Raphael @warnock.senate.gov on Trump & the housing bill: “If I told you that Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren walked into a bar, it sounds like the beginning of a bad joke."
"There’s overwhelming support in the Senate. We’re going to get this over the finish line."
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Typo in a NYT update that says the new supreme leader of Iran would “continue to blog the Strait of Hormuz” - later changed to “block”
I enjoy this briefly uncorrected typo (now changed to “block”) because I too have the impulse to blog first, act later
& been deployed to the Persian Gulf a LOT.
Also, four Navy mine countermeasures ships forward-deployed to Bahrain were removed and set for decommissioning two months ago (Jan 2026.)
Had enough? Vote for people who don't have their heads up their ass. 2/2
Any govt entity who is surprised by the current situation is dumber than a box of rocks. I first learned about maritime chokepoints like the Strait of Hormuz back in high school. I learned more at UT Austin, while serving in the Navy, & at the US Naval War College. I've lived in Bahrain ... 1/2
My cat sleeps all day and then keeps me awake all night so this gave me a good laugh.
Credit - @dagnylill on Instagram
I'm not a commodities guy but I don't know how many more events like this the markets will be willing to overlook because Trump occasionally shouts, "nearly done!" at a reporter from his golf cart.
Kind of amazing that the solution to beating the famously impenetrable Golden Dome is the bum rush strategy we used to win at Kick the Can
Discover a place pf mountain, sea, legend, history. music, and more: County Down, Northern Ireland #travel perceptivetravel.com/blog/2026/03...
Jim Cramer suggests on CNBC that Trump could “bomb Tehran into the Stone Age” until Iran reopens the strait, citing U.S. bombings of North Vietnam in the 1970s. Carl Quintanilla points out to him that Hanoi won that war.
What? Voting works? What sort of sorcery is this
Eastern Oklahoma's Little Italy in Krebs, near McAlester, is anchored by historic businesses like Lovera's Italian Market grocery:
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#TravelTuesday #TravelSky #EatLocal
Hi, 22+ year Navy veteran and SWO (Surface Warfare Officer) here - once they even merely SAY a passage or strait is mined, the freakout factor skyrockets, because how do you prove that the other guy's just faking, and who's got assets on station to search and sweep?
I am older than everyone and I still want to own my music not because I'm old, but because otherwise it's like having a bunch of albums that someone can just remove from your house at any moment.
It's looking increasingly like these guys thought that if they could wreak more death and destruction than the other side then they would be respected as strong powerful men and they would "win" and that would make them big important heroes. Very possibly they had no rationale deeper than that.
Oh we’re weighing options *now*
this gets rumsfeld meta because there's what is an ACTUAL actual vulnerability, a FAKE but perceived actual vulnerability, an unperceived but actual vulnerability, and a fake and unperceived vulnerability
this is why you don't do dumbass wars of choice
CENTCOM: Hey Navy, send me some modern escort frigates capable of defending a convoy from Iranian stand-off weapons.
CNO: Sorry, best I can do is a 40-knot corvette with a helicopter and a deck gun. 🤷♂️
Sometimes a burger in a local joint just hits the spot better than anything else. If you're visiting central Texas, I have a few favorite local Austin burgers, like Dirty Martin's, P. Terry's, Top Notch, and a bonus shout-out to Whataburger:
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Effective immediately, I am the starting outside linebacker for the Bears. I am asking the clerk of the House of Representatives to have that reflected in the official roster. For administrative purposes, I will continue to serve as a Member of Congress and will not report to Bears training camp.
As an IR professor, it's depressing that this is outperforming all others as the best theory of US foreign policy
Please let this be a misquote.
These two things are not compatible
ALT tags worth the price of admission.
happening tomorrow!
Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for silver for establishment of a harranu-partnership, Egibi archive, ca. 550 BCE, Clay
Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for silver for establishment of a harranu-partnership, Egibi archive, ca. 550 BCE, Clay
Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for silver for establishment of a harranu-partnership, Egibi archive
Babylonian
ca. 550 BCE
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/321539
The reason I haven't gone for classical arcaheology is that I'd constantly eat the artifacts.
Delusional hopium at its finest. 🙄
Let me tell you something. Y’all are asking too many damn questions at every point of sale. I have to leave a comment, make a suggestion, donate to a charity, choose a method of payment three times and then multiple choice of ways to get a receipt.
Take the damn money and leave me alone.
