The Canadian Parliament dissolved over ratification of a trade reciprocity treaty, which the US had ratified but Canada had not.
I wonder what my great grandfather and great grandfather thought of the matter?
An election was called for September 21.
The Persian government put a price of $100,000 on the head of the former Shah who was now attempting to regain his thrown with the backing of Russia, and the opposition of the United Kingdom.
Ricardo Flores Magón argued in an op ed in Regeneración that the liberal/anarchist movement was not a personal political cult in order to distance the struggle of the now defeated Magonistas from individual leaders like Francisco I. Madero. Infighting was setting in.
Given that, it's not surprising that the U.S. Army remained encamped on the Mexican border.
Camp of 2nd Prov. Regt., Ft. Crockett, Galveston, Tex. July 29, 1911.
The frightening industry of the day carried forward.
Concrete mixing plant, Kachess Dam, Inlet Channel, Kachess River, 1.5 miles north of Interstate 90, Easton, Kittitas County, WA
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.
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.
The United States and Canada entered into their first reciprocal trade agreement.
The US, of course, wasn't governed by a senile chief executive, and for that matter, the chief executive at the time was not given unfettered powers.
Glenn H. Curtiss made the first sustained seaplane flight, taking off from San Diego Bay in his D-Hydro-Aeroplane and then landing on the Pacific Ocean off San Diego. Meanwhile, Roger Sommer set a new record for number of passengers on an airplane, flying five passengers in France thirteen miles.
Life magazine, which came out at odd times of the week, came out.
The cover illustration was by James Montgomery Flagg, and it wasn't one of his better ones.
It'll go up over the next several days with the US and Israel ineffectually rocketing Iran, and Iran ineffectually rocketing the entire Arabian Peninsula in a war that's going to get much, much, worse.
War, what's it good for? Well it's good for raising the prices of everything, that's for sure.
Pipelines create a lot of work while they're being built, although usually the pipeliners are from out of state.
March 3, 2026.
Oil is at $76.08.
Wyoming oil is oddly, still under $58.00/bbl.
March 4, 2026
Obviously everything is going great.
March 6, 2026
Brent Crude: $90/bbl.
March 9, 2026
There is no precedent for this. The sky is the limit.
Neil Atkinson, former head of oil at the International Energy Agency.
Don't worry, the American Supreme Leader has declared that this is a very small price for you schmucks to pay.
I thought we'd already ended the Iranian nuclear threat?
Well, we did, but didn't, the Dear Leader declares. So enjoy your higher price at the pump and remember, no Trumps will be harmed in the war, so it's all okay. That's the important thing.
Wyoming crude is at $75.00/bbl.
In spite of what his admirers seem to think, everything Trump touches, just turns to shit.
Cont:
Wild market today. Oil went up to $119/bbl and has since fallen to $90/bbl, as there's indications the administration might do something. Some financial analysts feel that petroleum may be reaching the "demand destruction" stage.
Cont:
I've worried, and warned, about this:
As previously noted, I assume Iran has sleeper cells. It's surprised me that they haven't activated them, but then, once you do, you probably only get to do it once.
Let's hope they aren't activating anything, or better yet, that they don't have any.
March 11, 2026
Headline in the CST:
Trump’s claim of ‘roaring’ US
economy not backed by data
2026 has kicked off with job
losses, rising gasoline prices
Sen. Roger Marshall on high gas prices: "Freedom is not free. Americans are gonna have to make some sacrifices."
Quite a statement in support of a war Americans didn't want launched by an oligarch who doesn't even drive.
Petroleum prices are a price leader, if they go up, given as all goods that are moved in this country are moved via a petroleum fueled thing, the price of everything goes up. So does the price of farming, so the price of food goes up.
March 13, 2026
Trump Removes Sanctions on Russia to Help Oil Flow Amid Iran Conflict
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it was “unfortunate” that the move could benefit Russia, but maintained that it was only for the short term.
The Trump administration seems to have no grasp on what it is doing at all.
The gravity of this can't be overemphasized. Crude oil is up 47%, so far. Fuel prices are going to go up. The boneheads running the war hit a fuel loading island yesterday. Fertilizer is going to go up, and food production down.
It's clear Trump thought this war would be over in a few days, even though we know that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs warned against the war. This is going to go on for months. Prices will continue to climb.
Trump hasn't really been correct on a single thing he's done in his second term so far. This is the shit icing on the shit cake. It's going to be extremely bad.
March 16, 2026
Something that Americans seemingly failed to take note in the Trump economy, which has been backwards looking, is that the rest of the world has been rushing into an electric future.
Contrary to what Donald Trump imagines, China is investing in wind power like crazy and now over 50% of new vehicles sold in China are electric.
The current war will accelerate those efforts everywhere but here, and as a result, we'll get further and further behind the curve.
This is what rule by demented octogenarians and their acolytes produced.
