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Bibliophilic; oenophile; gourmand; devoted gardener;passionate defender of the relevance of liberal arts and sciences

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Iran War Will WRECK World Economy, Says Qatar
Iran War Will WRECK World Economy, Says Qatar YouTube video by Novara Media

youtube.com/watch?v=4bot.... Novara Media is always insightful and helpful

07.03.2026 05:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The History of Iran and Winston Churchill Exposes How the Past Repeats Itself
The History of Iran and Winston Churchill Exposes How the Past Repeats Itself YouTube video by Novara Media

youtube.com/shorts/eQ54e.... People don’t read history and relatively speaking 1953 wasn’t that long ago

07.03.2026 04:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Iran Video Trump Doesn't Want You To See
The Iran Video Trump Doesn't Want You To See YouTube video by Double Down News

youtube.com/watch?v=maXG.... So ultimately, Trump was consumed by the legacy of the George W Bush regime.

07.03.2026 04:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

fox5sandiego.com/news/politic... flush twice

07.03.2026 02:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stoic Kristi Noem Bears Firing With Stiff Upper Lip, Chin, Cheeks, Forehead

Stoic Kristi Noem Bears Firing With Stiff Upper Lip, Chin, Cheeks, Forehead β€” theonion.com/stoic-kristi...

07.03.2026 02:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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Kristi Noem Reassigned To Scarecrow Role At USDA WASHINGTONβ€”Characterizing her new role in the middle of an Iowa corn field as a better fit for her skill set, the White House announced Friday that former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem had b...

Kristi Noem Reassigned To Scarecrow Role At USDA β€” theonion.com/kristi-noem-... Characterizing her new role in the middle of an Iowa corn field as a better fit for her skill set, the WH announced that former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem had been reassigned as a scarecrow at the USDA.

07.03.2026 02:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump To Americans: β€˜You Won’t Have To Pay Your Son’s Cell Phone Bill When He Dies At War’ WASHINGTONβ€”Striking a note of optimism as the prospects for a protracted conflict with Iran grew likelier, President Trump on Friday urged Americans to bear in mind that they’ll no longer have to pay ...

Trump To Americans: β€˜You Won’t Have To Pay Your Son’s Cell Phone Bill When He Dies At War’  β€” theonion.com/trump-to-ame...

07.03.2026 02:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Let’s see if MSM reports on the attack that just occurred at a US base in Kuwait that I just read about in Middle East Eye and Al Mayadeen News. Apparently it’s very significant. The DOD will wallpaper over this. I hadn’t realized that they are closing the embassy and evacuating US citizens.

07.03.2026 00:23 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Graham Platner timeline and lies Graham Platner timeline and lies @capitolhunters.bsky.social / @capitolhunters Jan. 5, 2026 (updated Mar 3) Contents Summary - lies about tattoos Platner timeline Issues / Inconsistencies Why Pla...

I’ll leave for later why reporters didn’t fact-check - there’s an ugly story there too. But the urgent issue is, Platner would be crushed in the general. It's best to lance the boil now. Here’s the document, sourced and Wikipedia-ready. You should read it. The NRSC sure will. 11/

06.03.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 1131 πŸ” 247 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 21
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But the tattoos alone are enough. Like Elon Musk, Platner lies when cornered; he can’t admit fault or take responsibility. He gave his staff a script about his Nazi symbol to recite: β€œHe did not know the meaning at the time and covered it once he learned..” That’s a lie. 9/

06.03.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 1051 πŸ” 185 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 11
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There’s a lot more, or course; Platner’s stories are full of lies and gaps. We don’t know who got him to run - the names are all secret. We don’t know what he did in 2017, a black hole after he dropped out of college, before he signed with Constellis. A family friend said β€œHe was in rough shape” 8/

06.03.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 1075 πŸ” 192 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 12
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Why didn’t you know this? Platner lies in reporters’ faces but no one fact-checks him. When his Nazi tattoo was first reported, he ran to Tommy Vietor’s podcast for damage control. He told his false leaving-the-Marines story; Vietor laughed with him. No hard questions for your buddies. 6/

