Day: March 31, 2026, 5:45 PM

Strait Crooked

Chill Annoying, War

I truly do not think Trump had no plan about the closing of the Strait of Hormuz. He knew Iran would shut it down, and I believe his inaction there was deliberate.

Trump is not a genius (quite the opposite), but he is strategic, and he is revenge-driven.

The US could’ve easily kept the Strait of Hormuz open by enough prep in advance. Not doing so was a choice. A poor choice, a misguided one, but a choice nonetheless. And the point of that choice was making our allies look bad, embararasing them, and inflicting pain on the rest of the world for their lack of support (or for being rivals, like China) for our actions in Iran.

Remember, the US is energy self-sufficient now1 and we cannot even refine the oil that comes out of Iran. Our oil infra is not set up for it at all.

Though I do not believe attacking Iran as we did was the best choice, I don’t care even a little what happens to the mullahs there, and they were likely getting pretty close to having a working nuclear weapon (unlike Iraq back in 2003). This would’ve been bad for everyone, but far more so for the rest of the Middle East and Europe.

Thus, the closing of the Strait was Trump’s revenge on those who did nothing to assist in an action that directly benefited them — i.e., significantly degrading Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

The rest is just noise.

  1. Yes, yes, I know oil is a global market and gas prices rise everywhere, yada yada….

Get Out

Chill Politics

I am 100% in support of every illegal alien being immediately deported.

That’s the bare minimum. I don’t approve of ICE’s methods, but the end goal is fine; it’s exactly what any place that calls itself a “nation” should be doing.

Once Normal

Chill Amusing, Annoying, Clowns

Is it normal to not be offended by men loving my skin tone?

This sort of thing used to be normal — that is, appreciating people for who and what they are. Then a ton of pseudo-feminist PMC liberal women got in a snit and let their intrasexual competition go fucking wild. That led to them declaring everything that was obvious about anyone being “offensive” to admire, especially if it wasn’t you admiring them only.

Then we passed those horrible norms down to Gen Z and mental health-wise screwed them over for life.

Not great.

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Bayesian analysis of the probable origins of Covid.