Photo of a grey tuxedo tabby cat lying on top of the back of a leather recliner. The cat is stretching its forelegs out in a Superman type pose.
Impeccable form. Photo from my collection, no date/info.
India "calls in" Iranian envoy after IRGC Navy fired on 2 Indian-flagged vessels in Strait of Hormuz. (Significant that India's foreign ministry referred to it as a calling in and not a summoning.) Reporting with my colleague Yogesh Naik.
Good piece by former diplomat Pavan Verma on why it's hard to trump a civilisational state such as Iran.
(Good pun in the headline.)
Good piece by former diplomat Pavan Verma on why it's hard to trump a civilisational state such as Iran.
(Good pun in the headline.)
India "calls in" Iranian envoy after IRGC Navy fired on 2 Indian-flagged vessels in Strait of Hormuz. (Significant that India's foreign ministry referred to it as a calling in and not a summoning.) Reporting with my colleague Yogesh Naik.
Indian-flagged tanker Sanmar Herald fired upon near Strait of Hormuz by IRGC Navy, Iranian ambassador summoned to ministry of external affairs for lodging of formal protest, per sources.
Pete Hegseth and the Gospel of Tarantino
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Pakistan Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir meets Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran. Munir is visiting Iran to take forward a fragile peace process between Iran and the US.
Indian and Pakistani interlocutors have participated in at least four (if not more) back channel meetings, including Track 1.5 engagements, since last year's four-day conflict between the two countries. My report:
www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/i...
Ok this one is an all-timer.
July 21 1935: The Führer orders a new reception hall and ballroom to "entertain foreign diplomats" at the Chancellery. Underneath the dance floor is an air raid shelter. A 2nd deeper bunker is built next to this in 1944, where he would spend his last days as the Reich collapsed.
Former MAGA Influencer Admits: It’s All for Money
Do pro-Trump influencers actually believe what they’re peddling, or is it simply grift? Plus, did AI lead to a media newsletter fabricating quotes, and a progressive candidate in NJ gets ‘Loomered.’
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Trump officials have been peddling the same lies to survive the daily news cycle for the past 6 weeks, and people keep buying what they’re selling.
‘We won the war. Tomorrow you’ll see. Prices are coming down. Tomorrow you’ll see. We’ll kill them. Tomorrow you’ll see.’
Pakistan Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir meets Iran's foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi in Tehran. Pakistan interior minister Mohsin Naqvi also present.
Pakistan Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir arrives in Tehran, welcomed by Iranian foreign minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi
Ridiculous framing of reportage by most Western outlets - it's as if Iran can't be expected to have any demands of its own, even after being attacked twice when negotiations were underway.
UK govt going all out for Israel
The West Asia crisis has repositioned China as a global peacemaker, rehabilitated Pakistan Pakistan as a regional mediator and led to Iran monetising the region's most critical waterway, writes former ambassador Ausaf Sayeed.
CNN: The White House is claiming it was the president's tough rhetoric that brought Iran to its knees
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I'm sorry. That's not 'tough rhetoric.' It's insanity. It's calling for the murder of an entire civilization
I mean, this is just sad.
As the four astronauts looped around the moon this week, so did four transparent chips, each about the size of a USB thumb drive and seeded with their bone marrow cells.
They could help NASA understand the effects of deep-space flight on our biology.
The Chamberlain of our era.
Stand by Me
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This past weekend, I had the incredible privilege of attending the 40th-anniversary celebration of Stand by Me at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle. To say the evening was magical would be an understatement...
#StandByMe #JerryOConnell #FrankGaimari
Trump criticizes European allies for not helping fix the damage his war against Iran has caused
It’s actually possible to write headlines that don’t obscure who did what. Thanks, AP.
Think about this: A retired game show host may end the world as we know it. Only a master satirist could write this scenario, but Mark Twain is dead.
The Boss @brucespringsteen.net telling it like it is:
War, what is it good for?
Absolutely nothing!
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Bruce Springsteen, tonight in Minneapolis, was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. A true American rock star. Grateful to have been here.
