Get happy
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Manifesting
He keeps trying.
US President Donald Trump says the Strait of Hormuz will be open to everyone and not controlled by any country under any deal reached with Iran, adding there were no discussions about easing sanctions on Tehran.
Absolutely Fab
An eclectic mix of entertainers is poised to join a massive bash on the National Mall marking America’s 250th birthday, which is being billed as a “once-in-a-generation celebration.”
Country music star Martina McBride, rappers Flo Rida and Vanilla Ice, “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)” singers C+C Music Factory and rocker Bret Michaels are among the artists slated to perform at the Great American State Fair, organizers announced Wednesday.
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Other performers include “Brick House” funk band the Commodores, rapper Young MC, pop duo Milli Vanilli and R&B group Morris Day and the Time, with additional artists to be announced.
Duo?
I do find it quite incredible that even the MAGA faithful can't pretend the 250th is gonna be a major thing. A few years ago I imagined it would be.
When's The Last Time You Had A Three Hour Medical Exam
I'm not saying that means It's about to happen, but most of us never get this!
The 79-year-old president spent more than three hours at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for what the White House described as preventive medical and dental checkups. It was Trump’s fourth publicly disclosed medical exam since he returned to office for a second term, and it comes as he tries to project strength ahead of midterm elections that will test his sway with voters.
In a social media post after the visit, Trump said that he had just finished his “6 month physical” and that “Everything checked out PERFECTLY.”
Certainly not if otherwise healthy! Not including "sitting endless in the waiting room" of course.
Retiring Thom Tillis Has A Point Here
No you still don't have to hand it to him.
Senator Thom Tillis, a retiring Republican from North Carolina, is among those who appear increasingly unshackled. He mocked Mr. Paxton’s troubled past over the weekend on CNN in colorful fashion, invoking a comparison to a cannibalistic serial killer. “To call Paxton ethically challenged is to call Jeffrey Dahmer suffering from an eating disorder,” Mr. Tillis said. “This guy is an empty suit.”
No Fair Remembering Yesterday
You are supposed to wake up each day anew, assuming good faith communications from the Trumpers. Like American journalists do!
Hours earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused Washington of committing a “blatant violation” of the shaky ceasefire reached on April 8 by attacking the southern province of Hormozgan on Monday night. It added that the strikes validated the “deep suspicion” Iran harboured towards the US.
Bye Cornyn
Trump doesn't have many endearing qualities, but one is his relentless joy punishing the people who are 99.99% sycophants instead of 100%.
Trump might be unpopular, but he still rules the kind of people who vote in Republican primaries. And Ken Paxton is the perfect contemporary Republican.
I don't put any confidence in Dems winning statewide anything Texas, and I'll probably annoyed at all the money wasted on a doomed effort, but I suppose I could be wrong!
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
The Two Hitlers
I've long "laughed" at how for conservatives Hitler is history's greatest monster (the liberal Hitler)
"Cabinet Meeting"
That's the bizarre American ritual involving the Cabinet members, in turn, seeing how they can outdo each other in their exaggerated praise of the president, correct? Sort of a reverse roast?
President Donald Trump is expected to gather his Cabinet Wednesday for a meeting at Camp David, according to a White House official, convening top officials at a high-stakes moment for the US war with Iran.
Action, Reaction
I don't think the geniuses in charge have figured that whole dynamic out yet.
Iran warns US after strikes: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it has a “legitimate” right to respond to any “violation” of the ceasefire after the US military carried out what it called “self-defense strikes” targeting Iranian missile launch sites and boats around the Strait of Hormuz. It is unclear how the attacks will affect the ceasefire.
A Chamber Filled With Degenerate Gamblers
I know the most horrifying thing about members of congress trading stocks constantly is the insider trading aspect, but I suspect a bunch of them are serious gambling addicts too. And even gamblers with good tips on the horses sometimes lose it all.
After amassing an exemplary attendance record, the congressman has missed 88 House roll call votes since March 5.
During that time, NOTUS discovered that Kean had kept trading stocks; he submitted financial transaction reports to Congress, digitally signed on April 13, that indicated he bought and sold shares of eight stocks from mid- to late March with a combined value of between $50,008 and $190,000.
