Monday, June 29, 2026

Now General McCraven weighs in about Pentagon personnel purges.

It's always bad policy to start a war.


It's even worse policy to start a war after firing all the most competent, experienced, strategically oriented military officers.


Putin SHOULD have learned that from Stalin.


Whether one approves of a given war or not, it is infuriating and monstrously unfair to the people being sent to war for the Secretary of #WarCrimes and President #StableGenius to be careening full-speed down the same path.

Sunday, June 28, 2026

Demographics of Seafarers: the people who ship the world's freight

 #Seafarers


A report issued every 5 years about who staffs global shipping and need for different categories of workers.


Sal's Recommendation about the US: there is a federal merchant marine academy. Some states have their own academies. There are other academies that produce people who may or may not get relevant licenses. Sal recommends taking a more holistic look at the pipeline. Sal also outlines a bunch of reasons that recruiting young people may be a hard sell.

Friday, June 26, 2026

Accountability CAN happen--at least in South Korea

 #SouthKorea

Seafarer Day and seafarers still trapped: diplomacy, deterrence, defusing?

#Iran #Oman #PersianGulf #InternationalMaritimeOrganization


President #StableGenius keeps claiming the #StraitOfHormuz is open. It clearly is not. RantWoman sees no reason that more missiles will help. 


This video provides lots of details that may not make it into other reporting.


The commercial ship that was hit by Iran was not following the procedure set up by the International Maritime Organization.


On Day of the Seafarer, remember the 1.5 million seafarers who help move billions of tons of cargo every year.



"The US is trying to preserve freedom of navigation and diplomacy." 




"The US entered into a clear and unambiguous agreement and is violating it."
"The US again attacked Iran in the middle of negotiation."
Note work by France to help restore Lebanese sovereignty
Cyberattack against Iranian banking infrastructure. Israeli hacker group suspected

Lawrence O'donell on Senators telling the President they are losing a war.

 #Iran #WarPowersResolution #Senate #Decorum


RantWoman admires the respectful recounting here of historical decorum and peace achievements.


When it comes to a senile delusional national and global embarrassment of a president and a little "excursion," though RantWoman's mind is a little less on decorum and quite a bit more on #25thAmendment and genteel retirement to a lifetime full of as many naps as someone needs and as much golf as he can manage. Clearly a certain #StableGenius has already done more than enough for the world and he deserves to give himself a break, NOT the giant tax break he is trying to wangle for his family, but....

RantWoman digresses. Play the video again for thoughts of dignity and decorum and real peacemaking.



Thursday, June 25, 2026

Iran, um, er, struck a boat in the supposedly open Strait of Hormuz

#Iran #StraitOfHormuz #UNHumanitarianMission.

 This one gets its own post. Reality is definitely other than as President #StableGenius presents it.