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@dlonorse

Retired from career in pension fund financial management. Travel, photography, music, art, books, save me from the madness in the world.

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Let Them Eat Crab! But sure, tell me again about “waste, fraud, and abuse

open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

The Trump Administration of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse.

12.03.2026 05:17 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

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12.03.2026 05:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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It has been 20 yrs since North Korea nuclearized. And to date it has accrued 50-100 warheads. Does anyone believe Iran can create 30-40 warheads in a year? And no test history? Ridiculous. We are in the most foolish war ever - & that’s saying something after the Iraq invasion under Bush the Stupid.

12.03.2026 04:15 👍 37 🔁 8 💬 5 📌 0
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12.03.2026 05:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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12.03.2026 05:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I agree. Also ever notice that lots of us born in the 50’s are named Barb?

12.03.2026 05:06 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Must you lump all of us together? Please find another epithet ? Virtually every human I protest with at least twice a week is older than dirt. That’s what I’m calling myself this week). I’m a 1950 ‘boomer’. We aren’t all brain dead, protested Vietnam w Phil Ochs, Iraq, still here. Lots of us

12.03.2026 02:36 👍 23 🔁 2 💬 6 📌 0
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They are real estate developers suffering from the Dunning-Kruger Effect.

12.03.2026 03:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Plans for record emergency oil release signal Middle East war could drag on for months-CNBC

12.03.2026 03:43 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

I FUCKING LOVE THIS!!!!!

LET’S FUCKING GO!!!!!

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12.03.2026 03:02 👍 106 🔁 41 💬 5 📌 2
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Cartoon by
Dave Granlund

11.03.2026 20:57 👍 585 🔁 216 💬 20 📌 9

Indeed. Even if this war was necessary at this time, we don't have the moral leadership required to prosecute such a war. We have a highly immoral, corrupt, and incompetent president who just wings it and cosplays commander-in-chief.

12.03.2026 03:39 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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I don’t think unconditional surrender is imminent.

12.03.2026 02:09 👍 14071 🔁 4191 💬 594 📌 297
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This is what happens when you vote for a pedophile. Shit gets darker and darker. Now MAGA y’all have blood 🩸 on your hands!
#SheShed

11.03.2026 18:05 👍 288 🔁 206 💬 24 📌 5
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Trump Keeps Finding New Ways to Withhold Money Even After 198 Lawsuits If the courts force the administration to restore money to one group, it moves on to another.

Trump is withholding billions in federal funding to punish opponents, coerce, block funds from “sanctuary”cities, remake programs & impose his views. His targets have repeatedly sued to stop him & courts repeatedly rebuke him — only for him to try again and again.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

11.03.2026 23:39 👍 190 🔁 68 💬 5 📌 1
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The FBI sadly has the most unserious, corrupt, and incompetent leadership in its history.

12.03.2026 00:03 👍 24 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 1

Our FBI has less credibility than the National Enquirer.
That's where we're at.

11.03.2026 23:50 👍 144 🔁 36 💬 9 📌 1

Is it because our oil reserves are empty?

11.03.2026 23:58 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Trump slaughters Americans (and persons) without so much as a shoulder shrug. Perhaps regime change is needed here first?

11.03.2026 23:57 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Even if the war ends fast, “normal” won’t fully return. Trust and relationships are slow to rebuild, and that shows up as less trade, less cooperation, and more expensive risk management.

11.03.2026 11:52 👍 864 🔁 262 💬 25 📌 11
Forecasts About War Are Usually Wrong—Here’s The Pattern, And Why You Should Worry | Justin Wolfers
Forecasts About War Are Usually Wrong—Here’s The Pattern, And Why You Should Worry | Justin Wolfers What if the most reassuring line in politics—“this will be quick and controlled”—is actually the biggest warning sign? War is brutally costly, so the economist’s puzzle is simple: if both sides know…

I'm not quite sure what to call this — a video essay, an explainer, an econ lesson, or something else.

It's my attempt to explain the economics of war — economic theories of how and why war occurs — and to use that framework to better understand our current moment.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=416b...

11.03.2026 13:04 👍 486 🔁 163 💬 23 📌 14
Pricing the Iran War's Future — Are Markets Right? | Prof G Markets
Pricing the Iran War's Future — Are Markets Right? | Prof G Markets YouTube video by The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway

A pretty great conversation with Ed Elson and @katie0martin.ft.com about what financial markets can tell us at critical moments, and what they're telling us about the war in Iran and America's place in the world. youtu.be/Jr7X0tlOl1k?...

11.03.2026 22:17 👍 224 🔁 54 💬 9 📌 4

So no one —still— in Trump’s inner circle can explain to him that prices do not fall greater than 100%? This is not higher math with Greek symbols. WTF? The Elvis Syndrome is firmly in place in the Trump regime.

11.03.2026 22:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Navy's Avenger Class Mine Hunters Have Left The Middle East For Good The last four Avengers in Bahrain were carried off on a heavy lift vessel at a time of crisis, where mining the Persian Gulf could come into play.

Now, a major issue here is that the state of USN mine countermeasure capabilities is... not good. As you might have seen, the last of the old Avenger-class was shipped out of the Gulf in *January*. Something which once again is very much on brand for the complete lack of long-term planning by Trump.

11.03.2026 09:13 👍 201 🔁 54 💬 4 📌 10
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IRAN WAR HAS COST THE U.S. MORE THAN $11 BILLION IN ITS FIRST WEEK, ACCORDING TO THE PENTAGON, AS REPORTED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES.

11.03.2026 20:41 👍 249 🔁 92 💬 17 📌 28

Muting “excursion”.

11.03.2026 21:32 👍 235 🔁 20 💬 14 📌 0
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Hegseth's fragile masculinity has doomed the US inews.co.uk/opinion/hegs...

11.03.2026 21:29 👍 680 🔁 174 💬 25 📌 11

Decreasing pharma prices by more than 100% again?

11.03.2026 20:45 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Kim Jong-un will soon enter the chat.

10.03.2026 21:18 👍 69 🔁 28 💬 9 📌 1