Critical Thinking and Reasoning

  [JUNE 2, 2026 (19:00 PDT)] CRITICAL THINKING AND REASONING Polls Close in an Hour: Decisive Results at 8PM Pacific Analysis Underway at 7:00 790 KABC/810 KSFO/580 KMJ John Phillips & Randy Wang are joined by SoCal Central Valley & Bay Area Luminaries KCRA 3 SAC:  https://www.kcra.com/nowcast ABC 7 SF I think I will relax and watch returns; obviously, the links I gave you should have superior coverage  than anything I can contribute. Be back as events warrant and for an election round-up at some point. Drake (22:30 PDT) A half-hour-ago, Dem candidate for governor Katie Porter conceded--ditto for Matt Mahan. Scott Weiner coasted to 41% over other congressional candidates for lead runoff over Connie Chan at 16% for the Pelosi (D-SF) seat Tied one-percentage apart, Steve Hilton just gave a powerful speech. Spencer Pratt has qualified in the runoff coming in second to incumbent, Karen Bass, in the LA Mayoral race  As noted by a KPIX 5 analysist, Xavier Becerra...

  [June 1, 2026 (11:00 AM PDT) Another few days of back-and-forth attacks and counter attacks amid claims of "The Ceasefire is holding." Image Credit: Getty  If interested here are a couple of links on the situation, and then I want to move on to some really interesting news: UK EXPRESS: Iran Issues Threat to Attack Israel as Trump Ceasefire Collapsing AP: US BOMBS IRANIAN MILITARY SITES DOWNS MISSILES HEADED TO KUWAIT More Nonsensical Comments fromTrump: Ceasefire Talks Possibly Ending CNBC: President Says Talks Were Getting Boring Does Not Care if Talks Ending “I really don’t care. I couldn’t care less,” Trump told CNBC’s Eamon Javers in a phone interview midday Monday, saying he thought the protracted discussions “started to get very boring.”   Zero Tolerance Crack Down at NJ Ice Facility Dozens Arrested InfoWars/Nick Sortor: Police Employ Kettling Tactic Up to 50 Arrested at NJ Ice Protest Be back with more news soon, Preview:  Googles' Planned Mosquito Drop of ...

  [MAY 28, 2026 (10:30 AM PDT)] Welcome back critical thinkers, Feeling like a yo-you, I have tried to avoid writing about the peace deal, lack of a peace deal, "Their Navy has been destroyed and their ability to fire missiles," or that the ceasefire is holding; then, Iran lobs missile at our ships from one of their remaining ships, fires missiles from shoreside, we fire back and take out those and other ships laying mines, BUT . . . The Ceasefire is Holding and We are Close to A Deal At this hour, Fox News is reporting the US and Iran have reached a tentative agreement on a 60-days end to the fighting. CNN: US & IRAN REACH TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BUT DEAL NEEDS TRUMP SIGN-OFF I went ahead and posted the CNN link because it contains a synapsis on what has transpired with these strikes I referred to in the opening paragraph. Scrolling through the CNN piece, I see Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, has reiterated Trump's threat on one of our previous allies, Oman:   A day ...

  [MAY 23, 2026 (13:00 PDT)] Lots of chatter online regarding resumption of the war with Iran, critical thinkers, Graphic Courtesy Douglas Macgregor    At this hour, there are a few events to consider: Yesterday Trump had air force one turnback to the white house missing family wedding This morning it is unconfirmed that there has been a meeting with his national security council Last night Trump sent out a one-second True Social ominous image of a B-2 stealth bomber Airspace over Iran has been completely cleared of air traffic Trump is scheduled to address the nation at 4:30 PM Today [figure that to be soon if EDT] After hearing from various sources regarding Iran's plan to cut undersea submarine and Internet cables, I thought, "Hal Turner has some good sources, so lets see if he has posted anything." HAL Turner Radio Show: Trump to Make Emergency Announcement at 4:30 PM Something I had overlooked, CBS News posted this last night. US PREPARES for NEW MILITARY STRIKES IN...

[May 20, 2026 (14:30)] Thought readers would find this rather alarming. ArmstrongEconomics: The Grocery Store is Becoming a Surveillance Center                                    Why Does Best Buy Have Cameras in Their Price Tags?                                                             Image Credit: 9 Gagger Grocery stores are already building extensive consumer profiles using purchase histories, browsing activity, online searches, and third-party broker data to infer everything from your economic status to health conditions and family structure. The stores can categorize customers as “not price sensitive” or identify people based on lifestyle and purchasing behavior. Think carefully about what that means once artificial intelligence is con...

  [MAY 19, 2026 (21:30 PDT)] Earlier today, I promised to come back with election results on this race in Kentucky; surprisingly, I did not think Trump's influence would be weighing so strongly due to concerns about the economy, gas prices, and the unpopularity of the war--his popularity having taken a hit in the polls. However, this was a resounding defeat for Massie; accordingly, Trump carried this district by 24% in 2020 and 30% in 2024. Here is the concession speech still streaming live: YouTube/USA TODAY: FULL MASSIE CONCESSION SPEECH [21:00m-ago]  Politics over until our CA primary in two-weeks. One-and-done, Drake