#Hegseth #SecDef #WarCrimes
Here's a thought: not one DIME more for the Dept of Defense until the current #SecDef is GONE!
Yes, of course that is extreme.
Ba-BYE!
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Large Scale Halloween police raid and Draft notice imposition in Kitai Gorod neighborhood of Central Moscow.
#Russia #Moscow #YouthCulture #DraftNotices #CultureWars
As an aside, a war on PIZZA?
Tracking a Russian Spy ship in British Territorial Waters
#RoyalNavy #Russia #NATO #MilitaryExercises #ViktorLeonov
RantWoman posts this just as background related to maritime issues
Monday, November 9, 2026
Sunday, November 8, 2026
What the Ship November 8
#StraitOf Hormuz #BlackSea #WarRiskInsurance #NATO #SafeNavigation
Escalation yes or no after midterms
Jones act waiver and reform
Ukraine war risk insurance?
Need for NATO action in the Black Sea?
Port safety checks
Anchor drags in the Baltic
SS United States
Bipartisan dislike of....by active duty troops
#Hegseth #Readiness #Poll #Iran
Listen for the views on the Iran war.
It's not like we really want people all cheery about the military, but the #SecDef needs to treat EVERYONE with RESPECT.
Friday, November 6, 2026
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Do US bases and weapons sales equal protection?
#MiddleEast #DroneWarfare #USWeaponsSales
"This election is a wholesale rejection on the left and on the right of US primacy in the Middle East
Calling out James Carville
Let's disagree with gusto and actually solve problems!
A "listen to the WHOLE interview" admonishment.
A belated Happy Halloween to Elon. Who is SCARED
#ElonMusk #CampaignFinance #Democracy #Justice
Fearmongering by the richest man in the world is just not a good look. Happy belated Halloween, dude.
Russia loses 2500 troops in one day and 50,000 in a month
#Ukraine #Russia #DroneWar
This kind of news is gory and TIRESOME.
Sigh
RantWoman is forcing readers to click if desired.
The Donroe Doctrine: richest men in the world ....
The Good news: containing the scenario here looks way more doable after the #Midterms
Oh the joys of autocracy / authoritarianism. STAND UP everyone.
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Kupiansk: fully robotic kill zone.
#Russia #Ukraine #DroneWarfare #Kupiansk
If you don't want to hear about the percentage of Russian troops entering this drone-patrolled "kill Zone" either skip ahead about 75% of the video or just keep things simple and look for other videos.
Happy Election Day with love and a new bombing campaign
#Iran #MarketManipulation #China #SaudiArabia #Russia #SecurityUmbrella
Monday, November 2, 2026
Who is bombing Iran? Who is in Charge? What does the US owe Israel?
#Iran #Israel #NuclearWeapons #Election #TacticalNukes #PickAxeMountain #MOAB #KineticWarfare #PublicOpinionInIran
Posting without comment...while the countrywraps up the #Midterms
Sunday, November 1, 2026
What the Ship for November 1
#Shipbuilding #DockWorkers #BlackSea #StraitOfHormuz #Diesel #China #JonesAct #Disinformation
War impacts not particularly in the headlines along with repeated recommendations to approach videos with caution
Thursday, October 29, 2026
Monday, October 26, 2026
Beyond Stupid
#Russia #Ukraine #DroneWarfare #SupplyChain #StarShield
#Demography #Slavophiles #Westernizers
#Iran
RantWoman does not entirely apologize for smushing several topics into one post.
Enjoy?
Historical framing
The Escalation Trap. Iran in period of maximum leverage to destroy the Trump Presidency
Iran looking for payback. Reports of plots against US diplomats. Note evacuations of US diplomats.
President #StableGenius needs a world crisis between November and January
Let's invite Europe to the party?
#Russia #Ukraine #Europe #NATO
Pyotr Kurzin: is the latest peace talk proposal inviting Ukraine AND Europe just performative
And then there are the tanks, new tanks moved to the borders of new NATO states.
Radars too,
Belarus
Kaliningrad
Russians buying up sites near military locations and assumed to be good for spying
In other words, who needs nukes. Drones are more than enough excuse for more militarization.
The War and Russian Grain Shipments and Russia headed to economic collapse
#Russia #Ukraine #GrainWar #BlackSea #Sanctions #NATO #DroneWarfare
Detailed account of shipping levels, prices, sanctions, military attack impacts
War impacts grain shipments from Ukraine also but Ukraine has other options.
And the war comes to Russia in LOTS of ways
Analysis of Ratcliffe's August visit to Moscow
The Military Show channel has multiple other videos
Sunday, October 25, 2026
Oh Rats. Elon is having a bad week and lots of people are paying the price
#SpaceX #SpaceForce #Elon #Privatization #StarShield
Europe needs more nukes?
#NuclearExercises #NuclearDeterence #NATO #Europe
The question mark in the title is the point. What about better diplomacy? What about fewer slimeballs "negotiating" on behalf of the US? Putin?
