Dave Pell

Americans could soon find themselves paying as much for gas as Californians during peacetime.

Oil prices soar past $100 while Dow futures sink 900 points as Iran war spirals into worst-case fears and U.S. eyes special forces mission Prices at the pump are likely to top $4 a gallon now that oil has surged past $100 a barrel for the first time since 2022.

Investors thought they could keep their gains separate from the destruction of democracy and our role in the world order. For a while, it almost seemed possible. Dow futures plummeting.

finance.yahoo.com/news/oil-prices-soar-past-100-235357441.html

@radiofreetom.bsky.social I don't get much about our strategy. But I really don't get attacking oil fields and energy infrastructure. What's the point? Any ideas?

Country Joe McDonald, Whose Antiwar Song Became an Anthem, Dies at 84

One, two, three, four, what are we fighting for?

Don't ask me, I don't give a damn.

The next stop is V̶i̶e̶t̶n̶a̶m̶ Tehran.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/a...

Don't forget that starting tomorrow, you have to make excuses to skip outdoor exercise for one hour longer.

Yeah, one scuffle definitely means the recovery isn’t real…

38% of Americans support the airstrikes in Iran.

Which is pretty low considering like 60% of Americans support killing anyone anytime just for the hell of it.

They just changed it into a Wanted poster

Iranians had their regime foisted upon them. Americans somehow voted for ours.

The first rule of War Club is that you do not talk about War Club.

Class Dismissed Kalshi Goes to School, Weekend Whats

As many as 10% of college students could already be classified as pathological gamblers. Given the profits over ethics vibe of our current classless cultural moment, it would be safe to bet that prediction markets are coming to a fraternity near you.

managingeditor.substack.com/p/class-dism...

‘Is This Insider Information?’ The Prediction Market Bets Driving a Campus Frenzy Kalshi and Polymarket pour money into deals with social-media influencers and students, who try to parlay rumors into cash.

Prediction markets are actively trying to turn college students into gambling addicts. They are some of the worst companies in America. It's pathetic that news organizations and other institutions are doing business with them.

www.wsj.com/business/med...

There was a time when having someone named Markwayne in a position of power would have been about as scary as things could get.

You hear that schoolgirls and sailers in unarmed ships! No more babyish rules of engagement!

Let's look at the positive...

OK, scratch that. Let's at least make fun of the negative.

Keep in mind that Noem was not fired for overseeing the murder of American citizens or sending untried men to overseas terror prisons, she was fired for a poor TV performance when being questioned by Congress.

Wegovy just came out with a pill. (Though the injections are barely a needle)

In an administration that prides itself on hiring the worst possible people and gleefully celebrates their awful performances, it's really something to be fired. Congrats to Kristi Noem for the achievement.

Roosevelt: "Speak softly and carry a big stick.”

Hegseth: "Speak loudly to compensate for your small dick.”

Hegseth should end the suspense and send Jeffrey Goldberg the plan on Signal.

He’s their preemptive strike against Paramount. They’re ruining themselves before Bari does.

Such positive outbursts are frowned upon here, Hunter.

No self-respecting journalist should attend a Correspondents' Association Dinner with Trump there. Nothing about any of this is a laughing matter.

The preposterous idea that the US had to strike Iran before Israel did because an Israeli pre-emptive strike would have put troops in the region in danger could be the most gutless lie ever spewed by buck-passing men famous for spewing the most gutless lies in modern history.

The fall of the regime has seemed more likely than ever. Whether this is the right way to get rid of the regime, or whether Bibi, Trump, and Hegseth are the right guys to do it, is a different matter.

Epic Fury looks more like Blind Fury, so far.

managingeditor.substack.com/p/blind-fury

His boss has said the opposite and they literally started the war by killing the regime.

The thing we knew with most certainty was that Israel and the US had the capability to kill leaders and destroy armaments in Iran.

It’s everything else from our objectives to what happens next that was uncertain, and remains so.

If someone needs no introduction, then don't introduce them by saying that.

If humans are stupid enough to believe Block’s layoffs are not actually about over-hiring, mismanagement, and a flat stock price, maybe we really do need AI to take over.