I don't know if that applies to Kean, but...
I Wonder What Happened Here
I'm sure most of the psychos around Trump are always pushing for more violence.
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said a potential deal to end the US-Israel war on Iran could “take a few days” to be agreed, after US forces claimed to have struck Iranian missile sites and boats laying mines in southern Iran amid talks in Qatar.
This is never going to end.
Monday, May 25, 2026
No Boom
Some good news. They are confident that they have averted the big explosion outcome in Garden Grove.
95%
The full Jennings tweet quoted:Insider reporting from an unnamed White House official says the Iran deal is “95% done.”
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) May 24, 2026
The remaining 5% of negotiations are focused on Iran opening the Strait of Hormuz and turning over all nuclear material. https://t.co/GNlih9fUDj
After receiving a briefing from a Senior TRUMP Administration Official on the status of the Iran negotiations (someone in the know & not just speculating), I can tell you the following:-USA IS NOT GIVING IRANIANS MONEY FOR NOTHING. All speculation and propaganda to the contrary is false. Some hardline elements of Iran’s govt (IRGC) have pushed fake stories & propaganda to try to kill this negotiation.-Iran deal is NOT done (95%, but still haggling over some language). No deal being signed today. May be a few more days before this is done.-Iran will NOT get any money or sanctions relief up front.-Iran must turn over nuclear stockpile to get anything. USA position is that failure to meet deal commitments means Iran gets nothing.-Long term USA objective is preventing Iran from having nuclear weapon.-Initial deal point is to re-establish free flow of commerce by reopening Strait of Hormuz.Deal should have 2 phases:Step 1 - Open Strait of Hormuz. Give world economy breathing room. Iran agrees to give up enriched uranium.Step 2 - Get the nuclear material turned over. Only then can Iran get sanctions relief.Bottom line: goal is to make a deal that lowers costs for Americans, calms world energy markets, and guarantees that Iranians cannot have a nuclear weapon over the long term. We aren’t there yet. Iran takes forever to get you a response on even small things. But we are close although it still could be a few days.“If we get what we are demanding, this is going to be a historic deal,” SAO says.SAO sounds prepared to do no deal at all if all Iran will do is a “bad deal.” SAO admits deal could fall apart yet. But if a deal is reached, SAO expects very senior USA admin officials to take part in a signing ceremony of some sort.Iran has agreed in principle to the framework but there are still a couple points USA isn’t satisfied with. 95% done. But literally changing words sometimes requires days in Iran’s system. Haggling over language. But USA feels like we have a commitment on nuclear stockpile and on opening Strait of Hormuz.If IRAN doesn’t deliver on commitments, they get nothing.“Iran’s ability to project power is a lot more limited than it was two months ago,” SAO says. “Their industrial base for building ballistic missiles has been substantially destroyed.”
I honestly can't tell if Luntz is making a joke here or not.
At Least The War Is Over
As I said before, Trump doesn't just lie, he believes he can manifest reality through his proclamations. I don't think most journalists get this.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says some progress has been made in talks with the United States with Pakistan’s mediation on “a large portion of the discussion topics”, but it does not mean that “the signing of an agreement is imminent”.
Iran's probably gonna hold out for getting Greenland.
(Just kidding, Greenlanders, you are not ours to give)
I Was Proved Fucking Right
I don't know how much this is human nature generally and how much it is specific to the kind of person drawn to careers in public influence (punditry, top government positions, etc.), but it is certainly the case that many people in positions of influence would prefer to burn down Cincinnati (editor: where is that, again? our readers probably don't know) than admit to having ever been wrong about anything.
There was a brief "admitting we were wrong" period about Iraq. Lots of people who were wrong about Iraq were paid money to write pieces about being wrong about Iraq (funny how that works: those people must be listened to, even in error). Most of the pieces were, at heart, pieces about the tragedy of someone with such a big brain being wrong and not the consequences of that.
If they'd burn down Cincinnati, they'd certainly nuke Iran, especially when so many of them want to anyway.
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