Monday, November 9, 2026

King Donald's War, Part 14. The Houthi Edition.

Emblem of Yemen.

September 20, 2026

The Houthis hit the Saudi capital of Riyadh with drones.

September 25, 2026

The Senate voted against a resolution demanding an end to the war or Congressional authorization 50 to 49. Four Republicans — Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — voted in favor. Spinless wimp John Barrasso of course voted against.

October 5, 2026

The US withdrew its strategic bombers from the United Kingdom in reaction to some sort of attempted attack on a US installation.

Frankly, at this point, it's impossible to know what's a legitimate US. action vs. Trump drama.

October 10, 2026

The Houthis hit the airport at Riyadh again.

King Donald has declared there will be no strikes on Iran until after the election.

October 15, 2026

A container ship with 2,500 containers hit a mine and sank in the Strait of Hormuz.

King Donald stated yesterday that the war will end as soon as he wants it too, which he said will be soon.

November 3, 2026. U.S. Election Day

The US carried out strikes on Qeshm Island, citing them as defensive in nature and designed to protect US assets in the region.

There are pretty consistent rumors that the war will ramp up again after today.

November 8, 2026

A Houthi drone hit a large office building in the Saudi Capital.

November 9, 2026

Q: What’s the deal that gets the strait open?
Trump: The strait is open. We have ships going through.
Q: But the ships that are going through are being babysat by a large military presence.
Trump: It’s not very expensive.
Q: Just leave them there indefinitely?

Trump: The countries that we protected will pay us back any and all costs because without us, they wouldn’t exist.

Trump spouting utter horseshit on 60 Minutes.

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King Donald's War, Part 13. A Second Rate Military lead by a Third Rate Clown College with a Secretary of War who should be impeached.

Labels: 1940, 1940s, 1941, 1948, 2020s, 2026, Curragh Mutiny, Israel, John Barrasso, King Donald's War, Mike Johnson, Military, Pete Hegseth, Thomas Massie, U.S. Navy, United States and Israel v. Iran, War, Women, Zeitgeist

Sunday, November 8, 2026

Friday, November 8, 1946. Desmond's arrest launches a civil rights movement.

Black Canadian businesswoman Viola Desmond refused to leave the balcony section of the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, thereby starting the civil rights movement in Canada.

Desmond, who owned a beauty school was arrested for the event. The subsequent legal proceedings took a heavy personal toll on her, and she ultimately ended up divorced and closed the school. She died in New York in 1965 at age 50.

The Japanese government expelled 162,915 employees who had served the Imperial Japanese government during World War Two. The US participated in identifying those who were fired.

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Tuesday, November 5, 1946. 1946 Midterm Election.

Labels: 1940s, 1946, 1946 Election, Democratic Party, Frank A. Barrett, Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Lester Hunt, Republican Party, Wyoming

Sunday, November 8, 1936. Nationalist attack at Madrid.

The Nationalist under Emilio Mola launched an attack on Madrid. The Republican XI International Brigade arrived in the city on the same day. Fighting was expected to be brief.

Mola was Cuban born, of a Spanish family.

Former Spanish colonies Guatemala and El Salvador recognized Francoist Spain.

Guatemala was ruled by authoritarian military figure Jorge Ubico, so it's not too surprising that Guatemala opted for the Nationalist. Likewise, El Salvador was governed by far right wing military figure Maximiliano Hernández Martínez.

The American press was already characterizing the Nationalist as "fascists", which isn't quite accurate.

They certainly weren't democratic, but Spanish fascists made up a minority of their support. They were rather nationalist extreme conservatives, at a time at which Spain's government, just elected, was effectively communist. The Spanish civil war is often inaccurately filtered through the lens of what was occurring in Italy and Germany, both of which of course supported the Nationalist.

But then we do the same. In our own time, as we'll discuss in an upcoming thread, a lot of people still refer to the MAGA branch of the Republican Party as "conservative", when in fact it's fascist.

The Spanish language press used the same terms.

The war in Spain was naturally of interest in Spanish speaking countries, as well as the Spanish speaking community, such as in Los Angeles where this newspaper was published.

