I used to be a huge Washington fan growing up and I loved Manley. I was all set to order my official #72 jersey when he got busted for coke again in ‘88 so I had to change it to “Mann”/71.

Apparently if you have an airport it comes with your own ESPN affiliate.

Haha, except the piece is really well sourced and you’re the one who just refused to read it because it conflicts with what you already believe.

No. Just someone else who completely lacks the ability for critical thought to a similar degree as you.

Uncle Dick?

I suppose it’s too much to ask if you saw the bibliography?

I did. You obviously didn't read a word of what I posted.

Actually I might. It has nothing to do with my point. And you're wrong.

Irrelevant? Revisionist? Talk about a self portrait. 90,000 civilians, women and children, dying instantly for nothing? Are you saying it’s not true that the Japanese would’ve surrendered before the bomb if the emperor could stay, and that Truman knew it? Nah, not a self portrait. But this is - of both of us (you’re…

As if.

The only condition Japan was asking for was that the institution of the Emperor remain in place. Truman would not consider it until after we nuked them, when it was in fact granted. Fuck war forever.

The bomb did not end the war. The US accepting the condition that the emperor remain in place - same as the Japanese requested before the US dropped the bomb in order to show the USSR how big its dick was - ended the war.

Hm? Think of how much the world has changed in the past 35 years. By 2050 the Earth will be 2.6 C warmer and the only thing a car will be useful for is feeding rust-eating bacteria.

Indeed. As of today’s emissions we’re already locked into 2+ degrees, aka the threshold for doomsday: http://collapseofindustrialcivilization.com/tag/methane-cl…

Incisive commentary.

Canine get a “Hell Yeah!”?

In Chicago, late 90s, I was taking a Red Line train north from the Loop. Standing in the car I was on was young white guy, leaning against the glass vestibule panels by the door. He was not well. Probably tanked - it was maybe midnight on a Saturday. As the train came above ground in Lincoln Park, I am looking right…