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How Trump and His Advisers Miscalculated Iran’s Response to War

Choice of words is important. They didn’t “miscalculate”. They did no calculations at all.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...

So here we have the president deeming a lawmaker who has been mildly critical of him a traitor to the country.

Once again, just imagine Obama or Biden declaring some random congressman "disloyal to the United States of America," and the round-the-clock media freakout you would have seen.

So…

How’s your “drain the swamp!” going, MAGA Republicans?

Trump: "They knocked out 54 ships in two days. I got mad at my people. I said, 'Why the hell did we kill them? Why didn't we just capture them and use them in our Navy?' They said they wouldn't have qualified for that. One of my generals said, 'Sir, it's a lot more fun doing it this way.'"

Trump on Massie: "We gotta get rid of this loser. This guy is bad. He's disloyal to the United States of America."

Donald Trump calls Thomas Massie a traitor for supporting the release of the Epstein Files.

Journalists need to start asking Trump what he is trying to hide.

Cheshire van driver cleared of dangerous driving after four-year-old's death Four-year-old Esmé Rose Weir was run over as she rode her scooter along the pavement to pre-school.

In the news today, a cyclist on the pavement who killed a man is charged with manslaughter.

By contrast, here's a van driver who killed a little girl. He was driving on the pavement: common, and illegal. Killed her. Only charged with dangerous driving. Fully let off.

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President Macron making the case for renewables in light of the US-Israeli attack on Iran,

"Everything we do to move towards transition is also about reducing our dependence and therefore our exposure to geopolitical risks"

Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI ‘Expert Review’ Feature The feature, which Grammarly shut down Wednesday, presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics—without their consent.

I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent.

State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes.

www.wired.com/story/gramma...

Another hush money payment.

I may be wrong, but it feels to me like reporters are giving Trump a lot more "Yeah, no, that's bullshit" responses now than they did just a few months ago.

LANDERS: Why did the FBI seize election records in AZ?

TRUMP: They probably thought the election was rigged

LANDERS: It wasn't though

TRUMP: Oh really? How do you know?

LANDERS: Your own AG said it

TRUMP: If you say it wasn't rigged, you're a rotten reporter

LANDERS: Where's the evidence?

It is extremely difficult to construct a practical case against this position. Net Zero is now as much about patriotism as it is about climate change.

NEW POLL: Most Americans Believe Trump Launched Iran War to Cover Up Epstein Scandal An exclusive Drop Site/Zeteo/Data For Progress survey also finds likely American voters are split on whether Trump is more responsive to the American people or to Israel.

🚨NEW POLL: Most Americans Believe Trump Launched Iran War to Cover Up Epstein Scandal

An exclusive Drop Site/Zeteo/Data For Progress survey also finds likely American voters are split on whether Trump is more responsive to the American people or to Israel.

Families are already seeing petrol prices rise, mortgage rates go up and energy deals get more expensive because of a war they did not start or support.

While the Conservatives and Reform cheer Trump on, I asked the PM if he will just stand by and watch energy bills skyrocket.

U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says

I guess all those people on X who claimed it was an Iranian missile and Bellingcat had lied about it being a Tomahawk are rushing to correct themselves - U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...

So that’s that, right? We don’t have to put up with endless drivel about how expensive it is to save the planet abd ourselves ever again? Cool.

Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’ Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits

"Achieving the UK’s net zero target by 2050 will cost less than a single oil shock and bring health and economic benefits while insulating the country against future costs, the government’s climate advisers have forecast."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It's the birthday of Douglas Adams! Time to share favorite quotes!

This time we profile one of the worst people in the world and explain how much of what we associate with Trump is really Miller’s sinister mission to remake America

Some British newspapers now seem more interested in pleasing American readers than reflecting British opinion.

➡️ Watch Page 94, the Private Eye podcast: youtu.be/m8kyoyGdCQY

NEWS: The Trump administration confirmed it bombed a girl’s school in Iran.

It's one of the most devastating military errors in decades.

Trump lied about it. Pete Hegseth gutted the office preventing civilian casualties.

175 are dead. Most were kids. Hegseth should be fired.

An article “More than one million foreign nationals are receiving benefits” (March 17, 2025) referred to the number of “foreign nationals” receiving benefits, and gave the rate of benefit claims for various nationalities. In fact, the particular DWP data on which the article was based recorded the nationality of claimants when registering for a National Insurance number, rather than the nationality at the time they were claiming benefits, so that some claimants might have since acquired UK citizenship, and would not be foreign nationals at the time they were claiming benefits. This correction has been published following an upheld ruling by the Independent Press Standards Organisation. Advertisement

Fully *one year later*, the Telegraph has been forced (by @ipso.co.uk) to admit that it was lying about foreign nationals claiming benefits.

Watching members of the Trump administration try to ignore or absolve the Kremlin’s malign involvement in the Iran war is quite something. Russian military advisors are on the ground there providing targeting data against US forces and Russian components feature in both Iran’s missiles and drones.

He's creating a lynch mob against a Republican who wants the Epstein Files released

Stochastic terrorism

Hegseth's fragile masculinity has doomed the US inews.co.uk/opinion/hegs...

Kremlin backs covert campaign to keep Viktor Orbán in power Vladimir Putin endorses plan drawn up by Russian consultancy that is under western sanctions

Russia enters Viktor Orban's election campaign, providing consultants who will flood social media with messages designed, ironically, to frame Orbán, a Russia puppet, as "the only candidate who can keep Hungary sovereign"
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They should put a monkey on the £50 note and a pony on the £10 note to confuse the hell out cockneys.

Humanists UK. Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful, without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?' Douglas Adams. Author and humanist.

DON'T PANIC. And always carry a towel.

Today, we're celebrating the life of the humanist and author Douglas Adams, born #onthisday 1952.

He is sorely missed, but his books remain some of the funniest and most imaginative explorations of the absurdity of life, the universe, and everything.