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Political Junkie చెప్పారు...: Clarence, Sam, and John all need to resign now. Get replaced by young, bright Conservatives.
Midterm sunami coming.; 08-03-26 7:32 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Its a toss up but i say the second one; 08-03-26 7:38 PM
Beasts of England చెప్పారు...: Love the top one…; 08-03-26 7:53 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Confirmed: Humanity Changed an Object's Orbit Around The Sun For The First Time : ScienceAlert https://share.google/t6Ta026a96oP29cMp; 08-03-26 7:57 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: https://x.com/ProudofusUK/status/2030716323144073341; 08-03-26 7:58 PM
Dave Begley చెప్పారు...: Just watched the 60 Minutes interview of Secretary Hegseth. He is so, so impressive. A clear and concise communicator.

He won’t say it - and he can’t - but the war will be over by April 1, 2026.; 08-03-26 8:05 PM
Aggie చెప్పారు...: Humanity changes Earth's orbit each and every time it blasts something into space, because it's shedding mass. It's messing with gravitational forces, too. I'm surprised we haven't seen some kind of climate-related scolding because of it.; 08-03-26 8:07 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: P.T. Ward on X: "Reminder that Schumer killed a provision in the CARES Act that would’ve refilled the SPR at a historically low cost of $24 dollars a barrel. He called it a “bailout for Big Oil.”" / X https://share.google/jFrHxMVWlaQNRuTtR; 08-03-26 8:07 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Yeah but those are miniscule deviations; 08-03-26 8:08 PM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: ciso, that Cheddar Man tweet is great! The indigenous Brits are more indigenous than a lot of peoples who claim such status....CC, JSM; 08-03-26 8:12 PM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: Begley, yes, the MSM are trying to pull a Jerry Ford on Hegseth: portray a highly educated Ivy man as a dumb athlete.

I did like the SNL cold open last night with Jost doing his Hegseth impression. Some of the things he said were almost Colbertian: in trying to spoof Hegseth, he wound up spouting Pete's wisdom instead. CC, JSM; 08-03-26 8:15 PM
Dave Begley చెప్పారు...: The comments on YouTube to the 60 Minutes interview are so pathetic and laughable.; 08-03-26 8:21 PM
Jaq చెప్పారు...: "He is so, so impressive. A clear and concise communicator."

LOL. Pete "No Mercy" Hegseth is going to turn Iran, which is the same size as Alaska, into Gaza and we will be swimming in Iran's oil. It'll be worth a lot too! Because it's up $2 since a a couple of hours ago, to $109. It was $60 in December. I have an EV, so I have no idea really what is happening to gas prices, but I imagine that they are going up.

Some genius, probably Hegseth, had the bright idea to attack Iran's oil infrastructure, from Bahrain, and it's desalinization plant, and so Iran attacked Bahrain's oil facilities, and desalination plant, after issue a statement saying that they didn't set the precedent.

They also attacked the same types of facilities in the country that his first loyalty is to, Hegseth of the weekly Bible Study, so they attacked refineries and water desalinization in Israei, which gets 90% of it's fresh water from desalinization, so it was probably a stupid card to play.

This might work in a military sense, but tearing up the Geneva Conventions, wars of aggression because we want to control another country's oil, please don't tell me that we are carpet bombing their country to help the "protesters" Nobody showed up on the street to "overthrow the regime," it's all sickening, and stupid.

The Kurds said they wouldn't fight for us because we betrayed them already twice, this lying and welching on every deal, eventually, word gets around.

Democrats are no better, but I am voting D from dogcatcher to Senate. I don't care if the war is "won" by April 1st.; 08-03-26 8:22 PM
Jaq చెప్పారు...: Anyway, oil went up almost $20 a barrel just today after that genius attack on Iran's oil infrastructure.; 08-03-26 8:24 PM
Gospace చెప్పారు...: Aggie said...
Humanity changes Earth's orbit each and every time it blasts something into space, because it's shedding mass. It's messing with gravitational forces, too. I'm surprised we haven't seen some kind of climate-related scolding because of it.

Not because of that. But we've definitely seen it for the exhaust they leave behind.

Now- a question for the legal beagles out there on - booby trapping. Now I now deadly booby trapping is outlawed, if not everywhere in the USA- virtually everywhere. Except maybe for a few ultra top secret locations, but that's not what I'm asking about.

Porch pirate booby trapping, that is, the hundreds of videos available', many from Steve Inman and his Non-Essential Commentary. Are they legal everywhere? Or illegal everywhere? Or some combination dependent on jurisdiction? I see nothing wrong with them myself. Saw an X post where some "victim" was threatening to sue because the "Amazon" package he stole that blew up in the back seat of his car was filled with already spoiled and smelly milk. OFW. Of course, to sue, he's first have to remember where he stole the package from- then admit in court to theft... And he definitely doesn't want anyone like me on the jury. So it cost a few hundred dollars to clean the interior of his car. A cheap lesson, one he deserved to earn.

That I don't read of any prosecution of porch pirate booby trappers leads me to think it's either no illegal, or prosecutorial discretion means the authorities aren't wasting time on them. Especially since they suspect a jury conviction is unlikely. Because of people like me who might be sitting on the jury.; 08-03-26 8:26 PM
Gospace చెప్పారు...: end italics should work; 08-03-26 8:26 PM
Big Mike చెప్పారు...: Democrats are no better, but I am voting D from dogcatcher to Senate.

@Jaq. I would expect nothing otherwise.; 08-03-26 8:32 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: The mindset is the point; 08-03-26 8:39 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: ఈ కామెంట్‌ను రచయిత తీసివేశారు.; 08-03-26 8:39 PM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: If a porch pirate actually got physically hurt from a booby trapped package, then the booby-trapper would be in legal jeopardy. It's similar to what OJ actually got convicted for: violent self-help to get back stolen property. A faceful of glitter might technically be an 'injury' in the sense of offensive contact, but most prosecutors would see it as de minimis, and as you say, most juries would not convict. CC, JSM; 08-03-26 8:53 PM
Mason G చెప్పారు...: "I would expect nothing otherwise."

"Look what you made me do." Very mature.; 08-03-26 8:55 PM
Dave Begley చెప్పారు...: Secretary of Energy reports that a tanker has moved through the Strait.

Iran can’t do a thing.; 08-03-26 8:55 PM
Justabill చెప్పారు...: Most of the porch pirate videos that come across my feed strike me as fake.; 08-03-26 8:57 PM
Humperdink చెప్పారు...: Voting D, you say? You’re in good company with Bill Kristol and David French.; 08-03-26 9:07 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit చెప్పారు...: I paid $2.99 a gallon at Costco today. Apparently I'm amongst the lucky ones.; 08-03-26 9:10 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit చెప్పారు...: Here is a more granular gas gauging map.; 08-03-26 9:12 PM
Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas చెప్పారు...: It’s too easy to go to war.; 08-03-26 9:17 PM
RCOCEAN II చెప్పారు...: Listening to a British Christian called Stephen Sizer. Was a C of E priest but was suspended because the British version of the ADL complained about him. Of course he's a leftwing wanker of the Corybn stripe, but he seems sound on the Christianity and the Bible.

Here he is attacking "Christian" zionism for being heresy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LohMNT_Xtas&list=PLuBn90OqmkHGh-Ex_7iqOl4OxoMaYiqvP&index=5; 08-03-26 9:26 PM
wildswan చెప్పారు...: The Iranians developed manufacturing that could produce 100 missiles a month. ( We can't. How come?) Now imagine that we followed the genius left strategy: "Let Iran Be Iran." And then China attacked Taiwan. And as we moved to defend Taiwan, Iran launched all those missiles at us all our Mideast bases, allies, semi-friends. We'd lose to China and the Mid-East would be lost to Iran. This way there's some difficult times but they are a fraction of the difficulty of the times we'd be in if Kamala had won and the Do-Nothing party was in power. For they wouldn't be in power, they'd be surrendering to China and Iran. And then the Friends of the Mullahs would be machine-gunning us in the streets.; 08-03-26 9:28 PM
RCOCEAN II చెప్పారు...: The Church of England is a such a bizzare institution. its become such a clown show, like much of mainstream Protestantism, that you wonder why anyone attends. It takes its orders from the Rich and powerful, and is willing to throw any christian under the bus that offends muslims or Jews.

Don't believe in Jesus Christ? "hey come on in. Want to be our leader?"