RantWoman understands the point of nuclear deterrence, but in an age of AI trying to run wild all over critical connectivity dependent infrastructure and war-related disruptions in supplies of almost everything, WHO NEEDS NUKES to do damage?
Malcolm Nance says it all about Musk, Diesel...
#StarlinkThrottled #Treason #Nationalize #Russia #Ukraine #WarCrimes
As an aside, JAPAN
Saturday, October 24, 2026
Likely not the only Russian saboteur but a VERY big fish
#Russia #Ukraine #Karpenko #DroneWarfare #Stupnikov
Description of high casualty military action and some footage of explosions.
It's war. It's awful. And there are ways to fight what is wrong.
Strategy?
#Strategy #Trump #Russia #Europe #TheDonRoeDoctrine #SmallManSyndrome #PivotalError #History
The US is in trouble.
And Putin is in trouble
Putin Said He'd Restore Russia. He Destroyed It Instead | Sarah Paine
Friday, October 23, 2026
The Strait of Hormuz: disinformation? misunderstood information
#StraitOfHormuz #DroneAttacks #TankerTrackers
Data about how much oil is getting loaded and moving? Who has reliable data?
Senator Kennedy says...
Love him or hate him, agree or disagree, sometimes just listen to Sen. Kennedy.
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Europe standing up to the "absolute BS" coming from President #StableGenius
#Ukraine #Russia #Europe #Putin #Trump
Realignment and an MoU
#MuslimCountries
Interesting. RantWoman sarcastically cannot fathom a single reason anyone in the world would fail to trust the US and want to realign and reprioritize their international relations.
Watch for some fresh new Islamophobia?
Is it way too much to hope that there will be some thoughtful area studies specialists and diplomats in this picture?
France and the world
#France #FuelPrices #Xenophobia #Europe #Education
RantWoman is starting out with TYT and will strive to collect some other perspectives.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
The chaotic non-evacuation of the US Naval base in Bahrain
#Bahrain #USNavalBase #IncompetentLeadership #Iran
How many more ways can President #StableGenius and the Secretary of #WarCrimes find to completely disrespect ordinary members of the US military?
What a strategic disgrace. What an embarrassment on SO many levels.
Who on earth can be induced to join a military that so blatantly disregards the realities of our troops' family lives? Not that RantWoman is a big fan of people joining the military. RantWoman trusts that our troops are SUPPOSED to get training about responsible actions. Also, RantWoman does not think people should get sent off to STUPID WARS in the first place.
Yet another way the current administration finds to screw ordinary people.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Will the BBC actually get to have Jack Smith sit for a deposition????
#J6 #JackSmith #BBC
Where the HELL has the #GOP been?
Here we are in the land of the rebellious colonials depending the Brits, The Guardian, Reuters, the BBC to tell us the truth about our own government!
Thank you to the BBC for having more backbone than ABC and all the legal firms that just rolled over at the beginning of President #StableGenius 2.0
Thank you to Reuters for looking at satellite images of all the damage to oil production infrastructure at the beginning of the US / Israel assault on Iran.
And thank you to the Guardian for relentless attention to LOTS of important issues.
And some more comments
Sunday, October 18, 2026
Trump has a RUSSIA problem and the Lindsary Graham sanctions act leaves WAY too much up to the President
#Russia #Putin #Trump #Sanctions #Diesel #Ukraine
Trump Engages in TREASON, Labeled a TRAITOR, as Russia Declares CHECKMATE!!
And in news from Ukraine
The NY Post of all places says no relation between Ukraine strikes and diesel prices.
Saturday, October 17, 2026
The stupidest "October surprise" ever.
Elections2026 #Midterms #Disinformation #Fearmongering
Dear voters.
USE YOUR COMMON SENSE.
There is probably more nonsense coming!
The Secretary of #WarCrimes, a gay Prussian, drone operators, and #AI
RantWoman is posting this item as history without comment about MANY themes
Friday, October 16, 2026
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Waste, Fraud, Abuse, trafficking: all the things
#SNAP #HighCrimeArea #Trafficking
Posted without further comment
Oh look. It's Never Trump Republicans at the Bitchuation Room
#TheBulwark #LizCheney
Full disclosure. RantWoman is a fan of Francesca Florentini and definitely shares a concern about anyone being too close to Liz Cheney and thinking she is their friend instead of a sometimes valuable ally.
Why take advice from people who lost to Trump TWICE?"
Thoughts for everyone promising to deal with extremists even when the "extremists" win elections by speaking to what voters want.
Firing squad livestreamed? And other outrages
#FiringSquad #Livestream #SecretaryOfDEFENSE #PeteHegseth #MilitarySlamPoetry
Some redundant themes but also recapitulation of old themes
Is executing a guy in a wheelchair by firing squad on livestream just to grotesque for President #StableGenius?
Hegseth Thrown UNDER THE BUS As Trump Panics Over Execution Backlash
Hegseth Visibly Shaken after BOOS ERUPT!
