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MAGA: I just don't understand anything about why people keep-- Me: Sssshhh, the first 5 words were perfect, stop there. MAGA: (carefully counting on fingers; losing track, starting over, muttering) Me: Bless your heart.

@i_am_remy_bot @MerriamWebster I do, but it's probably because I'm an old fart who writes for a living. By the way, "semantic bleaching" is a very nice turn of phrase. Yours, or is it part of the current argot of linguistics?

@BoStillTalking @MerriamWebster i would say incredible, wondrous, phenomenal. semantic bleaching happens to many words. do you use the word ‘terrific’ to mean ‘causing terror’? ‘incredible’ to mean literally unbelievable?

Eight years ago.

@AndersonEv37024 @micyoung75 Because those are fundamentally political problems, with architecture no military can effectively dismantle. You're basically asking why the cardiology teachers didn't instruct us on how to deal with spinal issues.

@micyoung75 Why didn't the war college teach how to deal with nations that sponsor terrorism? How about nation that fire missiles and drones into other nations? How about nations that place mines in international waters and key shipping lanes? What about nuclear weapons?

Tom Nichols and Nancy Youssef spent 30 minutes on Radio Atlantic dissecting what just happened. Two observations stand out above the rest. Nichols: "We have a very clear reason for the war now, which is to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which wouldn't have been closed if we hadn't gone to war in the first place. In that sense, yes, we created a clear war aim by starting a war." Youssef: Iran discovered during these 39 days that it has a deterrent capability that is immediately available, generates revenue, and gives it enormous influence over the global economy - the Strait of Hormuz. She argues Iran may now be less interested in nuclear weapons as deterrence because the strait works better, faster, and with less international blowback. The country Trump went to war to keep from getting a bomb may have found a more effective weapon in the process. Those two observations together describe the strategic result. The war aim was created by starting the war. The adversary is stronger for having survived it. The regime is intact. The strait's status as an unchallenged international waterway is now permanently uncertain. And the Gulf states who built their security around American bases discovered those bases made them targets. Nichols called it: operational successes without strategic direction don't get you toward victory. He used to teach that at the Naval War College. He was right then. He's still right.

From the UK GUARDIAN newspaper: “The best food review I ever heard was from a friend's remarks on a bad dish: ‘Tastes like your foot's asleep’ "

@DavisTodder @stengel As a factual assessment, this fails rather dismally, but as rage-bait it performs a bit better. It uses the standard, overly-broad brush, it confuses tactical wins with strategic ones, and it ends smugly. Solid (if predictable) work. Collect your 73 cents at the counter.

@stengel Liberals always pretend not to understand the facts. Sure, we might get that, but we also will have destroyed the entire Iranian navy, Air Force, removed the top 200 regime officials and set back Iranian weapons and industry production 30 years. Other than that, totally the same.

You know what would be amazing if Vance and his team can negotiate an agreement where Iran doesn't enrich above 3.67% (far below weapons grade); gets rid of 98% of its stockpile of enriched uranium; has weekly inspections by the IAEA; keeps the straits open without charging anyone; and commits to all of this for at least ten years. Oh, yeah, that was the Obama Iran deal.

Told my wife to have dinner ready at 6 or I will obliterate her entire civilization. She now charges me a fee to use the bathroom, that used to be free, and I didn't get dinner. WTF

@batcountry1980 @Marc_Fagel @LtGenScott Try "those." Accurate while honoring the original name 🤣

@Marc_Fagel @LtGenScott Aye 🤣 it’s near impossible to do it. The “The” goes in there every time

I started my Elton John A-Z tonight. I began with the bonus tracks off his debut LP, Empty Sky. It was getting late, preventing me from playing the whole album. I might get in 6 to 8 of his albums tomorrow, with any luck. The fun really begins around 1972. Then fades, somewhat, after 1975. But boy, did he have a run in there!

@SenTuberville The terrifying thing is that he is one of the smartest men in his home state.

I don’t give a RIP about being politically correct. Here’s the truth: America was founded on CHRISTIAN values. If you refuse to assimilate and follow our laws, love our country, and be a proud AMERICAN… then LEAVE. We don’t want you here. foxnews.com/media/washingt…

@Gabino_Iglesias @joelansdale A great feeling. Congrats!

