Yeah I only learned that pretty recently myself. I was very excited to get to share that useless bit of trivia when I saw the comment lol

Or…all of most of the rest of the world outside the US. It’s the bubble calling the bubble kaleidoscopic…or something more clever than that

Nope. It’s pronounced “desserts” but actually it’s an old phrase and is spelled “deserts.”

But that’s what the author is saying. The “post war liberal order” of the last 77 years had mostly been a success of coming together to say that there are lines that can’t be crossed.

Now, at this point in the order’s timeline, those lines are being left so far in the rear view that they’re not visible anymore, while the empires that came to take down the holocaust are now cracking down on the people pointing this out. And critically, as pointed out later in the article, are taking notes for future wars.

Factor in the right wing fascists rising to power all over the world who are flagrantly walking all over decency and inflicting violence/turning the systems on enemies without much of a peep…well, things for the future look to be heading down a seriously dangerous path.

This isn’t business as usual. That is what they’re saying. They point out that this “established order” and international law have always been vulnerable to powerful actors moving the goalposts to serve and protect their interests. But this much drastic change in just a few years, specifically centered around Gaza is a horrific force—coupled with every other factor throughout the world— that seems to be upending any hopes for a decent future.

lol I love this—but the phrase is actually “just deserts”

The fuck is stomp and holla music

What do you mean adding more lanes won’t solve traffic?!? TELL THAT TO MY 40 LANE HIGHWAY

Woah…is “Rick” short for “Richard?” Did I just not know this? Or am I just forgetting that I knew it?? Or are you wrong??? I kinda need to know

Did you…read the article? They said the interview was done over the phone from inside the facility.

Like, in the third paragraph.

This is the most basic-ass tourist hotspot map of NYC…and they didn’t even go a few blocks up to hit Central Park? The fuck

But the judicial system famously doesn’t differentiate between people doing what they need to for good reasons and those doing it for bad reasons…

https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/trump-epstein-2016-complaint.pdf

This court filing is horrific and names both trump and Epstein as defendants. The victim withdrew after the deposition, if I’m remembering correctly.