Something from a while ago
‘I Don’t Wanna Hear Your Speech!’: Sen. Shaheen SHUTS DOWN Hegseth Over Missing Billions
And Thomas Massie explaining articles of impeachment against the Secretary of #WarCrimes
'Nobody Came To Save Him' Massie Traps Hegseth From All Ends, Unleashes Hell On War Chief
Trump's Pentagon FORCED To Admit Pete Hegseth LIED About This
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Singaporean container ship sunk in Strait Hormuz
#StraitOfHormuz #Centcom #OilPrices
Multiple container and tanker ships struck. One other known to have sunk.
Trying to reality check info put out by US Centcom
Fuel prices so high because cost per barrel up 10-17 times over last year.
Deficit in reserves from oil not coming out at usual levels over summer.
At some point, risk is going to get too high even for companies willing to run risks for the price.
Against all this background, the diesel deal President #StableGenius allegedly cooked up will not make a dent in prices for US consumers.
NOT solvable militarily. NEED POLITICAL resolution.
The Diesel discussion: Putin trolling the West
#Iran #Putin #StraitOfHormuz #Russia #Diesel #Midterms #Ukraine #PerformativePolitics #NATO #LowInformationVoters #DaysOfOurTransatlanticism #Europe
Senators say no.
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Monday, October 12, 2026
No bull prize and a very own US version of a beheading video
Please bear with RantWoman's spell of VERY BAD FRIEND commentary
The Nobel Prize
Once again, the Nobel committee has bypassed President #StableGenius, this year recognizing an indefatigable judge on the International Criminal Court. A WOMAN. No country to invade but unfortunately for the rule of law another justice-related organization for the US government to harass.
Further Quaker specific snark: President #StableGenius still has a long way to go to top Quaker luminary Floyd Schmoe's decades-long campaign of entitlement based on his work rebuilding houses in Hiroshima after the US dropped the atomic bomb on the city. If President #StableGenius started practicing Quaker worship, would his odds improve? How much repentance and Quaker worship would it take???
The Execution of Major Hasan
Redundant but RantWoman is going to say it anyway: The world is justifiably outraged that the Secretary of #WarCrimes wants to livestream the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, the arguably severely mentally ill army psychiatrist responsible for a mass shooting at Fort Hood. (tagging #NDEAM)
RantWoman cannot imagine what it must have been like to be in his shoes trying to treat people responsible for terrible violence against his co-religionists and we are not even going near the wisdom of any war in the first place.
RantWoman is also moved by social media posts by trauma responders who patched him up in the middle of a mass casualty event when no one knew who was who. RantWoman admires the standard of "that's what we do."
Most of all, Mr. Hasan cannot be allowed to become a martyr. The US already has more than enough enemies in the Muslim world and only really SICK people want our very own US version of beheading videos!
Oh No. No Russian bots for the midterms and other forms of Cyberwar
#Yandex #Russia #Ukraine #Cyberwar #HybridWarfare
Will the Russian bots be back online in time for the US midterms? Who else has bots cranking out disinformation?
And who is behind the attack on French refrigerators?
Large question: who needs nukes to cause havoc when we have hybrid warfare?
is it really bots or general Yandex performance issues after Ukraine hits?
Sunday, October 11, 2026
More #SCsen debates please?
#SCsen #China #AI #DataCenters #Wind #Solar #DrillBabyDrill #GasPrices #Nuclear #Regulation
Random snarky comments before attempting to digest nuance:
Libertarians are always good for keeping a conversation out of some possible ruts.
Shout out to Sen. Graham for celebrating the fact that all three people on the stage including the Libertarian are women.
RantWoman promises to find some male candidates whose hair merits opining but does want to observe that all the candidates looked professional. RantWoman especially appreciates that Sen. Graham seems to have gotten a bit of a makeover about both hair and glasses. As an aside, RantWoman will be happy to narrate an exhaustive description of her own visual experience and how with 3X magnification and a 27" monitor she is in a position to comment on people's hair.
RantWoman was not fully tracking the context when Sen. Graham exclaimed "My husband imports toy guns from China." REALLY? Get 'em started early with gun violence training." MAYBE RantWoman will revisit the context.
Concise Clip about the war on Iran. Senator Graham appears to have drunk the Koolaid being poured out by President #StableGenius and the Secretary of #WarCrimes. Iran was abiding by the #JCPOA until #DonSnoreleone tore up the agreement.
God knows: there is probably no point in trying to insert comments about nuclear deterrence or a global nonproliferation regime into debate time limits. Plus, there are plenty of active wars just now, none of which, THANK HEAVEN, have involved actual nuclear weapons.
This is an interesting presentation of additional commentary intercut with the other candidates' questions. RantWoman did not have a great experience with the audio but is linking it here just as an artifact.
Pyotr Kurzin conversation with historian Tina Fordham
#Russia #Ukraine #DieselDeal #GreatPower #SpheresOfInfluence
What the Ship--vessel hits and disinfo
#StraitOfHormuz #Iran #BabAlMandab
Always Check multiple sources and don't automatically trust #AI
Thursday, October 8, 2026
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Timothy Snyder takes the temperature of US democracy
#PressFreedom #VoteAnyway #NGOs #SiliconValley #UStaxDollars
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
"We don't want sirens!" and "Down with the tsar" at a protest
#Russia #Ukraine #OilAndGasProduction #Iran #StraitOfHormuz
Beyond "Russia always lies," check other sources about the Irkutsk plague issues
really pointed commentary about the war on Iran, diesel prices, and how President #StableGenius wa is allowing Russia to make way more money on the oil market.
