Cusp of Peace?

Good Wednesday morning beloved sentients. Don’t know what to make of this, but Suliaman Ahmed’s X account is reporting a few moments ago that a peace deal between Iran and the US is almost a done deal. ******** BREAKING: THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE REPORTED US-IRAN AGREEMENT THAT HAS BEEN REACHED AND EXPECTED TO BE […]

Global Perception

Israel is globally perceived more negatively than any other country in the world, ….followed by North Korea. Negative perceptions of the US have also exploded placing it near the bottom of global perception according to the 2026 Democracy Perception Index. https://allianceofdemocracies.org/democracy-perception-index This hasn’t helped Good Sunday morning beloved sentients. The war is about to restart–perhaps […]

“Never Mess It Up” – Xi

‘Never mess it up’: What Xi and Trump said on day one of Beijing talks | Business and Economy News | Al Jazeera NOTE on above photo, Trump during an interview with Hannity made a remark about Xi’s appearance. Back in the day my mother used to say “Personal remarks are NEVER in good taste.” […]

Web of War

Good Wednesday morning beloved sentients. Yesterday was a travel day and now we’re safely ensconced in our little suite in the lower mainland. I have to admit my prediction in my last post that Trump would TACO out of his trip to China was wrong. He’s there now. I guess I thought the pressure of […]

(Psycho)Path to War – Day 73

Will Trump visit China this week? Illustration courtesy Sonar21 Good Monday morning beloved sentients. Well, as my mother used to say…”It’s time to either fish or cut bait.” Or, to use a cruder metaphor: “It’s time to either sh!t or get off the pot.” Trump has been dallying for weeks now with his “ceasefire” while […]

The Set-Up

Good Sunday morning beloved sentients. Today is Mother’s Day and I wish all the mothers of the world a happy one as I await hearing from all my chicks. I have three children. My eldest, a daughter, is a doctor and according to her brief e-mail to me this morning she’s in the Amsterdam airport […]

Snap Back Mechanism

Good Saturday morning beloved sentients. WordPress really pulled a number on my post about “Driving the Malahat” yesterday. I published it and just went in to make a few editorial changes and half of it suddenly disappeared. LOL I post all kinds of inflammatory stuff about Trump and his wars but “Driving the Malahat” needs […]

Operation Clusterf*ck

Good Friday morning beloved sentients. It is a cool, overcast Spring day on the Malahat. I have a special bonus for readers this morning, After posting this regular daily update on the Clusterfck war on Iran started by Trumpanyahu I will be posting a piece about driving the Malahat Highway that copied from a local […]

Bog-US

Chart showing light crude oil futures Good Thursday morning beloved sentients. Yesterday’s post saw a reference to this new “news agency” called “Axios” that seemed to have the inside scoop on developments in the USrael War on Iran. I am not familiar with it but noted that others more in tune with news sources than […]

Negotiating with a Madman

Good Wednesday morning beloved sentients. Looks like Trump is desperate for a deal…he’s being pressured not by his supplicant slavish servile aids/advisers…but by the pressure of oncoming events: Trump is desperate but remains completely clueless about how to achieve his ends in international negotiations. The most he’s ever done in terms of negotiation is New […]