I was outraged when home heating oil jumped from $4/gal. to $5. Now it’s up to $6. A 50% increase since Trump’s War of Choice with Iran. Fortunately, this is the last delivery I’ll need until Autumn arrives.
I’ll repeat an earlier prediction. Trump will order ground forces into Iran. That’s assuming he isn’t truly mad and threatens to drop a nuke on Tehran.
Climate change seems to be causing a continuous run of extreme weather conditions over land and under water.
A vital system of Atlantic Ocean currents is weakening and closer to collapse than thought, new studies find
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/vital-system-atlantic-ocean-currents-153138672.html
It’s been fourteen months since my very successful cardiac ablation for Afib. For the third and, I am told, final time as a follow-up, I’m wearing a heart monitor.
War for fun and profit. The one positive result of all this is that no Republican politician or voter can ever again point to any Democratic candidate and get away with accusing them of being immoral or corrupt.
This stat of an un-inked comic book panel is from a 5-page Inhumans backup story, in a 1967 issue of Thor that I remember very well.
It’s an example of why I consider Jack Kirby to be the all-time greatest comic book artist. Original art dimensions would soon downsize to 10″x15″, but this panel was drawn 12″ wide, giving Kirby extra space to convey a sense of depth and solidity in the objects and surfaces.
Joe Sinnott applied his impeccably clean and precise inking to the story. Unfortunately, the coloring is much too bright and flat in this clipping from a digital comic.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters at a White House briefing Wednesday that the U.S. plans to ramp up economic pain on Iran, and said the new moves will be the “financial equivalent” of a bombing campaign.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-treasury-bessent-iran-sanctions-f45619d7ea3050bd4b1cdd9c3881ca2b
Why wasn’t this done first, before initiating military action? Oh, right. Bibi talked Donald into going to war.