As for Siberia and authoritarian states and ...
and the fruits of a whole evening binge watching
a few notes that seem important scribbled near some of the links.
Definitely in CONCERNED but try not to panic mode.
Monday, October 5, 2026
Michael Fanone dissects two teens' videos in TX ICE stop
#ICE #TX #USCitizens
Readers who don't like the way police officers think, just DON'T WATCH THE VIDEO unless you care about endless ICE / DHS efforts to spin, spin, spin rather than provide and interact with facts.
"In my years on the job, cameras were not the enemies."
No lights No radio: a captain's account of transiting the Strait under US escort
#StraitOfHormuz #USEscort #LowPowerRadar #Phillippines #COVID
LOTS of info about how the US navy appears to conduct escort operations. Lots of tips about what to believe or not believe from different monitoring streams
The amount of oil moving is SLOWLY approaching the pre-war movement levels.
Merchant mariners caught in the crossfire
"I'm very proud. I enjoy my job."
Sunday, October 4, 2026
Plague, nuclear super terror, and more of the war on Ukraine
#Plague #NuclearTerror #Russia #Putin #Ukraine #BioWeapons
If President #StableGenius can threaten nuclear war on Iran, why would we not be hearing rumors of Russian super weapons.
What the Ship--this week
#StraitOfHormuz #WarRiskCosts #ShadowFleet #Sanctions
Who WANTS to need useful information like this?
Escalation and Pickaxe Mountain
#Iran #NuclearWeapons
High quality rant from Ana Kasparian
President #StableGenius "We're all going to die anyway."
Saturday, October 3, 2026
Friday, October 2, 2026
The problem with the phrase "Walk in the Light
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| A lighted mobility cane in front of some kind of artwork |
Please read on for why literalist "walk in the Light" is not a fun thing just because one has a "light sword" mobility cane.
Adventures of RantWoman: Blindness gear for Star Wars groupies--and people who just need to get to work?
Why are democrats NOT campaigning on antiwar sentiment?
Advice and contemplation of this election and the one coming up.
Thursday, October 1, 2026
NDEAM: Reprise of Binge blogs past
It's National Disability Employment Awareness Month, #NDEAM
RantWoman promises binge blog.
Will RantWoman turn reflective?
Um, check out some greatest hits.
RantWoman and the RSOF: Search results for #NDEAM
RantWoman's first binge blog on the topic was in October 2011. Ay-yi-yi. Check it out?
October 2011 before RantWomam started getting all flashy.
Stay tunnnned
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Monitoring the bear and WTF CIA
#Russia #BalticRepublics #CIA #Europe #NATO #Article5 #HybridWarfare #StateTerror
#SabotageOperations #Intelligence #ClickbaitMediaBullshit #StoogesForRussia #Ukraine
RantWoman wondered about this entire news cycle when it first broke.
Monday, September 28, 2026
Adam smith on the proposal to sell weapons to China
#AdamSmith #China #diplomacy #Iran #StraitOf Hormuz
Posted without comment.
Sunday, September 27, 2026
Tanker War 2026
#Iran #StraitOfHormuz #FreedomOf Navigation #BabElMandab #RedSea #piracy
Lots of technical numeric details: Oil is flowing but nowhere near prewar levels.
US escorts but attacks taking their toll. Prices of transit astronomical
impact of ban on US diesel exports.
The administration had no idea how starting the war would affect vessel traffic
The #SecDef is not the only idiot in the picture. See Secretary Bessent blithe comment at the beginning of the video.
It's the whole system, not just any one thing.
And some points about VA as a STATE being a focus for troops right on the scene of the war.
More commentary about the USS Abrham Lincoln
#Logistics #MEntal Health #NuclearEngineer
This pretty much speaks RantWoman's mind.
Sadako: statue due back in 2027
Something genuine, troll- and ad-free flows across RantWoman's screen often enough to persuade her to stay. Today via the Korematsu Institute, information about the preparation of the Sadako statue in a city park across a street from University Friends Meeting.
Enjoy!
Community to build new Sadako statue in Seattle by 2027 | Nichi Bei News
Also, please consider sending money
The Campaign | Sadako Renewal Proje
Friday, September 25, 2026
GOP candidates' lip service to getting out of the Iran war
#Iran #ICE #GOP
quite the laundry list of tepid comments not even backed up by feeble tgestures
Family and Community in the 21st Century: how we care for each other: ONE interest group
RantWoman is working at as much "homework" before Pacific NW quarterly meeting as can be managed.
The only interest group that has made it onto the online listing is one by two Friends with a leading to address Christian nationalism. Here is the declaration they want to seed group discernment.
