Michael Fletcher
@mefletcher54.bsky.social
Retired Intelligence Analyst. Cold War era US Army Vet. Fairly familiar with System Dynamics and History. Personal eccentricities: Scadian KSCA, USCF NM&LM. Details and periodic commentary at http://mefletcher.blogspot.com/
One the nose but defensible given how the Star Chamber Six, the force behind the most corrupt and political SCOTUS in our history, have enabled Trump and his drive towards dictatorship at almost every opportunity.
Bolsonaro is what happens when six Supreme Court justices aren't co-conspirators.
November 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
One the nose but defensible given how the Star Chamber Six, the force behind the most corrupt and political SCOTUS in our history, have enabled Trump and his drive towards dictatorship at almost every opportunity.
It's so cute and naive that Witkoff thought that he had to brief the Russians on how to manipulate Trump or any other asset. What a dork; totally out of his league.
Take a moment to analyze what Witkoff is saying:
TRUMP IS BLIND TO FLATTERY FROM WHOM HE CONSIDERS PEERS.
Everyone around Trump manipulates him with flattery, or warnings of treachery.
So Witkoff is coaching Putin (who already knows all this) on how to best manipulate DJT.
TRUMP IS BLIND TO FLATTERY FROM WHOM HE CONSIDERS PEERS.
Everyone around Trump manipulates him with flattery, or warnings of treachery.
So Witkoff is coaching Putin (who already knows all this) on how to best manipulate DJT.
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It's so cute and naive that Witkoff thought that he had to brief the Russians on how to manipulate Trump or any other asset. What a dork; totally out of his league.
It's like the blank check corporate feeding during GWOT after 9/11. There were some shady shenanigans, no doubt, there always is when there's that much easy money on the line, but this one is going to be epic with corruption and crony capitalism.
ICE has just under four years to spend $29.9 billion, they are going to outsource AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE to contractors because money is essentially not a problem anymore for the agency.
NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
November 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
It's like the blank check corporate feeding during GWOT after 9/11. There were some shady shenanigans, no doubt, there always is when there's that much easy money on the line, but this one is going to be epic with corruption and crony capitalism.
It makes one wonder who side these people are on .... 😎
As one does.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
November 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
It makes one wonder who side these people are on .... 😎
In real democracies with the rule of law, the top conspirators in a coup get hard time sentences.
We don't do that in the US in order to encourage future coups, possibly by the same people. That just how we roll here.
We don't do that in the US in order to encourage future coups, possibly by the same people. That just how we roll here.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
In real democracies with the rule of law, the top conspirators in a coup get hard time sentences.
We don't do that in the US in order to encourage future coups, possibly by the same people. That just how we roll here.
We don't do that in the US in order to encourage future coups, possibly by the same people. That just how we roll here.
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In two years, Israel has killed more than 1,000 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Every day, settlers attack Palestinian villages. Netanyahu & his extremist allies have one goal: annexation by force. The U.S. has enabled them.
NO MORE U.S. MILITARY AID FOR ISRAEL.
Every day, settlers attack Palestinian villages. Netanyahu & his extremist allies have one goal: annexation by force. The U.S. has enabled them.
NO MORE U.S. MILITARY AID FOR ISRAEL.
November 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In two years, Israel has killed more than 1,000 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Every day, settlers attack Palestinian villages. Netanyahu & his extremist allies have one goal: annexation by force. The U.S. has enabled them.
NO MORE U.S. MILITARY AID FOR ISRAEL.
Every day, settlers attack Palestinian villages. Netanyahu & his extremist allies have one goal: annexation by force. The U.S. has enabled them.
NO MORE U.S. MILITARY AID FOR ISRAEL.
This sums up the matter well. Putin is not going to be shifted from the ideological goals on this side of the grave.
They are core to his identity and not negotiable. /1
They are core to his identity and not negotiable. /1
“Putin’s aims have never shifted because they are ideological, not tactical. He wants subjugation, not compromise. He wants Kyiv, not coexistence…These are not negotiable objectives. And yet Europe and the US continue to behave as though they are.”
londonlovesbusiness.com/the-28-point...
londonlovesbusiness.com/the-28-point...
