Ray McGovern

From that Son-of-a-Shah, to “Is-Tulsi-With-Waldo?”, to Trump’s “morality”. Albert Camus and MLK’s “anesthetizing security of stained-glass windows” also Maria Zakharova calling UK Def/Sec Healey’s wish to kidnap Putin “the wet dreams of British perverts”.

“My late father Donald, from Queens, thought he was small. He liked to humiliate others. Why does President Donald call people names? Did someone call small Donald names? May all Donalds be healed, including those in our own hearts.” Rev. Donna Schaper https://ucc.org/daily-devotional/generational-grace/?inf_contact_key=fc6f078c9bafdccd85e220113051bfe74dfbc39d7283b2cb89d5189540b69330

Anyone need to be uplifted? Need to be reminded that people of integrity keep coming out of the woodwork (with their spouses saying “Go for it!”)? Then watch the Sam Adams Award (website: http://samadamsaward.ch) being presented on Jan 7 to Anthony Aguilar.
https://consortiumnews.com/2026/01/11/watch-anthony-aguilar-receives-sam-adams-award/

David Lin gave me time to speculate on what is in store for US-Russia relations in the wake of events over the past few weeks. David’s commentators did not like it; they did not like it, like it, not one bit. See what you think.

“Fool me once”: JFK was fooled by Allen Dulles claiming Castro wld fall once rebels were at Bay of Pigs. JFK learned that CIA analysts had not been consulted. He decided not to be fooled twice – one reason he was killed (as Truman strongly suggested). Trump: Beware, same trick.

Trump’s morality: The Ivys wouldn’t admit him, until a friend at UPenn got him in after 2 years at Fordham, where “Moral Theology” (Ethics) was required for sophomores. Trump’s lawyer threatened Fordham & UPenn not to release Trump’s marks. But Fordham: Do you not dare dissociate from Trump’s morality?
https://www.phillymag.com/news/2019/09/14/donald-trump-at-wharton-university-of-pennsylvania/

Can zealous Zionist David Ignatius, pundit-ancien for Wash Post, CIA, & Israel, be unaware that Israel will be obliterated next time it attacks Iran? Quick, someone explain to old David what “hypersonic” means and how targets in Israel were destroyed last June.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/01/09/iran-regime-ayatollah-tehran-unrest/

Monday morning; the Judge and I:

All Bets Off for Russia-US rapprochement in wake of US attack on Venezuela. Putin will find this one very hard to stomach. He already had a number of indications the Washington Swamp hawks were gaining clout. Benchmark: My take on status quo ante Venezuela

I had thought I knew a lot about Russian/Soviet history. Now hazy memories as well as new discoveries are brought to light by historian Geoffrey Roberts. To his credit, he connects it all to more recent history – particularly on Russia-Ukraine today.
https://eng.globalaffairs.ru/articles/great-powers-roberts/