McBarry (Funny Rectangle Appreciator)
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New Jerseyian. Former Marine and Guardsman. OIF and OEF vet. Orbat and force structure history nerd
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My take on Gordon Wood's recent speech emphasizing America's role as a "creedal nation," pushing back on those who claim we should be an ethno-nationalist state. Wood is leading living historian of the Founding: reason.com/volokh/2025/...
Gordon Wood on America as a "Creedal Nation" Open to all Races and Ethnicities
Wood is the leading living historian of the American Founding. He pushes back here against those who claim America should be an ethno-nationalist polity.
reason.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
My take on Gordon Wood's recent speech emphasizing America's role as a "creedal nation," pushing back on those who claim we should be an ethno-nationalist state. Wood is leading living historian of the Founding: reason.com/volokh/2025/...
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The unrealized promise of America is good, actually, and we should fight for it
i have been thinking a bit about how any political program that requires the premise of “america bad” is a dead end
December 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The unrealized promise of America is good, actually, and we should fight for it
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the funniest thing about bongo quitting his FBI job is that he seems like one of the few clowns who was trying to take his job seriously, like watching a dog intently trying to read a newspaper
leaving to spend more time with supplements and conspiracies
don bongo, we hardly knew ye
December 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
the funniest thing about bongo quitting his FBI job is that he seems like one of the few clowns who was trying to take his job seriously, like watching a dog intently trying to read a newspaper
Another day, another discussion about Pentomic on the Battle Order discussion
December 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Another day, another discussion about Pentomic on the Battle Order discussion
Even a double murder of one of the most renowned creatives of the late 20th Century has to be centered around himself. What a fucking cretin.
December 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Even a double murder of one of the most renowned creatives of the late 20th Century has to be centered around himself. What a fucking cretin.
lol, what?
NEW: President Donald Trump says he is granting a pardon to Tina Peters, who was convicted on state charges related to tampering with Colorado's election systems. Legal experts say presidential pardons do not apply to state charges.
December 12, 2025 at 1:07 AM
lol, what?
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America’s pretty cool, I think we should have as many people here as we can so they can make it cooler
December 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
America’s pretty cool, I think we should have as many people here as we can so they can make it cooler
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The 14th, as it is understood, is so central to America as it currently exists, its elimination is tantamount to withdrawing the entire constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The 14th, as it is understood, is so central to America as it currently exists, its elimination is tantamount to withdrawing the entire constitution.
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Birthright citizenship is probably not integral to liberal democracy, but it is integral to *American* liberal democracy. Our vision of what we are as a country, as a nation beyond an ethnicity, requires it.
December 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Birthright citizenship is probably not integral to liberal democracy, but it is integral to *American* liberal democracy. Our vision of what we are as a country, as a nation beyond an ethnicity, requires it.
Take note my fellow Marines
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December 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Take note my fellow Marines
I refuse to believe that esteemed Merchant Mariner John A Konrad V is in the Pentagon Press Pool.
Outstanding reporting today from the New Media at the Pentagon.
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I refuse to believe that esteemed Merchant Mariner John A Konrad V is in the Pentagon Press Pool.
I want a shitty burger now.
December 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I want a shitty burger now.
I'm going to need these cretins to explain to me using their big boys words what is the exact threat a shipwreck survivor in the water because we struck their boat poses to the US forces in a helicopter, aircraft, or OTH naval vessel that launched the strike.
Fox News' Joey Jones justifies the US military killing survivors after an initial boat strike: "An enemy combatant does not have to have a gun to be a danger or a threat... if you leave anybody alive, they can signal and let others know what’s happening and they can also retaliate through radio."
December 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I'm going to need these cretins to explain to me using their big boys words what is the exact threat a shipwreck survivor in the water because we struck their boat poses to the US forces in a helicopter, aircraft, or OTH naval vessel that launched the strike.
I'm the non-existent front door
Tag yourself I'm the Gourmet Kitchen that is nothing next to a bedroom
Oh shit waddup
December 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I'm the non-existent front door
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Tag yourself I'm the Gourmet Kitchen that is nothing next to a bedroom
December 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Tag yourself I'm the Gourmet Kitchen that is nothing next to a bedroom
If only there was someone in the 2024 election who ran explicitly on the platform of providing 25k towards a down payment to help first time home buyers secure a mortgage.
December 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
If only there was someone in the 2024 election who ran explicitly on the platform of providing 25k towards a down payment to help first time home buyers secure a mortgage.
The steamed vegetables man...
Like it's so low effort to make decent veggies. Olive oil, salt, and pepper then roast them.
But the steamed *baby carrots* with green beans. It's Thanksgiving. Spend the extra 10 minutes coin cutting some nice carrots. It takes no time at all!
Like it's so low effort to make decent veggies. Olive oil, salt, and pepper then roast them.
But the steamed *baby carrots* with green beans. It's Thanksgiving. Spend the extra 10 minutes coin cutting some nice carrots. It takes no time at all!
Karoline Leavitt's Thanksgiving spread. Please dissect.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
November 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The steamed vegetables man...
Like it's so low effort to make decent veggies. Olive oil, salt, and pepper then roast them.
But the steamed *baby carrots* with green beans. It's Thanksgiving. Spend the extra 10 minutes coin cutting some nice carrots. It takes no time at all!
Like it's so low effort to make decent veggies. Olive oil, salt, and pepper then roast them.
But the steamed *baby carrots* with green beans. It's Thanksgiving. Spend the extra 10 minutes coin cutting some nice carrots. It takes no time at all!
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The Nuzzi thing is a good reminder that outside the deep structural issues of energy/subsistence, most of what's happening right now is an old-fashioned crisis of elite legitimacy, which sounds comforting until you realize how some of those have turned out in the past
November 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The Nuzzi thing is a good reminder that outside the deep structural issues of energy/subsistence, most of what's happening right now is an old-fashioned crisis of elite legitimacy, which sounds comforting until you realize how some of those have turned out in the past
@unavaleable.bsky.social you haven't DV-posted in, like, forever.
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
@unavaleable.bsky.social you haven't DV-posted in, like, forever.
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Threatening someone with a uniform inspection is the most POG shit I've ever heard in my life.
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Threatening someone with a uniform inspection is the most POG shit I've ever heard in my life.
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I find the use of "warriors" rather than soldiers somewhat infantilizing.
As if US service members are playing dress up with swords.
As if US service members are playing dress up with swords.
November 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I find the use of "warriors" rather than soldiers somewhat infantilizing.
As if US service members are playing dress up with swords.
As if US service members are playing dress up with swords.
This is what he meant when comedy was legal again on Twitter.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This is what he meant when comedy was legal again on Twitter.
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FPV’s are simply another form of ground fires
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
FPV’s are simply another form of ground fires
Quite a reaction from what was altogether a milquetoast reminder your oath is to the constitution.
Trump posts again about Democrats, saying their behavior is “punishable by DEATH!”
November 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Quite a reaction from what was altogether a milquetoast reminder your oath is to the constitution.