Saturday, June 20, 2026
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Public Occurrences June 20, 2026
Iran closes Strait of Hormuz and accuses US and Israel of violating ceasefire deal
The Christian Protectorate only killed 16 and only two children in strikes Saturday; on Friday the kill total was better in "heavy fighting", 47 Lebanese and four Israeli gunmen; Yair Netanyahoo, the Protectorate Governor's son, who is monitoring the action from his Hallandale Beach, Florida, Toilet Nation bunker, was not among them.
The Face of Israel, Yair Netanyahoo
Good, very early, Saturday morning Elle and Gee Publoccians! The coddled, draft-dodging, dilettante, Israeli, slob, coward, below is guess who!...the son of Governor Benjamin Netanyahoo, of the Christian Protectorate of Israel!
Google AI
The comments on the Facebook post above are exquisite:
Friday, June 19, 2026
Mistake on the Lake
A hideous monument to a monumental man: The Obama Center opened today in Chicago.
Public Occurrences Juneteenth, 2026
The JCPOA took 17 months to negotiate and bound by signature seven countries and the EU. The first part of the Florida Criminal's deal was negotiated in, two weeks?, was signed by tyoo countries--but seeks to bind I don't know how many, including Israel and the Toilet Nation's Arab "regional partners" without their involvement or signatures. So, a day after the Toilet Nation and Iran signed, Hezbollah, in Lebanon, and Israel restarted their shoot-'em-ups endangering the whole thing. Surprise!
9:26 am:
AP
Oh Trumpie, you poor thing. You are so dumb, you can't help it. Just claim victory and if I may suggest, commit suicide. It's painless they say.
Talks between the US and Iran are called off because of fighting in Lebanon, officials say
JERUSALEM (AP) — Talks between the U.S. and Iran were called off Friday after intense fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, officials said, raising questions about an initial agreement to end the war in Iran.
Oh Trumpie, you poor thing. You are so dumb, you can't help it. Just claim victory and if I may suggest, commit suicide. It's painless they say.
Thursday, June 18, 2026
“I’ve been cancelled, basically, by the Chilmark Library. That has resulted in lots of people in Chilmark calling me and calling the library and saying, ‘We’re being deprived of Alan’s annual speech.'”
“Not one single person has contacted me to complain that they haven’t had a chance to hear Alan speak.”--Ebba Hierta, Chilmark Library director.
"The audiences are being deprived of my voice as the result of a deliberate cancellation decision. So it’s not me who’s being cancelled. It’s the audiences who are being cancelled. ...The same thing is true of the Martha’s Vineyard book fair. Every year, I was invited to speak at the Martha’s Vineyard book fair. Suddenly it stopped when I defended the Constitution on behalf of Trump."
“We have who we think are the most important writers.”--Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival to The New Yorker.
The Spirit of '26
June 18, 2026, 12:49 p.m. ETJune 18, 2026
Andy Newman
“For as long as we live, we will remember this feeling of a city together, a city alive, a city overcome by happiness.”
Mayor Zohran Mamdani
June 18, 2026, 4:15 p.m. ETJune 18, 2026
Maria Cramer
Police said they estimated that two million people lined the parade route and the surrounding streets.
Eryn Davis
The sense of camaraderie that defined the Knicks’ playoff run was palpable, as strangers exchanged high-fives, hugged and cheered
Lexi Parra
Some police officers along the route are wearing Knicks jerseys under their uniforms to show their support for the team.
Some police officers along the route are wearing Knicks jerseys under their uniforms to show their support for the team.
A dialysis technician from Brownsville, Brooklyn, watched the sun rise over Lower Manhattan, basking in the eerie hush before the festivities erupted. A doorman on Wall Street took the overnight shift so he could secure his spot on the parade route, sporting orange and blue socks under his uniform. A dentist from Long Island stood on Broadway at 6 a.m. wearing an orange-and-blue turban wrapped by his wife, who said she’d waited her whole life for this one day.
The Joy of Knicks, Game 5
Crying with joy
Today
Jumping for joy
Running for joy
Eryn Davis
June 18, 2026, 11:54 a.m. ET10 minutes ago
Eryn Davis
Stone Street is awash in blue and orange. Nearly every bar is at capacity, with lines spilling into those of neighboring establishments. Fans gather outside bars like Beckett’s and Stone Street Tavern to watch the parade on televisions mounted in the windows.
Toilet paper hangs from the string lights and pennant flags crisscrossing Stone Street as fans have started throwing rolls overhead.
I am so proud of the people of New York
Sarah Nir
June 18, 2026, 11:18 a.m. ET7 minutes ago
Sarah Nir
A really fun part of this moment is that it feels like the rules, and the division between city and its inhabitants have been breached. Sanitation workers are hanging off dump trucks filming the parade while kids clamber onto the fenders to get a better look. Two men are standing on a lighted crosswalk pole twenty feet above the ground and the dozens of officers just let them. The N.Y.C. vibes are impeccable here.
