The United Kingdom extended the military court system over Boer guerillas.
The British were turning increasingly desperate, and harsh, in their effort to put down the ongoing resistance of Boer Bitter Enders.
William Carver of the Wild Bunch was killed in Jack Owens' Bakery in Sonora, Texas, by Sheriff E. S. "Lige" Briant and his deputies while attempting to effect an arrest for suspicion of murder.
Carver was one of the individuals in the famous Fort Worth portrait from 1900 and went by the nickname "News".
Trump's going to lose this case, which will be another example of the wheels coming off of his administration. His presence at the Court will not impress anyone, let alone the Justices. Trump seems to have lost any sense that he's not that impressive to about 70% of Americans.
His attendance is, frankly, appalling.
Cont (April 1, 2026)
JUSTICE NEIL GORSUCH: Do you think Native Americans today are birthright citizens under your test and under your friend's test?
D. JOHN SAUER, U.S. SOLICITOR GENERAL: I think so. I mean, obviously, they've been granted citizenship by statute ...
GORSUCH: Put aside the statute. Do you think they're birthright citizens?
SAUER: No, I think the clear understanding that everybody agrees in the congressional debates is that the children of tribal Indians are not birthright citizens.
GORSUCH: I understand that's what they said. But your test is the domicile of the parents, and that would be the test you'd have us apply today, right?
SAUER: Yes, yes. So, if a tribal Indian, for example, you know, gives up allegiance to ...
GORSUCH: Are tribal members born today birthright citizens?
SAUER: I think so, on our test, if they're lawfully domiciled here. I'm not s—, I have to think that through, but that's my reaction.
GORSUCH: I'll take the yes. That's alright.
Gee Louise, this administration is really something.
It turns out that Trump left after Justice Jackson pretty much eviscerated the solicitor, D. John Sauer, who was sent to argue this. Sauer's career really ought to be over for such a lame argument that was so obviously legal deficient. He's a former Missouri solicitor and, more important, one of the lawyers who was willing to represent Trump in the past.
The Strategic Air Command and the Tactical Air Command were created.
Shoulder patch of the United States Army Air Forces Strategic Air Command.
SAC therefore predates the Air Force as an independent branch of the military.
And so does TAC, which has been inactive since 1992, when it was merged into SAC.
I've been meaning to do a post on reorganization of the U.S. military, which the illegal war on Venezuela and King Donny's War shows to be a desperate need, but I haven't gotten around to it.
The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure went into effect.
French forces engaged in the The Battle of Thakhek in Laos, allowing the French to reestablish themselves in that portion of French Indochina.
Kenny Washington became the first African American to sign with a professional football team since 1933.
The final adjudication of the cases of Japanese internees who had renounced their citizenship during World War Two concluded, resulting in the closure of Tule Lake War Relocation Center. The litigation reversed their loss of citizenship, but the Justice Department would reverse that. It would take until the 1960s for their citizenship to be restored.
Almost all of those who had renounced their citizenship had recanted, and for that matter not all of the renunciations were genuine.
There were two air disasters in the news:
26 DIE IN C-47 CRASH; AB-29 FALLS WITH 7; Army Plane Explodes in Sierras, Lost 'Superfort' Is Found South of San Francisco
Well, it's over, thank goodness. And it turned out to be not nearly as bad as was feared, and it was feared to be pretty bad.
That doesn't really mean Wyoming is fully out of the woods here, however. The Confederate Caucus is a majority in the legislature, but they turned out to be ineffectual this time. Next session is a general session, and they will have fewer obstacles they have to deal with.
All of which makes the 2026 Election absolutely critical. The Wyoming Freedom Caucus needs to go. . .literally, back to where they came from. The sooner the better.
So what all happened?
A budget was passed, and without the bloodletting the Confederates wanted. That was a major victory for UW and the state. That's a singular impressive accomplishment. In addition to that, we have the following bills that Governor Gordon signed, with a few comments from me.:
HEA0001 HB0004 Birthing center-Medicaid coverage
HEA0002 HB0005 Oil and gas bonding pool-investment and earnings
HEA0003 HB0034 Firefighters-retirement plans
HEA0004 HB0035 Firefighters - paid leave and hazard pay
SEA0002 SF0018 Attendance of students in K-12 schools
This is the "schools open to all" statute. It was amended to include students attending school on a part time basis.
