The Oil

 What is in that Middle Eastern oil?  Only everything we need.

 

The Archbishop is Catholic and American (!!!!)

 Refreshing.  Too bad Abp. Cordileone is the Lone Ranger here, eh?

 The Archdiocese of San Francisco has defended several San Francisco Giants players who referenced a Bible passage during the team's Pride Night game, saying athletes should be free to express their religious beliefs publicly and respectfully and "should not be asked to check their faith at the clubhouse door."...

You can bet your best bat and glove that the statement was run past the Archbishop--if it wasn't written by him.

MLB's headquarters is in NYC.

Didn't hear from the Archbishop there, did we?  Or the one in D.C., either.

Is the 1st Amendment inoperative in those areas? 

The Cost of Israel

A certain Special Ally is burning tax dollars--and critical US munitions.

...The Pentagon needs $80 billion to cover expenses from the Iran War and other expenses, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the discussions. The details of the funding constraints were reportedly unveiled by Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg during phone calls with lawmakers. ...

That's a lot of cash.  Could be used domestically to repair a Helluvalotta roads.  But we digress.

 ...The Iran War has not only been a draw on the Department of War’s budget, but also critical munitions stockpiles. Key quantities of Patriot interceptor missiles and THAAD have been particularly affected since the war began.

The U.S. military has used somewhere between 45% and 61% of its Patriot missiles since the Iran War began, according to a Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) report. Between 1,060 and 1,430 of the 2,330 Patriot missiles in the stockpile have reportedly been expended.

Likewise, between 52% and 80% of the THAAD munitions stockpiles have already been expended during the Iran War, according to the CSIS report, which estimates between 190 and 290 of the 360 THAAD munitions in the stockpile have been depleted....

The Zion crowd screeches that Iran should NOT have self-defense missiles.

They're doing a great job of making sure the US does not have self-defense missiles, too.

That's because they are Our Greatest Ally, see?? 

Know Your Leakers

 Public service announcement from Last Refuge.

 ...This reference resource is based on historic patterns and generally has an 80/20 accuracy rate.  While there are some leaks that cross through the data pattern, in the aggregate this basic outline has shown to be correct.

The leak source identification can help interested political observers understand the motives and objectives.

When you see the term “exclusive” in the originating media report, this guide increases in accuracy:

• The State Department leaks to CNN
• The CIA leaks to The Washington Post
• The DOJ/FBI leaks to The New York Times and Politico
• DHS domestically leaks to the Wall Street Journal
• The National Security Council leaks primarily to Axios and Politico, NYT secondary
• The Pentagon leaks to Fox News and the Wall Street Journal (Axios more recent)
• Kash Patel leaks to John Solomon – Just The News
• ¹DNI leaks to the Wall Street Journal, however:

¹The ODNI gets a little complicated due to the structure of the ODNI.  Each intelligence agency has a liaison office inside the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.  Generally, the topline guide above overlays with the desk assignment.

Example 1: CNN gets an ‘exclusive’ leak related to the DNI; the leak sourcing is therefore most likely to be the State Dept Desk inside the DNI office. (State Dept leaks to CNN)

Example 2: Washington Post gets an ‘exclusive’ leak related to the DNI.  The leak sourcing is directly from the CIA liaison desk inside DNI.  (CIA leaks to WaPo)

This is the consistent pattern that established itself over the past 20 years....

Keep it for future reference. 

The Climate Jerk-Around: "Record High"

 We're getting into That Season.  DOOM DOOM DOOM DOOM!!!!! climate crapola with "Record High" temperatures.

Statistically?  It's all BS.  Or, more elegantly phrased:

 ...To those who have made climate change a foundational belief of their faith system, any heat wave is indisputable proof that global warming is real. But it’s not. Instead, it’s normal weather repackaged as climate propaganda, exploiting the statistical ignorance of the target audience, as well as that of the media pushing the climate scare....

OK.  Stats were a low-point of my sashay through HS education.  So....

