Friday, March 22, 1946. First U.S. rocket to escape the atmosphere.

The U.S. Army made the first successful out of atmosphere rocket launch by the U.S.

The rocket, a Bumper-WAC was a two staged rocked based on the German V-2.

Transjordan and the UK signed the Treaty of London giving Transjordan its independence with the UK retaining military bases in the country.

Cardinal Clemens von Galen, the great Catholic German cleric, died at age 68 from appendicitis.  He had only been made a cardinal the prior month.  He had been a fearless opponent of the Nazis.  To some degree, it's hard not to put him in the category of men who died shortly after World War Two after having struggled so mightily during it.

Von Galen is sort of a model of our own time.  He was very German but loyal to higher things.  He came from German nobility but served the Church, and he wasn't afraid to confront the barbarity of the Nazi regime.

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Thursday, March 21, 1946. The Strategic and Tactical Air Commands created.

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King Donald's War, Part 2. Just a few Marines. . .

 

U.S. Marines land at Da Nang, March 8, 1965.  It was just a few. . and then some airmen. . . and then the perimeter had to be protected. . . and soon, 50,000 U.S. troops were dead.

March 31, 2026

King Donny can't figure out how to get out of his war. The Iranians can't and won't surrender.  The Iranians won't leave the Straits of Hormuz  alone.  The NATO countries, several of which have been threatened by King Donny with the use of military force, have replied to his request for naval assistance with variants of "fuck you and the horse you rode in on" and are perfectly happy to watch the US, which they don't like under Trump, and Israel, which they generally don't like, stew in the fat of Donald's juices.

Faced with this, the more rah rah, let's engage in a Protestant Crusade against Islam crowed, and the more sober military minds who have read history, are causing Marines to be deployed.  Chances are, they aren't equally enthusiastic about deploying them, as the results of that will be a full scale and even more illegal war than the one we're currently in.

The economy, meanwhile, is turning to a steaming pile of shit, like everything else Donald touches.  The stock market is supposedly the only thing the legacy seeking King Donny pays attention to, which probably means that his oligarchic connections are being hurt and calling him up on his cell phone telling him to get out before the wreckage matches that of the East Wing.  King Donny, meanwhile, probably doesn't want to be remembered as the idiot who got 20,000 ground troops or more killed.  So, as of yesterday, he's thinking of surrendering by simply pulling out.

Overnight, the Iranians targeted Diego Garcia with missiles but not reached their targets for one reason or another, including their being intercepted.  Diego Garcia was not previously thought to be within range of Iranian missiles, and it still might not be, given that they didn't hit.  Or it may be, or it may be that Iran has improved the capabilities of their missiles over the last couple of weeks.

Iran is busy destroying Middle Eastern oil infrastructure.  The economic impacts will last for years.

March 21, 2026, cont:

Iran and the US/Israel exchanged attack nuclear facilities today.

March 22, 2026

Trump announced that if Iran does not open the Straits of Hormuz within 48 hours the US will commit a war crime and start to destroy power plants.

This would be flat out an illegal at, it serves no military purpose whatsoever.

Last edition:

Wars and Rumors of War, 2026. Part 5. Trump's forever war. King Donald's War, Part 1.

The Madness of King Donald. The 25th Amendment Watch List, Tenth Edition. Finger on the nuclear trigger.

 

Oh yeah, that's the look of a sane man, right?   Photo by LAURENT GILLIERON / POOL / AFP via Getty Images, posted under Fair Use Exception.

Kaitlan Collins:  "Mr. President, what would you say to sex abuse survivors of Epstein who haven’t seen justice” 

Donald Trump: “You know, I’ve never seen you smile”

Man, that's creepy.

I wonder how many teenage girls head that after they were raped at Epstein Island?

February 7, 2026

Trump claimed in an interview with the New York Post that Venezuela failed to get their AAA rockets off the ground during the U.S.'s raid as the US used a "discombobulator" on them.

Um. . .sure.

In a bit of a defense for the deranged prince, what the military probably was referring to was an electronic jamming system.  While no doubt the most recent variants are quite advanced, such systems have been around for a very long time.

Trump's incredibly racist post depicting the Obama's as apes was taken down and blamed on a staffer.

Um. . . sure.

