The conflict has cost U.S. taxpayers more than $37.5 billion and left 18 U.S. service members dead.
Friday, September 04, 2026
Another "hoax". Trump: Iran "small potatoes", not a war
“I call it a military conflict because it’s small potatoes for us. It’s not a big thing.”
The conflict has cost U.S. taxpayers more than $37.5 billion and left 18 U.S. service members dead.
The conflict has cost U.S. taxpayers more than $37.5 billion and left 18 U.S. service members dead.
Affordability a "Hoax"?
Inflation 3.4% in July (Aug. rate released Sept. 11)
Growth in average hourly earnings 3.2% in July
Public Occurrences September 4, 2026
A More Confident Iran Emerges After Six Months of War With the U.S.
New intelligence reports have assessed that Iran now has a far better understanding of its capabilities and the limits of U.S. power.
New intelligence reports have assessed that Iran now has a far better understanding of its capabilities and the limits of U.S. power.
nyt
AP
Behind Closed Doors, John Fetterman Shows Little Interest in the Work of a Senator
Poised to be a possible swing vote in a divided Congress, he churns through staff as he dodges constituents, alienates fellow Democrats and courts Israel lobby
I gave $200 to Fetterman in 2022. I have never given money to an out-of-state candidate since. He has been an unmitigated disaster as senator and a complete embarrassment to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, my home state, which I still care about. He will be defeated in 2028 either in the Democratic primary or by a Republican. I can't help but think that Fetterman suffered a personality change when he had a stroke in the middle of the 2022 campaign. His campaign gave little information and down-played and whitewashed when they did. A change in personality is not uncommon in those who have had brain injuries, whether from trauma or from a bleed. Regardless of reason, Fetterman clearly has not been fit to serve.
9:34 am:
AP
SCHADENFREUDE! Ruptures Lost to UMass Hohoho!
The supposably "B1G" team was shellacked at hallowed Shia Stadium 37-21 by a team that had lost 16 straight games. The Scarlet Pimpernel were 29.5 favorites. Roflmao Ruptures.
Thursday, September 03, 2026
The Case of the "Clippers" and Manchester City
There is so much fog surrounding the English Premier League's case against City that one would think we were still in the Court of Chancery days. Only the broadest generalities can be sketched. But there are internal emails and documents common to both cases, and a failure to cooperate with the investigation in both cases, which convince me, a City fan of over twenty years that my beloved City are guilty of substantial, deliberate circumvention of Financial Fair Play, the near equivalent of the NBA's salary cap conventions. There are significant, specific differences, for example the offset rules in the EPL for community investment, the allegedly inflated endorsement agreement with Etihad Airways which has stood the test of time. However, I see, albeit with my 20/400 vision through the London fog, guilt by City, specifically on failure to cooperate, a serious offense on both sides of the Atlantic and across the two different sports. And I see the credibility of the EPL at stake even more so than the NBA's credibility was at stake in the Kawhi Leonard fraud.
I believe, I hope, and I expect in the name of "fair play" and the integrity of the Premier League, even though potentially devastating to my beloved City, that the rules are enforced equitably on this richest of league owners and the team which I love so dearly, and that the punishment fits the crime(s), plural. I expect the punishment to be severe and historic, as was the NBA's of the Los Angeles "Clippers". The harm to my City may likely, and perhaps deservedly, be apocalyptic, a severe deduction of points amounting to relegation, vacating of titles won, perhaps expulsion form the Premier League and the Football Association.
Manchester City is forever for me and wherever they end up I will never give up my loyalty to them. Sheikh Mansour is the greatest owner of any club in any sport in sports history. But I am pretty well convinced that our trophy cabinet constitutes in some significant measure ill-gotten gains.
The NBA has set down a marker for the EPL. I want justice done. I want City to remain an EPL power and for the EPL to remain a credible, respected fixture on the short-pants worldscape. Those may be incommensurate desiderata. Very well. I accept whatever outcome.
City Forever!
This was NATIONAL news yesterday (I missed it until today)
NBA suspends Clippers owner Ballmer, fines team $30M, Kawhi Leonard $700K in cap circumvention case
That's from NPR. It's a fucking big deal. The Association has never punished a franchise like this before. And they did it to Steve Fucking Ballmer. Adam Silver's first major decision was to ban former "Clippers" owner Donald Sterling ne Tokowitz, for LIFE. Adam's term as commish still has three or four years to go, but the decision yesterday is an appropriate bookend to the latter part of his tenure.
The Storm Before the Calm
Eleven is in a coma-like deep sleep. Hasn't uttered a meow. The heat wears her out, too.
Ew Esse Em Elle Ee Today
"You knew this one, right?" Dr. Ana said as we reviewed the question.
All of the signs were there: 5-year old boy, family moved into different house, bad constipation, abdominal pain, developmental delay. What's the first thing the doc should do?
You have to read fast and I read "Blood lead" test as blood "leed" (long "e"), like there are medical leads that monitor all kinds of body processes. "No, this boy is severely constipated, the first thing is to get the stool out of him." So I chose some analrectal or rectalanal something.
Lead (short "e") poisoning.
English. Love the language, but. But there are homonyms and heteronyms and all kind of nyms and I got hung on a nym. Bitter nettles.
