Just a reminder that the Iran War is doing exactly what it was designed to do: provide a distraction from ICE's lawlessness and the Epstein files.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/u...
So let me get this straight ...
1. US bombs Iran
2. Oil price goes up a bit, benefitting Russia's petrostate
3. Russia gives Iran targeting info
4. Oil price shoots WAY up
5. US unsanctions Russian oil
But at the end of the day, this is a woefully understaffed agency and there is no help on the horizon. There is no indication that Secretary Burgum plans to fully staff our parks ever again. Those cracks are going to begin to show. And that's where having someone who has spent an entire career in the privatization business, that's a huge concern at this moment in time.
Yes, Trump's nominee to run the National Park Service is unqualified and that may be a legal problem down the road.
But it's about more than that. It's about Doug Burgum's privatization agenda on our public lands.
www.kjzz.org/the-show/202...
I helped kill Clippy in 1999-2000.
Fortune quoting WSJ and employee tweets
fortune.com/2026/03/04/p...
www.wsj.com/tech/tech-st...
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Eliano A Younes @eliano Palantir DC Office 🤝 @LucyNicotine
I mean, they're giving quotes to WSJ and bragging about it on Twitter
www.wsj.com/tech/tech-st...
See also: Ivermectin
Palantir and other tech companies are stocking offices with tobacco products to increase worker productivity
On the one hand: Mouth cancer.
On the other: Worker productivity to enable the surveillance state!
Won the national war poster contest then created a calendar girl who became a body positivity icon
EXCLUSIVE: 'Did People Forget About 9/11?': Doug Burgum Warns Of Wind Energy Security Risks
Ah yes, I remember when *checks notes* wind energy caused 9/11.
Doug Burgum is easily Trump's most embarrassing cabinet secretary and that's impressive considering he was fishing in the shallow end of the talent pool to begin with.
The wording here is an incredible self-pwn by Third Way as it tries to put its fingers on the scale.
One third of the country not only wants to abolish ICE, but also supports ending ALL INTERNAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, even when presented with a moderate alternative.
This is a radicalized nation.
Yuge, as they say. The seat was very much in play, but Zinke chickening out at this point suggests he knew he was going to lose. It was not a sure D pickup but it just became a whole lot more likely.
Yup. Giving rich people money. If you don't own a thermostat, you don't get the benefit.
"Customers receive a $50 bill credit per eligible smart thermostat enrolled and a $35 bill credit at the end of the first season. Every year after that, they'll receive a $35 participation bill credit."
"Rich people spending money to lower costs for poor people" is the definition of trickle-down economics
Oof. I thought we'd gotten past trickle down economics as a defensible solution.
It's ok to just admit something is bad and needs to change.
All of that is true if you have the financial means to buy an EV, own a home, and can finance rooftop solar.
It absolutely sucks for everyone who does not.
Trump's war on Iran is designed to increase your electric bill.
Exporting American LNG
while blocking new wind + solar
while destroying global LNG =
expensive electricity going into summer AC season.
www.energyflux.news/iran-war-us-...
Evergreen skeet
In short: It's in the interests of America to bomb anyone and kidnap anyone whenever we need a distraction from the contents of the Epstein files.
In short: It's in the interests of America to bomb anyone and kidnap anyone whenever we need a distraction from the contents of the Epstein files.
I'm generally a fan of Strange New Worlds but this "Ortegas Is The Martian But In A Wormhole" episode is one of the most badly written and directed things in all of Trek. How did it make it out of the writers room, much less into production?
My "this is not a pyramid scheme" shirt is answering a lot of questions posed by the pyramid behind me
The secretary of defense is sure spending a whole lot of time here thinking about kids' genitals
The leopards are so hungry, Brady
I've enjoyed Samoas all my life. This year, after the kids ate all but the last two Samoas in the box, I ate one and realized I can make a much better shortbread/caramel/coconut/chocolate cookie.
Watch this space.
How much of the awarded-contract data from fpds is also covered (or not covered) by usaspending.gov? That's been my go-to for contracts.