SEA0003 SF0031 Uniform mortgage modification act.
SEA0004 SF0047 Increase of Hathaway scholarship awards.
SEA0023 SF0071 Wyoming department of homeland security.
SEA0024 SF0053 Keeping amateurism in high school athletics.
A new statute providing:
21‑25‑401. Amateur status requirements.
(a) A student who represents a Wyoming high school in a sport or activity sanctioned by the Wyoming high school activities association shall be an amateur in that sport or activity as provided in this section.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, a student forfeits amateur status in a sport or activity by:
(i) Competing for or accepting money or other monetary compensation for competing in that sport or activity;
(ii) Receiving any award or prize of monetary value for competing in that sport or activity that exceeds the amount that has been approved by the Wyoming high school activities association;
(iii) Capitalizing on the student's athletic fame or the student's name, image or likeness by receiving money, gifts of monetary value, merchandise or other consideration related to competing in that sport or activity;
(iv) Signing a professional playing contract in that sport or activity. This paragraph shall not prohibit signing a letter of intent or similar document to commit to a college, provided that no compensation is paid in any manner while the student is participating in the sport or activity.
(c) The following activities do not forfeit amateur status under this section:
(i) Accepting money or other monetary compensation provided by a family member to a student to encourage the student to participate in the sport or activity;
(ii) Accepting money or other monetary compensation for the time required for participation in the sport or activity in a competition, camp or event that is not sanctioned by the Wyoming high school activities association if the amount of the payment does not exceed an amount specified by the Wyoming high school activities association. If prize money is available in the competition, the student or the student's parent or guardian shall complete a written declaration prior to the competition that specifies that the student, and the student's parent or guardian if applicable, will not accept any prize money and will only accept awards that do not exceed the awards amount authorized by the Wyoming high school activities association. This paragraph shall not authorize the payment of any money or monetary compensation that is contingent upon the student's or the team's finish or performance or that is given as an incentive to achieve a specific goal or performance. Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to authorize the payment of any money or monetary compensation for participating in events sanctioned by the Wyoming high school activities association or for competing for or on behalf of a Wyoming high school;
(iii) Accepting necessary meals, lodging and transportation to play in a competition for a sport or activity;
(iv) Accepting a nominal fee or salary for instructing, supervising or officiating in an organized youth sports program, recreation or playground activity;
(v) A school sponsored membership or fee that is paid for the student to participate in a youth serving agency, athletic club, community recreation center, instructional program, camp or similar program if the fee is paid directly to the program or agency;
(vi) Receiving an award, playing equipment, prize of monetary value or other consideration that does not exceed the awards amount authorized by the Wyoming high school activities association;
(vii) Receiving nonmonetary benefits or awards provided to members of an Olympic team or junior national team beyond actual and necessary expenses, including entertainment, equipment, clothing, long distance telephone service, internet access and any other item or service for which it can be demonstrated that the same benefit is available to all members of the nation's Olympic or junior national team or the specific Olympic or junior national team in question;
(viii) Accepting funds that are administered by the United States Olympic committee pursuant to its operation gold program;
(ix) Participating in member school, charitable or educational promotions or fund raising activities that involve the use of athletic ability by student‑athletes to obtain funds from donors, including swim‑a‑thons, lift‑a‑thons, shoot‑a‑thons or other similar events, provided no compensation or prizes are given to the student‑athletes based on their performance. Items that are provided to indicate participation in the activity including shirts, bags or other similar items shall not waive amateur status if the items are offered to every student‑athlete involved;
(x) Accepting scholarship funds, provided the funds are paid directly to a postsecondary institution and the funds are not available until after the student has graduated from high school.
(d) Violation of this section shall result in the student becoming ineligible to participate in the sport or activity concerned.
Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2026.
SEA0025 SF0012 Wyoming national guard reenlistment bonus program.
SEA0026 SF0013 Wyoming national guard member referral-amendments.
HEA0005 HB0112 Riverton state office task force-sunset.
HEA0006 HB0106 Smokebuster module leaders.
HEA0007 HB0032 English proficiency-commercial motor vehicle drivers.
HEA0010 HB0105 K-12 school facilities appropriations-2.
HEA0011 HB0107 Local government distributions.
HEA0012 HB0009 Grooming of children-offenses and amendments.
HEA0013 HB0028 Sexual exploitation of children-amendments.
