Zach Rabiroff
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Writer for the Comics Journal, Flaming Hydra, Polygon, io9, etc.
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What Britain needs right now is a modern version of Churchill, which is to say an otherwise irredeemably obnoxious crank who nevertheless spent the past 20 years relentlessly hating America, and now can suddenly have a time to shine.
January 11, 2026 at 9:52 PM
What Britain needs right now is a modern version of Churchill, which is to say an otherwise irredeemably obnoxious crank who nevertheless spent the past 20 years relentlessly hating America, and now can suddenly have a time to shine.
America is basically experiencing a real-life version of the Jane Elliot blue eyes/brown eyes elementary school experiment right now.
January 11, 2026 at 9:41 PM
America is basically experiencing a real-life version of the Jane Elliot blue eyes/brown eyes elementary school experiment right now.
Still so upsetting to me that we never got that Theodore Roosevelt season.
January 11, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Still so upsetting to me that we never got that Theodore Roosevelt season.
Homan's argument isn't incoherent, it's just based in a different moral universe. He's telling individuals, "Keep quiet and obey orders, and chances are you won't be a target." Good and her fellow protestors are saying, "We, collectively, are already your targets no matter what."
January 11, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Homan's argument isn't incoherent, it's just based in a different moral universe. He's telling individuals, "Keep quiet and obey orders, and chances are you won't be a target." Good and her fellow protestors are saying, "We, collectively, are already your targets no matter what."
Not only does Kristol believe in things, but he has experienced real cost in losing them, and this makes one of him worth more than all the Cosplay Castros of bluesky.
January 11, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Not only does Kristol believe in things, but he has experienced real cost in losing them, and this makes one of him worth more than all the Cosplay Castros of bluesky.
It's literally just what happened in the last world war. We just keep doing this.
January 11, 2026 at 6:31 AM
It's literally just what happened in the last world war. We just keep doing this.
The way to look at this is that they tested the elite leadership in the US, and found to their satisfaction that no meaningful number would resist. Now they are testing the leadership in Europe, and the answer has yet to be seen.
January 11, 2026 at 5:10 AM
The way to look at this is that they tested the elite leadership in the US, and found to their satisfaction that no meaningful number would resist. Now they are testing the leadership in Europe, and the answer has yet to be seen.
No! Public pressure was actually one of the reasons the Tsar's ministers pushed for entrance into the war.
January 11, 2026 at 5:09 AM
No! Public pressure was actually one of the reasons the Tsar's ministers pushed for entrance into the war.
Sow the wind, etc., etc.
January 11, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Sow the wind, etc., etc.
Against everything else, I will at least appreciate the elegant irony that the result of the tech fascists putting Trump in power is the thoroughgoing destruction of American tech hegemony
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Against everything else, I will at least appreciate the elegant irony that the result of the tech fascists putting Trump in power is the thoroughgoing destruction of American tech hegemony
If the US banking sector is cut off, things here start looking more like Iran than anyone is comfortable with.
January 11, 2026 at 4:21 AM
If the US banking sector is cut off, things here start looking more like Iran than anyone is comfortable with.
Absolutely. I think at the point this happens, he probably does get the support of about 1/3 of the country. Which, to be clear, is still absolutely unprecedented as a level of support while launching an intercontinental war.
January 11, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Absolutely. I think at the point this happens, he probably does get the support of about 1/3 of the country. Which, to be clear, is still absolutely unprecedented as a level of support while launching an intercontinental war.
Right, that's insane the thing: it's Hitler launching World War II, but with the approval that Hitler had on the *other* side.
January 11, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Right, that's insane the thing: it's Hitler launching World War II, but with the approval that Hitler had on the *other* side.
Personally, I'm investing now in letters of transit for French Morocco
January 11, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Personally, I'm investing now in letters of transit for French Morocco
Just checked: as a sign of where we are, historically-speaking, Stars and Stripes did a story on this three days ago that has support for military invasion at 8%, so you were close. The 30% support is for a purchase, not world war.
Most Americans are against potential US military takeover of Greenland, poll shows
A new poll finds that most Americans oppose a U.S. military takeover of Greenland and also show little interest in buying the Arctic island.
www.stripes.com
January 11, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Just checked: as a sign of where we are, historically-speaking, Stars and Stripes did a story on this three days ago that has support for military invasion at 8%, so you were close. The 30% support is for a purchase, not world war.
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It is also very weird to have a world war where everybody presumably posts through it.
January 11, 2026 at 3:48 AM
It is also very weird to have a world war where everybody presumably posts through it.
It is also very weird to have a world war where everybody presumably posts through it.
January 11, 2026 at 3:48 AM
It is also very weird to have a world war where everybody presumably posts through it.
Unfortunately, no, but at least we're doing this as a speed run, so I'm confident the Canadian Expeditionary Force will be in the capital by springtime
January 11, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Unfortunately, no, but at least we're doing this as a speed run, so I'm confident the Canadian Expeditionary Force will be in the capital by springtime
Very cool and exciting that the two countries of which I’m a citizen might be careening toward world war with each other. Great 21st century we’ve got going here.
January 11, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Very cool and exciting that the two countries of which I’m a citizen might be careening toward world war with each other. Great 21st century we’ve got going here.
I remember this distinctly. Know why it didn't hit? Because the entire news cycle that night and the next morning was suddenly replaced by the breaking story that Joe Biden called some Trump supporters trash.
January 10, 2026 at 9:16 PM
I remember this distinctly. Know why it didn't hit? Because the entire news cycle that night and the next morning was suddenly replaced by the breaking story that Joe Biden called some Trump supporters trash.