It's always two fucking weeks with this asshole..

I want to return to this. China is basically saying "Fuck you" to to the Trump blockade. If they follow through, who do you think is gonna blink?

Here's my completely made up analysis of market reaction to the blockade.. Trump and co. have shifted away from their wildly unsuccessful "let's bomb the living shit out of them until they capitulate" strategy.

Not a good sign for a quick resolution:

Magyar on Ukraine 🇭🇺🇺🇦: "Everyone in Hungary knows that Ukraine is a victim of this war and no one should tell them under what conditions they should enter a peace or sign a peace treaty. We cannot tell any country to give up their territory.

Inflation expectations are the group chat of macroeconomics: once everyone thinks prices are going up, everyone starts acting like prices are going up, and then... surprise... prices go up.

This was the presser opening: "Formerly, press conferences worked in a way that the propaganda media asked questions that were written for them by govt... We will now give the floor to those Hungarian outlets who are still independent."

Peter Magyar confirmed that Szijjarto, Orbán's FM, has barricaded himself with some of his closest colleagues and is shredding documents related to the sanctions on Russia any other evidence of treason.

The trolling wars are getting intense:

In order to manipulate the market and increase his insider trading profits Trump announced his blockade ahead of the stock market opening.

You get what you voted for.

Hahahahahahahaha

Trump can't even win this: "WORLD'S MOST UNPOPULAR HEAD OF GOVERNMENT"

#Aprilmusicchallenge Day 13 - You like the music, but not the lyrics A Philly band from the same era as The Hooters. Tommy went on to become an elementary school teacher. Song is in the same adolescent male mold as Free Bird (which I could have chosen, but I dislike its music as well)

I had these at a Hungarian restaurant in Frankfurt once. Let's celebrate with some Palatschinke, a crêpe-like pancake popular in Central & Eastern Europe. It's typically filled with sweet ingredients like apricot jam, Nutella, or sweetened cheese, folded, and dusted with powdered sugar.

A verified Twitter account for Peter Magyar - but with Twitter these days, who knows - claims Orban has just conceded.

Escalator going up..

Not counting the chickens yet but it sure looks like when the dust settles Viktor Orban will be.. as the song says... He's Gone!

It's all over but the counting. apnews.com/article/hung...

Britain will NOT be sending any Royal Navy warships to join President Trump’s Strait of Hormuz blockade.

Monday's gonna be lit.. At least I can look forward to Orban being ousted, maybe.

So, let me get this straight.. The US is going to blockade the strait that is already being blockaded by Iran. This is presumably to prevent Iranian tankers (and their friends) from leaving the gulf. Thereby cutting the already minimal flow to zero.

It is not a Joke. Trump’s quips about future pardons are intended to send a message. There are no consequences for those who break the law on Trump’s behalf. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

#Aprilmusicchallenge Day 12 - A song about space travel youtu.be/I3j9SHBxU9g?...

If he's smart (an open question) he'll just say that "we've made good progress but there's a lot of work still to do. " After that, he should shut up, not take questions, and go get some sleep.

According to the NYT, in a a key meeting in the Situation Room prior to making his final decision, Vance was the only member of the inner circle who said that starting the war and assassinating the Ayatollah at the behest of Netanyahu was “a bad idea”.

Major anti-Orbán protests in Hungary tonight! I really hope these people can take their country back tomorrow and free us all from the burden of dealing with an overgrown russian puppet.

As much as I like my local Italian place, $45-$50 for two large pizzas from the pickup windows, has led me to this. In

Per Bloomberg's sources, two U.S. Navy destroyers were forced to turn back while attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz as Iran’s Revolutionary Guard threatened them and launched a drone toward the ships.

This is pretty much all day now. They no longer take notice of me. These two literally are both being territorial a-holes.

I generally avoid anything related to Mellie, but... "I have another possible explanation. And that is that the Trumps aren’t just morally bankrupt, they’re also very, very stupid."

Ready for the 2nd seating..

Here we fixed this for you, @wsj.com We see you trying to help JD pretend he doesn’t have to wear this war when he runs for president. Nope.

It infuriates me when people act as if migrants are people who go on a vacation and simply decide, on the spur of the moment, "oooh.. it's m ice here. Why don't we stay." No recognition of how bad things have to be for people to leave their homes.

Sun is out. The birds are singing. Time to wake Lucy up and get out for our morning constitutional. This is Lucy.. 15 years old. Arthritic AF with canine dementia. I love this old girl.

Well done, chaps.. Beijing has a stranglehold on the critical minerals the U.S. needs to rebuild its weapons cache following five weeks of war.

More on the bus he's under.. JD's choice: to either undersign considerable US concessions to Iran in order to hold the ceasefire and negotiate the opening of the strait of Hormuz – or effectively cut off negotiations, personally backing a return to war that is unpopular with the American public.

That's one big fucking bus that JD's been thrown under.. "If it doesn't happen, I'm blaming JD Vance. And if it does happen," Trump added, "I'm taking full credit." Vance's diplomatic mission to Islamabad is a political minefield, one with a limited upside and plenty to lose if negotiations fail.

Swalwell is a Democrat, so his career over. If he was a Republican, they’d create a new cabinet position for him. #CleanHouse

...aaaannnnddddd we're off! Apparently, the WH has already denied the reports about agreeing to release $6 billion in Iranian assets held in Qatar.

It is time diagnose what ails us—not describe symptoms, but the disease itself: a security state-building project that dictates political realities for its citizens, as opposed to the reverse, the governing reality of a functioning republic.

#Aprilmusicchallenge Day 11 - A song that helped during a crisis youtu.be/STugQ0X1NoI?...

We’re about to pay Iran $6 billion to re-open the thing that was open before the war. Art of the deal, baby.

This is how Bruce Springsteen opened his concert in Los Angeles last night. 🔥🔥 Footage from @margaret_nagle on Threads.

A bird has built a nest in a ligustrum shrub at the foot of the deck stairs. I have been informed by Mrs. M that all further entry to the back garden must go through the gate at the far end of the property so as not to disturb the mama bird as she sits on her eggs. You can make out the nest below