Wouldn't he have had to serve in it, though?

Big Downfall energy in today’s WSJ “At the same time, the president sometimes loses focus, spending time on the details of his plans for the White House ballroom or on midterm fundraisers”

Ilse getting her look right.

Or else just sing "Get a job, na na na na, na na na na na, get a job."

So Trump launched war with Iran to distract from Epstein, and now that's going so badly Melania brings up Epstein to distract from Iran . . . Melania Trump Says She Was Not Associated With Jeffrey Epstein www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...

Canada mourning her dead at the Vimy Ridge memorial. A powerful, utterly non-triumphalist memorial, put up by people who knew about the full cost and horror of war.

Today Ilse is considering the limitations of the extreme empiricism of the Vienna Circle.

“I took every possibility into account from the very beginning.” -- Adolf Hitler, March, 1941, just before invading the Soviet Union and thereby causing his own downfall.

The gross incompetence of everyone in this administration is beyond belief. But I prefer it when evil people are incompetent.

"There is no man that is weaker than one who revels in harming others in a pathetic bid to feel bigger . . . killing little girls and then not even having the guts to admit that you did." Great piece by @amandamarcotte.bsky.social www.salon.com/2026/03/13/p...

So gas is up 34 cents a gallon since last week; 1/3 of the world's key fertilizer ingredients pass through the Strait of Hormuz so fertilizer prices are now spiking, which means food prices will soon follow. If you voted for Trump, you voted for this. Enjoy.

Hey, have we forgotten about Epstein yet at least? www.reuters.com/world/us/jus...

Today is the 93rd anniversary of the Reichstag fire. I did this reel for the museum of Jewish Heritage. www.instagram.com/reel/DVQyN3Q...

When is Pedo-Pam going to be arrested? When is the orange shit stain going to be arrested? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

This was my wife’s project yesterday.

The "Fight Unlawful Conduct and Keep Individuals and Communities" Act Empowered"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/nyregion/new-jersey-democrats-ice-laws.html?smid=bs-share

Some creative soul in my neighborhood seems to have made a snow-Churchill.

Jackson Heights Queens is a wintery but photogenic place tonight. Photo credit spouse.

I'll make this easy. This account is anti-ICE and anti Nazi- Barbie, blanket-sporting Noem . . . Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

On this day in 1999, the final NHL game was played at Maple Leaf Gardens. Anne Murray performed The Maple Leaf Forever. Red Horner, who played for the Leafs when the arena opened, dropped the opening puck. The Maple Leafs lost to the Chicago Blackhawks 6-2.

“Stopping the rise of authoritarianism today will require the United States and its allies around the world to mitigate the causes of humiliation and status anxiety,” argues @benjamincarterhett.bsky.social.

MAGA are the kind of people who would show up to Carmen and then bitch that it was in French

Leader Jeffries laying it down. youtube.com/shorts/t-v5Q...

The dog was non compliant. He's lucky it wasn't Noem there. Questions raised after U.S marshal kicks, injures dog youtu.be/Zw_h7lesha8?... via @YouTube

Be it known I am changing my name to Donald Trump. gothamist.com/news/is-nyc-...

Benjamin Carter Hett 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 Слава Україні @BenjaminHett I was at the premier of "Hans Litten" last night hanslittenplay.com -- fantastic and moving play about a brilliant young man who sacrificed himself fighting fascism. If you're in NYC go see it!

I guess it's back to invading Greenland, then. www.tmz.com/2026/01/30/t...

I'll take "what is Karma?"

Aww, no more fun-sized Nazi!

A leader who is smart, eloquent, wise, literate, gently witty, and strong. The contrast to Trump could not be starker. youtu.be/btqHDhO4h10?...

I am excited to have an article in Foreign Affairs today. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

"The federal agents flooding this city, like the president ultimately commanding them, seem unprepared for what they are facing...ordinary people who’ve decided that watching their neighbors being dragged away is an intolerable sin." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...

17th district of groveling coward Lawler now moved from "lean Republican" to "tossup." Maybe decency and morality is a better strategy after all. nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-pol...

Ilse after reading the news today

Aryan superheroes, chapter 3: ICE on ice. I sense an NHL contract in the offing.

Plato cancelled -- good. I always thought he was a dangerous commie, along with those subversives who study him, like the pinko Allan Bloom and all those Straussians. www.chronicle.com/article/texa...

I think all Trump supporters should demonstrate their loyalty by eating steak and cheese for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day, washed down by Scotch. See How Kennedy’s Inverted Food Pyramid Stacks Up www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

My diet should consist mainly of steak and booze? I take back everything I have ever said about worm in the brain. He's my guy now. See How Kennedy’s Inverted Food Pyramid Stacks Up www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Sorry to say I haven't seen it yet -- would like to and have been meaning to. I do recommend The Guest House -- fascinating for the bizarre atmosphere of the time, perps and victims living in the same house and socializing too.

“ I am no longer able to continue with dry January.” — my sister-in-law, January 3, 2026.

The look that says “where the hell do you think you’re going?” Photo credit spouse.

And, by the way, my wife's number for the Powerball draw were just one off in almost all cases. So close and yet so far . . .

I saw this banner on the CBS news website. It must be some kind of joke. @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy

Ilse is ready to go.

There was a German joke in Nazi times that went like this: “There are three possible qualities a person might have, any two of which necessarily exclude the third: convinced Nazi, honest, intelligent.”

Just a reminder that Trump has, on camera, bragged about walking in on Miss Teen USA contestants changing and explained his 17-year-old daughter asked him not to “date” girls younger than her. I’m not sure what’s true in the Epstein Files, but when you recall those facts it all seems plausible

Talk about karma. I hope this utter piece of garbage is gone forever from our national political life. Elise Stefanik Tried Everything to Please Trump. He Still Jilted Her. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...