Iran War Live Updates: Trump Says U.S. Will ‘Blockade’ Strait of Hormuz After Peace Talks Fail

Iran War Live Updates: Trump Says U.S. Will ‘Blockade’ Strait of Hormuz After Peace Talks Fail www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...
@nytimes.com PLEASE stop parroting the “marathon” language. 21 hours on a single day is a long day, but in diplomatic terms, it’s a silly, performative pose of diplomacy.

Yup, the boat.

This seems like JD’s version of Kamala Harris being made “Border Czar.”* No win situation. Main question is how badly the failure falls on him. High chance he is shown to be an unserious lightweight in the process.

(*Yes, that wasn’t her actual remit, but it didn’t matter.)

Seems like the point of the post…

King of the "Stone Age" Reading, Watching 04.05.26

King of the "Stone Age"
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Quoting Keynes: “Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back.”

You ask so much.

A classic:

“A Saturday afternoon in November was approaching the time of twilight, and the vast tract of unenclosed wild known as Egdon Heath embrowned itself moment by moment. Overhead the hollow stretch of whitish cloud shutting out the sky was as a tent which had the whole heath for its floor.”

Missing the third lines that only MAGA faithful can read:

…BEING A RACIST ASSHOLE

…ABUSING WOMEN

…STEALING TAXPAYER $$$

…BEING A PEDOPHILE

…HATING JEWISH PEOPLE

Each sect sees the text they want.

Super villains in a dark age train wreck.

Republicans in Congress Fret Over Iran War as Pentagon Offers Few Answers

Republicans in Congress Fret Over Iran War as Pentagon Offers Few Answers www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/w...

Rep. Nancy Mace: “We will not sacrifice American lives for the same failed foreign policies…”

Of course that’s exactly what you are doing…giving the “War Machine” a blank check w/no oversight.

I think you found your new band name.

I wish I felt more boggled. I’m angry as F but also sadly admitting how wrong I / we were about many Americans true priorities & beliefs.

Woman charged with attempted murder under Georgia abortion law A 31-year-old U.S. Army veteran has been charged with attempted murder, the first time that a mother has been charged under Georgia’s restrictive abortion law.

This has actually happened.

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Because that was a petulant child’s “we don’t need help.”

That hovering crypt of crankery as much as anything sunk Hilary’s campaign, from the inside out. It was a stinky bunch that stalwart Dems had had their fill of.

Sláinte Mr. Mayor!

A man who does our history justice on this perennial day of celebration. Thank you @mayor.nyc.gov!

U.S. Considers Withholding H.I.V. Aid Unless Zambia Expands Minerals Access

U.S. Considers Withholding H.I.V. Aid Unless Zambia Expands Minerals Access www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/h...

Minerals or death. America is calling.

Imagine anything or anyone feeling honored to be “taken” by Trump. Ick.

Reminds me of an old Chevy Chase Weekend Update line about Uganda.

Republicans: “We suck!!”

World: “Yup!”

Yanar Mohammed, 65, Iraqi Women’s Rights Advocate, Is Killed by Gunmen

Yanar Mohammed, 65, Iraqi Women’s Rights Advocate, Is Killed by Gunmen www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/w...
Tragic loss to human & women’s rights efforts in Iraq and the Middle East, and a shame on the heads of all those who failed to support and protect this amazing, courageous person.

Used to follow, the shift to silly news teases is too annoying for my timeline.

Sad that so many Bluesky “news” posts are now formatted as a click-bait tease.

OPERATION EPIC FURRY