Trump is also claiming that the US has wanted a triumphal arch for 200 years, with is complete nonsense and which is only slightly less weird than his claim that Presidents have wanted the giant outhouse he hopes to build for 100 years.

February 9, 2026

Loss of inhibitions can be a sign of dementia.

This is definitely a "get off my lawn" moment.

February 10, 2026

Trump is clearly unhinged.

A spoiled brat and a real estate developer by trade, he sees the world through a pinhole.  His mind is turning to much.  He needs to be removed.

February 20, 2026

I flew to Iraq. I was extremely brave. I said to my people, 'Am I allowed to give myself the Congressional Medal of Honor?'…Someday I'm going to try. I'm going to test the law

Donald Trump.

February 21, 2026

Greenland has universal health care.  

Greenland is presently taking care of a U.S sailor evacuated from a U.S. submarine. . . by a Danish Seahawk helicopter.

Trump is completely delusional.  He should be removed.

Greenland doesn't need this, and moreover, Greenland's universal healthcare is something Americans lack.  If anything, Denmark should send a hospital ship to us.

This is patently absurd.  Frankly, at this point, anyone supporting Trump is not doing so out of faith in him, unless they're just willfully ignorant.  So outside of that, why on Earth is anyone not demanding that he be removed?

March 4, 2026

Mad King Donny is threatening to cut off all trade with Spain.

March 16, 2026

This is the first installment of this since Trump ignored his advisers and launched a war against Iran that he thought might last a few days and bring him a big victory.

It isn't.  It's wrecking the economy and there's no end in sight.   He is, of course, having a complete fit:

With Iran, Trump has met something that truly doesn't care what he thinks about anything whatsoever.  He can't bully them, he's already attacking them.  The news isn't cheery and he can't lie his way out of it.

Given this, the stress of his complete impotence here is going to get worse and worse, and probably with that, his behavior  He's threatening not to directly take on the Press, which may finally cause the US press to grow a spine.

And things may be beginning to finally happen:

A theory very close to the one I've advanced here.

We are now in a very dangerous place in the globe. Trump is an immoral man, and he's demented.  He's also getting desperate.  At some point my guess is he'll start asking Hegseth about what nuclear weapons might do here.  And he will commit, to some degree, U.S. ground forces.

March 22, 2026

In his madness and frustration over his  massive, and frankly stupid, miscalculation over Iran's reaction to being attacked in an illegal war by the US, Donald Trump is now resorting to broadcasting his illegal intentions on social media.  If Iran does not open the Straits of Hormuz, which its not going to, he's going to order US forces to illegally strike the electrical power structure of Iran.

Trump is a monster.  The 25th Amendment  must be invoked now.

With Trump reaching new levels of barbarism and insanity, we will close with this edition.

Last edition:

The Madness of King Donald. The 25th Amendment Watch List, Ninth Edition. Trump is insane and the end of the United States as a great nation.

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An Evening Meditation on St. Joseph's Day a reminder of the significance we fathers have in shaping those around us

 

An Evening Meditation on St. Joseph's Day

a reminder of the significance we fathers have in shaping those around us

- Neil A. Waring's - Confessions of a Writer of Westerns: Getting Older - Writing On - Enjoying Life

- Neil A. Waring's - Confessions of a Writer of Westerns: Getting Older - Writing On - Enjoying Life: When I was born, my life expectancy was just under 65 years. Today, for people like me born in the late 1940s, life expectancy is around 73....

The Agrarian Week of March 15, 2026

Corporations Shocking Plan for Our Food Supply

 

 20, 2026 No comments:  

It ain't pork if its served at your table.

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Wyoming Catholic Cowboys - raw and real: First Calf

Blog Mirror: Listen to the birds, not the news.

 

Nebraska is burning and its time to stop pretending this is normal.

 

Actually, that time was some time ago, but for those "clean coal" and "drill baby drill" people, you are converting the planet into an image of Hell.

It's not too late to address this, but it'll take major action.  The good news is that a nation that can waste billions of dollars on a war with Iran for no reason whatsoever, can afford to address it, and reverse it.

And not only, that, the rest of the world is leaping ahead of us in alternative energy systems, including China in spite of what the dolt in the White House says.

Simply believing that because we've always done things one way means its okay, or that our pocketbooks depend on coal and oil mean sit okay, is absolute lunacy.  The day of fossil fuels either needs to end, or they'll end us.

