"The war will end immediately after the (mid-term) election," Turmp predicted last week.This time around, his prediction - for the first time - will be right. Trump is seeing the writing on the wall. The Republican Party is already starting to dump him to save itself. The Trump brand is toast, toxic even. When the time came, Hitler... See More »
Why America's democracy feels absurd compared to CCP rule in China.We take pride in the US Constitution which is a bunch of detailed laws and codes. We struggle to enforce them consistently across different people and places throughout the land. Individuals feel deep commitments to fairness and order while operating... See More »
You don't like Trump?Here is a good idea. Go look at a map. Pick a country with a leader you actually like. Go pack your shit. And move there!
America is a mess. Freedon and democracy does not work. AI is the answer.The fear of AI is a real concern both for the ruler and the ruled because it entails the total subordination of human variance to systemic order. For the ruler (i.e. Donald Trump), his power to rule is controlled by the Constitution without... See More »
A U.S. Scholar Was Invited to China. Then He Vanished.Min Zin stepped off his China Eastern Airlines flight on the afternoon of June 3 and sent his family a text: “Just landed in Kunming.” The U.S. citizen and Myanmar scholar was on a three-day trip in western China to take part in a workshop on... See More »
Same sex mariage is a violation of Catholic Church doctrine.The Church teaches that marriage is a union between a woman and a man. This has nothing to do with the law of nature that science has final say based on empirical findings. The scientist is not ordained by God. What have you got to say?
USS Abraham Lincoln pulling into Thailand's notorious 'Sin City' before heading home.Is this Donald Trump's idea or is it Hegseth's? What will the navy wives say?
US business corporations project American geopolitical power, not the US military.Trump does not understand what makes the world go round. The Chinese do. Right now, there are more than 70,000 American companies operating in China. They have been there for the past 30 years or more. US tech giants are just now scaling back and... See More »
Trump says US has entered deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reservesIs Trump talking about the formal agreement signed by Delcy Rodriguez installed as Venezuela's president after the capture of Maduro? Rodríguez’s government in a statement said the deal involves the development of 17 fields with a proven potential of... See More »
The US is broke. Social security payouts to old folks are set to be cut in 6 years.And the Secretary of War is asking for more money now from Congress for Trump to splurge on the Iran war. What kind of a CEO is running our show? He doesn't care. He is incapable of caring because he is focused on raking in his stash and setting up... See More »
Matt Damon's wife, Luciana, was humiliated at a luxury store.Luciana was known to keep a low profile. Even though she is not a hooker, like Pretty Woman (aka Julia Roberts), she never shows up at luxury boutiques. When she walked, like an ordinary customer, into a top handbag store in Los Angeles alone,... See More »
Dolly Parton died today.She is America. A lot of country boys will be grieving in the bars tonight. (1)
US Air Force major arrested and charged for calling for Trump's impeachment.A U.S. Air Force major who has been arrested twice, once on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, while calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump is now facing criminal charges. Maj. Jason Watson, 40, is facing several charges, including three... See More »
Canada threatens electricity cut to the USA.Over 20 U.S. states import Canadian power, heavily supporting border regions in New England, New York, the Midwest (such as Minnesota and Michigan), and the Pacific Northwest. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to exit trade talks with the... See More »
A time to die.When is it a good time for you to go? Do you want to smoulder till you flame out in your nineties or would prefer to go in the prime of life?
Federal judge strikes down Trump policy suspending visa processing for 75 countries.U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas set aside the policy Friday as “contrary to law and in excess of statutory authority.” She ruled that Secretary of State Marco Rubio exceeded his authority by issuing the policy, which “runs afoul” of the... See More »
North Korea's Kim Jong Un denied knowledge of discussions with President Trump.Trump told reporters earlier in the day that the country's leader had responded to his request for a conversation and that the pair would meet later this year amid tensions between the two nations over the U.S. and South Korean militaries joint... See More »
US Navy is falling apart.What is ailing the aircraft carriers in the Iran theatre of war is also ailing the destroyers and submarines in the respective strike groups. They are all parked at sea a thousand miles away and out of the range of IRGC missiles. Moral is low. Nobody... See More »
Donald Trump: the wheeler and dealer.He couldn't bomb the IRGC into submission, now - it seems - he had tried to bribe the IRGC into submission. It's the same multi-billion dollar Venezuelan-style financial incentive plan to entice the IRGC command into agreeing to U.S. terms. The IRGC... See More »
If Oman gets in the way, we will bomb the shit out of them, says Trump.Trump’s bombing threats have a golf course problem. His Oman resort sits just miles from the Strait of Hormuz where he’s promising to send in the US military. Oman wants to help Iran in ending the war. Trump has a lavish golf course and real estate... See More »
Matthew McConaughey and the Pope.Nowadays, young people are “looking for some structure; they’re trying to get more than what the world around them has given them,” said Mat. And that world, for Americans, is Donald Trump.The only structure the US President is giving us is that... See More »
The Pillow Guy would not concede that he has lost his bid for Minnesota's governor to Lisa Demuth.The Pillow Guy is a Trump supporter. I was a Pillow Guy supporter when he was rooting for Trump in the last presidential election. I stopped supporting Trump the moment he broke his promise to make America great again. Trump is crooked, and by... See More »
Iranian psychologists say Trump suffers from high conflict personality disorder (HCP).People with these traits exhibit a predictable pattern of behavior: Blaming Others: They are incapable of self-reflection. Any inconvenience like a closed Hormuz Strait is viewed as someone else's fault. All-or-Nothing Thinking: They see the world... See More »
The Spectator asks: "Is Trump the new Jimmy Carter?"Is this British political weekly magazine nuts? Carter was a good man. He is the only decent US President since our founding as a nation.
When the war began, Trump's promise was that Iran would collapse within a month.And now, six months later, the conversation in the White House is that we are running out of missiles, it's about protecting American forces, it's about preventing the conflict from spreading. This war is going to get worse before it can get better,... See More »
