William R Knecht, Ph.D.

At the risk of being crude, my Inner Psychologist just has to wonder what it's like being Trump and being spurned and detested by your own wife, and deserving it because of your own detestable behavior.

All I know for sure is that his discomfort pleases me. May it continue and grow !

Sure. I'll bet many Irish who stayed eventually just got sick of English rule, and figured to try their luck someplace new.

Albion's Seed is like 700 pp. The other I've read is The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People by John Kelly.

I haven't exactly heard about MAGA women demanding to be drafted, same as men.

You've noticed that one of the features of the Trump Administration is that laws and mores no longer apply to top officials.

I wonder what it feels like to no longer be held down by the restrictions that apply to everybody else. Tell a lie, trade stocks on insider info, start a war, no problem

Iwona B. Horyn is actual name of DHS acting chief security officer A popular rumor from 2025 resurfaced in early 2026 after being featured on "Jimmy Kimmel Live."

Me saintly wife dredges up this for your viewing pleasure: Iwona B. Horyn is actual name of DHS acting chief security officer www.snopes.com/fact-check/i...

And... same guy who reamed Zelensky for not showing up to their meeting in a suit.

Oh, but IOKIYAR -- It's OK If You're A Republican.

It's wild to reflect on the optimism my generation felt growing up in the 60s and early 70s. And, then, bit by bit, Republicans chipped away at it all, until The American Dream ground to a halt, and the only ones smiling were the billionaires.

Potato Famine was mid-1800s, so if they arrived afterward, look for other reasons too. British overlords vacated entire villages, looking to create enormous land holdings by displacing the "pesky peasants."

Someday read the book "Albion's Seed" to be impressed by how much Americans owe the Irish.

All 4 Iran war assumptions dead wrong — Trump proves experts got fooled again Trump's Middle East strategy challenges conventional wisdom on regime change as Operation Epic Fury demonstrates new foreign policy approach to Iran.

Fox News sanewashes the Peace President's War. It's a masterclass in how to dig through a dumpster and drool over a tossed-out, wormy fragment of Big Mac. The war is shaping up to be a disaster, but, to Fox, it's a stunning victory from a brilliant president.
www.foxnews.com/opinion/all-...

Of course, if you know AHEAD OF TIME what gvt policy is going to be--BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONE WHO MAKES IT--the financial opportunities for you, PERSONALLY, are terrific !!!

Sod the proles. It's their fault for being born poor!

Me saintly wife tells me to post this bit she found:

I do know that all men in Co Cork are named "Bob" bc that's what they do when thrown into water.

AND, wife and I had a Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier named Limerick once. Sweet girl.

I love the Irish. They're a race of people who dislike arbitrary authority, same as I do.

I had to look this up because it's actually new to me. I always thought it went Private, PFC, Corporal, etc.

The existence of a PSC has eluded me up till now. Google says it started w Civil War. Wow... And here I thought I knew everything !!! 🤪

Trump's threat to defeat Iran by the use of strategic bombing is specious. That only works with nukes. thehill.com/opinion/nati...

LOL. In my experience, "Neither."

The Hill has some homers. Here's one of them: thehill.com/opinion/whit...

Which do you prefer?

1. "Reality eventually presents its invoice." OR

2. "The Dildo of Consequence rarely arrives lubed."

"Private 2nd Class" -- that's a new one. 😉

I imagine MELANIA isn't working for him anymore, given the state of his personal character.

Well, many a smart person beats their head against a wall trying to figure out the Middle East. We're no exceptions. They're part religiously delusional-yet wanting democracy. Their Biggest Thugs act religious, yet are mobsters at heart. Go figure...

Trump's easy to understand, hard to predict.

My wife is N. Irish. Lisburn, right outside Belfast.

SO... Trump's talking military draft for young men. That'll go over like a lead balloon with MAGA youth.

Meanwhile... oh, his son Barron can't be drafted "because he's too tall" (6'9"). Of course, his Dad is CIC, U.S. Armed Forces, and could change that rule with a snap of his fingers...

Fareed Zakaria on Iran’s new Supreme Leader: ‘It’s a very bad sign for the war’ | CNN Fareed Zakaria, host of Fareed Zakaria GPS, says that the selection of Khamenei’s son as Iran’s new Supreme Leader shows that “the Iranian regime is dug in.”

Fareed Zakaria says that the Peace President's War (PPW) has just ensured that the next gvt of Iran will be right-wing, hard-line, and anti-American.

Nice work, Don. Open mouth, insert foot. Open coffins, insert dead Americans. MAGAs, Your Man screws up once more.
www.cnn.com/2026/03/08/w...

What could possibly go wrong? 👍

I'll bet you did. I imagine you looked pretty much like this: 😜

Live updates: Iran war news; Tehran names new supreme leader | CNN Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei the country’s new supreme leader following the killing of his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, state media reports. Follow for live updates.

Great... Wonderful... Law of Unintended Consequences.

Trump thought all he had to do was kick Iran's door down & the place would blossom into a pro-Western democracy.

Instead, now Dear Leader 2 is Dear Leader 1's son, and Trump KILLED HIS DAD. Yee-haw !!! www.cnn.com/world/live-n...

You get a gold star & get to sit up at the front of the class.

This is one of my own private wars. I've even read that there are "services," which, for a fee, will create bots for us that will boost our Followers on Bluesky, and boost all our Posts to make us seem more important than otherwise...

My thoughts exactly. How on earth are those residential targets being selected? Even if these are the places "evil" people live, how are neighbors being factored in?

Either all this target selection is nonsense, or else it doesn't seem as if any thought whatsoever is being given to innocents.