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Louis CK tour dates as geopolitical indicators, Huckabee saves stranded Americans via Israeli buses
Someone doing a bit about Middle East geopolitics that starts with Americans evacuating from countries where Louis CK tours, pivots to airport closures being definitely planned for, then just... hands the mic to Mike Huckabee as if he's a tourism spokesperson? Ends with Israeli buses saving the day....
Australia's navy officially named after its worst decisions
SLOP+ By Dr. Herb Risotto PhD (via @wttp3)
Hearing reports that Iran has struck the HMAS Rolf Harris (we really need to change the name of that one), one of just three Prince Andrew Class Media Analysis frigates (did we have to go with him of all people?) stationed in the Martin Bryant CommBank Gulf (??????)
Pentagon meets Domino's in the world's most unhinged threat assessment tool
Danish professor discovers actual WMD: PowerPoint + synergy
A LinkedIn post by a Danish psychology professor sarcastically comparing US military might to Denmark's 'secret weapon': bureaucratic working groups that produce elaborate plans but accomplish nothing. It's a witty roast of corporate jargon, governmental inefficiency, and the Trump administration's ...
we're heroes stealing oil to protect it from thieves, then selling to thieves
SLOP+ By The Bulwark (via @wttp3)
"We're going to take Venezuela's oil to protect it from China and Russia. And then, we're gonna sell it to China and Russia. See, we're the good guys who go in to protect the oil from the bad guys, and then we sell it to the bad guys." @saletan on Trump's flimsy justifications:
Island nation gets volunteered for reality TV nobody asked for
