Critical Thinking and Reasoning

  [APRIL 13, 2026 (10:30 AM PDT)] Coming off the Eric Swalwell scandal and suspension of his run for governor, I sense another scandal is on the horizon. Throughout Trump's second-term, the president has been dogged by declining mental and physical health concerns; subsequently, these observations regarding swollen and discolored hands, swollen kanckles, and sleep deprivation seem to be coalescing into some serious doubts about the 79-year-old president's being fit for office. ROLLING STONE:  Prescription Drugs Handed-out Like Candy in Trump White House Within the last week, we have had him pledge to "... bomb back into the stone-age" and ". . . you're civilization will cease to exist," regarding Iran not accepting the ceasefire; that triggered calls for invoking the 25th amendment to remove him from office. Then, we have Trump posting the image of him as Jesus Christ! Image Credit: DNYUZ DYNUZ: He's Not Sleeping Concerns Trump Having Mental Health E...

  [APRIL 12, 2026 (18:00 PDT)] Thought this would come tomorrow, critical thinkers, KRON 4: SWALWELL TO SUSPEND CAMPAIGN Tomorrow, I will be back as Trump has announced a naval blockade of Iran at 10:00 AM Eastern. . . . I thought we wanted the strait open? To tide you over, here is a concise report on what those two US Destroyers now operating in the Persian Gulf are up to: THE NAVY CHANNEL: US Navy Destroyers Start Mine Clearing Operations  [9:11m] Drake  

  [APRIL 10, 2026 (13:30 PDT)] Allegedly Sent Snapchat Dic Pics Requested Naked Pictures  According to The John Phillips Show of 790 KABC, there were many people in Swalwell's orbit who were aware of his behavior and that others will be coming forward. Rep. Eric Swalwell denied claims by a former staff member that he had sexually assaulted her, once when she was working for his office and years later when she was no longer an employee. “These anonymous election eve claims are categorically false,” his campaign said. Rich Pedroncelli/AP SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE:  FORMER STAFFER SAYS REP SWALWELL (D-14TH DIST) SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER She said Swalwell, who is married and 17 years her senior, tried to kiss her in her car when she drove him home from a donor meeting one night. Driving him to another event weeks later, she said Swalwell pulled out his ***** in the car and asked her to perform oral sex on him. She said she did so in a parking lot. Currently, I am monitoring KRON ...

  [APRIL 9, 2026 (12:30 PDT)] Do not know quite what to think of this, critical thinkers, About an hour-ago, a statement from the first lady stressed two main points: first, Melania was never a victim of predatory actions by Epstein and that the occasional overlapping of the two couples was random and could be expected " . . . in social circles in both New York City and Palm Beach." Getty Images Second, the first lady called on congress to hold hearings for Epstein's victim to testify and get in the congressional record--presumably as part of the ongoing hearings led by Rep. James Comer (R-KY). CBS NEWS: Melania Trump Statement Certainly, something more to this is yet to come. . . .along the same lines, rumors are swirling that the sexual abuse allegations against Eric Swalwell (D-CA 14th Dist.) are to drop tomorrow [?]  Best, Drake

  [APRIL 8, 2026 (11:30 AM PDT] An hour-and-a-half before a civilization ending attack, a deal was made to stop the war; judging from the headlines of this morning, the deal has been slow to get the strait of Hormuz open. Let us do a bit-of a recap since I did not post in the last 36-hours--letting the dust settle: Image Credit: CA Post CA POST: Secret CIA Tool Used to Find Second F-15 Airman Tuesday afternoon, people were really anxious about that 8:00 PM deadline looming; again, we go to the CA Post for this round-up of the latest: Trump sending Vance to lead Continued Pakistan Talks Falling Apart: Iran Says Israeli Lebanon Attacks Must Stop Closing Strait  Daily Mail: Iran Halts Ships in Strait Issues New Demands to Trump Posted one-hour-ago, here is the take from the Iranian View: IRAN INTERNATIONAL: US Must Choose Between Ceasefire & Reign in Israel In my opinion, we are far from out of the woods with this conflict; switching gears, I also wanted to draw attention to ...

  [A  PRIL 6, 2026 (18:30 PDT)] A rather uncertain feeling after Trump's bizarre and erratic Easter day press briefing, critical thinkers, Deadline Tuesday April 7, 2026 Eastern Time Here is my analysis: Many streaming talkers are surmising that there was a second operation underway. Perhaps to try to seize the amount of enriched uranium thought to be in Iran's possession [?] There has been considerable deep-head fakes with this handling of the war and keeping the enemy off balance or wondering what are the presidents' intentions. I have gone ahead and C&P this NY Times story which is leading Drudge Report at this hour as posting a link will--most likely-- be paywalled. . . . and by the way, if you do not know of the viral phrase [Trump Always Chickens-out] it is the definition of TACO. Here’s a Timeline of Trump’s Ultimatums Over the Strait of Hormuz President Trump first gave Iran 48 hours to reopen the vital oil shipping route on March 21. The deadline has been reset...