This morning, the president posted this to Truth Social: The inner Gen X kid in me, the one who grew up with the threat of nuclear war pretty much daily, is screaming his head off. I wrote my Congressman, Lloyd Smucker (R-Toady). I don’t know that I need to quote what the president said onContinue reading “Trump Threatens War Crimes”
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The Bombing of the Girls School
Last weekend, at the start of the Iran War (which the Trump administration describes as a “war” while drawing a legal distinction it isn’t a war so they can, in their minds, avoid “war crimes”), the United States bombed an Iranian girls school. And then bombed it again for good measure. You can see immediatelyContinue reading “The Bombing of the Girls School”
Doomscrolling the War
In the early hours of Saturday morning, the air forces of the United States and Israel commenced a joint aerial assault on Iran in an attempted decapitation strike. Iran then responded by launching missiles at Israel, United States military bases and assets in the Persian Gulf, and host nations (Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirites)Continue reading “Doomscrolling the War”
On the Cusp of History
Donald Trump wants a war. Congress hasn’t weighed in, nor authorized force. I have no idea how this will go.
As Seen on Twitter
I still have a Twitter account. I don’t use it for anything, I nuked my Tweets a while ago. I tried using it to colorize some old baseball photos, and that worked out well. I don’t want to give up my handle there, so I scroll through my feed to see if there’s anything ofContinue reading “As Seen on Twitter”
Trump Makes His Ultimatum
A week and a half ago I wrote my Congressman, Lloyd Smucker (R-Toady), about standing up to the president on acquiring Greenland by force. Yesterday, the president sent a letter to European embassies and the Norwegian prime minister stating, to sanewash his incoherence into something eloquent, “You, Norway, denied me the peace prize. Therefore, IContinue reading “Trump Makes His Ultimatum”
This Is the Week That Was
I don’t even know how to describe the last week. H.P. Lovecraft could not have written a more sanity shattering work of prose if he tried. The only place to begin is with this. The President of the United States, upset that Denmark will not sell him Greenland and incensed that the public threats ofContinue reading “This Is the Week That Was”
A Letter to my Congressman
This BBC headline speaks for itself: “US discussing options to acquire Greenland including using military, White House says.” I wrote a letter to my Congressman, Lloyd Smucker. I think it says everything that needs to be said. In 1916, in accordance with the Treaty of the Dutch West Indies, the United States purchased what isContinue reading “A Letter to my Congressman”
A Letter to My Congressman
Last night, much as Hitler had Joachim von Ribbentrop deliver an ultimatum to Poland before the September 1, 1939 invasion, Donald Trump delivered his own ultimatum to Venezuela. I was moved to write my Congressman, Lloyd Smucker. No state of war exists between the United States and Venezuela. There is no causus belli, no legalContinue reading “A Letter to My Congressman”
Land of Confusion
Six years ago, when I was in the ICU — vision melting, suspicion of a stroke, all that jazz — I took the cognitive tests that Donald Trump likes to brag about. That was part of the stroke protocol, along with various motor tests. I was happy when, after the second day, I didn’t haveContinue reading “Land of Confusion”