Statement of Faith Toward a Shared Declaration
RantWoman is getting very good at trying to witness movement of God in ways that are not always obvious.
Case in point: The Secretary of War Crimes whose job is to protect Freedom of Religion not cram his religion down others' throats.
Enough said?
Jake Broe: Zelensky at the UN. Putin after his election
#Ukraine #Russia #MilBloggers #FuelRestrictions #WarCrimes #Europe #sanctions #terrorism #EU
A bunch of videos YouTube served up. All worthy of more commentary than is offered here.
Konstantin got out of Uzbekistan
"War is coming home to Russia"
And re Greenland
Blame Volkswagen for Diesel prices?
Sean Hannity interviews Darline Graham
#SCsen #DarlineGraham #SeanHannity
If RantWoman were a slightly more responsible commentator, she would go look for the entire interview clipped here. RantWoman is pointedly not offering some observations related to the comments below.
Instead, RantWoman offers the rant she posted in the comments.
Y'all aren't following enough #SCsen social media.
Ralph Norman set an example for #GOP candidates everywhere. He lost the runoff to Darline. He said "I don't like it but I accept it."
A whole bunch of #GOP voters don't like Darline for a bunch of different reasons. Some of them plan to write in Ralph Norman. Some will vote Democrat.
Among Darline's "sins:"
--as Commissioner of the SC Commission for the Blind she, HORRORS, had a strong #DEI program
--She once gave money to Lisa Murkowski
--She supported an SC legislator taking a pro-choice position.
--Her travel budget for the year after the pandemic lockdowns ended was about 10x the previous year when NOBODY was travelling either for trainings to maintain certifications or to serve agency clients.
As a social services professional and head of a state agency, she certainly would have worked closely with the governor. To me that makes the leap to appointing her to fill Lindsay's seat justifiable but I don't live in SC
I get that Darline does not know much about foreign policy. As screwed up as US foreign policy is right now, someone willing to engage about fresh ideas could be really valuable.
But I don't live in SC and I can't tell how hot the supposed hot buttons really are.
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RantWoman notes to herself:
--There will be a debate. What questions would RantWoman ask
--SC has a lot of both active duty military and vets. Neither candidate is talking about the war but what strands of discontent are there?
Stay tuned.
Thursday, September 24, 2026
Jake Broe interviews Eileen Laubacher, running against Lauren Boebert in CO-04
#CO-04 #Ukraine #Russia #veterans #Iran #NoWithIran #Hegseth #SecDef #VoteVets #MailInVoting
"Stupid wars in the Middle East"
"3-day special military operation"
Full disclosure: RantWoman has visited places in CO-04 a handful of times.
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Retired general running against Anna Paulina Luna
#NationalSecurity #StockTrading #Corruption
RantWoman continually argues with herself: is the point more and better more professional military that treats all branches, all levels with respect: enough money to live on without SNAP, no forever wars, COMPETENT leadership.
OR can we count on people with military experience to bring important insights and make badly needed improvements for EVERYONE.
And we are not even going to go very near comprehensive revisioning of national security. Anyway, another strong woman on a Congressional ticket.
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Ian Bremmer speaks about Antonio Gutierres and the UN
#UnitedNations #AntonioGutierres #AI #InternationalLaw #RuleOfLaw
Really impressive optimistic comments about the use and importance of the #UN
Monday, September 21, 2026
Sunday, September 20, 2026
Callie Barr running for Congress in MI-01
Sometimes RantWoman prefers to let people speak for themselves and then to comment separately.
Eloquent and concise commentary about one aspect of what is wrong with the current war machine.
Brother Tim Scott preaches Republican unity at Trumpalooza
Saved for a Guest Sermon.
Praise Jesus
Brother Tim and freedom of religion
Lindsay and his sister worked together in ways that were respected by her counterparts in other states.
She probably can't say that and LORD HAVE MERCY has she said some dumb things.
Half the SC twittervers says she ahd Brother Tim are bot h DEI...
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Ukrainian Drone development: necessity is the mother of fast cycle invention
#Ukraine #Russia #DroneWarfare
NO, Ukrainian hits on Russian oil and gas sites are NOT the reason diesel prices are through the roof.
#Ukraine #Russia #StraitOfHormuz #Kushner #Witkoff
The short version: NO, Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil and gas infrastructure are not the meain reason that diesel prices are through the roof. That would be the #WarOfChoice in the Middle East
Warning: frank discussion of torture.
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
What the Ship: shipping disruptions will hit the northern hemisphere first
#StraitOfHormuz #PanamaCanal #FertilizerTrade #Houthis #SaudiArabia
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
The Geneva Convention--and Canada
#WarCrimes #CanadaStrong
Pith from RantWoman's personal Emotional Support Canadian
Sunday, September 13, 2026
Have the Houthis seized the Bab al Mandab?
#RedSea #BabAlMandab #SaudiArabia #EuropeanUnion
Blockading Saudi flagged vessels?
