David Sobotta

I am too old to vote with my feet, but I would move back to Canada in a heartbeat.

Since the Republicans support this war so heavily, I suggest that they pay for it and we only ship Republican troops to the Middle East. After all we want committed soldiers.

The Cockwomble continues to dole out tax breaks that only help the rich. He is, however, giving our brave sons and daughters a chance to the see the exploding Middle East. Some have already come back in caskets. Trump's War is also costing a billion dollars a day with no endgame in sight.

US troops were told war on Iran was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’, watchdog alleges Religious freedom group says 200 troops sent complaints of superiors using extremist Christian rhetoric to justify war

I could not believe this when I first saw it, but now that 200 soldiers complained, it is probably safe to say that it in fact happen,
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

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U.S. was only country in a worldwide survey to say most fellow citizens are bad people A new Pew survey shows that other countries’ citizens tend to look more favorably on their neighbors.

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U.S. was only country in a worldwide survey to say most fellow citizens are bad people A new Pew survey shows that other countries’ citizens tend to look more favorably on their neighbors.

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Our nation's survival depends on figuring this out.

Our Two Affordability Crises Needed A New Social Contract With Workers

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Pardon Industry Offers Rich Offenders a Path to Trump

Don't forget the violent Jan. 6 rioters who were pardoned. Based on reports covering his terms through early 2026, Donald Trump's pardons & clemency actions have wiped out over $1.3 billion to nearly $2 billion in court-ordered restitution, fines, and forfeitures. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/u...
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Take your pick of the bad news. Trump's Economy, Trump's Gas Prices, Trump's War. We're in for some rough sledding.

History shows: Tyranny doesn't end when tyrants die Killing the tyrant doesn't assure the tyranny will end. Regime change eff orts by the United States in this century confirm that when despots are toppled, it is likely one

At least Trump now has his own war, this Iranian war and it is a war no matter what republicans want to call it, will be known as “Trump’s War. History shows: Tyranny doesn't end when tyrants die journalnow.com/article_30d1...

Tillamook is widely available in NC. At least three or four of the big chains carry it. I have cheddar by them in the fridge now.

Finally got to have my birthday cake with some ice cream. Warm cake and Tillamook Vanilla Ice Cream.

Trump is the one dimensional idiot of this century

Speaking of pointless wars with terrible human cost.

I was at Apple from 1984 until 2004. I was a director and we had some huge sales that depended on the $999 MacBook. We lost price got bumped to $1,299. The sales disappeared. They chose the 50% margin. New systems will be fine for browsing & email with 8 GB of RAM but you won't be doing much else.

So 50% of Americans are okay with masked government thugs pulling people out of cars and even murdering them. FOX News has really done a number on American intelligence.

Trump administration waging illegal war on Iran, experts say Administration offers shifting explanations as it acts without congressional approval or legal premise

There is no doubt this is the case. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Apple’s $599 MacBook Neo: The Pros and Cons It’s a new MacBook with a historically low price of $599—and it comes with some trade-offs

We must be in end times. Apple has come out with low priced laptops. When I was in the company, we tried for years to get them to do this. I think as low as we ever got was $999. This is much cheaper. Gift article www.wsj.com/tech/persona...

Republicans Toil to Avoid Saying ‘War’ as Iran Conflict Widens

It looks like a war, it is talked about like a war, and I am sure it you are in Iran, it smells like a war. Do you think we are blithering idiots? What part of combat engagement other than the spelling isn't war? Gift article.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

War just because they could do it. Bomb first figure out why later.

Maybe we should be paying more attention to the Iranians instead of just raining bombs and missiles down on the people. I once heard it said that bombs create more terrorists than they take out.

Make no mistake it is a war and there was no "imminent threat" to the US and we have no plan as to what we want to achieve plus we neglected to get our citizens out of harms way. All the gaslighting that is coming out of the White House needs to go straight to the compost pile.

Not only did Thom Tillis take Kristi Noem to the woodshed on her leadership, then he went after her for killing a puppy. Love the look of disgust on Tillis' face when he talking about the puppy killing . It looks could kill, we wouldn't have to worry about Noem. This is on Instagram.

Not content to just illegally go to war, let make some side money on it. A grifting we will go.

"The first president to promise Middle Easterners that American power would free them from tyranny was Franklin D. Roosevelt. The context was Operation Torch, when U.S. and British forces landed in Morocco and Algeria in November 1942". Gift article.

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Opinion | No Empire. No Kings.

"Donald Trump’s foreign policy vision is imperialism. It’s a global outlook that closely resembles Mr. Trump’s governing style at home — both feature spectacular violence and contempt for the restraints of law." Gift Article

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As the war rapidly expands....

"No plan survives first contact with the enemy".

This phrase is commonly attributed to Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800–1891), a Prussian Field Marshal and brilliant war strategist who served as chief of staff of the Prussian army for 30 years. Graphic, NY Times.

Nice to have a birthday visit from a bluebird. No wonder it feels so cold look at the numbers.