Uh oh, the athiest jews don't like you. Sorry, you're out. We have standards.; 08-03-26 9:29 PM
Aggie చెప్పారు...: There's that former NASA engineer, Mark Rober, that has videos about squirrel obstacle courses in his backyard - he has several on porch pirate bombs that have trackers, glitter explosions, and fart smells that are designed to detonate in the culprit's car or home, after they've been Bogarted. Pretty funny, because they also have cell phones that record the reactions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWeu2dxHRDg; 08-03-26 9:32 PM
Narr చెప్పారు...: I just finished Bradley F. Smith's book "Sharing Secrets with Stalin: How the Allies Traded Intelligence, 1941-1945" (U Press of Kansas, 1996) which I highly recommend to serious WWII or espionage buffs. There are a few howlers--like the US taking back Midway, and the Anvil/Dragoon landings followed by Allied advance up the Loire--which a good editor should have caught, but overall it's a worthwhile history.

Unusually, he takes the Soviet idea of bringing in some British divisions seriously--too seriously for my understanding, but he argues that it might have led to much closer cooperation on intelligence matters, which were much more extensive than most scholars recognized before the fall of the USSR and the opening of at least some Soviet wartime archives.

It was interesting to see the term 'twirp' quoted from a British official document, and I was delighted to learn that one of the Brit officers stationed in Moscow was Gen. D. C. S. Evil.

Evil!

Alas, in the index he is listed as D.C.S. Eud. An unusual name, but the other one would have been so cool: General Evil.; 08-03-26 9:40 PM
Jim at చెప్పారు...: Democrats are no better, but I am voting D from dogcatcher to Senate.

That's because you're a braying jackass who never shuts up.; 08-03-26 9:51 PM
Inga చెప్పారు...: Oil at $120. I hope it’s worth it to you Trumpists.; 08-03-26 9:55 PM
Gospace చెప్పారు...: I rarely watch youtube videos- I watched that one from beginning to end. Thanks for sharing Aggie.; 08-03-26 9:56 PM
Inga చెప్పారు...: Whew, back down to $113. What will tomorrow bring?; 08-03-26 9:57 PM
Mason G చెప్పారు...: "Oil at $120. I hope it’s worth it to you Trumpists."

You leftards should be happy enough, seeing as how you already want to eliminate IC vehicles in order to save the planet.; 08-03-26 10:03 PM
Aggie చెప్పారు...: Oil on the futures market is showing cash price $90.86. April '26 is showing $112.69. August '26 is showing $87.35.

Deluded and misinformed, and hysterical about it, as usual. You forgot to use the magic work 'cultist'.; 08-03-26 10:07 PM
Peachypeachy చెప్పారు...: Inag is the real cultist.; 08-03-26 10:12 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit చెప్పారు...: Just saw the Trump expletive video.

https://youtu.be/SfE9RP_6bkk?si=Qc_8JiTYBt4x-I-p; 08-03-26 10:15 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit చెప్పారు...: Gas prices may hit the moon tomorrow.; 08-03-26 10:16 PM
RCOCEAN II చెప్పారు...: I'll have to read the book. My impression is that we shared plenty of intelligence with the USSR during WW 2, including giving them laundered Ultra intelligence. Some British wanker in the war cabinet was sending them raw ultra intelligence. Whether that was known to the Churchill or the head of MI6 and allowed, I'm not sure.

In return the Soviets gave us little of value. What it gets down to is that Stalin was communist revolutionary and never budged from goal of overthrowing the bourgoise and establishing communist societies. He was willing to do tactical retreats and deviations, but he regarded Churchill/FDR as his enemies just like Hitler. "Hitlerism" was just a more agressive form of Bourgoise Capitalism.

Meanwhile, Churchill and FDR decided that the only thing that mattered was killing HItler and destroying Germany. If that meant giving Stalin everything he wanted then so be it. Both men knew the crimes of the USSR and didn't care.; 08-03-26 10:17 PM
RCOCEAN II చెప్పారు...: Probably one of the most amazing thing to come out of the Soviet Archieves and Verona is that Treasury Secretary Mogenthau was tasked by FDR with meeting with the NKVD located in the USA,and establishing an alliance to share intelligence about "Fascists in America". Morgenthau also told his "backdoor" NKVD contact that the FBI was bugging the Soviet Embassy.

People used to constantly complain about the "Soviet Penetration of the FDR administration" but they refused to admit that FDR didn't give a rap.; 08-03-26 10:22 PM
Jupiter చెప్పారు...: I am determined to have a really productive garden this year. Not to save money. Ha-Ha! I have already spent far more on seeds, equipment and tilling than it could conceivably cost to purchase everything I hope to grow at the supermarket. And that does not include the time and effort, which is just beginning, now, as the soil warms up. No, this is about something else.
But here is the puzzle that confronts me at the moment; I am germinating seeds underneath the sink in the master bathroom. I laid the tile over heating wires, years ago, and now I have put in LED panels to nurture the seedlings. So, they sprout pretty well, although some seeds like it better than others. But. Do you sow a single seed, and assume it will flourish? Or do you plant multiple seeds, so you can be certain of having sprouts. Understanding, that you will likely have more sprouts than you have space for in your garden. So you will have to get rid of some of them, one way or another.
Is it better, to leave them in their seed packets, never having tasted the sweetness of warmth and moisture? To slowly lose their potency on a shelf, degrading into the dust of which all life is made?
Or should I plant them all, and then ruthlessly cull them as I assign them to garden space? I have desires. They are willing -- eager! -- to fulfill my desires. Do I owe them something?; 08-03-26 10:31 PM
Jupiter చెప్పారు...: That is; do I owe them something more, than the opportunity to fulfill their nature, which is their destiny? They are all seeds, they were all produced by parents. If I have a packet, with 200 seeds, and I plant 10 of them, in a container that really only has room for 3 ... what about the other 7? What about the other 190?; 08-03-26 10:40 PM
Mason G చెప్పారు...: Which is preferable- having more sprouts than you can use and culling the extras or not having as many as you'd like, but still having some seeds? Personally, unless the seeds are outrageously expensive, I'd choose Door #1.; 08-03-26 10:42 PM
Aggie చెప్పారు...: I always plant all of the seed. Where I am, there is apparently little need to germinate, I just get them in the ground, try to time it for just before the last light freeze, and then thin them out. I found this method works pretty well, it allows you to be selective on the most vigorous ones. And you can always shift them around in the soil when they're that small.; 08-03-26 10:43 PM
Jupiter చెప్పారు...: It seems that the Democrats have, over time, reconstituted themselves as the "Looter" party. They swept up all the various grievance constituencies, and constructed a political movement based upon a claimed obligation. Over time, it became evident that most Americans were not interested in defining themselves in terms of their inability to produce value. Most Americans felt that we were capable of producing value, and we hoped for leadership that could assist us in that endeavor.
The Democrats have, quite literally, responded by saying that the American electorate is unfitted to appreciate the programs they offer, and they assert a right to import a new electorate that will be more to their liking.; 08-03-26 11:15 PM
Big Mike చెప్పారు...: ( We can't. How come?)

Go read the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) manual, all 2000+ pages of it.; 08-03-26 11:34 PM
Original Mike చెప్పారు...: "Humanity changes Earth's orbit each and every time it blasts something into space, because it's shedding mass. "

If it stays in Earth orbit, then it hasn't changed the mass of the system.; 08-03-26 11:36 PM
Bruce Hayden చెప్పారు...: “ Oil at $120. I hope it’s worth it to you Trumpists Oil at $120. I hope it’s worth it to you Trumpists”

And who does that hurt the most? Certainly not the US or Israel. They are both petro energy self sufficient. The correct answer is probably China. They have very little oil, and maybe the biggest Importers in the world. They have been getting discount oil from three countries: Venezuela, Iran, and Russia. Those imports have essentially disappeared for the first two, and Get the latter by sanctions busting use of their ghost fleet. When we get Russia to honor the sanctions, China is up the proverbial reek without a locomotion device.

