Croft points out that Iran doesn’t need to close the Strait of Hormuz, the insurance companies will do it for them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmw8...

Looks like a lot of Rials were converted to crypto. Bitcoin up over 5% today

I tend to be skeptical of epidemiological studies that don't point to a plausible and testable explanation for findings. On the other hand, I do live in one of the darker areas on this map. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

S&P basically flat this morning but that masks some turbulence underneath with oil, tech, and defense stocks surging while just about everything else pulling back

I do wish our leaders would stop using the term "forever wars". Do they not understand that the Sunni and Shia have been fighting for 14 thousand years. Do they think this will be over after a few weeks of bombing?

Apparently Trailblazer pointed its solar panels 180 deg. away from the Sun. I have to say that I am mystified as to why this software error wasn't caught in testing. www.npr.org/2026/02/26/n...

Well Russia has been bombing Ukraine for four years but sure, a few weeks of bombing Iran is going to bring about regime change

From NYT : Albusaidi, the Omani foreign minister who was mediating between the United States and Iran before the attacks had voiced optimism that a deal was possible and said Iran had made meaningful concessions on its nuclear program. Epstein and poor polling are the reasons for this attack

"That plan has changed now: Artemis III will no longer be a landing mission, but one to test the Orion crew capsule’s ability to dock with a lander in orbit, as well as the space suits for the eventual landing. This may seem like a step backwards but ..." www.newscientist.com/article/2517...

Whatever happened to DOW 50,000?

Why do Trump voters keep trying to assassinate him?

"Inflation, which Mr. Trump promised to end “on day one,” picked up in 2025. The trade deficit in goods, which Mr. Trump promised to shrink, hit a record high. The manufacturing sector, which Mr. Trump promised to restore, shed jobs." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/b...

Look for anti-vax nuts misinterpret these findings www.science.org/content/arti...

The relentless surge in memory chip prices over the past few months has driven a vast divide between winners and losers in the stock market, and investors don’t see any end in sight.

How many Trump supporters does it take to change a lightbulb? None. Trump just says he fixed it - and they all stand around cheering in the dark. Not funny when considering our competition with China. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/o...

Great news, son! The Turning Point USA All-American Halftime Show Is On!

Someone please explain to me why a Whitehouse staffer is working on Trump's private company

Bitcoin down nearly 50% since its peak last Oct. The greater fool theory of bitcoin valuation is certainly coming under pressure and the buy the dip crowd is getting smaller and smaller every day.

What is actually going on here?" I commend Timothy Snyder's answer to this question posed by Scott Galloway starting at 29:40. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJWb...

Editorial: Escalating violence by U.S. law enforcement during deportation campaigns, including the killing of civilians, has shaken domestic trust and deeply damaged international confidence in the United States.

Dear MAGA, I appreciate that it feels cold when you stick your nose outside but you have to understand that one of the words in Global Warming is GLOBAL

Trump's policies have resulted in significant damage to the dollar. Here's the first year performance of the dollar relative to the euro under Trump compared to Biden. A weaker dollar means higher prices on imported goods which coupled with tariffs is disastrous.

One year performance of the S&P during the first year under Biden and Trump. Trump is crowing about the stock market but as usual he underperforms Biden

In honor of Trump it's TACOs for dinner tonight.

So I’m seeing lots of bots impersonating celebrities. What’s up with that

If you could do with some cheering up www.youtube.com/watch?v=B62H...

Bitcoin fell overnight with a near instant 2% drop recorded on the Yahoo price chart. Usually you see a recovery following what appears to be a glitch and as the bodies are removed from the field, but not so far. finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin...

I don’t think enough attention is being paid to the fact that Trump is stashing Venezuelan oil money in a Qatari bank. You know the country that bribed him with an airplane. Banks make money by loaning deposits. Who’s getting those loans? www.moneycontrol.com/world/why-us...

Trump desperately wants to be remembered as a great president, he wants a Nobel, he wants his Louisiana Purchase (Greenland), he wants to win a war, he wants the Roaring 20s, he wants his face on Mt. Rushmore. But everything he tries fails. Instead, he’ll be known as the worst president in history.

Pro tip MAGA, if you have to use a fake video to justify a murder then the murder isn’t justified

An ICE agent costs the taxpayer about $1,000 a working day when accounting for pay, benefits, SS taxes, equipment etc. The 3,000 ICE agents in Minneapolis then cost $3 million a day. I don’t get the impression that they're actually find many deportable immigrants. If it’s 10 a day then $300 K per.

Financial institutions have been positively giddy with Trump in charge and with the gifts he's been giving them as he removes consumer financial protections. Now they're sputtering when he wants to cap CC interest rates to 10%. WTF? Our dictator is dictating for us.

How rich does Trump want to be? Well, the Saudi royalty is worth $1.4 trillion, Putin alone $200 billion, Musk is aiming to be the first trillionaire. Trump would surly like to be the world's richest. He can achieve that by ripping off the U.S. Will anyone stop him?

Under Trump the dollar lost over 11% of its value relative to the Euro, leading to increased costs of imported goods. Of course this is on top of Trump's tariff taxes.

Another "me" post from Nichols. They didn’t come for the communists, the socialists, the trade unionists, the Jews, and Martin Niemöller the same day and fascism here isn’t an on off switch defined by when they come after Nichols

You have to appreciate that abuse of citizens by ICE and CBP is routine and not the exception www.azfamily.com/2026/01/07/p...

Johnathan Ross probably - I can't believe I got dragged by that idiot, many stitches and I'm the butt of jokes from my fellow ICE agents. I wish I had just shot him. If I ever get the chance again, and I'll make sure I do, I'll shoot first and ask questions later.

Wait til Trump finds out about the stolen (or in his spelling, stollen) casinos in Cuba

What Trump gives can be taken away, not sure oil companies will risk investing there

Anything to distract from the Trump-Epstein files

I was a sucker for this ad so not surprising that I find it sad that a bot following me along with twelve hundred others has only one follower www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBqh...

Since Trump took office his media company is down 60%. The bump at the end is the announcement that it will merge with a fusion company. It's ok that that doesn't make sense, just another opportunity to scam the MAGA rubes.

Russia is killing Christians in Ukraine, and it’s not complicated www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/w...

if you invest in this company you will be falling for another Trump scam. "…developing machines that can do it consistently and affordably enough to power a grid could require technological advancements that have yet to be made…". The word is will, not could NYTs www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/b...

Another slap in the face of Epstein's victims as the Trump administration continues to protect the guilty www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...

Perhaps the reason Trump casinos went bankrupt is because he drove customers away www.explore.com/2016739/trav...

Greater restrictions on immigration might keep out some violence prone individuals but will certainly keep out people who are contributing to our country. Case in point, one of the victims

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