Ever wonder why Russia APPEARS to be disinterested in the conflict between the USA and Iran?

This is an outrage and the USA should be pulling it's support from Israel, but, it isn't. I guess when the president has a square and a future town in Israel named after him it is difficult to continue to have a perspective.

TO BE CLEAR. THE UK IS IN PROTEST OF THE LACK OF HUMANITARIAN INTERESTS BY ISRAEL AND IT'S AGGRESSION TO OTHER COUNTRIES.

ISRAEL'S RESPONSE IS ABOUT POWER, CONTROLLING IT AND KEEPING IT.

Israel isn't the least bit interested in why the British authorities are placing sanctions on the country and individuals responsible for expansionism and/or the killings. Israel can no longer deny the expansionism ambitions as settlers are moving citizens of other countries, including Lebanon, out of their homeland and taking it over. We have all witnessed the Israeli aggression in lands belonging to the Palestinians, but, the excuse Israel always used was a matter of self-defense. It never stops. Israel moves into lands that do not belong to it, devastates the areas only to have Israeli citizens then occupy those lands. The expansion of Israel has been an ongoing issue, but, it is out of control under Trump.

Now, Moscow might be supporting Iran in purchasing their drones and it's technology, but, it is not providing much noise about the USA chronic upheavals in the Persian Gulf. 

This is sort of the way I see it.

Trump is a transactional president. He has family everywhere on this planet in positions in American embassies. He has his own listening posts and influencers in those jobs. Highly qualified people were removed from those positions for absolutely no reason, except the same old lies about how the American government does not have the interest of it's citizens at the center of its policies. That excuse has been a broken record for more than six years now since he pulled an attempted coup on January 6th.

I sincerely believe Putin and Trump have an agreement. Putin stays out of the USA aggression with Iran so long as Trump continues to degrade the USA military, it's soldiers, and it's alliances. Why would Trump make such an agreement other than hating Iran? Because he is in a pact with Netanyahu. Russia stays out of Iran and it's war with Israel and the USA for Trump's services to diminish the strength of The Free World. The Middle East is to belong to Israel as a keeper of the Holy Land.

Now I will state there is a wrinkle in that as Russia was attempting to move forces into north Africa and has been impeded by Europe. Assuming Putin was allowed to aggressively move into north Africa he could set up housekeeping that could eventually effect the war by Israel and the USA with Iran. But, that strategy is a weak and time consuming attempt. But, considering Russia's initial invasion of Ukraine it sort of fits the character of Russian leadership.

Again. There is always a lot of transactional conversations masked as peace talks that never result in anything but more war and killing.

Then there is more Trump family in Kushner. It seems obvious (exampled by Kushner and Brothers-In-Law and the Kazakhstan mining deal) Kushner seems to be interested in the ideology of economic development as a means to end conflict. That is a transaction called racketeering. Again, Kushner gets something from his international travel, the Trump sons get something out of their's, and they take their scheme to Trump to provide a ramp to success and lots of money to their own pocketbooks. I mean even Ivanka is in on it and her promotion of land use as the Trump Ideology of resorts and casinos that always fail. Trump even wants Gaza for his own purposes under the mask of economic development.

I would like to say I am very, very wrong, but, the evidence to all this Trump mess that creates false hopes and then crashes into continued war is all too obvious.

I applaud the UK for having the guts to stand up to Israel's menacing aggression. It has to end sooner or later. 

8 September 2026

By Andrew Sparrow

Israel says it will close UK consulate in Jerusalem (click here) in retaliation, foreign minister Gideon Saar says

Israel’s foreign minister, Gideon Saar, has said his country will retaliate for the sanctions imposed on West Bank settlements.

He has just announced:

The UK consulate in Jerusalem will be shut.

The UK will no longer be allowed to participate in the US-led Gaza coordination mission in Israel.

Twelve Britons are being banned from entering Israel.

In a response, Saar also accused Miliband of “outrageous lies” and claimed the UK government was “systematically working against the state of Israel”.

UPDATE: There are 12 Britons being banned, not 10 as originally stated. See 4.13pm.

And Israel has also said Britain can no longer train Palestinian Authority forces in the West Bank under the “British Support Team in Ramallah”.

Indeed.

What bothers me most is that Trump is a transactional president. There always has to be something in it for him in order to have cooperation. Trump also tends to be too difficult by inserting his own ideas and ideologies to talks and expected outcomes. When those outcomes don't service his interests he has temper tantrum. That is not a reliable administration. That is corrupt one.

