Iran's foreign minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, who believes: "The Iranian negotiation style is generally known in the world as the market style,' which means continuous and tireless bargaining. This method is a process of interaction that requires great patience and time. It requires a lot of time and energy, and he who gets tired and bored quickly will lose. The market has its own unique culture, and only a person who has lived in that culture for years or, as a person connected to the market says, has breathed the air of the market', can participate and compete in it." read more
I just returned from a tour of various Statues, Monuments, Fountains and, most importantly, an old and run down Golf Course located throughout Washington, D.C., our Nation's Capital. Almost all of the Statues, Monuments, and Fountains have been completely renovated and restored, and are in, after suffering years of Graffiti, Abuse, and Vandalism, perfect shape. They are truly beautiful, even nicer than the day they were built. The Reflecting Pool is now in full use after suffering great damage from Criminal, Radical Left Vandals, people that truly hate our Country. They cut the lower surface of a very expensive and strong waterproof padding, in the color of American Flag Blue, and put their hands underneath the surface, and ripped it. read more
The Reflecting Pool drama says everything about how the administration operates. read more
Billionaire financier Leon Black's testimony before a House committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein ended abruptly on Friday morning after members from both parties said Black refused to answer questions about non-disclosure agreements. read more
The Battle of Little Bighorn on June 25 and 26, 1876, lasted barely a full day, but it would become one of the most famous, controversial and mysterious military engagements in American history. Pitting the United States Army against Native warriors, primarily Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne, the battle also brought together three men who remain legends 150 years later: on one side, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, in command of the Army's Seventh Cavalry Regiment, and on the other, the Lakota chief and holy man Sitting Bull and the Lakota leader Crazy Horse. read more
The 13 Steps of a Trump Fiasco
By Charlie Warzel
www.theatlantic.com
1. Devise unnecessary spectacle.
2. Disregard expertise.
3. Bypass normal procedures.
4. Declare victory too early (bonus if done by AI-slop post).
5. Spend way more than estimated.
6. Ignore the haters.
7. Realize it is not going well.
8. Bypass normal procedures once again.
9. Allege conspiracy and sabotage.
10. Redeclare victory.
11. More blaming.
12. Losing interest.
13. Pretend it never happened, and move on to the next thing.
Some insights to a deist's perspective can be found in the cut-and-paste job Thomas Jefferson did on the New Testament: The Philosophy of Jesus of Nazareth, being Extracted from the Account of His Life and Doctrines Given by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John; Being an Abridgement of the New Testament for the Use of the Indians, Unembarrased [uncomplicated] with Matters of Fact or Faith beyond the Level of their Comprehensions, better known as The Jefferson Bible: uuhouston.org
"There laid they Jesus: and rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher and departed."
They haven't even decided when they might arrange face-to-face discussions about any aspect of the MoU Trump signed at Versailles.
"Please, sit, yes, make yourself comfortable. The sweets? The finest from Isfahan, much the same as the rugs. The rugs? Oh, yes, but of course! Certainly after a sweet, no? Be daring! Ha, ha, ha! And a touch of sweet tea, perhaps? Where, if I may be so bold, in Milan do you get your clothes tailored? What? No!? Well, what taste ... .The rugs? Oh, yes, of course! Another touch of sweet tea?"