If you call yourself a Catholic or even a Christian, and you still support Trump, you may as well face it; your politics are more important than your religion, and your partisanship is greater than your faith.

Only two kinds of people wear aviator sunglasses; assholes and pilots. (Only exception is Joe Biden)

I’m glad to see the results in Va’s redistricting vote, but honestly, gerrymandering by both sides is a major, long-term problem and somehow it needs to be abolished.

Articles would be more concise and useful if they would only report “Today Trump made the following true and verifiable statements: List, if any Everything else is unverifiable or provably false”

There are more victims in the Epstein files than there are trans athletes at any level in the entire country.

-I oughta go to the gym and do core today. -I don’t wanna go to the gym. -I wanna go to the airport and jump out of an airplane. -The wind gusts today are too much for a jumper of my experience. -So I oughta go to the gym today. -I don’t wanna.

The most important thing we can do to protect democracy long-term is to increase the emphasis and spending on public education. Uneducated people are more susceptible to propaganda and extremism. MAGA are concentrated in states with the worst public education.

The rest of the world regards the US like sane Americans regard the MAGA.

Trump has no idea what he’s up against. This will be harder than the Paris Peace talks, where it took Kissinger almost a year to get a deal with North Viet Nam. Iran is going to yank him around like a rag doll.

In Trump-speak, Iran really was two weeks away from getting a nuclear weapon, just like the US was two weeks away from seeing Trump’s health care plan!

Last month the BLS reported that annual inflation had crept up to 3.3%, but damn, it seems like everything is a lot more expensive than that.

Every time he spews gibberish in public, I want to see a clip of some right-wing type like Hannity or Rush talking about Biden’s decline. “He’s obviously losing it”. “He has no idea where he is”. I want to show how Trump is everything they accused Biden of being.

Actually, blockading the Straits of Hormuz is not a dumb idea. Previously, Iran was exporting oil and making money, but nobody else was allowed to. No, Iran should feel the pain everyone else in the region is.

I can’t wait to hear Trump’s comments on Orban’s loss: “I barely knew him. Maybe he got me a coffee once” “He wasn’t MAGA enough. He should have sent ships to help against Iran” (Hungary is land locked) “JD Vance failed to save his election.” “It’s Biden’s fault”

Every single time you see the phrase “Straits of Hormuz”, you need to think “solar, wind, and nuclear”. Since 1973, the logical answer has been to get off of oil.

Had my old trainer and her family over for dinner last night. On politics and religion we are diametrically opposed, so we avoided those topics and had a wonderful evening. There’s a lesson in here somewhere.

No progress at the US-Iran peace talks. Iran doesn’t need to concede; time is on their side. They are shipping oil without sanctions, making a few million/day on tolls, and no US bombing. Meanwhile, the western world is being driven into recession. “Art of the Deal” my ass!

Trump has promised mass pardons for his henchmen when he leaves office. In the cases of Kegsbreath, Miller, and a few others, there’s always The Hague.

I’m starting to see the “cash price” scam at gas stations again. The sign says $3.89, and “cash” in small letters. When you pay with a card, like 99% of people, surprise! $4.49 “card price”. I’ve seen it range from 20 to 60 cents/gal. It’s borderline bait-and-switch.

Iran is turning into the ultimate case of gaslighting by Trump. He wants to build a triumphant arch to celebrate the grand victory in a conflict where he completely lost his ass.

Wore the sports watch while I got 2 jumps yesterday. My pulse averaged 126 for 2-1/2 hours. It peaked at 154 in the first jump and 160 in the second. At my age, the max should be about 145. Skydiving is not that much effort; this was pure adrenaline. Nothing like it in the world.

Iran is already running rings around Trump in the so-called negotiations. By the time this is over, he will give them everything they want and throw in the Brooklyn Bridge for good measure. In return he will get two things: Jack and Shit.

Y’know, if Iran were to rename that spot the Straits of Trump, he’d let them keep it and charge any toll they wanted! As long as he got a small percentage.

I’ll admit it; I was afraid he might actually pop a nuke on Iran. Silly me! He made an excuse and backed away from his threats at the last minute. TACO!