250,000 people gathered in Hyde Park in support of the Jarrow Marchers whose protest on their dire economic condition had concluded.

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Friday, November 6, 1936. Republicans murder, Nationalists suspend some murders.

Labels: 1930s, 1936, Basque, Catholic, Christianity, Communists, Francisco Franco, religion, Siege of Madrid, Spain (Madrid), Spain (Valencia), Spanish Civil War, Spanish Nationalist, Spanish Republicans, War Crimes

Wednesday, November 8, 1911. Stop gambling. Progressives take 1911 Election.

The legislature of the Anhui Province voted to secede from Imperial China.

The County attorney of Laramie County warned that all gambling must stop in the county.

The situation in China continued to make the front pages, as did the big left wing gains in the 1911 election.

Left wing gains?

Oh my. Chuck Gray is probably wetting his bed at the mere mention of the 1911 election. Hageman is probably going to come out and insist that we go to war with 1911.

The 1911 Election was an off, off year election. I.e., very much an off year.

The Santa Fe railroad was boosting itself in the Denver press for tourism.

The Union Pacific was boosting California.

The May D&F tower in Denver was the subject of a cartoon.

The prominent downtown Denver landmark is still there.

Last edition:

Tuesday, November 7, 1911. First New Mexico State Election.

Labels: 1910s, 1911, China, China (Shaanxi), Chinese 1911 Revolution, New Mexico, Nobel Prize, Science, Yuan Shikai (袁世凱

Wednesday, November 8, 1876. Third Cavalry returns to post.

The Third Cavalry returned from campaigning to Ft. D. A. Russell.

A well regarded Civil War artillery horse died.

Old Sam, War Horse

Mary Davis was elected Justice of the Peace in Tie Siding, Wyoming, a small town outside of Laramie Wyoming. She was the first woman in Wyoming to be elected to the position (there had been women appointed to justice of the peace previously).

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Tuesday, November 7, 1876. The Election of 1876.

Labels: 2020s, 2026, 2026 Election, 2026 Election Post Mortem, Donald Trump, Francisco I. Madero, Mexico, Noblesse oblige, Pope St. John Paul II, Reconstruction, Stephen Miller, The wealthy

Subsidiarity Economics 2026. The Times more or less locally, Part 13. “Walmart Recession Signal” grows louder.

October 21, 2026

According to the economist who came up with it, the “Walmart Recession Signal” indicating an oncoming recession is getting louder.

Tonight, I'm also pleased to announce that the Department of Agriculture will be launching a new harvest fuel relief program, providing our farmers with $8 billion in support to offset diesel costs during this harvest season

Donald Trump.

So the fuel relief is to relieve high fuel prices caused by the war against Iran which is illegal, and will be paid for by money we don't have.

Sure, that makes sense somehow.

Oil is coming out of the Strait of Hormuz, under US protection, at roughly the same amount it was before the war now.

In other news.

Oklahoma Tribe Buys One Of The Biggest Horse Betting Operations In Wyoming

Sublette Rejects Appeal For Girls Treatment Center, Owners May Take Fight To Court

October 22, 2026

Natrona County eyes two school closures. One is 40 miles away, the other is right around the corner

One of the schools is in Midwest.

‘It’ll Kill The Community’: Midwest Rallies To Save Grades 6-12 From Chopping Block

In a real irony, former House District 58 representative Patrick Sweeney went to the Midwest town hall on the subject. Long serving Sweeney was ousted by current representative Bill Allemand after the district was redrawn. Alleman was a complete asshole to Sweeney in a debate and ran, that time, as firebrand Freedom Caucuser.

He survived a challenge from Bar Nunn Mayor Peter Boyer whom he became crosswise with over a proposal to place the Radiant nuclear generator plant north of Bar Nunn, something Bar Nunn could not have stopped. Bar Nunn's city council meetings became the bizarre focus of the topic however with outraged populists even accusing some city council members of taking bribes, an absolute absurdity. Radiant eventually grew tired of the matter and decamped to Tennessee. Allemand, for his part, was arrested not all that long after for drunk driving. He's one of the few surviving members of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus, barely hanging on to his seat.

