The New Coffee Room

And another one.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/iran-s-fate-belongs-to-iranians-not-the-west-and-it-s-now-or-never/ar-AA1ZRwV3

An interesting take.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/oil-prices-saw-a-record-rise-in-march-why-the-us-may-not-need-to-reopen-the-strait-of-hormuz/ar-AA1ZQ9v0

The best jokes have a hint of truth.

I agree. There's a case for it, but not by decree. Don't want to do the work? You don't want the change bad enough.

There really could not be much of any other reason for it. Too late. You appointed them for life.

He could have made the cut.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/taking-shape-the-new-face-of-mount-rushmore/ar-AA1ZRw3b

No, that will be in 2029, when we are freed from Trump.

It must be easy to live if you have no standards or convictions whatsoever.

Your poor little glass is always half empty, isn't it?

That was a masterful escape. Props to Michigan Woman.

Mayla must sleep a lot.

In Horace’s defense she has a lovely avatar.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/handcuffed-michigan-woman-escapes-police-184726174.html

@jodi said:

The nicest thing is to be able to deposit them online.

Amen.

Yep. That was what I suspected as well. But I think it's more akin to Putin's perception of Ukraine folding immediately. The difference being that Putin is committed.

Well, you'll have to let us judge that.

Much tamer, but then we know each other far better. Many, if not most, of us have met IRL. It's a microcosm of human relations. Much harder to ascribe bad motivations to people you know.

@Tom-K said:

I keep looking at all the bad news and think, maybe it's just the way the news organizations are skewing all this. But little by little the realization is hitting me that maybe we are really screwed with all of this.

If we went in without a plan to secure the Strait, then yes.

@Axtremus said:

The alternative would ... *sigh*

Where's that beating a dead horse emoji?

I guess this will have to do.