I share your feelings! I began my life surviving WWII in England, now here I am, a naturalized American, 86 and counting, wondering if I will end my days in similar circumstances,
Hey MAGAts, thanks for sending the senile, dementia-ridden, slumlord, failed real estate developer, rapist racist misogynist game show host con man Russian puppet BACK to the White House. Because he knows "the nuclear" better than anybody.
When the nation values the price of eggs more than the lives of it's citizens they elect a felon to run the country, he never served, he knows nothing about service and this is what you get. I don't think he would knowingly walk into WWIII, but he could easily stumble into it with his spastic actions each of which will have consequences. Anything with his name on it is going to be radioactive and will be long after he blesses us with his passing.
Nuclear proliferation is insanity. All responsible US military and political leaders since the 1970’s have acknowledged this truth and acted accordingly until now.
I couldn’t agree more and I have actively worked to support efforts to limit and eliminate nuclear weapons and nuclear energy. The reality unfortunately is that that is unlikely to happen anytime soon, if ever.
Agree. Oh, and wait - then there is the homefront. send missiles into the US? oh no. instead iran will awaken their sleeper cells in the US and a terrorist act/s occur/s in let's say - september/october - and then trump will declare martial law for "six months" citing "national security" and then extend it so that martial law will be in place through the 2026 summer olympics in LA, during which he will assume federal control of the city and martial law will still be in place for november elections except that, oopps, under international law, elections held under martial law cannot be, defacto, considered as fair and free. The ripple effect on one bomb run.
Without in any way trying to diminish the seriousness of this situation (or wishing it to get worse) 6 missiles fired at Qatar in exchange for having their nuclear weapons program utterly obliterated (the melonfelon's assessment not mine) seems like a pretty measured response from Iran (?) Are they testing to see if it's TACO Tuesday? And totally agree that Twump has destroyed any remaining respect for brand "America"
Maybe someone has already put a price tag on the bombings? All those super bombs don't come cheap and they're definitely use-once. So much winning, yet again.
Who knows what the Trump war-litter will do, but Iran's off-ramp strikes were clearly calibrated to save face and "not kill anyone" enough so as not to garner a US retaliation.
From “TOTALLY OBLITERATED” to “seriously damaged” to “we’re still doing damage assessment”, the results of his lawless attack continue to become more meager, while it’s now obvious the Iranians did the smart thing and moved “materials and equipment” (i.e. likely enriched uranium and centrifuges in some cases) in advance out of Fordo and the other two sites we struck on Saturday.
This is great for American industry! Every country will want nukes? We'll make 'em and sell 'em. Trump's sons are probably on it already. Don Jr.'s Nuclear Warhead Lot! New & Used. With or without rocket. We will not be undersold!
Thanks for keeping us up to date. Have you noticed, by the way, that T***p meetings, even important ones, are not scheduled for, heaven forbid, 9 a.m. or 10? Maybe, 11. One linguistic note: perhaps "tinpot dictators" should now be called "aluminum tube dictators," in belated recognition of the aluminum tubes used in 2001 to "prove" Iraq had WMDs, so that the U.S. could invade.
Dumbass has to get his beauty sleep. If the meetings were scheduled for 7:00 or 8:00 am, he’d sleep through the entire session. (I like to sleep in too, but then I’m not Presidunce of the United States.)
Hah! For one thing, we see from the time stamp on his social media posts that he's awake, not hugging or bonking in (you choose the cliche) the middle of the night/the wee small hours of the morning. For another, doesn't he spend his weekday mornings watching that early Fox show? Plus, doesn't he attend (throat-clearing sound) to his own hair, poufing up and rerouting what's left, then slathering on makeup? That's time-consuming, but how important is it to him? Remember *all* of what Norma Desmond said when she reached the bottom of the stairs in "Sunset Boulevard:" "You see, this is my life. It always will be. There's nothing else. Just us. And the cameras. And those wonderful people out there, in the dark. All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up."
If I signed up with "Truth" "Social" or installed its app, I would have to turn in my Luddite letter sweater. Also, I've been serving as a de facto case worker for some very damaged men and women, some of whom have severe hostility issues (yes, I did gently take a knife away from a guy suffering meth psychosis who was going to carve up another guy who had "gotten in my face."). I write this not to show off or boast, but to indicate why I don't want yet another raving lunatic showing up at 3 in the morning. I leave to Lucian and others to reproduce "his" (its) pustulence.