HEA0014 HB0025 Wyoming's tomorrow scholarship program amendments.
HEA0015 HB0024 Review of charter school applications.
HEA0016 HB0002 Fast Track Permits Act.
HEA0020 HB0087 Omnibus water bill-planning.
SEA0022 SF0027 Leashed dogs for tracking-black bear.
I'd managed to forget that Wyoming legalized tracking dogs for wounded big game animals, which was a good change in the law. I had a dog at one time that would have been great at that, although I've never needed a wounded animal to be tracked.
This amendment added bears to the list of things that can be tracked.
Section 1. W.S. 23‑3‑109(d)(intro) is amended to read:
23‑3‑109. Use of dogs; dogs injuring big or trophy game animals may be killed; citation of owners of dogs harassing game animals; penalties; leashed dogs for tracking.
(d) A person may use one (1) leashed blood‑trailing dog to track a wounded or killed big game animal or black bear within seventy‑two (72) hours of shooting the animal. A person using a dog in this manner:
Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2026.
HEA0017 HB0023 Participation in school activities.
This bill amended a prior variant so that it now allows any student in a school district to participate in school activities whether or not they're attending public schools.
I get it, but frankly I'm not keen on home schooling and I'd have probably have voted no on this.
HEA0021 HB0122 Wyoming rural health transformation program.
HEA0022 HB0003 Wyoming pregnancy centers-autonomy and rights.
HEA0029 HB0126 Human Heartbeat Act
This is an anti abortion amendment, and while I'm opposed to abortion, I'm skeptical that this will survive a legal challenge. I hope it does.
SEA0028 SF0067 Wyoming state guard-amendments.
This bill changed the State Guard provisions so that Wyoming can have one at any time, not just when the National Guard is called up.
State Guards exist only in a few states, although I think every state had one during World War Two. Basically, they're no liable to Federalization. . . probably. They're a pet project for Freedom Caucus types who imagine them being a useful militia that can't be called up in case some weird President decides to wage war on Iran. . . oh, um not that, but if a . . . well anyhow.
Wyoming doesn't have one, and isn't going to. Nobody wants the expense.
SEA0030 SF0041 Portable benefit accounts.
SEA0031 SF0048 Stem Cell Freedom Act.
SEA0032 SF0020 Data privacy-government entities.
SEA0033 SF0010 Contracts for holding and treating mentally ill detainees.
SEA0035 SF0026 Game and fish property tax exemption-amendments.
SEA0036 SF0090 School facilities-use fees.
SEA0037 SF0105 Real estate brokers-duties and disclosure amendments.
SEA0038 SF0044 Gambling amendments.
SEA0039 SF0046 Skill based amusement games-licensed liquor establishments.
SEA0040 SF0014 Literacy position for K-3 reading program.
SEA0041 SF0107 Motor vehicle registration and plate issuance system.
SEA0042 SF0070 Omnibus water bill-construction.
SEA0043 SF0059 K-12 language and literacy program.
SEA0044 SF0056 Kratom product regulation.
SEA0045 SF0021 Wyoming stable token-amendments.
SEA0046 SF0035 School district-cell phone and smart watch policies.
SEA0047 SF0050 State engineer-surface and ground water study.
SEA0048 SF0058 Wyoming Indian Child Welfare Act sunset repeal.
SEA0049 SF0095 Driver's and motor vehicle services-third party providers.
SEA0050 SF0102 Wyoming energy transmission study.
SEA0051 SF0045 Local approval for simulcasting.
SEA0052 SF0088 Sex offenders-residence near child care facilities.
SEJR0002 SJ0006 Shared parenting day.
This bill shows how far to the left even people who think they are in the right, are:
A JOINT RESOLUTION designating April 26 of each year to be shared parenting day in the state of Wyoming.
WHEREAS, children are Wyoming's most important asset; and
WHEREAS, shared parenting is an arrangement under which parents who are separated or divorced are given joint decision-making authority and shared parenting time; and
WHEREAS, research indicates that children benefit greatly if they have a good relationship with both parents who are fit caregivers; and
WHEREAS, shared parenting arrangements offer children the benefit of building a relationship with each parent, provide parents with the opportunity to ensure the healthy mental, physical and emotional development of their children and create venues for parents to engage in positive, collaborative efforts geared toward the well-being of their children; and
WHEREAS, shared parenting arrangements recognize that even though the intimate relationship between the parents has ended, the familial relationships continue and require nurturing and cultivation to support healthy child development.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING:
Section 1. To highlight the innumerable benefits of shared parenting, the legislature of the state of Wyoming, designates April 26 of each year to be shared parenting day in Wyoming.