The point though is that pointing out high oil prices essentially is being pushed exactly because it hurts the ChiComs the most. And the next question is why are Inga and Kak so interested in a phenomenon that hurts the Chinese the most? Why are they putting the good of China over the good to the US?; 09-03-26 12:09 AM
effinayright చెప్పారు...: Original Mike said...
"Humanity changes Earth's orbit each and every time it blasts something into space, because it's shedding mass. "

If it stays in Earth orbit, then it hasn't changed the mass of the system.
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Debris from meteorites and space dust add about 80 tons of mass to the Earth each day, while rockets and their payloads in the Earth-Moon system don't change net mass. Only space probes permanently leaving that System cause it to lose mass; 09-03-26 12:21 AM
Keith చెప్పారు...: RCO - I have a close relationship with a lot of Catholics who are serious about their faith. They have been very disappointed with the recent popes who seem less Catholic than Marxist. Unfortunately and to the detriment of the world, Christianity seems to be retreating. It seems gone in Europe. I'm not sure how many serious Christians at all there are there anymore. It seems to have been replaced by secularism and Islamism. We religious Jews appreciate greatly our religious Christian brothers and sisters. Too many are happy to expunge G-d from this world.

It seems a lot of Christian institutions seem to be replacing Christianity with leftism and marxism, much to the detriment of the world.

As you in fact state about your friend "Of course he's a leftwing wanker of the Corybn stripe." That seems to be happening unfortunately a lot where they throw away Christianity and replace it with Marxism. We can also look at the Texas Senate candidate who advertises he is a serious Christian but advocates to advance homosexuality and transgenderism.

Either Christianity means something or it does not. If its values change like a breeze it is meaningless. People like your friend or Talarico (?) are only too happy to discard what should be one of the foundations of Western Civilization.

To our detriment, to the detriment of the world.; 09-03-26 12:48 AM
Keith చెప్పారు...: RCO - I for one, as do largely ALL religious (Torah-observant) Jews lament the withdrawal of Christianity from the public sphere in the world. With Christianity there is a G-d whose law is eternal. When it is replaced with leftism and Marxism they toss G-d to be replaced with with wisdom of man, and G-d knows how that turned out in Communist Europe, Nazism, Pol Pot, etc. The world benefits when all of mankind recognized G-d above.; 09-03-26 12:51 AM
Keith చెప్పారు...: RCO - I believe many Christian institutions gradually replaced G-d with liberalism and as a consequence they are disappearing from the world. I'd have to look up numbers but I think all the denominations that no longer take G-d seriously are disappearing. No one is showing up in their churches. Which is understandable. If the pastor advocates for whatever the fashionable new values are ...well they can get that from CNN. They don't need church. They need church to tell them this is G-d's will and it is eternal and unchanging.

It seems like the last two popes are in that mold. Eager to toss out what is eternal for what is currently fashionable - marxism.; 09-03-26 12:54 AM
Keith చెప్పారు...: RCOCEAN II said...
The Church of England is a such a bizzare institution. its become such a clown show, like much of mainstream Protestantism, that you wonder why anyone attends. It takes its orders from the Rich and powerful, and is willing to throw any christian under the bus that offends muslims or Jews.

Don't believe in Jesus Christ? "hey come on in. Want to be our leader?"

Uh oh, the athiest jews don't like you. Sorry, you're out. We have standards.

3/8/26, 9:29 PM
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Nowadays a lot of antisemites or Jew-haters don't like to be called Jew haters so they say "no, nothing against Jews - we just hate Israel. We are antizionist, not antisemitic."

And yet ...

Every so often the mask falls and you find they are liars. It happens reliably enough that we find antizionism is largely the same thing as just old Jew hatred.

How do we know? Are all of the antizionists protesting the Israeli embassy? No they are attacking Jews for wearing yarmulkes. They are attacking Jews attending soccer games or synagogue. They are attacking synagogues and kosher markets and kosher restaurants.

If they really hated Israel rather than Jews they would be attacking Israeli embassies and consulates. But that's not what they are doing. They attack Jews.

Thanks for reminding us RCO.; 09-03-26 12:56 AM
Keith చెప్పారు...: JAQ - we can argue about the wisdom of the Iraq war but ... as soon as it were possible every single article about the war was that the soldiers were victims or villains. You won't find a single article in NYT, WaPo, ABC/CBS/NBC describe the fight and fighters as valiant heroes. No they are dupes or villains and murderers.

They did everything they could do demoralize the country and wish cast for our defeat.

Just like you.; 09-03-26 12:59 AM
Keith చెప్పారు...: Inga said...
Oil at $120. I hope it’s worth it to you Trumpists.

3/8/26, 9:55 PM
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Freedom? Freedom for Iran? Finally getting the guys who kidnapped, tortured, and murdered thousands of Americans including our soldiers? Paying back the ayatollahs for the hostages?

Inga ... we have principles. Freedom and fighting for what is right, supporting Western civilization and democratic values are important. In fact so important a temporary bump in gas prices are worth it.

You obviously do not share those values and you obviously do not value those things. For you it's all about demoralizing our soldiers and the US of A losing in war.

We are not the same.; 09-03-26 1:01 AM
Keith చెప్పారు...: Bruce Hayden said...
“ Oil at $120. I hope it’s worth it to you Trumpists Oil at $120. I hope it’s worth it to you Trumpists”

[...]

The point though is that pointing out high oil prices essentially is being pushed exactly because it hurts the ChiComs the most. And the next question is why are Inga and Kak so interested in a phenomenon that hurts the Chinese the most? Why are they putting the good of China over the good to the US?

3/9/26, 12:09 AM
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Rhetorical question? I don't think they love the country at all. They want their guys in power. Screw the country if the other guys are in. I really hated Obama. I thought he hated the country. I HOPED his policies would lead to prosperity but I didn't see how they would be anything but a disaster for the country. I still hoped the country would succeed. I thought he was very destructive to the country and hated him for it as he sure seems to hate the country. But I always hoped the country did well.

I think that's the difference between conservatives and liberals.; 09-03-26 1:06 AM
Breezy చెప్పారు...: There are men and women in harms way, fighting for our country’s national security. Any oil price rise is a temporary consequence of the conflict and is the least of our worries. Our soldiers should hear no complaints.; 09-03-26 1:19 AM
gadfly చెప్పారు...: Does Kristi get to keep her security blankie, the one that got that military pilot fired? Or does she get to take that with her to her new post as Plenopotentiary Sneeze-Guardian Of The Hemispheric Salad Bar Of Liberty? ~Matt Labash wants to know.; 09-03-26 1:30 AM
Jimmy చెప్పారు...: the trolls on this blog, leftist apparatchiks, only have one song to play. HATE. everything they do, everything they say, is hate. for Trump, half the country, and anyone who deviates from the Parti line.
It is a sad and pathetic way to exist. But it is all they have left. No leftist administration, anywhere in the world, has achieved success, long lasting success.
totalitarianism is built into such ideology , and the leftists, especially on this blog, are to fucking stupid to know that they themselves will be the first sent to the wall if they get their 'perfect society '
Orwell understood it. So have most people. what you are witnessing here is an entire movement that has no policies, only failure. and hate.
What's disgusting people leftists are .....; 09-03-26 1:45 AM
gadfly చెప్పారు...: Breezy said...
There are men and women in harms way, fighting for our country’s national security. Any oil price rise is a temporary consequence of the conflict and is the least of our worries. Our soldiers should hear no complaints.

Trump started the war, sweetheart. On his own. Our economy is dying and he is killing it along with thousands upon thousands of people including 175 little people from a girl's school struck by a U.S. Tomahawk missile.

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03/08/video-shows-us-tomahawk-missile-strike-next-to-girls-school-in-iran/; 09-03-26 1:48 AM
Keith చెప్పారు...: gadfly said...
Breezy said...
There are men and women in harms way, fighting for our country’s national security. Any oil price rise is a temporary consequence of the conflict and is the least of our worries. Our soldiers should hear no complaints.

Trump started the war, sweetheart. On his own. Our economy is dying and he is killing it along with thousands upon thousands of people including 175 little people from a girl's school struck by a U.S. Tomahawk missile.
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As everyone knows - this war started in 1979 when the mullahs invaded our land and kidnapped our citizens. Since then they have kidnapped, tortured, and murdered thousands of Americans from 1979 straight through up to and including designing and training our enemies to use EFP's against our soldiers.

The war started in 1979. The President is the first man who actually means to fight back and avenge our dead.