...In the United States, temperature records date back about 100 to 140 years, depending on location. It would be fair to say that approximately 120 years is the typical historical database for a location’s temperature data. For each station, there is a record-high temperature for each day of the year, and also a record-low temperature for each day of the year. With 365 record-high temperatures for each station, spread over 120 years, that means that each station should record about three record-high temperatures each year, with a normal distribution. If there are fewer than three record highs being recorded in a given year, that would actually be below average.

NOAA monitors a domestic database of about 15,000 weather stations across the U.S. Therefore, with each of these 15,000 weather stations expected to have, on average, three record-high temperature readings per year, there should be approximately 45,000 documented daily high-temperature records per year in the United States alone.

Beyond record daily highs, we also periodically hear the terrifying reports of an “all-time highest temperature ever” being recorded for a given location. It sounds terrifying when climate alarmists are reporting it, but again, that is hysterics, not statistics or probability. With 15,000 weather stations divided by 120 years, there should be, on average, about 125 stations in the U.S. reporting their all-time record-high temperatures each and every year....

Oh.

So it will be hot during the summer, sometimes--in some places--REALLY hot.  So do what Sly Stone says! 

 

 

Scripps "News" vs. Truth

It is what they DO NOT tell you that makes the difference.

Scripps on the Trump re-do of the reflecting pool:

 ...after a Reflecting Pool renovation project cost north of $15 million, some area residents are not pleased with the result.

As was often the case before the renovation began, the pool is currently rife with green algae growth.

A researcher at George Mason University who tested the water this week shared images of the microscopic lifeforms with Scripps News.

And there are some signs the new blue coating may already be peeling.

"It is a rush job," said Jason Davison, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Catholic University of America. "Not having the design engineers, the environmental scientists involved is one of the main reasons why we're seeing this failure of the coating."...

Oh, really?  Only engineers and "environmental scientists" could have saved the pool?

Here's what Scripps and the CU Geek did NOT tell you:

...Sabotage the Lincoln Reflecting Pool! Man arrested for cutting out a big piece of blue sealant ...

Oh.  Well.....

Go find another scandal to manufacture, Scripps. 

Israel Blowing Up "The Deal"

Vance told Israel that the US is Israel's only remaining great friend in the whole world.

That friendship may not last another week.

 Talks between the U.S. and Iran were called off Friday after intense fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, officials said, raising questions about an initial agreement to end the war in Iran....

 ...Military spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said the military has not received different instructions from the government. He said Israeli forces were operating in a “forward defense zone” and will continue doing so....

 ...Iranian officials did not travel as planned to Switzerland, insisting that the fighting in Lebanon must stop before the talks can take place, according to three regional officials and a fourth person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive conversations behind the scenes. U.S. Vice President JD Vance also postponed his trip.

Israel’s military struck targets in southern and eastern Lebanon overnight, and Hezbollah reported intense fighting. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said at least 21 people were killed, and Israel said four soldiers died....

"Forward Defense Zone" = the country of Lebanon, part of the 500,000 square miles of the Levant that Israel claims as a gift from God.

UPDATE:  fighting has ceased for a while.

 

Fauci, CIA, Multiple Perjuries

 Another pundit remarks that now--given what we KNOW to be fact--Dr. Fauci is the world's leading mass-murderer.

And here's the most appropriate commentary featuring a well-known "Devout Catholic" Attorney-Liar whose Daddy employed Epstein:

 

Francesca Hong's DSA Party

A woman named Francesca Hong is campaigning to be the (D) nominee for Governor of Wisconsin.

She's actually a member of the Democratic Socialist Party and proud of it!

That Party is ambitious. 

 ... the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) has simultaneously grown more extreme. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the group’s “Red Rabbits” initiative. The Red Rabbits Security Commission, a subgroup within the DSA focused on “community defense” efforts, is, according to its authorizing resolution, preparing for a “national uprising against federal agents and police brutality.” In practice, that means training cadres in tactics like armed and unarmed self-defense, blocking intersections, and fighting “fascists” with umbrellas....

Oh.

Does Francesca have an umbrella in her home?  Two?  More?? 

Terror Plot Leader? An Illegal.

