Doug Henwood

Appreciate your report but it’d be nice if you showed some sympathy for Iranian suffering.

Experts are woke. Lethality!

How Trump and His Advisers Miscalculated Iran’s Response to War

NEW: Before the Iran War, Trump ignored warnings that Iran could retaliate across the region and stop oil shipments. Now, with energy markets in chaos, some aides are pessimistic about the lack of a strategy to end the war. But they haven't told Trump. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...

It would be quite the departure from my usual look.

This is a serious crime.

It’d be a steep learning curve

The U.S. Built a Blueprint to Avoid Civilian War Casualties. Trump Officials Scrapped It. The Pentagon dismantled its civilian protection mission as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority and the Trump administration reorganized national security around two principl...

The U.S. Built a Blueprint to Avoid Civilian War Casualties. Trump Officials Scrapped It.

"The civilian protection mission was dissolved as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority"

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

White House denies US energy secretary's claim that navy escorted an oil tanker throuah Strait of Hormuz

We're governed my liars, knaves, and morons, an ongoing series

Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...

Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job

“The databases…include records for more than 500 million living and dead Americans….“

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Israeli news channels mistake video game for footage of B-2 bombers over Iran Channel 12 Apologized for Erroneously Airing Footage Taken From the Gameplay of Digital Combat Simulator World, Which Can Be Found on YouTube and Was Uploaded Over Three Years Ago

Israeli News Channels Mistake Video Game for Footage of B-2 Bombers Over Iran - Israel News www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Ugh

My favorite press release of the day begins: "Are you covering any Taylor Swift-inspired beauty/skincare products?" Alas, not my beat.

No no no *we* won the war. The president said so.

There's that, but so much fake news, AI videos, everything seems completely unmoored.

Wheee!

It's very disorienting to live in the post-truth world. We were always marinating in lies and bullshit but something seems different about a time when you can just say anything.

They're just quoting Trump, who is not famed for consistency.

I grew up Catholic, meaning we didn't read the Bible a lot, but as I recall the message of Jesus, love is good.

Wonder if Bibi approves

Was it oil crossing $100? Or is he just talking shit again?

Ha'aretz: "Trump says war with Iran ‘pretty much complete,’ considering U.S. takeover of Strait of Hormuz"

Guess it’s ok then

nypost.com/2026/03/09/u...

If this keeps up next month's CPI is going to be a doozy.

It’s good for our side though

Oh great. Has someone told Trump?

"Hope is getting a permanent home," Obama says of his imminently opening Center, which looks more like lifeless repression to me.

The caps show how little mass death and destruction mean to these ghouls. It’s all a game.

This brought a tear to my eye.

Thanks all around!

Intel report warns large-scale war ‘unlikely’ to oust Iran’s regime A classified U.S. report doubts that Iran’s opposition would take power following either a short or extended U.S. military campaign.

A classified report by the National Intelligence Council found that even a large-scale assault on Iran launched by the United States would be unlikely to oust the Islamic republic’s entrenched military and clerical establishment…

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

Everything about this is appalling.