Next, the self-abasement. (See also this.) However, US officials have denied apologizing to Iran. Who’s telling the truth about that? I don’t know, but it doesn’t matter to the world, which can easily perceive that the US has been humiliated. … Continue reading →
…to toy with Obama, prior to his State of the Union address this evening: Iran was holding 10 U.S. Navy sailors and their two small boats that drifted into Iranian waters with mechanical problems. Iran accused the sailors of trespassing … Continue reading →
This WSJ article is getting a lot of attention, although I wonder how many people on the Democratic/liberal/leftist side are the least bit concerned by it. The gist of what the piece reveals is that the NSA continued to spy … Continue reading →
Check this out [hat tip: commenter “sdferr”]: President Obama didn’t require Iranian leaders to sign the nuclear deal that his team negotiated with the regime, and the deal is not “legally binding,” his administration acknowledged in a letter to Representative … Continue reading →
The NY Times observes: Anyone who hoped that Iran’s nuclear agreement with the United States and other powers portended a new era of openness with the West has been jolted with a series of increasingly rude awakenings over the past … Continue reading →
Meet the new Iran, same as the old Iran: Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian, imprisoned in Tehran for more than 14 months, has been convicted in an espionage trial that ended in August, Iranian state television reported. News of a … Continue reading →
The House doesn’t have to contend with cloture or the filibuster, so it’s easier for that chamber to pass legislation by a simple majority. Not so the Senate. The news that the Republican House would like the Republican Senate to … Continue reading →
Twenty-five House Democrats joined all the House Republicans (save Massie of Kentucky, who voted “present”) in voting “no” to approval of Obama’s Iran deal. So once again, a bill has bipartisan support—and that support goes against the president. And once … Continue reading →
The House is able to do what the Senate cannot, because the House has no filibuster or cloture to allow the minority to block a vote even if the majority wants one. And so we have this: The House on … Continue reading →
As completely expected, the Iran deal disapproval measure failed to win the requisite 60+ votes to invoke cloture in the Senate and allow a vote on the merits. We’ve known for quite some time that this would happen. But this … Continue reading →
There has been so much news lately that it’s hard to keep up with it, much less write about every topic that I consider vitally important and/or entertaining and/or amusing and/or inspiring and on which I have something to say. … Continue reading →
[see UPDATE in ADDENDUM II] …on whether to proceed with the vote on the Iran deal. As has often been the case in the past, Ted Cruz is leading the way in the Senate, along with several conservatives in the … Continue reading →