The state doesn't need a day on this. What the state needs to do is to repeal the repeal of the heart balm statutes and wipe out no fault divorce, for starters.
SEJR0004 SJ0009 Keeping public lands protected and decisions local.
This is a huge win we should really be proud of the legislature for.
SEA0053 SF0054 State banks and SPDI conversions.
SEA0053 SF0054 Special purpose depository institutions - amendments
All in all, the results were pretty good. There was only one really stupid bill passed and almost everything that the Freedom Caucus stomped into Cheyenne and declared they were going to do didn't happen. On top of it, they embarrassed themselves and made the Democrats look good by accepting checks form a clueless Confederate on the floor, and then pondered sanctioning the people who caught them.
And now there's a fairly dedicated movement to replace the Confederates in the legislature. People are sick of them. Adding to that, some of them are abandoning their posts in an effort to try to move on to other offices, opening them up. Some have drawn outright challengers, such as Bill Allemand who is being challenged by the sitting Mayor of Bar Nunn. At the same time, at least one, Jeanette Ward, who was booted out last election is seeking to get back in.
You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
Matthew, Chapter 24.
You have to make sure you know why you are going to war and then use decisive force to end it as soon as possible.
Colin Powell,
March 3, 2026
United States and Israel v. Iran
The war continues on, obviously, with the Administration struggling to explain what its about, why now, and why it can omit Congress from its constitutional duty.
It's expanded into a regional war, so far all aircraft and missiles. Included in the exchanges are those between Hezbollah and Israel in Lebanon.
It's become perfunctory to note that the Iranian government is horrible, which it is. It murders and rapes its own citizens in the name of an extreme variant of Shi'a Islam. But, there are a lot of horrible governments in the world. North Korea and Russia's are two such examples, Afghanistan's is another, and Trump of course cut a deal with them allowing them to return to power.
The Iranians were going to have a nuclear weapon, it has been claimed, soon, with soon being a bit of a moving target. A nuclear armed Iran would be frightening and that's the best argument for this offensive war, which would make it a preemptive defensive war. Even that argument, however, seems very poorly developed.
Marco Rubio gave the justification that, if another nation (Israel) attacked Iran, they'd attack us back, and that was an imminent threat. He claimed Iran was going to be attacked.
That basically would amount to handing the power to declare war for the United States over to Israel.
It just seems that, in reality, an aged demented Trump looking for some sort of legacy was talked into it by the Neoconservatives and Apocalyptic Evangelist in his circle of influencers, with perhaps, probably, Israel itself playing a role in that. Of all those goals, the Neocon one would be the least disturbing, which is not to say that it would not be disturbing.
One disturbing thing about that is that NPR, in its Politics podcast, ventured the opinion, not put this way, that Trump is basically drunk on power and will keep toppling governments as long as he's successful in doing so. If that's the case, we can predict that Cuba will be next as its a pet project of Marco Rubio.
The US has lost some aircraft to friendly fire, which in the age of cell phone video, makes for interesting video.
There's footage of this F-15 being shot down over Kuwait, which was a friendly fire incident.
I actually didn't know the F-15 was still in use by the US, but this very late model has only been in service since 2021.
An interesting thing on this video, other than its a female pilot (she was lucky, as she nearly went down in the sea) is that the video shows the airplane to be an F-15, which means the Air Force, and not just the Navy, is flying some of these missions.
The U.S. death toll is up to five.
Afghanistan v. Pakistan
Hardly noticed in all the general war exploding in the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan are fighting.
Cont:
United States and Israel v. Iran
Reports have revealed that at more than 30 military installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war in support of its being launched. One NCO reported that their commander told them today that the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus Christ.
I know that this was going to occur, and at least one Evangelical pastor in the U.S. has said essentially the same thing. This, I'd note, how Mike Huckabee sees the world.
So now we're at least partially in an American Evangelical Christian holy war against Shia Islam. It'll be a shock to Evangelicals, but they're a tiny percentage of the globe's Christians, and the percentage of them that hold such Millennialist views is even smaller. This is going to hurt us all, however.
