WatDabney

I'll take that as a yes.

Do Russians (and western Putin supporters for that matter) have an unusually high rate of domestic violence?

It strikes me that this whole spin that Ukraine "provoked" Russia's invasion is basically identical to the stereotypical wife beater's claim that she "provoked" his violence.

And I wouldn't be surprised if people who tend to believe the one tend to believe the other too.

I hadn't put it together before, but Israel is sort of an international case of affluenza - a spoiled, indulged rich kid who ends up a psychopath because daddy's money has always given them whatever they want and shielded them from ever having to face the consequences of whatever they do.

It's long past time to cut off their allowance.

More precisely, Israel is finally admitting to what has been the plan all along, while trying to pretend that it wasn't the plan all along.

And Netanyahu's obvious provocation strategy is playing out exactly as intended.

I'd say more the latter, but people are multifaceted, so it's likely not quite the case that it's people being their true inner selves as just indulging a part of their true inner selves.

Oog.

Lovecraft was very imaginative, but he was a medocre writer at best, with prose that's alternately stilted and self-consciously purple.

Let's not kid ourselves - Israel will target whatever and whoever the fuck it wants to, entirely regardless of possible consequences, and the US won't do anything meaningful about it, ever.

Well, he is the bestest and most smartest president in the whole history of ever.

For anyone who still has any doubts about who the real groomers and pedophiles are, the far right is now essentially putting up blinking neon signs announcing that it's them.

On a bit of a side note:

Dimon announced earlier this year he would not make an endorsement prior to the 2024 election.

In August, Dimon wrote in The Washington Post, “We live in a perilous time. Deeply divided, our nation now faces both challenging domestic issues and perhaps the most complicated geopolitical situation since World War II. We may be at an inflection point that will determine the fate of the free and democratic world for decades.”

Though my take on all of that is much more cynical than his, I agree in principle.

We need to elect a president who is dedicated to the ideals that define and unite us, and who is committed to restoring our faith in America and our indispensable role in the world.

And I can see why he won't endorse anyone - because that person isn't a candidate.

Identity in general doesn't matter much on forums (as opposed to microblogs, like Twitter or Mastodon). Forums are focused on topics rather than people, and what is said is generally more important than who says it.