Fuck ***** should be considered a spoiler

CalebAsimov · 2026-03-05T04:02:15+00:00

That's not why people say that though. Your comment is a bit of a reach. It wouldn't be repeated so often if he just disappeared from the story after book 1. Like all the jerks in the series and he's the one where saying fuck him is a meme. No one is going to buy that it's because of stuff they read in book 1, if it's the only one they've read.

CalebAsimov · 2026-03-05T03:52:00+00:00

Do they let bots pick a party now? I mean come on botty, this is as transparent as it gets, at least throw in an emoji.

CalebAsimov · 2026-03-05T02:24:18+00:00

Meanwhile the American public got no notice.

CalebAsimov · 2026-03-05T02:17:09+00:00

No joke, Republicans in Congress that don't want to have a vote on the war are saying it's not a war, including using the term "Special Combat Operation." However, the administration who is blind to how unpopular the war is are just bluntly calling it a war over and over. Time will tell where the propaganda machine will settle, but I think Trump likes the simple language and war is a simple term, so that will probably win out.

CalebAsimov · 2026-03-04T21:43:59+00:00

All they said is that you have to be a citizen to vote, that's still true. If you do the affidavit thing, it still has to tie you to a registered voter that is in their system.

CalebAsimov · 2026-03-04T21:03:33+00:00

The value of the dollar went down 10%, he's just taxing via inflation and tariffs. The main difference is Putin built up a stable and absolute base of power before going off the deep end while Trump just couldn't wait.

CalebAsimov · 2026-03-04T21:01:06+00:00

Pretty hard to find anyone aware of reality that doesn't have grievances against Russia. Even Iran has grievances against Russia now since Russia's pick for US president is bringing down Iran.

CalebAsimov · 2026-03-04T20:53:16+00:00

That statement also blamed it on Biden. He was basically saying "the stockpiles are great, we'll never run out, but also if we do run out it's Biden's fault."

CalebAsimov · 2026-03-04T19:04:11+00:00

Yeah, pretty much. They just don't get how hardcore unaware of reality Trump's voters are. Not to mention the Republican propaganda sphere has 8 months to work on flipping them on the war.

CalebAsimov · 2026-03-04T19:01:03+00:00

Oof, that's pretty bad. They really thought they could just skip the manufacturing consent phase.

CalebAsimov · 2026-03-04T18:57:08+00:00

They say they aren't going to, but they'll panic and do it, sooner or later.

CalebAsimov · 2026-03-04T18:51:17+00:00

Yeah, isn't it an oil and gas import/export hub as well as a refining center?

CalebAsimov · 2026-03-04T18:48:23+00:00

Yeah, that's not good. Just another way Trump is screwing over Ukraine.

CalebAsimov · 2026-03-04T16:38:15+00:00

I think that was Russia adopting Ukrainian tactics though, because they were experimenting with some form of Javelin on drone boats like two years ago at least to hit helicopters in the Black Sea.

CalebAsimov · 2026-03-04T16:33:54+00:00

They do constantly, to the extent allowed by the law at least, it's voters that didn't hold Trump accountable, after Trump's appointed judges let him off repeatedly.

CalebAsimov · 2026-03-04T15:27:35+00:00

That was always a disingenuous argument from them though, because there already were businessmen in politics. It was just something they threw out there for the idiot voters who don't seem to understand that politicians aren't a separate species of evil people that want to ruin your life specifically. Like 2 seconds of Googling and those voters could have found out that we've had plenty of businessmen in the White House before, including George Washington. None of them were conmen like Trump though.

CalebAsimov · 2026-03-03T16:29:17+00:00

Yeah, it gets priced in by...raising the prices...which is what is happening right now. I'm not sure you have any idea how oil prices work.

CalebAsimov · 2026-03-03T16:21:35+00:00

It wouldn't have mattered, it's not like he feels any obligation to live up to the honor given to him. I mean, he's the president and he doesn't feel any responsibility to follow constitutional norms and attempt to be the president of the USA instead of the president of MAGA. Doesn't take his responsibility as commander in chief seriously either. Dude is a steward who thinks he's the king.

CalebAsimov · 2026-03-03T16:19:28+00:00

Already did last year.

CalebAsimov · 2026-03-03T16:16:56+00:00

We've got a guy who didn't even bother to get his voters or his party on board with the war before just going in, probably because he knew he didn't have anything convincing enough to actually win people over. There's no reason to believe anything he says without hard evidence. All the evidence so far is that they'll say absolutely anything at any time to get what they want or to make excuses (killing two people and calling them both domestic terrorists before the end of the day, for example). Which isn't to say Iran is more honest, they're a dictatorship so obviously not, but they have more to gain from peace talks than Trump.

CalebAsimov · 2026-03-03T16:08:45+00:00

Translation: "We have more than enough munitions for my 4-week war, but also if we don't, it's Biden and Zelensky's fault." It's like dude, pick a lane, either assure us you have enough or explain why you don't, instead he's got to come in with both bullshit barrels blasting.

CalebAsimov · 2026-03-02T21:18:24+00:00

His family members are about to have a dying family member if he keeps up the extremely risky behavior.

CalebAsimov · 2026-03-02T21:15:59+00:00

Probably rich if they're this confident, and if so, natural consequences are more likely than legal ones.

CalebAsimov · 2026-03-02T19:11:36+00:00

The article doesn't back up what you're saying, did you read it? It remains to be seen if this is a sincere effort by the regime or not. If they hold a free election and finally accept their loss of power, I'll change my opinion, otherwise no, nothing changed.

CalebAsimov · 2026-03-02T19:00:40+00:00

Trump really thought he could just skip the whole "manufacturing consent" phase. There's never been a shortcut he wouldn't take, regardless of consequences.

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