And as a final note, all too often I've heard farmers and ranchers take the global warming is a fib line. This year, there's no water in the west, none coming, and there will be none . We won't be growing anything. 

Wake up.

Wyoming Catholic Cowboys - raw and real: Checking Cows

Going Feral: The Feral Week of March 15, 2026

New And Notable Outdoors Gear: March 20 The good stuff, and what you need to know about it

Venison Reuben: Bringing Wild Game Into Irish Tradition

Blog Mirror: Controversial hydroelectric project above Miracle Mile earns Wyoming water quality certificate

Hunters Say BLM Wiped Out Favorite Hunting Location With Tree Removal

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

The Agrarian's Lament: Nebraska is burning and its time to stop pretending this is normal.

The Agrarian's Lament: Nebraska is burning and its time to stop pretendin...:   Actually, that time was some time ago, but for those "clean coal" and "drill baby drill" people, you are converting th...

Nebraska is burning and its time to stop pretending this is normal.

 

Actually, that time was some time ago, but for those "clean coal" and "drill baby drill" people, you are converting the planet into an image of Hell.

It's not too late to address this, but it'll take major action.  The good news is that a nation that can waste billions of dollars on a war with Iran for no reason whatsoever, can afford to address it, and reverse it.

And not only, that, the rest of the world is leaping ahead of us in alternative energy systems, including China in spite of what the dolt in the White House says.

Simply believing that because we've always done things one way means its okay, or that our pocketbooks depend on coal and oil mean sit okay, is absolute lunacy.  The day of fossil fuels either needs to end, or they'll end us.

And as a final note, all too often I've heard farmers and ranchers take the global warming is a fib line. This year, there's no water in the west, none coming, and there will be none . We won't be growing anything. 

Wake up.

Hungry Black Bears Out ‘Stupid Early’ Could Make Wyoming Spring Hunts Wild

2026 Access Report.

Wyoming Rancher Charged With Trying To Steal Elk Head From Helicopter Hunters

The Best Posts of the Week of March 15, 2026.

The best posts of the week of March 15, 2026, another week at war with no end in site. . . unless Trump surrenders and he's thinking about it.

Wednesday, March 15, 1911. .45 ACP Trials.

The 2026 Wyoming Legislature.

Doug Wilson, the Calvinist preacher who appeared in Pete Hegseth's weekly Pentagon prayer meeting, says that in his preferred Christian nation, anything that Protestants consider to be a "public displays of idolatry" would be banned, including Catholic parades.

Tuesday, March 16, 1926. Sgt. Stubby crosses the Rainbow Bridge.

Saturday, March 16, 1946. Route 66. George Mikan turns pro.

The Madness of King Donald. The 25th Amendment Watch List, Tenth Edition. Finger on the nuclear trigger.

The end of the American Century and planning for what comes next.

Friday, March 17, 1876. Battle of Powder River

Subsidiarity Economics 2026. The Times more or less locally, Part 2. The "War, what's it good for?" edition.

Nebraska is burning and its time to stop pretending this is normal.

 

The Nightcrawler. The train from Denver, Colorado, to Billings, Montana.

The truth of Corned Beef & Cabbage

 

Were Muffins Less Sweet a Hundred Years Ago?

Lex Anteinternet: The 2026 Wyoming Legislature. The Return of Checkgate.

Lex Anteinternet: The 2026 Election, 5th Edition, part two: The Saddle Up Edition

"We can't just quit now". Yes, we can.

Wars and Rumors of War, 2026. Part 5. Trump's forever war. King Donald's War, Part 1.

Wednesday, March 20, 1946. Tule Lake closes but its residents struggles continue.

Two Weapons stories as the US heads towards ground troops deploying, again, in the middle east.

The New Republic in 1970: The Nonsense Explosion

Lex Anteinternet: The 2026 Election, 6th Edition, Campaigning before defeats.

Subsidiarity Economics 2026. The Times more or less locally, Part 3. The Wharton Way.

King Donald the Unready* plays emperor without thinking and now there's no good way out.

King Donald's War, Part 2. Just a few Marines. . .

Ascendant Ignorance in the Age of Donald Trump. Ignoramus Watch Part 3. The Quack Edition.

Last edition:

The Best Post of the Week of March 8, 2026. The Week King Donald's War went astray for lack of purpose.