 He's a product of Barack Hussein Obama.

 The alleged "ringleader" of a planned mass casualty event at the UFC Freedom 250 event is an illegal immigrant from Mexico. 

Abraham Alvarez, who federal documents identify as the "ringleader" of the alleged plot, overstayed his visa, according to Fox News, which cited Homeland Security information. He was arrested by the FBI on Sunday, the day of the fight, in Omaha, Nebraska. 

Alvarez came to the U.S. as a child, and his B2 visa had expired in 2001. He remained in the country, and the Obama Administration granted him deportation relief in 2014 through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program....

Another reason for the existence of ICE--and why deportation is a very, very, good thing. 

S. 702 Dead. Or IS It?

The US Senate will not pass the SAVE Act.  They may pass a renewal of S. 702, the "We Spy on YOU!!!" law which offers a workaround to all that silly paperwork they have to fill out in order to get around the Fourth Amendment, ya'know.  But if they pass it, the President will veto it, unless they pass SAVE.

So the "We Spy on YOU!!!" thing is dead?

Nope.

In an report about another "Cloud People" club* (you are NOT in it), the New American mentions a couple of factoids.

...The most troubling part of the report, however, is not the eccentric agenda. It is the overlap between nominally private data companies and public power.

Dialog’s chairman, Auren Hoffman, is not just a conference organizer. He is a data-industry operator and investor: the founder of SafeGraph and LiveRamp, companies tied to location data and identity resolution, and a general partner at Flex Capital, a seed-stage venture firm with a broad portfolio across the digital economy. That makes him a connector as much as an entrepreneur, someone whose network sits at the intersection of data infrastructure, venture capital, and political access.

Alongside Thiel, another Palantir co-founder, Joe Lonsdale, is also listed in the report. Lonsdale is another Trump donor. He helped fund Trump’s 2024 campaign through Elon Musk’s America PAC. He then advised the administration on “government spending and efficiency” through the now-infamous DOGE.

Buried beneath the loud political theater of long-promised government efficiency, DOGE’s true mission had been spelled out early: to “modernize government software” in line with an “AI First Agenda.” The result was not so much the exposure and cutting of government “waste, fraud and abuse” as the digitization of government itself. That is what DOGE appears to have successfully achieved.

Once that happened, the Trump administration contracted Palantir to fuse datasets on every American, potentially creating detailed profiles on every citizen....

So S. 702 is dead, but it is also UN-dead, under a different protocol.

Now don't you feel better?

*Some of the attendees/members include:

Ted Cruz (Senator from Jerusalem) and:

Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.)
Peter Goettler, president of the Cato Institute
Jonathan Greenblatt, chief executive of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
Representative Jim Himes (D-Conn.)
Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and Middle East envoy
Tom Lue, general counsel and head of governance at Google DeepMind
Souad Mekhennet, former Washington Post reporter
Wes Moore, governor of Maryland
Neal Mohan, CEO of YouTube
Jared Polis, governor of Colorado
Rick Warren, evangelical pastor
Ezra Klein, political commentator 

John Arnold, Centaurus Advisors and Arnold Ventures; $2.8 billion
Nicolas Berggruen, Berggruen Holdings and Berggruen Institute; $2.9 billion
Mike Cannon-Brookes, Atlassian; $7.7 billion
Scott Cook, Intuit; $4.4 billion
Marcos Galperin, MercadoLibre; $6.8 billion
Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn and Greylock Partners; $2.7 billion
Henry Kravis, KKR; $12.2 billion
Joe Lonsdale, Palantir, 8VC, and OpenGov; estimated $2.8 billion
Elon Musk, Tesla, SpaceX, X, and xAI; $1.3 trillion
Eric Schmidt, Google and Schmidt Futures; $40.1 billion
Barry Sternlicht, Starwood Capital Group; $3.1 billion
Peter Thiel, Palantir, Founders Fund, and PayPal; $27.8 billion

There's plenty to read and learn at that link above.  Take the three minutes.  Your childrens' future is important to you, right? 

