The Isolated Politics Blurt Thread I: A New Beginning

[ll74]

The Helo was at 325 feet.

It was supposed to be at 200 feet or lower.

Helo Pilot’s Fault.

Dei hire.

Who was in control of the aircraft?

 

[ToPleaseHim]

I never thought I'd see the day that the UN would have to unite against the United States to protect the world from our deranged dictator.

 

[ll74]

The genius of the Constitution

 

[Lance_Castro]

Who was in control of the aircraft?

Nobody!

Lol

 

[ll74]

Nobody!

Lol

So why are you blaming DEI/women?

 

[schism666]

 

[schism666]

 

[DeluxAuto]

This is lovely.

 

[butters]

The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims and a philanthropist, dies at 88

PARIS (AP) — The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard undergraduate and poured a material empire built on billions of dollars in tithes into building homes, hospitals and schools in developing countries, died Tuesday. He was 88.

Over decades, the Aga Khan evolved into a business magnate and a philanthropist, moving between the spiritual and the worldly with ease.

While his death was announced late in the day in Europe and the Middle East, ceremonies were already being held Tuesday in Ismaili communities in the U.S. Condolences poured in online from charity groups he supported, as well as the equestrian world, where he was a well-known figure.

“An extraordinarily compassionate global leader,” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday, calling him a very good friend. “He will be deeply, deeply missed by people around the world.”

 

[ll74]

Interesting observation - drilling is below 2023 average in the month of January

https://ycharts.com/indicators/us_crude_oil_production#:~:text=Basic Info,0.25% from one year ago.

 

[ll74]

Nick Catoggio is a national treasure. This article is worth 30 mins of your time here. It's great writing ...the first paragraph doesn't delve into "we all know" tropes or sets us up with a diatribe about how the other side sucks. It is how journalistic writing should be - sets you up for what the article intends to explain (my creative writing class heart swells)

It’s not that the question is unfair, it’s that hypocrisy is so plainly a fact of political life that only an amateur would think himself clever for noticing. And the further America sinks into postliberal decadence, the more amateurish it becomes.

https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/...Boiling Frogs_Paid Subscribers Only_No Fences

A few passages.

But the degree of independence his outfit has achieved already from presidential and congressional oversight is remarkable. From public oversight too: Per the Times, Elon’s team has “prioritized secrecy, sharing little outside the roughly 40 people” involved, and staffers have even gone as far as to refuse to give their surnames when interviewing federal workers on the job.

Musk has concentrated quite a lot of power in his own right over the last four years. He is, of course, the world’s richest man, with enormous influence over the auto industry and space exploration. He owns America’s most politically influential social media platform and has successfully weaponized it against his enemies. By doing so he’s gained a huge base of popular support on the activist right that’s exceeded at this point only by Trump’s. And now, by dint of his DOGE remit, he’s insinuated himself into the inner workings of the federal bureaucracy.

 

[LLCox]

trump is now deleting data. lmao, donnie will now let you know what the numbers are. MAGA

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mar...&cvid=ad0a08c3478d41fae2652f73b749fd3e&ei=102

 

[ChinoMoreno]

 

[Rotadom]

Too many here. Way too many.

 

[ll74]

I think there's probably a better place for this article. I don't think it deserves a separate thread, but I do think there is a new thread needed to be made.along similar lines.

Trump's foreign policy, I've called a reimagining of manifest destiny. In this article, the word used is Sovereignist. Goldberg does a great job of making an argument for that

(Apologies for some disjointed-ness. I've switched browsers and still learning how links are shared)
https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/gfile/trump-foreign-policy-sovereignty-isolationist/

That’s a bit how I felt reading this essay in the New York Times explaining Donald Trump’s foreign policy. He’s not an isolationist or non-interventionist, and he’s obviously not a neoconservative or internationalist. He’s a … sovereignist, writes historian Jennifer Mittelstadt.

Sovereignist? What’s that? I mean, my spellchecker doesn’t even recognize it. Well, the gist is that sovereignists believe that the guiding principle of American foreign policy is we can do whatever we want—or whatever we can get away with. To that end, alliances are problematic because they constrain our freedom of action. But what should really be avoided are international institutions, multilateral compacts, treaties, bowling leagues, etc.

 

[HarryHill]

I think there's probably a better place for this article. I don't think it deserves a separate thread, but I do think there is a new thread needed to be made.along similar lines.

Trump's foreign policy, I've called a reimagining of manifest destiny. In this article, the word used is Sovereignist. Goldberg does a great job of making an argument for that

(Apologies for some disjointed-ness. I've switched browsers and still learning how links are shared)
https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/gfile/trump-foreign-policy-sovereignty-isolationist/

Jingoistic?

 

[butters]

trump re-pitches a fit about CBS and 60 minutes, demands they be 'terminated immediately'

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...&cvid=1ee4b426faf446d6b1e478d297645726&ei=123

 

[butters]

EO's the recommencement of his Park of Heroes

President Donald Trump announced Thursday he signed an executive order bringing back his "National Park of American Heroes."

"I have signed an Executive Order to resume the process of creating a new national park full of statues of the greatest Americans who ever lived," Trump said in remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast at the U.S. Capitol Building. "We're going to be honoring our heroes, honoring the greatest people from our country. We're not gonna be tearing down, we're gonna be building up."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/ne...p&cvid=1ee4b426faf446d6b1e478d297645726&ei=84

anyone betting he's seeing his own statue in there, probably bigglier and set above other statues since "a lot of people tell me, 'Sir, you are the Saviour of the USA, our greatest hero! in all of history' and that it should be in gold because gold never rusts and is shiny and so valuable, so very valuable... "*trails off in deep thoughts of how valuable he as to the USA*

 

[butters]

Amy Klo 'eggs' trump

“Speaking of Greenland, there’s a question for you that I want to pose. What is the difference between Greenland and Donald Trump? Greenland is not for sale,” joked Klobuchar of a president who’s found a friend in the constitutional chaos-making donor Elon Musk and other tech billionaires.

The punchline got a sea of boos from the D.C. crowd and Klobuchar was ready to hit back at the president’s supporters.

“OK, for any Republican Trump administration person out there, they want to throw eggs at me as a result of that joke. You can’t, because they’re too expensive,” said Klobuchar with a chuckle.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...&cvid=1ee4b426faf446d6b1e478d297645726&ei=155

 

[ChinoMoreno]

Oh man that's too good.

 

[schism666]

environmentally conscious magatard.

 

[butters]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/07/sweden-gun-laws-orebro/

After Sweden sees 10 dead and 6 injured in mass shooting, the largest in its history, it will tighten its gun regulations, keen to see that only "the right people" have gun ownership... The semi automatic weapon, one of several firearms used in the attack, was purchased legally.

As in some other countries after mass shootings, Sweden moved swiftly to make changes following the attack. The “horrific act of violence in Örebro raises several key questions about gun legislation,” the government said in a statement Friday, announcing that it would pursue changes to clarify rules for ownership eligibility testing and limit access to “certain semiautomatic weapons such as the AR-15.”

Mass shootings are rare in Sweden. The country enforces restrictions on gun ownership, with licenses required for purchasing guns for hunting or becoming a member of a shooting club. Sweden has a comparatively high rate of gun ownership for a European country.

It also has among the highest rates of homicide by firearm in Europe — although the number is far lower than that of the United States — and police have reported an increasing number of crimes involving firearms in recent years.

 

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[butters]

as a precursor, I wish to state not all Walmart shoppers are deaf—or blind



how on earth did THAT pass inspection? shudda gone to Spac Savers

 

[Lance_Castro]

Butters is telling a Keith Haring joke?

Lol