" claims to have been born in Malta but the Maltese government has no such birth record."

Maybe he identifies as a Maltese Falcon. Who are we to judge?

I thought this was going to be another pride month story when I saw the headline.

"but here he is playing 4D chess like a master strategist ... bravo!"

This is another stupid fallacy. As if there's nothing in between being 4D chess master and having literally no strategy as all, which is how some of you paint him. The idiots on the right did the same thing with Obama and Biden. Y'all are a bunch of trolls, who should be exiled to a remote island with each other and no internet.

I agree that it's likely Trump will sfcurcekw this up, just like Dubya did with Iraq and Afghanistan. Hope he doesn't.

The Iranian parliament has declared closing the Strait of Hormuz necessary, though the final decision lies with the republic's Security Council... The head of Iran's Foreign Ministry emphasized that the option of closing the strategic waterway is still on the table amid rising regional tensions.

"A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on their way home."

vs

American Air Force General Dan Caine stated that numerous military assets remain airborne, with hundreds currently deployed as part of ongoing operations targeting Iran. The sustained aerial presence underscores continued military readiness and strategic pressure in the region. The US is not done yet

"Chuffy, you sound like an annoyed tv pundit who expects everyone to have an instant concrete opinion about every event or issue that arise. Usually it is prudent to observe how different nations and leaders react before instantly jumping to a conclusion about how a huge and complicated set of circumstances will play out over the short, middle and long term. Sorry. But that is what smart people normally do."

Well, how about that. Moder8 is actually being moderate. I always wondered if or when that would ever happen.

;-)

"Poles on both sides of the White House, North and South Lawns"

I think he only did this so he could crack jokes about going to the North Pole and South Pole.

"It is accepted that Iran was likely to use a N Bomb if they had it."

Eeny meeny miny mo...

"Entry level coders didn't create AI. FFS."

What would you know about it? Any decent university will have undergraduate courses that involve coding artificial intelligence. When I was in school, we did it in Prolog.

"It's also a violation of Article 2 section 4 of the UN charter."

No one even pretends to care about that, though.

Is anyone surprised by this? If so, why?

I'm sure if they been able to do similar study when people started watching television, they would have found similar results compared to those who read books and newspapers.

^^ To be fair, there are disagreements within the trans* communities about surgeries and hormones and "passing", and I'm sure you'll probably get a response claiming you hate them whether they advocate it or not. Also, being part of a culture that routinely mutilates male parts shortly after birth (circumcision) does partly undermine your mutilation argument, unless you're consistently against that too.

'Also what is it "not helping"?'

I feel like it's a waste time to even try to explain to you, since you never got how all the over-the-top hyperbole and caricatures helped Trump more than it hurt him. I get the reasons why people use propaganda, but in an age where things can be fact-checked in real time, the propaganda needs to be smarter, otherwise it ends up having the opposite of its intended effect.

When I was younger, we had a name for teenage kids who threatened to kill themselves if they didn't get their way: goths.

But seriously, this has got to be one of the biggest logical fallacies ever when it comes to politics, along with other appeal-to-emotion tactics like "think of the children" that are used by both the left and the right when discussing political issues.

Does anyone have any data on how often the tailored services in the 988 number are utilized and how effective they are compared to the general services provided by that number? In emergency cases, callers are likely to be referred to local resources no matter what.

"If only marijuana had its own amendment, like guns ..."

Be careful what you wish for. It could end up being like the alcohol amendments...

Drudge Headline: "Russian President Vladimir Putin orders his officials..."
Original Headline: "Russian President Vladimir Putin warns his officials..."
Article Text: "Russian President Vladimir Putin cautioned his officials..."

Don't get me wrong, Putin is a despot, but it doesn't help when people take what's the equivalent of a CEO-speech and twist it into histrionic propaganda.

Putin gave no indication at the conference that economic problems were about to force any kind of conciliation with the West over the fate of Ukraine.

"I've often said that Russians and Ukraine are the same people," he said in a panel discussion. "In that sense, all of Ukraine is ours."

Grammer Nazis = Good. Grammar Nazis = Great!

"And on topic, way to go NAACP, way to increase your image as racists. How does this help with relations?"

Huh? I'm sure you could find lots of examples of things the NAACP has done which were counterproductive or undermined race relations, but how is this one of them? They invited every white President regardless of political affiliation up until this one.

"There are no good Nazis."

False. Grammer Nazis are good Nazis.