The Situation Room is getting crowded as additional liars are added to help come up with a new set of lies to justify Trump's war crime. Also to help fabricate reasons why the Qataris weren't totally tipped off to the attack by either Trump or the Iranians themselves. It seems just so staged.
Meanwhile, the court stenographers at the New York Times are busy making Fearless Leader look like a brilliant strategist, solemnly deliberating which move to make next on the chessboard of history:
I wish I had time to write a parody of this, in which the brilliant strategist was not The Vile One, but a pigeon, deciding which hole to peck to get its birdseed reward.
If Shitweasle in Chief was going to use a board game it sure wouldn’t be chess. His wee brain couldn’t understand the complexity. How about checkers? King me and that’s that. On the subject of legacy media: last night I felt I had to email NBC News because of their coverage of the bombing. The words and images they put together made for a picture of a glorified mighty ruler of men, not an insecure man child using deadly force. And the newscaster voice was tinged with awe. Geez. And I like your image of a pigeon, deciding which hole to peck to find its reward.
“When Israel began its assault on Iran, Test Subject Pigeon 1 kept his distance. But within days he was on a path that led to an extensive bombing mission aided by political and military ruses. His birdseed reward is still being decided by the scientists conducting the study.
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By Mark MazzettiJonathan SwanMaggie HabermanEric Schmitt and Helene Cooper
June 22, 2025
Standing at the lectern in the White House briefing room on Thursday afternoon, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, read a message she said came “directly from Test Subject Pigeon 1: “Because of the “substantial chance of negotiations” with Iran that could bring the United States back from the brink of jumping into the war in the Middle East, Test Subject Pigeon 1’s statement said, he would make a decision about whether or not to peck Hole #1 or Hole #3 “within the next two weeks.”
Test Subject Pigeon 1 had been under pressure from the noninterventionist wing of his flock to stay out of the conflict, and was having a hearty birdseed repast that day with one of the most outspoken opponents of a bombing campaign, Stephen K. Bannon, fueling speculation that he might hold off.
It was almost entirely a deception. Test Subject Pigeon 1 had all but made up his mind to peck at hole #1, and the military preparations were well underway for the complex attack. Less than 30 hours after Ms. Leavitt relayed his statement, he would give the order for an assault that put the United States in the middle of the latest conflict to break out in one of the world’s most volatile regions.
Test Subject Pigeon 1’s “two weeks” statement was just one aspect of a broader effort at political and military misdirection that took place over eight chaotic days, from the first Israeli strikes against Iran to the moment when a fleet of B-2 stealth bombers took off from Missouri for the first American military strikes inside Iran since that country’s theocratic revolution in 1979.
Interviews with administration officials, Test Subject Pigeon 1 allies and advisers, Pentagon officials and others familiar with the events show how, during this period, different factions of Test Subject Pigeon 1’s allies jockeyed to win over a pestilential bird who was listing in all directions over whether to choose war, diplomacy, Hole #1 or Hole #3.
It seemed to me when Mango Mussolini was bragging to the nation on Saturday night, he could not possibly have known how much if any damage had been done. My thought at the time was the all this bragging will just motivate the Iranians even more than they already are to get back at us! (I also had to chuckle at the sight of Little Petie juggling for space in the camera lens!). Remind me why trump pulled out of the Iran agreement at the beginning of his first term?! This is crazy---and how can we possibly feel safe now!!! His staff weasels will do nothing to stop this, mainly because they don't have the experience or knowledge to do so, never mind guts!
I can't like this Lucian
but I thank you for the
report. I am sickened by
this whole mess and the
war mongers who can't
wait for bombs to fall. I
had hoped my last years
on this world would see
no more wars for our
country. So damn stupid.
I share your feelings! I began my life surviving WWII in England, now here I am, a naturalized American, 86 and counting, wondering if I will end my days in similar circumstances,
Hey MAGAts, thanks for sending the senile, dementia-ridden, slumlord, failed real estate developer, rapist racist misogynist game show host con man Russian puppet BACK to the White House. Because he knows "the nuclear" better than anybody.
We're truly living in the sequel to Idiocracy
Thanks Lucian for emphasizing this. More bad judgment exposing the myth that the dear leader is both feared and anti-war...uggh.
