Shanahan was reportedly a political coward, sending (usually) uniformed military to delay or contradict Trump’s political appointees or the administration’s hare-brained ideas. That was noted in the military/foreign policy watcher circles, and it really harmed his credibility. I can’t remember anything substantive he…

He spent a lot of time defending a neo-Nazi meme. A dozen tweets or so, before deleting them and apologizing. At best, he’s severely ignorant about anti-Semitism. But it’s more probable that he’s engaged in anti-Semitic circles, where he found that meme. 

I’m not entirely sure. Racism and actual populism has long been a feature of the European far-right, aka “social net but only for the right people”. They haven’t had wild successes. You could argue that’s apples to oranges maybe, but the far-right is an increasingly global interconnected phenomenon. Anti-Muslim memes…

Yeah, that wasn’t baseless. That’s a neo-Nazi meme. I’ve encountered it dozens of times in the wild. The imagery is neo-Nazi. The fake quote is from a white nationalist. “Who rules over us” is a reference to the “international Jew”.

The distinction has definitely been lost among a lot of the public, but there’s no doubt AOC is right on the merits. Historians talk about “concentration camps” well before WWII. I wouldn’t be surprised if Liz Cheney knows that and is just a mendacious ghoul looking for any chance to smear someone younger, more…

The quote is fake. The original comes from a white nationalist. That’s why that image and fake quote are widely shared on far-right social media. 

That image comes straight from neo-Nazi circles on social media. It doesn’t use an Israeli flag for a reason (and also I think the imagery and wording would be anti-Semitic regardless). 

That image and fake quote are extremely common on far-right social media. I’ve occasionally seem it used by anti-Semitic leftists, but I’d say 90% of the time it’s far-right.

Engaging in dishonest both-sidesism is probably “smart” for a corporation. It’s gross, but given all the awful things big companies do to maximize their bottom-line this sort of amoral “I just want to be friends with everyone” stuff is expected. I don’t know if there are that many people who really expect brands to be…

The simple reality is no one in this mess has the credibility to carry international opinion. Iran is a despotic regime with a long history of carrying out “plausible deniability” attacks like this. The Saudis are a despotic regime with a long history of carrying out misinformation ops and who have a habit of…

Just crazy skill. She’s already recognized as incredibly good, the broadcast announcers did a good job making that clear, but this is the kind of stuff you show to people who aren’t yet fans or who are skeptical of women’s soccer. 

“poverty and hate groups go hand in hand” - citation needed

Hate groups actively target military, both planting their members inside and going after people who’ve just left and are transitioning back to civilian life. Statistically they only get a tiny amount, but it’s very significant nonetheless. 

Wait, is this an intentional parody account? 

It’s an SCO summit. Are you banking on no one knowing what that is? 

Táim an tuirseach.

Had a good friend like that. Ate well, exercised regularly, stayed fat. I think by most metrics he was and probably still is healthier than me. When we met I was stick thin, partly because I was 20 and partly because I’d did martial arts for years and kept up some home work-outs.

I think, maybe, you could argue the oil revenue is important enough to the state to fund climate change resiliency projects. But at best, that’s a pretty weak argument (maybe a stronger case for under-developed oil/natural gas dependent states internationally).

The mainstream media is usually helpless in the face of intentional dishonesty and bad faith. Nice for a brief minute and a half to see they weren’t, though how brief it was shows how deep the cultural and systemic issues run.

This username and comment check out. Sometimes you see a terrible username that just thoroughly predicts the awful content of someone’s comments.