 

Sen. Kennedy NEEDS the Illegal Vote

Well, as it turns out, Sen. Kennedy--the Funny Man--has a good reason for opposing the SAVE Act.

 

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) isn't launching a presidential campaign — at least not yet. But if the field fills up with "goobers," don't count him out....

Kennedy--a Globaloney Twit (with good writers)--will need every single non-citizen vote he can get if he puts on a run for the America First seat in the White House.  That's because Kennedy is NOT "America First," nor "MAGA."

He's just a smirking snotfaced jerk. 

By the way, American owes Sen. Mike Lee a big "Thanks" for exposing this backwater jagoff. 

What Jacob Murphy (CBS58) Should Report On

This "data center" thing is ridiculous.

 

A new proposal from the City of Milwaukee and outside developers could reshape the empty Walmart and parking lot in the Midtown Center area. ...

 ...The proposal includes 200 affordable housing units in the parking lot, a city library inside the building along with a computer research facility. ...

The computer research facility became a "data center"--which it is not--and lots of neighborhood people are agitated.

Are they?  Or is it just one or two screechers who are lying to that area's residents??

Mr. Murphy should find the person or persons who are waving and screaming "DATA CENTER!!  DOOM!! DOOM!!" around the neighborhood and ask a few questions, like "Where did you get that information?" and "Are you a member of the Democrat Socialist Party, or the Party of Socialism and Liberation?  The latter is a known Chinese Communist front.

He will learn something.  He could interrogate the person who is giving "tips" about the meetings, too, and revealing that person's identity would bring a lot of clarity to the story.   

You know the word:  TRANSPARENCY.  Right, Jacob?? 

The KUSD Affordability Problem

Let's talk about AFFORDABILITY!!! 

 Took about 10 seconds to find the financial problem with Kenosha United Schools.  But first....

 Kenosha Unified School District families are facing a difficult reality — a projected $17 million deficit that could mean the elimination of sports programs, fine arts, and dozens of teaching positions unless voters approve an operational referendum in November....

That's the usual M.O.:  threaten to kill off sports and extracurriculars, and add a few teaching slots as the 'shiny object' to distract from the real problem:

 ... Average annual salary was $75,403 and median salary was $70,971. Kenosha School District average salary is 12 percent higher than USA average and median salary is 30 percent higher than USA median salary. From 2024 to 2025, the average salary of employees at this employer increased 3.2 percent, the median salary increased 3.6 percent.  ...

Then there's the administration.

We didn't get to benefits yet.  Health insurance is mentioned by the Superintendent, and if KUSD is--like many other districts--paying the premiums for a "rich" plan, KUSD taxpayers are going to have a horrible next several years. 

Kenosha is a Union Town, like Milwaukee.  In this case, like in Milwaukee, the Union makes things unaffordable.

Think Kelda Roys or Vanessa Hong will "fix it"? 

 

Extreme Weather Aims at Gays (!!)

 A fact that NOBODY knew until just now:

... The Annapolis Office of Emergency Management published an eyebrow-raising natural disaster emergency preparedness guide this week, arguing that extreme weather events are more likely to affect gays than straights. The release states that “after a disaster, LGBTQ+ people are almost twice as likely as the overall population to be displaced,” while adding an important reminder that “extreme heat can be challenging for those who rely on gender-affirming clothing.”...

Just in time for Juneteenth Day, "the poor" have been displaced by "the perverts."

You didn't have that on your bingo card, didja?? 

How Is This Even a Question?

 This is a statement which will set hair on fire on certain people:  Cruz, Levin, Cotton, Insurrection Barbie, Laura Loomer, and Little Bennie--not to mention Rabbi Huckabee:

 Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) on Wednesday evening suggested he is open to Iran retaining some non-nuclear weapons in the peace deal it is negotiating with the United States.

The senator’s take on the matter echoes President Donald Trump’s position. The president said earlier Wednesday he could be on board with Iran having some ballistic missiles in a final peace deal,...

Marshall mentioned "self-defense" as the reason.

Doh.

Let's see who argues that Iran should NOT have the ability to defend itself. 