When the nation values the price of eggs more than the lives of it's citizens they elect a felon to run the country, he never served, he knows nothing about service and this is what you get. I don't think he would knowingly walk into WWIII, but he could easily stumble into it with his spastic actions each of which will have consequences. Anything with his name on it is going to be radioactive and will be long after he blesses us with his passing.
Elect a clown, you get a circus. Elect a criminal, you get crimes. Donnie Demento is living proof.
Criminal Clown Syndicate
Isn't that the truth?
The incompetence is staggering.
This is intended to cause damage and destruction.
Dick, literally radioactive!
Stupid, stupid, STOOPID!
What idiots they are.
Nuclear proliferation is insanity. All responsible US military and political leaders since the 1970’s have acknowledged this truth and acted accordingly until now.
`Aren't those the "very stupid former presidents" the asinine Poser in Chief is always whining about?
Their Kriminal Klown Kar will crash very soon and here we are in the back seat with no restraining belts.
Time for people to step up. Our current crop of 'leaders' are purely shit.
Exactly, this guy is no student of history and thinks only of the swagger it gives him to wear nukes as his sidearms.
Project 2026-VOTE EM ALL OUT!
May be too late
All countries including ours, the US need to get rid of nuclear bombs!
I couldn’t agree more and I have actively worked to support efforts to limit and eliminate nuclear weapons and nuclear energy. The reality unfortunately is that that is unlikely to happen anytime soon, if ever.
Agree. Oh, and wait - then there is the homefront. send missiles into the US? oh no. instead iran will awaken their sleeper cells in the US and a terrorist act/s occur/s in let's say - september/october - and then trump will declare martial law for "six months" citing "national security" and then extend it so that martial law will be in place through the 2026 summer olympics in LA, during which he will assume federal control of the city and martial law will still be in place for november elections except that, oopps, under international law, elections held under martial law cannot be, defacto, considered as fair and free. The ripple effect on one bomb run.
As much as this scenario makes me want to vomit, I agree with you.
Without in any way trying to diminish the seriousness of this situation (or wishing it to get worse) 6 missiles fired at Qatar in exchange for having their nuclear weapons program utterly obliterated (the melonfelon's assessment not mine) seems like a pretty measured response from Iran (?) Are they testing to see if it's TACO Tuesday? And totally agree that Twump has destroyed any remaining respect for brand "America"
Maybe someone has already put a price tag on the bombings? All those super bombs don't come cheap and they're definitely use-once. So much winning, yet again.
Won't you think of the poor defense contractors? They need to eat too /s
Who knows what the Trump war-litter will do, but Iran's off-ramp strikes were clearly calibrated to save face and "not kill anyone" enough so as not to garner a US retaliation.
My thoughts exactly… perhaps Iran has formulated a plan with their Russian pal?
From “TOTALLY OBLITERATED” to “seriously damaged” to “we’re still doing damage assessment”, the results of his lawless attack continue to become more meager, while it’s now obvious the Iranians did the smart thing and moved “materials and equipment” (i.e. likely enriched uranium and centrifuges in some cases) in advance out of Fordo and the other two sites we struck on Saturday.
This is great for American industry! Every country will want nukes? We'll make 'em and sell 'em. Trump's sons are probably on it already. Don Jr.'s Nuclear Warhead Lot! New & Used. With or without rocket. We will not be undersold!
Thanks for keeping us up to date. Have you noticed, by the way, that T***p meetings, even important ones, are not scheduled for, heaven forbid, 9 a.m. or 10? Maybe, 11. One linguistic note: perhaps "tinpot dictators" should now be called "aluminum tube dictators," in belated recognition of the aluminum tubes used in 2001 to "prove" Iraq had WMDs, so that the U.S. could invade.
Dumbass has to get his beauty sleep. If the meetings were scheduled for 7:00 or 8:00 am, he’d sleep through the entire session. (I like to sleep in too, but then I’m not Presidunce of the United States.)
Hah! For one thing, we see from the time stamp on his social media posts that he's awake, not hugging or bonking in (you choose the cliche) the middle of the night/the wee small hours of the morning. For another, doesn't he spend his weekday mornings watching that early Fox show? Plus, doesn't he attend (throat-clearing sound) to his own hair, poufing up and rerouting what's left, then slathering on makeup? That's time-consuming, but how important is it to him? Remember *all* of what Norma Desmond said when she reached the bottom of the stairs in "Sunset Boulevard:" "You see, this is my life. It always will be. There's nothing else. Just us. And the cameras. And those wonderful people out there, in the dark. All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up."
