April 1, 2026
This is a novelty but it's very curious. Why would he need to sit in with the court? Of course leftists rage that this is tyranny or something but the Supreme Court has always had a seat set aside for the POTUS. None of them have ever bothered. But this gets back to the question, why is Trump doing this now?
This case is covering birthright citizenship which has been implied by the 14th Amendment. It was set up for freed slaves but in the last century or so, it has been used to apply to anybody born within our borders. Never really thought about it but that seems a bit weird. Why would they need an amendment, Congress could have just passed a law covering the former slaves. The downside is whatever motivation there was for an amendment, along with the last century of immigration laws covering for this, suggest the ruling will not favor Trump's argument.
This also suggests that the mere presence of the POTUS makes a difference. These are the heads of two of the three federal branches getting together at one time. Other than the State of the Union and whatever speech the POTUS makes to Congress, that never happens. I'm guessing it doesn't happen precisely because the executive and lawmakers aren't interested in getting involved with the court who returns the favor. This could be the chief executive being the first one aware of anything coming out from the court and able to make adjustments accordingly. I really have no clue how this would work but I suspect Trump and his lawyers have made every possible plan.
April 1, 2026
For convenience, I'll assume he's telling the truth but this really doesn't seem believable in several ways. Iran just can't be trusted, they were probably asking for a ceasefire months ago. Given what Trump has said about the US goals nearly being reached - destroying the Iranian military, etc. - I suspect removing the regime from power is, if not the primary goal, is close enough. It's like technically you could win a football game if you score enough field goals, but it's better to just go for the touchdowns.
The problem with the strait is just confusing. It's really not clear whether they're open or not, if various countries have made whatever deals to at least get their ships through, any of this. As far as I know, the US is the only power in this area, although Saudi Arabia and related nations probably still have functioning navies. Some European nations said they would send in naval forces but I don't think they have. Trump has said they need to settle the problems because the US won't but who is supposed to handle that?
Britain is trying to get together a meeting online between a few dozen nations to discuss what should be done with the strait. Really, what is that going to do? Bureaucrats will talk while the forces on the region will have to do the actual work. I'm fine with blaming Trump for bringing this all to a head and putting everybody else in this situation but at least I support Trump fixing things. He's giving NATO members a chance to actually do something and we already know they won't, so it's up to him to represent peace and stability.
April 1, 2026
Is it because she's female, because she's an immigrant or specifically because she's Ukrainian? Because Democrats have told us for years how they support all of those things yet here they are. Refusal to honor a murder victim, refusal to protect her from being murdered, refusal to keep the criminal in jail so he can't go out and murder people. That doesn't reflect their values. Naturally this Democrat is a socialist who is from California, he only moved to Rhode Island a few years before being elected to Congress.
Of course the left ignored Zarutska as much as possible. Not just because acknowledging her murder didn't reflect their values but because it did show how bad their values are. And that's understandable, given all the other crimes these people commit and get away with, most of us have already forgotten Zarutska ever existed. Life is busy that way.
But most of us remember that we used to live in a society where innocent people were supposed to be protected from this. And here's the left boasting that they'll do nothing of the kind. They don't even have the sense to use right-wing rhetoric as a defense, that maybe she'd still be alive if she'd stayed in Ukraine.
April 1, 2026
It took a day or so and I'm surprised I actually did it but I went ahead and watched the Supergirl trailer. I'm not really a Supergirl fan but for some reason a small part of me does have some affection for the character who was famous for decades. Not enough, I was certainly willing to get a hint of what they were going to do to her instead of just staying ignorant. But it was about what I expected.
The trailer is basically all 'boss girl' hype, she can beat anything but surprisingly she has some flaws. Not the sort that make her interesting but she's a drunk who cares about nothing but her dog. And that is not Krypto, this is a small cuddly piece of fur who just whines. Maybe we should be glad they didn't include Streaky in the mix.
I will give credit to the brief appearance by the actor playing Lobo, the teenager in me would be tempted to go see an R-rated movie of that if there was a chance of getting him right. I'm sure one will come out in a few years anyway but I'm not optimistic. And I still don't get why they use the actor who just played Aquaman in a few recent movies. It's similar to Chris Evans playing Johnny Storm and Captain America, why do you need to reuse the actors?
Anyway, this Supergirl trailer just looked pointless, a bunch of fights on another planet. They could change the names of Kara, Krypto and Lobo, give Kara a different shirt and there'd be nothing to tell the audience this has anything to do with DC comics. Reportedly this movie is cheaper to make than most of the previous superhero movies but even if that's true, it's not counting that they're on their third soundtrack and third ending while showing the movie to eight different test audiences. I'm not saying it will completely bomb but no one is expecting a hit.
So of course the lead actress has spoken out with *woke* nonsense about 'being female in this space' or something. Nobody cares what she thinks about anything and there's already going to be a problem winning an audience, now she pushes this? The studio shouldn't just be telling her to shut up, they should be pushing her out to apologize to the public for acting like lead females from all the other recent failures. Nobody is going to buy a ticket to this movie because she complains how commenters 'own her body now' or whatever. If I own her body, she's not permitted to wear a Supergirl costume.
Despite all the loses so far, they're still trying to get this imaginary audience that will pay to see this slop because they support women or something. They don't even know what a woman is but this doesn't stop them. James Gunn was supposed to make some popular work for DC and this will be yet-another failure. This movie may not totally bomb but it will do badly enough that they'll need to re-boot the franchise again, for the third time in less than fifteen years. Kara and Krypto deserved better.
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April 1, 2026
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