In a flashback to the day the Germans marched into Paris in “Casablanca,” we see the chaos at the train station as people are desperate to flee before der Reich. [FN1] Perhaps a million U.S. citizens are stranded in the Middle East following the U.S. attacks on Iran. [FN2] 1/13

Yesterday afternoon, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as noted by the Tennessee Holler, “pleaded with news orgs to put the help Line number out for Americans stuck in the Middle East… but per ABC News when you…

We haven’t declared war on Iran, [FN1] & were engaged in talks to resolve differences [FN2] but attacked Iran as “part of God’s plan” & trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth.” [FN3] This is scary. 1/15

People who believe Earth’s destruction in a final bloody battle as “God’s” will should NOT be allowed to touch nuclear launch codes; “lawful discrimination [] against a member of a protected class [] is…

Bits and pieces of posts and conversations from the past few days & the past few months, not in any particular order, and responses/reflections:

Bit/piece: Gotta admit, at least they got a brutal dictator out of office in Iran. 1/9

Reply: There is no exception in either the Constitution or the War Powers Act for “brutal dictators.” There are 195 countries in the World. [FN1] Of these, 32 can be described as “hard” authoritarian regimes. [FN2] (E.g., Syria, Sudan, Saudi…

Doors shut soon. Military power is wielded by a man who dodged his own military service and called those who did served “suckers and losers.” One can hardly blame him. His daddy did not serve in the military. His grand-daddy came here to dodge service in Prussia. 1/8

Congress was not asked for a formal declaration of war, as required by the Constitution . Art. I, sec 8. The War Powers Act is the law, adopted in 1973, is meant to check a President who might use the military in ways…