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[Was Donald Trump Mocked by Dutch Royalty? What We Know]

I found this to be an amusing question:

Was Donald Trump Mocked by Dutch Royalty? What We Know

As per this article:

"President Donald Trump appeared to be subtly mocked by Dutch royalty during a NATO summit in The Hague on Wednesday.

Trump was photographed alongside Queen Máxima and King Willem-Alexander at the Huis ten Bosch Palace shortly after arriving at the summit. Standing between the two royals, Trump flashed a thumbs-up and told photographers: "That's the picture we want!"

The King followed with a polite, "I hope you slept well," to which Trump replied, "It was great," smiling and thanking those present.

However, as the moment wrapped up, Queen Máxima appeared to mimic Trump's mouth movements before turning back to face the cameras."

So, now I have a question of my own:

Is Queen Máxima a member of the Resistance 2.0?

['Unfathomable to Me': Veteran Pentagon Reporter Shocked Trump Said He Okayed Iranian Attack On U.S. Air Base]

I'm beginning to wonder if I'm watching the daily episodes of an international reality TV show where 'Merica's sociopath-in-chief, Russia's Vladimir Putin, Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, and Iran's Ali Khamenie, are the principle actors of the ensemble cast. And, the strangest thing about this reality TV show is that it appears Iran's Ali Khamenie has been scripted to be the sanest character.

I'm no longer wondering about watching the daily episodes of an international reality TV show. If this isn't definitive proof, I don't know what is:

'Unfathomable to Me': Veteran Pentagon Reporter Shocked Trump Said He Okayed Iranian Attack On U.S. Air Base

As per this article:

"Below is an exact transcript of what Trump said:

You saw that, where 14 missiles were shot at us the other day. And they were very nice. They gave us warning. They said, "We're going to shoot them."

"Is 1 o'clock OK? They said it's fine." And everybody was emptied off the base, so they couldn't get hurt, except for the gunners. They call them the gunners. And out of 14 high-end missiles that were shot at the base in Qatar, all 14, as you know, were shot down by our equipment. Amazing stuff, amazing what they can do."

9. The Main Stream Media (MSM) is not our friend. But, it's not our enemy either. The MSM is simply a powerful group of amoral corporations out to make a buck.

Always remember, "The MSM is only in it for the money." So, learn to deal with it accordingly. In the long run, it can only be influenced by what it believes effects its revenue.

Unfortunately, the Republicult™ will continue to harm the majority of America's people between now and the swearing-in of the 120th Congress. And, as the campaigns for the U.S. midterm elections are still a ways off, I hadn't been in any hurry to edit my "Hard Lessons to be Learned Before the Next Election Twelve-step Program." But, it's beginning to feel like it's time for me to get back to work.

Since I first wrote this particular line time, I've come to realize the MSM is by no means a neutral participant in our culture. In fact, I'm certain it would be a significant improvement if it actually were a mere neutral participant.

I'm probably going to renumber the order in which this line item appears. But, this is my first edit of the original:

9. The Main Stream Media (MSM) is not our friend. The MSM is a group of amoral corporations out to make a buck. Therefore, the MSM can be encouraged to promote the messages of the Resistance 2.0 by negatively affecting its revenue.

It occurred to me that The Next Billionaire's Big Bonus would be a much more descriptive, not to mention honest, name for the sociopath-in-chief's The One Big Beautiful Bill, that is currently being worked on in the U.S. Senate.

That is all. Carry on!

I'm beginning to wonder if I'm watching the daily episodes of an international reality TV show where 'Merica's sociopath-in-chief, Russia's Vladimir Putin, Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, and Iran's Ali Khamenie, are the principle actors of the ensemble cast. And, the strangest thing about this reality TV show is that it appears Iran's Ali Khamenie has been scripted to be the sanest character.

I don't know what to make of this. If 'Merica is at war with Iran, and the world is on the verge of WWIII, I didn't see any evidence of it on Wall Street today.

A couple of hours after my previous post, I began seeing news on the internet about a ceasefire between Iran and Israel. That would have been sometime after 7:00 PM EDT. So, now I would really like to know when the Wall Street boys became aware of that news. 

I live in the same time zone as Wall Street, NY, NY. So, for me, and the Wall Street boys, the stock market normally opens at 9:30 AM EDT. And, at the time the markets opened on Monday morning, the commodities prices I recorded above had not changed significantly from those at the time of the market closures on Friday, June 20th, at 4:00 PM EDT. Now, considering what happened over the weekend, I found that to be puzzling. Then, later in the day, around 12:30 PM EDT, I noted that the commodity prices were actually falling. So, for me, it was "Curiouser and curiouser!"

Still later in the day, after the markets closed, I saw that the commodity prices had dropped significantly. But again, I had no idea why until several hours later. I discussed this with Mrs. Mythos over supper Monday evening, and she said she had seen something on the BBC's internet site about a possible ceasefire at around 2:30 PM EDT. But, she didn't attach much significance to their report, as she thought it sounded more like speculation than fact.

So, again, I would really like to know when the Wall Street boys became aware that a cease fire between Iran and Israel was probable enough for them to begin counting their chips, and placing their bets.

I don't know what to make of this. If 'Merica is at war with Iran, and the world is on the verge of WWIII, I didn't see any evidence of it on Wall Street today.

