2026-05-16, Simply Saturday.

Administrivia.

Wheatie Wisdom.  If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.  No running with scissors.  No food fights. 

AI stuff posted, requires a link. Please use spoiler, for longer posts.

Wolf Speak.  No obnoxious behavior towards fellow QTreeper(s). Freedom of Speech is honored here QTree.  But Do Know, every poster, IS personally responsible for what they post. 

America, needs to embrace the following TRUTH…

In No Particular Order, The House AND Senate MUST.

  1. Impeach Activist Judges & Fire Activist Magistrates.
  2. Pass SAVE Act
  3. Pass, Ban Sanctuary States and Cities
  4. Trash Filibuster
  5. Trash Blue Slips
  6. Confirm Trump Nominations.
  7. Codify Trump Executive Orders.
  8. Ban Sharia Law.

Speaking of embracing…THIS.

Alysa Liu,

America Is Back!

If nothing follows KK below, Night Crew, you are on your own.

KK

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Stuff…

Makes Perfect Sense To Slow Guy.

Clandestine.

Taiwan is Not Ours to Defend

I think we are going to see the eventual withdrawal of US influence in Taiwan and Ukraine.

Trump is removing Chinese/Russian influence from our hemisphere, Venezuela, Panama, Cuba, etc., and I think Trump wants to remove our presence from China and Russia’s neighborhood as well.

Putin and Xi stood down this entire time while Trump removed their influence in our region, and I think they did so in exchange for us to do the same. This fits into my overall thesis that we are seeing the world map be redrawn, and spheres of influence are being consolidated. The US will no longer be the world police, our military is coming home, and the superpowers will be in charge of their respective regions.

I think Trump is ending the proxy wars, the espionage, the weapons of mass destruction arms races, the Cold War that never ended, and preventing WW3 before it begins. We will stay in our yard, China/Russia will stay in their yard, and we can trade with each other and coexist peacefully. We can treat each other as global partners, instead of enemies on a collision course for war.

I think this is the end goal of the plan. A sustainable and lasting peace.

https://bioclandestine.substack.com

Another, Clandestine. THIS also, makes perfect sense. Common Sense.

China and Russia Want to Protect Their DNA

⚠️REMINDER⚠️

Russia and China are protective over Ukraine and Taiwan, because the people of these nations share bloodlines with their parent nations.

This matters when it comes to genome-specific biological weapons, which Russia and China directly addressed.

RFK Jr. addressed this as well, back in July 2023. He brought up a topic that I have covered extensively, which is all the biolabs in Ukraine and Taiwan, which are collecting Russian and Chinese ethnic DNA, to which we can create viruses that target individuals based on specific sequences in their DNA. This is not some kooky tinfoil hat stuff. Genome-specific, or “ethnic” biological weapons are real, it’s been a central theme in the global geopolitical landscape for years, and both Russia and China want control of their ethnic lineage for this exact reason.

The Deep State were using Ukrainian and Taiwanese blood samples, to build bioweapons designed to wipe out the Russian and Chinese civilizations.

Ukraine and Taiwan is about WAY more than just territory, it’s about bloodlines and national security.

https://bioclandestine.substack.com

Below, IS Great News.

President Trump Announces Massive $1.7 Billion “Weaponization” Fund for Americans Targeted by Biden DOJ, Including J6ers

President Trump is set to launch a massive $1.7 billion compensation fund aimed at helping Americans who were targeted by the Biden Regime’s weaponized Department of Justice.

According to a report from ABC News, the fund would compensate individuals who were politically targeted during the Biden years, including many January 6 defendants, conservative activists, and other Trump allies caught in what critics have called one of the largest political persecutions in modern American history.

The move is already sending shockwaves through Washington.

For years, conservatives have argued that the Biden DOJ operated with a two-tiered justice system, aggressively prosecuting Trump supporters while ignoring violent left-wing extremism and politically connected insiders. Many January 6 defendants spent months or even years tied up in court battles, facing prison sentences, financial ruin, public humiliation, and permanent damage to their reputations.

Trump allies say the new compensation fund is about restoring justice and acknowledging the suffering many Americans endured during the Biden administration.

Supporters of the plan argue that countless ordinary Americans were treated like political enemies simply for protesting, questioning the 2020 election, or supporting President Trump. Conservatives across social media immediately praised the announcement as a historic step toward accountability.

America First AND Only American Values. islam is incompatible with America.

In a nutshell…

Islamization: “The Civilization You Save Will Be Your Own” and One Author’s Warning to the West

“The moderates are jihadi-Islamists with patience,” said F.W. Burleigh, author of the book It’s All About Muhammad: A Biography of the World’s Most Notorious Prophet.

In an interview with The Gateway Pundit, Burleigh offered his assessment of Islam’s global advance, the West’s failure to respond, and what he believes must be done.

Burleigh argues that Muslims are drawn to Christianity because of its message of peace and love. “People are drawn by love, and that is what Jesus projects,” he said. Muslim defectors, having witnessed Islam’s cultivation of hatred toward non-Muslims, seek something different. Christ’s message of a loving Father, he argues, resonates where theology does not, and Jesus “comes to them in their dreams because of their need for love.”

The phenomenon of Muslims having the “Jesus dream” and then converting to Christianity has been well documented. It is not hard to believe that a message of love and sacrifice for others resonates more with some people than a message of destruction in the name of establishing an Islamic caliphate. In his book, Burleigh traces that hatred directly to Muhammad, arguing that Islam is not a conventional religion but a cult of violence whose survival depended from the beginning on terror imposed on those who refused to submit.

He views Western converts to Islam very differently. “Stupidity and brainwashing explain it,” he said flatly, adding that most eventually leave. For many, he argued, it is little more than cultural fashionability. He traces the deeper cause to what he calls Gramscian Marxists who have systematically taken over public education from universities down to grammar schools, working in parallel with “moderate” Muslims over decades.

He explained why he referred to moderates as “jihadists with patience.” “They wear nice smiles, blend in, and are willing to wait 20, 30, or 40 years for their stealth tactics to bear fruit.”

The election of a Muslim-Marxist mayor of New York, he added, is proof that those efforts are now bearing fruit, “unless the explanation comes from a rigged election, which can’t be ruled out.”

On whether Islam can coexist with other religions, Burleigh is unambiguous. He cites Koran 8:39 directly: “Fight with them until there is no more fitna and religion is all for Allah.” Islam will tolerate other faiths only so long as their adherents pay a subjugation tax, he argues, and even then the pressure to convert continues.

Christians and other religious minorities are paying jizya across multiple countries where jihadist groups operate as de facto governing authorities. In Mali, JNIM, an al-Qaeda affiliate, has imposed a monthly tax of roughly $40 on all Christians over 18 in the Mopti region, threatening to close churches for non-payment. Along the Niger-Burkina Faso border, jihadists have given Christian males aged 15 and older a choice: pay jizya or face the consequences, warning that those who pay will “live as slaves.”

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, ADF/ISCAP has presented Christians with three options: conversion to Islam, payment of jizya, or death, a framework ISIS’s Al-Naba newsletter described in August 2025 as fully sanctioned by Islamic law.

In Pakistan, TTP and Lashkar-e-Islam have imposed jizya across tribal border areas, including the Tirah Valley and Orakzai, where one Sikh community was forced to pay 20 million rupees and others abandoned their homes rather than comply. Afghanistan remains the only internationally recognized government still imposing jizya by name under Taliban rule. Open Doors analysts assess these cases as part of a coordinated wider strategy, with families who refuse or cannot pay being driven from their ancestral lands.

He points to the absence of Christian churches in Saudi Arabia, the destruction of Buddhist statues in Afghanistan, the shrinking space for Hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh, and the burning of Catholic churches in Europe. “Who is torching all the Catholic churches and cathedrals in Europe?” he asked.

His book documents this pattern from Islam’s founding, cataloging what it says are Muhammad’s crimes against those who rejected him, including mass killings of Jewish tribes, assassination of critics, enslavement of men, women, and children, and systematic plunder.

WAYNE ROOT: Why The SAVE America Act has Become a Scam to Fool President Trump. Stop Fighting for It (for now). It’s a Trojan Horse. Here is the Only Solution for Midterms.

By Wayne Allyn Root

No one in all of America wants Voter ID, proof of citizenship, an end to mail-in ballots, and paper ballots replacing machines more than me.

I’ve fought loud and hard for the SAVE America Act. I’ve fought for this bill like a cornered wolverine. To me, it was the only way to save the midterms.

But my fight for the SAVE Act was a year ago…and many months ago. Not now.

Now it’s a dollar short and a day late. Passing it now would be a scam.

Here’s why…

First, this was the easiest bill to pass in the history of Congress. Everyone is for it- Republican voters, Democrat voters, independents, white voters, black voters, Latino voters- literally, EVERYONE.

Yet with the GOP controlling both houses of Congress, and knowing Democrats rig and cheat like the rest of us breathe air, the GOP Senate refused to pass it.

What a disgrace.

The holdout GOP Senators are now exposed as frauds either playing for the Democrats, the Deep State, or bribed or blackmailed by China and the CCP.

But many Republicans, conservatives and MAGA patriots are still pushing hard for the Senate to finally come to their senses and pass the SAVE Act. They think they can embarrass, humiliate or shame the holdouts into suspending the Filibuster and passing the SAVE Act.

Here’s the problem. Here’s why this is a scam, a trojan horse, a mirage, a WMD- weapon of mass distraction.

If the SAVE America Act passed a year ago, or 9 months ago, or even 6 months ago…it would have been a Godsend. Yes, it would have saved the midterms.

But now its too late. Because the day after it passes, Democrat super lawyer Marc Elias and his evil band of scumbag communist traitor lawyers will file a lawsuit. And it will be tied up in court for 6 months, 9 months, maybe even a year- by the time it winds its way through nonstop appeals to higher courts, and finally, the Supreme Court.

So, even if it passes, it will never be in effect for the upcoming midterms.

