Trump fumes at NATO for refusing to help secure the Strait of Hormuz
11:51 am:
‘Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation’: Trump-appointed intelligence official resigns over Iran war
“After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today,” Joe Kent wrote in a post on X.
“I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby,” Kent added in the resignation letter he attached to the post.
I think 30 is the most lopsided loss of the season for Miami. Tyler and Norman played, Bam did not, Andrew missed his sixth straight; Nikola his 12th. The "Heat" are 7th in the Least (38-31 --> 45-37), .5 behind Orlando, 1 behind Toronto in 5th, .5 ahead of HotAtl and Phila. at 7th and 8th respectively.
Monday offered the president an opportunity to explain and justify the war he’d started. He appeared far more interested in the White House decor.
"There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.”--Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
The American people have changed more in one decade than in the previous two centuries.
American Jewry has changed more in two decades than in the previous five.
The Israeli people have changed more in two decades than in the previous five.
The American government has changed more in one decade than in the previous two centuries.
The Israeli government has changed more in two decades than in the previous five.
It has been the worst decade of my seven decades alive.
They are now within one game of Borelando's bitch, the "Heat", in 7th, and 1.5 games out of the play-in and in the playoffs.
1:26 pm:
US allies hesitate as Trump calls for warships in the Strait of Hormuz
The talk this early morning (midnight-2:37 am) came out of the blue. I had started to prepare for it. I wrote out different approaches, different lead-ins, and the approach I thought best--which I never got to use fully--was to appeal to his and her reasonableness and intelligence.
I decided on something like,
"Guys, everybody is talking about you, including both of you, and everybody's telling me, a fucking almost-71-year old who has violated like 7 of the 10 Commandments and is an eccentric loner with a cat.
"How do you think this looks to outsiders. Or even to an insider like me? This is not a good look. You're both highly intelligent, loving, reasonable professionals. Yet, you've got everyone, including yourselves and except me, in a fucking tizzy.
"You're quarrelling wife with your husband over a level of booze consumption that has not caused job, marital or legal problems, Why? On principal? Because Dr. Google says Thou Shalt Not drink more than 3-4 beers daily without risking future problems?
"Husband, you're reasonable, you've read the same Dr. Google as I have: there is no expert in the country who would say, "You drink a six-pack a night? No problem!" You know that that's too much, way too much, even if it doesn't cause current problems with law, work or family.
"And husband, you are maximally stressed when her family comes to visit?
Guys, these are not existential problems. A little reasonableness, a little compromise, and these fucking things go away. Husband, I'm no expert on substance abuse, your wife's not, your mother is not. All that i am suggesting to you is that you go see an expert, tell him or her the truth, that you drink a six-pack of beer a night every night, you know that that is not what the doctor ordered, you know it's not healthy, tell him or her this and tell him your goals: you want to cut down on your M-F etoh consumption, which you use to shut down and sleep and would (s)he think a sleeping pill as substitute for booze would be reasonable? If he agrees and gives you the sleeping pill, then you can't drink and take the sleeping pill, tell the doc that you will not drink M-F. If he tells you to become a member of the AA Cult, you can disregard. Noboby can make a 30-something man do much and I don't think he's going to recommend AA or fucking rehab. Did you ask your wife if she thought you should go into rehab? "Yes." "She said absolutely not." "Great, that is the identical thing she told me." So my suggestion is, and it is only that, I am no expert and nobody can make a 30-something man do much, just make an appointment to talk to a fucking expert; you are free to follow or not follow the doc's advice; but you know a six-pack a night is too much. Just going to get input will cut off this hysterical, tissyfied crabbing in your ear and mine, and who knows, maybe improve your future health. If you take his advice and eliminate your M-F drinking, then that shuts everybody up! I said that to the husband this morning too and he used it on the wife today. "What did your wife say to that?" "It will shut me up". "Wonderful! Is that too much to ask, to go see an expert?" "No." "Okay."
