Better late than never, I suppose

He may look like a 9th-grader, but Mike Johnson proved yesterday that he's one of the few adults in the US Congress. (Think of Jamaal Bowman, D-NY, who not only pulled a fire alarm to delay a vote but claims he thought it was a door-handle!) Mr Johnson's backbone is even more impressive since he was earlier opposed to aiding Ukraine.

Kudos also to the Democrats who made up for the Republican Clown Caucus voting against Ukraine and what we used to call the Free World. Let's hope that they'll also support Speaker Johnson if Chief Clown Marjorie Taylor Greene tries to unseat him.

It's not that I particularly care for the specifics. The total is impressive enough -- $60 billion! -- but less than $9 billion of that is for ammunition and missiles.

And another milestone was reached yesterday: Russian Mediazona and BBC Russia have compiled 50,471 names of Putin's soldiers killed in the war against Ukraine. The number is certainly higher, meaning that Russia has lost more men in Ukraine than the US lost in nearly ten years of fighting in Vietnam.