Baby's first political thought

"What if people make a bad decision? We should have one really smart guy in charge instead"

Wow fucking groundbreaking who needs the last few thousand years of political thought about the shortcomings of exactly that idea

The only time Christ used violence was against money changers, it's just the biblically correct position

I find it incredibly boring and unoriginal

suggests something cool and unique, like getting a coffee

Simple first dates (like getting a coffee, or a drink, or just walking around) are great because if you have a good time, you know you had a good time because you like the person! You didn't just have a good time doing a fun thing and the person was decent enough not to ruin it.

Pavlo's injuries were severe. His right arm was amputated below the shoulder, he still feels pain where his limb is missing, and he has shrapnel in his leg. His basic prosthetic gives him limited movement.

Great idea to send this guy out as a conscription officer

High-effort bits are good!

I never learned who any of these YouTubers (?) are and I could not be more happy about that

Major sports leagues are not rigged in the sense that winners are pre-determined, but the refs are told to keep games, serieses, and playoff races close, because blowouts and dominance are boring.

An NBA ref got busted for betting on games and IIRC talked about how the league would make the above obvious to refs (at least in the postseason). There's too much money changing hands and too little accountability for shady shit to not happen at all, and this is the type of thing all owners could have a handshake agreement on because they'll all profit from it and it doesn't really prejudice any team specifically.

If Smedley Butler can come around, almost anyone can.

"What's going on here? Why would people believe things so different from what I see on CNN?"

"Ah, better not think any further about that."

Death to Russia = non-political

Death to NATO = I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS TYPE OF COMMENT

Ha you were conclusively proven wrong and didn't even blink. A brain so smooth no facts can get stuck on it.

Intelligence agencies love the drug trade because:

1. It's easy (certainly for a state actor) dark money
2. It's ubiquitous
3. It gives you blackmail material on all sorts of useful people
4. It gives you the proven ability to smuggle bulk quantities across the globe
5. Who is going to blow the whistle on you?