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[morlock-holmes]

Hegseth is one of those guys who just ignores the substance of your question to bring up something unrelated you did that's bad.

I heard him deride "utopian nation building" in Iraq but also we apparently can't have a nuclear armed Iran.

I'm, uh, not sure how he thinks we're going to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon without regime change, or how you do regime change without nation building.

Because the JCPOA was inadequate, so instead we are going to... uh... ???

We're apparently going to permanently prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon without regime change but also without treaties.

I guess we're just going to bomb them every few years for, uh, ever? Which is not a quagmire apparently.

[i-am-cybersmith]

I'm, uh, not sure how he thinks we're going to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon without regime change

Can Carthage get a nuclear weapon?

What about the Aztec Empire, is there a concern that they will get a nuclear weapon?

The alternative to regime change is destruction.

Kill your enemy in their thousand, in their millions. Choke the gutters with their blood, pile up their corpses until you blot out the sun with flies and vultures. Reduce every bridge, aqueduct, dam, and transport hub to a smouldering heap of rubble.

Build a mountain of skulls where their capital city once stood, and inscribe upon sheets of vellum crafted from human skin the following message; distributed to all leaders of the world: "This fate shall find all who defy us".

Iran cannot attain a nuclear weapon if Iran does not exist.

Heaven brings forth innumerable things to nurture man.

Man has nothing good with which to recompense Heaven.

Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill.

-message attributed to Zhang Xianzhong.

[autisticexpression2]

This should really go without saying, but what you are proposing here is called genocide and is a war crime.

[i-am-cybersmith]

If a state refuses to surrender and will not change its government internally, it is not the obligation of that state's enemies to install a new administration.

Iran can fight to the death if it so chooses, and you may refer to the death of a nation-state as "genocide" if you please.

This is what "Total War" means.

It's what anyone who takes international conflict seriously, as Hegseth does, recognises is at the top of the Escalation Ladder: destruction.

If you will not bend the knee, and you will not change your mind, it is not incumbent upon those you have wronged to come in and change your mind for you.

The resolve of Imperial Japan broke in 1945. Notably, it did not undergo an externally-imposed regime change; the Emperor broke free of his captors, resisted their attempts to kidnap him, and declared a surrender. He remained in power after the war.

Iran has a choice. It can overthrow the clerical rulers, bring back the Shah of its own accord, and have peace. Alternatively, it can dismantle its nuclear infrastructure, willingly carry out internal deindustrialisation, and revert to a bonze age economy under theocratic rule.

If it chooses neither of these, then it chooses to burn.

[autisticexpression2]

Except it doesn't have to because the US lost. Badly. Maybe the Land of the Eagle should be bending the knee.

[i-am-cybersmith]

Are you ignorant of world affairs, or just so blinded by ideology that you can't admit fault?

Iran's economy is in tatters, it has lost multiple high-ranking IRGC leaders, at least one supreme leader (nobody has seen Motjaba Khamenei since his supposed appointment, it's unclear if he's alive at all) has been killed, its navy is largely at the bottom of thr sea, it cannot launch any aircraft, and it has failed to inflict massive casualties in return.

If you think sending drones to kill civilians in neighbouring countries (therefore making enemies of them) is a resounding victory, and not a petulant child throwing a tantrum, then you have no understanding of geopolitics.

OPEC is dissolving. BRICS is dissolving.

The Major economic blocs that opposed/rivalled the Eagle Throne are doomed and will fall.

Meanwhile, Red China's fuel-hungry economy becomes ever-more reliant on the USA and USA-aligned countries. By the time it overcomes the self-inflicted disarray of its military leadership purge, it will be too starved of petroleum to risk invading Taiwan; and the window to ever initiate such an invasion is a few years away from closing due to their demographic catastrophe.

Cuba is buckling under the embargo, Venezuela continues to follow US interests in international trade.

Russia has faltered in Ukraine, making essentially no net territorial gain over the last few months, as ukrainian drone warfare proves more sophisticated, and the casualty rate will cause lasting damage to the Russian economy.

What part of all this looks like defeat to you?

