I'll take small issue with the assertion that Americans were "represented" by their governors. One of the gripes in the Declaration is that the governors were too cozy with the king.
But anyway,
May 6, 2026
A Little History
The screachingly annoying habit of wealthy Americans constantly bitchin' about paying their taxes is baked in.
Back To The Professional Left
On "authenticity" and how corporate media just never fucking gets it.
They get into the meat of the media problems starting at about 23:05.
Both Ways
- and -
The high price of gas, and groceries - and practically everything else - is painful, and may persist for a while, but it's a small price to pay for keeping Iran from getting the bomb.
Reminder: Keeping Iran from getting the bomb was an item in big bold red letters, at the top of the list when Obama hammered out the deal with Tehran 10 fucking years ago. You know - the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) - the one that Trump flushed down the shitter just because it had Obama's signature on it.
But I digress. They're doing the same thing they always do. ie: talking out of both sides of their mouth.
There's no policy, there's no plan, there's just bullshit and lame excuses to get Trump from one stupid momentary decision to the next moronically impetuous decision - whatever he thinks buys him another 48 hours before somebody puts his lights out altogether.
- Iran agreed to limit its uranium enrichment to 3.67% (well below the 90% required for weapons) and reduce its stockpile of enriched uranium by 98%.
- Centrifuge Reduction: Iran reduced its installed centrifuges—the machines used to enrich uranium—by two-thirds and agreed to use only older models for a decade.
- Monitoring and Inspections: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was granted enhanced access to monitor nuclear facilities and ensure transparency.
- Sanctions Relief: The U.S. and European nations lifted nuclear-related sanctions on Iran’s banking, oil, and shipping industries.
- "Breakout Time": The agreement was designed to extend the "breakout time" (time needed to produce enough fissile material for one bomb) from a few months to at least one year.
- Implementation Day (January 16, 2016): The deal took effect after the IAEA verified that Iran had complied with its initial nuclear obligations.
- Cash Shipments: The Obama administration sent $1.7 billion in cash to Iran in 2016, settling a pre-1979 arms sale dispute, which was described by critics as a "ransom" in relation to the release of U.S. prisoners, a charge the administration denied.
- U.S. Withdrawal (2018): President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the deal in 2018, calling it one-sided and re-imposing, sanctions, which led to Iran exceeding the deal's limitations.
- Status in 2026: Despite efforts by the Biden administration to revive the deal, it has remained largely defunct. By early 2026, Iran had significantly advanced its nuclear enrichment activities, including producing high-purity uranium, following the formal termination of the 10-year agreement terms.
May 5, 2026
A Secular Sacrament
That Lonesome Road --James Taylor
Walk down that lonesome road all by yourself
Don't turn your head back over your shoulder
And only stop to rest yourself when the silver moon
Is shining high above the trees
If I had stopped to listen once or twice
If I had closed my mouth and opened my eyes
If I had cooled my head and warmed my heart
I'd not be on this road tonight
Carry on
Never mind feeling sorry for yourself
It doesn’t save you from your troubled mind
Walk down that lonesome road all by yourself
Don't turn your head back over your shoulder
And only stop to rest yourself when the silver moon
Is shining high above the trees
Bake The Cookies, Eat The Cookies
SCOTUS handed down a decision that said a corporation is a person, so OpenAI is person. As such, that person can be arrested, charged, put on trial, and if found guilty, they can be sentenced.
If OpenAI assisted in the planning of a murder, then OpenAI can step up and do the dangle dance like any other person.
Their rules, not mine.
Erika Jordan
No, we're not to blame for what our forebears did. But we are responsible for what's happening now - possibly as a consequence of what they did.
So we need to stop being whiny-butt pussies about it, and reckon with it.
May 4, 2026
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