Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Actually, Retiring Guy thinks we're trending toward "Psycho" and leaving "Clueless" behind

 
AI-generated image:  Manus 1.6 Lite
    Quote and headline:  New York Times, 6/13/2026



Related post:
GET ME REWRITE: U.S. intelligence report makes Trump look clueless.  (5/13/2026)

GET ME REWRITE: U.S. intelligence report makes Trump look clueless

 

AI-generated image:  Manus 1.6 Lite
Headline:  New York Times, 5/12/2026

Adam Entous, Maggie Haberman. and Jonathan Swan report:
Iran still fields about 70 percent of its mobile launchers across the country and has retained roughly 70 percent of its prewar missile stockpile, according to the assessments. That stockpile encompasses both ballistic missiles, which can target other nations in the region, and a smaller supply of cruise missiles, which can be used against shorter-range targets on land or at sea.   
Military intelligence agencies have also reported, based on information from multiple collection streams including satellite imagery and other surveillance technologies, that Iran has regained access to roughly 90 percent of its underground missile storage and launch facilities nationwide, which are now assessed to be “partially or fully operational,” the people with knowledge of the assessments said. 
The findings undercut months of public assurances from President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who have told Americans that the Iranian military was “decimated” and “no longer” a threat. [emphasis added]

May 2026
Global reverberations of Trump War of Whimsy (Firozabad India's glassmaking industry).  (5/12)
Global reverberations of Trump War of Whimsy (Modi's India edition).  (5/12)
April 2026
Trump War of Whimsey: 21 days later, Strait of Hormuz is still closed.  (4/12)Fox News Looney Tunes:  Build a canal to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.  (4/10)

Tariffs, trade war, Strait of Hormuz blockade:  Trump piles on pain on American farmers .  (3/17)

March 11-15, 2026
 

Watertown Unified School District Board doubles down on its freak-out over LGBTQ-themed musical selection for wind symphony concert

 
7 more bricks in the wall
Headline:  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5/13/2026

Alec Johnson reports:
The decision didn't come without fiery opposition from most in attendance
Board members voted, 7-1, May 12 to prohibit the wind symphony from playing "A Mother of a Revolution" by Omar Thomas, a work inspired by Marsha Johnson, a trans woman credited with being an instigator of the 1969 Stonewall uprising, considered to be a pivotal event of the LGBTQ liberation movement, according to Thomas' website. 
Laurie Hoffmann [top left], the board's president, was the only board member to vote against banning the piece. Board member Craig Wortman [bottom right] was not at the meeting. The board's decision was met with a loud round of boos and shouting from most of the people in attendance before they walked out. [emphasis added]