April 12, 2026
By Jean-Pierre Filiu

Some seemingly minor investments (click here) can yield enormous returns. For Steve Witkoff, then a corporate lawyer, it was simply a sandwich he offered in 1986 to his client Donald Trump. At the time, Trump was embroiled in one of the many lawsuits that marked his real estate career. Penniless, as is often the case with the ultra-wealthy, Trump accepted his attorney's invitation.

A few years later, he remembered the gesture. Witkoff, who had since moved into real estate, forged a lasting friendship and solid partnership with Trump, fueled by their shared passion for golf. The two men even set up their respective golf clubs in Florida, not far from each other.

It was during a round of golf with Witkoff that Trump survived an assassination attempt on September 15, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida. Two months later, the Republican candidate, having just been elected to a second term as president, announced Witkoff's appointment as his future special envoy to the Middle East....

Suggestions seem late and ineffective.

It is good to hear from President Zelensky. He stated Witkoff had good suggestions. I hope those suggestions finally result in a peace agreement.

It has been a very long time. The war has taken many lives. Children are still unsettled and some I believe are still missing. They have not all been returned to their homeland. Part of any peace agreement is to secure the countries involved so their children are safe.

There is a lot about these circumstances that go beyond Ukraine and involve NATO. With that understanding it would seem to me there would be more than just suggestions. There are NATO border incursions by drones. The war is taking on incremental problems for NATO. What concerns me is that an incremental problem will become far more than incremental and unmanageable and NATO will be compromised. I find all this mess rather worrisome. 

There are concerns for the capacity of Ukraine to return to normal, especially it's agricultural sector. The world needs Ukraine at it's best and that for some reason does not seem to be important to Vladimir Putin. Ukraine and it's people are important to a world for peaceful purposes. It is not a warring nation. Ukraine was at peace with all other countries and working on a corruption clean up when it was invaded. There are nuclear facilities at risk. There is a lot in Ukraine too important to the world in general to simply accept good suggestions. 

I am glad President Zelensky is finding the USA can be positive and attempt to find reconciliation, but, this current administration isn't as trustworthy as it should. I am concerned they are serving Moscow's purpose all too much.

September 8, 2026
by Tim Zadorozhnyy

U.S. President Donald Trump's envoys (click here), Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, brought Kyiv some "pretty good, decent" ideas on how to end Russia's war against Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters on Sept. 8.

Zelensky said it remains unclear whether the proposals can actually work.


"We need to understand whether we can implement them and make them effective," the Ukrainian president said. "I don't know yet if it will work out."

His comments came days after Witkoff and Kushner traveled to Moscow and Kyiv with revised peace proposals in an apparent attempt to restart negotiations that have been deadlocked for months....

Trumpism

Zelensky has been hoodwinked by Witkoff, the Nazi.

Germany needs to identify Trumpism at every turn. All the opposition needed to do was to identify the Trump strategy in elections by calling it what it was and the election would have gone differently.

Putin is winning battles. He is looking forward to winning the war. 

Does literacy include cursive writing?

By: Maggie Downs

...A noticeable shift (click here) has occurred when it comes to handwriting: Cursive is on the comeback. Once considered a relic of the past, cursive writing instruction is again happening in classrooms, with nearly half of U.S. states mandating its inclusion in the curriculum. In California, cursive was recently signed into law — beginning in 2024, first through sixth graders in public schools are required to learn to write in cursive....

Literacy is a fundamental human right for all. (click here)  It opens the door to the enjoyment of other human rights, greater freedoms, and global citizenship. Literacy is a foundation for people to acquire broader knowledge, skills, values, attitudes, and behaviours to foster a culture of lasting peace based on respect for equality and non-discrimination, the rule of law, solidarity, justice, diversity, and tolerance and to build harmonious relations with oneself, other people and the planet. Despite progress, at least 739 million youth and adults worldwide still lack basic literacy skills in 2024. At the same time, 4 in 10 children are not reaching minimum proficiency in reading, and 272 million children and adolescents were out of school in 2023.

This year, International Literacy Day (ILD) marks its 60th anniversary. It was proclaimed by UNESCO in 1966 during the 14th session of the General Conference. Celebrated under the theme “Literacy for people, the planet and prosperity," ILD 2026 provides an opportunity to take stock of progress, deepen understanding of persistent and emerging challenges, and shape future literacy agendas in a rapidly changing world.

Over the past six decades, countries and partners worldwide have advanced literacy as a fundamental human right and a powerful driver of peace and sustainable development. Building on this progress, ILD2026 will celebrate achievements, especially since 2015, while identifying remaining and emerging challenges. It will also provide a platform to highlight effective policies, practices and partnerships to advance literacy for all in support of peaceful and sustainable societies....

