Open Thread

How Trump Miscalculated On The War: On Feb. 18, as President Trump weighed whether to launch military attacks on Iran, Chris Wright, the energy secretary, told an interviewer he was…

Trump Plays Wall Street Nitwits For Fools.  Because, who else believes anything he says?: Yesterday UN Ambassador Mike Waltz announced that the US was moving ahead rapidly to achieve all…

Oil Prices Soar Due To Trump's War.  Who could possibly have foreseen this?: Oil prices spiked near $120 per barrel before falling back Monday as the Iran war intensified, threatening…

McMeh.  CEO grudgingly nibbles at McDonald's new sandwich: Social media can be so cruel...: “When the CEO calls it product instead of food you know its got less nutritional value…

What a real President should sound like. What The Pro Rasslin' Heel Masquerading As President Has Done: Until quite recently, oil and gasoline prices had been a bright spot in…

Kristi Noem's Chosen Successor Is...: Quite the shock.  Yet another Cosplay Cowboy takes over DHS: "Markwayne will work tirelessly to Keep our Border Secure, Stop Migrant Crime, Murderers, and other…

Look Who's Funding Speaker Mimi Minor-Brown's Slush Fund: Phil Shawe, the polarizing New York executive whose financial largesse helped propel Gov. Matt Meyer to victory in 2024, is now throwing…

Talarico Takes Texas D Primary: State Rep. James Talarico defeated U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, emerging victorious over the well-known congresswoman in Texas’ most…

The Unholy Holy War: Hey, ya gotta get the troops ready to die: A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of…

"Mideast Conflict Widens Across Multiple Fronts".  That's the lead headline in today's NYTimes: Israel and Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militia, traded strikes early Monday after the breakdown of a fragile yearlong…

Leave it to Trump to make me deviate from my Sunday Morning format.  But when he's perhaps started WW III without  Congressional approval, I'm left with no choice. Meet The…

US AND ISRAEL ATTACK IRAN! Let's see--three rogue states.  Who ya got?: The United States and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday in a major assault that threatened a broader regional…

It's The Weakness, Stupid. Americans are unhappy with the way things are going in the country, and don’t feel particularly well represented by either major political party. In our new…