Day: June 4, 2025

Beware the Ides of Finalia romans

Beware the Ides of Finalia

Clare Briggs June 4, 2025

I come not to bury my report card, but to praise it.

Billy Idol (?) albums

Billy Idol (?)

Jaybird June 4, 2025

Billy Idol has a new album. I guess.

Jaybird in reply to Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 6/23/25To the extent that I ascribe rational actor status to North Korea, it's that I assume that Kim wants…
Fish on Trump Drops F-Bomb As Post-Strike Ceasefire Claim TeetersArt of the deal!
Slade the Leveller in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 6/23/25Don't be ridiculous. Anyone can think of a reason for another country to not have nukes. In a perfec…
Jaybird in reply to Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 6/23/25I'm not sure what the argument is. Iran should have a nuke because of the Mexican-American war?
Slade the Leveller in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 6/23/25Every country thinks it's special. See also Manifest Destiny.
Jaybird in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 6/23/25The Daily Wire's Kassy Akiva, a woman, gives her summary: Here is the timeline of what happened: 1.…
Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 6/23/25Donald Trump problematically sums everything up: "We basically have two countries that have been fig…
Philip H in reply to Dark Matter on Trump Announces Strikes on Iran Nuclear FacilitiesThanks to Heather Cox-Richardson, we learned tonight that the US planted the seeds for this at the s…
Dark Matter in reply to Philip H on Trump Announces Strikes on Iran Nuclear FacilitiesIsrael having them is why Iran is trying to have them Wiki doesn't list that one, nor has Iran ever…
Dark Matter in reply to Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 6/23/25Why would this be any less so for Iran? 1st) Israel is one nuke from all the Jews dying, and Iran mi…