mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 18/09/2026say what you want about about the tenets of Mordorian Sauronism but at least it's an ethos. 140
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 15/09/2026They don't see Kanye as affecting, or representing, many people opinions so they don't care what he says. Macklemore scares them because what he, and people like him, are saying is finding a growing agreement. So they seek to silence Macklemore and make money from Kanye. 270
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 08/09/2026It would be a major breakthrough if Ukraine can build local systems to defend against the missiles they need Patriots for now. If they eventually undercut Patriot pricing and sales that will be a delightful bonus for their allies in the free world. 010
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Please God, do not punish us with another Kissinger length wait. I can't wait to hear jokes about Trump's grave. 111
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 07/09/2026We've been attacked. We continue to be threatened and insulted while expecting more attacks. Leaders usually benefit from such situations as long as they are seen as fighting back. 010
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Larfleeze's orange ring of avarice also seems plausible 010
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Convincing us that Ukraine has drone leadership is as important as having drone leadership. The myth of Russian inevitability is a major strategic threat when allied aid is required for Ukraine's survival. Nothing new is revealed here, so the strategic issue is considered rather than the tactical. 110
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Blockading yourself. The ultimate key to prosperity. I believe Mahan wrote extensively about needing a powerful navy so you can make sure no one ever sneaks a cargo ship from a foreign country into your ports. 152
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 04/09/2026He sounds like an antivax fanatic lecturing people on "science" 020
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Seconds later Coyote realizes that in the beep filled confusion he had actually grabbed the explosive laden decoy that Road Runner stopped to say hello to. 080
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 28/08/2026"shoot, shovel, shut up" is now "shoot, sell to the states, shut up". 010
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Setting up catch-22 legal situations in authoritarian states is usually done to facilitate regime extortion and punishment campaigns. 080
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I suspect they are at the stage of lending money that won't get repaid, but lending more money to cover interest payments so they can keep those loans on their books as assets rather than losses. 010
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The CIA can't get the US president to listen to their briefings and analysis and it sounds like they struck out again trying to get the Russian president to listen to them. At least I hope it's as described and not the Molotov–Ribbentrop shit I suspect. 010
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 26/08/2026This is the Roy Tillman gambit from Fargo's season 5 010
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 26/08/2026What would I do if I had savings in Russia? Am I more afraid of the thieves outside the bank than the governmnnt thieves inside? A mattress full of euros maybe? The ruble is poised to implode as the government runs out of ways to cook the books. 020
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I'll stab Ukraine in the back even harder, if you help me with Iran. Fuck you Donny, you'll stab them as hard as you can because I told you to. Also never even think about opening your whore mouth about my business ever again. 000
Reposted by mike abbottTrung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 31/01/2026It always feels like all the wrong people die, but I think it’s because there are far more beloved people than there are bastards. 20100343166
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I'm just glad this post is to esoteric to get the c3p0 treatment. /s I'll buy based on value as long as quality is adequate, but I'm a miser not a deliberate philanthropist. 010
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 26/08/2026 I can't identify many episodes from one shot but I can hear the lawnmowers starting up this time. 020
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 26/08/2026If Trump couldn't trade Ukraine betrayal for Iran betrayal then I can only assume Vlad is anticipating midterms ruining any secret deals by electing a congress that might fulfill its constitutional duties. 030
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The loss of international markets will be a vicious circle for American defense contractors. Sales lost will increase the R&D cost per unit of every system they develop. That will make them more expensive and that will reduce sales further. 010
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Boeing is taking the IBM route where financial engineering crowds out every other kind. Where lobbying for protection from competitors and milking legacy systems is the primary business model. After the CS-100 (now A220) jet bullshit, I'm always happy to see Boeing fail. 110
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 26/08/2026You're far more Dolly than I am. When I smell sealion I just mute and move on. 020
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Love and respect for everyone is very much on one side of the culture war. Indeed it is the foundational principle of one side, and the bete noir of "suicidal empathy" believers. 0140
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The idea that a Trump appointee is trying to do anything except lick Vlad's boots on Trump's behalf certainly feels like wishful thinking. That whatever gift is being offered is so vile that they worry about internal leaks by unpurged patriots seems more plausible. 0100
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I'm guessing the trip was about trading the US stabbing Ukraine in the back even more overtly, for Russia stabbing Iran in the back some way. 2200
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Search for "greenhouse gases from rocket launches" that will give you far more than I can fit in a post like this, and from far more reliable sources than an internet stranger. 130
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Apollo program, or more accurately endless shots of white buildings and little crowds of people preempting my cartoons. Probably some pre launch wait, if I had seen a launch my memory might be less annoyance flavored. 000
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 26/08/2026All those rocket launches adding to green house gases for a nanoscopic amount of shade seems like another Musk deal government funds should underwrite. 1100
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 25/08/2026That is very heartening given the military value that an operational network would have. I'm thankful for Russian corruption and incompetence. I just wish that incompetence extended to exporting corruption. 010
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Only if I was invited in to play that classic tune Damnatio Memoriam with my wrecking bar. 020
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 25/08/2026When I was growing up we were sold the idea that Henry Winkler was a deadly and unbeatable street fighter. 020
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 24/08/2026We can't do shit without US approval, part of the reason we need to stop buying US ITAR etc products entirely. 130
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Why settle for just running the US by proxy when they can put soldiers in Alaska? I'm glad they have their hands full with Ukraine. 010
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 24/08/2026D-Day but you're not willing to fight actual Germans because your boss loves Hitler. The only joy Putin has left is watching America bloviate about trading with Iran then licking his boots while Russia and Iranian ships crisscross the Caspian. 000
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I loved his performance in The Great. I'm selfishly glad he won't have JKR stapled to his face when I see his work in the future, so I won't look at this gift horse's teeth too closely. 000
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 24/08/2026We need you running a Ministry of Ungentlemanly Diplomacy. 010
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Lots of writers can give me football news, I subscribe to the too deep zone for football poetry. 010
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I'm all for a new No Americans Transatlantic Order. 000
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Sure, break out a thesaurus to show off. Mike's doing the best that he can! /s 010
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 24/08/2026If Hoult backed out for career reasons I'm thrilled. I would like him better if it was ethical reasons, but if JKR enablers are feeling heat then that's a victory against her hate campaign. 090
mike abbott @mikeabbott.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Hopefully national destruction is a better incentive not to steal than flattering Vlad's empire wannabe ego is. 010
