Anybody else scroll through their X feed and just say “Seriously, WTF is going on around here??”?

Exactly

So what happens next after all the states redraw their voting districts to favor one party or another? Where does that leave the Republic? When does polarization lead to separation? 2028 is going to be one ugly election cycle.

The Differential Theory of US Armed Forces (Snake Model) upon encountering a snake in the Area of Operations (AO) Infantry: Snake smells them, leaves area. Airborne: Lands on and kills the snake. Armor: Runs over snake, laughs, and looks for more snakes. Aviation: Has Global Positioning Satellite coordinates to snake. Can't find snake. Returns to base for refuel, crew rest and manicure. Ranger: Plays with snake, then eats it. Field Artillery: Kills snake with massive Time On Target barrage with three Forward Artillery Brigades in support. Kills several hundred civilians as unavoidable collateral damage. Mission is considered a success and all participants (i.e., cooks, mechanics and clerks) are awarded Silver Stars. Special Forces: Makes contact with snake, ignores all State Department directives and Theater Commander Rules of Engagement by building rapport with snake and winning its heart and mind. Trains it to kill other snakes. Files enormous travel settlement upon return. Combat Engineer: Studies snake. Prepares in-depth doctrinal thesis in obscure 5 series Field Manual about how to defeat snake using countermobility assets. Complains that maneuver forces don't understand how to properly conduct doctrinal counter-snake ops. Navy SEAL: Expends all ammunition and calls for naval gunfire support in failed attempt to kill snake. Snake bites SEAL and retreats to safety. Hollywood makes fantasy film in which SEALS kill Muslim extremist snakes. Navy: Fires off 50 cruise missiles from various types of ships, kills snake and makes presentation to Senate Appropriations Committee on how Naval forces are the most cost-effective means of anti-snake force projection. Marine: Kills snake by accident while looking for souvenirs. Local civilians demand removal of all US forces from Area of Operations. Marine Recon: Follows snake, gets lost. Combat Controllers: Guides snake elsewhere. Para-Rescue Jumper: Wounds snake in initial encounter, then works feverishly to save snake's life. Quartermaster: (NOTICE: Your anti-snake equipment is on backorder.) C-17 Transport pilot: Receives call for anti-snake equipment, delivers two weeks after due date. F-15 pilot: Mis-identifies snake as enemy Mil-24 Hind helicopter and engages with missiles. Crew chief paints snake kill on aircraft. F-16 pilot: Finds snake, drops two CBU-87 cluster bombs, and misses snake target, but get direct hit on Embassy 100 KM East of snake due to weather (Too Hot also Too Cold, Was Clear but too overcast, Too dry with Rain, Unlimited ceiling with low cloud cover etc.) Claims that purchasing multi-million dollar, high-tech snake-killing device will enable it in the future to kill all snakes and achieve a revolution in military affairs. AH-64 Apache pilot: Unable to locate snake, snakes don't show well on infra-red. Infrared only operable in desert AO's without power lines or SAM's. UH-60 Blackhawk pilot: Finds snake on fourth pass after snake builds bonfire, pops smoke, lays out VS 17 to mark Landing Zone. Rotor wash blows snake into fire. B-52 pilot: Pulls ARCLIGHT mission on snake, kills snake and every other living thing within two miles of target. MinuteMan Missile crew: Lays in target coordinates to snake in 20seconds, but can't receive authorization from National Command Authority to use nuclear weapons. Intelligence officer: Snake? What snake? Only four of 35 indicators of snake activity are currently active. We assess the potential for snake activity as LOW. Judge Advocate General (JAG): Snake declines to bite, citing grounds of professional courtesy. Signal: Tries to communicate with snake...fail repeated attempts. Complains that the snake did not have the correct fill or did not know how to work equipment a child could operate. Signal Officer informs the commander that he could easily communicate with the snake using just his voice. Commander insists that he NEEDS to video-conference with the snake, with real-time streaming positional and logistical data on the snake displayed on video screens to either side. Gives Signal Corps $5 Billion to make this happen. SigO abuses the 2 smart people in the corps to make it happen, while everybody else stands around, bitches, and takes credit. In the end, General Dynamics and several sub-contractors make a few billion dollars, the 2 smart people get out and go to work for them, and the commander gets what he asked for only in fiber-optic based simulations. The snake is forgotten.

Democrats: “NO KINGS!!!!” <incoherent rage slobering> Also democrats: “OH MY GOD KING CHARLES IN CONGRESS 😍😍😍😍” #nokings LMFAO

Uncle Ricky wants to play

I wish Canada would get their sh*t together. They’re like that wayward younger sibling that just can’t stop doing stupid things but you love them anyway. The door is always open Canada. Come back when you’re ready to be part of the family again.

Once upon a time. I’ll never get to be that cool again.

Doing the weekly bot DM request purge. It’s amazing how prevalent Nigeria still is as a bot hub. Finland was in second place. None from Asia this time around. Do people actually fall for DM requests from such obvious bot accounts?

Battle-Hardened Drone Returning From Iran War Struggling To Re-enter Life Of Delivering Amazon Orders buff.ly/947DoAr

A 5-day car rental in Denver had $235.88 in additional fees and taxes added on to the bill. Nothing but endless robbery.

Sitting in an airport. Eating a grilled cheese sandwich. Listening to Vanilla Ice. I regret nothing.

“Guess who just got paaaaaaid!”

Hmm, think I’m shadow banned again. Oh well.

How I imagine Trump is negotiating with Iran right now 😂

Given the America-Japan bromance going on, I think Pacific War 2.0 is going to be one hell of a show. American and Japanese joint military ops with Delta Force, Gundam squadrons, and Godzilla is going to absolutely break China.

I hope every EU military service member has listened to the news going on about our pilot rescue. You have all just been informed your rescue from enemy forces will occur only if it is financially feasible to your government. You now have something in common with Russian soldiers.