Allemand is apparently backing fanciful thoughts of declaring the school to be a charter school or forming a new school district, neither of which will occur It was really admirable of Sweeney to go out and speak to a group of people about their plight, which is concerning, which their votes for Allemand helped bring about. It's the classic Leopard's won't eat my face situation.

Campbell County Moves $500 Million Nuclear Fuel Facility Closer To Reality

Gillette Targeted For Massive $575 Million Uranium Processing Plant

October 24, 2026

Some headlines:

Midwest escapes. . . for now.

School funding crisis, brought to you by the Freakishly Dumb Caucus.

Kemmerer coal mine set to close in 2029, spurring Wyoming’s soda ash industry to seek new fuel source

Could Data Centers Save Wyoming Coal? Peabody Eyes 'Holy Grail' Strategy

October 26, 2026

Wyoming will receive $206,000,000 from the Federal Government for healthcare as part of a Federal rural healthcare initiative.

Now, I demand everyone in Wyoming on the far right who has decried socialized medicine to demand the state not accept the money. To not do so would be hypocritical.

October 28, 2026

Prometheus pulls plug on Natrona County data center
A proposed project promising up to $115 million in annual property taxes is off the table, leaving questions about what comes next for Natrona …

October 31, 2026

Falls Ranch, owned by 75 year old billionaire carpetbagger Russell Gordy, is still trying to recruit a data center.

Billionaire property owner to take over data center project in Natrona County

This is a good example of why: 1) nobody should be allowed to amass this degree of wealth, 2) people who don't make their livelihood in agriculture should not be allowed to own ag land.

This is a really good reason to bring in a wealth tax in Wyoming, and an idle rich landowner tax.

November 3, 2026, Election Day

114 large companies paid no federal income tax last year including:

Citigroup, with $4.4 billion in profits in 2025.
CVS Health, with $8 billion in profits.
Duke Energy, with $5.5 billion in profits.
Tesla, with $5.7 billion in profits.
United Airlines, with $4.3 billion in profits.
Walt Disney, with $8.3 billion in profits.

November 7, 2026

Headline in the Trib:

Wyoming gas prices fall 16 cents, but remain at November record

Rural Wyoming Meat Processors Get Nearly $1M From Feds To Expand

Don't say that's socialism though.

Brothers Who Sold $264M Ski Empire To Vail Resorts Set To Buy Snowy Range Ski Area

November 8, 2026

Acclaimed Park City Distillery Moving Its Headquarters To Evanston Roundhouse

Roundhouse, Evanston Wyoming

This is a large Union Pacific roundhouse in Evanston Wyoming. It's one of very few left. This one is now used as a museum.

World's Most Prolific Gold Prospector Seeking Next Big Strike Near Encampment

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Subsidiarity Economics 2026. The Times more or less locally, Part 12, the Deflect and Deny edition.

Labels: 2020s, 2026, 2026 Election, Donald Trump, inflation, Joseph Biden, The Second Trump Administration, The Trump Trade War with Canada, Trump War Inflation, United States and Israel v. Iran, Wyoming's boom and bust economy

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The Best Posts of the Week of November 1, 2026. The 2026 General Election Edition.

It was quite a week, to say the least.

A week in which the nation looked at the demented fascism of Donald Trump, and said, nope, not having it.

Wednesday, November 1, 1911. First attempt at bombing from the air. Large assemble of ships. Casper's current hospital (long before the Banner days) opens.

In the grand scheme of things, an event as important as any other this week, or this month.

Friday, November 1, 1946. The ordination of Fr. Karol Wojtyla.

Setting the Clock Back.

Thursday, November 2, 1911. M1912 holster adopted, Taft receives Naval gun salute.

By its very nature, this week is full of elections. Some more important than others.

Tuesday, November 2, 1926. The Election of 1926.

Monday, November 2, 1936. BBC starts television service.

It might be noted that the BBC is a state funded entity and is one of the best broadcasting organizations in the world. Bedwetters like Harriet Hageman and Chuck Gray take note.