Get to know me by three...
>Albums:
Master of Puppets
Nevermind
The Four Seasons
>Books:
The Catcher in the Rye
The Sun Also Rises
A Theory of Justice
>Movies:
The Dark Knight
Brooklyn
Fury
>Plays:
Hamlet
The Just Assassins
The Phantom of the Opera
Marco Rubio: “Just because you’re born on U.S. soil doesn’t make you a citizen. Your parents must be U.S. citizens.”
Grok: “Marco Rubio was born in Miami in 1971. His parents became citizens in 1975. Rubio is a beneficiary of birthright citizenship.”
Regime change isn't going to happen. The nuclear program isn't going to be ended entirely. How does Trump declare "victory" and end the war while saving face? That is the question. What definition of "victory" will the White House settle on to allow for withdrawal?
So to recap:
•Trump illegally bombed Iran.
•Iran responded by closing the Straight of Hormuz, thus spiking oil prices.
•Trump is now responding by lifting sanctions on Iranian oil, thus funding the regime he's bombing—all as the Straight of Hormuz remains closed.
So in short, Trump bombed Iran, raised oil prices for Americans, and gave Iran more money. Masterful gambit by the author of the Art of the Deal.
Are we great yet?
The strategy here was to tell all your allies they are stupid parasites who should fuck off and die, then create a big mess that requires allied help, then beg them for aid. Surprisingly, it did not work.
Do people become more conservative as they age?
If they were born between 1940 and 1954, the answer is clearly "yes."
Among people born from 1955 to 1979, there's really been no change.
For those born in 1980 or later, it looks they are becoming more liberal as they age.
Such strange logic. We had to go to war because Israel was going to attack Iran? So Bibi gets a say as to whether the US goes to war but the US Senate and the American people do not?
The costs of this Iran war debacle will likely be more than the cost of extending the ACA health insurance subsidies.
If you asked Americans, which do you want: another war in the Middle East or lower health care costs at home, is the margin 90 to 10? 95 to 5?
We are now a week into this fight over the data center tax break and I have yet to hear any coherent answer on why every small business in Virginia has to pay our sales and use tax but data centers should be excempt.
Barack Obama reached a deal that prevented Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.
Trump ripped up that deal.
Now we are at war with Iran to prevent it from getting a nuclear weapon.