"Now you wife: nobody is asking you to cut contact with your family, to prohibit them from visiting you, or spending time with them when they're here. Everybody in your husband's family, including me, loves them and loves to see them. So all that I am suggesting to you--and you can disregard it, as your husband can disregard a doc's advice--is to tell your family, your friends, that they can come anytime they want, and stay for however long that they want, but to be reasonable, to respect that this is your and your husband's home and that when he comes home from work he cannot be host as a second job. Do you think it is a reasonable suggestion that you tell them to come anytime, but to stay in a hotel for most of the time, to not turn your and your husband's full-time, first home, an 800 sq ft condo unit, into a vacation home for the Brady Bunch? "Yes." "I knew it would because you're an intelligent and reasonable person A little good faith, a little compromise on both your parts and these two fucking problems disappear. Poof!"
That's reasonable. We'll see if it holds.
"It was not clear if that multination push was set to begin or if Trump only hoped it might..."
Ayatollah Trump: Little help please.
Trump claims international coalition will send war ships to reopen the strait of Hormuz
Trump claimed on Saturday the U.S. and several other countries will send war ships to the Gulf to reopen commercial shipping in the strait of Hormuz.
Why it matters: The attacks in the strait of Hormuz brought commercial shipping to and from the Gulf to an almost complete halt, dramatically disrupted oil exports from the region and destabilized global energy markets.
U.S., Israeli and Western officials say the situation at the strait has been the key concern for the Trump administration in recent days.
What he's saying: "Many Countries, especially those who are affected by Iran's attempted closure of the Hormuz Strait, will be sending War Ships, in conjunction with the United States of America, to keep the Strait open and safe," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Axios, my friend, "will be sending" is not a "claim", it is a hope plus a nudge.
While claiming the U.S. has "destroyed 100% of Iran's Military capability," Trump acknowledged the Iranians are still sending drones, dropping mines and launching anti-ship missiles against vessels in the strait.
Except for that, 100% destroyed "Military".
"Hopefully China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and others, that are affected by this artificial constraint, will send Ships to the area so that the Hormuz Strait will no longer be a threat by a Nation that has been totally decapitated," he added.
Lol Ayatollah!The president later said on Truth Social that "the Countries of the World that receive Oil through the Hormuz Strait must take care of that passage, and we will help — A LOT!"
So Axios, that is a plea + a hope + a nudge.
"In the meantime [i.e. before The Countries of the World arrive], the United States will be bombing the hell out of the shoreline, and continually shooting Iranian Boats and Ships out of the water. One way or the other, we will soon get the Hormuz Strait OPEN, SAFE, and FREE!"
Plea + hope + nudge + bluster. Let me know if I can further assist you with your Trump Interpretation.
XXs and XYs, the state of Iran is very near helplessness. But very near is not "100%". You know that, this isn't Talmudic parsing. And even if the state collapsed, I predict that there still will be asymmetric warfare on the American-Israeli Axis of Assholes. The Strait of Hormuz is like your asshole, stuff has to come out of it. If you have a blockage, you're in deep doo-doo. And then there's lone wolf or small cell terrorism. Nineteen Muslims brought down the World Trade Center on 9/11/01. Put assbackwards, and in the form of a question to yinz, do you think Ayatollah Trump is going to turn the Iranian people into MAGA supporters (he actually posted that his intent was "MIGA", Make IRAN Great Again) and the state deep red? I don't think any of you think that and I think, for what it is worth, that there is going to be a lot of hurt on the American people, and on the American state too. I'm all for hurting the American people and the booby American state.
We've beaten every team in the league, OKC, Beans, even Pebbles. Can't beat this team. 0-4.
Pigeons are headed for their NINTH straight dub, 102-86 Male Deer, 7:19 4th in HOTlanta.
“We have unparalleled firepower, unlimited ammunition, and plenty of time – Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today.
“They’ve been killing innocent people all over the world for 47 years, and now I, as the 47th President of the United States of America, am killing them. What a great honor it is to do so!
“We are totally destroying the terrorist regime of Iran, militarily, economically, and otherwise, yet, if you read the Failing New York Times, you would incorrectly think that we are not winning.
“Iran’s Navy is gone, their Air Force is no longer, missiles, drones and everything else are being decimated, and their leaders have been wiped from the face of the earth."
6th place (playoffs) two one-thousandths behind Disney--who needed OT to finally squish the Lizards! The two Florida teams are on rolls. Miami 7, Orlando 6.
Hottest team in Least, though...Hotlanta. 8W, 9-1 last ten. The Pigeons are soaring!
Zollner's pistons are firing right on Phila.s head.
Mouse is eating Lizards.
Pigeons are just saying No to Nyets.
