Iran Closes the Strait Again. The New Blue Paint is Peeling Off the Reflecting Pool. Trump Says Vandals are Responsible. The Vandals are Probably the Same Illegal Aliens That Vote Illegally in Our Elections.
Today’s Statement by the Iranian Joint Military Command
“In light of the United States’ clear breach of its commitments regarding the first article of the memorandum of understanding to end the war, and the Zionist regime’s continuous violations of the ceasefire in southern Lebanon, the command hereby that the Strait of Hormuz will be closed to all vessel passage.”
Today’s Statement by Malignant Narcissist Spreading Delusions About the Reflecting Pool
They Think the Deal Won’t Survive Three Days of Trump Watching the Commentary on Fox
Big Bethel AME and Happy Acres Progressives Raise Holy Hell. Georgia Republicans Cry Uncle on Redistricting.
As Trump Predicted, Iran War Ends in Unconditional Surrender
A Song for Donald Trump
Deal or No Deal? Hallucination or No Hallucination?
Here on Saturday, June 13, in the US Eastern Time Zone, the hour is past 6PM and night is drawing nigh.
The Washington Post solemnly informs us that “U.S. and Iran to close deal within a day, Trump says, but Tehran yet to confirm: An agreement would extend the ceasefire and pave the way for a longer truce, leaders said, though a Tehran official denied that a deal will be signed Sunday.” Meanwhile, the Noo Yak Times, somewhat more fulsomely, lets us know that
Starting with March 23 this year, this is the 38th time Trump has claimed an Iran deal is just around the corner.
We appear to be living in the age of hallucination. KPMG, one of the Big Four accounting firms, just released a major report on the impact of AI on business going forward. It provided many examples to support its conclusions. A large number of the examples were themselves AI hallucinations.
Meanwhile, K&L Gates, a top law firm, submitted a brief to a federal court in California where nine of 27 citations were wrong, including two non-existent cases hallucinated by an artificial intelligence program.
Up in Washington, at the White House, the cage fight will start in about an hour and a half. One assumes that Orange Mussolini will take time out to enjoy the human cock fight and will, temporarily, stop acting like someone whose mind has been occupied by an incompetently designed, delusional AI chat bot.
After the cage fight is all over and they’re taking away the bodies, I expect we will begin to hear more belligerent delusions about an Iran deal signing ceremony.
Will there in fact be a deal by this time next week? I very much doubt it. If you would like to bet a nice steak dinner on that, let me know.
I’m even more confident that if a deal is reached next week, it will heavily favor Iran.
If not, I expect there will soon be some dead Iranian negotiators.
Cry Havoc! and Let Slip the Dogs of War
Bullying. Bluster. Delusional bullshit.
Today, he’s back to bullying. And maybe committing war crimes.
He will fail again.
Tomorrow, it will be back to delusional bullshit.
And more failure.
Watch Platner and Decide for Yourself
Four points:
One. I think he sounds a lot better in person or on video than when I just read his words on paper.
Two. I don’t know all the things he’s accused of doing or saying. I don’t know which of those things he actually did or said. He has expressed remorse; I don’t know how much of his remorse is real or feigned. He has also claimed that at least some of his youthful bad behavior was caused by PTSD arising from military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, but I don’t know how much of that is true.
I do know that when I was young I was a very great expert on which bad behavior could have been controlled and was therefore blameworthy, and which bad behavior grew out of an irresistible urge and was therefore excusable. I also know that, as I approach my 80th birthday, I have lost that expertise.
Three. Republicans apparently plan to make it a big damn deal that he has allegedly acted badly toward women.
That is rich.
Four. This November, Maine voters will decide between two people who should be disqualified for the office of senator. One should be disqualified for letting Roe v. Wade get overturned, for supporting Trump, and for bringing immiseration to Maine voters. The other is Graham Platner, who has the wrong tattoo.
Narcissistic Collapse
To remind you:
Steven Beschloss is a journalist, writer, and adjunct professor at New York University. He is the brother of historian Michael Beschloss.
Mary Trump, the niece of Donald Trump, earned a doctorate in clinical psychology and has made a cottage industry of analyzing her uncle’s many mental disorders.
Facing MAGA 