It could have been and almost certainly would have been in effect for the midterms, if the GOP Senate had passed it a year ago, or even 6 months ago. But now it’s too late. They stalled and waited too long.

But my educated guess is…that was the whole point of the stalling. This is the Democrat, communist traitors and Deep State gameplan- just keep stalling until the cavalry arrives (ie Democrats re-take power).

And part of this “Art of War” deception is not just to stall, but to eventually reverse course, and vote for the very bill you are against, but do it too late- so it actually looks like you’re one of the good guys, who came to your senses, and came to the rescue of the American people.

Now you win re-election, while deceiving the citizens. The bill is too late. The election is stolen, but it looks like you tried to help. Win-win for Deep State plants.

Overjoyed, America’s shackles to UK, EU, NATO are breaking. UN next.

Image AI. From American Thinker

“Civilizations die from suicide, not murder.” Arnold Toynbee.

We, can NOT allow America to go the way of Europe and England. Down the…

“Meme them until they cry, then make memes about them crying” – Don Tzu…


Never, Ever Forget…What they did to us during Covidiot, the Poisonous Jabs.

Merica…The Land that I, We Love.

George Strait Returns, Saturday

Amarillo by Morning

8:37

I Can Still Make Cheyenne

4:16

How ‘Bout Them Cowgirls. Miranda Lambert

3:42

Seriously…

…We’ll get through this, just fine!

Trust Trump…

Relax. It’s Saturday. Back To Basics…

“Fishing In Our Soul” – Official Music Video – Jill’s Cashbox ft. Salt Strong

4:37

Night crew, your nickel.

KK

2026-05-09, Simply Saturday.

Administrivia.

Wheatie Wisdom.  If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.  No running with scissors.  No food fights. 

AI stuff posted, requires a link. Please use spoiler, for longer posts.

Wolf Speak.  No obnoxious behavior towards fellow QTreeper(s). Freedom of Speech is honored here QTree.  But Do Know, every poster, IS personally responsible for what they post. 

America, needs to embrace the following TRUTH…

In No Particular Order, The House AND Senate MUST.

  1. Impeach Activist Judges & Fire Activist Magistrates.
  2. Pass SAVE Act
  3. Pass, Ban Sanctuary States and Cities
  4. Trash Filibuster
  5. Trash Blue Slips
  6. Confirm Trump Nominations.
  7. Codify Trump Executive Orders.
  8. Ban Sharia Law.

Speaking of embracing…THIS.

If nothing follows KK below, Night Crew, you are on your own.

KK

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Stuff…

First things, FIRST. I G N O R E WHO!

Shut off @WHO and load up on:

Ivermectin

Quercetin

Zinc

Vitamin D

Vitamin C

The Biden administration’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine mandate was wrongfully forced onto our warfighters. It was unjust, and we are doing EVERYTHING we can to make it right.

WOW! It’s been revealed that blue states in America have lost $2 TRILLION DOLLARS, and it’s going to harm them in the 2030 Census “The biggest wealth transfer in HISTORY.” It’s closely correlated with population shifts — and Democrats are going to LOSE BIG in the Electoral College and House when the Census and reapportionment happens

Ban illegals from the Census, RESTORE OUR REPUBLIC!

TRUMP IS NOW SURGING DENATURALIZATIONS OF FRAUDSTERS — including from Somalia We voted for this! Do Ilhan Omar next

REP. CHIP ROY: “Denaturalization is absolutely a tool we should use, OFTEN. Our system has been ABUSED by fraudsters, criminals, and those who lied to obtain status.” “Citizenship is a privilege grounded in allegiance to the USA and the rule of law not a shield for people who exploited the system.”

Just saw Comey trial date set for July 15. Good this is not being delayed.

Judge sets July 15 trial date in Comey case

A federal judge has set a trial date in the case of former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey.

In a written order on Friday, Judge Louise Flanagan scheduled the trial for July 15th.

NOW: President Trump pummels “Bloomberg experts” who UNDERESTIMATED the latest jobs report, which nearly doubled expectations

“As usual, over 90 percent of Bloomberg Economists (nearly all of whom have a “Terminal” case of TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME!) underestimated the strength of the Trump Economy.”

“Despite the best efforts of Jerome “Too Late and Won’t Leave” Powell, and the America Hating Democrat Party, more Americans are working today than ever before.”

“Happy Mother’s Day and, know that, we are MAKING AMERICA WEALTHY AND SAFE AGAIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP”

Trump Administration BEAST Mode:

– Indiana RINO Bloodbath

– SCOTUS rules against racist maps

– Dems lose racist DEI seats en masse

– New GOP seats in Florida, Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina

– Dems rigged map in Virginia TOSSED –

Virginia Senate Leader raised by FBI

– Somali fraudsters mass-raided

– Dr. Fauci scientist arrested, indicted

– Comey indicted, again

– ActBlue under investigation

– SPLC indicted, hate hoax op exposed

– John Brennan under investigation

– Fani Willis under investigation

– J6 liar Cassidy Hutchinson going down

– Peace Deal in Ukraine?

– Peace deal in Iran?

– Libs on life support You believed them when they said ‘MAGA is dead’ and ‘it’s over?!’

No. Get up. We’re winning…

No more IRGC Stalling tactics. I Want Project Freedom Plus.

JUST IN: President Trump confirms he might RESTART Project Freedom in the Strait of Hormuz if Iran keeps bailing on making a deal “We may go back to Project Freedom if things don’t happen. But it’ll be Project Freedom PLUS, meaning Project Freedom plus OTHER THINGS.”

“We’ll go a different route if everything doesn’t get signed up, buttoned up.”

I missed it. What’s the deal with FDA Marty Makary?

REPORTER: What’s going on with FDA Commissioner Marty Makary? PRESIDENT TRUMP: Nothing much. REPORTER: Are you gonna fire him? TRUMP: I’ve been reading about it, but I know nothing about it!

Image AI. From American Thinker

“Civilizations die from suicide, not murder.” Arnold Toynbee.


Never, Ever Forget…What they did to us during Covidiot, the Poisonous Jabs.

Merica…The Land that I, We Love.


Charlie Daniels Band Saturday

Orange Blossom Special

8:23

The South’s Gonna Do It Again 

4:19


Drinkin’ My Baby Goodbye

3:41

The Devil Went Down to Georgia

5:01

Seriously…

…We’ll get through this, just fine!

Relax. It’s Saturday. Back To Basics…

–.

FUN listen. Craig Campbell – Fish 

4:00

Night crew, your nickel.

KK

2026-05-02, Simply Saturday.

Administrivia.

Wheatie Wisdom.  If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.  No running with scissors.  No food fights. 

AI stuff posted, requires a link. Please use spoiler, for longer posts.

Wolf Speak.  No obnoxious behavior towards fellow QTreeper(s). Freedom of Speech is honored here QTree.  But Do Know, every poster, IS personally responsible for what they post. 

America, needs to embrace the following TRUTH…

In No Particular Order, The House AND Senate MUST.

  1. Impeach Activist Judges & Fire Activist Magistrates.
  2. Pass SAVE Act
  3. Pass, Ban Sanctuary States and Cities
  4. Trash Filibuster
  5. Trash Blue Slips
  6. Confirm Trump Nominations.
  7. Codify Trump Executive Orders.
  8. Ban Sharia Law.

Speaking of embracing…THIS.

If nothing follows KK below, Night Crew, you are on your own.

KK

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Road To Liberty.

Nothing new available. 🙁

George Washington

The only sitting President to lead soldiers in the battlefield.

Fast forward from 1776, ~84 years.

Henry Rifles created in Civil War era.


Henry History

Benjamin Tyler Henry
His invention: The Henry Rifle

In every field of human endeavor there is a select group of individuals who are given credit for making such major contributions that they become synonymous with their achievements. In the area of firearms development, one name that must be included on that honored roster is Benjamin Tyler Henry. His invention: The Henry Rifle.

It was Mr. Henry who conceived the first practical, lever action repeating rifle patented in 1860. The Henry gave a single man the firepower of a dozen marksmen armed with muzzle-loading muskets.

America was engulfed in the searing flames of the Civil War, and the first Henry rifles were in the hands of Union soldiers by mid 1862. Due to its revolutionary design and rapid rate of fire, the Henry quickly found popularity both with the military and civilian purchasers. Early sales were especially brisk in Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri and Indiana.

With its reliable .44 caliber rimfire metallic cartridge, the Henry produced a rapid and highly accurate fire. Reports of the successful use of Henry rifles in the Civil War were numerous. The incredible firepower unleashed by the Henry is evident in Major William Ludlow’s account of the Battle of Allatoona Pass. “What saved us that day was the fact that we had a number of Henry rifles” wrote Major Ludlow. “This company of 16 shooters sprang to the parapet and poured out such a multiplied, rapid and deadly fire, that no men could stand in front of it and no serious effort was made thereafter to take the fort by assault.”

After an encounter with the 7th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, which had the good fortune to be armed with Henrys, one Confederate officer is credited with the phrase, “It’s a rifle that you could load on Sunday and shoot all week long.”

The Henry rifle would go on to play a significant, if not dominant role in the frontier days of the American West. It would soon become one of the most legendary, respected and sought after rifles in the history of firearms. A contemporary rifle collection isn’t complete without one.

https://www.henryusa.com/about-us/henry-history

Hickok45 shows off a Henry.

1860 Henry Rifle

1860 Henry Rifle 23:06

Image AI. From American Thinker

“Civilizations die from suicide, not murder.” Arnold Toynbee.

We, can NOT allow America to go the way of Europe and England. Down the…


Never, Ever Forget…What they did to us during Covidiot, the Poisonous Jabs.

Merica…The Land that I, We Love.

Jefferson Airplane-Starship Saturday

Somebody To Love

3:13

White Rabbit 

2:45

Miracles

6:54

Nothing gonna stop us now

4:25

Seriously…

…We’ll get through this, just fine!

Relax. It’s Saturday. Back To Basics…

Ray Stevens – “Too Drunk To Fish” 

4:11

Night crew, your nickel.

