"Divest?" He must have gotten inside information that China will NOT be buying soybeans in the foreseeable future.

Not to mention our great heroes of World War II.

No problem with "boomer", that means I have the privilege of being part of the generation that got to listen to the greatest rock music of all time on tinny radios.

It appears that he is talking about the conflict between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. It started in 2022, and casualties are estimated at 7,000 according to Wikipedia.

Most probably the "mission" was to catch some fish to feed their families.

I count 4 misstatements of fact in one sentence. You?

Al Stewart:
"You're on your way back home in a brand new station wagon
A pile of rolling chrome, ten miles to the gallon
Your mother puts her makeup on, you watch her crunch the gears
It's a child's view of the Eisenhower years."

Yes, it's the war crimes, but dressing those boys in those shirts should also be a crime.

The worst hasn't hit rural white voters yet, next November the cuts to SNAP and other programs and skyrocketing health costs will have kicked in.

A 13 point swing in California would mean an entirely Democratic delegation, even without redistricting.

Waiting for the day that China starts dumping US bonds. That will be the economic equivalent of an h bomb.

There is a concept known as the identical ancestors point, where everyone then living is the ancestor of everyone living today, or has no living descendants. Mathematical modeling places it at somewhere between 5000 bce or 3000 bce.

Within the human population, the genetic difference between any two groups is insignificant. Being "white" simply means you sunburn more easily.

She doesn't have to win. If she is within 5 points of Van Epp, Republicans in Congress will need to change their underwear.

Dozing off during cabinet meetings is about number 900 on the list of why Donald Trump should not be President.

The operative word is "may", as in Donald Trump may have sh*t himself 5 times during his cabinet meeting.

That is what the Coast Guard does. They haven't blown anyone up, and would, hopefully, resist an order to do so.

The poor guys on the boats didn't meet the definition of "narco-terrorists even if they were moving illicit drugs. "Narco-terrorism is the use of violence and intimidation by drug traffickers to influence government policies or societies and to obstruct anti-drug laws."