Lie: "Gun Laws Make You Safe"

It's just lying, but that's what Democrats do.

 Wisconsin law currently allows private gun sales without background checks, which gun safety advocates say is leading to gun getting the wrong hands.

Their "remedy"?

Make it illegal to sell a gun to anyone without running a background check first.

Think about that.

In order to prevent a criminal from selling a gun to another criminal, the State will require Criminal #1 to run a background check on Criminal #2.  No doubt that Criminal #1` will comply, filling out all the paperwork and filing it with the appropriate State agency, right? 

Oh, yah.  that's the ticket!!!

They just lie, and lie, and lie. If they don't they would have to admit they are utterly stupid.

Transgender Suicides? Nope. Another Lying Study

 Surprise, surprise!

 ...It is not uncommon for researchers in gender medicine to exaggerate their findings and let allied media spin the rest. But in this case, the authors of the NHB study themselves promoted a narrative of cause and effect. “In this study,” wrote lead author Wilson Lee on LinkedIn, “we presented causal evidence that enacting state-level anti-transgender legislation increased suicide attempts among transgender and nonbinary young people in the US.” Co-author Ronita Nath told CNN, “We’ve long known that the associations between anti-transgender policies and negative health outcomes for LGBTQ+ young people exist, but this is the first time any study has shown this causal relationship.”

Yet, in what has become routine in this research area, the NHB study’s findings and conclusions later crumbled under scientific reexamination. As a methodological criticism published (to its credit) in the NHB last month—over a year after the original study—shows, the observed elevation in suicide attempts came from a small sample (roughly 100 youth) in a single state (Idaho), at a time when that state’s “anti-transgender” laws were not even in effect. Further, the researchers did not properly control for confounding factors. (The Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine has published its own methodological analysis, which is worth reading.)...

No, the original's authors did not apologize, nor offer corrections. 

Col. Mac Goes Optimistic

 During this 1-hour video, you'll hear all sorts of positives about Trump's peace-deal in the Middle East, plus some insights on wars and economies that Trump apparently took into consideration.  That is, positive for the USA.  He's not at all positive about Israel's position, activity, or philosophy, which in combination will result in more war--for Israel.  That means--of course--that Trump and his successor(s) will always be under severe pressure to bring in the US Marines.  

It will take strength to ignore that pressure, because Congress remains bought-and-paid-for. 

He's not as optimistic about Ukraine, and he says why:  Congress and the M I C.

It will make your day because it's informed commentary, unlike that of the "Kill 'em all!!" bunch on certain TeeVee networks, and also unlike that of the Mad Hatter TDS crowd.

 

Hawley Goes for MLB's Throat. Good!

After the cuck-worm girly-men at Major League Baseball's HQ stripped Bible verses from San Francisco pitchers' hats, Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri issued a statement.

In relevant part:

 ...Alone among America’s professional sports leagues, baseball enjoys a sweeping, judicially manufactured exemption from the federal antitrust laws—a privilege the Senate Judiciary Committee has examined with bipartisan skepticism in recent years. A league that benefits from such an extraordinary dispensation owes the public a corresponding measure of accountability, and it invites the closest scrutiny when it appears to wield its market power to punish Americans for their beliefs. That exemption, in any event, has never been understood to shield the league from its legal obligation not to discriminate against its employees on the basis of religion... 

Make them cry, Senator.  Then make them crawl to the players and ask forgiveness.  THEN take away their exemption. 

Why SocSec Will Dry Up.....

You don't have to look very far to perceive why Social Security payments will drop by 25% in a few years.

 

...Oz further touted Vice President JD Vance’s work in exposing the fraud for criminal referral with his White House anti-fraud task force. While speaking at an anti-fraud roundtable with state attorneys general and White House officials last month, Vance revealed staggering numbers his team had discovered, including over $22 billion in fraudulent small business loans, more than $1.3 billion in fraudulent Medicaid reimbursements, $6.3 billion in suspected fraudulent government contracts, and $60 million in student aid fraud....

