It will if Vance shows up with an entire new personality and Walz shows up with filed teeth and a severed baby arm.

Skill issue + third variable

Projection. Goes great with obstruction and gaslighting.

Metaphors are great if you assume they’re mostly wrong

Admitted he knows he lost. Later claims sarcasm.

I can sense Jack Smith’s cold rage from thousands of miles away.

I just love how fun it would be to believe that yes, god is the Creator of the Cosmos and he lives in the sky, I have a rich cosmogony that tries to explain the Universe and Everything…But also, if you cross that mountain to the west and traverse the river beyond, them you’ll be in another part of our empire where the universe was created by the boogers of a Titan or something like that I was too busy picking up my arrows to listen. Bless them.

It’s… Not great on that basis. However in this context Ukraine and Russia have been using cluster munitions and worse on each other since the start. They didn’t sign those treaties. If the argument is look, Ukraine is already hitting infantry positions with thermite spraying drones, and these weapons can win the war sooner, I’m not going to be thrilled, but given the consequences of a less than total defeat for Russia I’ll bite my tongue.

It’s actually a cool belief system from what I’ve read, known as Tengriism; they had their own beliefs but (and I hope I have this right) that whatever religious worldview prevailed locally was considered not just valid as a personal or cultural expression, but actually metaphysically true as well. That seems fantastic, doesn’t it? Patchwork metaphysics.

It was mixed. Their subjects were more free to travel, practise religions, and generally exist within the empire than without it. It was just that transition. The Mongols liked to do things the easy way, or the really easy way.

We uh…

Don’t have that

So… When pre modern societies had an enemy within that was openly trying to destroy their way of life, they’d just kill that person or render them as outlaws (literally not protected by the law).

Instead we’re just watching them lie, and allowing them to retain their position, privileges, and safety until… When exactly? What’s the civilized solution when we’re subject to the rulership of men who are protected by our laws but not bound by them? Everyone knows “free, fair, and safe” is code for “if my guy wins”, because it’s the same exact way Trump talks about repeating his insurrection any time you ask if he’ll accept the results. The lies are clear and the wheels of justice aren’t fast enough to stop them. What’s the civilized solution?

Good on them for trying.

I didn’t know “malign actors” meant “a person who shouldn’t have to pay for their drinks”

I’ve begun assuming any culture war rage bait bullshit is just Russian troll farms or their copycats. They poisoned the well on purpose, so I’ve decided to let them drink it instead. It isn’t always going to be accurate, but it’s great for my mental health.

So that’s what’s the matter with me

I hate that guy

What has Stein learned over the years, pray tell?

Sometimes it’s more about the journey than the destination

Please don’t try, that’s all I’m saying

It’s really hard to make sense of their actions if you aren’t thinking of them as literal enemies of the republic.