squillace
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Mary mary MARY...... look, taxes bad
January 19, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Mary mary MARY...... look, taxes bad
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Russia celebrates. “The Transatlantic alliance is over.”
Trump has done his master’s work.
Trump has done his master’s work.
Russia welcomes Trump's tariffs on NATO allies over Greenland as 'collapse' of alliance
"The transatlantic alliance is over," Kremlin economic negotiator Kirill Dmitriev said.
kyivindependent.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Russia celebrates. “The Transatlantic alliance is over.”
Trump has done his master’s work.
Trump has done his master’s work.
yeah; in "peacetime" no one forces you to think about such choices. But when true instability appears, suddenly THERE THEY ARE and you can't just wish them away.
January 19, 2026 at 3:53 PM
yeah; in "peacetime" no one forces you to think about such choices. But when true instability appears, suddenly THERE THEY ARE and you can't just wish them away.
Do I like it? No; I'm against nationalism in a very deep way; I think hostility to multinational citizens is a horrible thing culturally. But a leading politician? Hmmmm.
Do we think Cheeto has too much loyalty to Putin? Why should that be any different? (because the answer seems to be yes)
Do we think Cheeto has too much loyalty to Putin? Why should that be any different? (because the answer seems to be yes)
January 19, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Do I like it? No; I'm against nationalism in a very deep way; I think hostility to multinational citizens is a horrible thing culturally. But a leading politician? Hmmmm.
Do we think Cheeto has too much loyalty to Putin? Why should that be any different? (because the answer seems to be yes)
Do we think Cheeto has too much loyalty to Putin? Why should that be any different? (because the answer seems to be yes)
no one in the crucible thinks they have "divided" loyalties; it's only in the crucible that you must make a decision that may involve them. So people asking prominent politicians about it -- given that war is one of the crucibles -- are I think legitimately doing so.
January 19, 2026 at 3:48 PM
no one in the crucible thinks they have "divided" loyalties; it's only in the crucible that you must make a decision that may involve them. So people asking prominent politicians about it -- given that war is one of the crucibles -- are I think legitimately doing so.
but I don't think it's a problem for your average citizen of anything at all. We ALL have every day divided loyalties we have to navigate: if you have two kids, and they both "need" you, how do you choose? So your question is fair, for sure.
January 19, 2026 at 3:07 PM
but I don't think it's a problem for your average citizen of anything at all. We ALL have every day divided loyalties we have to navigate: if you have two kids, and they both "need" you, how do you choose? So your question is fair, for sure.
In general, they aren't. In political power, they are for those of the persuasion that local politics should be for the locality.
If you're going to be senator or president or governor you pretty much should be able to say which of the dualities you care about when they come into conflict....
If you're going to be senator or president or governor you pretty much should be able to say which of the dualities you care about when they come into conflict....
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 PM
In general, they aren't. In political power, they are for those of the persuasion that local politics should be for the locality.
If you're going to be senator or president or governor you pretty much should be able to say which of the dualities you care about when they come into conflict....
If you're going to be senator or president or governor you pretty much should be able to say which of the dualities you care about when they come into conflict....
I think he pivoted to the maximalist position after losing the original bet; in either case, I don't think trump is paying any attention to anything going on at this point and they're running HIM (even though there's no evidence he'd stop anything)
January 19, 2026 at 3:04 PM
I think he pivoted to the maximalist position after losing the original bet; in either case, I don't think trump is paying any attention to anything going on at this point and they're running HIM (even though there's no evidence he'd stop anything)
we're back on the hapsburg empire + france + britain + ottomans + russia + emerging prussia again
January 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM
we're back on the hapsburg empire + france + britain + ottomans + russia + emerging prussia again