You may feel no debt to those better than you and me both, those soldiers defending our freedom, those soldiers who never saw their families after Iraq, after Khobar, after all the atrocities. You may not feel attached to this country but I and the rest of the patriots do and it is WAY past time for vengeance and payback.; 09-03-26 1:54 AM
gadfly చెప్పారు...: So why doesn't Demented Don announce to the world that Americans will no longer purchase foreign-sourced crude at any price and we will charge world prices for sales of American crude, Further he should announce that gasoline purchases by American retailers will be based upon our own average sweet crude prices. Of course he may have to figure out what to do about Chevron. All's fair in times of war I guess.; 09-03-26 2:39 AM
gadfly చెప్పారు...: Keith:

We have not ever been in a declared war with Iran. Look it up.; 09-03-26 2:45 AM
Breezy చెప్పారు...: Wut - we’ve not been conflicting with Iran for decades? Wars don’t have to be declared by some committee to be real.

xox, sweetheart; 09-03-26 2:56 AM
Bruce Hayden చెప్పారు...: “ So why doesn't Demented Don announce to the world that Americans will no longer purchase foreign-sourced crude at any price and we will charge world prices for sales of American crude…”

Because it would be stupid. It would be a stupid waste of money.; 09-03-26 2:56 AM
buwaya చెప్పారు...: The US both buys and sells both crude and refined products as far as it makes local sense. The US logistics systems for petroleum arent at all uniform. There is no cost effective way to get US crude to CA, for instance, as the government there has severely restricted local CA petroleum production and there arent really any oil pipelines.; 09-03-26 3:01 AM
Bruce Hayden చెప్పారు...: “We have not ever been in a declared war with Iran. Look it up.”

Not strictly true, since Iran declared war on the US in 1979.

But so what? For 225 years now (1801), Presidents have been utilizing our military against other nations and states on a fairly regular basis. Just because of Orange Man Bad, special rules shouldn’t be utilized against Trump.; 09-03-26 3:02 AM
wendybar చెప్పారు...: "“I listened for several hours to three United States presidents who do not know Jesse Jackson,” he said, which is about as damning a statement as any I've ever heard, given Joe Biden's, Bill Clinton's, and Barack Obama's oily insinuations that they were all best buds with the deceased and his civil rights movement."

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/03/jesse_jackson_s_son_rips_democrats_who_turned_his_father_s_funeral_into_a_political_pep_rally.html; 09-03-26 3:07 AM
Bruce Hayden చెప్పారు...: “The US both buys and sells both crude and refined products as far as it makes local sense. The US logistics systems for petroleum arent at all uniform. There is no cost effective way to get US crude to CA, for instance, as the government there has severely restricted local CA petroleum production and there arent really any oil pipelines.”

Of course there aren’t any pipelines. Stopping those is one of the favorite ways to stymie efficient was for environmental wackos to disrupt the efficient transfer of petroleum around the country. And California is headquarters for environmental wackos in this country. The bulk of the excess cost of gas at the pumps (nearing 50%) for CA is essentially completely self imposed.

The relatively few refineries there are being forced to shut down, one by one. Without building new ones. Part of the reason is to force the state to move from ICVs to EVs. Based, of course, on the Global Warming fraud. And ignoring that, as well as not being fossil fuel independent, they are far from being electric power independent too. I think that I figured out the other day that they were importing electric power from at least 6 other states. But doing so without maintaining their electric transmission infrastructure. Part of that includes not maintaining the rights of ways surrounding their transmission lines. Which means that they are no longer the effective fire breaks, as they are in other states (like MT).; 09-03-26 3:24 AM
buwaya చెప్పారు...: Bruce,
Mostly correct. My one quibble is in re transmission lines, as they are not the fire hazard. Its the distribution lines. And that is also a state-imposed danger, for a mess of reasons.
I dont know what the fix is in CA. Perhaps they need to ban Democrats from voting.; 09-03-26 3:30 AM
buwaya చెప్పారు...: And as for EV's the CA Dem party was trying to shut down the TESLA EV plant in Fremont (the ex-GM NUMMI plant) almost from the beginning, with endless regulatory and legal harassment. Bravo Musk, he fought them off again and again. But I bet he regrets not setting up in Tennessee or someplace like that.
Theres a reason TESLA's battery plant is in Nevada.
The CA Dem party is in a perpetual mad rage against all industry.; 09-03-26 3:40 AM
wendybar చెప్పారు...: Margot Cleveland
@ProfMJCleveland
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If you think you are distraught over the attempting bombing in New York today, just think about how sad Mamdani's wife is about the number of Jews that weren't killed when the bomb didn't explode.

https://x.com/ProfMJCleveland/status/2030811918466678964?s=20; 09-03-26 3:41 AM
Inga చెప్పారు...: So much “patriotic” talk, so much that it sounds fake and nothing more than propaganda to get Americans on board Trumps deadly folly.

“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross".

My daughter served in the Navy for 22 years and retired 2 years ago. She and many of her fellow veterans are not in favor of this war. Are you dopes going to accuse her of not being sufficiently patriotic? Her job out out the Navy is helping Veterans and making their lives better.; 09-03-26 4:34 AM
buwaya చెప్పారు...: You are committed; like it or not, complain as you like.; 09-03-26 5:01 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) చెప్పారు...: Fascism is here, some wearing big fake theatre boy smiles others wearing hijab and all screaming “Death to America!” The fascists are in the streets protesting against ICE and defending the Somali pirates.; 09-03-26 5:05 AM
Humperdink చెప్పారు...: Inag becomes the self-appointed spokeschick for all veterans. Tell me again of the great patriot and veteran Captain Mark Kelly advising service members they can choose to ignore orders from above.; 09-03-26 5:17 AM
Jaq చెప్పారు...: 2nd Geneva Convention, Article 18

(1) After each engagement, Parties to the conflict shall, without delay, take all possible measures to search for and collect the shipwrecked, wounded and sick, to protect them against pillage and ill-treatment, to ensure their adequate care, and to search for the dead and prevent their being despoiled.

We signed this, our Senate ratified it, Hegseth tore it up. Even the Nazis abided by it, and the Japanese were reviled for not doing so and letting sailors drown in shark invested waters.

What has America ever done to Iran?

We replaced their democratically elected Prime Minister , in 1953, with a brutal dictator, The Shah, who in return for being put in power, handed over the countries oil to the West.

In 1979, they threw him out.

In 1980, we got our buddy Saddam to attack their country, gave him the precursors to chemical weapons, 300,000 Iranians died in this war that the US started, tens of thousands from the chemical weapons we gave them.

We have starved them with sanctions, because they took control of their own oil, which we had stolen from them.

I could go on, but lets get to recent history, Scott Bissent admitted to collapsing their currency in order to bring protesters to the street, we then sent in a lot of agent provocateurs, who turned these peaceful protests violent, then we used the violence as a pretext to murder their leaders and bomb their country.

Meanwhile, Netanyahu says that this war is a 40 year dream of his, the destruction of Iran.

All of this Death to Iran actions outweighs street rhetoric, sorry.

"When fascism arises in America, it will rise under the banner of anti-fascism."; 09-03-26 5:20 AM
Jaq చెప్పారు...: We put the Taliban in power in Afghanistan, whoever actually handed out the goodies, whether it was Pakistan, or whoever, we provided weapons, funding, and training, in 1979, in order to get the Soviets to invade. That's right, we did it. Pakistan has said that they regret doing our dirty work.

Now we are bombing the crap out of a country of 92 million people to take their oil, among other reasons, and we are surprised that they hate us.; 09-03-26 5:26 AM
rhhardin చెప్పారు...: There is less oil. What price gets the consumption of oil down to the amount that is in fact available? Because that's the amount that will be consumed.

Either price or inconvenience like gas lines, when they limited the price.; 09-03-26 5:28 AM
Jaq చెప్పారు...: I barely read you guys' comments anymore, because the stupid hurts too much, you guys believe lies that shouldn't deceive a five year old. If you can't see that Hegseth is a moron, who is in way over his head, even if we win this war, well, you know, Imperial Japan won a lot of wars, conquered a lot of countries, did that make Japan right?; 09-03-26 5:29 AM
Jaq చెప్పారు...: Putin greatly appreciates the money, BTW, and the increased leverage over Europe, which depended heavily on gas from the Persian Gulf, that is not forthcoming, since they cut themselves off from cheap Russian gas.

This war was not thought through. The US is suffering from a brain parasite.; 09-03-26 5:32 AM
Jaq చెప్పారు...: The U.S. Navy Nimitz Class nuclear powered supercarrier USS George H. W. Bush has been dispatched to the Middle East, where it is expected to support the currently ongoing war effort against Iran. The George H. W. Bush is one of the Navy’s two newest carriers, with the only newer vessel, the USS Gerald Ford, having was arrived in the Eastern Mediterranean hours before the U.S. and Israeli initiated attacks on February 28. It is highly unusual for three carrier groups to operate in the same region simultaneously, with the deployment of a third supercarrier expected to help compensate for both the large scale destruction of U.S. bases in the Middle East by Iranian strikes, severe missile defence shortages, as well as the depletion of the missile arsenals of the existing carrier groups for both offensive and defensive duties - Military Watch; 09-03-26 5:34 AM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: Buwaya: "There is no cost effective way to get US crude to CA, for instance, as the government there has severely restricted local CA petroleum production and there arent really any oil pipelines."

