Comments on: Open thread 6/22/2026 https://thenewneo.com/2026/06/22/open-thread-6-22-2026/ A blog about political change, among other things Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:05:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: HC68 https://thenewneo.com/2026/06/22/open-thread-6-22-2026/#comment-2855753 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:05:51 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=150045#comment-2855753

physicsguy: Yes Schlichter’s piece is very real politik. Not wonderful but it all rings true. In the Middle East you rarely have the luxury of a good choice and a bad choice, only a bad choice and a worse choice.

— FOAF

Yep. I’ve been afraid since the first shot was fired that it would end up being a ‘1 out of 3 ain’t bad’ short-term result.

I say short-term because obviously nothing is settled either way yet.

But politics is real, geography is real, and public opinion is real. It’s futile to try to ignore them. To really achieve our goals completely would almost surely require boots on the ground, and right now America is just not willing to do that.

]]> By: Dave (in MA) https://thenewneo.com/2026/06/22/open-thread-6-22-2026/#comment-2855649 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:52:58 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=150045#comment-2855649 Has Dr. Jill finished the autopsy of the reflecting pool duckling yet?

]]> By: Chris B https://thenewneo.com/2026/06/22/open-thread-6-22-2026/#comment-2855648 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:51:17 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=150045#comment-2855648 Maybe it’s just me because I’m a veteran, but this brought me to tears and I’m not normally all that emotional.

https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/06/22/trump-admin-vows-to-take-action-after-video-of-gulf-war-vet-being-abused-in-care-home-goes-viral-n2203595

]]> By: John Guilfoyle https://thenewneo.com/2026/06/22/open-thread-6-22-2026/#comment-2855638 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:49:38 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=150045#comment-2855638 Speaking of Summer…it’s doom gloom and hell’s in the room time in Europe again.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-21/europe-swelters-under-heatwave-prompting-crisis-talks-in-france/106823640

]]> By: om https://thenewneo.com/2026/06/22/open-thread-6-22-2026/#comment-2855632 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:18:06 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=150045#comment-2855632 What will the GOP and MAGA do without the Vladdy-phillic, Nazi-loving, Jew- and Israel-hating “adults” who follow Carlson? The ones who aren’t already Democrats?

He turned into quite the loathsome piece of work.

]]> By: FOAF https://thenewneo.com/2026/06/22/open-thread-6-22-2026/#comment-2855629 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:04:07 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=150045#comment-2855629 physicsguy: Yes Schlichter’s piece is very real politik. Not wonderful but it all rings true. In the Middle East you rarely have the luxury of a good choice and a bad choice, only a bad choice and a worse choice.

]]> By: Kate https://thenewneo.com/2026/06/22/open-thread-6-22-2026/#comment-2855623 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:24:16 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=150045#comment-2855623 Tucker Carlson says he’s done with the GOP. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Tucker.

https://www.axios.com/2026/06/22/tucker-carlson-quits-republicans-maga-fractures

]]> By: SCOTTtheBADGER https://thenewneo.com/2026/06/22/open-thread-6-22-2026/#comment-2855601 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 19:27:17 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=150045#comment-2855601 Should we be oppressing Algae-Americans?

]]> By: neo https://thenewneo.com/2026/06/22/open-thread-6-22-2026/#comment-2855593 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:08:04 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=150045#comment-2855593 I just put up this post on the subject of the Reflecting Pool algae. Enjoy.

]]> By: om https://thenewneo.com/2026/06/22/open-thread-6-22-2026/#comment-2855590 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:41:08 +0000 https://thenewneo.com/?p=150045#comment-2855590 Algae did not exist before January 2025. It is not one of the earliest forms of plant life on Earth. OMB x 11.

Risible, all of them, but still dangerous.

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