Public Occurrences September 3, 2026
@LegionHoops
Legion Hoops
@LegionHoops
The total cost of Kawhi Leonard signing with the Clippers:
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Jalen Williams
10 first-round picks
2 first-round pick swaps
PABLO TORRE FOUND OUT: NBA HAMMERS LA "CLIPPERS", TAKES FIVE 1ST ROUND DRAFT PICKS, BANS OWNER STEVE BALLMER ONE YEAR FOR KAWHI LEONARD SALARY CAP VIOLATIONS
9:00 am
Gloria Steinem, Feminist Icon, Dead at 92
Wednesday, September 02, 2026
Just venting. I know what to do if I want to.
This has been a trying heat by Eleven. My nerves are a bit frayed. Ana noticed that I was out of sorts yesterday when we studied USMLE at FIU. The howling and neediness, the jumping and sitting on my shoulders--I have to wear a special Eleven-proof shirt to guard against her claws--her body temperature is warmer than mine and I get hot with her on me, the ambush ejaculations at any time, any place, on anything or on me. I can't study with Ana, I can't read a book, I can't read on the computer, I can't eat unless I shut Eleven in a room I'm not.
My patience is short of this week.
Eleven came on Ana's computer screen that I have at home this morning. She did again in the afternoon. I put a plastic garbage bag over the screen and she ejaculated on that, the largest volume I have ever seen.
This can seem humorous and most other heat's have been, but this one has gotten to me.
Just venting as I said. It will be over Friday.
This has been a trying heat by Eleven. My nerves are a bit frayed. Ana noticed that I was out of sorts yesterday when we studied USMLE at FIU. The howling and neediness, the jumping and sitting on my shoulders--I have to wear a special Eleven-proof shirt to guard against her claws--her body temperature is warmer than mine and I get hot with her on me, the ambush ejaculations at any time, any place, on anything or on me. I can't study with Ana, I can't read a book, I can't read on the computer, I can't eat unless I shut Eleven in a room I'm not.
My patience is short of this week.
Eleven came on Ana's computer screen that I have at home this morning. She did again in the afternoon. I put a plastic garbage bag over the screen and she ejaculated on that, the largest volume I have ever seen.
This can seem humorous and most other heat's have been, but this one has gotten to me.
Just venting as I said. It will be over Friday.
Public Occurrences September 2, 2026
U.S. Military Targets Civilians
Yeah, Never Targets Civilians, you can keep up that false image of yourself but you hit a school like the first day, and you to this day have not acknowledged, now you hit a wedding. No, you target civilians. Your new, correct name is Targets Civilians
8:37 am:
U.S. Anti-Marriage Missile Strikes Home Wedding, Kills Only Five (only two kids, 4 and 16), Wounds 68+; Glorious U.S. Military: "never target civilians"
USMLE TODAY
A banner day of results for all concerned! For the first, maybe the second, time the field of med. brainiacs exceeded the target 65% score with 67%. Dr. Ana had a fine day, 55% and I hit my high on second pass with 45%.
I wish to choke USMLE pretty hard, maybe just a healthy slap on the face, for one question. I don't know if I got it right yet as we are going over the answers now. I immediately diagnosed the 14-year old girl as obsessive-compulsive but the answer choices included OCD and "obsessive compulsive personality disorder". I chose OCD and Ew Esse Em Elle Ee can eat my teets for parsing so finely.🖕
Eleven on Bleak House
She knows I'm reading it--and wants me to stop! When I'm reading the computer, she walks on the keyboard to cause the screen to go hooey.
Tuesday, September 01, 2026
😂
Sound on. I audio-recorded this audio of Eleven heat meowing from 35 feet away!
I sent it to my computer and played it for her and audio-visual recorded her reaction:
Public Occurrences September 1, 2026
A Black September Begins
Ratcliffe Failed: Russian Drone Attack on Leipzig Airport
U.S., Iran Trade Strikes for Second Day in Three
Monday, August 31, 2026
Do you have any words? I am mute.
Trump Will Not Attend 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks Because He Can't Make Speech, Has Golf Date Sept. 12 in Ireland, Security Concerns
President Trump originally intended to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 with remarks at ground zero, but the memorial’s organizers do not allow speeches. Mr. Trump changed his plans.
At the Pentagon, Mr. Trump will be allowed to speak...
There are other considerations that led to Mr. Trump honoring the day in Washington, including that he will depart the next day for his golf course in Doonbeg, Ireland...
...he has faced an uptick in threats since he began a war against Iran on Feb. 28.
Mr. Trump’s advisers have discussed possibly taking federal control of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, including as recently as last year.
Mr. Trump, a native New Yorker who talked often about the Sept. 11 attacks during his 2016 presidential campaign
Mr. Trump, who was in New York on the day of the attacks, spoke to a New Jersey television station in the aftermath, saying that a building he owned had gained in stature because the twin towers had fallen. That building, 40 Wall Street, “actually was the second-tallest building in downtown Manhattan, and it was actually — before the World Trade Center — was the tallest.”
He went on, “And then, when they built the World Trade Center, it became known as the second-tallest. And now it’s the tallest.” (The statement was not correct; 70 Pine Street, nearby, was taller than Mr. Trump’s building.)
Public Occurrences August 31, 2026
There are 950+ dead in Nepal with an astounding 4,400 missing. The flood hit on August 26, five days ago. Miracles happen, but after five days...You can do the sickening math.
Over 900 Now Dead in Flooding in Nepal, Thousands Still Missing
So far, President Donald Trump has not followed through on threats of an “economic D-Day” for Iran...
American officials have asked allies to join their “Operation Economic Outcast” initiative...
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