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6 months agoNever thought of it that way!
Can “Iran fries” be a thing?
Or maybe since fries is already taken, we can rename “chili” to “Irani stew”?
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4·6 months agoIn fairness, that one does get a giggle from me. Every time. Even this one. Especially this one.
Giggity. (Please forgive me.)
4·6 months agoThe Pentagon has invited more than 3,500 employees to attend a Good Friday service at its in-house chapel. Except it’s only for Protestants, not Catholics.
About 25,000 employees work at the Pentagon on any given day. So, it’s pretty obvious that not everyone was invited. The article gives no information on how employees were chosen, which is concerning. It could be officers only?
“Just a friendly reminder: There will be a Protestant Service (No Catholic Mass) for Good Friday today at the Pentagon Chapel,” reads a Friday email sent by Air Force leadership, a copy of which was shared by an employee.
This states that the service will not include Catholic Mass. This seems pretty standard for a non-denominational observance of Good Friday. (Though, knowing Kegseth, it will probably be an evangelical service.)
The Pentagon Memorial Chapel is a 24-hour interfaith chapel that employees can use for prayer and reflection, and that is used for religious services.
The Pentagon Memorial Chapel only seats 80 people. SO WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE OTHER 3,420 PEOPLE GONNA SIT?!
All in all, some pretty shitty reporting on the part of Huff Post. Lots of unanswered questions here.
11·6 months agoWhat strikes me about this:
Tubi is ad supported.
Sesame Street used to air on PBS, public broadcasting. The ads during my childhood were very wholesome - an announcement of a sponsor or donor. Never anything loud or crass, and many were public service announcements. Like Smokey the Bear from the National Parks, and other public interests.
Now Sesame Street will be filled with targeted advertising, blaring across the room.
I’m happy that people will be able to watch for free, but sad for what we’ve lost.
Yeah!
<grabs popcorn>
OR…and hear me out on this…
Trump escalates the war on the premise that the US should provide safe passage to those ships. He dumps a fleet or two of ships into the Gulf, along with a trillion dollars or so for a ground war and insurance for the tankers. The US and Israel promise to keep the Gulf secure in perpetuity.
we’ll be living in a very different world. The boot of the west will come off the neck of humanity, and the rest of the world will finally have a chance to breathe.
We’re already seeing this trend and have for years - but Rome doesn’t collapse in a day.
The entire point of the petrodollar is to perpetuate the US hegemony. The entire world, including our allies, know this. The average American knows this. It’s just that Americans aren’t in agreement as to whether the current arrangement with OPEC is a net good or a net bad.
I agree, of course, that my assessment is simplified. There’s always a host of variables.
Until OPEC agrees to Iran’s demands to change to Yuan, they’ll still settle in USD. So at this point, it’s just background noise.
Yes, there are ripple effects. Yes, people will go hungry (hungrier?). Freight costs increase. Less travel. Everything that depends on that sweet, sweet crude will increase in cost.
Again, this doesn’t affect Trump and his cronies. They have money. They don’t care about the average American and they never did. They don’t care about any other citizen of the world unless that citizen is hideously wealthy AND willing to eat at the same table.
It’s outrageous, of course. But this situation didn’t just magically create itself. It’s been the norm since OPEC was formed. Our global economy depends on oil, which means every person’s well-being depends on it. The solution is energy independence, but it’s really difficult to get people excited about solar panels. They would much rather see bombs and bullets on TV.
Condensing some information for discussion here (and thanks for providing the archive link!):
It’s not clear what further tools President Donald Trump has to keep global oil prices from surging in the near term – other than fully reopening the strait.
The situation is even more extreme in liquefied natural gas. The Strait of Hormuz typically accounts for about a fifth of global supply…The US is the world’s biggest LNG exporter, and its domestic gas market is relatively insulated from the war due to its massive production.
So…why would Trump want to reopen the Straight? Keeping oil in short supply keeps the petrodollar dominant. And it increases the value of domestic oil/natural gas.
In short, Trump has no reason to ease gas prices. The effects on the upper class are minimal, and he’s shown that he absolutely does not care about the economic impact of his policies upon the working class.
A very informative article, but (as always seems to be the case with major news outlets) a bit short on analysis and clarity.
It’s a fun movie, but the action tropes do get a bit thick near the end.
The Obshak scene, where Hutch confronts Yulian in the club, though - chef’s fucking kiss.
It’s a statement. It needs no response.
- Maybe.
- No. Because biology is not a black/white science. There are shades of gray. If you define male as “XY” , then what is a person born “XXY”? What if that person is born with both a penis and vagina?
- It’s not a logical statement to begin with, it’s a statement of taxonomy, a classification. It’s like saying “How do you argue with someone who thinks red and pink are the same color?” You don’t. They see what they see.
- “woman” is a gender (a sociological term, not a biological classification).
And, of course, I have MUCH more to say on the subject. But, ya know, gotta start the conversation somewhere…
Good questions, keep 'em coming!
Lifted from The Usual Suspects.
The actual quote is by French poet Charles Baudelaire: “The finest trick of the devil is to persuade you that he does not exist”
“Hello human billionaire friend. I too would like to harvest unlimited data directly from the government agencies.”
Yay, now the U.S. has its own little Gaza Genocide Jr. in the making.
Trump wants Cuba so he can name the 51st state. New Donaldton Isle? Dunno, but he wants that land just as bad as he wants a third term.
Holy. FUCKING. SHIT! That is a lot of oil!
But the math doesn’t check out. The world uses about 37 billion barrels annually. Saudi Arabia has ~260 billion barrels in reserve. That’s more 7 years of global oil reserves. It would cover about 40 years of US oil use. And it would cover the modest Saudi annual useage for over 200 years. So no matter which way you slice it, the math is funky here.
Something else I just discovered. Saudi Arabia does not have the world’s largest oil reserves. That honor goes to…drumroll…yep, you guessed it. Venezuela.