Isaac Chotiner for Nobel Prize
There’s a joke among people who are really plugged into media Twitter: if Isaac Chotiner calls to ask if he can interview you, run.
Ike vs 'witz highlight
DERSHOWITZ: I was the most popular speaker in the Chilmark Library series.
CHOTINER: I can imagine.
DERSHOWITZ Every year, they would have an overflow crowd to hear me speak about whatever book I was writing, or whatever I was doing. But suddenly, after I represented the Constitution on behalf of President Trump, the library found excuses for never having me. Their first excuse was that my crowds were too big. So I said, “Well, why don’t you limit the crowds?” They said, “Oh, we hadn’t thought of that.”
CHOTINER: Can you imagine if Ed Sullivan had done that with the Beatles? It’s a ridiculous excuse.
DERSHOWITZ: Yeah, of course. So I’ve been cancelled, basically, by the Chilmark Library.
CHOTINER: I can imagine.
DERSHOWITZ Every year, they would have an overflow crowd to hear me speak about whatever book I was writing, or whatever I was doing. But suddenly, after I represented the Constitution on behalf of President Trump, the library found excuses for never having me. Their first excuse was that my crowds were too big. So I said, “Well, why don’t you limit the crowds?” They said, “Oh, we hadn’t thought of that.”
CHOTINER: Can you imagine if Ed Sullivan had done that with the Beatles? It’s a ridiculous excuse.
DERSHOWITZ: Yeah, of course. So I’ve been cancelled, basically, by the Chilmark Library.
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HE COMPARES 'WITZ TO THE BEATLES AND GETS 'WITZ TO AGREE!!!! NOOOO!!!!🤣🤣🤣
HE COMPARES 'WITZ TO THE BEATLES AND GETS 'WITZ TO AGREE!!!! NOOOO!!!!🤣🤣🤣
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
The New Yorker interviews! lolol
I don't subscribe anymore but, I don't know, a couple of years ago I read an interview a New Yorker guy did of Alan Dershowitz, feigned sympathy ("It sounds perfectly awful") that 'witz wasn't getting invited to parties on Martha's Vineyard anymore boo-hoo-hoo lol, he skewered 'witz and 'witz barely had any idea ('witz was bragging about the Abraham Accords. The interviewer: "Call them the Dershowitz Accords!"). It was brilliant and funny. Now this.
This is Isaac Chotiner (it may have been the same guy who interviewed 'witz! He had an identifiably Jewish name) interviewing a right-wing Israeli talking-head, I had never heard of the dope, but his name is Shimon Riklin. Like with 'witz, Chotiner here feigns sympathy with subtle questions and comments that make the opposite skewering point:
Riklin: ...But why did we go into the war if this is what Trump was going to give Iran?Chotiner: It’s a good question.
Rik: Listen, we are really grateful, in Israel, for what Donald Trump did for Israel. He gives us a lot of weapons. He gives us space to fight, in terms of the political resistance we face in the world. And then he joins us in understanding the importance of the war against Iran. ...
...
...Now what is Trump doing? Everything, or anything that Iran says, he obeys.
Chot: Some people might say [Not ME, Isaac Chotiner, but "those other people" lol) that Trump and Netanyahu started this war. They bombed Iran, they failed to dislodge the Iranian regime, and Iran decided to hold the entire global economy hostage, which has led to horrific effects all across the world. And so they had to make a deal.
Rik: Aren’t you supposed to have planned for something like this? If this is what you are going to do, don’t start the war. Don’t do it.
Chot: I think a lot of Americans would agree with that. 😁
...
Chot: You said that Israel had this brilliant plan. What did you make of the reports that Netanyahu told Trump that Iran would not close the strait?
Just as he, or whoever it was, did in the 'witz interview, Chotiner links to reports, this one in nytimes.
Rik: This is absolutely nonsense. What? What? Not only is that nonsense, but Israel took this into account. ...Everyone in Israel knew this was a possibility.
Chot: They did close the strait and hold the global economy hostage, though, right?
Rik: Right, but, but, O.K. O.K. So, it’s your money or your life? Let’s make peace with Hitler, because the goal of the world is money?
Rik, you DIPSHIT! LOL
Chot: [ playing dumb, asking to be educated] But when you’re fighting a new Hitler, you don’t just focus on money?
Rik: This is what we think. ...
Chot: Putting aside the merits of this war, do you think people such as yourself and the Prime Minister misjudged Donald Trump? I know you said a joyful prayer on the air when he was elected in 2024. 😄 You must have had some sense of who this guy is—that he isn’t loyal to anyone, that he had no real core values—
Rik: Listen, I was really happy when he was elected. I admit it. I think it was good for Israel. And, in the beginning, it was. But today I don’t know what to think. I am really in shock.