After one last read, I sent the new novel to my wonderful agent. Sending it required me believing in the fucking thing with all my heart, so before that fades, let me say this: it’s the best thing I’ve written.

@Njbeacbum45 @middleageriot I think the mistake in this logic is the notion that they "finally woke up." They didn't wake up. They knew. They always knew. It's just that Trump's current level of derangement strips them of deniability or alternate narratives.

@middleageriot I’m torn on how to think about those people. One part of me thinks it’s a good thing when MAGAs finally wake up to the reality of who Trump is. But, then I realize they’re all still fundamentally awful people who are ok with every other terrible thing Trump does.

Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Alex Jones, and Marjorie Taylor Greene are rats deserting a sinking ship. Get back on the ship, rats. You deserve to drown.

@BlisterPearl What if it turns out that Tim was a Russian paid shill for years and then tried to pretend he didn't realize it? What if none of them ever say anything except to advance some agenda which is financially beneficial to them? (Answer: "it would be exactly as things are right now")

Is this dawn, or a broken clock being right?

@SamuelParkerRTD m starting to think that Odie has read a lot of Machiavelli, and that he will never comport himself as a public servant, choosing instead to be a well paid fixer.

BREAKING: City officials have settled Connie Clay's wrongful termination lawsuit against the city. They're paying her a currently undisclosed sum and covering some of her attorneys' fees. They say the settlement is "in no way an admission of wrongdoing."

@arttavana You do know that it IS a commercial… Right?

No music biopic will ever touch Oliver Stone’s The Doors (1991), which resurrected Jim Morrison from the grave, performed pagan necromancy, and cast a spell on its audience. It was a work of art. It was a magic show. It psychedelic and weird. This looks like a commercial.

@JasonONeillnz @mjfree @grok Are any of those friends English teachers? Could they help you out with the plural of party?

@mjfree @grok I have a lot of photos from party's with people I didn't know or hardly knew and some with people I don't get along with. I'm sure you're the same. I used to like you, but now sadly suffering terminal TDS. 🤡

Hey @grok — real?

@myqston @mjfree @grok Wow, that's really well argued. Is your point that just because a hooker says she doesn't know you, multiple pictures of you partying with the hooker mean nothing? I can see why you'd hope so.

@mjfree @grok OMG, a picture!! She must be guilty of something. What an idiot.

@DrakeSadron @Angry_Staffer Pro tip: if I root against RFK Jr's avacado miracle cancer cure getting traction, it doesn't mean I'm rooting for cancer. It means I'm rooting for idiocy to fail. Same here. I don't know a single person who was rooting for Iran, but we were surely rooting for sanity. (We lost.)

@Angry_Staffer your latter statement seems to be inaccurate. but true he recently teased a joint venture, altho his teases can be murky. his rhetoric now isn't good news for regime. but let's remember liberals have been rooting for Iran from the get go. people know what your crews' goals are.

He literally said *yesterday* that he was considering a “joint venture” to help Iran charge people for using the Strait. He said the day before that he didn’t care if they made a little money off of it.

@DLoesch Lucky for you, you're not important enough for him to bother with you.

Dang. Trump just rhetorically kicked some folks in the neck.

@VoorkampLars @khodorkovsky_en "Let me tell you about life inside Russia," says man inside of Russia. "Actually, let me explain where you are wrong," says man outside of Russia.

@khodorkovsky_en Whether you like it or not everything he's saying can be backed up by facts. Additionally he's the only head of state who considers the people are owed a through explanation of foreign policy, and the only head of state who appears able to do so coherently.

It is nearly impossible for a European to comprehend the psychological reality inside Russia. It is not just "fake news." It is a total deconstruction of reality. Let me try to immerse you in the world Russians live in [1/9]

@realstewpeters @RealCandaceO x.com/ronfilipkowski…

MEGYN KELLY: “I don’t know about you but I’m sick of this shit. I mean the president…’3-D chess’…shut up, just fucking shut up about that shit.” Kelly clowns Trump in based rant.

@TheAuthorGuy Totally redefines the Nantucket sleigh ride.

Some homeowners from upper Nantucket Were sliding into a bucket To move would be better But would cost too much cheddar So they decided to stay and say "fuck it."