The white nationalist group Patriot Front marched today in DC.
What do you think of Patriot Front and white nationalist or white supremacist groups like them? Do you think they are good representations of either MAGA or of the right more broadly? Are you glad they exist? Or do you wish they’d just go back under a rock?
As the war in Ukraine slogs along well into its fifth year (four years and change), both sides are struggling but still arguably making some inroads.
On one hand, Russia still maintains a population advantage, and is arguably still pushing forward, albeit slowly, in places such as Konstantinivka. Their more recent infiltration tactics seem to at least ostensibly be working to break the deadlock in the static front lines.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9w2g0ewk95o
On the other side of the equation, Ukraine has been taking more territory than it lost last month, and has been effectively isolating Crimea while hurting Russia’s oil production, leading to fuel restrictions across many parts of Russia.
So, back to the question at hand. It feels as though the war will reach a terminal phase at some point in the next year or two - how are you feeling about it? Are you surprised or impressed at Ukraine still holding out? Do you think they’re doomed? How do you feel about Putin? Are you happy that the US pulled most of its support of Ukraine when it did, or do you wish we’d support Ukraine more? Any other thoughts you have on the topic?
In the past year or so, NATO allies have begun intercepting tankers from the Russian shadow fleet. Per Wiki:
The Russian shadow fleet is a clandestine network of hundreds of vessels operated by Russia to evade sanctions, following the enactment of 2022 Russian crude oil price cap sanctions by the G7 countries and European Union (EU), in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Here are some examples of interceptions just from this month.
Do you have any thoughts on these tankers? Or on our allies intercepting these tankers more narrowly? Are the interceptions good in that they add additional pressure on putin to end the war? Or is it an escalation hostilities between Russia and the west? Both? How are you feeling about the seizures?
Can we please agree that entering the beltway while doing 40mph is not the way to drive?
I’m so sick of being stuck behind people that brake as they’re merging onto the freeway. I know many of you may be coming from states where there’s less traffic or different driving conditions, but this shit is super dangerous and puts us all at risk.
Please do better. Either speed up to the flow of traffic *while* on the on ramp (that’s what it’s for!), or honk the shit out of whatever bad driver you get stuck behind until they figure it out.
Hey all - the wife and I have been watching horror movies near every weekend for about 20 years now, and we've discovered that there's a very specific category of horror that we love more than just about any other - horror movies where there's some kind of immortal malicious evil present. Movies where the "bad guy" is evil itself untethered to one specific individual. Where evil also intentionally seeks to be as malicious as possible, simply because it is evil. And finally, movies where evil cannot ever be truly defeated.
I'm not talking like, a demon, or a specific entity, but evil as a whole that plays the antagonist in the movie. Some examples that come to mind include the Evil Dead films, Event Horizon, and When Evil Lurks. In all of these examples, evil itself is the threat. It's unrelenting, and while it can be temporarily defeated, it can never be killed, and it will continue to exist until the next time it emerges.
Some examples of what it's not: It's not Michael Myers, who is clearly a slasher despite maybe being immortal. Likewise with specific demons like Sinister, or run of the mill possession movies centered around Catholic dogma like Satan or the devil.
It occurred to us that this type of horror doesn't really seem to have a specific genre name, and so it can sometimes be difficult to find examples of. So we wanted to ask:
What's your favorite Immortal Malicious Evil horror movie? What recommendations would you make for folks looking for more of these kinds of movies?
Hey all,
I'm currently working on writing a sourcebook for the post-apocalyptic military and civilian survivalist ttrpg, Twilight 2000. The setting is alt-fiction that takes place in the year 2000 (naturally). In the story, the USSR never disbanded, and the cold war ended up turning hot, with an eventual limited series of nuclear strikes happening all around the world. The US itself has been hit by a series of roughly 130-160 nuclear weapons, mostly targeting military apparatus, command and control nodes, energy generation (think refineries), and some heavy industry. The US population has been effectively reduced to somewhere around 30-40% of its pre-war population. It's a fantastic setting and I'd highly recommend it.
That all said, the book I'm working on focuses on the US in the year 2001. I'm trying to get a better understanding of some of the major challenges that would be facing various parts of the country (or what's left of it), broken down by region. I'm an old man, so while I've been to many of the states in my life, I'm not intimately familiar with them all. So far, I've written extensively about what's happening in Southern California, with some about Arizona and Nevada. I also feel confident writing about the PNW due to how much time I've spent there. SoCal specifically would be facing extreme water and food crises due to a breakdown in the system of aquaducts that feed the region.
What kinds of issues would be facing other regions in the United States in this kind of scenario? How would the midwest fare? The south and deep south? Appalachia? The Atlantic seaboard? New England? The Gulf Coast?
For the Americans in this sub, what do you think would happen in your neck of the woods? Are there any particular challenges your state would face? Any unique benefits you think your state might leverage to succeed?
Thanks in advance for any insight you have to share on the topic.
So...none of the four mods of this sub have an account older than 45 days? It's clear to everyone else that this sub with 12k followers is just for astroturfing, ragebait, and content generation, yeah?