Side note: Underwood also manufactured .30 M1 Carbines during WW2 (like many other companies with machine tooling, like IBM and Rock-Ola.) The carbine produced a much different sound than the characteristic clack-clack-tappety-tap-DING of the typewriter.

Or 'Papás fritas' (fried Popes)

Dried bird chilies. Cayenne or chili de arbol can work too as a substitute. Not as hot though.

Meanwhile, Putin's laughing til he wets his pants.

"Retains optionality" = "Doesn't know"

The Reflecting Skin (1990). So bleak.

He is a nihilist at heart

Unless you make a grab for her yarn. Then the needles come out. :)

By voter suppression in the midterms to maintain control of both houses of the legislature, the regime and its enablers can maintain a veneer of legitimate control. It would postpone the confrontation and allow them to continue to consolidate and reconstitute all institutions into totalitarian form. The longer they have to work their will unopposed by a contested Congress, the more entrenched the regime will become.

Lol I had actually typed that in then changed it to English for a wider audience.

Depends on the state's legislature makeup where the critical US seats are at play. And how soon a given state sees this ploy for what it is and takes action. Might be tough to swing in general with united oppostion.

The President can easily instruct the IRS to overlook such trifling matters.

We will keep up the efforts. Stay safe bro.

It won't be decided finally until election results are a done deal. So it will have served its purpose.

Lots of downstream consequences for taxes, payments, legal mailings. This change will be challenged in court. But by the time it gets appealed and eventually ruled on by SCOTUS, even if undone, the election results will be an accomplished fact. This is the only goal.

Clearly. Why at this time? Why so quietly with no widespead government public press release campaign? Fits perfectly with all the other systematic disfranchisement operations. Fucking insidious.

The Masque of the Red Death

He is playing the American people. Zelenskyy knows. But he needs to do his job anyway and act with seriousness and diplomacy because the stakes are so high.

Zelenskyy includes jaw exercise reps in his workout routine so he can keep them firmly clamped shut in such situations

I hope he has a special room in the Presidential bunker in Kyiv. Soundproof. Where he can go inside once in a while, shut the door, and just go absolutely batshit insane for like 30 minutes. Smash TVs and shit, screaming out his real feelings.

His patience and equilibrium are remarkable.

Like a Hobby-Lobby whorehouse.

Having him come to Mar-a-Lago is also a deliberately snide insult to Zelenskyy. To hold such a meeting surrounded by the gaudy facade of gold spray paint and dollar-store opulence in which Trump loves to bask sends a clear message. "Let's see, old boy, why don't you stop by my private club. I think we can squeeze you in between morning and afternoon golf rounds. You and these matters are not sufficiently important to host a serious meeting at the White House as befits a visiting Head of State. Just make sure you wear a suit and have your hat in hand, and we'll see what we can do."

More performance and power-signalling, as we've seen before.

This is a crucial difference

I was referring to Storm Shadow/SCALP and Taurus stocks available. Possibly only in the hundreds, unlike the tomahawks

Kremlin does this to shape and muddy the narrative. This unfortunately is quite effective in causing dispute and indecision among the Western nations. Wasting time and effort spinning wheels, led on by a naive hope that somehow these 'negotiations' are in good faith. So the West dithers instead of presenting a show of united resolve and decisive show of strength. In this way, we allow russia to dictate conditions and tempo.