Chot: It’s hard to fathom.
"It's hard to fathom"! Mock validating Riklin's "shock", in reality pointing out how absurd a figure Riklin is.
Rik: I don’t have a lot of moments like this. I don’t remember someone in modern history who would go with you and do wonderful things, and then suddenly disappear and go against you. So now I am the bad guy? I supported you! ...
Chot: This is why I was wondering whether you had ever observed Donald Trump. 😄
Rik: I don’t know what motivated him. You know he is a Gemini? Geminis are not really ones to say the same things a lot. They change their minds. You know Geminis?
Chot: Yeah, I’m a Gemini, so don’t be too mean.
He's charming, Chotner is. He has a faux innocence.
Rik: I’m a Gemini, too. 😁
Chot: But you feel like, at first, when Trump came back to office in 2025, for a while, it was actually better? A year ago, the Gaza war was still going on, there was a total cutoff of humanitarian aid, and Trump was presiding over it all. So you think those were better days?
Riklin, you non compos mentis BOOB, DO YOU NOT SEE HOW YOU SHOULD ANSWER?!?!
Rik: Right. In the past, it was really better days. Israel changed their borders with their enemies.
NOOOO!!!!! Riklin, if you weren't so loathsome I might feel sorry for you!
Chot: You control seventy per cent of Gaza now, too.
Rik: It’s more like sixty per cent, but I don’t care. I wish it was seventy. It’s not enough.
Chot: Have faith in the future. 😆
Chot: What do you think Netanyahu will do now with an election coming up?
Rik: I think he is in shock. In shock. In all the years that I have known him, he has never been in shock like now. Not with Obama. No one has caused a shock like Trump. And it’s because you couldn’t predict it.
Riklin, you FOOL!
Chot: The unpredictable nature of Trump turning on you is what makes it so sad. 😇😆
Rik: True. You are right. [Oh my God, Riklin, you are bleeding out on the floor, do you not see your own blood?!] In a few months, we have an election, and one of the most important parts of his campaign was going to be his friendship with Trump. Now what is he going to say? It’s a problem.
Rik: ...What happened? What happened? We succeeded. Everything we said would happen happened, even more quickly and acutely than we thought.
Chot: Except for the strait being closed and the Iranian government not falling. Except for those things, right?
OH I CAN HARDLY TAKE THIS WITHOUT LAUGHING ALONE TO ELEVEN!
Rik: No, no. You keep saying it, and that’s your privilege. That wasn’t a surprise. But we thought a blockade to their blockade was genius. And they were really close to a collapse.
Chot: It was close to succeeding, and then you guys were stabbed in the back. LOLOL
Rik: Exactly. And we don’t understand why. You understand that they are Nazis. What happened to you?
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As I said, I don't know if Isaac Chotiner was the New Yorker interviewer who shivved 'witz, this reads like that interviewer--no matter, I nominate Isaac Chotiner for the Nobel Prize in Interviewing!
BRAVO IKE! WE LIKE IKE!
This is Different
This is the actual MoU, from TIME.
1 — The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran and their allies in the current war, by signing this MOU, declared ["declare"] the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon, and undertake from now on not to initiate any war or any military operation against each other, and to refrain from the threat or use of force against each other and ensuring ["ensure", "to ensure"] the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Lebanon. The final deal will confirm the permanent termination of the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon and other provisions of this paragraph.
[This binds Israel now and in the future and maybe Hezbollah, if considered an "ally" of Iran.
[undertake: to take upon oneself : set about : ATTEMPT (bold in original)--Merriam-Webster]
2 — The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran undertake to respect each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to refrain from interfering in each other's internal affairs.
["We'll try!"]
3 — The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran commit to negotiating and achieving the final deal in maximum 60 days, expendable with mutual consent.
["Expandable". My God Trump, are you even literate? "Commit", "to carry into action deliberately", is much stronger than "undertake". Why in the name of Allah would either Iran or the U.S. agree to two words with similar, but not identical, meanings used in two successive paragraphs? Because all that they agree to "carry into action deliberately" is negotiating. ]
4 — Immediately upon the signing of this MOU, the United States of America will begin the removal of its naval blockade and any disturbances or impediments against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and will fully end the naval blockade within 30 days. During this period, the traffic of vessels will be in proportion to the numbers of pre-war traffic being restored by the Islamic Republic of Iran. The United States of America further undertakes to remove its forces from the proximity of the Islamic Republic of Iran within 30 days after the final deal.
[This sentence as a whole does not make sense: "During this period, the traffic of vessels will be in proportion to the numbers of pre-war traffic being restored by the Islamic Republic of Iran." In addition, "proportion" is ambiguous. Does it mean "an equal share" (Merriam-Webster 2 a)? Or does it mean merely the mathematics, "the relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree" (Merriam-Webster 3)? 3-1 is a proportion. So is 1-3. "Proportion" in the third sense is not fixed.]
