#Russia #Ukraine #UnitedNations
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
The Bab al Mandab
#Houthis #Isreal #Yemen
Opening snark aside, more expansion of war
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And speaking of the "ceasefire"
The #SecDef, er Secretary of #WarCrimes is having a terrible week.
RantWoman means to find a different vid. This one is full of "leopards eating faces" comments about Senator Mike Lee and disappointment that Sen. Tom Tillis still wants to keep his party winning. But afte minutes of commentary, this video does a decent job of explaining the military's proposed new coding of religions.
Spoiler alert: Bless the Mormons' hearts. the Department of DEFENSE job is to defend FREEDOM OF RELIGION for EVERYONE. More expansive commentary after we consider other great moments of the week
Oh Dear,.
1.The Secretary of #WarCrimes has been having just a banger of a week. A virulently xenophobic and disgusting white supremacist speech at a #DDay anniversary commemoration. A speech so vile that, apparently, he is persona non grata in Normandy and was disinvited to a different commemoration.
🚨Hegseth BANNED and KICKED OUT OF COUNTRY after STUNT!!
Retired Army Commander slams Hegseth’s D-Day speech
Speak General Hertling
Iran first and then the #SecDef
'I was embarrassed': John Kirby calls Hegseth's D-Day speech a 'slap in the face'
2. The #Secdef is trying to block promotions of some more highly decorated women and Black officers. Tiresome. Idiotic. Well spoken about by people who have way more military cred than RantWoman.
3. Best of all, he done gone and picked a fight with the Church of Jesus CHRIST of Latter day Saints over who is or is not a Christian. The task: reduce the number of 2-letter codes from 200 or so to about 30 with one catchall category called "other." The revised list explicitly added the word Christian to a bunch of different recognizable Christian denominations, INCLUDING QUAKERS, but not Mormons.
Aside from typing out the full name "Church of Jesus CHRIST of Latter Day Saints, RantWoman devoted a lot of social media time to witnessing about the fact that not all Quakers are Christians. RantWoman would just drop the word Christian entirely even though she can imagine yhowls of concern that Christians are being silenced. And the Mormons are still separated in the list from other Christians.
RantWoman is also jumping up and down about the point that the Secretary of DEFENSE job is to protect people of all faiths, not just virtue signalling and certainly not trying to resolve theological disputes by fiat.
As for social media, lots of people pointed out Sen. Lee's history of promoting certain kinds of discrimination. A few people mentioned that "next they'll be coming for the Catholics (because some evangelical Christians regard Catholics as idol worshippers.)" A few other commenters also get the point about religious liberty in general. A few. Still not the Secretary of #WarCrimes , crusades, and deer in the headlights twitches when certain questions get asked.
MAGA Senators Are Furious After Hegseth's Pentagon Said Their Religion Doesn't Count
The Christian Nationalist Loyalty Test Is Already Here | Unholy Ground
MORMONS ARE MAD #petehegseth #mormon #mormons #exmo #christian #christianity #mikelee #evangelicals
And otherwise
Military Expert Has Had ENOUGH Of Pete Hegseth
But from the past...
The Video Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Want You to See (w/ Andrew Kaczynski) - YouTube
President #StableGenius goes to the Knicks game.
RantWoman has picked up videos from several of the young liberal male creators. If RantWoman gets crazy for balance, there will also be videos from Fox News or Newsmax.
RantWoman's comment
Anytime now, Donald Trump could just RESIGN and make billions of people around the world happier.
Everything that Mr. #StableGenius stands for makes me sick to the stomach.
I think it is deeply unfortunate that the US has a president who is so deeply loathed. He probably gets off on causing a stir, making people wait for hours in the heat and for that alone he absolutely deserves to be LOUDLY booed.
Digging ourselves out of the wreckage of his presidency is going to take hard work across the political spectrum.
Lovely clip from Rachel Madow
Brian Tyler Cohen: When the game is over no one can argue about the result.
Astronomical prices for tickets inside MSG. Was the game televised?
I hope some of the impacted business people and commuters in the restricted zone find some way to sue about something.
And Tim Miller from The Bulwark,
And after all that
Poor Knicks owner who was sitting next to him, trying to be his friend. RantWoman wonders whether someone like that could convince the President that he does not have to do it all and could go retire. Some people would still characterize a resignation as rage quitting but the whole country needs to focus on things that have NOTHING to do with a senile President's mental health.
And in front of Trump Tower
And a reaction?
Fascinating to RantWoman that the President either does not realize people are booing and thinks the loud reaction is in his favor or on some level does realize people are booing and just continues to invert reality.
On ticket prices
Saturday, June 6, 2026
A congressional hearing for shipping nerds
A wholesome break from detailed war coverage.
This video includes:
--history of US Maritime administration.
--Discussion of aging stock in the US cargo fleet and the role of these ships as adjunct to US military capacity
--discussion of the possibility that nuclear powered ships can feed (carbon free) electricity into the grid on land.
--Discussion of DOGE including Jones Act waivers are being handled by the DoD instead of the maritime administration. The Jones Act requires vessels moving cargo between US ports to have US crews, US flag, and US-built construction. Waivers are currently sought without any kind of check whether there might be Jones Act compliant vessels available. The maritime administration does not even get notification of the waivers until 10 days after travel has been completed.
Bottom line: it would be worthwhile for someone more of a budget nerd than RantWoman to sit with this video, consider things that do actually need funding and other concerning policy points. The, don't even excuse me, Secretary of #WarCrimes keeps going off with grandiose visions of more air craft carriers and who knows what else when there are lots of not-sexy basics that probably add a lot more value for both commercial shipping and of course the military. So please, budget nerds, have at it.
Read the description of the video for a more detailed summary and additional resources.
Friday, June 5, 2026
#Russia #Ukraine #Bloomberg #Ceasefire
Thoughts about what would need to happen for Russian populace to change views
Factions: we are spending too much and must stop OR if we stop spending the economy will collapse.
Drone strike ignites major oil terminal near St.Pb just as delegates arriving to international conference.
St.Pb is Putin's home town
China and India forcing Russia to sell oil and natural gas at bargain basement prices
ATTEMPT ON PUTIN'S LIFE Was Made — Someone From His Inner Circle BETRAYED Him.
Zelenskyy to Putin: why don't you just get out?
(Putin announces nuclear deal with Iran)
A long list of things people in Russia don't like.
Whole letter read
🚨Zelensky BLASTS Trump in POWERFUL OPEN LETTER!!!
‘A tide has turned’ | Former ambassador to Ukraine on Russian gunpowder factory hit in airstrike
And in Ukraine
🚨Meidas Delivers FINAL REPORT from Ukraine Amid DRONE ATTACKS!!
Situation in Kaliningrad ESCALATED DRAMATICALLY — 97.9% Want Out of Russia.
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