That's not counting Minnesota (and perhaps not counting California.)  And that's just "so far."  There will be billions and billions more.

YES, we know that SocSec is not the same as Medicaid, the SBA, and fraud-contract/fraud-student loans.  But money not stolen from the other programs could have been destined for the SS Trust fund.  And we haven't estimated the damages caused by immigrants, sixty percent of whom are grabbing welfare of one sort or another--and then add the fraud-immigrant bunch.......

There's more. 

The Big Fraud industry also has a very active "Social Security Disability" component.  We're not alone in noticing "disabled" people partying like it's 1968--that is, showing zero signs of "disability."  JDVance should get around to that bunch, too.

That, plus the usual Congressional whoring to voters, is what caused the problem.    

US/Iran: a New Paradigm?

 We really want this to be true, but suspect that it's optimistic.

... What Trump has actually accomplished is to reframe the Islamic Republic as a legitimate actor in world affairs, rather than a Forever Enemy whose very existence America can scarcely tolerate. “We got along very well with Iran,” Trump said on Monday in a joint press conference with France’s President Emmanuel Macron. “I find them to be more rational, very smart,” Trump told NBC News last week. Would any American president before Trump have been caught describing the Islamic Republic in this way?... 

.... If the U.S. can’t topple the Iranian regime, and if the health of the global economy depends on Washington and Tehran getting along, then Trump can no longer follow the lead of uber-hawks who reject, in principle, U.S.–Iran diplomacy....

Umnnhhhh......maybe.

The author here, one Mr. Day, forgets that Iran remains an Islamic country, and Islam is flat-out incompatible with Christianity, the nominal basis of Western civilization.  The Muslims also despise Jews.

So while Iran and the West may get along on economic terms, there will always remain an underlying dissonance.  That dissonance shows at the edges of those tectonic plates--specifically at the Israeli borders.  So we can expect plenty more trouble as it is clear that Israel does not share Trump's view of Iran. 

Starmer Pushes the Envelope

It's known  that England and its EU allies really, really, really want to "punish" Russia.  It's also known that Trump doesn't agree.

So Starmer is upping the ante a bit.  (He's also playing "man" for the cameras.)

 British armed forces boarded a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the English Channel in the early hours of Sunday morning, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said.

In an operation lasting six hours, Royal Marine Commandos and specially trained law enforcement officers from the National Crime Agency intercepted the vessel and, for the first time, boarded it, supported by the RAF.

The vessel, Smyrtos, will be held and monitored off the south coast of England as investigations continue, the MoD said in a statement....

This will irk Putin, but it's not serious enough for anything more than a Strongly-Worded Letter.

Keep your eyes open.  If Starmer plays "man" again with another Russkie asset, one of more value, you'll know that he's hoping for a Russkie response which may trigger the NATO mutual-defense clause. 

Israel's Credibility and Sympathy Reservoirs? Gone.

 Beginning in the '60's, the state of Israel built a reserve of credibility and sympathy in the US.  The creds came through Israel's excellent intel and counter-intel activity, along with its successful assassinations; the sympathy came through its 'little guy that fights back and wins' reputation, despite Israel's documented track record of terrorism and "ethnic cleansing" of its territory.

But during the period beginning in the '70's, Israel's activities as a buyer of Members of Congress and various Administration officials also emerged, leading Pat Buchanan--and a number of other D.C. observers--to issue warnings about Israel.  But by that time, Israel's propaganda-and-money influence operations in the US were fully flowered, so Buchanan, Sobran, and other Cassandras were summarily "othered" as rabid anti-Semites and Israel, with its US citizen allies, continued to build positives here.

Then came the Zionists, a hard-right group in Israel which believed that God granted them a large chunk of the Levant, including Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and pieces of Egypt (if not more.)  Their influence on Netanyahu was weighty.  These are the people who despise Catholics, Protestants, and Muslims--and make that clear through their words and actions.

(To be clear, we are not fans of Mohammed, either.)

