Events

As long as the trains are running reasonably on-time today, the Brews & Choos Project will be spending some time up here: Unfortunately, Shotz Brewing does not have a taproom.

James Fallows has a can't-miss post (part 1 of 2) outlining the post-WWII history of US/Iran relations:

Happy Friday! Or not...

First, I'm pleased to see that Jeff Maurer came to the same conclusions about the 25th Amendment that I did: It's way harder than impeachment. But it's good that Democrats are talking about it.

Holy hell, did you see the size of that TACO yesterday? After publicly threatening massive war crimes against Iran, the OAFPOTUS backed down last night, instead offering a two-week cease-fire and conceding that Iran now controls the Strait of Hormuz. Of course, the OAFPOTUS claims this was a great victory, but so does Iran—the country that has its thumb on 20% of the global petroleum trade.

Guys, seriously, get it straight: