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One of the things I love about this administration’s politics is that I can absolutely never tell when they are trolling, when somebody just made up some nonsense and attributed it to them, or when they are being deadly serious.
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Kathy Jackson @Cornered_Cat
Posted on X June 8, 2026
The case in point Ms. Jackson was referring to:
Rubio and UFC will sign deal to use cage fights for diplomacy
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and UFC CEO Dana White have reached an agreement to use cage fights for diplomacy, the State Department said Monday — as Iran peace talks remain in flux.
While I can certainly see the humor and respect her opinion, I’m of the opinion it does contribute to more than a little political friction that isn’t really necessary. But a case can be made that it serves a useful purpose which outweighs the frictional costs.
Well, the “cage fight” notion points back to an old (medieval) tradition, the “trial by combat”. And given that we’re dealing with a medieval ruler in this case it is fitting in a way.
At least we know what POTUS is tweeting is what is on his mind, because there’s no way his tweets are statements crafted by his staff after massaging poll data.
With chainsaws, I hope
Considering what the Iranian Mullahs and their various agents have done to various unprepared third parties, a cage fight would be a considerable improvement.
Two diplomats enter … The rest of us get on with our lives while they platitude at each other for a couple of years.
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Bartertown is primarily ruled by Aunty Entity, but ultimate authority is symbolically held by Master Blaster.
Trump has announced dozens of times that we’re close to a deal with Iran. It’s possible that he’s doing this to counter various short or long positions that the globalists are taking in their own attempts to control events by manipulating the markets. They eliminated Liz Truss by attacking the UK market, then tried the same thing with Milei in Argentina and Takaichi in Japan but Bessent was able to thwart both attacks.