An eye opening experience I had as a young Secret Service agent was the experiences I had as the “press agent.”
Newer agents on the president’s detail are assigned to babysit the press because that’s where you’ll do the least damage if you screw something up. I would sit with them all day on trips and fly back home on the “press plane” with them.
Some conclusions I drew from many hours and days of immersion with them:
1) Most of them are genuine imbeciles. Their conversations ranged from absurd to ignorant, to downright ridiculous.
2) They love to stand in judgment of others but, in the pre-cell phone camera era, they would engage in some of the worst debauchery you’ve ever seen on those planes. They’re really a disgusting group of people.
3) Most of them really despise Americans who actually work for a living. They consider themselves part of a community of knighted aristocrats and they look down on the people they’re supposed to cover.
I saw it. And you should treat these losers with the respect they deserve, meaning none at all.
Good morning.
Our Father,
Who art in heaven,
hallowed be Thy name;
Thy kingdom come;
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Amen.
🚨 Major improvement in Hormuz traffic
There is one consequential new development since the last update.
Reported by a U.S. official, but not independently verified: About 60 commercial vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, September 23, carrying roughly 22 million barrels of oil out of the Gulf. The official told Reuters this was the largest daily crude volume through Hormuz since early July. Roughly 40 of the ships reportedly coordinated with U.S. forces for protection. Reuters explicitly says it could not independently verify those figures. �
The Times of Israel +1
That is a dramatic change from Monday, when preliminary tracking showed only two commodity vessels making the crossing. �
Reuters
Why it matters: If this level of traffic proves sustainable, it would represent a substantial restoration of Gulf oil flows even before Washington and Tehran reach an agreement. Before the war, roughly 125 large commercial vessels normally crossed Hormuz each day, so traffic is not back...
