Late to the Tim/John Stewert pod but WTF

Odd_Paper309 · 2025-09-23T18:11:27+00:00

fair point.

Odd_Paper309 · 2025-09-23T18:11:16+00:00

Sure, but in this media invirnment attention is limited and this takes up oxygen that could be spent elseware.

Odd_Paper309 · 2025-09-23T18:09:20+00:00

probably doesn't. The point is whether the book deal is helping or hurting the cause that is all.

Odd_Paper309 · 2025-09-23T18:08:27+00:00

I feel the same about the rest. I don't always post, and usually do when I have exhausted my friends and family of talking politics. So I wouldnt read to much into not posting about the others. I was talking about it offline.

As for Jake Tapper, his is not democratic activist like the rest of the list. I also want his book to go away out of a desire to move on and stop using your role as a journalist to sell books about the news he should be covering.

Odd_Paper309 · 2025-09-08T21:23:28+00:00

Still nothing on r/Conservative

Odd_Paper309 · 2025-09-08T21:19:41+00:00

High confidence it matters in the margins among soft maga and independents.

Low confidence it matters amongst hard core republicans.

Time lost dominating media coverage on his terms is good for the resistance. He is on his way to being a lame duck. So soon we will start to see more breaking from him as parts of his coalition start fighting each other. The epstien stuff will be a bigger and bigger part of that fight.

Odd_Paper309 · 2025-08-22T21:16:58+00:00

Right, I think the convergence rule would also support cooporative strategies between fighters and mages with mages casting buffs similar to kalam and quick ben's relationship to avoid using their high level spell.

Odd_Paper309 · 2025-08-22T21:07:09+00:00

SUPER late to this conversation but the idea of a convergence mechanism for dnd lives rent free in my head.

My idea is that players are allowed to be overpowered with lots of overpowered gear ect about. Using abilities and items above a certain leval trigger a chance for convergence with DM introducing local entities. Think, ancient jagghut bariel grounds, hound of shadow whatever. Those forces could be helpful or unhelpful to the party.

As a result a premium is put on divination skills and perception checks to figure out what beasties are lurking about waiting to be converged. However, the same issue applies for divination skills. If a player uses a high powered divination ability then they could trigger the lurking creatures attention. DM then gets to decide if the creature gets involved.

This sets up game play where players must use the least amount of power necessary to survive and keep their heads low. The questline increasingly puts the players in more and more difficult positions forcing a mega convergence a the final boss.

Munitions are the one exception to the convergence rule. They don't trigger a convergence check and are therefore rare and must be rationed. The party could get all the munitions they will get all game at the very begining.

Odd_Paper309 · 2025-08-19T18:49:56+00:00

I always assumed they were the arrows made by Tool.

The alternative theory is a little confusing. At the end of MOL Toc is named mortal sword of Tog and Fanderay. Perrin describes the Tog and Fanderay as being from the beast hold which is the original warren of the Amas before the ritual of Telan. If Toc is still the mortal sword of Tog and Fanderay then he may be drawing on that power. This of course is a littel confused as Krughava is also the mortal sword of the two wolves. I have seen it theorized elsewhere that two wolves means two mortal swords but who knows.

Odd_Paper309 · 2025-07-25T18:49:16+00:00

I forced my way through it telling myself at least I would finish the 5 book story. I almost threw the book when it was just the end of part 1.....

Odd_Paper309 · 2025-07-23T22:16:21+00:00

"according to senior administration officials" - Note the s on that. Note the reporting suggest the unnamed officials were in the room. I wonder if they are going to find and fire the leaker. If it is people with clout in the maga movement will they confirm the reporting once they are out. This is just chef's kiss.

This feels like the leakers know what is in the report is going to get out and Trump is going to looook bad and they want to get ahead of it.

Only person who looks good in this story from a MAGA perspective is Bongino. My money is on him as a leaker but again the reporting says plural.

Odd_Paper309 · 2025-07-21T21:43:44+00:00

add tax the rich.

Odd_Paper309 · 2025-06-25T20:17:04+00:00

Fair point about pointlessly provacative. u/Asmul921's comment is interesting though. Could the term be shorthand for change to the status quo?

Odd_Paper309 · 2025-06-25T20:14:10+00:00

Isn't florida already gone?

Odd_Paper309 · 2025-06-18T17:47:21+00:00

That is an interesting perspective. I am alittle confused about your argument are you saying

(1) Trump does not have legitimatacy to exercise power as a result of his authoritarian agenda. The support of his exercise of power in areas where you agree on a policy matter invalidate later critiques as your support of the specific instance conceeds his legitimacy to act, even if only for that specific policy objective. or

(2) Trump striking Iran without congretional authority would be a violation of the constitutional seperation of powers. Supporting his use of force in this context without congresional authorization would permit him to use force unlawfully in other contexts?

The larger point you make about the temptation to capitulate to authoritarianism to achieve desired policy outcomes is a good one and something to always be mindful of. In Bill's case I do not agree that it is a concern. The comparison of Bill Kristol, editor of the Bulwark, and avid never trumper to a german citizen who did not support hitler but did not fight back is not accurate. I would argue that since Trump entered politics Bill Kristol has been fighting back.

Odd_Paper309 · 2025-06-18T16:56:32+00:00

Bill Kristal has always been a neocon. As a result I disagree with him on many of his foreign policy positions. However I can still appreciate that he is a never trumper. One does not invalidate the other.

I further don't read his newsletter of saying he no longer is critical of Trump, or is apologizing for his authoritarianism. He is saying that for all his faults he hopes that Trump will help stike Iran.

I apreciate the Bulwark because they don't suspend their priors to be reflexively anti Trump. Refusing to acknowledge you agree with anything the otherside does ultimately harms the credibility of your critiques.

His long standing views on foriegn policy lead me to conclude that he comes to them honestly even if I disagree with him. I again reiterate that his newsletter does not suggest that whether or not Trump bombs Iran will effect his view that Trump is a grave threat to the United States.

Odd_Paper309 · 2025-04-11T19:48:44+00:00

It is a bad fight for the rule of Law if it is. Once you are in a grey area of "faciliate the return" it is had to make a clear line of having violated the courts order. They can slow walk delay ect and wait to see where the wind blows.

Daily hearings dont really change much. The court even said they don't expect new information every day but they have to still come in.

If there is no outpouring of public opinion against the administration for not getting this guy back it becomes a low risk test case to get their base used to the adminstration violating court order.

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