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Friday, September 11, 2026
George the Shrub skips Trumpalooza and hosts a 9/11 discussion
#911 #NeverForget
David Reddish is one of RantWoman's favorite snarky flaming queen commentators, but even RantWoman needs a balanced media diet. RantWoman will look for some other accounts of W, Condi and their reflections on 9-11.
RantWoman will also discern about whether to go full snark herself about a number of points. But in the meantime.
Thursday, September 10, 2026
UT Governor Spencer Cox writes a book on overcoming divisiveness
#UTpol
RantWoman's first impression of UT governor Spencer Cox was to cringe when he admitted he prayed for days that the person who allegedly shot Charlie Kirk was an outsider. Sorry. The problem appears to be inside the house.
Will RantWoman add his book to her Mean to Read list? Probably not, but RantWoman will definitely cover the situation with prayers for continued dialogue.
You know what insults Jesus?
#TXpol
RantWoman does not live in TX so maybe the fact that RantWoman is tired of seeing only James Talarico in his ads does not matter. Still, RantWoman would find it unifying to see lots of different faces endorsing Talarico. Just sayin'
But take it away Jesus.
Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
And the prologue
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Math "magic" from the US Secretary of Energy: how many barrels are moving? At what price?
#StraitOfHormuz #GulfOfOman #ShipToShip #DarkFleet #MoU
Sal talks to Sam Mandani (sp?), founder of Tanker Trackers
BRIEF mention of US escorts. Convoys timed when satellites don't see.
MAYBE get to 85% of prewar average
Iran has lowered oil production to match domestic consumption
Last week two Saudi tankers hit by Iran; Admiral Cooper ordered attacks on 3 tankers
Centcom has hit 12 tankers, 5 of them Iranian
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Stephen Rosenberg: Russian media 9-8-2026
#Russia #Economy #FuelCrisis
RantWoman PROMISES to attempt more content about the latest round of Witkoff Kuchner attempts at diplomacy. The BIGGEST deal: visiting KYIV as well as Moscow.
In the meantime, please enjoy these snippets from the Russian press and consider subscribing yourself.
Monday, September 7, 2026
Vlad Vexler on Germany, AFD, challenges for democracy in general
#AFD Democracy
RantWoman is no Germany expert, but German dependence on fuel from Russia has long weighed heavily on European politics
Saturday, September 5, 2026
Thursday, September 3, 2026
Blistering Commenrary about the #SecDef and the budget
#Iran #DefenseSpending #StraitOfHormuz #Midterms #EndlessWar #TacticalNukes
Who is speaking out now and what happens after the midterms?
Who is profiting from ICE??? FOLLOW THE MONEY
#Boycott #Transparency #lauraBerlin #GEOgroup #COREcivic #1A #ConstitutionalRights
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Sal on conflicting reports about what is happening in the Strait of Hormuz
#Iran #StraitOfHormuz #Houthis #Saudis
How much oil is moving?
Who is hitting whom?
Channels?
Mine clearance?
Who is paying what?
Who is betting on how long all this will last?
Impact of sanctions and choice about what to sanction?
Reserves on land vs at sea
Where to get data?
Parsing US gummint speak
Who to follow for steady info.
We are NOT at prewar levels
Monday, August 31, 2026
More Ratcliffe Goes to Moscow
#Russia #Ukraine #CIA #Iran
More theories about why.
Putin makes various decrees and rhetoric flies
Apologies for any duplicate posting
Sunday, August 30, 2026
Weapon of Mass Disruption: what General Petraeus is looking for.
#Iran #StraitOf Hormuz
Can global supply and demand come to a new equilibrium?
Remembering Daniel, and...
as the conclusion of lots of other moments that belong to a beloved Friend, not to his murderer. RantWoman will continue to hold N, the man's wife in the Light
Recall:
RantWoman and the RSOF: Remembering Daniel Lytton well
RantWoman and the RSOF: When conversation might be too much, try Mr. GOOGLE. Further memorial.
RantWoman and the RSOF: Memorial with a side of fisheries management.
Finally, the verdict in court: Guilty on all charges.
Content warning about contents of testimony
Man convicted on all charges in murder of Everett landlord | HeraldNet.com
Saturday, August 29, 2026
Ask and ye shall receive
#ICE #CBP #Milo
In today'deportation news:
Deported: Assorted spouses and parents of active duty US military service members
A man from Afghanistan named Khalil whose deportation is evoking a familiar long litany of furious comments from US troops about how he and his family risked their lives to assist US forces in Afghanistan.
Digression: OF COURSE RantWoman does not automatically bless the missions the tropops are on. RantWoman does absolutely think service members, their spouses, and unterpreters, local who assis the US do not deserve the nonsens they are receiving from ICE/CBP.
ON THE OTHER HAND,
GOOD BYE Milo.
So Long
Ta ta
Adios
Adieu
Ciao
do svidaya
Auf Wedersehn
Does RantWoman need to go on?
MAGA Troll Demanded Mass Deportations — Then ICE Deported Him in ONE DAY
Milo Yiannopoulos Nabbed By ICE
It Finally Happened To This MAGA BIGOT And His MAGA 'Friends' DID IT TO HIM!
