The Decider
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Preventive war is dumb
Temple of doom is an insane and dated film but also dear to my heart
December 18, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Temple of doom is an insane and dated film but also dear to my heart
America’s America
sometimes i think about how california manages to be the world's fifth-largest economy and yet also a consistently dysfunctional and shambolic state government
This is what passes for progressivism and climate policy in California. Jane Kim’s answer for elevated fire risk and actuarial risk? Put it on the public dime. Urban renters should bail out well to do exurban property owners and landlords in fire zones. FAIR plan is already a ticking time bomb!
December 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
America’s America
Men will post this instead of going to therapy
Dort w/another banger showing he doesn’t care about the Constitution or understand the use of force in a democratic society. WTF is “regular war?”
December 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Men will post this instead of going to therapy
Like three people will know what I’m talking about by Patrice O’Neal really presaged a lot of this red pill shit
December 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Like three people will know what I’m talking about by Patrice O’Neal really presaged a lot of this red pill shit
Fallout new Vegas type game but you’re an uber eats courier
December 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Fallout new Vegas type game but you’re an uber eats courier
Julian Zelizer is just a goat political historian
December 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Julian Zelizer is just a goat political historian
Never forget this loser is from Southern California.
Stephen Miller: "America’s might will secure America’s rights. America’s military will defend America’s destiny."
December 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Never forget this loser is from Southern California.
Frosty the snowman debuted in 1950, but the McCarthy era anxiety which produced the song has been long forgotten.
In this essay I will—
In this essay I will—
December 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Frosty the snowman debuted in 1950, but the McCarthy era anxiety which produced the song has been long forgotten.
In this essay I will—
In this essay I will—
I like the idea that we’re projecting today’s state system onto antiquity
December 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I like the idea that we’re projecting today’s state system onto antiquity
This comes into focus even more when you consider the ways the US has historically treated Latin America the way Russia treats Eastern Europe, then look at the admin’s current Venezuela imbroglio.
His thesis about how Putin was essentially trying to re-enact conspiracy theories in Ukraine like Color Rev theory IRL and failing miserably because that isn't how the world works basically sums up the entire Trump administration atm.
December 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This comes into focus even more when you consider the ways the US has historically treated Latin America the way Russia treats Eastern Europe, then look at the admin’s current Venezuela imbroglio.
It would be a bad investment on multiple counts.
incredible that they can’t even get big oil on board with this (if not really surprising, 25 years is a long time)
Trump administration asking US oil industry to return to Venezuela — but getting no takers
The administration’s outreach to the industry, previously unreported, is the latest sign the White House is dreaming of a post-Maduro future for Venezuela.
www.politico.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
It would be a bad investment on multiple counts.
A brilliantly crafted argument as usual Dr Kissinger
December 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A brilliantly crafted argument as usual Dr Kissinger
Started reading this. Articulates a lot of things I’ve noticed in the horror genre but couldn’t quite find the words for
December 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Started reading this. Articulates a lot of things I’ve noticed in the horror genre but couldn’t quite find the words for
Might just be me but feel like Nasser should’ve been here over Saddam
December 16, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Might just be me but feel like Nasser should’ve been here over Saddam
RDR2
Quote this with what you would have said your game of the year was at the end of 2018, and what you would say your favourite game of 2018 is now, if it differs
(Grid is just a refresher, not my top 25. For a more comprehensive refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...)
(Grid is just a refresher, not my top 25. For a more comprehensive refresher: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...)
December 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
RDR2
My first time seeing this. Truman library dates it as 1951, during the Korean War. Dewey was still Governor of New York.
December 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
My first time seeing this. Truman library dates it as 1951, during the Korean War. Dewey was still Governor of New York.
Harry you can’t be revealing state secrets like that
December 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Harry you can’t be revealing state secrets like that
He didn’t, quite the opposite, in fact. Because this myth has only recently been punctured I think it’ll take some time before we get satisfying answers(with the caveat that, of course, this will all necessarily be speculative with no definitive answer).
I really don't understand the motivation, to be honest. Why would you want to look like you were ignorant? The only reason I can think of is to "pass the buck" on like nuking Japan but Truman never really did that as far as I can tell.
December 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
He didn’t, quite the opposite, in fact. Because this myth has only recently been punctured I think it’ll take some time before we get satisfying answers(with the caveat that, of course, this will all necessarily be speculative with no definitive answer).
This is definitely worth keeping in mind
December 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This is definitely worth keeping in mind
Did not know ‘nukesky’ was a thing
This was a dumb thing to do, but the article gets a lot wrong.
This was not a "device" in the nuclear weapons sense of an explosive without a delivery vehicle. It was not an explosive at all.
I'll write a post. #nukesky
This was not a "device" in the nuclear weapons sense of an explosive without a delivery vehicle. It was not an explosive at all.
I'll write a post. #nukesky
How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device in the Himalayas? (Gift Article)
A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains in a covert mission that the U.S. will not talk about.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Did not know ‘nukesky’ was a thing
“Fuck measles”
December 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“Fuck measles”
Reposted by The Decider
Yeah I have noticed increasingly that people will no longer talk about the possible upsides of tariffs but just that the downsides haven't been as catastrophic as people believed in April (because they've lowered the effective tariffs a ton since April)
December 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Yeah I have noticed increasingly that people will no longer talk about the possible upsides of tariffs but just that the downsides haven't been as catastrophic as people believed in April (because they've lowered the effective tariffs a ton since April)
They weren’t simpler times but they were less dumb
Five months ago we an administration staffed with people who understand basic macroeconomics
This was….five months ago
December 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
They weren’t simpler times but they were less dumb
I like the tacit admission that even in this fake scenario he’s constructed the tariffs have failed to achieve their stated purpose. They’re not supposed to be ‘Unnoticeable’ they’re supposed to bolster domestic industries, with the promise of material benefits flowing from that
look if this is the titan of intellectual thought for the GOP i think the Blue Wave is coming
December 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I like the tacit admission that even in this fake scenario he’s constructed the tariffs have failed to achieve their stated purpose. They’re not supposed to be ‘Unnoticeable’ they’re supposed to bolster domestic industries, with the promise of material benefits flowing from that