Jesus is spinning in His grave

Metaphorically speaking, of course. We all know that in real life JC arose from the grave after a mere three days, and skedaddled back to Heaven to sit at Daddy's side. The reason I am entertaining this line of thought is some recent public appearances of the US Defense Sec Hegseth. This guy is a far-gone religious nutter. He belongs in a hillside outpost on the West Bank, not in the White House. I saw him today offering up some Old Testament prayer beseeching Jehova to smite the enemies of Israel! WHAT? THE? FUCK? This guy is the Sec Def, or Sec War if you prefer, in what for the moment remains the most lethal military in the history of war crimes. I'd previously thought perpetual war-monger and Bible-thumping CIA boss Pompeo was the worst possible ambassador for the Christian faith. Enter Pistol Pete. The Devil himself could not have imagined an American leader proclaiming himself Christian even as he shits all over the teachings Jesus of Nazareth gifted history in His brief adult life. America is long overdue for a course correction.

Whack Jobs and Crazy Stuff

To be sure, there's no shortage of whack jobs in the present moment. Anybody writing about the glorious triumph of "Western Values" is an obvious whack job. Right next to "Western Values" we've got the ever-present denial of what's been going on for the past two and a half years in Gaza. What's whacked and crazy is there's still major media platforms wanting to convince you starving Palestinian children to death is a legitimate exercise of Israel's right to defend itself. How is such a thing even remotely possible, given the commitment of the Nations of Virtue to human rights and all that happy talk?

Kyiv Bentley dealership honoured for outstanding bravery during wartime

Just kidding! It wasn't for outstanding bravery; it was for outstanding sales and marketing! Yup, at the recent get-together of the European Bentley Dealers Association, held in Marbella, the Kyiv Bentley store was showered with honours. Not only has it survived four years of brutal non-stop Russian aggression, it is now number 3 in sales across all 61 European Bentley dealerships! Such a thing could never have been imagined before the Russian invasion! What a testament to the resilience of the Ukrainian people!

A few words out of Trump can move global markets by $100s of billions

We saw that this morning. The markets had baked in the moderate risk that Mafia Don might make good on his threat to destroy the Tehran electrical grid. Brent was bid up to 118 this morning... until Trump declared a five day waiver on his previous ultimatum. Benchmark Brent crude dropped hard. In the derivative markets, fortunes were made or lost in moments. Watching that unfold in real time got me thinking. Trump has become famous for making completely unexpected decisions. Time after time you hear, who coulda seen that coming? Time after time, these way-out-there Trump edicts result in serious jolts to the financial markets. Here's the thing. The astute and/or lucky player can profit equally from an uptick or a collapse. Trump's words have caused huge swings in global markets on a regular basis. Anybody with any insights into what Trump's next words might be is well placed to trouser a few billions as a result of insider derivatives trading. Thank God everybody in Donald's orbit has the moral fibre to resist such temptation!... Ya, I know... who do we think we're foolin' here?

We live in interesting times, and they're moving fast...

It was just a couple days ago a CBC story informed me that we (ie Canada) had signed on to a letter from six NATO allies plus Japan vowing support for "appropriate" actions Uncle Sam might take to open the Hormuz Strait. Make of that what you will, but bear in mind this is largely the same crew that promised Ukraine "whatever it takes for as long as it takes." Between the lot of them, that "support" won't go much beyond a strongly worded letter, or maybe two. Before the ink was dry on that letter, Japan had already signed a side deal with Iran to ensure its ships got through, just in case. Which leaves us on the cusp of economic catastrophe. I had no idea how much vital shit comes out of a barrel of crude or a cubic metre of natural gas. Gasoline and diesel, of course. Home heating gas. Jet fuel. Propane. Cooking gas. Helium. The MRI machine in your local hospital requires helium. Sulphur. Apparently you can't etch high-end computer chips without it. And one third of the world's fertilizer comes out of the Gulf. I had no idea. And "no idea" pretty much sums up Mafia Don's strategy when it comes to this war of choice his blackmailers pushed him into. To be clear, it was Bibi's choice, not Donald's. The Israel connection isn't helpful. As American lives begin to fall in this war, more than a few voices are asking why American soldiers are dying for Israel. That's a question that's ultimately going to cost 47 his career and his legacy. America First does NOT include dying for Israel.

Towelheads o' Terror turn tables on Western Civ

That's quite a shit-show unfolding over there since American Exceptionalism and Jewish Supremacy joined forces to spring a surprise attack on Iran. In the middle of what the Iranians thought were peace negotiations! That worked last time, but apparently the towellers weren't having any this time round. Within the hour of the Boss Mullah's demise, Iranian drones and missiles were on their way to every US base in the Middle East and to Israel. That was three weeks ago. They haven't stopped coming since! And they won't stop anytime soon. Damage to the world economy is already into the trillions. Every US base in the ME has been put out of business. Ben Gurion is closed. Seven million Israelis spent all of last night in bomb shelters. Iron Dome is long broken. And the missiles and drones keep coming and coming and coming... Meanwhile, it's harder by the minute to keep alive the fiction that our marvelous Patriots and David's Sling and Arrow are doing anything at all. The clown show in DC wants us to believe there's a plan... as we reindustrialize and home-shore our manufacturing capacity, we'll eventually be able match the drone and missile production capability of Iran. Eventually! In the meanwhile, sit tight dear citizens... glorious victory, the final glorious victory of the Greatest Leader Since Moses, is about to leave its garland at your door.

Trump crime syndicate's Arab Gulf States empire going up in smoke

If you follow this sort of thing, you know there's multiple NYC billionaires with substantial investments in the Arab Gulf countries. Jarrod Kushner spearheaded a lot of this action. Moving the embassy, floating the Abraham Accords, and the Gaza "Board of Peace" were all manifestations of Kushner's efforts to cash in on Mideast Mayhem. Hardly a month ago, Arab Gulf states were promising billions to join the Board of Peace. Might as well be a hundred years ago, just a few weeks later. That scam is over. American news platforms are thus far trying to maintain the fiction that the USA-Israel war criminal combine is obliterating, destroying, devastating, etc etc Iran. Iran, meanwhile, has the economy of the Western world, ie the Israel-USA-EU-NATO universe, totally and entirely by the balls. They haven't closed the Straight of Hormuz at all. Chinese, Russian, and Irainian ships are getting through just fine. There's absolutely nothing Israel, USA, or anyone else can do about it. The pundits all over Western media continue to spew fantasies of victory for American Empire and Greater Israel. The Iranian missiles streaming through Iron Dome day and night are telling a different story.