Critical Thinking and Reasoning

  Yesterday, we learned of 150+ injuries incurred in the war with Iran; rumored for weeks that injured and dead were being transported to the medical facilities on the aircraft carriers or transported to one of the military hospitals in Germany. Using a hospital in Germany has been standard-operating-procedure in past conflicts; however, judging by the intensity of the retaliatory missile strikes, many of us have been suspicious of there only being 7 service members killed. I would expect we have a major scandal brewing if we are being lied to about casualties. CBS NEWS: DOZENS OF US SERVICE MEMBERS IN KUWAIT SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES Also yesterday, we heard Iran was planning to deploy mines in the Strait of Hormuz; hours later, Iran was putting mines in the water and by early evening we had destroyed over 16 vessels! THE HILL: FBI WARNS IRAN COULD DRONE STRIKE CALIFORNIA COAST The San Francisco Police Department is “always ready to respond to any emergency that may occur in San F...

  [MARCH 6, 2026 (14:00 PST) Due to circumstances beyond our control, CT&Reasoning had to take a 3-week hiatus ICE BARBI TO DRIVE PINK JEEP TO PICK UP KEN ON WAY OUT CBS NEWS: NOEM OUT OF DHS   THE US SUN:  EX MMA FIGHTER & OK US SENATOR TO TAKE HELM NOEM TO HEAD-UP NEW AGENCY This just broke about 2-hours-ago; obviously, the biggest story of the century has been what is spiraling into a World War--the combined Israeli/US war on Iran. A lot of other news has been unfolding, but rather than covering old news,  I will try to get us caught-up on current affairs. CNN: US SUB SANK IRANIAN WARSHIP FIRST SINCE WW II THE TIMES OF ISRAEL: IRAN BRAGGED ENOUGH URANIUM FOR 11 BOMBS Boots on the Ground: Iran Confident it Could Counter US Ground Invasion  NBC NEWS: IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS BOOTS SPELLS DISASTER FOR US If that does not alarm you, how about this next one: Kurds Ready to Be Double Crossed Again NY TIMES:  CIA HAS BEEN ARMING KURDS IN COVERT PRO...

[FEBRUARY 11, 2026 (10:00 AM PST)] CBS NEWS: NANCY GUTHRIE PERSON OF INTREST RELEASED AFTER HOME SEARCHED In a related story:  404 MEDIA: WITH RING AMERICAN CONSUMERS BUILT A SERVEILLANCE DRAGNET Disappointed Guthrie suspect did not lead to her safe return to her family. Drake

  [FEBRUARY 10, 2026 (19:00 PST)] Today, the Ring surveillance video has been receiving lots of coverage along with a third day of Bad Bunny 'B-roll from the halftime show still playing over-and-over again. FBI Director Kash Patel released a surveillance photo, Feb. 10, 2026 showing a potential subject in investigation of the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Az. Flowers to Cover Camera? Reminds Me of the Local FentiBenties' Stooped-over Spending the Day Organizing Trash Just prior to CBS Evening News wrapping-up, the network broke-in; currently, Fox News 10 Phoenix has some of the best details on this breaking story. Purposefully, I try not to give much attention to stories which rate high on my OJ-a-fication media meter. What . . . never heard of Drake's OJ-a-fication scale? IT IS CALLED CENSORSHIP THROUGH OMMISION In short, if a story involves only 2 or 3 people--one being a famous person or another being the victim or vice versa--and the story dominates the news...

  [FEBRUARY 8, 2026 (18:00 PST)] Locally, for over a week now, we have been bombarded by silly local drinking events, teenager-led flag football laser light scrimmages, and closed streets over terrorism concerns--finally, this nightmare is coming to an end.  Will Not Get to See This Year's Hyped Goofball After rushing home from Grocery Outlet by 3:45 PM with pre-made quac-- all week   avocados have been as hard as an MLB baseball--I come to find there is not a free broadcast of the game. Guess I really do not KAER 92.5. The corporate greedsters can count on me never watching another one of their Bread and Circuses thrown games. DD (19:30) InfoWars: NEWSOM PREPARES TO RELEASE 30,000 WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS

  [FEBRUARY 2, 2026 (9:30 AM PST)] Back to the keyboard, critical thinkers, When I wrapped-up Friday's post on the wide swings or volatility in precious metals, I mentioned another Epstein document dump; undoubtedly, much larger than previous releases and the dominant news story over the weekend as internet sleuths, pundits, and journalist combed through the docs which included still images, audio, and video. In several instances, much has been made about Trump being accused of wrong doing with minors; however--from what I can tell--most of these allegations are from a tip line setup by federal law enforcement or where deemed uncredible in several cases. Three Million Files: Some Being Taken Down Redacted Reposted So, let us look at some of these:  AGUSTA FREE PRESS: ALLEGATIONS OF RAPE MURDER AND WORSE That was one of the damning links on Drudge Report over the weekend--in now--one place. The other big take away is what is being referred to as the Jewish Supremacy angle and c...