Red China is the big loser in Iran; Red China’s military equipment is as reliable as Acme’s. Meep-meep

A side benefit of the Operation Epic Fury is testing the war materiel of the Russian and Red Chinese military. With little exception, they are failing again as they did in the extraction of Maduro from Venezuela

The Dollar Isn’t Backed by Gold — It’s Backed by DIME and a Carrier Strike Group

Let’s retire the fairy tales.

The U.S. dollar is not backed by gold. It’s not backed by “faith.” It’s not backed by vibes. It’s backed by power — specifically the kind of power that sails in carrier strike groups, negotiates trade deals, controls sea lanes, writes sanctions law, insures shipping, and can ruin your economy before your stock market even opens.

You’re Already in the War — You Just Missed the Declaration

The wars of the future—and increasingly, the wars of the present—will not announce themselves with bombs and bullets. They will arrive as confusion, contradiction, outrage, and exhaustion. You won’t know when they start. You won’t know who started them. You won’t even agree with your neighbors on whether they’re happening at all.

9/11 Permanent Emergency: The Long Game That’s Dismantling America – Part III

The most dangerous futures rarely arrive with explosions. They arrive with paperwork, emergency meetings, and soothing language about “stability.” The worst-case scenario facing the United States is not sudden collapse or foreign invasion. It is something far more corrosive: a loss of sovereignty by process, at the exact moment the world becomes less forgiving, more competitive, and openly hostile to American advantage.

While America Has a Nervous Breakdown, China Is Measuring the Curtains

History has a sense of humor, and it’s rarely kind. As the United States barrels headlong into a Fourth Turning crisis—complete with generational rage, institutional distrust, ritualized protest, economic anxiety, and ideological self-harm—China isn’t protesting anything. It’s watching. Quietly. Patiently. With a spreadsheet.

China Hands Should Enthusiastically Support Trump’s Tariffs; Democratizing China was a failed promise; time for something new

Opinions about President Trump’s efforts to rebalance international trade and isolate communist China are legion. Some characterize the resulting policy shift to isolate communist China as brilliant and long overdue while others call it economic malpractice.