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Also in the Washington post. Gift link on this site.

Is it carelessness or intentional stock manipulation?

I think an intentional manipulation of oil stocks by insiders is just as likely.

Trump is waging war to distract from so much!

Likely the most significant story in the news today.

Trump has many reasons to wage a war. So much to distract from.

“Trump admin acknowledged DOGE staffers were responsible for data breaches including sharing data through an unapproved third-party service & that one of the DOGE staffers signed an agreement to share data with an unnamed political group aiming to overturn election results in several states.”

Oops; the second to bottom row of windows.

Does look like bulging and general distortion on the far right and also underneath that bottom row of windows.

U.S. Eases Limits on Russian Energy as Oil Prices Soar

Gift article from NYT.

"Bessent later said that the US was considering lifting more sanctions on Russian oil. Trump on Monday said in a news conference that his administration was “waiving certain oil-related sanctions to reduce prices.”

Start a war - use Putin's oil to reduce prices. Genius eh? 🤦‍♂️

I wonder why.

The US will never recover from the Trump era unless Citizens United is abolished.

“In the past six years Spain has doubled its wind & solar capacity & reduced its dependence on gas power dramatically. Renewables account for about 16 % of the energy mix in the US whereas more than half of Spain’s energy now comes from them… Spain’s economy is booming”

Cancer Haunts Neighbors of Canada’s Oil Sands Wastelands

Cancer Haunts Neighbors of Canada’s Oil Sands Wastelands. The rich get richer and the rest get sicker. Oil companies never met their clean up requirements. And govt doesnt care, especially Smith’s UCP www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/h...

“Nearly 700,000 people have been driven from their homes in Lebanon, the United Nations said on Tuesday, as Israel’s mass evacuation orders & bombing campaign transform the country into a major new front in the expanding Middle East war.”

Humanitarian crisis caused by Trump’s fear of Epstein Files.

Such hypocrisy; violently arrest people who are obeying the rules and attempting to legally immigrate.

Rogue state. That’s the US of A.

“Destroying Iran’s energy infrastructure will make it harder for oil markets to recover in the future and make life still harder for ordinary Iranians. Those are problems for Trump that Netanyahu doesn’t worry about.”

They don’t include the Vietnam War in their analysis. Why?

This is heartbreaking and infuriating because it is intentional cruelty.

Knowingly cruel to children. The United States of America.

The last photo of third-grader Mikaeil Mirdoraghi, waving to his mom before he left for school. He was killed shortly after in the U.S./Israeli strike on a primary school in Minab.

I’m not surprised.

Right-wing podcasters; “influencers”; moving the culture in a sick direction.

Gen Z males twice as likely as baby boomers to believe wives should obey husbands Global survey shows young men and boys hold more traditional views about gender roles than older generations

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... @profgalloway.com

Kill their children, insult them daily, bomb their homes and businesses indiscriminately.

And then act surprised?!

Your first cousin, once removed.
I think that’s right.

Trump is going to make them Ambassadors to the most important US allies.

The perfect analogy, not just for Congress, but for the entire cult as well.

New Westminster, BC sunrise.

Snow in the forcast.

I knew pigs as a child. They are intelligent and emotional. This is horrible legislation.

Please call your rep and stop it.

‘Flying Cars’ Will Take Off in American Skies This Summer The federal government announced a new pilot program designed to get new kinds of ultralight vehicles and “eVTOLs” up and running around the country—even if they’re not fully FAA-certified.

“The Trump admin signaled its support for the new aviation tech when the president signed an executive order meant to cut “burdensome red tape” around the operation of drones, “flying cars,” & supersonic aircraft in the US.”

Flying cars, no regs, what could go wrong?

www.wired.com/story/flying...

James Talarico Delivers Sermon Against Christian Nationalism YouTube video by James Talarico

This is 2.5 years old but very revealing about the character of Talarico.

I hope he has a long and influential career.

youtu.be/Blph_2RSBno

Justifiably the worst law in the US in terms of undermining democracy and the vision of the Founders, is Citizens United. A close second is amending the Constitution to eliminate the Electoral College as it now works to undermine the ideals of the Declaration of “Independence and Bill of Rights.