Quote from: RE on May 13, 2026, 12:11 PMNever a dull day in Collapse with the Chump as POTUS.[/color]
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Well...I'd wait until we get an actual collapse before pretending a normal dull day with the Ornage one in charge has caused even a slowdown in population growth, let alone the number getting smaller at all.

Hopes and Dreams reign, in the world of Doom! Be happy how long you've been wrong, as mostly likely personal doom will get the 3 of us senior citizen Americans, high net worth or not. Matter of fact, all 3 of us are making a bet on it! K-Dog and I betting on high net worth to see us through, and RE betting on the State truddling along, Trump in charge or not.

Writing in The Atlantic, Kagan said the damage inflicted by the conflict cannot be reversed.  "There will be no return to the status quo ante, no ultimate American triumph that will undo or overcome the harm done," he concluded bleakly.

FINALLY, some GOOD NEWZ about the war in Iran! 😀  Off the keyboard of a certified Neocon Jackass, no less.  Rarely are we treated to such a happy moment worthy of celebration and gloating!

The only bad aspects of the collapsing FSoA imperialist adventurism is in the near term that it will do increasingly stupid things trying to maintain its "preeminence", and in the longer term won't do much besides perhaps slightly slow the ongoing Collapse of Industrial Civilization.  It's far too late to repair the damage already done and there still is no replacement for the ever dwindling resources of energy, water and minerals necessary to maintain the current technological standard of living and population size.  The Great Dieoff of Homo Sapiens on Planet Earth will arrive regardless.  In fact it probably has already begun.

In the distant future however, life will go on for millions more years until the Sun goes Red Giant, any Homo Saps who do survive or evolve into something else will have the chance to start over and not repeat the mistakes made in the Age of Fossil Fuels.  You can't make an Omelet without Breaking a few Eggs. 😀

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In the letter to the secretaries of defense, state and homeland security on Wednesday morning, reviewed by the Guardian, Democratic lawmakers led by Delia Ramirez, a representative from Illinois, linked a rise in migration from the island nation to the heightening US aggression on Cuba.

Unfortunately with Trumpolini. people telling him NOT to do something only increases the likelihood he WILL do it. 😒  Plus as mentioned in a previous article, it's part of the whole crisis of Capitalism and the failing Petrodollar.

It is hard to see though practically how he would do it with so much of the military resources currently dedicated to the war in Iran.  Cuba is much smaller, weaker and more isolated of course, so it wouldn't take more than a division of Marines to pull it off.  There's also the question of whether the Generals would continue following what are clearly Illegal Orders.

Never a dull day in Collapse with the Chump as POTUS.

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And an AI-generated image of Trump as Jesus Christ, both of which Trump later took down.  Harp, who is in her mid-30s, brings the president stacks of printed-out drafts of social media posts—many of them recycling content from other accounts—for Trump to approve, sources told the Journal.

Melania's getting a little long in the tooth, so the Pussy-Grabber-in-Chief has found a new chippy to keep him company during his late night social media posting orgasms. lol.  She definitely fits his type preferences.  No Monica Lewinsky here, she's top shelf Escort Service material.  No doubt highly qualified with years of experience working under Epstein in his Junior High Internship program. 😆

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Changing modes of capitalism have ended up as that skewed form of imperialism that now propels war with Iran. The message of Marxist analyst Samir Amin resonates: "[C]apitalism is incapable of overcoming its fundamental contradictions." (2) That would be so, especially if working people, the great mass of humanity, rise up, mobilize, and say, No!

This will be no surprise to Diners familiar with Marxist analysis and the ongoing crisis in Capitalist economics, but the Iran war has little to do with the Iranian Nuke Program and much more to do with the waning power of the FSoA Dollar as the only financial debt instrument available for the Oil Trade on the Nation-State level.

The rise of the Chinese Renminby as the debt instrument of choice for evading economic sanctions and the advent of the BRICS clearing system for trades enables Oil trade completely independent of SWIFT & the Petrodollar, so the loss of this financial control system has driven FSoA Imperialists to attempt the physical control over the choke points of the global ocean based transportation of the oil.  This motivated the action against Venezuela directly before the Iran war, and also the threats to Cuba, Greenland and Canada to their sovereignty.

Will the escalating crisis lead to a workers revolt and the collapse of the Dollar as World Reserve Currency?  Will that lead inexorably to WWIII and direct conflict between thee FSoA and the PRoC?  It's looking more likely all the time, and this week's meeting between His Royal Chumpness and Xi may provide some clues.

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The silence surrounding these crimes once again underlines the extent to which Israel's actions are whitewashed - and the extent to which Palestinian suffering is treated as though it simply does not matter.

Mother-Rapers! Father-stabbers! Father-Rapers! -Arlo Guthrie "Alice's Restaurant Massacree

Even Arlo didn't run into any DOG-RAPERS back in the 'Nam days. Times change.


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Unfortunately, Nitwityahoo will remain Acting PM until they can form a new Goobermint.  Also, whoever new is picked will probably be a Right Wingnut, since the Conservative Party has a plurality of MPs.  Only the Lefties in the Liberal party are anti war there.

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Quote from: RE on May 11, 2026, 05:35 PMIt would be great if he was tried in absentia at the Hague for War Crimes and an International Warrant for his arrest put out by Interpol.😀  Then he could be arrested anytime he lands outside the FSoA on Air Force 1.

An arrest warrant from the Hague.  That makes me think of springtime freshness.

Magically delightful.

Quote from: RE on May 11, 2026, 05:20 PMThere aren't any confirmed cases of Alien Overlords.  Cases of viruses mutating are confirmed and common.
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Not according to David Ickes. And of course viruses can mutate. Good thing this one isn't smart enough to have done that yet! But in the doomer realm....we can always HOPE!

Why it matters: The coming days carry stakes measured in decades: war and peace in the Middle East, the trajectory of the U.S.-China relationship, and the rules governing the AI revolution.  State of play: Trump's China summit was once seen as a de facto deadline for stabilizing the Iran war. But with Air Force One set to land in Beijing on Wednesday evening, the conflict remains unresolved.

His Legacy is already sealed...as the single most destructive national leader in ALL of Recorded History, going back to Biblical Times.

Critics in both parties fear Trump's appetite for grand bargains and personal diplomacy could undermine U.S. support for Taiwan, which Xi is determined to bring under Beijing's control as soon as 2027.

Xi is going to eat Trump alive.

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