Sounds like fedgov can treat that intra-state oil as 'affecting interstate commerce' and wipe away the CA regs. If FDR could do it with agriculture, DJT can do it with oil. CC, JSM; 09-03-26 5:35 AM
Humperdink చెప్పారు...: Jaq said: “I barely read you guys' comments anymore”

Self-awareness is not your strong suit.; 09-03-26 5:35 AM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: If renting a six-flat - a building that doesn't move - 'affects interstate commerce,' then certainly CA oil does. CC, JSM; 09-03-26 5:36 AM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: A black person might drive to CA and then need cheap gas to drive back. Sounds like CA oil regs 'affect interstate commerce.' CC, JSM; 09-03-26 5:37 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) చెప్పారు...: My favorite Iran history is the bullshit story that Iran’s history started in 1953. It’s as truthful and complete as the idiotic tale that global warming started in 1980 and not at the end of the Little Ice Age.; 09-03-26 5:43 AM
Big Mike చెప్పారు...: My daughter served in the Navy for 22 years and retired 2 years ago. She and many of her fellow veterans are not in favor of this war. Are you dopes going to accuse her of not being sufficiently patriotic?

Wuit hiding your anti-Americanism behind your daughter’s service.; 09-03-26 5:46 AM
Big Mike చెప్పారు...: @Althouse and Meade, is there any way you can get Preview back? Any way at all?; 09-03-26 5:48 AM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: Far more seriously, since CA oil regs force Californians to buy foreign oil, they definitely affect interstate and foreign commerce, and fedgov has total rights to step in. CC, JSM; 09-03-26 5:49 AM
Breezy చెప్పారు...: “My daughter served in the Navy for 22 years and retired 2 years ago. She and many of her fellow veterans are not in favor of this war. Are you dopes going to accuse her of not being sufficiently patriotic?“

Presumably your daughter served to protect the US Constitution, including free speech. No one has accused her or her fellow veterans of not being sufficiently patriotic. Her mother wants to curtail our patriotism though. She seems to have had enough of it.; 09-03-26 6:18 AM
Humperdink చెప్పారు...: AA had a post a few days about MAiD in Canada where 1 death in 20 was caused by suicide by government.

Mental illness is scheduled to be added in March 2027 as the sole reason for government assisted suicide. Want to get rid of your cranky Grandpap? Just wait 12 months.

https://markatwood.substack.com/p/the-peculiar-institution; 09-03-26 6:19 AM
Jim at చెప్పారు...: We have not ever been in a declared war with Iran. Look it up.

They declared war on us on November 4, 1979, you stupid ass.

Look it up.; 09-03-26 6:20 AM
Jasmine Spyer చెప్పారు...: Google is now paying $300 to $500 per hour for doing work online work from home. Last paycheck of me said that $20537 from this easy and simple job. Its amazing and earns are awesome. No boss, full time freedom and earnings are in front of you. This job is just awesome. Every person can makes income online with google easily….
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This is my main concern……………https://Cash430.blogspot.Com; 09-03-26 6:25 AM
Jim at చెప్పారు...: My daughter served in the Navy for 22 years and retired 2 years ago. She and many of her fellow veterans are not in favor of this war.

And just how - hiding behind your daughter's service, no less - does your opinion (or hers, for that matter) carry more weight than the rest of us who also served?

It doesn't.; 09-03-26 6:25 AM
Jim at చెప్పారు...: And stop acting like it does.; 09-03-26 6:26 AM
Humperdink చెప్పారు...: @Inag. Looking forward to your daughter posting here first hand …. and her fellow vets.; 09-03-26 6:27 AM
Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas చెప్పారు...: Diverging impact in the US between gasoline consumers and owners of oil company shares. More of the K-shaped economy.
Helpful to Trump and his financial backers but not politically.

Trump and Netanyahu have launched a big worldwide PR campaign for renewables. Big renewable and smart grid push coming.; 09-03-26 6:43 AM
Eva Marie చెప్పారు...: congrats to American Nathan Martin for winning the L.A. marathon in an insanely close finish:
https://x.com/wutangkids/status/2030805927503245371?s=46; 09-03-26 6:47 AM
Eva Marie చెప్పారు...: As close to unbelievable as you can get.; 09-03-26 6:49 AM
rehajm చెప్పారు...: Wow- Eva Marie that was a great finish. Go high school track coach!; 09-03-26 6:50 AM
Leland చెప్పారు...: Democrats are no better, but I am voting D from dogcatcher to Senate.

Why are Democrats and Muslims so anti-dog?

Oil at $120. I hope it’s worth it to you Trumpists.

What’s the problem? Your solar panels and wind mills bought during the Biden Administration should mean you are paying none of that $120. Maybe you shouldn’t have sold your Tesla?; 09-03-26 6:51 AM
buwaya చెప్పారు...: Higher gas prices do not generally help equities.
Some oil company shares may do better, but thats a small part of US equities. I expect the S&P to be down significantly today.
When oil prices spiked in 2022 (when Russia invaded Ukraine) the S&P was down by 15-20% for most of 2023.; 09-03-26 6:56 AM
rehajm చెప్పారు...: LA Marathon organizers made a head-scratching decision to reward runners "who have had a tough day" through 18 miles of the course. Runners participating in the marathon have the option to receive their medals at the 18-miler marker, and don’t necessarily have to cross the finish line after 26.2 miles.

…had scratching but not inconsistent…; 09-03-26 6:56 AM
buwaya చెప్పారు...: Big advantage of this crisis vs the Ukraine war is that its a much easier problem to solve. Sanitizing the straits of Hormuz, especially against an Iran without a hope of resupply with serious weapons, is a much more achievable task than defeating Russia.; 09-03-26 7:01 AM
Jaq చెప్పారు...: No one in Iran was shouting "death to America" in 1953, and we overthrew their democratically elected prime minister, and installed a brutal dictatorship of the Shah, a regime whose secret police were renowned for their ruthless brutality, and Pastor Necrosis claims that the Shah's only crime was that we wasn't brutal enough to maintain the US and Britains control of their oil.

I know that repetition is a powerful argument, but facts matter too, and you can't look at the Iranian Revolution as some kind of anomaly that came out of left field for no reason.

There is no good reason for the US to have attacked Iran, there are no protests against the government going on, despite the tender ministrations of Trump the Butcher, and his lies that the vast majority wanted the US back in control of their oil.

The reasons have to do with Israel, Netanyahu has admitted that this war is a 40 year dream, and stealing their oil again, for a second time.

I can imagine you guys as Japanese in the 1920s cheering on the conquests from Viet Nam to Formosa, and being more certain that your cause was right with every military victory.

It's also pretty easy to imagine Pete Hegseth as a character on South Park, he looks like he stepped right of the screen.; 09-03-26 7:02 AM
rehajm చెప్పారు...: ...our old rule of thumb was energy is about one third of S&P spending. Without knowing how much is oil it’s easy to conclude higher oil prices are bad for earnings. With the oil companies specifically there’s a ‘sweet spot’ for price, higher than that zone results in reduced consumption that dings revenue…also, very small changes in behavior collectively result in shockingly large changes in consumption. Things like driving a bit less- a conscious decision to consolidate errands, work from home one extra day a week equals huge delta in gasoline consumed…; 09-03-26 7:05 AM
wendybar చెప్పారు...: Scott Jennings
@ScottJenningsKY
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Good morning, America. As you awake, we have radical Islamic terrorists throwing IED’s in NYC & 5 hr security lines at some airports … and the Democratic Party has the Dpt of Homeland Security shut down.
https://x.com/ScottJenningsKY/status/2030951934664847727?s=20; 09-03-26 7:06 AM
rehajm చెప్పారు...: I’ve gone two hummingbird feeders today. One has been out about ten days. No early sightings. None this week and they’re late…; 09-03-26 7:06 AM
jaydub చెప్పారు...: "Just saw the Trump expletive video."

