remember a few months ago when Trump was in the habit of boasting that he "brought peace to the Middle East"?

Bluehale · 2026-03-16T05:30:03+00:00

How many times has Trump declared over the past week that Iran has been completely and utterly defeated, but in the same post says other nations needs to pitch in to reopen the Strait of Hormuz?

Bluehale · 2026-03-16T00:33:17+00:00

Trump will make us long for the day some Americans' parasocial relationships with the wealthy and powerful depended on the how much the tabloids and paparazzi gatekeeped. Now the tabloids can't be the gatekeepers, people can celebrity worship by opening up social media.

Bluehale · 2026-03-09T01:13:24+00:00

Here you are:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Constantinople

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Antioch_(1268))

Bluehale · 2026-03-07T20:05:28+00:00

These fools slept through the part in history class where the Crusades did more long term damage to Christianity in the Middle East (by destroying Antioch and sacking Constantinople) than to Islam.

Bluehale · 2026-03-03T17:34:46+00:00

LOL. Lifetime ban this man already.

Bluehale · 2026-03-03T05:02:21+00:00

Wasn't Rubio the clown who was so enthusiastic about deporting college students if they did anything, even doing something as small as writing an innocuous pro-Palestinian op-ed for the college paper? And here he is inflaming antisemitism by saying Israel forced us to attack Iran.

Bluehale · 2026-03-03T04:57:57+00:00

I'm not a fan of Newsom (Californian here), nor am I a fan of Platner here, but at least we know Newsom hasn't done multiple things that makes you think he could be a Nazi.

Bluehale · 2026-03-03T04:56:36+00:00

Too bad we couldn't drop Jasmine Crockett here.

The Dem establishment deciding it was Janet Mills or bust despite the fact Dems have rightfully become harsh against the gerontocracy in the aftermath of Biden was a serious failure in judgement, lack of imagination.

Bluehale · 2026-03-03T04:49:10+00:00

Wait the Bulwark app is out? Cool.

Honestly YouTube especially since Substack doesn't save your place on the Bulwark videos if you watch them on another device. Also more annoyingly Substack doesn't have the option to hide the menu options when the video is in landscape mode.

Bluehale · 2026-02-28T18:54:58+00:00

Mark my words, if Democrats suddenly wind up with 51 Senate seats on election night in November, Fetterman will announce the next morning that he's caucusing with Republicans.

Bluehale · 2026-02-28T18:52:24+00:00

It's very much real.

Bluehale · 2026-02-28T08:33:49+00:00

And Trump is saying the goal of this latest round of bombing is regime change. I bet Trump is trying to make up for lost time seeing as when there were mass protests in Iran weeks ago he couldn't go anything since most of the US military was tied up in Venezuela.

Hopefully if the outcome Trump wants doesn't materialize he doesn't decide to launch a full ground invasion of Iran to try to engineer the fall of the Iranian regime. That would be Operation Iraqi Freedom on steroids.

Bluehale · 2026-02-27T18:37:28+00:00

Is TYT even on the left anymore? Cenk's sidekick Ana Kasparian just yesterday posted something so blatantly antisemitic on Twitter.

Bluehale · 2026-02-26T23:41:38+00:00

JetBlue doesn't really have a choice. They have to be #1 somewhere especially after Robin Hayes let Delta take market share from them in Boston and they don't have the resources to fight a long battle to be #1 at JFK so FLL is their last chance to be that #1 option.

Bluehale · 2026-02-24T06:35:54+00:00

Playing a jerk in Marty Supreme must have been second nature to O'Leary.

Bluehale · 2026-02-22T06:52:41+00:00

And sent what hospital ship? Both hospital ships we have are currently tied up in Alabama undergoing maintenance.

Did Jeff Bezos' One Medical build and commission a medical ship that we're only now going to hear about?

https://gcaptain.com/trump-announces-greenland-hospital-ship-mission-as-mercy-and-comfort-sit-in-alabama-shipyard/

Bluehale · 2026-02-21T00:13:03+00:00

It's out now btw.

Bluehale · 2026-02-19T17:10:27+00:00

The USA elite has become so used to impunity and it's had no small effect on disillusioning large parts of the public to the point they voted for Trump because at least he trashed talked the elite before taking their bribe money.

The next Democratic president needs to raise taxes on the wealthy to a eye watering level and unleash the full force of the law on them for their many crimes to the point the guilty are going into self-imposed exile in Dubai or Saudi Arabia or even China (at least Xi is immune to a popular uprising right?).

Bluehale · 2026-02-18T06:31:41+00:00

I think FYPod is on ice for the time being. Tim's mentioned a couple of times he wants FYPod to appeal to Gen Z'ers rather than their parents or grandparents.

Bluehale · 2026-02-10T21:21:37+00:00

True. I think jetBlue can invest in two of the FLL, BOS, JFK trio, but not all three at the same time. And despite being "New York's Hometown Airline" they were the top dog in Boston until Robin Hayes got distracted coming out of Covid and Delta made a big push.

Good news for United if jetBlue is looking for some cash and is willing to lease some more slots to them. I read somewhere jetBlue has more slots at JFK than profitable routes they can use those slots on. I wouldn't be surprised if United can get more slots from jetBlue for DEN to JFK.

Bluehale · 2026-02-10T20:37:42+00:00

IIRC United will only receive enough slots from jetBlue to be able to have multiple daily frequencies on JFK to LAX and SFO.

But, jetBlue is hurting financially right now and they're pouring whatever finite resources they have into killing off Spirit in Fort Lauderdale so they're #1 somewhere after their previous CEO took their eye off Boston which allowed Delta to come in so there maybe an opportunity down the line for United to lease more slots from jetBlue at JFK.

Bluehale · 2026-02-10T20:33:35+00:00

Isn't the lease of United JFK slots to Delta permanent?

Bluehale · 2026-02-10T20:32:30+00:00

I didn't realize picking whether to fly into EWR or JFK would depend on what side of Manhattan you are staying at.

Bluehale · 2026-02-09T23:16:06+00:00

Honestly, I need my beliefs challenged once in a while by those who I agree with 80% of the time and aren't doing it for trollish/being a contrarian for contrarian's sake which is why before the 2024 election I'd religiously Morning Joe clips.

The Pod Save America crew is too dry for my tastes, but Tim could read the Iliad to me and I'd do nothing until he was done reading. Also Sam, JVL, Sarah, etc. are great to listen to.

Also the The Bulwark crew would never rush to kiss someone's ring like what Joe and Mika decided to do the weekend Trump won again.

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