https://simanaitissays.com/2026/08/09/seeking-rationality-among-republicans-part-1/Simanaitis Saysen2026-08-09T13:05:00+00:00SEEKING RATIONALITY AMONG REPUBLICANS PART 1Iran limiting the Strait of Hormuz, Iran and Obama's Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, Iran State Funeral for Ali Khamenei, the legality of warfare? (killing non-combatants/killing leaders of state), Council on Foreign Relations, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime Security and Law, Lieber Institute West Point, "Wikipedia" articles on Hamas attack/Iran warhttps://simanaitissays.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/500px-strac39fe_von_hormuz.jpg?w=150https://simanaitissays.com/2026/08/08/benny-bits-and-superb-writers/Simanaitis Saysen2026-08-08T13:05:00+00:00BENNY BITS—AND SUPERB WRITERSMary Livingstone "Nobody Montana" "North Butte", "Celebrating Sadye Marks/Mary Livingstone" "SimanaitisSays", "I Wish I Said That (First)" "SimanaitisSays", Jack Tackaberry (Benny writer/Australian-born) (wrote "Pickle in the Middle"), Jack Benny comedy skit ("blonde hair she had just converted" "Glendale? No Tehachapi", Hilliard Marks (Mary Livingstone brother), Hilliard Marks (Benny joke about being 39), Jack Benny's vault (joke about guard Ed being behind the times), Edmund Beloin (Benny writer) (invented and portrayed Mr. Billingsley), "How Jack Benny and Harry Conn Stumbled Onto The Formula for Situation Comedy" Kathryn Fuller-Seeley "National Endowment for the Humanities", "The Jack Benny Show" on "SiriusXM" "Radio Classics", Jack Benny and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson Maxwell (Mel Blanc sound effects), Jack Benny Rochester Hudson jokehttps://simanaitissays.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/cast-1.jpg?w=150