Lem, don't want to disappoint you but that video was
from months ago and referred to the Russia-Ukraine war and not Israel.; 09-03-26 7:11 AM
Breezy చెప్పారు...: Curious if the Dems will pass DHS funding to challenge Trump wrt his pledge not to sign any bill before he signs the SAVE Act.; 09-03-26 7:13 AM
Enigma చెప్పారు...: Condensed timeline of the English Civil War:

1642: Battles begin
1649: King Charles I is executed for treason
1649 to 1658: Oliver Cromwell controls as a non-monarch, and upon his death the country avoids a Cromwellian hereditary dynasty (as neo-king)
1660: The English bring back the son of Charles I, Charles II as king. Charles II becomes the poster boy of a stereotypical European king.

Recent timeline of Iran: Err...the Shah is exiled in 1979 in favor of Islamic theocratic rulers...then Khamenei's son takes his place upon being killed in 2026. The Shah's son seeks to lead Iran from exile.

So, Iran DEMANDS to have an hereditary monarch? They are merely undecided as to whether the Shah's or the Ayotollah's faction will lead. See the War of the Roses.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_England#/media/File:King_Charles_II_by_John_Michael_Wright_or_studio.jpg; 09-03-26 7:14 AM
Eva Marie చెప్పారు...: American Nathan Martin crossed the line in 2:11:16.50 edging out Michael Kamau by 0.01 to 0.18 seconds; 09-03-26 7:20 AM
Eva Marie చెప్పారు...: Official time: “American Martin, 36, from Jackson, Michigan, covered the 26.2 miles in about 2:11:18, with Kenyan Michael Kamau given the same official time but placed second after review of the finish.”
They round time to the closest second.
“When two athletes share the same displayed time, officials use finish‑line cameras and high‑precision timing to determine who’s actually ahead at the line, then rank them 1st and 2nd even though the printed time is identical.”; 09-03-26 7:32 AM
Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas చెప్పారు...: Operation Epic Fail

Trump’s Venezuela strategy has failed in Iran. His decision to go to war in Iran was influenced by his military success in Venezuela. Trump can walk away, but Iran can keep the Strait of Hormuz closed. Trump has lost control of this, he isn't actually in the position to cut his losses if Iran doesn't reopen the Strait.; 09-03-26 7:33 AM
Curious George చెప్పారు...: "Inga said...
My daughter served in the Navy for 22 years and retired 2 years ago. She and many of her fellow veterans are not in favor of this war. Are you dopes going to accuse her of not being sufficiently patriotic? Her job out out the Navy is helping Veterans and making their lives better."

Our resident dullard is puking up this old trope again. She knows what the whole Military thinks because her genetically retarded ex-Navy daughter thinks it. Then she acts like her daughter is a volunteer. She has a job. She gets paid to do it.

She also not surprisingly doesn't understand what being patriotic means. It means having or expressing devotion to and vigorous support for one's country. Hear that dummy? Vigorous support (look up vigorous yourself). She does not support her countries actions against Iran. So no, she isn't patriotic.

As an aside, Inga also thinks she has her finger on the pulse of Republicans and conservatives because she lives in Waukesha. LOL What a dolt.; 09-03-26 7:33 AM
Eva Marie చెప్పారు...: There’s a lot of desperation in the antiTrump comments.
More fun to read.; 09-03-26 7:40 AM
buwaya చెప్పారు...: The democratically elected prime minister suspended elections in 1952 (until he had a quorum on his side, then stopped counting), had dismissed the Iranian parliament because he couldnt get along with anyone, and ruled by decree. Iranian politics was an intractable mess. Mossadegh was personally popular but unable to run anything, and almost a specialist at making enemies - communists, the mullahs, trade unionists, the military, and even the Shah, who actually agreed with Mossadegh (mostly).
People have been using "Mossadegh!" as a talking point for decades without understanding Iranian troubles of the time.; 09-03-26 7:48 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Yeah ive made that point before; 09-03-26 7:50 AM
buwaya చెప్పారు...: "but Iran can keep the Strait of Hormuz closed"
Can they?
I doubt it.; 09-03-26 7:51 AM
Big Mike చెప్పారు...: There is no good reason for the US to have attacked Iran …

Aside from their claim to have enough enhanced uranium on hand to construct eleven nuclear bombs, that is. And if Iran did develop nuclear bombs, and used them on American cities, would not Jaq and RCOCEAN and gadfly and Kaki and Inga the Stinka and the rest of the usual Althouse trolls would be telling us — with great heat — that Trump “should have done something.”; 09-03-26 7:55 AM
Curious George చెప్పారు...: "Jim at said...
My daughter served in the Navy for 22 years and retired 2 years ago. She and many of her fellow veterans are not in favor of this war.

And just how - hiding behind your daughter's service, no less - does your opinion (or hers, for that matter) carry more weight than the rest of us who also served?

It doesn't."

It doesn't carry more weight than those that didn't serve.; 09-03-26 7:56 AM
Wince చెప్పారు...: Under the Iranian Constitution of 1906 and its amendments, the Shah held the legal and constitutional authority to dismiss a Prime Minister. While Mossadegh was a legally elected Prime Minister, the constitution allowed the Shah to issue royal decrees (Farmāns) to remove the premier and appoint a new one.; 09-03-26 8:00 AM
Enigma చెప్పారు...: If the Strait of Hormuz is functionally closed for more than a few weeks, the shipping insurance companies and consumers of Persian Gulf oil will find a way to rapidly build oil pipelines to the Gulf of Oman and westward too. Furthermore, oil producers in N. America, S. America, Russia, and Africa will move to fill the gap.

Hormuz is set to decline in strategic relevance.; 09-03-26 8:03 AM
Curious George చెప్పారు...: "Inga said...
My daughter served in the Navy for 22 years and retired 2 years ago. She and many of her fellow veterans are not in favor of this war. "

Inga's daughter also has some black friends. So Inga feels their pain and struggles. Just like Bill Clinton.; 09-03-26 8:11 AM
Michael McNeil చెప్పారు...: My one quibble is in re transmission lines, as they are not the fire hazard. Its the distribution lines. And that is also a state-imposed danger, for a mess of reasons.
I dont know what the fix is in CA.

Here in my corner of far-northern California (Siskiyou County), for months crews have been working on all the back (and front) roads replacing every wooden telephone/power pole with metal.; 09-03-26 8:14 AM
Leland చెప్పారు...: the rest of the usual Althouse trolls would be telling us — with great heat — that Trump “should have done something.”

In some cases, we need only go back two weeks to read those comments.; 09-03-26 8:15 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Taco i think they called it; 09-03-26 8:16 AM
buwaya చెప్పారు...: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmQeAWjsw_Q

Fascinating developments regarding the nature of the red giant star Betelgeuse. It turns out its got a companion star orbiting INSIDE its stellar envelope, apparently in the process of merging with it.; 09-03-26 8:17 AM
Enigma చెప్పారు...: @buwaya: Betelgeuse got bit by a tick and scratched off the body, so the head keeps burrowing down deep. Itchy infection for sure.

Get Betelgeuse to a medical clinic ASAP.; 09-03-26 8:19 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: How is that possible would the gravity well draw out the other stars shell; 09-03-26 8:20 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: ఈ కామెంట్‌ను రచయిత తీసివేశారు.; 09-03-26 8:20 AM
Leland చెప్పారు...: find a way to rapidly build oil pipelines to the Gulf of Oman and westward too.

Even if they had a route selected and all rights to the land along the route; it would take over a year to procure the pipe and a few more years to get the pipe lay equipment in country and a workforce to install it. By then Persia will be electing its next round of leadership.; 09-03-26 8:24 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: How far is that star, if the rotation takes six years; 09-03-26 8:24 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: ఈ కామెంట్‌ను రచయిత తీసివేశారు.; 09-03-26 8:24 AM
Humperdink చెప్పారు...: I am thinking the acronym TACO, aka Trump Always Chickens Out, may need to be retired by the Commie wing of the democrats party. A majority of party I should add.; 09-03-26 8:25 AM
rehajm చెప్పారు...: Cursing means you care…or you aren’t Presidential material, depending on your party affiliation…; 09-03-26 8:25 AM
Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas చెప్పారు...: Fury, failure are just words.

Indiscriminate killings are the hallmark of Netanyahu and Trump. Iran should fail because its political system is not working. Failure doesn't need outside assistance.; 09-03-26 8:26 AM
Howard చెప్పారు...: This is the crucial period of this war. Can the US Open the straits of Hormuz to support semi-normal traffic flow by next week? This is an "All In" "Shoot the Moon" gamble that will determine if Gavidiot Snoozsome is our next Sommelier in Chief representing for Obama's DNC in the White House.

