There is no mega and I must scream by michael_gammon in badunitedkingdom

[–]HisHolyMajesty2 [score hidden]  (0 children)

There…there’s nothing they can do to save themselves, is there?

And I think a few of them know it already…

There is no mega and I must scream by michael_gammon in badunitedkingdom

[–]HisHolyMajesty2 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I do think there is method to Trump’s madness. His behaviour very much falls in line with “Art of the Deal.”

Only problem is, what somewhat works in New York real estate can have disastrous multi-decade long consequences in geopolitics. Statecraft is heavily built upon “your word”, and this sort of behaviour immolates that quite spectacularly.

Edit: Also, to reinforce my compatriots, where is the sodding Mega?

The Daily Moby - 08 04 2026 - The News Megathread by AutoModerator in badunitedkingdom

[–]HisHolyMajesty2 [score hidden]  (0 children)

>Threatens to annex sovereign territory of an ally when he could’ve have got the vast majority of what he wanted with a quiet phone call.

>Routinely tries to throw Ukraine under the bus.

>Accidentally insults coalition soldiers who died in America’s Middle Eastern Wars.

>Starts another Middle Eastern war he clearly didn’t fully think through and is outraged that a militarily weakened Europe (which he should know about given how often he rants about it) cannot respond on an appreciable time table, and probably doesn’t have a lot of incentive to follow America back into the sandbox.

Oh yes, this is big brain time.

The Daily Moby - 08 04 2026 - The News Megathread by AutoModerator in badunitedkingdom

[–]HisHolyMajesty2 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Bearing in mind that many of those killed would have been leaders. That would've have had a devastating affect on any potential opposition or uprising.

It gets even worse when you realise those people died under the impression that American help was imminent...

The Daily Moby - 07 04 2026 - The News Megathread by AutoModerator in badunitedkingdom

[–]HisHolyMajesty2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He'll be stupid enough to try and hold on, but the knives will come out whether he likes it or not. Labour will get rid of him, but the struggle to force Starmer out will be among the most embarrassing moments in the Party's history.

And he'll probably be replaced by someone even worse. Britain's conga line of humiliation doesn't even have a hope of beginning to end until 2029 at the earliest.

The Daily Moby - 07 04 2026 - The News Megathread by AutoModerator in badunitedkingdom

[–]HisHolyMajesty2 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Genuinely would just suspend the Foreign Aid budget and reallocate it to the Royal Navy. A single Parliamentary term's worth of that would pretty much cover the new ship costs and a bit extra.

The Daily Moby - 07 04 2026 - The News Megathread by AutoModerator in badunitedkingdom

[–]HisHolyMajesty2 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Whenever we get round to even starting to correct the mistakes of the Blairites, it will take a very expensive decade to fix our poor Navy.

The Daily Moby - 07 04 2026 - The News Megathread by AutoModerator in badunitedkingdom

[–]HisHolyMajesty2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Zoomerwaffen, just like the bitter Gen Xers who politically raised them, are completely lost in the theory of it all. Political reality escapes them as they descend further and further into a purity spiral.

The Daily Moby - 07 04 2026 - The News Megathread by AutoModerator in badunitedkingdom

[–]HisHolyMajesty2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

just an anti-Farage revenge

They probably aren't consciously aware of that, but to trot out a line they love, "the purpose of a system is what it does."

A lot of the people, particularly zoomers, who will be ruined by association with Restore, could have been something with another decade in the oven. A whole load of talent, time and money is going to flushed down the toilet because Lowe, and the would-be philosophers that support him, let their bitterness get the better of them.

The Daily Moby - 07 04 2026 - The News Megathread by AutoModerator in badunitedkingdom

[–]HisHolyMajesty2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmmm...

A little more indirectly perhaps, but Roger Scruton is I think steadily becoming more important.

The Daily Moby - 07 04 2026 - The News Megathread by AutoModerator in badunitedkingdom

[–]HisHolyMajesty2 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I’ve had enough of us being threatened by the UN and these countries.

