The negotiators you need when dealing with Iranian antisemites

 Andrea Widburg - American Thinker  "It’s true that Trump trusts both Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, but are they joining Vance for another reason, too?"

. . . "Is it also possible that he’s making a point to the Mullahs? Or maybe it’s just a beautiful coming together of circumstances that sees Trump’s best negotiators also being the ones most likely to offend the deeply offensive, indeed, evil mullahs?"

"As I write these words, JD Vance, Jared Kushner, and Steve Witkoff are in Islamabad, Pakistan, to see if they can get a lasting ceasefire deal with the Iranians. I don’t believe that will happen. Still, I believe that good things will flow from the effort, and I also believe that there may be a funny little twist to the nature of the American negotiators now in Pakistan.

"As people have also known for thousands of years, Persians are wily negotiators. Also, as people have known for 1,400 years, Muslims are dishonest negotiators. It’s right there in the Taqiyya principle, which originated to allow beleaguered Muslims to save their lives in the face of forced conversions but has morphed into a license to lie when dealing with infidels, especially during wartime.

"Thus, the current negotiations are as much stagecraft as they are real. First, they allow Trump to show the world that, having achieved his long-stated objective (e.g., destroying the nuclear threat Iran poses to the world), he’s happy to end the fighting.

"When it comes to regime change, it’s important to note that Trump never stated that as a goal. If the war really ends now, I’m sure Trump will tell the Iranian people something along the lines of Look, I made your corrupt government the weakest it’s ever been, and I’m working on getting arms to you. Now it’s up to you. I am not interested in being responsible for you. You guys are responsible for you.

"Second, because Trump is no fool and must have known that the Iranians most likely would not negotiate in good faith, the two-week ceasefire is a chance to rest the troops, replenish supplies, and plan for the war’s next phase. Yes, it’s also a chance for the Iranians to regroup, but they don’t have much equipment left to regroup with. Also, I suspect that the Artesh (i.e., the regular army, not the IRGC or Basij) is not thrilled about regrouping at all." . . . More...

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Aspiring California Governor Eric Swalwell apologizes to wife in video denying sexual assault claims as calls for him to quit mount

 Enough of Swalwell? Then don't read this.

Daily Mail Online  

'Mr. Swalwell should end his campaign and resign from Congress immediately. His conduct is incompatible with elected office. The women who came forward deserve to be heard and deserve justice,' she wrote."  

"Aspiring California governor Eric Swalwell issued an apology to his wife as part of a video response to sexual assault and misconduct claims against him as his campaign hangs in the balance.  

"The anti-Trump Congressman posted the video to social media as more women came out to make accusations of misconduct and more Democrats demanded he step aside. 

"'A lot has been said about me today through anonymous allegations and I thought it was important that you see and hear from me directly,' Swalwell said. 

"'These allegations of sexual assault are flat false. They are absolutely false. They did not happen. They have never happened, and I will fight them with everything that I have.'

"He also suggested conspiracy when he pointed out that they were released 'on the eve of' the June 2 primary in which he claimed to be 'the frontrunner,' though Real Clear Politics' average shows him trailing Republican Steve Hilton in the jungle primary.

"'I do not suggest to you in any way that I am perfect or that I'm a saint, I have certainly made mistakes in judgment in my past, but those mistakes are between me and my wife,' he continued." . . . More...

UPDATE:  Top 20 Swalwell Scandals: Spies, Lies, . . .

Of the many, this was number 18:  "Helped Hunter Biden defy subpoena: In 2023 Swalwell reportedly helped reserve Capitol space for Hunter Biden’s defiant press conference during a House subpoena fight. Eric, you’re the only guy who can make the Bidens look like the honest ones."

TWO WONGS DON’T MAKE A RIGHT -

Ann Coulter  

"If the justices are so concerned with the meaning of the Constitution, the only possible conclusion is that the 14th Amendment doesn’t have anything to do with immigrants at all. It’s about freed slaves. Wong was wrong and should be overruled."

"President Trump’s executive order denying citizenship to “anchor babies” has caused quite a stir. The media insist that kids born to illegal aliens on U.S. soil are automatic citizens at birth. Although asserted with smug arrogance, they then bury any discussion of the issue in lies.

"Thus, for example, the entire media claim that Trump’s order is about “birthright citizenship.” That’s rather circular. The precise question at issue is whether kids born to illegals are citizens by right. It would be like calling a case about transgenders a “women’s rights” case.

"In fact, for nearly a century, no one disputed that “birthright citizenship” referred exclusively to the citizenship of children born on U.S. soil to citizens and legal immigrants—not including tourists, diplomats or others in the country temporarily. No court has ever held otherwise.

"But the Times neurotically insists that anchor babies’ citizenship is “well-established through the 14th Amendment and nearly 130 years of case law.” The Newspaper of Record is lying about the record.

"Actually, the idea that babies of illegals have won the citizen jackpot was invented by Justice William Brennan in 1982 and inserted as dicta—i.e., idle chitchat, not part of the court’s ruling—in a footnote. He cited no law, no constitutional provision and no court holding.

"There’s your “well-established” doctrine that anchor babies are citizens—Doctor Demento’s crayon scribbling on the Constitution in the 1980s.

"The legendary “130 years of case law” said to establish the citizenship of anchor babies refers to an 1898 case, U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark, that took the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of citizenship to freed slaves and gave it to a child of legal immigrants.

"Manifestly, the opinion in Wong had nothing to do with illegal immigrants." . . .More...

'It's tiny!': Sky News gets a look inside mock up Artemis II capsule (UPDATED)

'It's tiny!': Sky News gets a look inside mock up Artemis II capsule | Science, Climate & Tech News | Sky News  Video

How Big Is The Orion Capsule That Artemis II Astronauts Will Be Living In? | IFLScience  "NASA says Orion's cabin is the same size as two minivans, but Sky's science and technology editor describes it more as a "family tent'".

How Big Is The Orion Capsule That Artemis II Astronauts Will Be Living In? | IFLScience    . . . "The four astronauts on Artemis II will boldly go where no one has gone before in more ways than one, because one of the very exciting additions to Orion is also a toilet, or technically, the Waste Management System. The Apollo astronauts did not have that, which led to the infamous case of floating mystery turds that interrupted the Apollo 10 mission... twice!

“ 'The Orion Waste Management System (WMS) features a full commode suitable for short to mid-length duration missions, offering both privacy and comfortable means for the astronauts to use the bathroom. It employs a small urine tank that is vented to space and replaceable canisters for solid waste storage,” a technical paper on Orion states."...

Giving new meaning to the saying, "To boldly go"

UPDATE: 10 Days Inside Artemis II: What NASA Is Afraid To Show You

"As of April 3, 2026, the four astronauts of Artemis II are officially living in deep space, but the reality inside the Orion capsule is far from a luxury cruise. The world is watching the historic return to the Moon, but what is it actually like to survive for 10 days inside a space roughly the size of a small kitchen? In this episode of Exoplanet X, we dive deep into the brutal daily reality of Commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen. From the "Space Yoyo" workouts required to keep their muscles from withering, to the high-stakes management of zero-G hygiene and rehydrated meals, we reveal the grit behind the glory. But there’s a bigger story at play: why did NASA suddenly pivot their strategy, pausing the Lunar Gateway to push these four pioneers directly toward the lunar surface?"

The Artemis 2 space toilet is actually working fine. But there is another problem | Space

You know you were really wondering, weren't you? NASA tests a new $23M titanium toilet to better accommodate female astronauts in space - Luxurylaunches