Black Forest Cyclist

A PSA from Thomas Massie:

Letztes Jahr habe ich auf Glucocorticoidnasenspray umgestellt. Das hat mir erhebliche Linderung verschafft.

Video: Trump’s War of Choice With Iran Our national security correspondent David E. Sanger examines the war of choice that President Trump has initiated with Iran.

The NYT's David Sanger analyses what type of war the attacks against Iran are. Unsurprisingly, Sanger denies that there was an 'imminent threat' and concludes that this is a 'war of choice'.

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Überdies werden Bedrohungen nicht nachvollziehbar kategorisiert. Der Invasor und Mörder entsendende Putin? Gut genug für eine Einladung nach Alaska. Das Regime in Tehran, mit dem man gerade verhandelt, muss hingegen sofort enthauptet werden. Es ist keine rationale Sicherheitspolitik, es ist Irrsinn.

There are many places that are worse to call home than Germany, but things would be significantly better if more decision makers understood the urgent need to make po' boy sandwiches more widely available around here.

Erratic Sen. Fetterman has long lost his ability to make sound political judgements. The Dems need to scout for appropriate challengers to replace this loose cannon.

Well, the way the meal is arranged, food aesthetics do not seem to be the restaurant's biggest concern. Is it just seafood and half a cob of corn? How did it taste?

Next year’s FIFA Peace Prize winner is going to have some shoes to fill…

Gul Rahman - Wikipedia

It should be noted, that it was President Obama and AG Holder who refused to prosecute those who committed torture or even caused the death of suspects who were in US custody.

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Torturing suspects and imprisoning them for about two decades without a proper trial complicates things. There is simply no chance whatsoever that the military court will find a proper and just way to end this human rights nightmare.

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour WATCH LIVE: Casey Means testifies at Senate confirmation hearing for surgeon general

I spent seven years working in the Harvard Medical Area with many talented US clinicians. It is completely incomprehensible to me, why anybody would find Casey Means qualified to be the nation's top doctor. Just watch her exchange with Tim Kaine.

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Der Publizist von der traurigen Gestalt zieht in die Schlacht gegen das freie Wort und arbeitet sich en passant an den Äußerlichkeiten der Filmkunstschaffenden ab.

When you think - hey, we don’t have enough white racists in the US, where can we get more?

The vindictive petty men of the Trump administration never understood that a distinction has to be made between political appointees and career employees.

Gäbe es ein paar clevere Zeilen mehr, würde Ihnen Max Raabe die Notenblätter aus den Händen reißen.

Magazin „Emotion“: Starke Frauen, schwache Zahlungsmoral? Freelancer:innen des Frauenmagazins „Emotion“ berichten von zermürbenden Kämpfen um ihr Geld. Was ist da los?

Freie Mitarbeitende von „Emotion“ berichten über zermürbende Kämpfe um ihr Geld. Zweieinhalb Jahre nach der Insolvenz des Magazins und zwei Jahre nach der Übernahme durch Unternehmer Timo Busch stellt sich die Frage: Was ist da los? Von @lkraeher.bsky.social Jetzt ohne Abo: uebermedien.de/114361/

Your line manager looks like a decent chap.

Putting on the Shvitz

I enjoy headlines that incorporate wordplay. The linked piece below is an example.

I strongly expect Mr M @mmadventures.bsky.social will travel to Berlin this September. The Aufguss World Championships will take place in the German capital.

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And it's gonna be 17 C on Friday. Your three men might be prancing around in shorts by the end of the week.

Right now, Don Quixote is calling Pete Hegseth to get his windmills back.

US ambassador to France set for talks with foreign minister after row Charles Kushner has spoken to France's foreign minister after failing to respond to a summons on Monday.

Charles Kushner, a former prison inmate turned ambassador, makes unfounded statements about France and is summoned. Kushner doesn't show up, is susequently denied access to French ministers, and then calls in to present a flimsy excuse and ask for another meeting.

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Bari Weiss sure knows how to pick 'em.

She could've selected a serious contributor, but instead chose a master of gasbagging.

The US is irreplaceable in numerous areas. Business eschews uncertainty, however, and that will come at a cost.

Ach ja, in der 30 %-Hochburg. Ob das wohl die "goldenen" Lummer-Landowski-Diepgen-Zeiten wiederbringt?

Schon allein diese beschönigende Einordnung, demonstriert komplette journalistische Überforderung.

Die Krim-Invasion, der Tiergartenmord und die Kaltstellung jeglicher russische Opposition? Offenbar nichts, worüber man sich als Kreml-finanzierter Berichterstatter Gedanken machen müsste.

Trump is a moral black hole. Anyone who comes close is immediately stripped of any sense of truth, beauty, law, justice, decency, and respect for human beings they may have had before.

Pope Leo Will Spend July 4 Visiting Migrant Crossing Island Pope Leo has spoken out against the treatment of migrants in the United States several times over the last year.

JD Vance personally invited Pope Leo to the U.S. 250th celebration on the 4th of July. Today the Vatican announced Leo will be spending the day with migrants instead.

In this type of jet, seats usually cannot be reclined and are only slightly padded. The headrest has no stabilising function. It's next to impossible to sleep in such a seat. The passengers who made it to the Danish capital eventually must've arrived in poor shape.

The pot and the kettle.