Alan U. Kennington 🇦🇺

Yes. It’s ALL about the oil and gas. Venezuelan oil is viscous and needs to be blended with higher grade oil to be useful.

Trump. “WTF!? We can’t use Venezuelan oil as is? Ok. Time to bomb Iran. Give the world another ‘eminent’ danger excuse.”

Iran has a new strategy. They are targeting $1B radar systems that detect missiles and drones using cheap drones. Qatar, the UAE, Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia have all been hit. Russia is reportedly providing intelligence. (WSJ)

Meanwhile, Spain's massive investment in renewables is paying dividends now: with prices for Spanish industry and consumers low and stable compared with other European economies.

www.ft.com/content/ac77...

No words…

The WSJ calls it “the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s.” ⛽️

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/world/middle...

This becomes even more galling when you realize Donald only wore a cap to the "dignified" transfer because the slob is more worried about the appearance of his hair in wind than presence of soldiers in coffins.

This directly contradicts Trump and Hegseth’s claims that Iran bombed the area where the Iranian school was hit. We knew it, but it’s good to have the video.

www.rawstory.com Top Trump officials rush to purchase nuclear war-proof bunkers after Iran attack: report

Top Trump officials rush to purchase nuclear war-proof bunkers after Iran attack: report

Even red states are defiantly rejecting DOJ’s demands for private voter data “Election officials across the political spectrum stood up to protect state sovereignty and voters’ security, regardless of partisanship,” voting rights advocate David Becker told Democracy Docket.

Earlier this week, Idaho became the latest state to push back against the U.S. Department of Justice’s campaign to seize the private voter data of every state. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/eve...

Have you seen the commercial that brought down Kristi Noem?

It’s even more bizarre than I expected.

Feat. @wkamaubell.bsky.social

U.S. Judge says Kari Lake broke law in overseeing Voice of America He declared all of Lake's actions over the past year to be null and void, including the layoffs of more than 1,000 journalists and staffers.

He declared all of Lake's actions over the past year to be null and void, including the layoffs of more than 1,000 journalists and staffers. n.pr/4sy0uhE

US sinking of Iranian warship with 180 on board 'appears unlawful', ex-Defence Forces chief says Questions have been raised in recent days over both whether the US and Israeli strikes on Iran are in breach of international law, and whether the Iranian ship sunk over hundreds of miles from its sho...

Vice Admiral (Retd) Mark Mellett DSM, was Chief of Staff of Ireland's Defence Forces 2015-2021. #Ireland

Ukrainians are closely watching operation against Iran. Its 57,000 Shaheds for Russia have formed attitude toward Tehran “Accomplices must answer.” by Olena Mukhina 28/02/2026

A reminder that Iran sent 57,000 suicide drones into Ukraine, and for the majority of that time, Ukraine didn't have reliable air defences to counteract, leading to thousands of deaths. That's an act of war, and the only country with legitimacy to react to it is, in fact, Ukraine.

I noted 25 years ago, Europe, Middle East, Asia have deep history/prehistory of thousands of years.
USA has native Americans who 95% died from Euro-diseases and are despised by nationalists.
The vacuum in US national "deep history" is replaced with Biblical "deep history".
Hence Israel's importance.

@OMGImAutisticAF “Why do you need a label?” Bc there is comfort in knowing you are a normal zebra, not a strange horse. Bc you can’t find community w other zebras if you don’t know you belong. And bc it is impossible for a zebra to be happy or healthy spending its life feeling like a failed horse

The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countries—including the United States.

This is a chilling crime. A shame on our country. The Iranian ship was unarmed. The US knew this. The sailors were murdered by our navy, and the survivors were left to die at sea.
newrepublic.com/post/207429/...

I saw a German documentary movie by this name "Frischfleisch" about 15 years ago.
Maybe this 2007 one.
www.imdb.com/title/tt1375...
It was about European models going to Milan to advance their modelling careers, but ending up as strippers and in prostitution because of lack of work.
Sounds similar!

WAPO: “.. Since the war began Saturday, Russia has passed Iran the locations of U.S. military assets, including warships and aircraft, said the three officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter’s sensitivity.”

@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

This is just a crass and crude version of Bush's neocons claiming they would make the Middle East (or rather the Arabic and/or Muslim worlds) modern liberal democracies by first destroying them.
Or something like that.
Unquestionably Bush exacerbated the problems of the Middle East.
Slow learners!

Trump thinks he can end the war he started with all-caps tweets.

He has no plan.

Russia helping Iran? Moscow providing real time intelligence to Tehran on American military assets - The Times of India US News: Russia has been providing Iran with real-time intelligence on the locations of American military assets in the Middle East, including warships and air.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/rus...

Trump's most important driving force and pleasure in life is fooling people.
He never tells the truth.
His lies give him an almost sexual delight.

So when he says "far ahead of schedule", he's fooling (many) people into thinking that he had a schedule.
He never misses an opportunity to fool people!

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Reuters Exclusive

"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."

"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East."

Yes, apparently the Iranian ship was unarmed and invited along with the U.S to be part of an Indian Naval exercise. The terrorist US pulled out of the exercise, and instead illegally attacked the Iranian ship killing most and leaving the survivors.
(Not my post)

So it was a cold blooded killing.

Over 160 schoolgirls are dead. Anthropic and Palantir executives must immediately testify and tell the public whether their AI is responsible.

Kristi Noem going out praising herself for her courageous public service when all she did was steal our money and lie to America and brutalize the vulnerable and screw her boyfriend is pretty much the exit from DHS I expected of her

It is very important she eventually go to prison

“We’ll double America’s forest growth, protect every acre, prepare for Anthropocene by ending bigoil’s grip, building a thermal-energy future.” Hart ‘28 Dem Pursuing.com 🇺🇸🙏

Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran.

No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles.

Worth a watch.

(🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)

Cartoon from Der Spiegel shows the world as seen by Trump.

The tables are TURNING!🇺🇦

Zelensky announced that the U.S. requested Ukrainian support in the interception of Iranian drones. 🙈

With all due respect, who holds the cards now?

SLAVA UKRAINI.