But first, a segue into the make-up White House Correspondent's Dinner last night, the one added to the first attempt on April 25, when a Trump assassin showed up.  This second one was almost as chaotic. Of course, you must know that President Trump refused to attend any of these dinners in his first term. His first appearance was on 25April2026. From the liberal viewpoint, CNN : Trump bombed at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner — and proved its point Members of the media mocking a leader’s dismal performance on live TV and all across the internet? In some other countries, that’s a criminal offense. But in the US, it’s the norm, so maybe Trump’s speech unwittingly underscored the theme of the dinner: America’s robust First Amendment protections. In a rambling hour-long speech, Trump insulted journalists by name, repurposed old nicknames for political opponents, made a strange number of fat jokes that weren’t funny at all, and sounded mad at his unnamed writers for giving him w...

This is Monday, 1June2026. For the record today, the USA/Israel vs Iran War peace talk  seems be fraying .   Maybe the U.S. can't convince Israel to pull back from Lebanon.   Plus, we again bombed Iran and stopped missiles fired at American troops in Kuwait. The Strait of Hormuz is not totally closed, for 2 ships/day passed through this past week, a trickle compared to the average of 130 ships/day before the war began.  Gas prices are high and fertilizer shortages are occurring. Even worse, Iran might work with its proxies in Yeman to close the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb , totally cutting off oil shipments from Saudi Arabia.  Sure, there is the Suez, but that significantly adds shipping cost. Last month was an amazing one for this blog.  This original site began in April of 2008, and will be 18 years old at the end of the month.  I do this daily, though I had to skip a few while in China (they've long had a feud with Google, which produces this ...