KK

2026-04-29, Hump Day Special CANCELLED. Please see Gail’s post.

Administrivia.

Wheatie Wisdom.  If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.  No running with scissors.  No food fights. 

AI stuff posted, requires a link. Please use spoiler, for longer posts.

Wolf Speak.  No obnoxious behavior towards fellow QTreeper(s). Freedom of Speech is honored here QTree.  But Do Know, every poster, IS personally responsible for what they post. 

If nothing follows KK below, Night Crew, you are on your own.

KK

It’s HUMP DAY.  GOT Coffee?  GOT Tea?  GOT Scroll Wheel? 

Stuff…

— Later

Image AI. From American Thinker

Seriously…

…We’ll get through this, just fine!

KK

2026-04-25, Simply Saturday.

Administrivia.

Wheatie Wisdom.  If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.  No running with scissors.  No food fights. 

AI stuff posted, requires a link. Please use spoiler, for longer posts.

Wolf Speak.  No obnoxious behavior towards fellow QTreeper(s). Freedom of Speech is honored here QTree.  Every poster, IS personally responsible for what they post. 

America, needs to embrace the following TRUTH…

In No Particular Order, The House AND Senate MUST.

  1. Pass SAVE America Act
  2. Trash Filibuster
  3. Impeach Activist Judges & Fire Activist Magistrates.
  4. Pass, Ban Sanctuary States and Cities
  5. Trash Blue Slips
  6. Confirm Trump Nominations.
  7. Codify Trump Executive Orders.
  8. Ban Sharia Law.

Speaking of embracing…THIS.

If nothing follows KK below, Night Crew, you are on your own.

KK

It’s Saturday.  GOT Coffee?  GOT Tea?  GOT Scroll Wheel?  😊

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Road To Liberty. (A series)

https://www.whitehouse.gov/america250

The Story of America: John and Abigail Adams

12:32

Today in History: April 25, Spanish-American War declared

On April 25, 1898, the United States Congress declared war against Spain. The 16-week Spanish-American War resulted in an American victory, after which the United States took possession of the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam.

Stuff…

Please take a few minutes. Enjoy Hung Cao’s Incredible Journey. Vietnam – Africa – America.

They just thought Pete Hegseth was over the top, now we have a man in charge of the Navy who blew shit up for 30+ years and was really good at it. A great time to be alive!

Congratulations @HungCao_VA

Hung Cao, the former refugee who is Trump’s new acting navy secretary

Vietnam-born Cao stood twice for federal office in Virginia and has called for upgrading of fleet to face new threats

The acting navy secretary, Hung Cao, who steps into the role after the sudden departure of John Phelan, is a veteran naval officer and former refugee who earned a position with the Trump administration with campaigns for political office in Virginia marked by religious intolerance.

When Cao was first appointed, the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, set him to modernizing base infrastructure and quality-of-life issues for sailors and marines, and to raise recruiting standards. Cao has also been a point person in the administration on permitting vaccine refusal and eliminating “DEI” policies in the military.

He has been sharply outspoken about the military’s recruiting practices, saying in a debate with Tim Kaine when he ran against him for Senate in 2024 that the military should be recruiting “alpha males and alpha females who are going to rip out their own guts, eat them, and ask for seconds”.

At his confirmation hearing, Cao described an aircraft carrier as “99,000 tons of American diplomacy” but noted that the availability of ships hovered at about 60%, which he described as “horrid” readiness.

Asked about his views on how to either use the existing fleet or to transition to a new paradigm for naval warfare, Cao said the military was living each day like it was 10 September 2001, and that the country must accelerate shipbuilding while improving technology so that it can defeat hypersonic missiles and other threats.

“We need to rethink naval warfare,” Cao said last June. “We need to be ready for what happens tomorrow.”

Cao ran twice for federal office as a Republican candidate in Virginia, falling to US representative Jennifer Wexton in a House race in Virginia’s northern suburbs in 2022, then to Senator Tim Kaine in 2024.

Cao’s comments in an interview about Monterey being taken over by “witches” and a joke about being “African American” because he lived in Africa as a child became a campaign issue. Cao expressed support for a national abortion ban as a candidate.

Cao, 55, fled Vietnam with his family when he was four. He lived in Niger as a child while his father worked for USAID. Cao enlisted in the navy in 1989 before graduating from the US Naval Academy and earning a commission as a special operations officer.

He served on active duty as a diver and explosive ordnance technician with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, notably leading the team that recovered the body of John F Kennedy Jr off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard.

Cao was section head for the budget programming division in the office of the chief of naval operations before retiring as a captain in 2021. He has a master’s degree in applied physics from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, and completed fellowships at MIT and Harvard.

“I came to this country with nothing, as a refugee,” Cao said in response to a question during his confirmation hearing as undersecretary of the navy. “We grew up in Africa, actually. In 1979, when the shah of Iran was overthrown, the marines brought us into the embassy and stood watch over us in case they had to do an evacuation … I wanted to be like those heroes, so I have dedicated my entire life to serving the military.” (Bold mine.)

Cao’s son graduates this year from the US Naval Academy.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/23/hung-cao-new-navy-secretary

Chiefio https://chiefio.wordpress.com/

Australia, Fuel History, Present Risks

An interesting review of the Australian Oil Shortages over many decades

The short form is that W.W.II was the worst due to dependence on Asian sources (under British Empire control) and then being cut off by war. Gee, Asian sources cut off in war… rather like now when Australia depends on imported fuel from Asian refineries that in turn depend on Arabian Gulf oil…

During the 1970s Arab Oil Embargo Australia had rationing, but due to domestic “work actions” (strikes) by oil workers. The country was nearly self sufficient in oil and oil products then.

Fast forward to now: All the “lessons learned” have been discarded, all but 2 refineries closed in favor of Asian ones (and one of those two just had a major fire…), and the crude oil supply is disrupted by a war.

“Those who do not remember their history are doomed to repeat it.”

Stockpile Food To Prepare For Worst Food Crisis | China Cuts Fertiliser, Farmers Abandon Paddocks

12:20


Australia’s Fuel Supply Is More Fragile Than Anyone Realises (This Is How Rationing Starts)

9:58

In Conclusion

It didn’t have to be this way. Australia could have kept its oil refineries, continued to develop oil fields and production, and built a nitrogen fertilizer plant. They did not. They chose in stead to save a couple of pennies on the $A for Urea and other nitrogen fertilizers, and similarly for oil products.

Literally “penny wise and pound foolish”.

FWIW, he says “you will not see it today”… yet we are seeing it today. So when the really hard bit hits, expect it to be a lot worse.

We are at the start of a Cascade Failure. Shortly it will be impossible to prevent the cascade.

Today I did a Walmart run (for things I’d not already prepped, like laundry detergent, fresh fruit, condiments, and another round of paper goods)…

Closing thoughts at the link. 

https://chiefio.wordpress.com

SLOW GUY here. I continue, to not see food or daily essentials shortages in the USA. Come 1 May, if Strait of Hormuz remains closed, Slow guy will likely bump up stocks. Previously planned, picking up a pig, from the processor next week. Plenty of beef in the freezer. It’s the stuff on supermarket middle aisles, I’ll bulk on again. Stuff has long shelf life. So no big deal there. No spoilage. It’ll get used, Nothing tossed.

Image AI. From American Thinker

“Civilizations die from suicide, not murder.” Arnold Toynbee.

“Meme them until they cry, then make memes about them crying” – Don Tzu…

Never, Ever Forget…What they did to us during Covidiot, the Poisonous Jabs.

Merica…The Land that I, We Love.


Alan Jackson Saturday

Work In Progress.

Remember When

Chattahoochee

Seriously…

…We’ll get through this, just fine!

Relax. It’s Saturday. Back To Basics…

Billy Currington – Bad Day Of Fishin’

Night crew, your nickel.

KK

2026-04-18, Simply Saturday.

Administrivia.

Wheatie Wisdom.  If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.  No running with scissors.  No food fights. 

AI stuff posted, requires a link. Please use spoiler, for longer posts.

Wolf Speak.  No obnoxious behavior towards fellow QTreeper(s). Freedom of Speech is honored here QTree.  Every poster, IS personally responsible for what they post. 

America, needs to embrace the following TRUTH…

In No Particular Order, The House AND Senate MUST.

  1. Pass SAVE America Act
  2. Trash Filibuster
  3. Impeach Activist Judges & Fire Activist Magistrates.
  4. Pass, Ban Sanctuary States and Cities
  5. Trash Blue Slips
  6. Confirm Trump Nominations.
  7. Codify Trump Executive Orders.
  8. Ban Sharia Law.

Speaking of embracing…THIS.

If nothing follows KK below, Night Crew, you are on your own.

KK

It’s Saturday.  GOT Coffee?  GOT Tea?  GOT Scroll Wheel?  😊

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Road To Liberty. (Series). Dropping until, IF, fresh stuff posted.

The following from American Stinker, related to USA 250. Interesting read.

Audio at the link.

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/04/usa_250_setting_the_stage_for_revolution.html

USA 250: Setting The Stage For Revolution

America, Great Britain, and the Western world on the eve of the Revolution.

S. David Sultzer | April 16, 2026

Image created using AI.

NOTE. Eight minute audio, of this article, at link below.

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/04/usa_250_setting_the_stage_for_revolution.html

What do we mean by the Revolution? The war? That was no part of the revolution; it was only an effect and consequence of it. The revolution was in the minds of the people, and this was effected from 1760–1775, in the course of fifteen years, before a drop of blood was shed at Lexington. — John Adams, Letter to Thomas Jefferson, August 24, 1815 (Bold mine.)

As the year 1760 dawned, England and its perennial enemy, France, were at war for global dominance, fighting on five continents. It would later be known as the Seven Years War, with its theaters in North America labeled the French and Indian War and the 1st Anglo-Cherokee War.

