Spring Cleaning 2026 - #ContextAndPerspective on #war
#Iraq / #Iran
From my 'time capsule', some actual #truth and #history -
News Headlines from 25 Years Ago
Notes:
1) 25 years ago (in 'normal' times) Congress DID seek approval for a war ✓
2) Humans, much less sub-humans, tend to 'get it wrong' in predictions of duration or ease of conflicts ✓
3) Iran was not "easy" to contain, not for #Reagan, not for #Bush, and not for the delusional Toddler #King #TrumpVirus ✓
Have we learned?
Nice little thread here, now, on #ContextAndPerspective re: #Melania, #TrumpVirus, & #TrumpEpsteinFiles
I sort of agree with the journalist(s) saying the actual "who introduced them" question is not as important as the larger picture, the immigration/brides-by-order, girls/young women for sale, and money laundering and transfer network, and how that intersected banks, 'financial advisors' like #Epstein, the #TrumpOrg cash businesses (and vanishing casino cash!), etc., etc.
[Robert Reich: How to Live Beyond 80 - My Problem With Aging](https://robertreich.substack.com/p/my-problem-with-aging?utm_id=97758_v0_s00_e0_tv0) -
" Let me be very candid with you. I’ll be 80 in June.
Eighty!
<...>
Now I’m about to become a fossil from a different time.
Trump will reach 80 ten days before me, but that’s small comfort. He’s not just a fossil. He’s a neanderthal with a reptilian brain. I’m embarrassed he and I are of the same generation."
#RobertReich #Aging #TrumpVirus #ContextAndPerspective #gernerations
Enjoy this cocktail/gem of #truth mixed with #humor, #ContextAndPerspective - #StephenColbert - while we can!
> Trump Threatens To Rain Hell On Iran’s Civilians | Easter At The White House | Far Side Of The Moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHWtVU1lwwI
> Apr 6, 2026 #Colbert #Comedy #Monologue
President #Trump boasted about plans to blow up civilian infrastructure in #Iran, children attending a White House #Easter event got an earful from the president...
2/3
This is the post excerpted by Nancy Sinatra, with more of the speech:
Again, from "X" ("so you don't have to")
But precious #truth to #TrumpVirus - worth reading... nice to see reality!
https://x.com/Gianl1974/status/2040711439652921682?s=20
( Alt: https://xcancel.com/Gianl1974/status/2040711439652921682?s=20 )
"An anti-vaxxer, former heroin addict as Minister of Health." (That's RFK Jr)
"A climate-skeptic Minister of Economy." (That's Scott Bessent)
"An alcoholic TV host, Minister of the Armed Forces." (That's Pete Hegseth)
"Every time the Epstein affair resurfaces, bombs explode somewhere in the world and cause a distraction." Senator Claude Malhuret stood up in the French Senate this week and systematically torched every single member of Trump's cabinet. Nobody was spared. Not one. "A year ago,
From the #ContextAndPerspective Department - #TrumpVirus #truth
> Pam Bondi Didn't Ruin The Justice Department Fast Enough For Donald Trump
> Don't expect the president to give up his thirst for revenge.
Thin-slice:
“Trump will not appoint anyone of character, and as evil as #Bondi was, she wasn’t evil enough for Trump,” said Ty Cobb.... “He will search for someone who is.” 🎯
#psychopathology #Retribution #WarCrimes #TrumpEpsteinFiles #coverup #nepotism #evil
An odd mixture for The Onion - topic and author.
Usually The Onion has short satire/parody quips. Without celebrity authors.
Hmm - But point taken (?!)
> Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course?
By Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI
#TrumpVirus #Mindfulness #TrumpEpsteinFiles #evil #GQP #ContextAndPerspective #history #SamAltman #AI #projection ?
The human subconscious is such an interesting thing. No matter how much you think you’ve got it figured out, it’ll always spit out the most random stuff. Take me, for example. After coming home from a long day at the world’s most groundbreaking artificial intelligence organization, I’ll go to bed and have the weirdest dreams […]
RE: https://mastodon.social/@warandpeas/116087323590365455
#ContextAndPerspective
Hopefully we'll someday see on display the fossilized remnants of the "Brainless Trumposaurus" and #GQP subspecies.
Sympathy vs. Empathy
For some maybe it's only semantics, and others may not care about either or know the difference.
But in #psychotherapy and human relationships, there is a distinction.
Anyway, this is from a colleague/friend (from Russia) who travels the world (on a Genius grant) as performer and director of the International Playback Theater
I can't translate her cartoon; Maybe someone can?
#AnastasiaVorobyeva #empathy #sympathy #PlaybackTheatre #ContextAndPerspective #words #nuance
Michael Fenichel