Milo Yiannopoulos, the British commentator who spent years screaming for zero immigration and on-the-spot deportations, is sitting in a Louisiana ICE cell tonight because he overstayed his own visa.
— Gianl1974 (@Gianl1974) August 29, 2026
He walked into the country legally in 2019 and never left.
When his immigration… pic.twitter.com/HGyZJ4rdcV
Friday, August 28, 2026
Friday night popcorn kernels
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| There may or may not be actual popcurn lurking in this cupboard |
Popcorn kernel No. 1
If President #StableGenius wants to keep slapping his name e\EVERYWHERE, after the ravages of deregulation, are there no toxic waste dumps, garbage gyres, uranium slag piles, junkyards, Superfund sites... desperately in need of new names?
Popcorn Kernel No. 2
Recently on one of RantWoman's encounters with theologically very different voices, one person talked about "being covered in the blood of Jesus." All RantWoman could think was "Holy murder scene Batman." Who needs to get sent off for remedial metaphor appreciation?
Popcorn Kernel No. 3
RantWoman has been inappropriately wishing for voodoo dolls of certain public figures. RantWoman has been wondering in Quaker terms what could be wished for as far as the purifying power of prayer or sudden spiritual transformation.
Thursday, August 27, 2026
The CIA Chief goes to Moscowand a swarm of speculation ensues: Why?
#Russia #Ukraine #Israel #CIA #Iran #Kaliningrad
Why? Let the speculation roll,
What are the Russian papers saying about the CIA director's trip to Moscow?
Why the CIA Chief Rushed to Moscow: Putin’s 3 NATO Targets?
hybrid warfare?
Putin Thinks NATO Won’t Fight Back—That’s How Wars Start
Nukes and Israel / Iran
Little Bitches?
Fond (?) recollections of the US House voting for the Big Bad Bonkers Budget Busting Billionaire Bailout Boondoggle.
Presented in celebration (?) of the announcement that the US debt has hit $40 trillion.
#VoteThemOut. Vote Them all out.
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Another big ouch from Senator Darline Graham
#SCsen #SCpol
Various comments after the SC #GOP runoff. Ralph Norman concession. "I don't like it, but I accept it." ROLE MODEL for the entire #GOP no matter what the President's enablers might be cooking up. Norman also endorsed Nikki Haley, one reason the President bypassed him for endorsement. See video below: Darline Graham: "I have a long career working hard for the people of SC...I know what it's like to be poor and struggling in SC." This is TRUE. She has never run for office but she has worked hard in her profession and is well regarded by counterparts in other states. NO QUESTION she has a learning curve about national security. Sorting that out has to be up to SC voters while I argue with my own state's delegation.
If Darline would stop there and think ...and not just swallow what she is being fed.
A certain war has a lot to do with many economic realities voters are facing. I also lean toward "support our troops. Keet them out of stupid wars of choice" but I have no idea what messaging works in SC.
There is another quote about "government run health care." Lindsay adopted her after their parents died so he could list her as a military dependent. Last time I checked, that is GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTHCARE.
I have not looked at final vote totals but early returns showed that President #StableGenius PLEEEEASE go out and vote" speech probably had an impact in the areas the President won.
Also, interesting and worth looking into for final results: Early returns showed 20% of votes for her came as mail-in ballots and 9 % or something as early voting. If the President himself votes by mail and Darline benefited from measures he is trying to get rid of, should he maybe RETHINK?
Speaking VERY charitably, the President is an old guy who needs friends. Unfortunately, friends sometimes have to tell someone that what they are doing isn't working.
Anyway, the country needs the whole conversation, all the pieces here.
Please note: some of Darline's comments absolutely make RantWoman cringe.
Also, RantWoman receives fundraising emails from Democratic candidate Annie Andrews. Putting serious money behind the Andrews campaign makes sense although RantWoman will stick to her witness about supporting only non-partisan measures to support voter turnout and fight vote suppression.
Declarations of Conscientious Objector status skyrocket
Posted here because RantWoman cannot locate the Brian Tyler Cohen video about this topic.
BOMBSHELL: Troops allege Hegseth and Trump pushing them to VIOLATE laws as discharge requests SURGE
Anti-Transgender measures in KS
Posting as is.
By no means is RantWoman in touch with all the other places where things like this are happening.
News bait for news junkies: CIA director makes very short trip to Moscow
#Russia #Ukraine #CIA #NATO #CyberWarfare
RantWoman has no opinion about all the threads of speculation,
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Now iit's The Damage Report ranting about Darline Graham.
#SCsen #SCpol #DarlineGraham
Darline Graham has decades of professional experience as head of a state agency. She is probably good friends with the governor, She did not know why Taiwan is important in a debate but SHE CAN LEARN.
The President is an old guy who needs a friend. Unfortunately, sometimes it falls to friends to tell someone that what they are doing is no working. Is it too much to hope Darline might be that friend? LOTS of cringeworthy moments during the runoff so I am not making bets.