For instance:

On the Commodities Market, Crude Oil actually dropped $ 6.42 per barrel, or -8.69%.

On the Commodities Market, Brent Crude Oil actually dropped $ 6.69 per barrel, also -8.69%.

On the Commodities Market, Gold dropped $ 1.70 per ounce, or -0.05%.

For bond interest rates, the numerous indexes of the stock markets of the world, etc., it looked to me like just another day at the office.

This is not what I expected to see at the end of the first day of trading immediately after the 'Merican sociopath-in-chief bombed a country having the capability to close the Strait of Hormuz.

Yeah irs embarrassing. The us needs a regime change

I amuse myself by calling the current administration "the Turd Reich." But, it's really not all that funny, because this administration really is a nascent fascist regime.

My hope is that the Resistance 2.0 will continue to grow, and that it will be influential enough on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026, to take away the Republicult's™ control of the U.S. House of Representatives. I am well aware of the difficulties involved in wrestling control of the U.S. House of Representatives away from this fascist regime. Nevertheless, it has to be done to save the republic.

Unfortunately, the sociopath-in-chief has chosen what I consider to be the greater of two evils.

I do not see this ending well for my country.

So, what's the sociopath-in-chief to do? Love triangles are a bitch.

So, it appears we won't be treated to the next episode of this particular reality TV show spin off for a couple of weeks. I'm uncertain if I should be relieved by the delay, or not.

It just goes to show that resolving a love triangle really is a bitch.

It occurred to me, at the time of this posting, that I'm watching a love triangle involving 'Merica's sociopath-in-chief, Russia's Vladimir Putin, and Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu. It appears the sociopath-in-chief is currently having a lover's quarrel with Putin, while also being in love with Netanyahu.

On the one hand, I suspect the sociopath-in-chief believes that if he can get credit for orchestrating a Russian-Ukrainian peace deal, he can win himself a Nobel Peace Prize, and get to build Trump Towers in Moscow and St. Petersburg. So, in the malignant narcissist's mind, that is an easy, low risk, ego stroking, double win out there for the taking.

On the other hand, if the sociopath backs Netanyahu, I suspect he's thinking he could bask in the glory of being a victorious, wartime president for the rest of his life, secure the eternal adulation of 'Merica's evangelicals, be outright deified by his shit-eating MAGAts, all the while profiting bigly off of 'Merica's vast military-industrial complex. So, being a chickenhawk, a malignant narcissist, and indescribably greedy, this option has to be extremely tempting. In fact, I don't doubt he's literally salivating over it.

Still, there are many very real, very significant risks involved with backing Netanyahu, if the plan were to go South. So, by comparison, backing Putin is a far, far safer bet. In addition, I'm sure Putin is calling the sociopath-in-chief several times a day, trying to sweet-talk the turd into backing him instead. After all, if Iran goes to war with anyone, Russia is guaranteed to lose access to all of the drones, ballistic missiles, ammunition, etc., that Iran is currently supplying to Putin's bogged down war effort.

So, what's the sociopath-in-chief to do? Love triangles are a bitch.

[Study finds Republicans flagged for posting misleading tweets twice as often as Democrats on Community Notes]

To the surprise of absolutely no one, what we've always known to be true has been scientifically proven, according to the following study:

Study finds Republicans flagged for posting misleading tweets twice as often as Democrats on Community Notes

As per this study:

""Our findings provide strong evidence of a partisan asymmetry in misinformation sharing which cannot be attributed to political bias on the part of fact-checkers or academic researchers," said Professor Mohsen Mosleh, associate professor of social data science at the Oxford Internet Institute, part of the University of Oxford.

"Even on Elon Musk's X, the user-based Community Notes program flags posts by Republicans as misleading much more often than posts by Democrats. This undercuts the logic offered by Musk and Mark Zuckerberg for eliminating fact-checkers on X and Meta, respectively, namely that fact-checkers are biased against Republicans.""

Now, I want to find a scientific study about the average Republican Intelligence Quotient. I suspect the conclusions of such a study will be equally unsurprising.

['This is not a joke': Sen. Amy Klobuchar rips Mike Lee for posts about a deadly Minnesota shooting]

Following is a long article about another well known Republicult™ turd.

I won't bore anyone with quotations. But, I found this article to be a little comforting, after noting it had been published on The Salt Lake Tribune website.

'This is not a joke': Sen. Amy Klobuchar rips Mike Lee for posts about a deadly Minnesota shooting

On a personal X account, Lee made apparent jokes tying the violence to Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz.

It's good to know there are some actual human beings to be found even within a bastion of The Republicult™. We need everyone we can muster to fight back against a political cult that has clearly embraced domestic terrorism.

I know myself and quite a few others were able to register for tickets and then simply not show up, among friends we were able to block out about 50 seats for everyone from Ben Dover to Homme Orange

As we used to say, back in the day, in my old neighborhood, "Ya done good!"

As of the time of this posting, the turd-in-chief has not called Governor Walz of Minnesota to offer his condolences after the politically motivated shootings of two Democratic politicians and their wives, one couple of which did not survive their attacks. Further, when the MSM has asked the turd about any communications he may have had with Governor Walz, the piece of shit responded with political insults.

The English language simply does not contain words strong enough to describe my disgust with the turd, and the shit-eating MAGAts who adore him. I can no longer look at a video, or a picture of that piece of shit, and see anything even remotely resembling a human being.