😆😆😆 Do you actually read Dumbass’ posts on Truth Social?
If I signed up with "Truth" "Social" or installed its app, I would have to turn in my Luddite letter sweater. Also, I've been serving as a de facto case worker for some very damaged men and women, some of whom have severe hostility issues (yes, I did gently take a knife away from a guy suffering meth psychosis who was going to carve up another guy who had "gotten in my face."). I write this not to show off or boast, but to indicate why I don't want yet another raving lunatic showing up at 3 in the morning. I leave to Lucian and others to reproduce "his" (its) pustulence.
The Situation Room is getting crowded as additional liars are added to help come up with a new set of lies to justify Trump's war crime. Also to help fabricate reasons why the Qataris weren't totally tipped off to the attack by either Trump or the Iranians themselves. It seems just so staged.
Meanwhile, the court stenographers at the New York Times are busy making Fearless Leader look like a brilliant strategist, solemnly deliberating which move to make next on the chessboard of history:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/us/politics/trump-iran-decision-strikes.html
I wish I had time to write a parody of this, in which the brilliant strategist was not The Vile One, but a pigeon, deciding which hole to peck to get its birdseed reward.
If Shitweasle in Chief was going to use a board game it sure wouldn’t be chess. His wee brain couldn’t understand the complexity. How about checkers? King me and that’s that. On the subject of legacy media: last night I felt I had to email NBC News because of their coverage of the bombing. The words and images they put together made for a picture of a glorified mighty ruler of men, not an insecure man child using deadly force. And the newscaster voice was tinged with awe. Geez. And I like your image of a pigeon, deciding which hole to peck to find its reward.
Thank you!
“When Israel began its assault on Iran, Test Subject Pigeon 1 kept his distance. But within days he was on a path that led to an extensive bombing mission aided by political and military ruses. His birdseed reward is still being decided by the scientists conducting the study.
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Mark MazzettiJonathan SwanMaggie HabermanEric SchmittHelene Cooper
By Mark MazzettiJonathan SwanMaggie HabermanEric Schmitt and Helene Cooper
June 22, 2025
Standing at the lectern in the White House briefing room on Thursday afternoon, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, read a message she said came “directly from Test Subject Pigeon 1: “Because of the “substantial chance of negotiations” with Iran that could bring the United States back from the brink of jumping into the war in the Middle East, Test Subject Pigeon 1’s statement said, he would make a decision about whether or not to peck Hole #1 or Hole #3 “within the next two weeks.”
Test Subject Pigeon 1 had been under pressure from the noninterventionist wing of his flock to stay out of the conflict, and was having a hearty birdseed repast that day with one of the most outspoken opponents of a bombing campaign, Stephen K. Bannon, fueling speculation that he might hold off.
It was almost entirely a deception. Test Subject Pigeon 1 had all but made up his mind to peck at hole #1, and the military preparations were well underway for the complex attack. Less than 30 hours after Ms. Leavitt relayed his statement, he would give the order for an assault that put the United States in the middle of the latest conflict to break out in one of the world’s most volatile regions.
Test Subject Pigeon 1’s “two weeks” statement was just one aspect of a broader effort at political and military misdirection that took place over eight chaotic days, from the first Israeli strikes against Iran to the moment when a fleet of B-2 stealth bombers took off from Missouri for the first American military strikes inside Iran since that country’s theocratic revolution in 1979.
Interviews with administration officials, Test Subject Pigeon 1 allies and advisers, Pentagon officials and others familiar with the events show how, during this period, different factions of Test Subject Pigeon 1’s allies jockeyed to win over a pestilential bird who was listing in all directions over whether to choose war, diplomacy, Hole #1 or Hole #3.
[to be continued…]
It seemed to me when Mango Mussolini was bragging to the nation on Saturday night, he could not possibly have known how much if any damage had been done. My thought at the time was the all this bragging will just motivate the Iranians even more than they already are to get back at us! (I also had to chuckle at the sight of Little Petie juggling for space in the camera lens!). Remind me why trump pulled out of the Iran agreement at the beginning of his first term?! This is crazy---and how can we possibly feel safe now!!! His staff weasels will do nothing to stop this, mainly because they don't have the experience or knowledge to do so, never mind guts!