Wednesday, August 12, 2026

James Carville on the Iran War, the USS Abraham Lincoln and the Catering Truck caper

#USSAbrahamLincoln #SecDef #AirForceOne 

Dude speaks RantWoman's mind, though RantWoman would not be nearly as salty-tongued about it.


lexicography digression: "salty" used to mean basically foul-mouthed. Now "salty" often just means angry, PO'ed... RantWoman mainly has in mind the older usage.


RantWoman is not going to hold back on the other side.


Dear world,

WHY does anyone expect either President #StableGenius or the #DUIHire #SecDef to CARE about the well-being of the troops on the USS Abraham Lincoln. How many cracks about "suckers and losers?" How much whining about troops' physical appearance or the fact that, gasp, there are women in Leadership???

RantWoman is a cynical witch wandering whether the whole drama is just part of an orchestrated campaign to drag money out of Congress for an unpopular and unaccountable war.


Next the catering cart caper.
First, congratulations to #DonSnoreleone for destroying Iranian military infrastructure over and over, especially since you have destroyed the Iranian miliatary so well that you had to scurry out of Ankara via a catering cart for fear that your plane would get shot down. Congratulations! BRILLIANT!


Dear staff and press gaggle mad about flying on a plane President #StableGenius was not on.

Don't y'all have to sign a lot of liability waivers and other paperwork just for the priviliege of being stenographer to the Toddler in Chief. News flash. The President might get shot at. If you are on the President's plane, you might get shot at too. RantWoman wonders whether there was the same military escort for the presidentless AirForceOne as there would be with the President on it? Why would you expect this president to care AT ALL about your well-being????

Inquiring minds...

Ukraine attacks WildBerries distribution centers and Russian oil infrastructure

 #Ukraine #Russia #PatriotMissiles #Boeing


Sooo, are all the assaults on the global oil and gas trade enough to re-energize moves away from dependence on fossil fuels and toward decarbonization????

Are US defense contractors afraid of Ukraine making Patriot missiles more cheaply than the US does?





Monday, August 10, 2026

No. No! No! DO NOT say a woman candidate with decades of service in state government is UNQUALIFIED. DO NOT DO IT!

 #SCpol

Tomorrow is the SC #GOP Senate Primary.


First, a debate video.

Adventures of RantWoman: Spectator in Someone Else's Election: the SC GOP Senate primary


RantWoman's instinct is "vote for the woman." RantWoman would SO prefer that Darline Grham had focused more on her experience working in state government in SC than on national GOP talking points.


HOWEVER, here is how Annie Andrews, the Democratic candidate describes the rest of the SC primary field in a fundraising email entitled "Quite the Lineup"


Someone endorsed by Trump, and utterly unqualified.

Dr. Andrews is referring to Darline Graham, younger sister of the late Lindsay Graham. 


RantWoman's reaction: "Oh HELL NO." You do not get to proclaim someone  with decades of leadership experience in state government unqualified either because of her pedigree or because of her gender. Oh HELL NO!

Someone who lied about being on the Appalachian Trail, while he was actually having an extramarital affair.

Someone with a career of votes against the healthcare, food assistance, and public schools South Carolina families count on.

Quite the lineup, right?

Here's a wild idea: a Senator who's spent her career caring for the communities she’s running to represent, who’s honest, and who will vote to protect your family.

I'm a pediatrician and a mom of three. I've spent decades taking care of kids in this state, I don't take a dime of corporate PAC money, and I'm not running to be another rubber stamp for Donald Trump’s chaos — I'm running for you.

But here's the reality: Whomever Republicans pick out of that mess tomorrow walks away with a multi-million war chest, Trump's machine, and super PACs behind them. The only way we'll be ready to meet that is if our grassroots movement builds up strength — right now.



RantWoman votes in WA, not in SC


RantWoman still thinks it would be just fine if there were two women on the SC Senate ballot.


In the meantime, RantWoman is not sending anyone any money in this race!

Cenk Uygur on peace options?

#Iran #Israel #Oman #negotiations


From Belle

Let's talk about Iran giving Trump new demands….


From Cenk Uygur

BREAKING: More DISASTROUS News About the War! No Way Out?!




(Cenk on "balance of power"

Sunday, August 9, 2026

Scott Bessent making himself irrelevant? You broke it; you bought it!

 #Iran #StraitOfHormuz #commodities #Houthis 


In case anyone is tempted to take US Secretary of the Treasury seriously about world trade.


OR is Secretary Bessent trying to deflect attention to some ship movement, some or all of which may be covert, eg sailing "dark."

Friday, August 7, 2026

Ukraine Russian Iran Kleptocracy

#Ukraine #Russia #WildBerries #OilProduction #PersianGulf #Iran #NorthKorea #BallisticeMissiles #Europe


RantWoman is posting two videos with divergent themes in one post for convenience.


Terminology note: WildBerries is described as the Russian version of Amazon. Its CEO is a Russian guy who lives in China


RantWoman should probably find a less snarky way to suggest that there have to be better ways out of fossil fuel dependence than the current war(s)

 

How do President #StableGenius and fam want to make money in Ukraine



The Patriot deal / non deal
"What is the mechanism by which dissatisfaction translates into action."
"The remains an ambiguous opaque ...player."
A possible mass mobilization? Importation from everywhere.
The coalition of autocracies: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran
Gulf states wanting Ukrainian interceptor technology
"Sometimes a smaller power winds up with advantages."