Team Marco/Team Vance

We do get very few pleasures these days, and one is knowing that everybody hates Vance. Even the people who "should" like Vance hate him.

I don't think there really is a Team Vance.

Foundations

The Iran deal is almost done, just waiting for the final agreements on every important issue.

Once we solve the Israel/Lebanon issue, decide a number for reparations, commit to a nuclear deal, determine which states we are giving to Iran, we'll be all set.

The Committee To Save The World

My favorite Alan Greenspan (RIP) moment was when as soon as Clinton got close to doing what people like Alan told him to do - stop running a deficit - Alan said haha, just kidding, the world economy requires shitloads of constant American bond issues to function, so this is a perfect time for some (Bush) tax cuts.

PM Down

Keir Starmer, a ridiculous and malevolent figure, will step down as PM.

Nothing will improve in Britain as long as the people currently around him retain their positions of power, and there is little reason to think they won't.

I have my occasional problems with The Democrats, but I'll take the worst of them over any of the right wing of the Labour Party, which is most of the Labour Party now.

Morning

Macho Monday

Narrator: But The Strait Wasn’t Open

Afternoon

Is the war over again yet?

Sure Why Not

"President Trump told Fox News the US may take over the strait in the future if they have to & collect tolls. The president described this as the US being the guardian angel of the Strait of Hormuz & Middle East. He said that would involve the US taking 20% of the oil that passes through the strait"

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 21 June 2026 at 09:23

It Is Very Very Funny

Netanyahu (and American lunatics) has been pushing for war against Iran for years, and now Iran has an effective veto over Israeli actions.

Morning

Sunday funday

Everyone in Britain, Hearing Keir's Resignation News

yes that was real.

Afternoon

 Weekending

How Will Donald Unshit This Bed

I admit I have no idea.

At Least The War Is Over

Current status:

• Iran’s military says it has closed the Strait of Hormuz over Israel’s attacks on southern Lebanon that have killed at least 32 people since dawn.
• US Vice President JD Vance says he is expecting to travel to Switzerland for Iran talks within days.

Morning

Slacker Saturday

Happy Hour

 Happy Juneteenth

You Don't Have To Hand It To Her, BUT

It is funny that Meloni has been less willing to take any shit publicly from Trump than most other European leaders.

I don’t mean that this makes her good. I just think it is funny that right wingers often can't stand each other because they are assholes.

Mr. TRUMP DOES NOT LIE

Vile slander.

A diplomatic row between United States President Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has escalated, with Italy’s top diplomat cancelling an upcoming visit to the US.

At issue is Trump’s claim that Meloni “begged” him for a photograph during the Group of Seven (G7) meeting in France earlier in the week.

PEACE

Apparently there is an Israel/Hezbollah peace deal. We can see how long that lasts.

Sure Why Not

Normal behavior.

One morning, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt walked into the Oval Office and found Trump “clutching a tube of superglue and attempting to affix gold decorations to the marble fireplace mantel,” according to the book.

 “As he was known to prefer his own aesthetic handiwork to anyone else’s, the sight of the President squeezing glue onto gilded appliques and mounting them on the wall himself surprised no one in his inner circle,” Haberman and Swan write.