George Jahn
@authorofdreams.bsky.social
Author. Senior Editor European Voices. Ex-foreign correspondent (AP.) Lover of a good Cuban (cigar) and a dram. Opera critic. Serious eyebrows.
Pinned
(CNN) President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum to NATO allies . . . Saturday, saying the US will issue “major” sanctions on Russia only when they agree to do the same and stop buying oil from Russia.
(This won't happen so he's extricated himself from yet another pledge he never meant to honor.)
(This won't happen so he's extricated himself from yet another pledge he never meant to honor.)
September 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
(CNN) President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum to NATO allies . . . Saturday, saying the US will issue “major” sanctions on Russia only when they agree to do the same and stop buying oil from Russia.
(This won't happen so he's extricated himself from yet another pledge he never meant to honor.)
(This won't happen so he's extricated himself from yet another pledge he never meant to honor.)
Putin and Xi must be shitting their pants laughing.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
Live Updates: Trump’s Relationship With Musk Remains Icy as Public Spat Goes Private
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June 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Putin and Xi must be shitting their pants laughing.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
As a journalist, I wish I would have written this headline!
A Pope Who Ministers to the Suffering? Yup, He’s a White Sox Fan.
(@NewYorkTimes)
A Pope Who Ministers to the Suffering? Yup, He’s a White Sox Fan.
(@NewYorkTimes)
May 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
As a journalist, I wish I would have written this headline!
A Pope Who Ministers to the Suffering? Yup, He’s a White Sox Fan.
(@NewYorkTimes)
A Pope Who Ministers to the Suffering? Yup, He’s a White Sox Fan.
(@NewYorkTimes)
So whom do I believe? The editor of an author who has won the Nobel Prize for Literature, who says she "fell in love" with my novel? Or the 4 agents who have rejected it so far?
May 1, 2025 at 10:44 AM
So whom do I believe? The editor of an author who has won the Nobel Prize for Literature, who says she "fell in love" with my novel? Or the 4 agents who have rejected it so far?
A new pearl of wisdom from J.D. Vance, this time on arrival to Greenland
"It's cold as shit here."
"It's cold as shit here."
March 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
A new pearl of wisdom from J.D. Vance, this time on arrival to Greenland
"It's cold as shit here."
"It's cold as shit here."
View from inside an elevator without electricity stuck between the third and fourth floor.
March 19, 2025 at 11:09 AM
View from inside an elevator without electricity stuck between the third and fourth floor.
March 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I'm selling my gold and buying eggs
February 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I'm selling my gold and buying eggs
February 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If I, as a Canadian, feel like shit after Vance's shameful speech at the Munich Security Conference, I wonder how my American friends feel?
February 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
If I, as a Canadian, feel like shit after Vance's shameful speech at the Munich Security Conference, I wonder how my American friends feel?