OF THE
TIMES



"Zelensky is operating on the assumption that NATO can have Patriot missiles in Poland that can shoot down Russian missiles that are headed towards militarily sensitive targets in the vicinity of Lviv.Shooting down those missiles, even locking on to them with radar, would make NATO "literally a party to the conflict," Ritter explained.
"He doesn't understand: that's an act of war. That's Russian military equipment, on a Russian military mission, in support of a Russian national security objective."



"What we are witnessing is nothing less than the failure of the greatest propaganda apparatus in history." — Mattias DesmetHave you noticed yet? — the weird thing about Veep Kamala Harris is how weirdly brisk her transfiguration was from a sit-com character to Wonder Woman, overnight in the reality-optional news media. In a party burdened with complex ideology, she was known only for tautology: "The significance of the passage of time, right? The significance of the passage of time," she repeated solemnly on a tour of a Louisiana library in 2022. "So, when you think about it, there is great significance to the passage of time." Yes, ma'am. You nailed that ol' coonskin to the wall, all righty!
Comment: Considering the US is literally broke, Trump scale-backs will only slow the leakage. Nothing, however, is going to erase a self-propelled gabillion-dollar deficit. Not one cent. Expect a run on ink and paper.