It's also being reported that J.D. Vance encouraged Trump to go "all in", for lack of a better word. I'm not sure of his thinking, but he might be approaching this with a Clausewitzian view of how to wage the war, although that will require ground troops in the end. From a military prospective, that argument has merit to it. What it lacks here is legality.
March 4, 2026
United States and Israel v. Iran
A Republican official attempted to justify the war on Iran with the figure that 700 Americans had been killed by Iran in the past 47 years.
Over 800 Iranians have now been killed by the US and Israel in the past five days.
The US sank an Iranian frigate off of Sri Lanka yesterday. The attacking ship was a submarine.
Sinking enemy ships in wartime is legitimate. . . but this isn't a declared war.
United States in Ecuador
And we're now fighting somebody, just designated "terrorists", in Ecuador.
March 4, 2026, cont.
United States and Israel v. Iran
A Turkish missile was shot down over NATO ally Turkey and the Iranians launched a drone strike on an RAF base on Cyprus.
Without it apparently being obvious, both sides of this war are now lead or heavily influenced by competing apocalyptic visions. The US, by the theologically thin and ignorant New Apostolic Reformation Puritans and the Iranians by the Shia theocrats. Both want the wider war that they envision.
March 5, 2026
United States and Israel v. Iran
The Senate did vote on a war powers resolution that would have limited King Donny's ability to wage war. It failed.
This is being somewhat hailed as a King Donny victory, but it isn't. Actually, no matter how you regard the war, the fact that the vote occurred is a good thing as it somewhat, albeit very imperfectly, legitimizes the war. There has been some sort of vote, in other words, although less than that which is required.
The vote was largely on party lines.
Name ▼
State
Party
Vote
Angela Alsobrooks
Maryland
D
yes
Tammy Baldwin
Wisconsin
D
yes
Jim Banks
Indiana
R
no
John Barrasso
Wyoming
R
no
Michael Bennet
Colorado
D
yes
Marsha Blackburn
Tennessee
R
no
Richard Blumenthal
Connecticut
D
yes
Lisa Blunt Rochester
Delaware
D
yes
Cory Booker
New Jersey
D
yes
John Boozman
Arkansas
R
no
Katie Britt
Alabama
R
no
Ted Budd
North Carolina
R
no
Maria Cantwell
Washington
D
yes
Shelley Capito
West Virginia
R
no
Bill Cassidy
Louisiana
R
no
Susan Collins
Maine
R
no
Christopher Coons
Delaware
D
yes
John Cornyn
Texas
R
no
Catherine Cortez Masto
Nevada
D
yes
Tom Cotton
Arkansas
R
no
Kevin Cramer
North Dakota
R
no
Michael Crapo
Idaho
R
no
Ted Cruz
Texas
R
no
John Curtis
Utah
R
no
Steve Daines
Montana
R
no
Tammy Duckworth
Illinois
D
yes
Richard Durbin
Illinois
D
yes
Joni Ernst
Iowa
R
no
John Fetterman
Pennsylvania
D
no
Deb Fischer
Nebraska
R
no
Ruben Gallego
Arizona
D
yes
Kirsten Gillibrand
New York
D
yes
Lindsey Graham
South Carolina
R
no
Charles Grassley
Iowa
R
no
Bill Hagerty
Tennessee
R
no
Margaret Hassan
New Hampshire
D
yes
Joshua Hawley
Missouri
R
no
Martin Heinrich
New Mexico
D
yes
John Hickenlooper
Colorado
D
yes
Mazie Hirono
Hawaii
D
yes
John Hoeven
North Dakota
R
no
Jon Husted
Ohio
R
no
Cindy Hyde-Smith
Mississippi
R
no
Ron Johnson
Wisconsin
R
no
Jim Justice
West Virginia
R
no
Timothy Kaine
Virginia
D
yes
Mark Kelly
Arizona
D
yes
John Kennedy
Louisiana
R
no
Andy Kim
New Jersey
D
yes
Angus King
Maine
I
yes
Amy Klobuchar
Minnesota
D
yes
James Lankford
Oklahoma
R
no
Mike Lee
Utah
R
no
Ben Luján
New Mexico
D
yes
Cynthia Lummis
Wyoming
R
no
Edward Markey
Massachusetts
D
yes
Roger Marshall
Kansas
R
no
Mitch McConnell
Kentucky
R
no
Dave McCormick
Pennsylvania
R
no
Jeff Merkley
Oregon
D
yes
Ashley Moody
Florida
R
no
Jerry Moran
Kansas
R
no
Bernie Moreno
Ohio
R
no
Markwayne Mullin
Oklahoma
