Showing posts with label Peacemaking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peacemaking. Show all posts

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!



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.

SC U.S Senate Debate - The 4th Candidate

Friday, October 2, 2026

Sunday, September 27, 2026

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

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?


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

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

The Geneva Convention--and Canada

 #WarCrimes #CanadaStrong

Pith from RantWoman's personal Emotional Support Canadian

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.

Monday, August 3, 2026

A great Wind blows the Saturday Blue Angels air show out of the sky.

 What? No Blue Angels on Saturday?


Blue Angels air show canceled Saturday at Seafair due to wind | The Seattle Times


Wind gusts of up to 15 mph?


Neither RantWoman nor Little Sister has EVER heard of the Blue Angels being cancelled because of wind.


Was it REALLY wind?


Not grumpy citizen chatter about noise or surface to air missiles?


Not hacking by the IRGC?


Not a sudden urge to cut back on things like fancy air shows so that the #DoD really truly can afford all the latest war?


Not reticence about whether we even need fighter planes if everyone is busy hitting each other with better and fancier drones?


Shush RantWoman. Settle down and enjoy the peace and quite.


But Wait, videos for people who really LIKE air shows.


This must have been the Friday show.

Blue Angels July 2026 Seattle SeaFair


For anyone who might actually think a ride-along is FUN

KOMO's Molly Shen takes flight with the Blue Angels over Seattle

A few seconds here and there that might evoke motion sickness.

Listening to some of the details of the different maneuvers, RantWoman will NOT comment about the 15mph wind cancellation 


Seattle Seafair Blue Angels Airshow 2026




But wait! Couldn't we put some of that flying talent to work fighting wildfires? Just wondering.

Saturday, July 18, 2026

Strategic points about the Iranian hits in Jordan

 #Iran #Jordan #Kuwait #SaudiArabia #Desalinzation #MemorandumOfMisunderstanding #EnergyEconomy #WarCrimes


Congress DO SOMETHING. President #StableGenius is going to keep doing this get awar with as much as possible without having to go to Congress.


"Neither side wants total war but neither side is able to extract itself."


Friday, June 26, 2026

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

Russia, Crimea, Ukraine, fuel

 #Ukraine #Russia #Crimea


Lately events in Iran and the Middle East have overshadowed the war in Ukraine in US headlines.


Having real estate goons Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner out of the picture, not trying to push Ukraine into idiotic territorial concessions is, in RantWoman's view, unquestionably a very GOOD thing. 


Also Ukraine keeps scoring military gains, attacking Russian oil refineries and fuel depots. Russia's economy is trembling. International sanctions force Russia to sell oil to China at a steep discount.  Putin is facing another, increasingly unpopular mobilization. It would be awesome if there were some honest mediators in the picture.


Now to some details RantWoman is behind posting about.

Anyone remember Florence Nightingale and the Crimean War of the 1850's? Sorry, RantWoman does not actually remember a whole lot except the point that Russia has had a troubled relationship with attempts at empire for a LONG time before Putin seized it from post-Soviet Ukraine in 2014.


Now in 2026, Ukraine is on the verge of driving Russia out of Crimea with blatant proclamations that Russia should leave and sooner rather than later while the Kerch bridge Putin built after the 2014 invasion is still standing.


Let's start with Belle.

lesson for the US: modern renewable energy investment helps lessen pain associated with price fluctuation on the global energy market.





Third anniversary of Prigozhin coup attempt.

















Zelensky tells Lukashenko to turn off Russian relay stations inside Belarus.

#Belarus #Ukraine #Russia #Remilitarization 


Belarus? Who? What now? Definitely important commentary about an unpopular dictator and shifting realities with respect to Ukraine and Russia.


The people of Belarus do not like either Lukashenko or the war in Ukraine. Putin trying hard to draw Belarus into the war with Ukraine


If Putin is in trouble, Lukashenko cannot count on Russian support to stay in power.


Is Belarus reaching out to the US?





Poland and Ukraine also revisiting WWII history

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Jon Stewart and the Memorandum of Understanding

 #Iran #IAEA #StraitOfHormuz






Peace? Working Groups? History

#Iran #Ukraine 


RantWoman has been neglecting Ukraine's efforts to eject Russian invaders. #Ukraine has hit a bunch of stuff in and near Moscow. The Kerch bridge is not long for the world. Life is BAD in Russia. RantWoman will find some links.


In the meantime, some more #NatSec guy banter. 


The talks in Switzerland have settled down into working groups.


Lebanon.


Starting about minute 32

After bashing Israeli capacity, President #StableGenius offers batsh*t suggestions about how to get the current Syria regime to address Lebanon.

Syria leader used to be a member of Al Qaeda BUT economics and Islam matter. 


Comments about Trump Iran comments and Lindsay Graham.

"Help is on the way" the same way help was on the way when Iran was slaughtering protestors


#StraitofHormuz open to Iranian and Chinese vessel.


African American military service for #Juneteenth. Look for book or Netflix The 6888