[doom-ocean]

[incomingalbatross]

You know, it's aggravating to read fics where the writers have created Blorbo-Centered Morality - you know, the fics where everyone who's ever been mean to Blorbo are horrible irredeemable people, and Blorbo himself had never done anything bad ever, and we will reinterpret all of canon through this lens and divide the cast into Camp A (who understand Blorbo is perfect) and Camp B (monsters to be utterly condemned)

BUT

Sometimes you find a writer who has done this for, like, a D-list minor character, and suddenly the heroes who saved the world several times are having their worth defined by whether said world-saving involved being nice to this one random dude or being mean to him. Because said random dude has become this writer's Specialest Little Guy. THAT'S very funny actually.

[uniquezombierebel]

[ned8-back-again]

Dugan Ashley is being denied bail because he wiped his feet on the Israeli flag. I'm sure if he did it on the American flag, he would have been fine.

>female judge

Unless he gets the best lawyer money can buy, he's fucked.

[the-big-mood]

Clark Kent gaslighting Lois Lane into believing he’s not Superman.

[so-much-for-subtlety]

[cryptotheism]

[tendie-defender]

[michaelmcdonaldofficial]

deeply deeply deeply intrigued by the wall art choices from this zillow listing i found in Quebec

[mexicain-sans-frontiers-v2]

“Sir, a second color has hit the minimalist home”

[fictionalauthorityii]

I am very sad to hear of the passing of John Blanche. For many of us, John Blanche IS warhammer, and his artwork is what initially drew us into the hobby.

It cannot be overstated how much he contributed to this space that we love and cherish, in a way that is to me more significant than simply publishing books, writing rules, and selling miniatures.

John Blanche helped create the setting and bring to life many of the characters that we have grown to love over the years that we have enjoyed this hobby. His artwork stands alone in its style, the definitive aesthetic of “grimdark” that influences the game to this day.

As a person with a deep artistic background, Mr. Blanche’s work stood beside many that inspired my own work throughout the years and I cannot help but feel that the world is less bright because of his passing.

In a way, he will live forever, and I can only hope that his work continues to be shared and admired within this space.

Thank you so much, Mr. Blanche.

[karagin22]

[inwardhardar]

Okay, I'm a white guy, but I started sleeping with a silk cloth wrapped over my head (kinda like a durag), and it genuinely makes life so much easier!

I wake up, and my hair is perfect! like, a quick swipe of the comb, and it looks like I spent considerable time on it. It doesn't get frizzy, it doesn't break/fall out, it just looks so much healthier! Genuinely a huge improvement!

It is kinda weird, though, to look in a mirror like

[inwardhardar]

Wait a minute!

I just realized that I wear a gold chain every day. I also just bought a coogi sweater and flashy sneakers. (Two things I would have never worn a year ago)

Am I... am I slowly becoming a wigger?!

[inwardhardar]

[correctopinionhaver]

[correctopinionhaver]

when you refuse to fund a terrorist organization involved in a foreign ethno-religious blood feud

[i-fear-neither-death-nor-pain]

[generallemarc]

[siryouarebeingmocked]

[stillnotwriting]

"They don't control everything guys, you are just a conspiracy theorist."

*shows proof*

"Antisemite!"

@frithwontdie

[frithwontdie]

Thanks for tag @stillnotwriting

Being behind gun control.

Sure. 1968: The Gun Control Act of 1968 comes from Congressman Emanuel Celler’s House bill H.R.17735. It expands legislation already attemp

Jewish domination of American foreign policy:

[stillnotwriting]

Gods I adore you! Always has receipts!

[frithwontdie]

😉

[feminismisstillahatemovement]

The law still gives benefits to heterosexual couples that many gay people cannot easily access eg parenting benefits, tax advantages for having a partner who is more dependent on the other (gay relationships tend to have a more equal distribution of labour). I have no interest in having children but for instance if a straight woman had a child, there is a presumption of paternity for her husband. In many Western countries, this isn’t available to lesbians. A lesbian mother often has to adopt her own child if she didn’t give birth to it. How is that fair?

Why not concede you are wrong when you claim that homosexuality is promoted or privileged because that isn’t true? If that were the case and every single media arm is promoting it, you would expect to see the majority of the population internalise this message and therefore the percentage of homeless gay teens to be considerably lesser, people wouldn’t live in the closet or agonise about coming out to their families, people wouldn’t hide even the most banal references to their homosexuality in various situations such as in the workplace, significant political figures wouldn’t be releasing adverts or statements dedicated to attacking us as deviants etc?