By 1760, great, wind-driven ships traversed the world’s oceans. The Age of Sail, which began in the 15th century, and its companion, the Age of Discovery, had transformed the world through trade. Before 1600, in every developed society across the world, a tiny minority of royalty and their associates were wealthy, while all about them, the vast majority lived in subsistence-level poverty. That changed only with the advent of world trademercantilism, and capitalism, which together lifted the majority out of poverty and created a middle class.

Image by Our World In Data. CC BY 0.

(Slow Guy. Coincidence, I’m sure. GDP per capita in England, Shot Up, about 1913.)

By 1760, about 1.5 million people lived in the North American colonies, and the population growth rate was set to double in 20 years. The colonies had benefited from nearly 150 years of the British government’s “benign neglect.” As the Privy Council told South Carolina’s new governor in 1722, that policy was intended to make colonial governments as “Easy and Mild as possible to invite people to Settle under it.”

By 1760, a prosperous middle class had developed in the colonies. It was a society unburdened by Europe’s ultra-wealthy, permanent noble class. When Lord Wortley Montague died in London in 1761, his estate was worth over £1.3 million. When the wealthiest merchant in Boston, Thomas Hancock (John’s uncle), died near the same time, his estate was valued at only £70,000.

The colonies were also unburdened by Europe’s permanently impoverished underclass, for they had great economic mobility and opportunity. As one British visitor, Nicholas Cresswell, wrote in contrasting the colonies with Europe, “here there are no fears [of poverty] and with the least spark of industry, a man may support a family…”

In 1760, religious issues were of central concern, although the nature of the battle had changed.

For a thousand years, Islamic wars of conquest had demanded Europe’s energy. By 1760, the Muslim attacks against Europe had ended. Barbary pirates, who enslaved some 1.25 million Europeans, including American colonists, were still a problem (indeed, two of America’s first wars, the First (1801-1805) and Second (1815) Barbary Wars, were against the pirates), but they were not what led to America’s Revolution.

What mattered in the colonies were Christian schisms. Christianity had always been the indispensable beating heart of Western civilization, but the Reformation of 1517 splintered the universal Catholic Church, leading to numerous Protestant sects. Europe was riven by internecine religious wars and religious persecution, pitting Christian against Christian.

For two centuries, Protestant minorities in Europe were persecuted. This was as true for the Huguenot Protestants in Catholic France as it was for the Puritans and all others who dissented from the state religion of England, Anglicanism. Many European and British Protestants fled to the North American colonies.

In the mid-17th century, Great Britain was in the midst of revolutionary turmoil. It had been convulsed by a bloody civil war pitting Protestant sects against Anglicans (the British version of Catholicism) and against Catholics. In Scotland, the Jacobite rebellions saw the Scots fight for Europe’s Catholic monarchs and against the Protestant English.

Other than the Jacobite rebellions, these conflicts were all about the ancient “rights of Englishmen,” which are detailed here. These rights, which began with the Magna Carta and included no taxation without representation and the right to due process of law, were mostly spelled out in the English Bill of Rights of 1689, to which the monarch agreed after England’s Glorious Revolution of 1688.

By 1760, roughly 80% of colonists in North America were members of persecuted Protestant sects, including Congregationalists (Puritans), Baptists, Quakers, Scots Presbyterians, French Huguenots, and German Lutherans. By 1760, English Anglicans made up only about 15% of the colonial population. Jews were about 1% of the colonial population, as were Catholics, despite their religion being proscribed in all but Maryland’s colony.

In 1760, there was bad blood between Massachusetts’ mostly Congregationalist population and the royally appointed Anglican government. Already a decade earlier, the Congregationalist minister Rev. Jonathan Mayhew had given a sermon justifying the prior century’s English Civil War, when Puritans beheaded the Anglican king.

Rev. Mayhew combined the Bible (Romans 13:1-7) and John Locke’s 2nd Treatise of Government to reach a religious justification for rebellion and revolution against a tyrannical king. His sermon deeply affected a young John Adams, then sitting in the pews. As historian J. Wingate Thornton has described it, this sermon was “The morning gun of the American Revolution.”

The (mostly Protestant) British colonists in North America during this time of civil strife had the words ‘British liberty’ on their lips. They knew their history well and were immensely proud to be British. They knew the Magna Carta and were proud to live in a land where they could speak freely and, in theory at least, be free from tyrannical government.

When Patrick Henry, in 1765, wrote in the Virginia Resolves that the colonists had all the Liberties and Privileges of Englishmen, including the right to be taxed only by their democratically elected governing body, he was not innovating. He was treading a path already blazed in England for half a millennium.

Finally, to this mix of economic and traditional liberty, the year 1760 added one more thing: the Enlightenment. It was a period of rationalism and reason—a search for objective truth in all aspects of life. It would lead to great advances in science, economics, and political theory. Societally, it would lead to the First Great Awakening, a religious revolution in the American colonies and the UK. That, in turn, would lead to the abolitionist movement. For the first time in human history, people argued that slavery was morally wrong. By 1760, Quakers formed the colonies’ first abolitionist society had formed among the Quakers. Ben Franklin eventually became its President.

In the UK, with its long history of both individual rights and Christianity, the Enlightenment led to classical liberalism. As John Locke wrote in his 2nd Treatise of Government, God gave man the right to life, liberty, and property. No man could give away those rights, nor could a government infringe upon them except for war and law enforcement. Other rights, such as freedom of speech and the right to democratically elect a representative of one’s choice, were derived from and were necessary to enjoy these God-given rights. (Bold mine.)

It’s noteworthy that the Anglo Enlightenment reached its apogee in the United States in 1776, when Thomas Jefferson wrote the preamble to The Declaration of Independence:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. (Bold mine.)

Those words came from numerous inspirations, not least John Locke.

But even as the new United States was busy creating a constitutional framework for this new, classically liberal nation, the Enlightenment was reaching a different, bloody conclusion in France. In the crucible of the French Revolution, all of the modern ills of Western civilization were being born:

  • socialism,
  • the police state,
  • state terrorism,
  • state-sponsored atheism, and a
  • war on Christianity
  • as a first step to destroying Western Civilization, then
  • for socialists to rule over the ruins.

^^^ Bold and format mine.

All of history since 1792 has been a competition to see whether the French or the American Revolution will win in the West. Let us hope, on this, the 250th year of our nation’s birth, that it is the latter.

(Slow Guy. Much of the above I knew. Serious dot connecting, having read this article.)

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/04/usa_250_setting_the_stage_for_revolution.html

Justice Thomas buries progressivism, in speech at Austin University.

YT.

Drawing on his extensive tenure as a jurist, Justice Clarence Thomas delivered a moving address at The University of Texas at Austin on the continued relevance of the Declaration of Independence. Describing the Declaration as the foundation of American government, Justice Thomas emphasized the need to valiantly safeguard its principles. Doing so, he detailed the threats to the Declaration’s principles, arguing that progressivist philosophies from the early 20th century to today seek to disregard the principles espoused there and eliminate natural rights in the process. Justice Thomas also shared the ways in which pivotal seasons in his own life—from his Georgia upbringing to his Catholic high school education—shaped him both as a jurist and as a citizen.

59:41. Perhaps play above video in background.

OR Coffee & Covid reported on Justice Thomas’ speech as well.

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/otto-von-poopy-head-friday-april ht BarkerJim

On Wednesday, Justice Thomas, age 77 and apparently immune to biographers, marched into the University of Austin and declared independence from the administrative state on its behalf. ABC reported, “Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas blasts progressivism as threat to America.” Blasts is accurate. But bazooka’d might be the mot juste. He called progressivism “an existential threat” to America, compared it to totalitarianism and slaveholding, and explicitly called for resistance comparable to the original American Revolution. Fix bayonets! It was a declaration of war.

Thomas, 77, delivered his incendiary remarks at the University of Austin Law School’s special 250th anniversary event on Wednesday. They were broadcast live on CSPAN to the entire world.

“As we meet today, it is unclear whether our Constitutional principles will endure,” the Justice began, warming to his theme. “At the beginning of the 20th century, a new set of first principles of government was introduced into the American mainstream … called progressivism.” It must be rooted out. “Progressivism has made many inroads in our system of government and our way of life,” he said. “It has coexisted uneasily with the principles of the Declaration. Because it is opposed to those principles, it is not possible for the two to coexist forever.”

In a single sentence, he ripped progressivism and the most annoying bumper sticker ever made.

He described the tentacled ideology as a European concept, a foreign import, landed on our shores by President Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921). “Progressivism was not native to America. President Wilson and the progressives candidly admitted that they took it from Otto von Bismarck’s Germany, whose state-centric society they admired” so that we could “catch up with the more ‘advanced and sophisticated’ people of Europe.”

Progressivism flips the board on the Founders’ original intent. “Progressivism seeks to replace the basic premises of the Declaration of Independence, and hence our form of government,” Thomas explained. “It holds that our rights and our dignities come not from God, but from the government,” and “requires of the people a subservience and weakness incompatible with the Constitution.”

He called progressivism a murderous ideology. “Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, and Mao all were intertwined with the rise of progressivism, and all were opposed to the natural rights on which our Declaration was based,” he said. “Many progressives expressed admiration for each of them shortly before their governments killed tens of millions of people.”

Residents of several neighboring states could hear the collective gasp from the faculty lounge at Harvard. It was the Supreme Court equivalent of dropping a live badger into a crowded elevator at a Democratic Socialists convention. He continued, going further, correctly noting that U.S. progressives embraced eugenics, racial segregation, forced sterilization, fascism (national socialism), and the grotesque notion that oats and nuts can somehow be “ethically milked” —whatever that is— if you squeeze them hard enough.

Thomas traced the murderous movement straight to elitist arrogance and scorn for ordinary American values. “President Wilson described the American people as ‘selfish, ignorant, timid, stubborn’ and ‘foolish,’” he continued. (Though, to be fair, if you’ve ever driven on I-95 in South Florida, you’ll admit Wilson at least had a talking point.) Worse, the justice explained, “Wilson lamented that we do too much by vote and too little by expert rule.”

“Progressivism,” Thomas declared, “is retrogressive.”

