WAR WITH IRAN?

 

 

Why are we playing brinksmanship with Iran? 

 

Trump has escalated the chance of a war with Iran by stationing two major aircraft carriers within striking distance of Iran.

 

But it is not just ‘war as normal’ we are risking.  Let’s consider the ‘worst case scenario’.

 

Each carrier is a small city unto itself, manned by a contingent of 5000 sailors and marines.

 

These carriers are not only within striking distance to Iran, but within striking distance of Iran. 

 

Iran has an estimated 1,000 ballistic missiles and over 5000 drones.

  

We are dealing with a country of sexually repressed religious fanatics that sees martyrdom as a direct route to heaven, and grows dewy-eyed at the mere mention of paradise.

 

These carrier strike forces have excellent electronic countermeasures, but an all-out strike of thousands of missiles and drones could penetrate the carriers' defenses with catastrophic results. 

 

Then it would be up to a malignant narcissistic President with immediate access to the nuclear missiles strike code to determine a response.

 

What could possibly go wrong?

the Ol’Buzzard

NANCY GUTHRIE MISSING PERSON

 

The kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Savanah Guthrie who hosts the Today Show, is tragic; and the all-out effort to find her is in no way to be criticized just because of her wealth and public standing.

 

But there is a two-tier system of social justice.  

 

In 2022, the National Crime Information Center reported 4,487 cases of missing Native American women and girls.  A large number of the missing are girls under 17 years of age. 

 

Where is the National publicity?   Where is the massive joint police and FBI turnout, similar to the effort to find Nancy Guthrie?

 

It doesn’t exist. 

 My wife is Native American.  We spent eleven years teaching school in the Athabaskan, Inuit, and Yupik Native villages of Alaska.     The villages are a different cultural world from mainstream America.   What happens in the villages often stays in the villages, and this seems to be fine with the government and white law enforcement. 

the Ol'Buzzard

THE SKY IS FALLING! THE SKY IS FALLING!

 

It sounds like Chicken Little, 

But what if the sky is falling?

What we don't know about Artificial Intelligence unleashed is concerning.    Real Time asks some of the questions. 

the Ol'Buzzard

SPRINGSTEEN MINNEAPOLIS

 

Donald Trump's private army assaults Minneapolis  

in 1926.   History will remember.

Who can say it better

the Ol'Buzzard

IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES, IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES...

 

It was the best of times it was the worst of times

the Ol'Buzzard

ICE HIRES ONLY THE BRIGHTEST AND THE BEST

 

I can't help but wonder:

How many ICE agents were actively involved in the January 6 insurrection?

How many ICE agents identify as white supremacists?

How many ICE agents were previously members of a militia group?

How many ICE agents are hardcore MAGA?

Were prospective ICE agents given a psych test and a lie detector test, which is standard in police recruitment?

ICE is operating as a private police force answerable only to the President.   Do you see any parallels in history?

It was the worst of times...

the Ol'Buzzard

STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRISON EXPERIMENT

 

 

 

 

In 1971, the Psychology Department of Stanford University conducted a prison experiment.

 

Twenty-four students volunteered to participate in the experiment.  The students were divided randomly as prisoners or guards.  The experiment was supposed to last for two weeks, but had to be curtailed after six days, because the student guards became too aggressive.

 

Without the proper training and oversight, this aggressive behavior would occur in both the police and the military.

 

This is exactly what we are seeing in ICE. 

The hiring standards for ICE agents were set at a low bar. 

The training was incomplete and inefficient.

The organization's oversight is lax and in the hands of unqualified individuals.

The goal of the organization is to intimidate into conformity and submission the population of politically blue states.

ICE is not about immigration; it is about suppressing the vote in the 2026 midterm election.

 the Ol'Buzzard