I spent a lot of years living in Manhattan, just down the street from Little Italy. I know crypto culture when I see it.
@shoq I once lived across the street from the Ravenite Social Club on Mulberry St. There was no petty crime on that block...
You know what I think about a lot lately? An idea that offends on its face, but may actually be worth more consideration, given the stakes.
Now that Trump has gotten us into this mess in Iran, there is a case to be made for swallowing our collective pride and going all in and explaining to allies that regardless of causations, there’s a big win for the world and the Iranian people to remove the IRGC regime—and replace it with a multilateral interim occupation. Costly? Fuck yeah. There’s …
150,000 of the fuckers. Worth it? I think maybe yes, if IRGC were really deposed AND Iran was policed by a coalition for enough years to keep it that way. Given that, there’s a clear utilitarian argument to be made there. Most Iranians would support this once it was safe enough on the ground to support it. The biggest problem with the idea for me is finding an American with enough credibility to present it to the rest of the world. And that’s where MAGA has so completely fucked us all. We …
all look like flaming dingleberries to the rest of the world. We’re all @Catturd2 and @lauraLoomer grade morons to thinking people. So stupid, no one should take us seriously.
Small world! I lived at 450 Broadway (at Grand), a couple of doors down from Merryl Streep’s first loft and a few blocks from there.