He spoke carefully, as one of the nation’s top legal minds would. But it was nothing less than a call for revolution. “In my view,” he dramatically concluded, “we must find in ourselves that same level of courage that the signers of the Declaration had, so that we can do for our future what they did for theirs.”

Then came the call to action: “It’s our country. It’s governed by our consent. Let us act like that and take ownership of it.” Stab them in the face. (After a fair trial, of course.)

🔥 In Austin, Justice Thomas stopped treating progressivism as a mere policy preference and openly described it as a rival regime. Progressivism is a wacky, spike-helmeted Bismarckian project that “seeks to replace the basic premises of the Declaration of Independence, and hence our form of government.”

It denies that rights are God‑given, and insists they flow from an all‑powerful administrative state. Because progressivism is “opposed to those principles,” Thomas explained, “it is not possible for the two to coexist forever,” a line that sounds less like standard conservative rhetoric and more like a formal declaration of war, easily comparable to the most inflammatory language found in the Declaration of Independence itself. (Democrats treat the Declaration of Independence the same way you treat a smoke alarm— by removing the battery to make it stop beeping.)

🔥 Critics on the academic left understood what Thomas was really up to. Progressive historian Tad Stoermer argued that the justice “is not doing what his critics will say he is doing,” meaning just a generic MAGA broadside, but “something considerably more precise, and considerably more dangerous.” In Stoermer’s view, Thomas is trying to reclaim the “sacred ground” of the Declaration for conservatives while banishing progressivism into the “profane” category— beyond the Pale of America’s civic religion altogether.

Stoermer wasn’t wrong.

Democrats furiously attacked the messenger —Thomas’s motives, his ethics, and his “extremism”— but gingerly avoided his central premise: that progressivism rejects the Declaration’s God‑given natural rights and aims to replace them. In short, they’re not saying he’s wrong. It’s like if the doctor tells you that you have a tapeworm occupying your small intestine, and you respond by criticizing the doctor’s leprechaun tie. You still have the tapeworm, but at least you didn’t have to talk about it anymore.

Their ad hominem reaction all but conceded the justice’s point. On cable news and in friendly write‑ups, Democrats denounced Thomas for “blasting” progressivism, accused him of endangering democracy, and recycled the usual ethics grievances— but none of them would touch his underlying claim that modern progressivism treats rights as government favors rather than gifts from God.

For instance, they didn’t argue that the Declaration’s language about being “endowed by their Creator” is wrong, or even that it’s compatible with Wilson’s idea of rights doled out by administrators; they just changed the subject. Their studied silence on the first principles is a kind of quiet confirmation that Thomas correctly identified the fault line— and Democrats decided not to fight him on that unfavorable ground.

Thomas essentially told them their political religion is a cheap German knockoff that leads to tyranny, and they responded by accusing him of using the salad fork to eat the crusted venison. Plus, he came in the wrong RV.

All that is well and good. But here’s the thing. Justice Thomas is not exactly a wallflower. When he speaks, he says exactly what he thinks, and always has. But he’s never gone this far before. He’s never declared war on progressivism as an “existential threat,” and declared, with all the majesty and force of his high office and at the peak of his rhetorical skill, that only one form of government can ultimately survive.

Does this new boldness mirror something happening behind the scenes in SCOTUS’s private chambers? Was it intended to frame a pending decision that could cause a political earthquake, like birthright citizenship, perhaps? Is this post-pandemic expert fatigue, and now even Supreme Court justices feel free to say out loud that the ideology of expertise itself is perverse and incompatible with popular self‑government?

Or does Thomas’s 9-minute manifesto mark a brand-new cultural inflection point?

We know one thing for sure: the conservative counter‑revolution has been winning. It gained ground during the excesses of the Biden administration and the pandemic, when the right fought a mostly defensive war against mandates, censorship, and rule-by-bureaucracy. It shifted into offensive gear after Trump’s re‑election, scoring visible victories against DEI, trans‑ideology, open borders, and a long string of similar cultural outposts.

And now, with Justice Thomas standing up in Austin to boldly announce that progressivism “seeks to replace the basic premises of the Declaration, and hence our form of government” and “cannot coexist forever” with it, the counter‑revolution looks remarkably like an army that has seized the high ground and is preparing to march onto the final battlefield.

We only need to get Justice Thomas a helmet with a spike on top, and then we’ll be fully prepared for the final boss battle— progressivism itself.

Ease up on the scroll wheels. Or not. 🙂

Perfect time, for America to sever the chains. STOP propping up allies, friends…freeloading mooches. After their sucking up on America’s treasure, for decades.

Image AI. From American Thinker

“Civilizations die from suicide, not murder.” Arnold Toynbee.

We, can NOT allow America to go the way of Europe and England. Down the…

“Meme them until they cry, then make memes about them crying” – Don Tzu…

Never, Ever Forget…What they did to us during Covidiot, the Poisonous Jabs.

Merica…The Land that I, We Love.


West Side Story Saturday

America

4:56

Tonight 

6:06

Maria 

3:06

Seriously…

…We’ll get through this, just fine!

Relax. It’s Saturday. Back To Basics…

Someone mention, fishing…

Trace Adkins – Mind On Fishin’ 

3:22

Night crew, your nickel.

KK

2026-04-11, Simply Saturday.

Administrivia.

Wheatie Wisdom.  If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.  No running with scissors.  No food fights. 

AI stuff posted, requires a link. Skip spoilers, please.

Wolf Speak.  No obnoxious behavior towards fellow QTreeper(s). Freedom of Speech is honored here QTree.  But Do Know, every poster, IS personally responsible for what they post. 

America, needs to embrace the following TRUTH…

In No Particular Order, The House AND Senate MUST.

  1. Impeach Activist Judges & Fire Activist Magistrates.
  2. Pass SAVE Act
  3. Pass, Ban Sanctuary States and Cities
  4. Trash Filibuster
  5. Trash Blue Slips
  6. Confirm Trump Nominations.
  7. Codify Trump Executive Orders.
  8. Ban Sharia Law.

Speaking of embracing…THIS.

If nothing follows KK below, Night Crew, you are on your own.

KK

It’s Saturday.  GOT Coffee?  GOT Tea?  GOT Scroll Wheel?  😊

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Road To Liberty. (A series)

Seems Road To Liberty, videos no longer posting on a regular basis. 🙁

A tangent of sorts…

Freedom 250 Presents: The Launch of Freedom Trucks

Freedom 250 Presents: The Launch of Freedom Trucks

1:04.

A fleet of six Mobile Museums, known as “Freedom Trucks,” are traveling throughout 2026, bringing the story of American independence to students, families, and citizens in every corner of our country. With interactive and inspiring content for visitors of all ages, the exhibit tells the harrowing story of how 13 colonies declared independence, defeated the greatest empire in the world, and secured American sovereignty 250 years ago. With engaging elements such as, “Are you a loyalist or patriot” quiz, a kiosk to sign your name digitally to the Declaration, and a wall of 50 American heroes, these exhibits celebrate the remarkable achievements that 250 years have made possible.

Freedom Truck Mobile Museums were created in partnership with PragerU and Hillsdale College and made possible by The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Freedom Trucks schedule, through October at the link below.

https://www.freedom250.org/events-calendar/freedom-truck-mobile-museums

Slow Guy is disgusted with our faux allies…Switzerland, Germany, UK, France, Poland, Spain, Italy… Prolly more I have not read about.

Image AI. From American Thinker

“Civilizations die from suicide, not murder.” Arnold Toynbee.

Stuff…

It’s Saturday. Yesterday, Eillert posted, How Bridges are constructed.

Got Bridge Building?

7:25

Net Zero AND Green New Scam weenies are always worth a laugh, taunt, sarcasm…

Not a big issue today in America, but, if the Straits of Hormuz remain closed, it Will Be A BFD. Less so in America, but it will effect us. America, heavily dependent on imports. Including food. Though I do NOT have any idea the degree, food sectors. We may learn. Worth monitoring in the short term, for now. Adjust, IF necessary.

Welcome to 20% of Net Zero (oil & gas, not coal) – Think About It…

Dear Climate Crazies, Doom Goblins, and Gang Green- You are now living 20% of your dream…

In an odd turn, I find myself thinking that leaving the Strait of Hormuz closed might be the best thing we could do for the world. It is just 20% of the Oil & Gas only (NOT the coal or nuclear power) taken off line. Given that the “goal” of the Climate Crazies is 100% net zero by 2030 (last time I looked), we have simply moved 1 year closer to that goal, and will need to do the same every year… ’27, ’28, ’29, ’30 & ‘success’… so WHY bother to reopen it? It will just set the world back a full year on their “progress” to their “goal”…

Embrace the pain. Live with the economic collapse, the $10 / gallon gasoline & Diesel fuel. The hunger from food system collapse and the lack of damn near everything as shipping and international trade shudders to a halt. That IS what will come anyway, as long as the goals do not change.

So think of this as a small 20% “taster” of stopping oil & gas. Realize that more power comes from Coal, and that isn’t done yet (so really this is about a 10% “hit” of the total).

So where are we? Survival Lilly gives a short summary of Europe and a bit more.

Germany gets the Draft, again, and continues economic collapse with destruction of energy supplies, making Lake Coal:

12:37 (Slow Guy. Perhaps worth a listen. Nothing new, by me.)

And a broader look at European distress… The ships that were already in transit with LNG & oil have arrived, and only now is the actual shortage of physical supply manifesting. So what’s happening and planned “going forward”? “Doom, despair, and agony… ” as the song goes:

10:02 (^^^ Slow Guy. Worth a glance…maybe…)

I’m in the USA, so this mostly has no effect on me. Gas is up about $1 to $1.50 compared to Trump’s best and still lower than Biden’s disaster. Stores are still fully stocked. I expect no significant worsening for things here. BUT even with the USA oil & LNG “lifeline” to Europe, they are toast. Just not possible to refill the natural gas storage in time for winter without M.E. LNG. (or Russian gas… that will now go to China instead). Were I living in Europe, I’d be moving out.

