Sleazebag

Good Monday morning beloved sentients. Can you even believe that the President of the United States issued the above post just last night?! How can any tax payer paid elected official get away with destroying the reputation of the nation in this way? Even a dog catcher would lose his job if he wrote such […]

Ensnared

Good Sunday morning beloved sentients. Another glorious, sunny day on the Malahat and we’ll be hosting the family later with a barbeque. First, let’s try to sum up the geopolitical earthquake that has taken place in the Middle East over the past few weeks and months if you want to go back as far as […]

50/50

From Suliaman Ahmed’s X account: DETAILS OF U.S & IRAN AGREEMENT [Memorandum of Understanding] as of May 23, 2026 2:43 pm End of war on all fronts including Lebanon Unfreezing several billion dollars of Iran’s blocked funds Lifting the U.S. naval blockade and opening the strait of Hormuz Withdrawal of American forces from the immediate […]

Global Choice – Sanity or Insanity

Good Wednesday morning beloved sentients. We’re back on the Malahat and it is a bright but cool Spring morning. Going to do some gardening later on today. Put in two tomato plants that I brought from the mainland. But, first, let’s see how far I can post today without the WPCSIS gremlin[s] who are now […]

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 […]

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 […]