it still amazes me that 'trans people in the military' has turned out to be old male bureaucrats who want to wear dresses, and not chicks who want to be dudes and also want to kill people

I initially thought this was a random joke, then got to thinking if everyone has to stay at work they probably order pizza. Apparently there is in fact a storied history of pizza-based analysis [for the reason I imagined]

do they organize the Bible differently over there, cause I don't get it, and I read 3 or 4 versions. I guess just 'whoever curses you I will curse'

that does not seem like a 99% interception rate

it has got to be statistically true, by a wide margin, that Israel is the least safe country for Jews out of any country with a significant Jewish population

Mr Netanyahu, tear down this wall

ah, our fearless leader is awake and again conducting foreign policy via cliches

this would make a dope Tony Hawk level tho

tapping the sign

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If only Mike Pompeo, Jared Kushner, Sheldon Adelson, and Pastor John Hagee were dictating US foreign policy in the Middle East like during the Trump Administration, we'd be so much safer right now

Don't let anyone cause you to forget that Israel bombed Iran's consulate as part of an April 1st crime spree which was unusual even for Israel. Iran is generally quite restrained, but the Netanyahu government tried to make them respond

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reports of a large explosion in Tehran, though primarily from non-credible pro-Israel accounts.

It could easily be true I'm just not seeing it from anywhere I would personally trust

I'm legitimately impressed that NYT said 'retaliatory strike' and not 'unprovoked attack'

big if true, Israel is surrounded by hostile groups which Netanyahu's government has recklessly provoked, small drones and missiles can be sent at them from all over the region, and it doesn't even require coordinate as everyone knows Iran is attacking

In these perilous times it’s reassuring to be led by National Security Officials who communicate entirely in vague cliches

short stories are rarely good. Faulkner's work because they're small parts of an enormous narrative, but writers who can write incredible standalone short stories, such as Flannery O'Conner, are exceedingly uncommon