My impression is that this is one of those friendships where they rip on each other as a show of love, as if the intent is demonstrating that they're so cool with each other that they can say things like that and it's fine. That's based on them being on a casual first name basis, anyway.

Fundamentalists love that. They don't actually worship the abstract figure of God or Jesus, they just worship themselves too.

I do not believe for a second that Israel took measures against these soldiers. This is the military of the country that made celebrities of Israeli troops who sexually assaulted Palestinians on camera. Hell, it was on public record before 10/7 how much the IDF lets its troops get away with atrocities. https://www.972mag.com/israeli-soldiers-impunity-yesh-din/

Thanks to you for making the Kill James Bond podcast part of my life.

Okay, you're so suspiciously insistent that I decided to look into it. Looks like meat consumption has dropped 10% in the US and 19% percent in Europe since 2010. Not necessarily attributable to vegetarians/vegans, but that's a hell of a lot more than an iota: https://investigatemidwest.org/2025/12/16/meat-consumption-grows-in-us-and-asia-while-europe-is-on-the-decline/

Tree of Life, and The Green Knight. But for The Green Knight it's only because I didn't do my due dilligence and bought a 4K copy thinking it was a 1080p blu-ray.

Dow Jones drops ten points on announcement_

When do you get your time back?

We'll barely be able to keep our earthbound cars running in the near future, let alone get them to fly!

Reza Pahlavi, the son of the former shah, and who the US wants to install as their puppet in Iran.

Well, assuming she wanted into Butt Snipe Heaven.