I have a ridiculous sexist bias though: The news is all Epstein, Epstein, Epstein #GOP pedophiles and pedophile enablers. I think it would be great to have two women going head to head in November. Darline is trying to say things that make me cringe for example about immigration. And I am not excited by her Dem. Opponent claiming that decades of professional work in state government is no qualifiations.
Finally, for everyone in SC who says people out of state should stay the hell out, two points:
Because of Darline's professional background she is known by people in similar roles from other states.
Also, the people of SC like the people of other states have much to gain from electing a Congress that can work for the US people, not jut get mad and go home when things get hard.
Could Darline pull any of that off? Who knows? I am just tired of everyone in the media dissing her background.
The Russian Far East: Russia INVITING IN immigrants from N Korea and China
#Russia #China #NorthKorea #immigration
Who controls the territory?
The Russian Far East is emptying of people and growing lots of homes--in ports involved in trade with North Korea and China
As an aside: Happy Ukraine Independence Day.
Monday, August 24, 2026
What the Ship 8/24
#Iran #StraitOfHormuz #Houthis #BabalMandab #BlackSea #Ukraine #Russia #grain #Oil #WarRisk #AcrticRoute #China #Canada #PanamaCanal
Latest survey of all the shipping hot spots and trade flows.
Useful real data to check what the US government asserts about oil flows from through the #StraitOfHormuz
global food and energy prices likely to remain high.
shift of shipping patterns northward as polar ice lessens
Echoes of Fort Chicago: USS Abraham Lincoln
The conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln are appalling. There is NO EXCUSE for supplying plenty of ordnance and no food.
Also note: the percentage of black and brown people serving in the military way exceeds their percentage in the general population.
This is 82 years after a different disaster discussed here.
Sunday, August 23, 2026
Saturday, August 22, 2026
The Charlie Kirk Assassination: Theories???
$CharlieKirk #assassination #Israel #DanBongino
RantWoman is filing this video in the zome of threads RantWoman wants to know more about--even thought the phrase "conspiracy theory" os all over the story
Friday, August 21, 2026
WILL there be two women at the top of the SC Senate ticket???
#SCsen #SCpol
For anyone watching the SC #GOP runoff between Darline Graham (Nordone) and Roger Norman, there are too many cringe-worthy moments to list. RantWoman does not apologize for neglecting all the reasons Roger Norman is terrible. He is. Read up. Perhaps President #StableGenius would not be thrilled that he endorsed Nikki Haley in 2024
During the only runoff debate, Darline mistakenly said there are 50 million people instead of 5 million in SC. RantWoman is tempted to quip, well President "StableGenius is going to wrack up votes one way or another." Was the mistake a teleprompter error or someone else's fault? Either way, cringeworthy.
When asked about why Taiwan matters for US foreign policy, Darline quite candidly said foreign policy is not her thing. Candor for a not a politician politician is ALWAYS to be praised even though one might also desperately wish for better debate prep. Also "I don't know but I can learn" would be exactly on point.
The other part of Darline's non-answer answer: "I support our military," with comments about service by both her brother and her dad. Perhaps it is a good thing that RantWoman was not on scene. RantWoman would have blurted out some version of "Support our military. Keep them out of STUPID wars, Get them adequate provisions. DO NOT FIRE all the competent senior officers. And worst of all, get rid of the lying clueless #SecDef.
To RantWoman, after watching a whole lot of candidates endorsed by President #StableGenius lose in their primaries, after watching the President sink and sink and sink in the polls, it must be hard to stay someone's friend and still try to chart a course that is good for the country and for one's state. It is also amusing to read comments on Twitter / X fighting over who is the better Republican and who is more loyal to the President.
Based on Darline's professional background, RantWoman has the strong sense that if Darline would just reality test what she knows of voters' real experiences against #GOP policies, she could nail LOTS of points that would speak to current realities.
Other than that, RantWoman will also continue to try to rehabilitate the term DEI.
Dedication Empathy Imagination
Diligence Energy Initiative....
Darline followed up her Taiwan oopsie at the debate during an interview with Sean Hannity: they both agreed that lots of people in the US, (probably including President #StableGenius?) also don't know where Taiwan is. And of course, with rhetoric firmly on voters' biggest problems, Darline is 100% against transgender women in women's sports.
Even if a Democratic candidate looks good, RantWoman also HATES a sense of being extorted: "Vote for the Democrats or else." RantWoman is still angling for a sense of a Congress willing to work on serious problems, not just get mad and go out of town whenever things get too hard. Plus, RantWoman does not care whether it sounds sexist to say that it would just be cool for once to have strong women candidates from both parties.
OK, RantWoman has a vivid imagination, and does not vote in SC and ...
As a bonus, welcome to the easily misspelled name club. RantWoman has seen SO many sloppy posts that refer to DarlENE rather than DarlINE.
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Iran expanding targets to Europe?
#Iran #Russia #Europe #MemorandumOf Understanding
It's not like Russia is not already "accidentally" lobbing things at the edges of NATO. I t would be really nice if SOMEONE on the current US team understood diplomacy enough to get the US out of the mess it has gotten itself into.
In the meantime, enjoy
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