I sat and read the whole Houthi-attack-discussion via Signal....with the Pentagon big-wig commentary this AM. So four observations:
1. Unlike previous administration BS....thoughtful commentary.
2. Hate to suggest it...but half this stuff could have been written by Grok...Twitter's AI 'thing'.
3. It seems like everyone is agreed...European Navy support is worthless.
4. After the initial strike....I don't see a round-two occurring.
1. If you questioned a thousand Americans and brought up Houthi rebels (as in this Signal-Atlantic scandal)....asking folks who are the Houthi...99.99-percent would have no idea. 1-percent would say they are from the Houthi-Land...pointing toward Africa. Another 1-percent would say it's some neighborhood in NY City.
2. People who get all chatty about fascism and remark that they spend an hour a day thinking about such stuff....probably have a mental disorder of some type.
3. It's going to come to a point in mid-2026 (18 months after the fire)....where LA admits they've only approved 1,000 re-build permits (out of 20,000 potential re-builds). The city will be in the middle of a class-action lawsuit....with 1,000 folks demanding $1-million each for stalling the process.
4. If you are in the middle of a two-year period at some 5-star PhD program....here on a student visa, and they find you out on protests/demonstrations....boy, you wasted an entire year of your life, for nothing. You will never get the visa back, and the money spent will be a joke.
5. The odds that Signal is a CIA-Mossad project? I now give it a 40-percent chance.
I've been pondering....opening up a Signal account with a fake name...'Marvin McDougal McBubbles' and getting set up on the Pentagon addressee list....so I can have input to Pentagon and White House decisions.
I've got time since I retired, and readily admit....I might be better prepared for the BS required.
So if you read up on some new CNN scandal and some guy named McBubbles is mentioned....it's me.
1. Gov Gavin Newsom. He'll talk for 20 minutes, and then you come to realize that 98-percent was pure BS. He's the only guy who suggests to write a study....over a study...about studies....on how to analyze a study.
2. Jasmine Crockett. While 43 years old....she has the maturity level of a 11-year old kid.
3. Elon Musk. Most all billionaires have a collection of cars....a island....a yacht...and seem hellbent on avoiding mentions of their visit to Epstein Isle. He's the oddball guy....the exception.
4. Katherine Maher, NPR CEO. Out of her league, and will be unable to keep the network afloat if funding dissolves.
5. Joe Biden. I think symptoms of memory loss were notable from 2018. From 2022....he was full-blown 'out'.
6. Ambassador John Stevens....dead, and likely never understood the whole mission...he was supposed to get some missiles 'back', and pay in some way for them.
7. Ilhan Omar, House Representative. Look....there's no doubt that she married her blood-relative (brother)....but this was to get him a Green Card. Later they divorced. As long as it was just a paper-act and nothing else....just get over the illegality of the act.
Just odd....yesterday...several folks commented that this Pentagon Security Advisor...Waltz....KNOWS Goldberg (leaked to him before). This unknown status that Waltz proclaims? Probably BS.
Waltz also has been connected to Romney and McCain in the past (another problem).
It's entirely possible that Waltz set Wang (the junior Exec of his) up for the fall....figuring Wang would get blamed and fired.
And one other observation....this is a situation where I would have asked the seven or so folks....if they wanted to comment....come to the Pentagon at x-time, and I'd have a catered situation lunch or dinner....for 90 minutes in a secure place. Or you could have had a classified 'Zoom' meeting set (each has such a facility).
Within 90 days....the 2026 budget will shape up, and I'll make three predictions:
1. NPR is given a massive cut....enough to complete 2025, and to provide for a quarter or two of 2026. At that point....no further gov't funding.
2. I think NPR could survive via foundations, and a major cutting of management folks. But I also think the 'hosts'/journalists core would have to be cut....with probably half the new folks limited to $60k a year on salary for basic starter pay (1st ten years). Whether they are interested in this business model? I have no idea.
3. As for public TV? If they were to stick to education and culture....leaving the news format out....they might get the funding to survive on. They probably will argue news/talk is part of their requirement.....thus getting nothing.
From the mid-70s to the early 1990s....I was a regular listener of NPR. At some point around 2000....I considered more of a propaganda vehicle....than what they were designed for.
Six Observations:
1. First, after reading the first version and updated version of what Goldberg wrote for the Atlantic....saying it was Secret....I came to the conclusion....whoever wrote the first part (suggesting Waltz)....attended a bare basics discussion and attempting to call it a classified war plan....is like watching 'Gone With The Wind' and having some idea about how the Civil War will go.
Yeah, it's bare bones stuff, and if you were the enemy....you'd be shaking your head. It's of zero value.
2. Wang's involvement? Well....if you read this....he added Jeffrey's fake name/address onto the Signal guest/addressee list. If you read his background....yeah, he's a rock-solid Biden guy and I'd ask how the Pentagon guys decided keep him on the list.
3. The purpose of the Signal product? Best that I can see....some folks wanted to talk about priorities. Whoever they thought Jeff was pretending to be....they assumed he knew something. Why not address all of this on Secret LAN system? That's a total mystery to me, and just an indicator of how lazy they are.
4. Goldberg doing anyone favors? Well....no.
5. So back to the main topic...at some point in two or three weeks....there's to be some airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen. There's to be some dead Houthi guys who signed up for something, and got a raw deal.
6. Finally, this Wang guy? He's probably got a job search likely going on.
Oh, and do I think this all leads back to some Mossad players? Yeah.
