Sam Riggall

Actual quotes from President Trump: Trump’s “victory timeline” claims. Mar 3: "We won the war." Mar 7: "We defeated Iran." Mar 9: "We must attack Iran." Mar 9: "The war is ending almost completely, and very beautifully. March 10: practically nothing left to target Mar 11: “You never like to say too ⁠early you won. We won. In ​the first hour it was over.” Mar 12: "We did win, but we haven't won completely yet." Mar 13: "We won the war." Mar 14: "Please help us." Mar 15: "If you don't help us, I will certainly remember it." Mar 16: "Actually, we don't need any help at all." Mar 16: "I was just testing to see who's listening to me." Mar 16: "If NATO doesn't help, they will suffer something very bad." Mar 17: "We neither need nor want NATO's help." Mar 17: "I don't need Congressional approval to withdraw from NATO." Mar 18: "Our allies must cooperate in reopening the Strait of Hormuz." Mar 19: "US allies need to get a grip - step up and help open the Strait of Hormuz." Mar 20: "NATO are cowards." Mar 21: "The Strait of Hormuz must be protected by the countries that use it. We don't use it, we don't need to open it." Mar 22: "This is the last time. I will give Iran 48 hours. Open the strait" Mar 22: "Iran is Dead" Mar 23: "We had very good and productive talks with Iran." Mar 24: "We’re making progress." Mar 25: “They gave us a present and the present arrived today. And it was a very big present worth a tremendous amount of money. I’m not going to tell you what that present is, but it was a very significant prize.” Mar 26: "Make a deal, or we’ll just keep blowing them away." Mar 27: "We don’t have to be there for NATO." Mar 28: No major quote Mar 29: Claimed talks were progressing Mar 30: "Open the Strait of Hormuz immediately, or face devastating consequences." Mar 31: Claimed a deal was "very close" and that Iran would "do the right thing" Apr 1: "We’ll see what happens very soon." Apr 2: Repeated that a deal was likely, while warning of continued strikes if not Apr 3: "Something big is going to happen." Apr 4: Said Iran must comply "immediately" or face further consequences. Apr 5: "Open the fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah." April 6 :a whole civilization will die April 7: total and complete victory April8: objectives were met A true disaster

"Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it." - John Lennon Seems appropriate.

One can only think here of what the Delphic oracle said to Croesus of Lydia in the Histories: if you march against the Persians, you will destroy a great empire. I hope someone remembers how this prophecy was fulfilled.

'To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour.' William Blake

RIP David Lynch you would have loved this.

Happy Easter 😍 Tom Waits - Chocolate Jesus (Live on Letterman 1999) ▶️

"Make strong old dreams lest this our world lose heart." Ezra Pound

I love the latin phrase "solvitur ambulando" which translates to "it is solved by walking". I make sure to walk to 1-1.5 hours every day it sparks some of the best ideas in my head.

The latest Economist cover says it all.

'April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain.' TS Eliot

No way the fall of Rome was this cringe

Every single person still supporting Trump needs a cognitive test --particularly if the person is on the traditional right.

Trump could bomb Canberra and Albanese would still say "that's a matter for the United States... I'm not going to offer a running commentary on the president."

Bob Dylan / Masters of War. Newcastle, Australia. March 24, 2001. /with a recent painting of mine.

Painting by Bob Dylan Cop Talk. 2022 Acrylic on canvas 109.5 x 140cm — Halcyon Gallery, London.

'Tis the time's plague, when madmen lead the blind. William Shakespeare King Lear (Act 1, Scene 2)

Letterman didn't expect a punk rock explosion on his show but he certainly got one from the Beastie Boys.

“If we cannot sing of faith and triumph, we will sing our despair. We will be that kind of bird.” - H.D. #Thoreau, Ltr to Blake

The roadside flowers, too wet for the bee, Expend their bloom in vain.  Come over the hills and far with me,  And be my love in the rain. —Robert Frost poets.org/poem/line-stor…