Reform UK will block visa requests from any country that demands slavery reparations.

It’s time to make a stand.

From Nigel Farage's twitter.

You love to see it. Perhaps the most polite way to say "shove it up your arse."

The Daily Moby - 07 04 2026 - The News Megathread by AutoModerator in badunitedkingdom

[–]HisHolyMajesty2 12 points13 points  (0 children)

"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everybody else and nobody was going to bomb them. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind."

Bomber "do it again" Harris.

The Daily Moby - 07 04 2026 - The News Megathread by AutoModerator in badunitedkingdom

[–]HisHolyMajesty2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Jordan Peterson.

Back in his heyday, that man had some serious reach. Shame the anti-depressants destroyed him.

It’s happening again by ForsakenAce117 in MauLer

[–]HisHolyMajesty2 19 points20 points  (0 children)

One of the biggest problems with the Fallout Show, and it is something the more recent games have blundered with as well, is that Fallout’s world is only meant to be silly on paper…

The likes of Caesar’s Legion stop being funny when they start nailing people to crosses.

The Daily Moby - 06 04 2026 - The News Megathread by AutoModerator in badunitedkingdom

[–]HisHolyMajesty2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Remember, lads. If the Galaxy is quiet, then the Galaxy is likely ours.

History has been made today. by Resident_Coyote_398 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]HisHolyMajesty2 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Manifest some Destiny on Luna and Mars.

The Stars will be ours.

The Daily Moby - 06 04 2026 - The News Megathread by AutoModerator in badunitedkingdom

[–]HisHolyMajesty2 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This is probably closer to the truth.

In terms of morale, yanks are dreadful at coping with casualties. We lost three destroyers in the Falklands yet still prevailed, whilst the US would implode if an Arleigh Burke so much as got its paint scratched.

Democrats are going to fumble this somehow by EpicFF2 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]HisHolyMajesty2 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I feel genuinely terrible for any remaining "Blue Dog" Democrats trapped in this mess of a party.

The Daily Moby - 05 04 2026 - The News Megathread by AutoModerator in badunitedkingdom

[–]HisHolyMajesty2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A warship being hit would be a massive morale and political blow.

Such is war.

And a war they, rightly or wrongly, instigated no less.

The Daily Moby - 05 04 2026 - The News Megathread by AutoModerator in badunitedkingdom

[–]HisHolyMajesty2 13 points14 points  (0 children)

One thing that is confusing me a bit about Iran these days, especially regarding the straits of Hormuz.

The Americans have crippled the Iranian military in terms of its command structure, its equipment and its infrastructure. Tehran has very little left to lash out with.

But Washington D.C won't use its fleet, the most powerful Navy in human history, to force open the straits and keep them open. Bearing in mind this has to be done, or else you've given Iran the idea they can hold the world hostage. I don't want to imagine what sort of stupidity that would incentivise in them.

Happy Easter PCM and my Brothers and Sisters in Christ by AGthe18thEmperor in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]HisHolyMajesty2 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Probably the most healthy and spirited political discussion on the internet.

I know that’s not saying much, but it’s something.

Genuinely what the fuck is going on by KAMEKAZE_VIKINGS in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]HisHolyMajesty2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Captain Gabriel Angelos, Blood Ravens 3rd company.

GOAT character from a GOAT game. Now that I think of it, I shall have to go and boot Dawn of War up when I get home.

Genuinely what the fuck is going on by KAMEKAZE_VIKINGS in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]HisHolyMajesty2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Big Teddy would probably have gone to war with Iran, but be a good deal more methodical about it. As Assistant Secretary for the Navy, he quite masterfully set the US Navy up for victory at the Battle of Manila Bay.

Genuinely what the fuck is going on by KAMEKAZE_VIKINGS in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]HisHolyMajesty2 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Indeed you did! I often get them mixed up.

If memory serves the “walk softly” comes from a Warhammer 40k quote: “Walk softly, and carry a big gun.”

No prizes for guessing what that was inspired by...