gondeee

30.2K posts

gondeee banner
gondeee

gondeee

@gondeee

Former Braves blogger @ https://t.co/r5X97Rpw6X and https://t.co/jWKqg88dEv. Still tweeting about the Braves, and other stuff.

Atlanta Katılım Şubat 2009
848 Takip Edilen10.7K Takipçiler
gondeee retweetledi
Danny (Dennis) Citrinowicz ,داني سيترينوفيتش
The Myth of the “Imminent Iranian Bomb” The most persistent justification for the current campaign against Iran is also the most misleading: the claim that Iran was on the verge of acquiring a nuclear weapon and had to be stopped. This narrative collapses under scrutiny. For years, U.S. and allied intelligence assessments have been consistent on one key point: Iran’s nuclear program, while advanced, is not equivalent to an active decision to build a bomb. The critical threshold has always been political, not technical. Tehran would first have to make a deliberate choice to weaponize, a decision that, by all credible accounts, had not been made prior to the conflict. Yet this distinction has been blurred, if not erased, in public discourse. The hypothetical, “Iran could have built a bomb”, has been repackaged as an imminent threat. It is a subtle but consequential shift, one that transforms uncertainty into urgency and speculation into justification. More troubling is what this framing obscures. The nuclear issue was never the sole, or even primary, driver of the campaign. It functioned as a convenient rationale for a broader strategic objective: reshaping the Iranian regime itself. By centering the narrative on nuclear urgency, policymakers have sidestepped a more honest debate about aims, risks, and long-term consequences. And those consequences are already coming into view. If the goal was to eliminate Iran’s nuclear potential, the evidence so far suggests the opposite outcome. This war has underscored a hard truth: there is no clean military solution to the Iranian nuclear challenge. Airstrikes and coercion can delay, disrupt, and degrade — but they cannot erase knowledge, dismantle intent, or resolve the underlying strategic calculus. In fact, they may accelerate it. By raising the perceived threat to the regime, the conflict increases the incentive for Tehran to reconsider its nuclear posture. What was once a conditional and deferred decision meaning “if we choose to”, may become a more urgent strategic imperative. In trying to prevent a nuclear Iran through force, we may be creating the conditions that make it more likely. This is the paradox at the heart of the current approach: the nuclear threat has been inflated to justify the war, and the war itself may ensure that the threat becomes real. Absent a credible diplomatic framework, this cycle will only deepen. The question is no longer whether Iran could pursue a bomb. It is whether our own actions are pushing it closer to deciding that it should. #iran
Rosemary Kelanic@RKelanic

What “nuclear arsenal”? Come on, @nytimes this is a misleading headline to say the least. Iran has no “nuclear arsenal.” According to U.S. intelligence, Iran wasn’t weaponizing and was at least 9-12 months away from getting a bomb.

