Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Donald Trump is the leader of the Party of Violence

 

... MMA was once considered so savage that at the turn of the century, unlike pornography and other controversial fare, it wasn’t even carried on pay-per-view in many places. Now, the UFC is so mainstream that CBS, a network that on Saturday nights once aired Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, is showing Swanson club Landwehr’s cranium with his right hand, knocking him out in the first round. ...  The UFC packs arenas around the world, and the most powerful person on the planet, right beside White, is its promoter in chief. ... Across the room [of White's office in Vegas] are two pistols. One barrel is cloaked in a red bible cover, the other in a black one. “Those two books have killed more people than any handgun ever made,” says White. “I am very antireligion.” ...                         

When I was a kid we used to laugh at boys with girly names like Dana.

Maybe Dana White's masculinism is as simple as that.

 


 

The good news is that the phony Chip Roy lost, the bad news is that the crook Ken Paxton won

 But! it will not be without humor, and with any luck Cornyn will serve out his term impeding Trump's impulses.

Paxton: Talarico Is A Vegan Who Thinks God Is Non-Binary And There Are 6 Sexes

Talarico Denies He's Vegan: "I've Been Eating Barbecue Since Before Ken Paxton's First Indictment"

 


   

Conservatism in 2026 according to National Review

 


Nothing screams conservatism like production and consumption

 FDR merely gave you a check every month in your retirement, but conservatives gave you gas.


Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Middle East tanker transits May 19-25, 2026: Strait of Hormuz 2.4/day, Bab-el-Mandeb Strait 16.4/day

 The table shown below is from JMIC Update 50.

The previous update was JMIC Update 48, the table in which in comparison with the one in 47 looked hopelessly screwed up, so I guess they just skipped an Update 49 and started fresh on May 19 lol.

There is no overlap in the table in 50 with the previous table, which has been the customary procedure from update to update. 

BAM NW averages 8.7/day, BAM SE 7.7/day.

Keep in mind NW tankers which transit north to fill at Yanbu, then leave and transit south again can thus become SE transits in addition to NW transits in the totals. Most of these tankers are making this round trip, and most of them are 2-million barrel capacity very large crude carriers which sail in empty and sail out again full. 

SoH E transits average just 1.6/day.

 



Trump cabinet keeps on sucking until it does succeed


 

 

Russia informs Rubio what's good for the goose is good for the gander, plans decapitation strikes to get Zelenskyy after Rubio flubs up and signs his death warrant by ending talks


 

 Russia tells Rubio U.S. citizens should leave Kyiv ahead of strikes on Ukrainian capital 

... Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov “officially informed” Washington that Russia would be launching “systematic and consistent strikes” against Ukrainian military facilities and what Moscow called “decision-making centers,” in a call with Rubio on Monday, according to the Russian government. ... Rubio told journalists on Friday that U.S.-led efforts to negotiate a peace deal had ended, explaining that previous talks “were not fruitful.” ...

Yeah, Iran is blinking so hard it's laying more mines in the Strait of Hormuz ROFLMAO

 U.S. conducts ‘self-defense strikes’ in Iran as Trump pushes for peace deal

... CENTCOM spokesman Tim Hawkins said targets included missile launch sites and Iranian boats attempting to emplace mines. ...

Why is the winner pushing for a peace deal?

Usually the loser does that. 

Iran is in the ‘process of blinking’ over the Strait of Hormuz, Petraeus says  

Monday, May 25, 2026

Trump offers a poison pill to sabotage everything

 Trump links Abraham Accords to Iran deal

Again, why did the squirrel cross the road? 

That Robert Kagan accusation in The Atlantic really got to them lol

 Iran is in the ‘process of blinking’ over the Strait of Hormuz, Petraeus says

Failure of nerve: Trump's ceasefire has only made Iran stronger with each passing day and their negotiating position its strongest in 47 years

Hostilities lasted 38 days. 

Today is the 48th day of the ceasefire, the chicken-out. 

Asia is sucking fumes.

Europe is buying from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve and will be in trouble similar to Asia in June, and the US itself will develop problems in July.

Oil market at ‘tank bottoms’ in Asia, and Europe isn’t far behind, warns market veteran Jeff Currie 

... “I would say, Asia, you’re there. Europe, give it about another month, and look for July being a problem in the U.S.,” Currie said. ... “Every day that goes by, Iran’s negotiating leverage compounds. Why? Because inventories of oil and inventories continue to drop,” he said. “The minute you think you won, that’s exactly when you know you probably lost, and their negotiating position at this point has never been stronger in the last 47 years.” 

Friday, May 22, 2026

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a free man

 Judge dismisses criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia in human trafficking case: A federal judge wrote that the investigation against Abrego in Tennessee was reopened to justify the administration’s decision to deport him to El Salvador

... Sean Hecker, Abrego’s attorney, said that his client “is a victim of a politicized, vindictive White House and its lawyers at what used to be an independent Justice Department. We are so pleased that he is a free man. Justifiably so.” ... 

The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index at 44.8 has never been lower


... Gallup’s findings were echoed by University of Michigan data released Friday that showed consumer sentiment falling to its lowest point since the survey began in 1952. ...
 
-- WaPo 
 
 
The index of consumer sentiment fell to 44.8 from a preliminary reading of 48.2. It’s also well below the 49.8 level seen at the end of April. ...                                      
 
But it's the Golden Age! 

Welcome back to 2022

 Yikes.


 

Because her husband has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer

 Tulsi Gabbard resigning as Trump’s intelligence chief

The LORD hath chosen the Anglo-Saxons to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth lol