Oh, and California is going to implode badly too, as they are shutting oil refineries and depending on tankers to deliver oil from Russia & the Middle East after refining in Asia… who have announced they are halting exports.

How bad will it be in Asia? Remembering that we get most manufactured goods, materials & products from them now. China got hacked, China NOT backing a UN Security Counsel move to open the Strait. Continuing decline of Real Estate and exports…

12:55 (Slow Guy. Some interesting stuff I had not heard. Worthy. )

And France taking a dive too, along with China:

8:47 (Slow Guy. Worthy listen. Big picture matters. Mid and long term implications of the Straits of Hormuz closed.)

North Sea oil for immediate delivery near $147 / bbl…

Then a bit more on food, from a paranoid POV:

12:30 (Slow Guy. Much of this chatter IS similar to discussions we had when Ukraine Russia war started AND droned on. <<< Russian fertilizer was largely rerouted to end buyers / users. Prices went up. Never the crisis thought it might become.

The Straits of Hormuz closed long term is HUGE. Oil, obviously. Damage to ME fertilizer industry…impacting the global community.

Capitalists have a way of figuring stuff out. Making money, is quite an incentive.

Worthy listen.)

UPDATE:

Philippines declares fuel emergency (almost all comes from M.E.) & Japan hit too:

7:31. (Slow Guy. Philippines imports 98% of it oil from ME. Nothing surprising.)

In Conclusion

So why not take the hit now. Let the world see, feel, live the dream, have the full experience of just 20% of the Green Dream. Perhaps a few “leaders” and “decision makers” would be able to see just how bad it is, and how much worse it would be to actually go to zero.

These folks have ZERO ability to see what is coming, so let it hit them full in the face. That seems to be the only time the see anything and (potentially) can learn how stupid their decisions have been.

I know, easy for me to say since I’m in a “Safe Place” and won’t have much bad to deal with. But consider the alternative. We let the Crazies continue on their destruction of global energy supplies, rocketing the global economy into full collapse and that inevitably leading to Global War (hungry cold people usually do that).

Pain early and hopefully lighter with learning.
or
Pain more and worse later after it is too late to change.

Decisions decisions…

https://chiefio.wordpress.com

“Meme them until they cry, then make memes about them crying” – Don Tzu…

Never, Ever Forget…What they did to us during Covidiot, the Poisonous Jabs.

Merica…The Land that I, We Love.


Seriously…

…We’ll get through this, just fine!

Charlie Daniels Saturday

Simple Man 

Long Haired Country Boy

The Charlie Daniels Band – Orange Blossom Special

Relax. It’s Saturday. Back To Basics…

Speaking of fishing…

Huntin’, Fishin’, And Lovin’ Every Day

Night crew, your nickel.

KK

2026-04-04, Simply Saturday.

Praying for the missing F-15 pilot. His Health AND safety.

At this point, No News IS Good News. <<<>>> IRGC does not have him.

Note to Wolf. If I need to adjust, what I’m doing with, Simply Saturday, please break out the Big Crayola’s. I’ll do my best to follow your lead.

Administrivia.

Wheatie Wisdom.  If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.  No running with scissors.  No food fights. 

AI stuff posted, requires a link. Skip spoilers, please.

Wolf Speak.  No obnoxious behavior towards fellow QTreeper(s). Freedom of Speech is honored here QTree.  But Do Know, every poster, IS personally responsible for what they post. 

America, needs to embrace the following TRUTH…

In No Particular Order, The House AND Senate MUST.

  1. Impeach Activist Judges & Fire Activist Magistrates.
  2. Pass SAVE Act
  3. Pass, Ban Sanctuary States and Cities
  4. Trash Filibuster
  5. Trash Blue Slips
  6. Confirm Trump Nominations.
  7. Codify Trump Executive Orders.
  8. Ban Sharia Law.

Speaking of embracing…THIS.

If nothing follows KK below, Night Crew, you are on your own.

KK

It’s Saturday.  GOT Coffee?  GOT Tea?  GOT Scroll Wheel?  😊

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Metals folks are cheering Dowd’s prediction.

If Dowd is correct, Silver also has a huge upside.

Cash Is King, Dowd Sees $10,000 Gold As The Credit Market “Is Starting To End The Party”

Road To Liberty. (A series)

The White House Salute to America 250 Task Force has partnered with Hillsdale College to provide a history series that tells the remarkable story of American Independence.

It will highlight the stories of the crucial characters and events that resulted in a small rag-tag army defeating the mightiest empire in the world and establishing the greatest republic ever to exist.

This is the story of America. This is our shared heritage and our proud destiny that will continue to lead us to unimaginable achievements in the centuries to come.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/america250

The Story of America: The Laws of Nature and Nature’s God

10:52 WH has many videos to commemorate, 250th Birthday planned. Nothing fresh posted for a couple weeks.

Gudthots posted the video above, a couple weeks ago. Truly SUPERB listen.

Disgusted with our faux allies…Switzerland, Germany, UK, France, Poland, Spain, Italy… Prolly more I have not read about.

Image AI. From American Thinker

^^^ America is better for it! ^^^

“Civilizations die from suicide, not murder.” Arnold Toynbee.

We, can NOT allow America to go the way of Switzerland, Germany, Britain, France, Spain, Italy, Canada, Australia, New Zea Land…swirling the bowl…

JUST IN: Rep. Ronny Jackson WARNS that America’s relationship with useless European allies may change after the stunt they pulled with the Iran war They’re afraid to UPSET their Muslim population and want a free ride. What does NATO do for America?

Stuff…

Random thoughts.

Up front. I do believe oil will flow from Straits of Hormuz, within a ~month.

The world, global economy will pick up and be better for, No IRGC Global Bully.

But I have and am pondering. WTF IF oil does Not flow out of Straits of Hormuz, for many months.

No panic. No paranoid thoughts. No batshit crazy shopping sprees.

Observe. Think logically. Believe my gut instincts. trust your gut instincts.

Fuel, Oil, CNG wise, America will be just fine.

But, what will be the impact of No Oil for EU, UK… Whatever those countries create, to export to America… Food? Products America needs for our economy. Prolly lots of alternative sources.

Yea, I have No Idea, what I am talking about.

Chiefio has a couple interesting posts this past week.

Of Panic & Prepping. Fuel, Food, How Bad?

Is it time to Panic? Or time to Prepare?

Well, “yes and no”. IMHO it is never time to Panic. Even in horrible disasters a clear, focused and calm rational approach works best. Preparation? Ought to have been done years ago, or months, or a couple of weeks back; BUT if you are not prepared, NOW is always the best time. But without panic, please.

https://chiefio.wordpress.com <<< Superb narrative at the post.

Videos were posted in daily a few days back. Worth watching, if missed.

>>> The canning video, worth saving.

How To Save Your Freezer Meat When the Power Grid Fails

11:35

Laughing. Not cuz its funny. It’s how inept Australia’s government is AND they are still in power.

The UNTHINKABLE Just Happened to Australia’s Food Supply — Govt Panics as Only Weeks of Food Left

16:16


Then, there are, our ass wipe, allies, in EU/UK, Asia…

Terror in Europe and Asia: The War in Iran Threatens to Trigger a Major Crisis

21:16.

“Meme them until they cry, then make memes about them crying” – Don Tzu…

Never, Ever Forget…What they did to us during Covidiot, the Poisonous Jabs.

Merica…The Land that I, We Love.


Seriously…

…We’ll get through this, just fine!

Johnny Horton Saturday

Battle Of New Orleans

Sink The Bismarck

Johnny Horton – North to Alaska 

Relax. It’s Saturday. Back To Basics…

Speaking of fishing…

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Fishing in the Dark

Night crew, your nickel.

KK

2026-03-28, Simply Saturday.

Administrivia.

Wheatie Wisdom.  If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.  No running with scissors.  No food fights. 

AI stuff posted, requires a link. Please use spoiler, for longer posts.

Wolf Speak.  No obnoxious behavior towards fellow QTreeper(s). Freedom of Speech is honored here QTree.  But Do Know, every poster, IS personally responsible for what they post. 

America, needs to embrace the following TRUTH…

In No Particular Order, The House AND Senate MUST.

  1. Impeach Activist Judges & Fire Activist Magistrates.
  2. Pass SAVE Act
  3. Pass, Ban Sanctuary States and Cities
  4. Trash Filibuster
  5. Trash Blue Slips
  6. Confirm Trump Nominations.
  7. Codify Trump Executive Orders.
  8. Ban Sharia Law.

Speaking of embracing…THIS.

If nothing follows KK below, Night Crew, you are on your own.

KK

It’s Saturday.  GOT Coffee?  GOT Tea?  GOT Scroll Wheel?  😊

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Metals and Bitcoin have been getting thrashed for weeks, or is it, months.

Road To Liberty. (A series)

The White House Salute to America 250 Task Force has partnered with Hillsdale College to provide a history series that tells the remarkable story of American Independence.

It will highlight the stories of the crucial characters and events that resulted in a small rag-tag army defeating the mightiest empire in the world and establishing the greatest republic ever to exist.

This is the story of America. This is our shared heritage and our proud destiny that will continue to lead us to unimaginable achievements in the centuries to come.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/america250

The First Continental Congress

2:29


This splains it…

Trump admin. launches official WH app following series of cryptic social media posts

Following a series of cryptic social media teasers that sparked widespread speculation, the Trump administration officially launched the “White House App” on Friday.

The mobile platform is designed to bypass traditional media, offering citizens “unfiltered” access to live-streamed briefings, executive actions, and a direct messaging line to President Donald Trump.

Notably, the app also features a dedicated ICE Tip Line, allowing users to report immigration-related information directly to federal authorities.

“Live streams. Real-time updates. Straight from the source, no filter,” the White House promised from the app in its Friday announcement on X.

LAUNCHED: THE WHITE HOUSE APP Live streams. Real-time updates. Straight from the source, no filter. The conversation everyone’s watching is now at your fingertips.

