Endymion_Mallorn

It means to move with all possible haste.

I don’t pretend to be reasonable. I’m an American. For 250 years, America has been a nation built on external violence for resources. There’s only been a dozen years of peace in the nation’s history, and only one or maybe two of the conflicts we were party to were outside our control. The Monroe doctrine built this country into a better place to live, where resources were always available for a price. This is just another step along that road. “War is a Racket” is absolutely correct - but like all successful rackets that maneuver the law in their favor, it’s incredibly profitable. A resource that we want exists and it is not under our control. Standard American foreign policy is to first offer to buy it, then threaten to take it, and then to take it by force.

It’s not reasonable. But it’s what defines this country.

So you’re in South Jersey but you’re on the north end of it. Which is it - Pork Roll or Taylor Ham?

No kidding. Route 3 is going to be madness. I feel a great swell of pity for the poor folks living in East Rutherford, Lyndhurst, Moonachie, and Secaucus.

Hurrah! Let’s keep pushing those numbers down for all games in the USA. Maybe even reschedule the final away from the Meadowlands.

To the USA, it is not a war. To Iran, it is a war. We’re not at war with them but they’re at war with us. If Iran was hosting the World Cup, we might send people there even though they’re a rival nation. If they say it’s a war, why should they send their people to us?

And, you’re absolutely right. We shouldn’t have all these people flooding in, slamming our underfunded infrastructure, and causing a situation where ICE is likely to pull some BS.

They shouldn’t play sports with in our nation since they’re at war with us. If they were only playing games in Canada or Mexico, that would be a different situation.

Cool. I’ll keep emulating.

You’re being very optimistic that it’ll be resolved so quickly.

Always have been.

Pissing off Elsevier and being political? They must be tenured.

Well, they can go rub someone else’s rhubarb then.

That’s been the case since ~1948.

I don’t want it here either. Don’t come to Meadowlands Stadium. It would send a clear message if the final game (and any others held there) has zero attendance and zero viewers.

We’re already jammed on weekends. Don’t come to NJ. Don’t attend the games.

The nation with a three-century history of military action whenever we need a resource or our corporate overlords demand a better profit margin.

Until the US Congress declares a war, we’re committed to a limited armed intervention. They’re calling it a war. The Iranian authorities don’t consider it being policed or limitedly intervened. For them, it’s a war.

Why are they coming here? They’re from an enemy nation who considers themselves at war with us.

Shelbyville? Don’t they have a monorail?

Smothering works on more fires than water, go with that.

Treating stupid is in fact really hard. Especially his kind of stupid.