Charles Dainoff
@charlesdainoff.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Rugby Coach, University of Idaho. Rootless cosmopolitan. Authoritarianism is bad.
Just a reminder: trash talking Bosnia Herzegovina after the way we betrayed them is a really bad look.
Honoring our country’s war dead by making more of them is certainly a choice
Apparently Harvard is being sued for not being antisemitic enough, unless I’m mistaken
I would like to thank @drfarls.bsky.social for taking time out of his schedule to talk about Iran with my Intro to IR class this morning. Remember, folks: think Farley for all your wartime needs. Wait.
Many of you miss our column. It will return for the election. It will not focus on Trump personally, because it can’t. It’s like analying ferrets. We have never pretended there is a method to what he does. The whole point of the thing was to tell the truth and write what you couldn’t find elsewhere.
Brian Lyman@brianlyman.bsky.social · 7mo agoThe fundamental problem with analyzing Trump is that one must assume there’s a strategy when all the evidence points to him being a vindictive, impulsive and easily-led person who sees the world and the people in it in terms of their usefulness to him.
How you behave when you have power is who you really are
Say kids, when in Eagle Rock, stop in at Aunt Yvette's Kitchen for a superlative Ethiopian dining experience
Second favorite Christmas song/homage to A Midsummer Night's Dream: I Wanna Be Your Dog, Iggy and the Stooges* *bonus points for getting both of these refs** **my friendship*** ***unless you don't want to be friends
Big congrats to U Idaho RFC for their win over WOU yesterday.
Just play the whole NFL season in Saudi Arabia and get it over with
"It is an undeniable privilege of every man to prove himself right in the thesis that the world is his enemy; for if he reiterates it frequently enough and makes it the background of his conduct he is bound eventually to be right." - George Kennan
CoachZilla ready for another season coaching U Idaho rugby.
Terence Stamp, prolific actor who played General Zod in 'Superman' films, dies at 87
Terence Stamp, prolific actor who played General Zod in 'Superman' films, dies at 87
Terence Stamp, the prolific English actor who played General Zod in the "Superman" films among many other notable roles, has died. He was 87.
latimes.com
The Iron Sheik is a better American than Hulk Hogan ever was
more of a comment than a question is the unsolicited dick pic of academia
Thanks for your patience, folks. I'm back. Here's a photo of me near the Grand Tetons.
Hey, if anyone wants to bankroll me going to Los Angeles to hang out with my family at the beach… I mean, report on the collapse of civilization or whatever, I’m available. Also, I have PayPal.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From U.S. Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations
Exclusive State Department records show: As the Trump administration abandons its humanitarian commitments, diplomats are reporting that the cuts have led to violence and instability while undermining...
propublica.org
Just a thought: maybe space flight is not something that should be privatized.
Maybe ask yourself why Joe Biden was able to run the most effective administration in decades while he was sick.