There is a greater chance of deployment of a nuclear weapon right now than there has been in decades. Russia made vague threats against Ukraine but nobody thought they were serious. Trump is stupid/crazy/desperate enough to consider it. The chances are still small, but way too high

Trump says the closure of the Straits of Hormuz does not affect the US, but he’s wrong. Oil is a global commodity. If the price of oil goes up in Europe or Asia because of the closure, it goes up in the US as well. Trump is apparently not smart enough to understand this.

They’re trying to say there was a failure of intelligence in Iran. No, there wasn’t. The intel was very accurate. The failure of intelligence was the pedo-rapist not having enough intelligence to comprehend any intelligence that wasn’t what he wanted to hear.

I’m not real impressed by MAGA’s saying they’ve quit Trump. I’ll bet they still vote straight republican in November. And if/when this war ends and gas gets back down under $3/gal, they’ll dig their red hat out of the closet.

Von Clausewitz described war as politics by other means, but I personally think it’s more like armed robbery on the largest scale. Or sometimes the ultimate example of graft by a politician.

To my friends who are legitimate Christians; Happy Easter and may your day be filled with spiritual grace. And to the Christian Taliban out there; fuck you, Jesus was a long-haired liberal and people like you killed Him.

Your friends may question your sanity, but they’ll never doubt your courage. You jump out of airplanes for fun. You’re a skydiver; nothing like it in the world

March Madness always makes me think of my late mother. She was a huge sports fan, especially college basketball, and we used to joke that Mom didn’t sleep in the month of March.

The various countries trying to re-open the Straits of Hormuz should offer to work with the US Navy only if they are in command. Cut the pedo-rapist and Kegsbreath out of the loop.

40 countries from Asia, Europe, and the Gulf are meeting to figure out how to reopen the Straits of Hormuz. This could be the beginning of a new global security cooperative. One that doesn’t include the US.

You stick your head out of the plane and look around, then look straight down. It’s 14,000 feet to a drop zone that looks smaller than a dime. You pull back in, set your feet, and you dive out the door. You’re a skydiver; nothing like it in the world

Trump is starting to treat the closure of the Straits of Hormuz much like he first treated Covid: It’s not real, it’s no big deal, it’s someone else’s responsibility, I’m doing a great job on it, let’s talk about something else.

In war, a country has the means to fight and the will to fight. You win by destroying the enemy’s means to fight. Breaking a country’s will is damn near impossible. This is why Trump’s threats of escalation will not work.

Kimi Antonelli, among other things: Had his F1 license before his drivers’ license 1st Italian to win an F1 race in 20+ years 1st Italian to win consecutive races since 1958 Only driver ever to win multiple races as a teenager Right now has most of Italy saying “Ferrari who?”

Lovely day for a protest today. Weather in Houston was perfect! Lots of good reactions from passing cars. Hope the rest of the the country did well

There is something glorious about going to the liquor store and getting a cart. It just shows that you’re planning on having a LOT of fun.

Today is 3/27, and 327 is National Chevy Small-Block V8 day. Rev up your ‘71 Camaro to celebrate! What, you don’t have one? Me neither; we’ll fake it.

If I worked for TSA, and hadn’t been paid in a month, and saw that Congress, which repeatedly failed to fix this, had adjourned for a 2-week vacation, it would be the last straw. If Congress adjourns, watch for TSA absenteeism to spike.

This may jinx the whole thing, but thus far the dems and dem leadership have done well in this shutdown. They keep sending clean bills and they refuse to cave on TSA or the SAVE act. Hopefully they can continue for as long as it takes.

Question for any biblical scholars out there. The Christian Taliban love to quote scripture, but how often do they quote something Jesus said?

On the LaGuardia crash, we won’t have the NTSB report for about a year, but I guarantee you an overworked ATC in an under-manned facility will be a major factor.

-Can’t get a deal to fund TSA -Can’t get a deal to open the Straits of Hormuz -Can’t get a deal to get allies to help in his War for Better Polls I’m starting to think he’s not such a great negotiator after all.

The ultimate answer in Iran is an effective, economical anti-drone defense system. Probably a layered system of microwave, laser, small missile, fighter-drones, and AA guns. Today such a thing doesn’t exist, but war drives technology.

Release the EPSTEIN FILES 😡

Wild idea: Iran is attacking shipping. We can do that too. Declare that any ship or boat, of any nation, within 10 miles of the Iranian coast is subject to being attacked without warning.