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Insanity Prevails The US has had sanction on the purchase of Russian oil for some time to hinder the funding of Russia's war against Ukraine. Yesterday, news broke that the reason Iran has been so effective in taking out high-value US targets (radar stations, a CIA office, etc.) is Russia is...

Good, good: If you do a search on YouTube, you will find numerous videos about these laser weapons, some of them several years old. There is nothing secret or new about these weapons. The inner technology may be classified, but the secret of their existence has been out for years. The reason...

You might want to check your sources. This is the chart for Brent Oil futures from Jan 2, 2026 through today. Below is the candlestick chart for the last few days. The second to the last candle shows yesterday's intraday action. It shows the price opened at $98.36, peaked at 119.40, plunged...

This is the S&P 500 chart from Jan 2, 2026. Would you be so kind as to explain how it matters to anyone that the S&P adds or loses X millions, or billions, or trillions from overnight levels? Those headlines are tiresome. If you buy a house for $400,000 in a neighborhood or similar homes, and a...

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It's also the fallacy of false equivalence.

Reaper Drone/Truck Math When my wife and I built our custom expediter truck (CR-unit) back in the day, it cost $250,000, and it was a beauty. I just read that Iran shot down its 11th US MQ-9 Reaper drone. These drones cost US taxpayers $30 million each. I'm sure truck prices have changed since...

Until all files are released as the law requires, no researched conclusions can be legitimately claimed.

Trump's War Scorecard When the US is in a war, Americans ask, what the objectives and how do we win? To date, Trump has provided four answers. Two answers are vague and difficult to quantify (end Iran's nuclear capabilities, and make Iran economically bigger, better, and stronger). The two that...

Some will do so forever, yes. But I'm thinking increasing numbers of others will use some of their expensive gasoline to burn their red hats, and go on to deny they ever supported Trump in the first place. Other hat burners will not deny their previous support of Trump. They will feel duped...

Capone's vault is an obscure cultural reference that I did not understand until I looked it up. It's shorthand for massive hype that leads to absolutely nothing. While that may be true for Capone's vault, the reference is misapplied to the Epstein files. Thousands and thousands of files and...

No answer yet? My local gas pump price jumped $0.60/gallon last week. That's a 21% increase. Previous price $2.89. Current price $3.49. Making America Great Again, right? And what was it again that Trump recently said? "Wars can be fought 'forever,' and very successfully, ..."

It seems the "true believers" include a number of Republicans on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee.

Trump Says US Munitions are "Virtually Unlimited" I said before that Trump's concept of the Iran war is more about imaginary notions in his head than on-the-ground reality. His notion of unlimited munitions is a case in point. In a March 2 Truth Social post, Trump said, "The United States has...

Epstein Files Still a Live Issue Notwithstanding Trump's and the Trump Administration's continuing efforts to illegally suppress the Epstein files, US House Republicans and Democrats together continue to press the issue. The House Oversight Committee has officially voted to subpoena Attorney...

How Do We Know We Won the Iraq War? Since Trump and Israel started the now regional Iran war, he has offered the following regarding the purpose of the war or the definition of victory. Usually, the American people want to know why a war was started and how it will end. Trump's words and my...

Oil Prices WTI crude price was $77.05 per barrel when Trump took office on 1/2/25. The price moved lower through the year, bottoming at $57.26 on 12/16/25. Today, the price hit a new high at $90.90. The last time the WTI price was in $91 territory was a brief peak in Sept. 2023, after which it...

Trump would abolish the Courts or make himself immune if he could. The US Supreme court has helped him move in that direction which makes the court itself complicit in Trump's ongoing attempt to consolidate power and defeat the checks and balances the Constitution provides. The question is not...

Why Trump Must Put US Boots on the Ground in Iran or Give Up Robert Pape is a professor at the University of Chicago and a renowned expert on the effectiveness of air power. He says history shows that air power alone has never successfully produced positive regime change. Tactical Success vs...