<![CDATA[How absurdly lopsided is the state of play in the war the United States and Israel are finishing with the Islamic Republic of Iran, a tri-part lie as the late Christopher Hitchens used to say? The world has yet to be introduced to the new Supreme Leader of Iran, Cardboard Mojtaba Khamenei. There was an announcement by an unnamed Iranian official that Cardboard Mojtaba would be making remarks in a few days, once they can work out some minor security details. Don't hold your breath.Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cheated AI slop death once again, appearing in a couple of selfie videos, showing he's very much alive and does not possess bonus digits on either of his hands. President Donald Trump, meanwhile, held multiple press briefings - one at the Trump-Kennedy Center, which was a pretty wild and raucous affair, and then another availability in the Oval Office with Vice-President J.D. Vance. Trump was asked to comment on the rumored sexual orientation of the new Supreme Leader, which would be a complicating factor to a fanatical Shia theocracy he purportedly leads that hangs people who share his rumored same sex desires, not that there's anything wrong with that. The President, never at a loss for words, was nevertheless stumped at the surreal turn of events. ]]>