Israelis do not feel safer.

It is easy to say Israelis are terrified. There is wide spread fear of "the other." The West Bank is the latest target of fear. How is a people suppose to stop being fearful if all that is being told to them is that they need to be fearful?

3 August 2026

By Zev Stub

A record-setting wave of emigration from Israel (click here) continued in 2025, with nearly 50,000 Israelis leaving the country for more than 12 months for the third year in a row, according to a report published Monday by researchers at Tel Aviv University.

After about 49,000 Israelis left the country for more than a year in both 2023 and 2024, travel data from the Central Bureau of Statistics indicates the trend likely continued in 2025, Itai Ater, one of the report’s lead authors, told The Times of Israel....

There is no respect for this country, the military, and especially the people.

The Trump administration is about the abuse of power no matter where they find it. The USA military is a vehicle for Trump and his minions, not a country's defense.

The sailors were deployed more than 250 days in the Persian Gulf. 

When the USS Abraham Lincoln (click here) docked in Thailand this week some people were quick to criticise the condition it was in.

The US aircraft carrier has been at sea for about nine months where it's been supporting the US-Israel war with Iran.

BBC Verify has spoken to military experts who say, although the length of its deployment is unusual, the wear and tear isn't. Jake Horton reports.

So, rather than returning home to their family and friends, the USS Lincoln went to a Thailand port for R&R. Thailand is a good ally to the USA. That is not the issue. Evidently, a consensus of the sailors on board the Lincoln was excitement at going to Thailand. Evidently, it was on the crews wish list. The Thai people were nice hosts to very weary USA sailors.

The long deployment and the alarm of the families are the continued issue. I am glad the Lincoln is finally headed home.

August 31, 2026
By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng

...The Lincoln (click here) left its home port of San Diego in November and was later redirected to the Middle East to support military operations in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran — setting a modern-day record for consecutive days at sea, according to Democratic lawmakers.

But the prolonged deployment has also brought with it ​reports of mental health concerns and deteriorating conditions aboard, with two military-focused outlets this month describing suicide attempts and declining morale on the ship.

In ​Pattaya, a fishing village partly transformed into a tourism centre on the back of U.S. servicemen seeking succour during the Vietnam War, some are hoping for ‌a financial ⁠boost.

Each U.S. military personnel could spend 1,000 to 3,000 baht per day ($30 to $91), depending on how long they stayed ashore and whether they stayed overnight, said Pattaya Mayor Poramase Ngampiches....

Stressing families out and the intermittent relief to a stressed deployment is not okay.

This ship was due in port during May of this year and still hasn't arrived. There was no servicing of the ship on a regular basis or the needs of the sailors. Some of that is because the deployment was met with strong resistance by Iran, a country that lost it's leadership and female CHILDREN to bombs. As a result Iran could not bomb the USA because it does not have the capacity, so the idea the bombing was necessary to defend our borders is nonsense. Iran was rather successful in interrupting the supply chain of the USA military.

Any attempt to justify this abuse as defense of an ally, namely Israel, is also nonsense. Israel was and is involved with expansionism, not defense of the country. Netanyahu promised vengeance after the attack on innocent people on October 7th. That is not defense, that is a greater ideology that includes dangerous paradigms such as genocide. Dismantling any terrorist apparatus was the mission. Forcing surrender rather than killing was the mission. The war Israel has launched is an agenda and not a defense (click here).

August 26, 2026
By Dana Taylor

...Families described poor food, (click here) shortages of basic supplies, broken facilities and packages that sometimes took months to arrive. What did your reporting reveal about daily life on the ship?

Chris Quintana:

Yeah, it's a lot of that, and it's kind of in cycles. There's time when the food is better, but then there are times... I was talking with someone whose sister was on board, and she saw the food via a video call, and she described it as slop, the kind of stuff you wouldn't feed to a dog. And there are times when it's good and better, but it's definitely cyclical there.

And another conversation we were able to peek into, the sailor was talking about how they didn't have hot water, so they couldn't take hot showers.

And the packages thing too is very real for these folks. I was talking with Senator Richard Blumenthal about this actually, and he was describing it as this very real connection to your loved ones back home. He had this great story where he said, "Even if you get a stale cookie, it's nice to know that it's baked by someone you love." And so for that to not be available to folks on top of this kind of never-ending deployment, it just really stresses a lot of people out....

If there were lists of terrorists then why were the attacks into Gaza more demolition, as Trump put it, than capture?

