Michael Barnes
@MWBarnesEsq
Attorney, Board Member, Film Director, Author. The Golden Rule makes sense. Stand against nonsense.
Great bookend to a helluva week.
This is what rich looks like in 2025
There appears to be some 'splaining to do....
🧵 Americans will finally learn the truth about how in 2016, intelligence was politicized and weaponized by the most powerful people in the Obama Administration to lay the groundwork for what was essentially a years-long coup against President @realDonaldTrump, subverting the…
The signal-to-noise ratio at @WSJ has been declining for a few years. Yesterday's hit piece is obsequiously cringe and pretentious. I'm now embarrassed to be a subscriber. Probably time to cancel. What to replace it with?
And now for something completely different....
Colored droplets in corn syrup seemingly blended together can be returned to their original state by reversing the direction of mixing, a form of laminar flow called "Stokes flow". 📽: UNM Physics & Astronomy
Best thing you'll see today...
Someone requested my Fred Astaire Smooth Criminal mash-up. Like the Godfather at his daughter's wedding, I can't refuse a request on my birthday (unless it's to deactivate my account). Here it is...
Agree completely.
Wow, F1 turned out to be a damn good movie. Basically Topgun Maverick but with racing cars, a solid feel-good popcorn flick with strong performances and some excellent race sequences. Might be the dark horse of the summer blockbuster season.
In case you missed it: By the end of June 24, 2025, the ceasefire appeared to stabilize, per Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and President Masoud Pezeshkian. [Grok summary]
Who in Iran agreed to a ceasefire? Not Khamenei, IMO. Evidence: 1) Iran says, "we reject; wait, no we accept"; 2) Khamenei is likely in deep storage. So who is in now control of the Iranian autopen?
Sophie Cunningham is to Caitlin what Marty McSorley was to Gretsky.
A friend described his dream: The IDF runs a heavy 24-hour barrage against many sites. Cloaked in the chaos and fog of war are a couple of undetectable US B2 sorties which drop a few -57's on Fordow. No announcement is made. US, Israel and the West are happy, they know that…
For the love of ___, follow this guy. @ShaneHpns
Nuclear explosion I can’t even right now
China buys 90% of Iran’s oil. A grand peace is knocking… … or WW3. I use “grand” purposefully. And the first “W,” purposefully.
In the past year or so I've heard many people bemoan what WSJ has become. Had never heard that in the decades prior.
Their new name is perfect