Download here

Apple Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-white-house/id6759938088

Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.whitehouse.app&pli=1

Miss the ruckus on Friday?

THUNE, Must Be Shitcanned.

53 R-Con Senators.

  • Three, Thune, Eric Schmidt, AND Bernie Moreno, conspired against 50 R-Con Senators, Trump, The House AND ALL Americans.
  • >>> Cowardly Betrayal. <<<

100% Data Republican’s X below, worth reading every word.

Hello Senator Thune,

At 3 AM on Friday, March 27th, in a near-empty chamber, you passed a bill by voice vote that excludes all funding for ICE and CBP.

Let me repeat that: voice vote. No roll call. No record of who was there. No accountability. Just you, Barrasso, and a handful of senators shuffling paper in the dead of night while America slept. You could have demanded a recorded vote. You chose not to.

You could have held the line for five more days until the House returned. You chose not to.

You could have used the same procedural tools Democrats have used against you for 40 days. You chose not to.

Instead, you gave Chuck Schumer exactly what he asked for, DHS funding minus immigration enforcement, and called it a win. Then you walked to the cameras and blamed the Democrats.

Let’s be precise about what you did:

1. You caved to a demand Democrats made on Day 1 of this shutdown. Forty-one days of supposed hardball negotiation, and you settled for their opening offer.

2. You handed them a template. The next time Democrats want to defund any agency — ICE, CBP, or anything else — they now know: just shut down DHS and wait. John Thune will fold at 3 AM.

3. You punted to reconciliation. “Good possibility,” you said. Not “we will.” Not “guaranteed.” Just maybe. Meanwhile, ICE operates on fumes from last year’s bill with no certainty of future funding.

The precedent you set:

You have argued for months that the filibuster is sacrosanct. That the 60-vote threshold protects minority rights. That we cannot bend Senate rules for policy wins.

But at 3 AM on Friday, you bent every norm that actually mattered:

• Voice vote to avoid accountability

• Empty chamber to avoid debate

• Midnight deal to avoid scrutiny

• Immediate recess to avoid questions

You’ll bend the rules to avoid a fight. You just won’t bend them to win one.

What you’ve actually accomplished:

Democrats demanded ICE restrictions. They got ICE defunded.

Not reformed. Not restrained. Defunded.

And you’re out here tweeting about how Democrats are the “Defund the Police” party while you just voted to defund border enforcement at 3 in the morning.

The question you should answer:

Why did this deal have to happen at 3 AM?

Why couldn’t it happen at 3 PM, with cameras rolling and every senator on record?

You know why. Because you didn’t want your voters to see what surrender looks like.

Here’s my message: We saw it anyway.

Stop hiding behind “Democrat obstruction.” You’re the Majority Leader. You set the schedule. You control the floor. You chose this outcome.

Own it.

Burchette, amazingly calm outwardly. Likely seething inside.

WOW. Rep. Tim Burchett just ripped Senate leadership for even leaving SPEAKER JOHNSON in the dark on the DHS funding deal that omits ICE

So a SHADY deal was made behind closed doors. Now Speaker Johnson is rejecting it! “I’m a little ticked off.

I’m ticked off at the Senate leadership, how they’ve, them and the Democrats, have decided to thwart the agenda of our president!”

“Going home for two weeks, not addressing the SAVE America Act, which is of the utmost importance.”

“We need to get that in. You know, the House has a bill to fund DHS. Of course, we’ll secure the border and pay our TSA agents and fund the men and women who work to protect American citizens.”

“It’s pretty pathetic to go home at two o’clock in the morning, or vote at two o’clock in the morning, and kind of leave, well, not kind of, but really do leave the taxpayers high and dry in this great country!”

“And I don’t blame the rank-and-file members. They have no say-so in it. This is clearly a deal that’s cut.”

“Our Speaker of the House didn’t even know. They didn’t have the courtesy of making a phone call over there.”

“So it’s clear that they don’t want us in the majority. They want to, they want the status quo to continue. They apparently want to open the borders and continue not funding our TSA, because that’s the way their votes have shown.”

“So we’ll keep fighting. We’re still here!”

Unbelievable, Evil Within Our Elected Government.


On the lighter side.


Reality. America is better for this.

Image AI. From American Thinker

“Civilizations die from suicide, not murder.” Arnold Toynbee.

With the ABOVE in mind…

American Spirit, Winning…Jack Hughes


American Spirit, Winning…Alysa Liu.


Trains are awesome. Union Pacific Series of Commemorative Engines.

Header, 45-47 Donald J Trump.

Below, 1616 Abraham Lincoln.

https://www.up.com/heritage/fleet/commemorative ht TT

16yo Saves Four.

“God gave me strength, I couldn’t let them folks die”

16 yr old Corion Evans was hanging out with his friends when he saw a car PLUNGE into the Pascagoula River in Mississippi.

3 teenage girls began screaming for help as the car quickly sank.

Evans immediately sprang into action, diving in to rescue the girls.

When asked where his bravery came from, he replied “God gave me strength, I couldn’t let them folks die.”

Police Officer Gary Mercer assisted Evans with the rescue, but he began to drown as well when one of the panicking victims tried to pull him under.

Despite being out of breath with exhausted legs, Evans swam back AGAIN to rescue both the Officer and the 3rd teen girl.

Four people are alive today because a young man put the lives of others before his own.

He truly is a hero.

“Meme them until they cry, then make memes about them crying” – Don Tzu…


DinDuNuffin Fatiguer.

The FULL bodycam footage has been released – not the little IG clip that the mainstream media wanted to use to spin this into a police-bashing headline. And now the TRUTH is out: -Gets in a cop’s face calling him “B*tch” -Officer pushes back to protect himself -Woman kicks the cop between the legs -Criminal immediately plays the victim card REPOST and get the TRUTH out there!


Karen earned a GREAT Body Slam. Then Pepper Spray. Kudos to the Cop.

California Karen in Linda Vista Skate Park learned a lesson to stop acting inappropriately around children from a San Diego police officer.

Paging Ken’s AND Karen’s…

Child Learned Early…


Never, Ever Forget…What they did to us during Covidiot, the Poisonous Jabs.

Merica…The Land that I, We Love.


Seriously…

…We’ll get through this, just fine!

Kenny Chesney Saturday

There Goes My Life

When The Sun Goes Down

Who You’d Be

Relax. It’s Saturday. Back To Basics…

Night crew, your nickel.

KK

2026-03-21, Simply Saturday.

Administrivia.

Wheatie Wisdom.  If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.  No running with scissors.  No food fights. 

AI stuff posted, requires a link. Please use spoiler, for longer posts.

Wolf Speak.  No obnoxious behavior towards fellow QTreeper(s). Freedom of Speech is honored here QTree.  But Do Know, every poster, IS personally responsible for what they post. 

America, needs to embrace the following TRUTH…

In No Particular Order, The House AND Senate MUST.

  1. Impeach Activist Judges & Fire Activist Magistrates.
  2. Pass SAVE Act
  3. Pass, Ban Sanctuary States and Cities
  4. Trash Filibuster
  5. Trash Blue Slips
  6. Confirm Trump Nominations.
  7. Codify Trump Executive Orders.
  8. Ban Sharia Law.

Speaking of embracing…THIS.

If nothing follows KK below, Night Crew, you are on your own.

KK

It’s Saturday.  GOT Coffee?  GOT Tea?  GOT Scroll Wheel?  😊

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Road To Liberty. (A series)

The White House Salute to America 250 Task Force has partnered with Hillsdale College to provide a history series that tells the remarkable story of American Independence.

It will highlight the stories of the crucial characters and events that resulted in a small rag-tag army defeating the mightiest empire in the world and establishing the greatest republic ever to exist.

This is the story of America. This is our shared heritage and our proud destiny that will continue to lead us to unimaginable achievements in the centuries to come.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/america250

Ladies Of The Revolution

Betsy Ross

2:16

Mercy Otis Warren

2:09

X’s, YTs, Memes and Stuff…

America is better for it...

Image AI. From American Thinker

“Civilizations die from suicide, not murder.”

Arnold Toynbee.

We, can NOT allow America to go the way of Europe and England. Down the…

American Spirit, Winning…Jack Hughes


American Spirit, Winning…Alysa Liu.



American Spirit…Don TZU

“Meme them until they cry, then make memes about them crying” – Don Tzu…


Clandestine arrives at a similar conclusion, that we have been reading.

Trump Calls on China to Help with Strait of Hormuz!

VERY interesting 👀

Trump once again calls out NATO for not willing to help with the Strait of Hormuz.

Then Trump calls on Japan and CHINA to help out, since they are the ones who use it most.

If Trump can get China to help, that would be COLOSSAL! The optics would be perfect. If China helps, that would solidify that this operation with Iran had global support, even from our perceived geopolitical adversaries, like China. It would confirm that the Iranian regime was a threat to the world, and Trump was right to destroy them.

It also opens the door to normalized relations with China, and proves that NATO are not actually the allies they pretend to be. It adds validity to my hypothesis that we are witnessing a shift in the global order and alliances. If China helps the US and NATO doesn’t, the entire geopolitical landscape will be turned on its head.

I think this operation in Iran is about much more than just destroying the savage Iranian regime. I think we are witnessing something much bigger. I think we are witnessing a shift in the global power structure.

https://bioclandestine.substack.com/p/trump-calls-on-china-to-help-with

Dire Warning In Paradise.

Dam collapse imminent as catastrophic flash floods hit Hawaii

“Evacuations have been ordered with a dam on Hawaii’s Oahu island at risk of imminent failure as the second significant storm in a week pounds the state,” reports Yahoo News:

Catastrophic flash flooding from the storm has already destroyed homes, forced rescues and cut off towns in northern Oahu.

The Wahiawa Dam “may collapse or breach at any time,” according to an alert from the Oahu Department of Emergency Management. Residents in the towns of Waialua and Haleiwa have been told to leave immediately due to “potential life-threatening flooding” and a flash flood warning has been issued for the area until 1:15 p.m HST.