The Zionists provided the tipping-weight for scaled-up Israeli kinetic action against Persia and towards "Greater Israel".  Along with a loud Amen Corner in Congress and an extremely loud Amen Chorus in social media which included a number of theologically ignorant Protestant figures and highly-paid "influencers" such as Laura Loomer, (plus the exceptionally large cash contributions of US-citizen Jews to Trump's campaign), the decision was made to beat Persia into submission.

Rumors abound that Trump was sold a bill of goods, beginning with the falsehood that de-capitating Persian leadership, combined with a number of strategic missile-and-bomb demolition derbies, would bring Iran to its knees immediately.  No sweat.  Easy-Peasy!!!.  Walk in the Park!!!

Since the US' intel inside Iran was slim-to-non-existent, Trump relied on Israeli intel, which was very good, if that "decapitate and demolish" line was accurate.

It wasn't.  

As a result, the US's foot was now in the quicksand, and more pounding and de-capitations were launched.  Easy-Peasy!!  Walk in the Park!!

But Persians, the people who invented chess, had plans, too.  They smashed a number of US radar installations, (reportedly) took out a lot of US warbirds, and were able to pose a very effective threat to the US Navy with mines in the Strait of Hormuz.  Too bad that the Navy had scrapped its minesweepers, eh?  (Who the Hell made THAT decision?)  Iran and its Crazy-Uncle allies the Houthis now controlled the Strait and threatened another Strait on the other side of Saudi Arabia, too; and with that control, the control of 60++% of the world's supply of petroleum.  

That's when the dog's bite started ripping flesh and sinews.

After a few more agonized writhings, Trump gave up.  The "deal" he has does not accomplish "regime change", nor does it keep the "free flow of oil".  The Persians did not give up their "nuclear dust."  They did not lose one inch of territory, AND they demanded that Israel keep her mitts off southern Lebanon (which Israel, of course, met with more rockets, bombs, and missiles.)  They got a few hundred $billion, and they will promise not to even think about nuclear arms.

Trump promised that the US and Israel will not continue the demolition of Beirut.

But Israel ignored Trump and launched missiles and bombs into Lebanon anyway, as is their wont. 

That last--the Beirut Bombings--mark the end of Israel's US sympathy reservoir in the Oval Office and (with the exception of the Amen Corners in Congress and social media) the end of that sympathy across the US.  Of course, Israel can and will continue to invest in its effective propaganda-and-purchase plots, but along with that reservoir of sympathy, its reservoir of credibility ("Easy-Peasy") is gone for the time being.

Some people will pay a very high price for this misbegotten and expensive war.  Tulsi Gabbard is one.  JD Vance is another.  If you're paying attention, they are already being vilified as traitors to the US (!!!) and semi-Nazi scum anti-Semites.  It's possible that Vance will not get nominated to replace Trump and that Gabbard will never see another day in service to the US in any capacity.  And--by the way--both of them should double their security, especially at their six.

There may be a concerted Israeli-led defamation campaign against Trump, too.  His recent inane comments on other topics, along with his now-barely-concealed ego problem, are not engendering all the love he fervently thinks he's owed.  He's weakened.

Quite a chapter!  Trump, Vance, and Gabbard are probably out of the picture for the next decade or so.

But Israel will be back.  They'll have another war for us to fight.  Count on it. 

P.S.:  Israel hosted "World-Wide Prideland" last week.  Fittingly, at the Dead Sea.  They're gathering allies, you know.  Israel also offers free abortions to anyone....THIS is the country the US fights for? 

Trump Understates......

The Donald is far too kind.  Here are his remarks after setting up the deal with Iran:

...  in a phone conversation with the New York Times,  [.......] he said Netanyahu “is a very difficult guy, and to be honest with you, he should be very thankful to us for doing this.”...

Here's a translation:

"Netanyahu is a royal pain in the ass.  He has not yet, and never will thank the US taxpayer for what they've done here, and the next time he calls, I will be unavailable.  In fact, I will not be available to take his call until........oh........2060 or so."

"And tell Mark Levin, Tom Cotton, Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz, and that dried-up wrinkled bitch Laura Loomer that they are not welcome at Mar-a-Lago for the next 20 years, either."

