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  [SEPTEMBER 20. 2026 (14:00)] View image in fullscreen Smoke rises from an oil refinery in Moscow, Russia on Sunday. Photograph: Reuters THE GUARDIAN: 100's of DRONES TARGET MOSCOW HIT KEY OIL FACILITIES THE HILL: TRUMP RETURNS EARLY FROM WEEKEND CAMP DAVID SECURITY ALERTS Post #652 is underway, Drake

  [SEPTEMBER 18, 2026 (12:30 PM PDT)] Lots of collective hand ringing regarding a range of issues related to the continued partial closure of the Straight of Hormuz. The biggest fear is of an all-out famine--next year-- from shortages of fertilizer, diesel; accordingly, farmers are already stopping or throttling-down planting and harvesting. In a related story of refining capacity being squeezed in the US, ZeroHedge reported this: MIDWEST BRACES FOR DIESEL HIKES AFTER HUGE EXXON REFINERY SHUTDOWN Fallout from the Houthi-Saudi conflict continues. FINANCIAL POST: SAUDIs HALT SHIPMENTS OF CRUDE TO EUROPEAN REFINERIES A short post for today, but I thought the continued escalation (s) or missteps in and around NATO countries regarding Russia warrant continuing coverage. WaPo: Wave of Russian Strikes Plots Raise Fear of Conflict Spiraling hmmm, I was allowed to read the above story, yet when I was just checking the links functionality, WaPo hit a paywall. Vladimir Putin remains determine...

  [SEPTEMBER 15, 2026 (17:45 PDT) Lots of news with an expanded front on the  Iranian  Middle East War, critical thinkers, Look at the damage to what is being called the World's largest oil facility. Houthi de facto authority as of 11 Sept The Gulf Iran East-west pipeline closed after pumping station hit in drone attack Bahrain Abqaiq Strait of Hormuz Qatar Yanbu Riyadh UAE Saudi Arabia Oman Red Sea Yemen Eritrea Gulf of Aden Perim Island Bab al-Mandab strait 500 km 500 miles Guardian graphic. Source: Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies, Global Energy Monitor BBC: SATELLITE IMAGE REVEALS MAJOR DAMAGE TO SAUDI OIL PIPELINE My thoughts are how what has been described as the 8th largest military seems paralyzed; surprisingly, no F-16's or armor to blow-up the Toyota truck driving ragtag Houthis Mommas.  Worse Than We Thought: New Images of Damage to US Bases in the Region CBS NEWS: WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO US POSITIONS FROM IRANINAN STRIKES Alexjoneslive.com: Sen Mitch McCo...

  Architects and Engineers for 911 Truth High-velocity bursts of debris, or “squibs,” were ejected from point-like sources in WTC 1 and WTC 2, as many as 20 to 30 stories below the collapse front.

  [SEPTEMBER 8, 2026 (11:30 AM PDT)] Welcome back, critical thinkers, Hope everyone had a fun and restful Labor Day Weekend; after taking a pause on news reporting, a few quick links to recent stories before moving forward: Hair Flap NOT What You Think: USA TODAY: Trump Hair Speculation Now About Color Not If Wig CT&Reasoning tries to stay out of pop culture and celebrity news, but I do think this hair controversy is worth reporting as it is further evidence of declining judgement and the president's mental state. As of today, POTUS hair seems to be back to blonde! My take is the blond hair is also a dye-job and they did not get it right and were out of time to correct it (?) Continuing with Mental Health Concerns: THE HILL:  ICELAND SUMMONS AMBASSADOR AFTER TRUMP POSTS US FLAG COVERING ISLAND ALEXJONESLIVE.COM: TRUMP POSTS AI IMAGE OF HIMSELF NUKING PLANET This, after a long tirade of offensive tweets suggesting a feebleminded decline--anything but presidential. THE INDEP...

  [AUGUST 30, 2026 (15:00 PDT)] HEIGHTED TENSIONS: World at Precipice of Meltdown on Multiple Fronts Hormuz Apaches / U.S. Central Command FOX NEWS: IRGC FORCES PREPARED ROCKETS SEA MINES IN STRAIGHT OF HORMUZ Two-hours-ago, according to FOX Radio, US Central Command carried out an airstrike on Iran. Reviewing what was breaking in today's newscycle, a post was overdue on multiple subjects: follow-up on our last post regarding tense preparations for war breaking out between Russia and NATO countries, the coming food supply hyperinflation and lack of production unfolding with the World's food supply, presenting some links on all of these weather catastrophes, and the alarming erratic behavior coming from the executive branch--namely, Trump. As we have been reporting for months, the crucial elements to make fertilizer and other necessary elements for modern production of not just food have been bottled-up from war and the closer of the strait and lack of grain from Ukraine is reac...