I hope Trump's team can deliver. It would be great if this crazy pipe dream was successful. However, hope isn't a strategy. I think Dave Beckley is correct, the war will be over by April fool's Day. However, it won't be an unconditional surrender. It will be more like North Korea with a permanent state of war in existence. Just a standing ceasefire until the next round of adventurism. We all know that no matter how this turns out, Trump will declare it a huge success like nobody's ever seen before.; 09-03-26 8:27 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Hezbollah howie always lies; 09-03-26 8:30 AM
Eva Marie చెప్పారు...: “Taco i think they called it”
Yes. Taco came and then quickly disappeared. Inga, please bring back taco. So delightfully lame.; 09-03-26 8:35 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: They always want humiliation for this nation, for deep psychological reasons; 09-03-26 8:39 AM
buwaya చెప్పారు...: "Iran should fail because its political system is not working."
Why?
With that much oil it is irrelevant what the population wants. The state does not deoend on the pppulation at all. It us more a hindrance than an asset. The elite and their guardsmen are all that matter. They can subsidize a security apparatus without reference to the general prosperity of the population.
That is, unless someone outside screws up that oil economy.; 09-03-26 8:43 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: Its a kleptocracy which has spent its wealth on weapons; 09-03-26 8:46 AM
Humperdink చెప్పారు...: I watched the beginning of Mayor Mamdani’s presser this morning. I couldn’t stomach more the two minutes of it. At the outset, he blamed right wingers for protesting. What were they protesting? The Muslim takeover of NYC. The terrorist Islamic protesters couldn’t deal with that so they brought bombs.

How many Muslims are in NYC. Mamdani says 1 million, including him.

Watch Fat Alvin release them.; 09-03-26 8:47 AM
rehajm చెప్పారు...: You people paid to post leftie talking posts are suckers if you’re not making the $300/hr Google is paying for work from home…; 09-03-26 8:48 AM
Bushman of the Kohlrabi చెప్పారు...: Based on Inga’s many years of posting, it’s clear her daughter is a leftist partisan who would never support action taken by a Republican. Why her opinion would matter on this issue any more than anyone else’s is a mystery.; 09-03-26 8:51 AM
Iman చెప్పారు...: His pants are brown
Der Starmer is a clown; 09-03-26 8:56 AM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: Retired Gen McCaffrey gave a really good interview just now on Morning Joe. I have a bit of a conflict because he was the 1 star at the infantry school when I was a new 2LT, and he gave us this psycho rah rah speech. But he is one of those talking heads who is virulently anti-Trump but won’t sacrifice his professional reputation just to badmouth Trump. He made a key observation: that this action may result in a failed Iranian state with a lot of internal problems, but one which is not a threat to his neighbors.

I think he just stated Trump’s war aim. CC, JSM; 09-03-26 8:56 AM
Iman చెప్పారు...: Inga and other lefty commenters are perpetually stangry.

Stupid and Angry; 09-03-26 9:01 AM
Aggie చెప్పారు...: @DataRepublican (small r) has a really good substack article out right now. She declares upfront that she is no military authority, but she's used A.I. agents to assess the situation. Her conclusion is that the minimum goals for outcome have already been met, then goes on to lay out other scenarios representing other ranked outcomes. Interesting enough that last night's read won't be enough, I'll go through it again today.

https://datarepublican.substack.com/p/data-analysis-of-the-state-of-the

She is an exceptional intellect.; 09-03-26 9:08 AM
Not an oldster. చెప్పారు...: I'm just scared.
Drones can attack our schools, gas stations, oil refineries and citizens too. Isn't that why Cuba is suddenly important again. Dont you folks worry or are you just gambling your area will be safe and money can protect you from what's coming? How do you turn off your brain and not think of dead innocents? Do we really have to keep killing all these civilians and won't that make us targets too one day? Is everyone hateful, do you have to hardened your heart to live today? What if we can't?

I envy your silly music videos and childish ways.
Dont you care or do you just trust you're the tier of people that the authorities are looking out for, and the Others don't deserve life?; 09-03-26 9:12 AM
Curious George చెప్పారు...: "Aggie said...
@DataRepublican (small r) has a really good substack article out right now. She declares upfront that she is no military authority, but she's used A.I. agents to assess the situation. Her conclusion is that the minimum goals for outcome have already been met, then goes on to lay out other scenarios representing other ranked outcomes. Interesting enough that last night's read won't be enough, I'll go through it again today.

https://datarepublican.substack.com/p/data-analysis-of-the-state-of-the

She is an exceptional intellect."

Yeah, but does she have a daughter with 22 years in the Navy who gets paid by the VA?; 09-03-26 9:19 AM
Michael McNeil చెప్పారు...: The outer atmosphere of stars, especially red supergiants like Betelgeuse, is extremely diffuse. Even the sun (a yellow dwarf) exhibits an “air” pressure at its (photosphere) “surface” of a mere ~0.001 bar—a pressure found about 50 km [30 miles] above earth. A small companion star (confirmed and named Siwarha) orbiting within Betelgeuse's far-flung outer envelope would be like a speedboat plowing through fog, leaving a wake which Hubble has observed.; 09-03-26 9:19 AM
Enigma చెప్పారు...: @Curious George on 22 years in the Navy.

So...she spent much of her adult life saying "Sir, yes Sir. How high Sir?" If you want to find a single opinion in the military, enter a room filled with one officer and 500 subordinates.

Entire chains of command possess just one opinion.; 09-03-26 9:30 AM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: Enigma, I wish I could have found one of those rooms when I was in the Army. Soldiers will bitch. NCOs will give advice and contrary facts. Officers will try to sell their seniors on great f’in ideas. All done respectfully, but no shortage of contrary facts. A strong senior officer may set some do-not-question lines, but that just crams all the opinions into a smaller space. CC, JSM; 09-03-26 9:47 AM
Enigma చెప్పారు...: @john mosby ---

Just consult for the military: Routine slack jaws, no awareness beyond basic processes, and inaction. "How would YOU do it?"; 09-03-26 10:06 AM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: Interesting. Military are kind of afraid of civilians. Also afraid of somehow steering your advice to "just keep doing what you're doing," thus wasting the contract money. May also be leery of giving their own opinions in a forum where it might come back to them transmogrified by the telephone game. If they don't know where the 'do-not-question' lines I described are, they will be a bit afraid of free discussion.

It's also possible that they don't want you outsourcing to the customer - they're paying for your outside expertise, and they want it.

Or that they're passive-aggressively resisting you.

CC, JSM; 09-03-26 10:12 AM
Beasts of England చెప్పారు...: ’Based on Inga’s many years of posting, it’s clear her daughter is a leftist partisan who would never support action taken by a Republican.’

Yes, but her daughter was the USN Admiral of the Seas - so it carries a lot of weight… lol; 09-03-26 10:43 AM
Christopher B చెప్పారు...: Saw the comment count and immediately guessed that Inag was no longer hibernating; 09-03-26 10:53 AM
Enigma చెప్పారు...: @john mosby --

Yes, passive aggressive. If you ever want to experience workplace hostility, be a consultant. You not only need to be competent to keep your job, you need to manage a whole bunch of entrenched incompetent folks who are threatened and humilitated by your presence. Keep a detailed paper trail for everything that happens, as lies and backstabbing are nonstop.

Consultants tend to be required for triage and to repair BROKEN federal units and programs. More than a few federal units are 'rubber room' dumping grounds for staff who cannot be easily fired.

DOGE might have saved real money by going after the Veterans' Preference sacred cow.; 09-03-26 11:05 AM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: As a recipient of veterans preference, I readily admit that there are two types of preferred veterans: the ones who keep driving on like they’re in a battle, and the ones who mistake the ‘kindness’ of the civilian system for weakness and coast to their second pension.

But there are also two types of non-veteran Feds. So I don’t know how getting rid of vetpref would help.

And there is a need to get veterans some jobs. Most private sector employers are not going to take the gamble of a guy who spent the last four years as a mess kit repair tech versus a guy who spent those four years in the employer’s industry.

If someone proposed getting rid of vetpref simultaneously with all affirmative action programs, we could talk. CC, JSM; 09-03-26 11:28 AM
Curious George చెప్పారు...: "Bushman of the Kohlrabi said...
Based on Inga’s many years of posting, it’s clear her daughter is a leftist partisan who would never support action taken by a Republican. Why her opinion would matter on this issue any more than anyone else’s is a mystery."

