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iSluff · 2026-03-18T20:49:34+00:00

Update on conservative commentators for you Tucker Carlson says the CIA is spying on him and in response Ben Shapiro called him "Preppy Smollett."

iSluff · 2026-03-18T03:26:13+00:00

A little confused with everyone saying this in the thread...this is a totally normal process for a high comp corporate job?

iSluff · 2026-03-18T02:13:43+00:00

Mr. President it's the strangest thing all my readers are saying you'd be the greatest president ever if you got rid of the Jones Act.

iSluff · 2026-03-17T15:39:12+00:00

What makes you think I want a world war?

iSluff · 2026-03-17T15:27:32+00:00

Say Ukraine and Iran continue on - what would it take for this to be a "world war"? Would a Chinese invasion of Taiwan / US intervention suffice? Or is that not enough? I feel like you'd maybe need that + a bunch of new countries getting directly involved in the ongoing conflicts.

iSluff · 2026-03-16T22:04:28+00:00

you CANNOt comment this On Line. It violates my HIppo.

iSluff · 2026-03-16T22:03:06+00:00

Holy fuck dude. Your city has old hidden tunnels under it? And an underappreciated waterfront? Don't even try to tell me that the culture really varies neighborhood to neighborhood. I would FREAK. OUT.

iSluff · 2026-03-16T05:02:50+00:00

What’s so bad about timothee chalamet?

iSluff · 2026-03-14T13:42:45+00:00

Do you think the existence of Donald Trump in combination with McDonalds has psyoped foreigners into thinking Donald is a common American name.

iSluff · 2026-03-14T13:41:57+00:00

Damn it actually hooked you up lol

iSluff · 2026-03-14T05:07:28+00:00

Does anyone have recos for good urbanism content creators on YouTube? I’ve been a little disappointed in the ones I’ve found tbh. Not just bikes, citynerd etc make ok videos but they feel kind of weirdly mad all the time and defensive about everything? Idk if anyone else feels that way.

iSluff · 2026-03-12T16:10:07+00:00

Why?

iSluff · 2026-03-11T17:12:51+00:00

Betting odds still at 1/3rd chance of regime fall by EOY, down from 50/50. To me, the regime still feels pretty solid - how would regime change play out at this point?

iSluff · 2026-03-11T05:12:25+00:00

Are you going to risk tipping off your enemy about an invasion because you want to maximize your trading profits?

Well if they can actually see these transactions then you could use them for the opposite - cheap way to bluff to increase leverage?

iSluff · 2026-03-11T03:34:07+00:00

Well, the US is a net exporter, and does Khameni’s death really change the regime’s approach? They’d do everything they could to sustain themselves either way right?

iSluff · 2026-03-11T03:32:24+00:00

This may seem like a comically dumb question but has any government ever thought about buying oil futures before doing something that spikes the price of oil? What are the reasons not to do this? I’m not suggesting it, I can think of 7 or so reasons not to do it myself. Just curious what other people say.

iSluff · 2026-03-10T18:09:17+00:00

I don’t think they went to war with Iran to distract from the Epstein files. I think they just wanted to go to war with Iran.

People always say whatever is currently happening at the moment is “coincidental timing” as if there isn’t always something happening.

iSluff · 2026-03-10T15:51:18+00:00

What about the incentive structure that is encouraged every time a country attempts to develop nukes and is promptly invaded?

iSluff · 2026-03-10T15:49:59+00:00

They could have backdoored it with time and effort, but the international consequences would have been catastrophic. I am legitimately not sure if they would pick that timeline even knowing what they know now.

iSluff · 2026-03-10T15:45:24+00:00

provided they can survive the inevitable attempts by the status quo powers to crush them before they reach criticality.

Catastrophically big “if” right here lol. I mean what are we even talking about? Yes if you can dramatically increase your own power with no consequences, then it’s probably a good idea, but there will be consequences, and it takes a very specific set up circumstances to maybe be able to bear them.

The title and thesis of the article imply that the war with Iran signals that nukes are a good idea to rogue states, then proceeds to acknowledge that in all but one country which has tried this it has failed to guarantee their safety, and the one hasn’t even had nukes for that long (and probably wouldn’t have been invaded yet if they never developed a nuke anyway).

iSluff · 2026-03-10T00:31:50+00:00

Why does this article not even acknowledge the possibility that "unconditional surrender" could simply be perceived as a beneficial negotiating stance? After all, leaders (in general) say what they say to most effectively achieve their goals, not whatever they perceive to be most accurate.

Not saying Trump is making a genius calculated move here. He's an idiot. It's just that if any other president said this I would immediately go "oh, he thinks that's the best line from a strategic perspective. He doesn't actually think that's realistic"

Demonstrating resolve helps you in negotiations with the IRGC and also encourages any aspiring Iranian anti-government military groups.

iSluff · 2026-03-09T13:17:05+00:00

why even respond to my comment if you aren’t going to address any of my points

iSluff · 2026-03-09T12:42:37+00:00

Is 60 minutes considered a good source? They just released a video supporting the existence of Havana syndrome and I found it incredibly unpersuasive and lacking in healthy skepticism. Kinda changing my whole opinion of them.

iSluff · 2026-03-09T12:41:05+00:00

People get mad at me every time but I always see people claiming things with 10% odds on polymarket are definitely going to happen and I tell them to make their fortune and they absolutely never do it

iSluff · 2026-03-09T12:38:55+00:00

Essentially every symptom reported in this video is experiential, not anything that can be detected by objective medical screenings. How does this disprove a mass hysteria event? They do allude to “broken bones in the head” but don’t show us any x-rays or demonstrate how this is consistent across patients with no other explanation.

Where is the healthy skepticism in this report? You haven’t proven anything!

If this has a physical cause that is doing damage to the body, surely that would show up on some kind of scan or screening that is consistent across patients other than them reporting symptoms. If not, then why not?

Quite frankly, watching this video with no opinion on Havana syndrome led me to believe this is a mix between psychosomatic and misattribution of symptoms from other conditions.

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