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  • Update 09/13/2026

    BILLINGS, Mont. — The U.S. Forest Service is closing 23 research stations in more than a dozen states as part of an organizational overhaul under President Donald Trump that is intended to trim costs and concentrate the agency’s resources in Western states, officials said Thursday. – Well, hell, we don’t need so damn much science… Continue reading

  • Update 09/06/2026

    Trump now wants an investigation into pollsters – his numbers keep getting worse, so you know it must be crooked. ………………… The grift that keeps on grifting: The company that supplied fuel to the discount gas stations praised by Donald Trump is being sued for allegedly stealing nearly $4m worth of gas. Mansfield Oil Company… Continue reading

  • Update 08/30/2026

    I keep thinking that, in spite of my daily reading, I have missed something, i.e., Congress declaring war on Iran.  Or Venezuela? ……………………. What If Dept.:  What if, just for a few years, we used 10% of the military budget to build or convert more firefighting aircraft? …………………… “The yields have come back up since… Continue reading

  • Update 08/23/2026

    The Pentagon has used more than 1,500 Patriot interceptor missiles in the war and has fewer than 1,700 interceptors left, according to two people briefed on the stockpile levels who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military details. The United States produced about 600 interceptors in all of 2025. Worth noting: Each… Continue reading

  • Update 08/16/2026

    The Trump administration will pay the German energy firm RWE $1.22 billion to abandon plans to build wind farms off the coasts of New York, California and Louisiana, the company announced on Thursday.  More forward thinking from the Trumpers! Under the agreement, RWE will voluntarily surrender three leases it owned for wind farms in federal… Continue reading