R
no
Lisa Murkowski
Alaska
R
no
Christopher Murphy
Connecticut
D
yes
Patty Murray
Washington
D
yes
Jon Ossoff
Georgia
D
yes
Alejandro Padilla
California
D
yes
Rand Paul
Kentucky
R
yes
Gary Peters
Michigan
D
yes
John Reed
Rhode Island
D
yes
Pete Ricketts
Nebraska
R
no
James Risch
Idaho
R
no
Jacky Rosen
Nevada
D
yes
Mike Rounds
South Dakota
R
no
Bernard Sanders
Vermont
I
yes
Brian Schatz
Hawaii
D
yes
Adam Schiff
California
D
yes
Eric Schmitt
Missouri
R
no
Charles Schumer
New York
D
yes
Rick Scott
Florida
R
no
Tim Scott
South Carolina
R
no
Jeanne Shaheen
New Hampshire
D
yes
Tim Sheehy
Montana
R
no
Elissa Slotkin
Michigan
D
yes
Tina Smith
Minnesota
D
yes
Dan Sullivan
Alaska
R
no
John Thune
South Dakota
R
no
Thom Tillis
North Carolina
R
no
Tommy Tuberville
Alabama
R
no
Chris Van Hollen
Maryland
D
yes
Mark Warner
Virginia
D
yes
Raphael Warnock
Georgia
D
yes
Elizabeth Warren
Massachusetts
D
yes
Peter Welch
Vermont
D
yes
Sheldon Whitehouse
Rhode Island
D
yes
Roger Wicker
Mississippi
R
no
Ron Wyden
Oregon
D
yes
Todd Young
Indiana
R
no
Now the Republican Party owns this war.
The Administration is already in violation of the War Powers Act as it didn't give proper notice for the war. It would appear that under the act it's ability to wage war legally will expire in about 90 days. Trump appears to be just dumb enough to believe that everything will certainly be okay in that period of time, which is far from guaranteed.
European wags are calling the war, which some idiot named Operation Epic Fury, Operation Epstein Fury.
cont:
The United States and a Gulf state are now seeking to purchase drone interceptors from Ukraine.
Rather ironic, really.
Trump has called on the Kurds in Iran to revolt.
That's a really problematic call to arms. The U.S. has a history of doing this with the Kurds and then not fully supporting them when the rise up. Right now, there's a rump Kurdish state in Syria, and a Kurdish population in Iraq, that would like to form a bonafide state. If the Kurds achieved a measure of autonomy in Iran, it'd be hard not to grant them full statehood.
That's fine, in my view, but it won't be fine in Turkey's view, which creates all sorts of problems.
cont:
The House also rejected a War Powers resolution to halt the war against Iran. The vote was 212 to 219.
While this will go back in sixty days or so, this effectively amounts to Congressional authorization, although again, imperfectly.
Two Republicans voted to halt the war. Four Democrats voted in favor of it.
March 6, 2026
United States and Israel v. Iran
It's increasingly clear that the U.S. is responsible for the strike on a school that killed over 100 young girls. Apparently the structure was once used by the Iranian military, but has not been for some time.
Meanwhile:
The pastors told Trump that the love of money was the root of all evil and that he needs to repent for his deeply immoral life. . . oh wait, that didn't happen.
God will not be mocked
Galatians 6:7.
Sen. John Barrasso, who is mostly seen now days standing behind John Thune with a serious look on his face, dutifully spouted the "we've been at war for 47 years" line in the last couple of days, as if anyone cares what his opinion is on anything. Everyone knows that if Trump came out later this week and said that we're killing school girls as we hate pistachios, Barrasso would repeat that.
Time asked King Donny about whether Americans should be worried about attacks in the U.S.. His reply:
I guess…We plan for it. But yeah, you know, we expect some things. Like I said, some people will die. When you go to war, some people will die.
Frankly, if Americans die, unless their names is Trump, Trump doesn't appear to care. But why would anyone think he would care?
