“Maine weather, don’t like it wait a minute.”

I was unaware of that micro stuff Enco.

All of those pin the tale on the Jew donkey is Captain Obviously distracting from humanitarian crises and human rights abuses. Perpetuating evil doers and evil ideologies unopposed that are the sine qua non to the ongoing nightmares. Gives a pass for evil if…[Read more]

The Art of the Non-Deal…..

Non-Deal, n.
A defeat announced at sufficient volume to be mistaken for diplomacy.

I guess Bierce’s verdict would be to call it a “peace deal” if you are selling it, a “ceasefire agreement” if you are insuring it, and a “framework” if you expect it to collapse but wish to sound constructive while it does.

From ChatGPT:

Peace Deal, n.
A ceasefire promoted by its authors before its clauses have survived first contact with…[Read more]

Reg:

Is it a ‘Peace Deal’ or just a ‘Ceasefire Agreement’?

It is two new modern entries in Ambrose Bierce’s The Devil’s Dictionary.

The term used on Trump’s side is something like “Formation of a Concept of a Plan” a diplomatic way of saying “Trump pulled this out of his ass alongside his enbedded head.”

The Islamic Arabic word for this is Hud…[Read more]

Jake:

Interesting bit of little-taught American history there. First time I ever heard that.

Here’s something you never hear amid all the non-stop barage of anti-Israel hatred:

Israel actually has a micronation in it’s borders called Akhzivland, founded by Iranian Eli Avivi. Avivi legally resisted attempts by the Israeli government to seize…[Read more]

Is it a ‘Peace Deal’ or just a ‘Ceasefire Agreement’?

Enco,

This deal is shakier than a Shaker with Parkinson’s disease. How things proceed is anybody’s guess.

Maine was part of Massachusetts until 1820. I would like to see a new territory perhaps in Maine in which the minority of Americans who are proudly uncaptured by ideological brain worm infestation syndrome reside peacefully and productively…[Read more]

Reg and Fellow Unbelievers:

Here’s the latest of 39 proclamations of “Peace In Our Time.” Trump and whoever he’s negotiating with don’t agree on even a “Memorandum of Understanding” proceeding a “Deal,” with Israel not even in the loop except for Trump restraining Israel from fighting back against Hezbollah.

Oh. and…[Read more]