That's what he really said.

Wait until you hear what JD Vance has to say about that cast of characters............ 

 

Other Than This, No Worries!!

A lot of people have an intense interest in you.  And it ain't about love.

 Image courtesy of AND Magazine.

 

Their Plans for YOU

 A number of (non-US) central banks have signed up with this CLIMATE DOOM CLIMATE DOOM CLIMATE DOOM-aversion plan.  US banks, prompted by overseas insurance companies and those offshore centrals, were aligned with this at one time, but eventually discerned that the plans were suicidal for them AND for their customers.

But it's still out there, pushed by the Moron-in-Charge of Canada and the ultra-thin-blooded King Charles of England.  Think you'll like it??

 

 

 

 

Thomas Sowell's Right, You Know.....

 We've said the same thing in another venue.  

Glad Sowell is here to remind the US Catholic Conference of FIRST things.

 

All Show, No Go, Donald.....

This showed up at AND Magazine, authored by an anonymous ex-spook with umpty-ump years' experience in Central and Latin America.  His topic is the upcoming election in Colombia.

 ...Venezuela’s Marxist regime is still firmly in power. The arrest of Nicolas Maduro and the naming of his friend Delcy Rodriguez as “president” of Venezuela have not resulted in any significant changes in the oppressive Chavez/Maduro government. Venezuelans still live in fear and misery, and they are still threatened by regime thugs if they dare to protest. It appears that an amoral gang of American businessmen with interests in Venezuela pushed President Trump to settle for the illusion of “stability” and oil, rather than freedom for Venezuela. We will pay a heavy price for the incompetence of our Latin American intelligence analysts who fell for this dirty deal and urged it on Trump. A recent article in Politico suggests that some of the worst actors, including a Palm Beach bottom-feeding oil and asphalt mogul, are now under investigation by the FBI for their shenanigans.

If Colombia falls into the hands of Cepeda, the two countries will form a bloc that Trump will be unable to deal with. It will be a disaster for American foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere. If Abelardo is elected, President Trump’s stance in Venezuela will become untenable. Unlike the fools who urged on Trump a false plan of “stability” under Delcy Rodriguez, de la Espriella knows exactly what Delcy Rodriguez is and what she, Chavez, and Maduro have done to Colombia. There will be no “peaceful co-existence”. Abelardo de la Espriella is a friend of the United States, but he will not pretend to be a friend of the junta in Caracas. He was the lawyer for Alex Saab, Maduro’s major bagman. Not even a towering diplomatic intellect like Jared Kushner* will b.s. him into seeing the Delcy Rodriguez regime as illegitimate and criminal....

Cepeda=Very Bad.  Abelardo=Good Guy, but no fool. 

*Denotes heavy sarcasm.

Can Trump do as badly in Central America as he has done in Iran?

Stay tuned. 

Eight Years of Evers: Hiring Takes a Dump

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Pp Leo Gets It!

Finally.  Someone told him about reality.

 U.S-born Pope Leo XIV sharply criticized the advocates who encouraged the deadly migrations that have killed many thousands of migrants over the last 10 years....

... "Mafias that profit from despair, traffickers who enslave women and children, and those whose indifference allows the poor to be swallowed up by exploitation or forgetfulness." [he said.]...

... In a later June 12 speech in Spain, the pope also told migrants — including self-segregating Muslim migrants — that they should integrate themselves into the host countries: “Open yourselves with trust to the community that welcomes you, to learn its language, to respect its laws, to get to know its customs, to participate in communal life, and to offer your gifts with gratitude.”...

That might take a few more weeks, Holiness. 

The Pope also took a not-too-subtle slam at "economic migration":

... "While there is a right to seek refuge when life is threatened, there is also the right not to have to migrate: the right to remain in one’s own home without hunger, war, persecution, violence, the land becoming uninhabitable, corruption stealing the bread from the poor or weapons destroying the future of children. We cannot grow accustomed to counting the dead."...

Sending JDVance over there to chat has had good effects.

Now, someone please inform the Bishop of El Paso.