Sunday, March 1, 2026

Links 3/1/2026

Iran War: Quick Early Updates

Some of the latest Iran war sightings even as the fog of war and attempted narrative control is mighty thick.

The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Yeelen (Brightness) Run Time 1H 38M

Yeleen is a movie about magic and myth.

Massive US War Spending Hike Raises Debt, Taxes, Doubts

As US President Donald Trump pushes the world to war, arms spending has been rising worldwide. Wars secure more budgetary allocations, mainly benefiting the US-dominated military-industrial complex.

Links 2/28/2026

US, ISRAEL ATTACK IRAN, START REGIONAL WAR; IRAN RETALIATES AGAINST ISRAEL, US BASES IN BAHRAIN, SAUDI ARABIA, QATAR. UPDATE: ISRAEL TV REPORTS IRAN BLOCKS STRAIT OF HORMUZ

The US and Israel have launched a war against Iran. A great empire will fall.

Trump Says He’s ‘Entitled’ to Illegal Third Term as Allies Draft Voter Suppression Decree

Will Trump try to use the war just launched with Iran as part of a scheme to stay in office for another term?

Coffee Break: A Few Notes on the Incoming Surgeon General

Only one part this Friday. The president announced Casey Means, MD, would be his nominee for Surgeon General of the United States hearings in the middle of 2025.  The US Senate began considering her nomination this week.  The back and forth has been interesting.  Where to begin?  First we can start with the previous nine […]

The Hidden Math Behind Rising Electricity Prices

How high construction and financing costs are likely to lead to even bigger electricity price increases than anticipated now.

Links 2/27/2026

Iran War Watch: Iran Makes Real Concessions on Nuclear Enrichment But Can Trump Take That Win? UPDATE: Israel Embassy Evacuation Says War May Be Imminent

As stoopid and wildly US-hegemony-destructive as a war with Iran would be, the possibility is still very much in play.

Will the US Try to Pull a False Flag to Justify Escalating Its War on Cuba?

The Trump administration is capable of just about anything these days, especially when it comes to Cuba, Marco Rubio’s most coveted prize of all. 

How X’s Algorithm Shifts Political Attitudes

Not only does brain-pickling by algorithm work, but it has a durable effect by influencing voter information sources over time.

Curtis Yarvin’s Dystopian Plan for “Gaza Inc.” Closer With Proposed Stablecoin

Gaza will be rebuilt as the first fully native-digital, stablecoin-driven surveillance society and a dystopian model for others

From Fed Failures to Inflation and Stablecoins: America’s Trust Is Cracking

Bill Bergman and Larry Feltes argue that falling trust in government and financial institutions puts the U.S. economy in peril