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Maybe trump thinks he gets the Iranian oil fields, once he "takes control" and dictates terms.
@Crash Excellent poem. I always appreciate the work of "e". One might say that this work has direct bearing on Ukraine today, as trump "twitches a libe…
It seems that the current Iranian leaders, and trump, think alike: "An additional source, speaking to Reuters, blamed “terrorists” for the deaths of civilians and security personnel."
"UN human rights chief Volker Türk said on Tuesday that he was “…
"Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Qatar informed the White House that even attempting to overthrow the current Iranian regime would destabilize the global oil market and ultimately hurt the American economy, according to WSJ.
A White House official told the…
I fear that he thinks he needs to spend those "war" funds somewhere.
"DUBAI—Iran’s Arab rivals across the Persian Gulf, led by Saudi Arabia, have been lobbying the Trump administration against a strike on Tehran, after the U.S. warned them to be p…
Before a slow wildebeest tries to portray a single month core CPI as some sort of tariff victory, 2.6% core is still high. Single months are irrelevant to sustained inflation readings. And, at this point, government produced numbers are impossible t…
And one reason perfidy is illegal is that once it is a recognized practice, ALL civilian aircraft become fair game. Russia or China can now shoot down commercial aircraft that wander too close to their vessels.
Iran, or any ME nation, can now just…
trump, previously blasted fellow Republicans and previous presidents for backing troubled military interventions in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. “Our current strategy of nation-building and regime change is a proven, absolute failure,” he said.
If …
Oh, the Packers timing was perfect. No doubt. I could not believe what the Jets, and now the Steelers, paid for what they were getting. I suppose Rodgers gets the last laugh.
All respect due for his career. But, there comes a time...
And trump has no idea what he is doing, either. Micromanaging everything, based on whims and horrible advice. This notion that a guy who managed to bankrupt casinos, knows everything about everything, is bizarre.
"Just weeks into the new year, the Trump administration has rolled out a campaign across departments
that draws on images and ideas borrowed from right-wing and white nationalist circles.
Liz Landers reports on what some of these images and posts me…
Holy cow is Rodgers getting some flak on MNF tonight! And, as I type the Texans intercept on Rodgers, and return for 52-yds! That dude has been sold for glue. Comments like, "No legs anymore" and "Likely, we are watching his last game" for most of t…
If anyone needed to better understand just how nervous trump's own tariffs are starting to make trump, just look at him applying ONLY 25% tariffs on countries doing business with Iran. Weak sauce. He threatens them, bombs them and then goes with onl…
Yeah, nothing strategic or rational is happening here. This is a politically motivated attack that serves no purpose. Simply another example of trump's dictatorial ego getting in the way of anything productive.
Fascists send messages that anyone w…
"If there were any remaining doubt whether advisers within the Trump Administration are actively pushing to end the independence of the Federal Reserve, there should now be none," Tillis said in a statement.
These are the words of a GOP Congressman…
The simple solution, ending tariffs and making nice with allies and trade partners, is not in their vocabulary. And should they wake up to this self-imposed destruction, it would be an admission of failure and weakness. Gaslighting is their only opt…
As was shown elsewhere, tariffs have killed 70,000 manufacturing jobs, starting in April, at the point of full implementation. Jobs in general have been dismal most of 2025. And Labor Force participation is falling.
Meanwhile the stock market does…
Yes, he would. Or any former FED chair. They will appoint a person with no self-worth, and zero credibility. They will accept the job with nothing but public skepticism. Rates will come down, but it will not produce the intended effect of a more sta…
Colonel Kurtz certainly is reminiscent of a certain someone. So, as heard in Apocalypse Now, arguably an anti-war story:
Let us hope that The End is near for someone.
“That’s my job,” Mr. Kelly said on the Senate floor on Monday. “I have every right to say these things as an American, as a retired service member and as a U.S. senator.”
It is his job, and his duty, and his Constitutional right.
I am also struck by the thought that trump is like the cat who brings home a dead bird. When the human looks at it with disgust, the cat meanders away to look out the window.
"Trump spent a substantial part of the meeting talking about his *dead b…
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-ignominious-death-of-drill-baby
"On the day before, the Bureau of Land Management auctioned off more than 20,000 acres of public land in Colorado for oil and gas drilling. Or I should say, tried to auction the …
Oh, yeah! Great find.
Did you guys know that Gary Trudeau (of Doonesbury) predicted a trump run for POTUS, back in the 1980's?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/06/23/how-doonesbury-predicted-donald-trumps-presidential-run-2…
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I hope Darren Wood's mortgage applications are in order, and that he has proper permits for any home improvement projects.
Ooooh, that left a mark!
There was a hastily arranged meeting with oil industry executives at the White House on January 9.
Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods said his company was ready to evaluate a potential return
to Venezuela but the country was currently "uninvestable" and m…
C'mon now, let's be fair!
Is this image of Donald J. Trump manipulated or AI-generated?
He looks about 30 lbs. lighter and the bruising on his right hand is concealed.
So, only about 300 lbs?
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"When he attacked Venezuela to capture Maduro, Trump told reporters that United States oil companies would spend billions of dollars to fix the badly broken infrastructure of oil extraction in that country. But apparently the oil companies had …
What might any clear thinking individual conclude from the trump DOJ refusing to follow a direct court order?
Does it matter if trump is directly implicated in the actual sexual abuse on minors. Or is the act of simply protecting child abusers eno…
Following are excerpts from a current report in The Guardian:
US president says company is ‘playing too cute’ after CEO responds sceptically to his push for oil investment after deposing Nicolás Maduro
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Woods told Trump on Friday: “We’ve had o…
From Heather Cox Richardson's Letters from an American.
"Yesterday the government made public an executive order President Donald J. Trump signed on Friday, declaring yet another national emergency—his tenth in this term, by my count—
and saying th…
I apologize for the sheer number of recent posts but as you can see it's been a busy week.
A foreign leader (not a nice guy) was extricated extrajudicially,
numerous federal agents were deployed to Minneapolis which resulted in the killing of an inn…