English
15
71
181
35.5K
gondeee
gondeee@gondeee·
@BrandonGaudin @Braves You're going to need to jinx some stolen bases into existence from the leadoff spot.
English
0
0
1
617
Brandon Gaudin
Brandon Gaudin@BrandonGaudin·
Top 3 in @Braves order tonight in Seattle: 1. Drake Baldwin: Tied for MLB lead in Hits 2. Ozzie Albies: Tied for MLB lead in Hits 3. Matt Olson: Leads MLB in RBI, Extra-Base Hits 4. Is that good?
Brandon Gaudin tweet media
English
26
50
1K
22.2K
gondeee
gondeee@gondeee·
Albies is like, Tarik Who-bal?
English
0
0
24
980
gondeee
gondeee@gondeee·
@Timodc Might be worth Dems at least tongue and cheek offering to name a new STATE Trump D.C. He's good at vanity plays that are ultimately self-owns.
English
2
0
6
1.5K
gondeee
gondeee@gondeee·
@GrantBrisbee Loved your power rankings blurbs this week. Nothing like a ('95 NLCS MVP) Mike Devereaux reference to stir up the memories.
English
0
0
1
388
gondeee retweetledi
Massimo
Massimo@Rainmaker1973·
Everyone has their own strategy, but this guy's one...
Massimo tweet media
English
7
29
190
20.2K
gondeee
gondeee@gondeee·
@sthomas @scottcoleman55 Yes, another good example with Laureano. He also gets passed around between lots of teams like Dubon.
English
0
0
8
1.1K
Scott Coleman
Scott Coleman@scottcoleman55·
Even when his bat eventually cools down a bit, why on earth did the Astros basically give Mauricio Dubon away? This guy’s awesome
English
21
12
977
38K
gondeee
gondeee@gondeee·
@scottcoleman55 Most teams still want to do the utility role with a minimum salary guy. Not everyone is rolling in Battery Braves Vision cash like ATL. Seriously though, only some teams spend money on utility. We obviously have the Omar Infante legacy to uphold.
English
1
0
5
722
Scott Coleman
Scott Coleman@scottcoleman55·
@gondeee Such a small amount of money in the grand scheme of things for a really good utility piece
English
2
0
87
4.4K
gondeee retweetledi
Michael McFaul
Michael McFaul@McFaul·
On the night he launched his war against Iran, Trump called for a revolution to finally free the Iranian people from the despotic regime that has killed, repressed, and terrorized them for 4 decades. Since then, Trump has said almost nothing about helping the Iranian people.
English
146
405
1.8K
29.7K
gondeee retweetledi
Codify
Codify@CodifyBaseball·
Last year they won 10 regular season games in a row: 2026 CHC 2025 ATL BOS CLE MIL MIN SEA TOR 2024 2023 CIN LAD SF TB 2022 BAL HOU NYY 2021 ATH STL 2020 2019 2018 PIT 2017 ARI TEX 2016 2015 NYM 2014 KC LAA WSH 2013 DET 2012 2011 2010 CWS COL PHI 2009 SD Never MIA
GIF
English
4
18
461
30.2K
gondeee
gondeee@gondeee·
I had to look up Matt Wisler, the only guy on both lists. Interesting prospect/pitcher who blends in with so many others of his vintage. Fun Fact: He was sent packing as part of the first Adam Duvall trade.
English
0
0
0
622
gondeee
gondeee@gondeee·
I just... I don't, I don't know how I FEEL about this list. It brings up so many different emotions.
BravesPaul@BravesStats

JR Ritchie faced 26 batters in his #MLBdebut. Second in MLB to do it since the start of 2025. Most recent #Braves: 7/31/18: Kolby Allard 6/10/17: Sean Newcomb 6/19/15: Matt Wisler (30) 8/9/10: Mike Minor 6/7/09: Tommy Hanson 4/2/03: Horacio Ramirez (27) 4/23/02: Jung Bong (27)

English
1
0
1
3.1K
gondeee
gondeee@gondeee·
This list makes me feel even weirder. If this is a comp list of sorts... MAN!... what a roller coaster of career directions.
BravesPaul@BravesStats

JR Ritchie pitched 7 innings in his #MLBdebut. First in MLB since start of 2025. Most recent #Braves: 6/19/15: Matt Wisler (8) 4/2/03: Horacio Ramirez 9/1/92: David Nied 9/1/90: Paul Marak (7.1) 4/13/89: Derek Lilliquist (7.1) 7/23/88: John Smoltz (8) 9/8/87: Pete Smith (8.2)

English
1
0
1
3.7K
gondeee
gondeee@gondeee·
This is the kind of inning the Braves didn't have last year. Show them your worst and eek out multiple runs.
English
2
0
5
745
gondeee
gondeee@gondeee·
@jaysbookman Well... it's still the kind of statement that blames the whole body, instead of the part of that body that won't in general negotiate with the other side. The Hastert Rule is where the congressional disfunction metastasized. And that's the responsibility of one party.
English
1
0
3
595
Jay Bookman
Jay Bookman@jaysbookman·
I disagree with Gov. Brian Kemp about a lot, but this, from his new Politico interview, is exactly right:
Jay Bookman tweet media
English
7
4
54
2.7K
gondeee retweetledi
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib@RepRashida·
After bombing a school and massacring young girls, the war criminal in the White House is threatening genocide. It's time to invoke the 25th Amendment. This maniac should be removed from office.
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib tweet media
English
6K
21K
75.4K
1.5M
gondeee retweetledi
Timothy Snyder
Timothy Snyder@TimothyDSnyder·
Given Trump’s Easter threats to carry out new war crimes in Iran, we should think one or two steps ahead about a coup attempt connected to the war. And then deter it. (1/17)
English
272
3.8K
10.2K
1.4M