the position in a way modern-day fans would recognize. What’s wild is that over 20 years earlier Layne was putting up much bigger numbers on the ground and through the air than Street was. And his numbers were very, very good for his era and his pro career bore out his talent. A lot of this comes down to how you weight championships versus stat lines versus dominance at the position, and also how much you weight overall career. As a fan, I completely get strong bias toward the person at the helm when you win it all. As an outsider, I lean towards dominance relative to their competition and a dash of overall career. I’d put Dan Marino over Ken Cavanaugh (had to look him up, 1976 Pitt QB) or Peyton over Tee Martin. I’d rank them: 1. Vince 2. Layne 3. Colt (very close) 4. Street 5. Ewers
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