“Do not stop to pack or prepare your home. Only take items ready to go,” the alert said.

The North Shore has been under flash flood warnings since early Friday as heavy rain lashes the island.

https://libertyunyielding.com/2026/03/20/dam-collapse-imminent-as-catastrophic-flash-floods-hit-hawarii/


Seems fair. Hell, smacks of a great idea to me!

Most Importantly getting Russia to stop helping Iran, would likely help IRGC / Iran collapse..

Totally piss on “fair weather” allies – EU, NATO, UK, Five Eyes. Trump may be in the mood to simply, tell EU, NATO, UK, Five Eyes, Ukraine is your problem. Best wishes.

Slow Guy literally does not give a rats ass about Ukraine.

Putin Reportedly Offers To Cut Iran Intel-Sharing If US Does Same In Ukraine

Moscow has been accused by top officials in the White House and in Congress of expanding its intelligence-sharing with Iran amid the now three-week-long war involving the US and Israel. Russia has even been accused of handing over targeting information, allegedly assisting in Iranian ballistic missile attacks on US bases and radar sites as well as sensitive assets in the region.

Russia hasn’t confirmed that it is doing this, and has issued a meager official denial – but it also hasn’t taken serious steps to convince Washington otherwise. The Kremlin is perhaps relishing in the idea of doing to the US in Iran precisely what the US is doing to Russia in Ukraine – making the operation harder, more costly, and setting up for potential quagmire. 

On Friday Politico is reporting on a possible quid pro quo offer: “Moscow proposed a quid pro quo to the U.S. under which the Kremlin would stop sharing intelligence information with Iran, such as the precise coordinates of U.S. military assets in the Middle East, if Washington ceased supplying Ukraine with intel about Russia.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/putin-reportedly-offers-cut-iran-intel-sharing-if-us-does-same-ukraine

Can’t say I’m excited about this. Good, Bad, or Indifferent, this is inevitable.

AIR SUPREMACY: Anduril’s High-Speed Drone ‘Fury’ Starts Production in New US Plant (VIDEOS)

Another deadly tool for the strike packages.

It’s hard to overstate just how much the strike (or kamikaze) drones have become a defining feature of today’s battlefields.

Since day one in his second presidential term, Donald J. Trump demanded from Pentagon contractors strike drones that were inexpensive and deadly – and that’s what he is getting.

Now, as the US is undertaking a military operation against Iran and proxy groups, the Lucas drones – an adaptation of the Iranian Shaheed – is being widely used, with a new model expected soon.

FURY: “We [were] competing against Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, & in the end Anduril beat all of them.”Palmer Luckey (

@PalmerLuckey), Anduril”

This is the first autonomous fighter that the United States Air Force has ever procured. We recently just flew it for the first time.

We went from signing a contract with the Air Force to first flight in 556 days, which is, as far as I know, the fastest new fighter development program since the end of the Korean War.

The really exciting thing about this program is we are competing against a lot of the big guys. So we are competing against Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, and in the end

@anduriltech beat all of them, which was really, really gratifying to, you know, go from starting this company to going toe-to-toe with the guys who are legends of the fighter community & actually get selected to build something.

Build something that flies. So it’s an AI-powered fighter jet that flies alongside manned fighters.

So imagine if I had an F-35 pilot, he might fly with two or three or four or five of these alongside with him, extending his weapons webs forward, his sensors forward, & allowing them to engage in risks that you would never want a person to do.

You know, there’s a lot of ways to win a fight and live to see another day. There’s a lot of ways to win a fight and sacrifice pawns on the board.

And autonomy means that you can do that without the ethical problems of just throwing away human lives.”


Slow Guy continues to believe:

  • Trump orders ground forces to recover Uranium material. DELTA Force tagged.
  • IF IRGC leftovers play hardball with Straits of Hormuz, SEALS will take Kharg Island. ZERO Iranian oil flowing through the Straits of Hormuz. Cash Flow evaporates.

LEAK: Pentagon Preparing Plans For Possible Deployment of US Troops on the Ground in Iran – Trump Appears to Dispute Leak

CBS News reported:

Senior military commanders have submitted specific requests aimed at preparing for such an option as President Trump weighs moves in the U.S.-Israel-led conflict with Iran, the sources said.

Pentagon officials have made detailed preparations for deploying U.S. ground forces into Iran, multiple sources briefed on the discussions told CBS News.

Mr. Trump has been deliberating whether to position ground forces in the region, sources said on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

It was unclear under what circumstances he would authorize the use of troops on the ground.

Seems IRGC version of Baghdad Bob, earned his 72 virgin spitting goats.

Picture below, almost as if, he knew, his remaining hours were very limited.

IRGC ‘Main Propagandist’ Spokesman Ali Mohammad Naini Killed in Overnight Airstrike

Boebert continues to be a disappointment. Slow Guy assumes she supports taking out IRGC. If so, all of that ordnance, AC, support costs a hell of a lot. As did the Venezuela operation AND constantly taking out cartel drug boats. Hope Boebert doesn’t go the way of MTG.

Rep. Lauren Boebert Says She’s a NO Vote for $200 Billion War Supplemental: “I am Tired of the Industrial War Complex Getting All of Our Hard-Earned Tax Dollars”

BRICS swirling the bowl since 47 arrived.

BRICS Collapse Continues: South Africa Imposes Hefty Tariffs on Chinese Steel

https://www.breitbart.com/africa/2026/03/20/brics-collapse-continues-south-africa-imposes-hefty-tariffs-on-chinese-steel

Bessent has gone from talking about this, to doing it. Un-sanction oil. Iran would have soldit discounted anyway. Now it’s sell at a higher price. Chinee, perhaps Japan, Europe are buyers. Reduces stress on oil market, prices. BRILIANT.

BREAKING: In a genius move, President Trump and Sec. Scott Bessent just UN-SANCTIONED Iranian oil that was already loaded onto ships Bessent had said this is using Iranian oil AGAINST them to unleash more supply and lower prices while the war continues and possibly winds down LFG! BESSENT: “We’d be using the Iranian barrels AGAINST the Iranians to keep the price down for the next 10 or 14 days, as we continue this campaign. So, we have lots of levers!”

The action runs for the next 30 days.

This LE guy likely already has job offers. Hopefully he’ll move out of his blue shithole state, IL.

WOW. Patriot police officer Jason Lentz has just been FIRED the Elgin, Illinois department because he tried to help ICE arrest criminal illegal aliens The officer publicly posted locations where they “shouldn’t” (should) look He should move to a police department that will ACCEPT his commitment to the rule of law!

IT’S OFFICIAL: President Trump SLAPS DOWN the notion that DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s job is in jeopardy “I thought she did a GOOD JOB yesterday!”

This comes after Tulsi was VICIOUSLY grilled by House and Senate Democrats, and handled it with class

Tulsi continues doing a great job.


JUST IN: President Trump is CONFIDENT the US can finally pass the SAVE America Act as floor debate stretches multiple days There is NO EXCUSE! “I’m hearing very good things!” “They don’t want to approve voter ID because they CHEAT. They don’t want to approve citizenship.” “The Democrats don’t want to do that. Why? You know why? Because they want to cheat!”

PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST LAID IT STRAIGHT: “[The Strait of Hormuz] will open itself at a certain point!” Slow Guy figures, Lloyd’s, at the direction of British PooBah, will by coincidence, deem vessels insurable again.

PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST LAID IT STRAIGHT: “[The Strait of Hormuz] will open itself at a certain point!” “But we’ve defeated the enemy and they are an enemy. There is sick group of people. The leadership is gone. The Navy is gone. The Air Force is gone. The anti-aircraft equipment that they have, the radar they have is all gone.” “Everything’s gone. The Strait itself, the actual Strait. We’re doing a good job, but it would be nice if the countries including China, if the countries that use it, China uses it 90% of their energy.” “Japan is 95% of the energy. It would be nice if those countries would get involved.”

SD

Michael Caputo Outlines Ongoing Targeting from DOJ and FBI with Suggestion to Tear Down the Institutions

Michael Caputo was interviewed by Catherine Herridge as he outlines all of the FBI targeting and DOJ harassment that took place in the past several years.  This is a very interesting interview

00:35 Michael Caputo: Biden Era FBI ‘Surveilled’ Dozens of Trump Associates
01:28 Caputo Says He Was Targeted Over His Investigation into Bidens and Anti-Weaponization Initiative
02:12 How Did the Biden-Era Investigation Continue Under AG Bondi?
03:10 Google Alert: FBI Subpoenaed His Records
04:29 Caputo Says He Was Working in Same DOJ Building as DOJ Investigation Targeting Him
06:00 August 2024 Susie Wiles Calls with Shocking News
06:40 Before 2024 Presidential Election, FBI Laid A Trap?
07:58 Federal Warrant Wanted Information About Caputo’s State of Mind
09:30 FBI Should Be Shattered: ‘Russia, Russia, Russia All Over Again’
10:42 FBI File: Caputo Called A Radical Traditionalist Catholic (RTC)
11:30 Caputo ‘Had To Go To The Highest Authority’ To Get Case Closed
12:44 Russia Gate Cost Caputo’s Family Everything
13:55 Threats To Caputo And Family
16:10 Accountability For RussiaGate
18:00 If Democrats Win Mid-Terms: Weaponization Will Increase 10x
19:50 Caputo: Task Force For Americans Who Were Harmed By Weaponization
20:50 Response to Critics Who Say Caputo Sees Conspiracies
21:43 Independent Journalism

https://theconservativetreehouse.com

Ken’s AND Karen’s…

Child Learned Early…


Never, Ever Forget…What they did to us during Covidiot, the Poisonous Jabs.

Merica…The Land that I, We Love.


Moody Blues Saturday


Nights In White Satin 

Go Now

I’m Just A Singer

  “Tuesday Afternoon” 

Seriously…

…We’ll get through this, just fine!

Relax. It’s Saturday. Back To Basics…

Night crew, your nickel.

KK