On this, Iran had decades to insert sleeper cells into the U.S., and they don't have to be staffed by Iranian nationals. That doesn't mean, however that they did. Some nations that we assumed had done that in the past, like Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany, didn't.
It's always been assumed, and probably correctly, that the Soviet Union did.
Iran? If they didn't, I can't imagine why they did not, but they may not have.
What is sure right now is that they haven't struck. That doesn't mean they won't. Using sleeper agents is usually reserved for what basically amounts to total war, and its risky. Right now, all Iran really has to do is hang on until August or so, by which time if it hasn't surrendered, disgusted Americans will use the war against the GOP for being Trump toadies. That appears likely to happen anyhow. Use of agents might serve to simply make Americans mad, which could change that.
Strikes against economic targets, however, are another matter. There's not an oil refinery in the US that a terrorist can't damage somehow and that would not only be potentially hugely disrupting, but it would require the domestic deployment of troops and drive up the price of oil like crazy. It might also not so much anger, as opposed to scare, Americans.
What average Americans have to worry about is rogue individuals. In a country in which its so easy to acquire arms, we're very open to attacks like that which happened recently in Austin, or in Australia. The Trump regime would react to that by cutting into the 2nd Amendment.
Will that occur? Well it already has. But even at that, it didn't happen during the Vietnam War, which might be the most comparable to what we're enduring right now.
Which doesn't mean that we shouldn't be worried.
But don't worry too much. Donny, who lamented how many young men were being killed in the Russo Ukrainian War at one time, isn't concerned. If you die, well, that's just one of those things.
The Washington Post reports that Russia is providing Iran targeting information.
Cont:
King Donny has demanded an "unconditional surrender" by Iran, thereby completely removing any incentive the Islamic Republic has to enter into any sort of arrangement with the US whatsoever.
Generally, demand for unconditional surrenders are monumentally stupid and rarely work. Such a demand in part caused the Third Reich and Imperial Japan to fight beyond the point at which political forces in both countries would have ended those wars, and they (if we consider them to be two different wars) beyond the point at which they otherwise would have. Even at that, Japan's surrender actually turned out to have conditions imposed by Japan.
An unconditional surrender here would completely turn Iran's fate, and that of its Islamic regime, over to the United States. Why wouldn't they just fight on? This likely serves to strengthen the unpopular government.
It also puts the US military in a situation in which a ground invasion of Iran is practically mandatory. Staging that will be difficult as the US is unlikely to gain the cooperation of Iraq or Turkey in that, and of course thanks to Donny's brilliant first term diplomacy, Afghanistan as a staging area it not an option. Therefore it would appear a large scale maritime landing would be required.
Cont:
Well, the admiration is already trying to walk that back:
When he as commander in chief determines that Iran no longer poses a threat to the US and the goals of Operation Epic Fury have been fully realized, then Iran will essentially be in a place of unconditional.
Leavitt.
March 8, 2026
United States and Israel v. Iran
No end in sight.
Kurdish sources have apparently indicated that the US asked for them to take action against Iran, but they don't trust Trump so they declined.
United States v. Cuba
The administration is giving every indication that it intends to take unauthorized military action against Cuba next.
March 9, 2026
United States and Israel v. Iran
Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the killed Supreme Leader, is the new Supreme Leader. So the attacks did not effect regime change whatsoever, so far.
The United States lifted a sanction on Indian oil allowing that country to receive it, in light of rising prices, thereby giving Russian an economic benefit in the war.
March 10, 2026
United States and Israel v. Iran
At least commentator holds Iran's new Supreme Leader is more extreme than his father.
Cont:
I had a very good call with President Putin. We talked about Ukraine which is the never ending fight…It was a positive call on that subject
We obviously talked about the Middle East. He wants to be helpful…We had a very good talk, and he wants to be very constructive.
Trump.
At this point, even if you are the MAGAist MAGA of the MAGA, to not believe that the relationship between Donald Trump and Putin isn't weird, it's a willful decision. The Russians are giving Iran intelligence against us and our reaction is to lift sanctions on their oil.
And Putin wants to be helpful. Yeah, right.
Cont:
Nobody seems to notice, but acts of terrorism against the U.S. have spread into New York and Canada.
March 11, 2026
United States and Israel v. Iran
Headline from the Casper Star Tribune:
US, IRAN DIG IN
Which in Iran's case at least, was obviously going to occur. Our President didn't realize that, as he's an idiot.