And by the way I count on my fingers how many times I’ve seen the mainstream media include or celebrate gender non conformity, much less gay characters.

We don’t have as much power as you seem to think you do.

I’ve been reading your blog with an open mind actually so I wanted to challenge some of your statements.

I'm starting to wonder if you're just a really elaborate troll, since everything you've written above is so blatantly, self-evidently wrong, that you must be able to see it, but you're obviously committed to the bit, and they're good jumping off points to talk about things worth addressing, so I'll bite:

"if a straight woman had a child, there is a presumption of paternity for her husband."

That's because the child is his, made from his DNA. That's because he IS the child's biological father. The problem more men actually have is being forcibly made to pay for the financial support of children that aren't actually theirs, and the state tries to make it hard or even illegal for them to prove through DNA testing that the child is another man's.

"A lesbian mother often has to adopt her own child if she didn’t give birth to it. How is that fair?"

Because she's not the child's biological father or mother. The child is not made from her. Hence, the child is not "hers" by default.

If we refuse to acknowledge the physical realities and innate biological rights of parenthood, then any stranger could just walk into a playground, pick up a child and walk off with it, saying "I'm your parent now".

"Why not concede you are wrong when you claim that homosexuality is promoted or privileged because that isn’t true?"

Because it IS true, and unmistakably so. This is what a police force looks like in every western nation today:

"If that were the case and every single media arm is promoting it, you would expect to see the majority of the population internalise this message"

That's a very telling assumption, because you are saying there you believe that whatever the state forces upon the population will be the beliefs the people automatically hold in private. Which is like saying you expect the Tibetan people to sincerely hold the Communist beliefs of the invading Chinese army that has occupied them for the past 70 years. Or that if your country was invaded by a fascist dictatorship that did nothing but put out pro-fascist propaganda 24/7, you yourself would automatically believe in fascism.

No: people have their own beliefs, separate to whatever agenda the state is imposing upon them. Which is as it should be.

"And by the way I count on my fingers how many times I’ve seen the mainstream media include or celebrate gender non conformity, much less gay characters."

That's a hell of a lot of fingers you must have there:

[arcenciel-par-une-larme]

Dear anon,

This was in central London:

Your argument is invalid.

[modernbritain]

[feminismisstillahatemovement]

I can't talk to people who get their vocabulary from The View.

[feminismisstillahatemovement]

It really does seem the majority of women are incapable of perceiving any meaningful distinction between practical, external reality and vague, comforting, feelings-rooted fluff sold by smiling grifters saying things they want to hear on Oprah. This is how we ended up with Bach Flower Remedies, Crystal Healing, Aura Cleansing, Psychic Readings, Breathwork Ceremonies and Applied Kinesiology.

[arcenciel-par-une-larme]

I still find the term useful, at least in the sense that things like sympathising with others, offering right support in another's distress, understanding social rules and cues (especially unspoken ones), and being courteous and diplomatic in your relationships are skills requiring a kind of intelligence which book smarts and analytical thinking simply do not provide.

Where I do want to focus is here:

Crystal Healing, Aura Cleansing, Psychic Readings, Bach flower remedies

You are already the second person in recent memory whom I've seen associate Dr. Bach's mixtures (and I don't mean the ones from Silbermann organs) with dangerous quackery like psychic readings and reiki, and I cannot help my curiosity.

From what I know, Bach Rescue Remedies are simply concoctions of brandy and certain flower extracts. In my experience, they are quite effective in reducing stress. Nothing occultic or urigellerian about them. In what way do they fall in the same category as crystal healing and psychics?

[feminismisstillahatemovement]

They're placebo-based quackery with no objective benefits other than what the person buying them wants them to have. You could drink tap water with a drop of brandy in it and it would have exactly the same medical effects.

There was something I remember hearing Terence McKenna say about the "New Age" types many years ago, that "they are willing to try anything, just as long as they can be absolutely certain it won't work". Well, I've started thinking that about women as a demographic when it comes to an awful lot of things, up to and including politics, but especially things to do with things like health, spirituality and relationship advice.

Of course there are men who are into the kooky stuff that doesn't work too, but for every 1 man shaking a wand around there's 20 women organizing wiccan ceremonies, casting spells and passing around homeopathic lotions to stop war and cure cancer.

[joepieweed]

[bkfrtz-1980]

[feminismisstillahatemovement]