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Platner’s excuse is a new tattoo policy; he calls it β€œstupid”. But the Marines aren’t stupid and they needed men. They β€˜grandfathered in’ all currently-serving Marines, exempting them from the rules, for all but one class of tattoos: those that were "racist ...or extremist group.. related". 4/

06.03.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 1356 πŸ” 224 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 11
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Back to 2009: Platner had finished 4 years active duty and enrolled in college, but quickly dropped out and wanted to go back to war. The Gulf War was raging; the Marines were so shorthanded they were recalling servicemen to duty. But they didn’t want Platner. 3/

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Of course Platner knew what his Nazi symbol was. It changed his life. His tattoos were reviewed when he asked to return active duty; a trained officer looked for violations. The sleeve tattoos were OK. The Totenkopf was not. Platner chose to keep it. Somewhere in DoD, it’s all written down. 5/

06.03.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 1612 πŸ” 341 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 32

Besides stalking out Tricia McLaughlin, any decent journalistic outfit would right now have someone stalking out Bovino. However, it's quite possible that both have been threatened with violence to keep quiet. It's no Trump deploys crude, mafia type vengeance more often than is known.

06.03.2026 23:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Tip: when attempting to refute someone's argument by using Google to search good to bear in mind that many current Google engineers are "former" IDF Unit 8200 employees. Google information is heavily censored.

06.03.2026 22:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Clearly you are a pro-Israel troll. And, more recent reports indicate that Israel has bombed Iranian desalinization plants. And, I never attributed the drought to Israel -- though I would not put ecocide past them.

06.03.2026 22:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not your research librarian. And, it's not news that much of Iran has been in a severe drought for years.

06.03.2026 22:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

the Ayatollah was 86 and likely would have died soon. The Israel and the US made him into a martyr. They are now assuring that an ultraright clerk will succeed him. Americans fail to realize that Iran rightfully holds Israel & the US responsible for the Iran-Iraq war in which 500,000 were lost.

06.03.2026 22:42 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Actually Israel has already done that to drought ridden Iran

06.03.2026 22:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

<from the print article> "(Mike) Johnson and Trump had stood by Gonzalez, with Trump offering him his 'Complete and Total Endorsement'" <granted, only afterwards did Gonzalez confess>

06.03.2026 21:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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House Republicans Tell Gonzales to Quit Re-Election Campaign

House Republicans Tell Gonzales to Quit Re-Election Campaign www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u... It's fascinating how the NYT digital editor deletes sections from the print article deleterious to Trump (see the next post)

06.03.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Like clockwork.

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Trump fires Noem as DHS secretary, nominates 2020 election skeptic Sen. Mullin to replace her Mullin’s potential ascension will have significant implications for future U.S. elections.

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Mullin is a 2020 election denier who supports the SAVE act vigorously. He also voted against certifying the vote to keep Joe Biden out of office.
He will do everything that he can to subvert the election process and keep the Democrats from taking back power

05.03.2026 23:33 πŸ‘ 158 πŸ” 94 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 6

Our Secretary of Commerce, Lutnick, minimized the trauma to the victims, the damage to US-S Korean relations, and the furor of the S Korean public. Other potential partners -- from many other nations -- studied and reconsidered building US plants.

06.03.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This didn't make a ripple in the legacy media. S Korean engineers and highly trained technicians were brutally removed from the plant in leg shackles and wrist ties. It wasn't until the President of S Korea called Trump to intervene (after DHS ignored the S Korean embassy) that anything was done.

06.03.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

After a raid on a Hyundai facility in GA last year, in which agents detained hundreds of S Korean citizens on hand to help build a new battery plant, Trump told Noem & other top immigration officials to use more β€œcommon sense” w/ deportation raids, according to a WH official familiar w/the matter.

06.03.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump Announces He Is Replacing Noem With Oklahoma Senator

Trump Announces He Is Replacing Noem With Oklahoma Senator www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

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