What is occurring by the USA in the name of Israel is wrong. If Israel is not fighting terrorism, they are killing randomly as if every Palestinian was the enemy. There are international laws regarding civilians. At this time the USA and Israel are in violation of all of them. The USS Lincoln should never have been in the middle of a war of hate.

21 May 2026

By TOI Staff

Israel has created a list of all Palestinians (click here) who took part in the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks and is working to kill or arrest each one, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, citing current and former Israeli officials with knowledge of the matter.

According to the report, the list includes all Gazans who were identified as having crossed the border on October 7, as well as all Hamas leaders involved in orchestrating the massacre, during which some 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage, mostly civilians, in the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.

Israeli intelligence agents tasked with compiling the list of names did so by studying the plethora of video and photographic evidence of the attack posted online by terrorists on and after October 7 and running the footage through facial recognition software, the report said, as well as the contents of intercepted phone calls from people who breached the border into Israel that day....

The attacks on innocent people on October 7th was heinous. There is no doubt about that. But, the entire of Gaza is not responsible for the massacre. The killing of the innocent as if they are the army of Hamas past, present, and future is complete disregard for civilization. There was no permission by any measure to conduct such massacre in return.

Bloody vengeance and killing agendas are not in any understanding of an alliance with the USA. The abuse of power will stop.

August 30, 2025

...“To the leaders who vilify Israel, (click here) I say, ‘Watch this film.’ To the terrorists of Hamas who vow to repeat the October 7 massacre again and again, I say, ‘We won’t let you do it,’” Netanyahu added. “We’ll destroy Hamas. We’ll bring our hostages home because we remember October 7. And so should you.”

A dose of reality that America needs.

 

The art is reasonable for the quality. Well done.

(Click here)

My title for this work is "So Very True."

 

 

September 4, 2026

By Mike Nellis

The miraculous news (click here) arrived this morning: the latest jobs report came much stronger than what anyone expected. A gift from heaven for the Trump administration, right on schedule.

I laughed. I'll be honest with you — I scoffed and chuckled a little when I saw it, because I don't believe a single number that comes out of this administration. Not one.

Yesterday's ADP report told a completely different story. Almost no job growth. Manufacturing jobs lost. Wage growth so slow against inflation that it functions as a pay cut. That report got a shrug. Today's number got the full treatment. All day long the MAGA media machine has been running its victory lap — the Golden Age of America is here.

I think ADP would have a good idea about workers and jobs (click here). This is not an empty assessment.

But you and I know exactly who the Golden Age is for. A handful of corrupt people inside Donald Trump's White House and inside his family. That is the entire list. There is no Golden Age for you and me.

They're lying about these numbers. Let's be clear about it. They fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics last year. We are two months out from an election. You don't need to be a genius to see the plan: convince people the economy is better when it fundamentally isn't, and hold that lie together just long enough to get through November....

FOX News has it wrong again. Candidates should talk about what their plans are when elected.

 Americans need relief from Trump's antics.

The Murdoch media news station is trying to terrify the public in that the Democrats when in majority will do nothing but hold trials and impeachments. I sincerely doubt any of that.

I am fairly confident they want to legislate even in the face of the administration ignoring the Rule of Law. There is a lot to be done and we have witnessed the absolute criminalizing of the power of the USA. 

There needs to be a lot of reforms legislated and it will take some time unless there is a clear 60 percent majority in the USA Senate. Then things will move. Otherwise, it will be the House that will legislate with it's majority and the USA Senate with a majority to conduct reconciliation to bring about important changes to the laws of this country. With the passage of laws, including funding for judges there will be in place the building blocks to end the tyrannical plans of Trump.

Impeachments can go forward but I do believe reforms in immigration as was prepared and ready to go under Former President Biden and a reforms that end any influence by the federal government of voter intimidation. There needs to be a better Voting Right Act that does more than end racism, it has to prevent the rights and power of the vote for all Americans.

But, to think the Democrats will do nothing but impeach is a bit outlandish. 

The funding of important programs has to go forward. Judges need protections and that has to be a high priority. ICE has to be reined in for it's abuse of power. There is a lot to be done and it begins with clear if not overwhelming majorities in both houses.

Racketeers like Musk will attempt to use money to suppress the benevolent messages of candidates other than Republicans. But, that can be reversed with grassroots involvement and candidate participation in community events that spark interest in voting. Americans are distracted by all sorts of issues, but, bringing the attention of voting to their communities will result in "Muting Musk's money. Musk has a lot on the line. Trump carried out Quid Pro Quo and Musk dearly appreciated being baled out of the many problems he faced. So, it won't be easy to get the people to address the racketeering reality of Musk and Trump, but, it can be done.

