Rudy Sovinee

Now actuaries are arguing for better risk management.
I've posted links to papers by James Hansen as to climate sensitivity and accelerated warming & content by Leon Simons, but the world's humans are too busy arguing ideologies and political power.
Something tells me this isn't going to end well.

President Lindsey Graham? Prem on how the hawkish Republican senator got the Iran invasion he’s been pining for and now wants to attack Cuba too, while Donald Trump is still not worried about exploding gas prices.

“President Lindsey Graham?”

Prem on how the hawkish Republican senator got the Iran invasion he’s been pining for and now wants to attack Cuba too, while Donald Trump is still not worried about exploding gas prices.

Today’s Zeteo First Draft:

TRUMP IS BASICALLY PAYING RUSSIA TO TELL IRAN WHERE OUR TROOPS ARE - 3.9.26 - Countdown with Keith Olbermann SEASON 4 EPISODE 67: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN A-Block (2:30) SPECIAL COMMENT: Trump is in essence paying to provide Iran with the location of our forces in the Middle East. Our ships, jets, tro...

TRUMP IS PAYING THE RUSSIANS TO TELL IRAN WHERE OUR TROOPS ARE:

He waived part of the Russian oil embargo. Iran’s ally Russia can sell MORE oil to get more $ and spend it to locate where more American war assets are, TELL Iran

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Fox News uses old clip of Trump after he wore hat while saluting slain US soldiers Conservative outlet aired footage of president saluting at similar ceremony in December for at least three broadcasts

Heather notes, then goes deeper
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-8-2026
Fox News Channel producers seemed to recognize that Trump’s USA hat looked like deliberate disrespect for those whose lives had been taken.
Trump’s Iran adventure is running hard into reality. Cowboy mentality fails.

Trump is a child rapist.

The Epstein War continues to distract from the truth.

Brent Crude Oil at >$109/barrel.

My 9 yo daughter asked me last week if she could give us some money to help us pay for things, after learning in school that everything will get more expensive because of rising oil price.

We're fine.

As always, the poorest will suffer most.

YouTube video by MS NOW ‘Mass disenfranchisement’: The Slow, Methodical Attacks on Voting Ahead of Midterms

Many people are taking the threats seriously, but what about elections can possibly become a National State of Emergency?

Trump yet again proves to be an asset to Putin.
Heather's March 6th Politics Chat reminds us of the history.
(youtu.be/I70KDCbtkjI?...)
On Thursday, the US government temporarily eased economic sanctions to allow Russian oil currently stranded at sea to be sold to India. This gifts $Billions.

Trump Calls for GOP to Pass Major Attack on US Voting Rights 'At the Expense of Everything Else' | Common Dreams As Trump pushes Republicans to pass the SAVE America Act, the ACLU warns that it and related bills "aren't about keeping our elections free and fair. They're about politicians setting the stage to i...

The SAVE act must not pass the Senate.

Those who follow politics likely know, those who don't need to become aware.
Multiple groups are warning similarly (like warnings abounded against Project 2025) The placement of photos in this warning might catch more attention.
#NoKings Fair elections.

UK must stockpile food in readiness for climate shocks or war, expert warns Prof Tim Lang says country produces far less food than it needs to feed population and is particularly vulnerable

I can sort of understand people treating climate breakdown as a distant, peripheral issue when they thought it was just a future threat to polar bears and Pacific Islands

But we're seeing these sorts of warnings all the time now, and little seems to have changed

I am frankly more concerned about the apathy of the American public and even more importantly the lack of leadership in the Democratic Party.

This is not a dress rehearsal. Every single American must speak out against this Facist administration.

'Climate change is speeding up — the pace nearly doubled in ten years'
@nature.com

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Republicans are going to try to use Kristi Noem's firing to deflect from ICE's cruelty ahead of the midterms.

Don't let them. She didn't design the agenda. Stephen Miller and Donald Trump did.

Firing the face doesn't absolve the people who built the machine.

As he sends soldiers to die…

An Epidemic of ‘Victory Disease’ The president is pointing to the American military’s excellence as though that somehow constitutes a strategy in itself.

For years, strategists have warned national leaders against the temptations of "victory disease," the belief that winning battles means they're winning the war. Leaders throughout history have made this mistake, and Trump seems to be making it now.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

I follow the news closely, but Zeteo catches items of significance I never saw elsewhere.

Those at the top of any society enjoy their lives, their wealth, power and status. They are the least likely to care about others, and are repeatedly the least willing to help society adapt to environmental changes.
There is no Planet B for refugees from this global society as its stresses mount.

Florida Has Deemed All Existing Intro to Sociology Textbooks Illegal and Produced Its Own The Board of Governors overseeing the new curricula includes roofing contractors, insurance execs, and no professors.

The repression of ideas seen in the Dark Ages didn't bode well for civilization then, and doesn't now.
Not just FL, but already 15 others states named. Long a campaign against climate science, the ideologues of MAGA politics are expanding their choke-hold on ideas now banned.

True.

A budget is a moral document.

Trump trying to send an 'arsonist into a burning house' in Kristi Noem replacement: Ex-DHS staffer Miles Taylor, Former DHS Chief of Staff, Vaughn Hillyard, MS NOW Senior White House Reporter and Michele Norris, MS NOW Senior Editorial Contributor join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with continued reaction to Kristi Noem being fired as the Secretary of Homeland Security along with the damage that she did to that departments reputation and what to expect from her replacement Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin.

This administration, during a war with IRAN, while DHS is shut down, is nominating someone with no experience in that department or the Executive branch.
Expect Iran and lone wolf supporters to have new opportunities for creating havoc on top of the havoc ICE has been doing for months.

The current biosphere is not likely to last. The current global human society is surely set to pass.
We who were born during the time of rising expectations are more shocked than those who've only know contraction.

She was fired - while live on TV. Sadly, the MMA senator nominated has much the same leanings towards violence.
Will the senate approve him for the job? ... maybe to be rid of him?

These Trump Supporters Hope Bombing Iran Will Trigger the Apocalypse For many ardent evangelicals and Christian nationalists, a military confrontation with Iran is the fulfillment of a biblical prophecy.

Yep. It is the Christian Nationalist portion of his coalition. I've a friend stuck in a condo high-rise filled with such.
For ardent evangelicals and Christian nationalists, a war with Iran is a fulfillment of biblical prophecy, a step on the path to final redemption for embattled Christians.

This AP post adds country specific details to the image I shared yesterday.
In Manila, authorities banned non-essential travel and personal use of government cars to cut fuel use.
In Thailand, officials have urged the public to save energy, as motorists lined up at filling stations as prices climbed

Bari Weiss Is Going Full ‘Propaganda-Palooza’ With the Iran War The CBS News war coverage is going exactly as we thought it would. Plus, Gayle King goes 'all in' on Weiss, while CNN commentator Scott Jennings sucks up to her.

“Bari Weiss Is Going Full ‘Propaganda-Palooza’ With the Iran War”

Read our media columnist ⁦Justin Baragona’s latest scoops from inside pro-Israel, pro-war CBS News:

Yes. I know I posted about this before, but Keith's rants are epic.