"Enigma said...
@Curious George on 22 years in the Navy.

So...she spent much of her adult life saying "Sir, yes Sir. How high Sir?"

She was a nurse. She's now a double dipper.; 09-03-26 11:29 AM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: ఈ కామెంట్‌ను రచయిత తీసివేశారు.; 09-03-26 11:46 AM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: ఈ కామెంట్‌ను రచయిత తీసివేశారు.; 09-03-26 11:48 AM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: I mean, in the space of six years the military was whiplashed from MAGA to Trans Is Our Non Secret Weapon and back to even stronger MAGA. With no guarantee of what the future holds. No wonder nobody wants to tell you what they think. Even if it’s the more esoteric details of mess kit repair. CC, JSM; 09-03-26 12:02 PM
Iman చెప్పారు...: “Yes, passive aggressive. If you ever want to experience workplace hostility, be a consultant. You not only need to be competent to keep your job, you need to manage a whole bunch of entrenched incompetent folks who are threatened and humilitated by your presence.”

Hey, pal, we all saw “Office Space”…; 09-03-26 12:22 PM
Butkus51 చెప్పారు...: People forget how much high gas prices upset the Inga.; 09-03-26 12:58 PM
Bruce Hayden చెప్పారు...: “ People forget how much high gas prices upset the Inga.”

The left, the Dems. Mullah and ChiCom supporters are throwing whatever they can up on the wall to see if anything sticks. Most of it is BS, and most outside those groups knows it.

Oil is a weapon. Trump knows it. Hegseth knows it. The ChiComs know it. We are using it aggressively. The power to Khargh Island was taken out early. That knocked out oil shipments from Iran, and cut off much of the IRGC’s money, but made it relatively easy to restart shipments, once the war is over. Worse hit is probably China, so no surprise that when Iran asked them for help, all they got back were crickets.

We are a net oil producer (as well as PNG, coal, etc). $100, or even $120, a barrel oil are not going to really hurt the US. It will hurt net oil importers, the biggest probably being China. So, if Iran wants to play stupid oil games, it’s just fine with us.; 09-03-26 1:47 PM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: Trans, properly used, could be our secret weapon. Like terrorists think they've captured a bevy of female soldiers. But they're actually Tier 1 operator chicks with dicks, and full male musculature, which they use to disarm the terrorists then bugger them. And the terrorists are mortally shamed because they got hard while they were being buggered by trans women. So the Trans Troopers give them some 550 cord and let them do the honorable thing.

I am not Laslo. CC, JSM; 09-03-26 1:53 PM
Keith చెప్పారు...: gadfly said...

Keith:

We have not ever been in a declared war with Iran. Look it up.
3/9/26, 2:45 AM
...
No one said anything about a declared war. When they invade our territory (US embassy), kidnap our citizens, torture our citizens, murder our citizens, and murder and arrange for murder of our soldiers...

well they are at war with US. Biden, Obama, Clinton, and Carter may have ignored it and allowed them to attack us at will, but finally we have a president who is prepared to defend America and its values and attack those who would harm us.

"Declared war." Geez.; 09-03-26 2:01 PM
Keith చెప్పారు...: gadfly said...

So why doesn't Demented Don announce to the world that Americans will no longer purchase foreign-sourced crude at any price and we will charge world prices for sales of American crude, Further he should announce that gasoline purchases by American retailers will be based upon our own average sweet crude prices. Of course he may have to figure out what to do about Chevron. All's fair in times of war I guess.
3/9/26, 2:39 AM
...

Oil, like cash, is fungible. When you give billions of dollars to the mullahs, that frees up billions of dollars for them to sponsor terrorism and advance their missile and nuclear programs.

You can look it up. Fungible.; 09-03-26 2:03 PM
Keith చెప్పారు...: Bruce - re CA and oil - apparently we have a ton of oil off the coast CA refuses to drill, and regulations forced most of the refineries out of the state. I think we dropped to 8 (?). Valero was scheduled to leave mid-year or later but decided there was no point and just shut down shop come the new year. CA requires a "special" blend gasoline that apparently no one makes as they are forcing (or disincentivizing) the refineries to leave so it must be shipped in. Because they are against pipelines I understand it comes in largely by ship. Because of Jones act restrictions I understand that it largely comes in shipped from Asia (!) or processed in the Gulf but cannot ship to CA bec of Jones act so is shipped to the Bahamas and then to CA from the Bahamas.

For someone who claims to believe in global warming, they sure are increasing the CO2 output completely unnecessarily.; 09-03-26 2:08 PM
Keith చెప్పారు...: Inga said...

So much “patriotic” talk, so much that it sounds fake and nothing more than propaganda to get Americans on board Trumps deadly folly.

“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross".
...
Inga 1) I'm not sure you know what fascism is. If you can let me know I'd appreciate it.
2) Leftists have been saying fascism is descending on America for several generations yet it seems to land elsewhere. We have in fact however seen real fascism descend on the blue cities - Antifa in USA is the best example we have of fascism but we are finding radical Islam expanding its tentacles, particularly in NYC.; 09-03-26 2:18 PM
Keith చెప్పారు...: Jaq said...

2nd Geneva Convention, Article 18

(1) After each engagement, Parties to the conflict shall, without delay, take all possible measures to search for and collect the shipwrecked, wounded and sick, to protect them against pillage and ill-treatment, to ensure their adequate care, and to search for the dead and prevent their being despoiled.
...
Having read a lot of posts by military men in general and navy in particular - submarines do not appear to be tasked for this. You are in error.; 09-03-26 2:19 PM
Keith చెప్పారు...: Jaq you keep saying you're going to stop reading our comments but you keep posting. TBH I think most here agree your posts are a bit ... unhinged ... and we skip over them.; 09-03-26 2:23 PM
Keith చెప్పారు...: Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas said...
...
I can't tell the difference between this person's unhinged rants, Jaq, and Inga...Are they the same person? Inga and Special at least have the advantage of brevity...; 09-03-26 2:28 PM
Keith చెప్పారు...: Howard said...

This is the crucial period of this war. Can the US Open the straits of Hormuz to support semi-normal traffic flow by next week? This is an "All In" "Shoot the Moon" gamble that will determine if Gavidiot Snoozsome is our next Sommelier in Chief representing for Obama's DNC in the White House.

I hope Trump's team can deliver. It would be great if this crazy pipe dream was successful. However, hope isn't a strategy. I think Dave Beckley is correct, the war will be over by April fool's Day. However, it won't be an unconditional surrender. It will be more like North Korea with a permanent state of war in existence. Just a standing ceasefire until the next round of adventurism. We all know that no matter how this turns out, Trump will declare it a huge success like nobody's ever seen before.
3/9/26, 8:27 AM
...
TBH though ... our job is not to rebuild their society. Our job is to prevent them from being able to harm America, including obstructing the global oil trade. As re Afghanistan - apropos here - Afghanistan was pacified and we had no significant number of American deaths for years. I was perfectly happy to keep troops there indefinitely to maintain this state where they could not harm the West as long as there was no significant number of military deaths. Biden pulled our troops and Afghanistan has the potential to become a new threat. I would be perfectly happy keeping American planes and navy in the area indefinitely if that prevented them from advancing nuclear and missile technology and kept them from harming American interests.

I see it the same as having American troops stationed in Europe 80Y after ww2 and Korea 70Y after the war to maintain American safety.; 09-03-26 2:32 PM
Keith చెప్పారు...: Bruce Hayden said...

“ People forget how much high gas prices upset the Inga.”

The left, the Dems. Mullah and ChiCom supporters are throwing whatever they can up on the wall to see if anything sticks. Most of it is BS, and most outside those groups knows it.
...
My jaw hit the ground when democrats complained "do you know how much this one week war COSTS?!?"

I mean they threw away a half billion dollars on Solyndra bec they contributed to Dems. They threw away a TRILLION dollars on the Green New Deal or whatever it was from Biden when the economy started to recover, and lit inflation on fire. It's so weird there has never been a time they cared about spending too much money except in the defense of the US of A.; 09-03-26 2:38 PM
Leland చెప్పారు...: AP 27 December 2025: "Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday his country is in a full-scale war with the U.S., Israel and Europe"

There is a reason the War Powers Act was enacted into law, and Gadfly doesn't get to veto the law simply because he hates the President and American citizens.; 09-03-26 3:26 PM

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