To be noted is the fact Johnson has recessed the USA House because the Republicans are facing a difficult re-election this year. So, Johnson is playing with politics with the salaries of the members of the House rather than conducting business.

Go, Democrats and Independents, Go!

The USA Senate and House need to redefine non-disclosure agreements.

The Trump - Epstein Nexus uses legitimate methods of the law for unlawful purposes.

We know from the testimony of women like Stormy Daniels Trump would use non-disclosure agreements to conduct illicit affairs. The agreement trapped, quite effectively, a woman in a sexual understanding that proved to be dangerous. Stormy Daniels was stalked and threatened by Trump's thugs. All this is a matter of testimony. 

Relationships between men and women should not be allowed to be a document. These legal instruments were intended to protect corporate research and scientific investigation that stockholders paid for and held trademarks and/or patents. 

Non-disclosure agreements are more or less a financial protection for governments and corporations with their employees. I also think the idea of 

pre-nuptial agreements need to be reviewed. 

Women are courted for their beauty, personality, or other traits that endear a man to them. That is legitimate. It is real. There is no document that can capture the dedication of a woman in a marriage. Marriages are important and sacred but to create a document that inhibits the best outcomes of both persons in that marriage is oppression. 

But, in the case of the Epstein criminal network, Epstein's value was in the company he kept and it wasn't the women. Epstein literally captured very important people in a trap he regarded as a pleasure when in fact it was prostitution of minors for the enjoyment of men. Massages or no massages the testimony is on record and it is obvious what Epstein did. The people, like Leon Black who benefited from Epstein's contacts didn't bother to look beyond the instrument that captured important people into Epstein's circle of influence. 

Black funded a pedophile. What was he doing with non-disclosure agreements with women? More intimidation and exploitation? I take it, it wasn't his wife.

(Click here)

...Black paid Epstein over $150 million during their yearslong relationship

Black is the co-founder and former chief executive of the private equity firm Apollo Global Management. He stepped down in 2021 during the fallout over his ties to Epstein.

Lawmakers have alleged that Black paid Epstein $180 million during their yearslong relationship.

A 2021 review commissioned by Apollo found that Black paid Epstein $158 million from 2012 to 2017, after Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting prostitution from a minor. The review said the payments were for “bona fide tax, estate planning and other related services.”
Black is among a number of influential figures to appear in the investigation into Epstein and the web of wealth and influence around him. Other figures to have appeared for the investigation include former Democratic President Bill Clinton, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.

Black is mentioned repeatedly in files that the Justice Department has released related to the Epstein investigation. He also appears in a collection of birthday messages sent to Epstein that were released by the House committee last year, including a poem attributed to Black that refers to “Blond, Red or Brunette, spread out geographically.”

Before the June 26 appearance before the committee, Black maintained that he was not aware of Epstein’s “nefarious activity” until 2019 and that he paid Epstein for legitimate purposes, in part due to his “unrivaled network of relationships” with influential figures.

Hey! New Jersey!

 (Click here)

Can Hegseth force all of them into retirement?

(Click here)

It speaks for itself.

 

There is a thing called caging.

In one of Texas Paul's other videos he talks about how the White House contacted him about his videos. Harassment. Political harassment is what it is called. Attempts to squelch the truth and enforce corruption.

(Click here)

It is called a treaty, understanding, friendship, alliance.

Now it is called, "Trump is trying to destroy Canada's sovereignty."
 

Where does the racketeering end?

Do these five bozos think they are above the law or simply the law?

Oh, wait. Trump has the pardon pen waiting.

The five Republican politicos sitting on the Supreme Court have erased every citizen supporting the historical history and value of the White House. The building already has a bunker. There is no reason for a bomb shelter to be built.

The Supreme Court walked all over the Rule of Law and the legislative branch. But, the legislature is hiding in plain sight hoping the Supremes will set the electorate straight. It is a shame what is happening in this country. The five Supremes completely ignored the facts and proceeded with building a bomb shelter big enough for all those that decided in this case.

August 31, 2026
By Rebecca Falconer

The Supreme Court on Monday (click here) permitted President Trump to proceed with plans to build the White House ballroom.

Why it matters: The 5-4 ruling is likely the final word on the project, which can now proceed with above-ground work after it was halted while the case played out in court.

Driving the news: The majority decision noted that the justices did "not pass upon the legality of the government's East Wing project."

They concluded only that, based on the submissions before the court, "the government is likely to prevail" in showing that the National Trust for Historic Preservation "lacks standing" to challenge the project in federal court "and that the remaining stay factors favor relief."

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented....

(click here)

Great job by Al Jazeera.

 They get it.

Thank you.