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Why the Straight of Horumz is Likely to be Closed for a Long Time Why is the straight likely to be closed for a long time? I a word, mines. Trump hailed the recent destruction of a dozen or so Iranian mine laying boats. Those boats did not just show up to begin work., They were busy earlier...

About Those US Navy Escorts On March 9, 2026, Trump said: "When the time comes, the U.S. Navy and its partners will escort tankers through the strait, if needed. I hope it's not going to be needed, but if it's needed, we'll escort them right through." International shipping companies and oil...

Intellectual Ease It must be nice to live with the intellectual ease of a Republican. If anything makes Trump look bad, change the subject to Biden. Do nothing to deal with the issues at hand. Retreat to the past and fight a different battle in your imagination there, where you can make...

Tariff Update Following a major Supreme Court defeat last month, Trump invoked Section 122 of the 1974 Trade Act to impose a temporary 10% global tariff. These temporary tariffs expire after 150 days (July 24, 2026). This week, 24 states sued the administration to block these new tariffs...

The score is now Democrats 28, Republicans 0 New Hampshire State House district 7 flipped Blue last Tuesday. In the last election the Republicans won the district by 14 points. On Tuesday, the Democrats won by 4%. This is an 18 point swing from red to blue in a district that voted red for the...

Repeated Kicks in the Red Hat Nuts I live and work in a deep-red county. The area is saturated with Trump voters and many proudly wear their red hats. It has happened many times that when they talk politics, lower gas prices are quickly mentioned. They see Trump in office. They see the...

A Good Bookmark The monthly CPI (consumer price index) numbers were announced this morning. The headline inflation rate for Feb. 2026 is 2.4%, unchanged from January. Trump started the war with Iran on Feb. 28, so the resulting fuel price surge is not included in the Feb. CPI. This provides...

Who Will American's Believe? When Trump supporters tout momentary oil price fluctuations in the futures markets to skew the data to make Trump look good, and Americans see what they are paying at the pumps, who do you think they will believe? And what do you think they will think of those who...

A New Epstein Investigative Path I don't follow the Epstein developments in detail so this may be old news to you. It's new to me that Epstein owned a New Mexico ranch and that site is now being investigated. Yesterday, the New Mexico Department of Justice, State Police, and the Sandoval...

We're Waiting Trump called on the Iranian people to rise to take control of their government. There has been no uprising yet. Trump called on the Iranian police and military to surrender to "The Patriots." There are no reports of any such surrenders. Trump spoke of unconditional surrender...

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...

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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...