5 — Upon the signing of this MOU, the Islamic Republic of Iran will make arrangements using its best efforts for the safe passage of commercial vessels with no charge for 60 days only from the Persian Gulf to the Sea of Oman and vice versa. The traffic of commercial vessels will immediately start, and considering the need for removing the technical and military obstacles and demining by the Islamic Republic of Iran, will be instated ["set or install"] within 30 days. The Islamic Republic of Iran will conduct dialogue with the Sultanate of Oman to define the future administration and maritime services in the Strait of Hormuz, in discussion with other Persian Gulf littoral states in line with the applicable international law and the sovereign rights of coastal states of the Strait of Hormuz.
[This is so KEY. Iran will not charge "for 60 days only"!]
6 — The United States of America undertakes with regional partners to develop a definitive, mutually agreed plan with at least USD $300 billion for the reconstruction and economic development of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The mechanism for the implementation of this plan will be finalized as part of a final deal within 60 days. All required licenses, waivers, and permissions needed for the relevant financial transactions will be granted by the United States of America.
[Contradictory terms, "undertakes' (try) and "will" (deliver). Trump loves to (try to] bind other political entities without making them a party to what binds them. According to the language, America will try, along with regional partners,...Who the fuck are they? Name them, Trump. Query: If America tries, but fails with the regional partners, is America on the hook for $300B? U.S. responsibility the whole $300B is referenced in the last sentence, which mentions that financial greasing "will be granted by the United States of America."]
7 — The United States of America undertakes to terminate all types of sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the United Nations Security Council resolutions, IAEA Board of Governors resolutions, and all unilateral U.S. sanctions—primary and secondary—in an agreed upon schedule [see paragraph 8] as part of the final deal. The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America acknowledge the critical importance of the sanctions termination issue above mentioned and expressed their intentions to immediately address these issues in the negotiations in order to achieve mutual agreement on them.
8 — The Islamic Republic of Iran reaffirms ["Reaffirms" is stronger than "reiterates.] that it shall not procure or develop nuclear weapons. The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran have agreed to resolve the disposition of stockpile enriched material pursuant to a mechanism that will be mutually agreed upon in accordance with the schedule mentioned in paragraph seven, [no fixed schedule, both paragraphs] with the minimum methodology to be down blending [diluting] on site under the supervision of the IAEA. The two parties also agreed to discuss the issue of enrichment and other mutually agreed matters related to the Islamic Republic of Iran's nuclear needs, based on a satisfactory framework being agreed upon in the final deal. The final deal will confirm the provisions of this paragraph. The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran acknowledged the critical importance of the nuclear issues above mentioned and expressed their intention to immediately address these issues in the negotiations in order to achieve mutual agreement on them.
9 — Pending the final deal, the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran agree to maintain the status quo. The Islamic Republic of Iran will maintain the current status quo of its nuclear program and the United States of America will not impose any new sanctions and will not deploy additional forces in the region.
10 — The United States of America undertakes that immediately upon the signing of this MOU and until the termination of sanctions, the U.S. Department of Treasury will issue waivers for the export of Iranian crude oil, petroleum products and derivatives, and all associated services, including banking transactions, insurances, transportation, etc.
[Again, the contradictory terms, "undertakes' (try) and "will" (deliver)]
11 — The United States of America undertakes to make fully available for use the frozen or restricted funds and assets of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Upon the implementation of the MOU, the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran will mutually agree on the procedures related to the release of these funds during the negotiations. Such funds, whether retained in the original account or transferred, shall be made fully usable for payment to any ultimate beneficiary designated by the central bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran. [That is clearer than the language in Bloomie's MoU] The United States of America undertakes to issue all the necessary licenses and authorizations accordingly.
[Merriam Webster's first definition of "undertake" is above. It's secondary definition is: "to put oneself under obligation to perform". That is vastly different than to "attempt" and leaves open to disagreement which of the two is meant in the MoU.]
12 — The United States of America and Islamic Republic of Iran agree that an executive mechanism will be established to monitor the successful implementation of this MOU and the future compliance of the final deal.
[I don't know what an "executive" mechanism means other than with reference to a head-of-state.]
13 — After signing this MOU, and subject to the beginning of the implementation of paragraphs 1, 4, 5, 10, and 11 of this MOU, and the continuing implementation of these measures, the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran will start negotiations regarding the final deal exclusively on the other paragraphs.
14 — The final deal will be endorsed by a binding United Nations Security Council resolution.
[It "will be" endorsed by the UNSC. How do they know that? Neither Trump nor Iran speaks for the UNSC. They cannot bind the UNSC.]
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