Oil and Gas rig counts along with oil price from 2021 thru Trumps “Drill-Baby-Drill”.
10.24.2026
8.20.2026
8.19.2026
7.09.2026
7.06.2026
Israel vs Turkey
As Trump heads to Turkey, Netanyahu says Ankara shouldn’t be given F-35s or fighter jet parts
Netanyahu goes to Fox News to make sure Trump and the MAGA crowd knows how he feels about it.
Speaking to Fox News, Netanyahu calls Turkey “a regime infected by the Muslim Brotherhood.”
“I don’t think they should be given F-35s or engines for their fighter jets,” he insists.
Last month, Trump seemed to indicate he would agree to sell Turkey F110 fighter jet engines and readmit Turkey to the F-35 program.
Netanyahu argues that such a move would “upset the balance of power in the Middle East, which is ultimately guaranteed by Israel’s air superiority and also America’s posture in the Middle East.”
It’ll be interesting to see how Trump handles it.
7.05.2026
4th of July in Teabagistan
Anger and confusion as Trump keeps July 4 MAGA crowd waiting in rain for more than an hour
A good 4th of July out here in Maga-land (formerly Teabagistan). Hot and sunny for a couple of days with parades and fun until late storms washed away the fireworks show.
One positive sign for the future, maybe.
The Trump-MAGA sales booth with flags, hats, cups, everything Trump or MAGA, that had been a cornerstone of the town’s celebrations for the last ten years was not there this year. I didn’t see any Trump-Maga crap for sale anywhere.
Maybe the fever is breaking.
7.01.2026
6.30.2026
Musk Killed Millions?
The Musk Killed Millions debate seems silly to me. The cuts probably didn't kill millions, yet. It may get there but we'll never really know.
But... It probably did or will cause a lots a lot of deaths.
The big question to me is who was the stupid fucker than handed Musk the job?
Why isn't the argument "Did Trump's USAID cuts kill millions"?
From Gemini:
The argument that Elon Musk "killed millions" centers on the severe reduction of U.S. foreign aid. Critics, including public health experts and political figures like Representative Ro Khanna and Bill Gates, attribute these fatalities to the major cuts Musk helped enforce at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). [1, 2]
The Core Arguments
- The Aid Cuts: While leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Musk oversaw a major reduction in U.S. foreign aid, slashing humanitarian spending from roughly $14 billion down to $3.7 billion.
- The Death Toll Projections: Studies—including research published in the Lancet—project that these cuts to vital health and nutrition programs will cut off millions of children from treatment, potentially leading to over 4.5 million child fatalities and millions of other total deaths by 2030.
- On-the-Ground Impact: Humanitarian advocates and journalists who traveled to affected regions report that the stoppage of funds has halted deliveries of HIV/AIDS medications, malaria treatments, diesel for ambulances, and emergency food relief. [3, 4, 5]
The Counterarguments
- Combating Waste: Musk and his supporters strongly defend the reductions. They argue that much of the foreign aid budget was riddled with corruption, graft, and misuse, claiming large sums never reached the communities they were intended to help.
- Mortality Statistics: Musk has dismissed the projections, retweeting localized mortality data which he claims shows that death rates in Africa actually decreased after the foreign aid programs were interrupted.
- Denial of Causation: Musk has fiercely rejected the accusations, characterizing the claim that his actions killed children as a smear and threatening legal action against critics who publicly attribute the deaths to his oversight of DOGE. [1, 8, 9]
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