The Frankish Reich

His defense/foreign policy team. Engineering a coordinated NATO response to Russian aggression was no mean feat. Other countries did things I never thought they'd be willing to do, including Sweden's accession.

Nothing so ridiculous at all. It was titled Two Cheers for the Deep State. In other words, I recognized that the so-called Deep State is not without it's problems, as it creates an inertia resistant to change, even when change is needed. But it also suggested that - in my more traditional Chestertonian conservative viewpoint - that a man does not tear down a fence until he understands why it was put there, that radical change is often not a good thing. I suggest you read it. It may provide you and your ilk some needed, umm, maturity.

It seems as if Big Balls has deleted his Twitter account, suggesting that perhaps his balls aren't quite so big after all. Oh, and this is also proof to the contrary: Ladies and Gentlemen, The New Masculinity!

Sometimes even a damn fool says something sensible. In obviously fire-prone areas, why not change the building code to take that risk into account? Isn't that what building codes are for?

Just for the record, David: I was racist before racist was cool. And oh yeah: I would not mind at all if Israel and Palestine were wiped off the face of the earth. I work late on Fridays, so all is forgiven! Added bonus: It was a youthful indiscretion, meaning that I said it last summer.

We should definitely not know the names or histories of Musk's DOGE minions. They should be allowed to remain completely anonymous. It is completely irrelevant if they are, say, 19 years old and were fired from an internship - an INTERNSHIP, which you basically can't be fired from because, you know, it's an unpaid internship - for disclosing internal company information. It is also irrelevant that you wanted to normalize Indian hate. Or that you don't have a clearance, because, well, you have demonstrated that you are utterly unqualified to get a clearance, and that you nonetheless access classified information. In fact, anyone trying to "doxx" you for doing a public job ought to be herself outed as a raging lefty liberal who is so un-American as to reveal the name of a public employee. - Trump supporters. You want edgy. Try this one on for size: NORMALIZE INDIAN HATE That's edgy all right! At least @Doc thought it was funny as hell!

QBs who started more than a couple games for Dick Jauron with the Bears, Lions (briefly) and Bills: - Cade McNown - Jim Miller - Shane Matthews - Chris Chandler - Kordell Stewart (at age 31) - Rex Grossman - Joey Harrington - JP Losman - Trent Edwards - Ryan Fitzpatrick Imagine what we'd think of Sean McD if we'd drafted Darnold and then had a revolving door of Trubiskys and Case Keenums as starting QBs ... some coaches get lucky, some don't.

Right. The headline should be something like: "Dick Jauron, who took teams with the likes of J.P. Losman and Trent Edwards at QB to back-to-back-to-back 7-9 seasons, dead at the age of 74."

What a shameful waste. Looking for groundwater sources in a desert nation so people will be a little less likely to die young. Or to migrate to Europe or America.

We have an answer. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/06/elon-musk-us-government-power

https://www.wsj.com/tech/doge-staffer-resigns-over-racist-posts-d9f11a93?st=AawTSB&reflink=article_copyURL_share

https://www.wired.com/story/edward-coristine-tesla-sexy-path-networks-doge/ The 19 year old hacker running parts of your government.

The US Gaza Strip Zone. Seems like a zero risk proposition.

I was wondering that too. The off-center skunk stripe. Maybe it's a Q Anon dog whistle. EDIT: there's a self-aggrandizing story behind that questionable style choice! Who would've guessed. Maybe her bad complexion is a tribute to the napalm victims in Vietnam.

That's not the point, comrade. The point is the dared not mention the name of any evil regime. Cultural relativism. Sell the product worldwide. Woke, woker, wokest! If you can't see the differences between the 1980s original and the 2020s reboot, you have been brainwashed to ignore them. We are all woke now.

read the rest of my cut and paste job and see how woke you've become ... and you didn't even realize it. That's how cultural Marxism works, comrade!

Oh no, I'm not letting this one go. You mean how in Top Gun 2 the enemy is pretty clearly Iran, but it is never mentioned by name lest we offend someone? Sounds pretty woke to me. You're like the proverbial frog in the pot: they've conditioned you so slowly over time that you passively accept the creeping wokeness right in front of your eyes. Here's some reddit rando who says it better than me: 2x female pilots were top in their respective classes; one of them (Pheonix) outperforms her male peers and gets selected for the final mission; everyone accepts this decision More BIPOC individuals in this film in general, at all ranks Hangman is sexist and cocky, and gets called out for it by Bob (another white male) in front of the group; his attitude also costs him his chance to be on the final mission Penny is a single mom, who owns her own business and has a healthy relationship with her teenage daughter (she's also gasp close in age to Maverick both on screen and in real life, and has some wrinkles) Penny sets the pace of the relationship, and Maverick doesn't pursue her like a creep (there's also no more conflict of interest storyline), rather he respects her boundaries without complaint Maverick finally accepts that his trauma is holding him back, learns to communicate with Rooster, and commits to Penny , showing personal growth in a genre that typically sees one-dimensional characters completing one Herculian task after the next We also don't see this movie praising all the cheesy stereotypes about men and their need to constantly be better than each other quite like we did with Maverick and Iceman in the first one. Way less peacocking. TL;DR: diversity, personal growth, healthy communication/boundaries

Too much worry about what type of receiver he needs. The answer is "an elite receiver." That was Diggs in his prime, Cooper in his prime, but not Cooper now or Shakir or anyone else currently on the team. Unless Keon Coleman has another gear he's been hiding.

How many not hormonally ready for combat XXs did you see flying in Top Gun 1? OK, well, then defund it. Congress has the power of the purse; Republicans have both Houses of Congress.

Something something bag over head something ....

You do compile throwaways like some kind of Mega Hoarder. Somehow I missed your "personal leave" from this board. Now what am I gonna do with all those avocados? Shame on me for believing Trump. My wife tells me that AI will make a recipe up just for you; just list the ingredients you have. Avocado + tomato + maple syrup + Canadian whiskey. I'll let you know if it's good.

If USAID is bad, well, go ahead. Encourage Congress to defund/eliminate it. Republicans have both Houses of Congress and the President. Breaking the law by failing to execute the law of the land should not be an option.

^^ Commie. Wants the government to own things.