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[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Points Out The Delicious Irony In Donald Trump's Reflecting Pool Fiasco]

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Aneristic Illusions / Re: The Republicult™ On Parade

Last post by Abbot Mythos - Yesterday at 11:35:43 AM

I think AOC explained this situation well:

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Points Out The Delicious Irony In Donald Trump's Reflecting Pool Fiasco

"The New York Democrat also explained why the debacle was predictable."

As per this article:

"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) waded into the controversy surrounding the algae- and peeling paint-plagued Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Tuesday.

Asked by the MeidasTouch Network for her take on the fallout from President Donald Trump's troubled $14 million renovation project, the New York Democrat suggested the problems were predictable given the current White House's anti-science agenda.

"I mean, when you defund science research, when you don't really understand the first thing about science, yeah, they talked a bunch of smack," she said.

Ocasio-Cortez then zinged: "They said they had to repaint the pool and now they've turned the place into a swamp. They turned it into an actual swamp."

The "swamp" of Washington, D.C., was, of course, what Trump repeatedly vowed to drain during his three presidential campaigns."

So, it looks to me like it's time for a remake of that old Swamp Thing movie. Perhaps the people at The Onion would be interested in taking the project on. After all, they seem pretty flush with cash these days.

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Aneristic Illusions / Re: Iran

Last post by Bruno - Yesterday at 05:37:13 AM

CEO @ Himeobs International

Nice.

Thanks.

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Aneristic Illusions / Re: Iran

Last post by Pergamos - June 24, 2026, 05:50:16 PM

I wouldn't even know how to find Cain on FB.

I would like to know...

Cain Aerte, located in Luxembourg

#4

Aneristic Illusions / Re: The Republicult™ On Parade

Last post by Bruno - June 24, 2026, 02:57:47 AM

They just can't keep Michelle's dick out of their mouths, can they?

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Aneristic Illusions / Re: Iran

Last post by Bruno - June 24, 2026, 02:55:28 AM

I wouldn't even know how to find Cain on FB.

I would like to know...

#6

Aneristic Illusions / Re: Iran

Last post by Faust - June 22, 2026, 10:56:32 PM

My loss, im not on any of the socials

#7

Aneristic Illusions / Re: Iran

Last post by Doktor Howl - June 22, 2026, 10:22:00 PM

Its times like these I really miss Cain's opinion

He is very forthcoming on FB.

I don't expect he'll pop in as Cram sometimes does.

#8

Principia Discussion / Re: Have a Slack Sloth Day

Last post by Abbot Mythos - June 22, 2026, 05:01:25 AM

'Tis the 27^th day of the Season of Confusion in the Year of Our Lady of Discord 3192, and time to not give a damn about celebrating the Confusloth Whollyday.

Carry on.

Hail Eris!

All Hail Discordia!

#9

Aneristic Illusions / Re: Iran

Last post by chaotic neutral observer - June 21, 2026, 06:10:25 PM

I don't think blunder is quite the right word.  I think a cessation of hostilities by Israel has always been a very important thing to Iran, I don't think there would have been any progress if that had been left out.  Now we get to see if the US actually does anything to reign Israel in.

The MOU certainly counts as progress as far as Iran is concerned, and yeah, it's very doubtful they would accept any agreement that didn't result in an actual ceasefire in Lebanon.

But, has the MOU improved the US's position?  Seems like the situation on the ground hasn't changed, except the US is now committed to doing something about Israel.

I suppose it's arguable that reigning in Israel was always going to be the US's problem, MOU or no, but now it's in writing.  If it wasn't a full-on blunder, it at least doesn't seem like the smartest move, diplomatically.

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Aneristic Illusions / Re: Iran

Last post by Pergamos - June 21, 2026, 05:31:05 PM

The US signing an MOU that requires the cooperation of a third party was a hilarious blunder.  Iran has set itself up with a Xanatos gambit.  I believe they knew what they were doing; Lebanon is mentioned three times in the first term of the MOU.  That's not concise diplomatic language, that's hammering the point across.

Iran likely went into this expecting Israel wouldn't cooperate.  But, what are the options?

If the US somehow, magically, gets Israel to stand down voluntarily, that's still a win for Iran--and it drives a wedge between the US and Israel.  This war appears to have popular support in Israel, even if Netanyahu doesn't.  The MOU being adhered to would leave Iran in a pretty strong position.

If Israel doesn't stand down voluntarily, then either:

The US attempts to force Israel to comply, by cutting off their weapons supplies, applying sanctions, or whatever other pressure they can bring to bear.  A weakened Israel would be a big win for Iran.  It's possible they want this even more than the terms of the MOU--after all, that $300 billion reconstruction fund sounds nice, but nobody expects Trump to hold up his side of any deal in the long-term.

The US doesn't force Israel to comply, and the MOU falls through.  Now, Iran has justification (on paper) for keeping the strait closed.  Not a best case for them, but they're still holding the cards.  I've heard it claimed that oil reserves will hit a wall in about four weeks, at which point things will get very bad, very quickly.  I guess if Cain was around, he might know if that is accurate.


I think Iran can't back down, and Israel won't, which means whatever happens, will be a result of US action. The US has already lost, but the ultimate form of that loss is unclear.  Will they back out entirely, without an agreement, and leave the rest of the world to clean up their mess?  Will they cut off Israel?  Will they attempt a ground invasion of Iran?  Will they come up with something even stupider than the above?

I don't think blunder is quite the right word.  I think a cessation of hostilities by Israel has always been a very important thing to Iran, I don't think there would have been any progress if that had been left out.  Now we get to see if the US actually does anything to reign Israel in.