The 28-point 'Peace Plan': A crisis of trust, influence and strategic delusion - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
Explore the implications of The 28-point 'Peace Plan' and its links to Russian proposals amid a political earthquake.
londonlovesbusiness.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This sums up the matter well. Putin is not going to be shifted from the ideological goals on this side of the grave.
They are core to his identity and not negotiable. /1
They are core to his identity and not negotiable. /1
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I'm seeing claims that progress was made at #COP30, but it really wasn't. Each passing year with no fossil fuel phaseout comes at great opportunity cost as we further burn through the vanishing carbon budget that remains for averting dangerous warming. See my commentary: michaelmann.net/bad-cop/
November 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I'm seeing claims that progress was made at #COP30, but it really wasn't. Each passing year with no fossil fuel phaseout comes at great opportunity cost as we further burn through the vanishing carbon budget that remains for averting dangerous warming. See my commentary: michaelmann.net/bad-cop/
To be fair, this meme largely summarizes my state of being since late 2016, but it is particularly appropriate here.
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
To be fair, this meme largely summarizes my state of being since late 2016, but it is particularly appropriate here.
I knew they weren't really ducks! 😎
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I knew they weren't really ducks! 😎
As I have noted in the past, I regret to inform you that the Business Plot finally succeeded in America after nearly 100 years. /1
Past is prologue.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
As I have noted in the past, I regret to inform you that the Business Plot finally succeeded in America after nearly 100 years. /1
Religions operating independently of, or cooperatively with, secular government to gain power has been the norm in most parts of the world. Unfortunately, Buddhism has not proven itself immune.
The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’ www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’ www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’
The long read: Still largely viewed as a peaceful philosophy, across much of south-east Asia, the religion has been weaponised to serve nationalist goals
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Religions operating independently of, or cooperatively with, secular government to gain power has been the norm in most parts of the world. Unfortunately, Buddhism has not proven itself immune.
The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’ www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’ www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
Do you ever wonder if your Police Dept. is fascist?
Maybe they performed some doubtful activities in the past, and you just aren't sure.
Here is a simple test:
How much do they cooperate with that proven fascist organization ICE? /1
Maybe they performed some doubtful activities in the past, and you just aren't sure.
Here is a simple test:
How much do they cooperate with that proven fascist organization ICE? /1
It took a literal miracle to get this autistic kiddo back home to his mother bc instead of the Houston police doing what was right, which would've been to contact his mother to let her know he was safe.
They chose to call ICE instead. And terrorize an autistic child and his family.
#SheShed
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They chose to call ICE instead. And terrorize an autistic child and his family.
#SheShed
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After 48 days, 3 pieces from the Houston Chronicle editorial board, requests for comment from others — like TBW — legal work by multiple attorneys and the advocacy organization FIEL, city council meetings, press conferences, and intercessions from Rep. Al Green, Garcia’s son was finally released.
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Do you ever wonder if your Police Dept. is fascist?
Maybe they performed some doubtful activities in the past, and you just aren't sure.
Here is a simple test:
How much do they cooperate with that proven fascist organization ICE? /1
Maybe they performed some doubtful activities in the past, and you just aren't sure.
Here is a simple test:
How much do they cooperate with that proven fascist organization ICE? /1
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Reposted by Michael Fletcher
I’m ready to come back on active duty to defend @captmarkkelly.bsky.social as an Army JAG. I’ve got a pretty good win record…. See you in court.
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I’m ready to come back on active duty to defend @captmarkkelly.bsky.social as an Army JAG. I’ve got a pretty good win record…. See you in court.
I'm not sure, but I think there may be a tell about the real reason they want to invade Venezuela deeply hidden somewhere in his statement. We only have to tease it out. 😎
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I'm not sure, but I think there may be a tell about the real reason they want to invade Venezuela deeply hidden somewhere in his statement. We only have to tease it out. 😎
Postponed yet again and again. Don't let that concern you, Speaker Johnson among others, keeps assuring us that they are working on it!
R.I.P. TrumpCare (2:12 pm, November 24, 2025 - 2:14 pm, November 24, 2025)
You will not be mourned.
You will not be mourned.
absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Postponed yet again and again. Don't let that concern you, Speaker Johnson among others, keeps assuring us that they are working on it!
Sure, recall Kelly, the astronaut hero to active duty and GCM him. Then his defense will bring in one hundred random drill sergeants and ask each one of them under oath if they advised the recruits they not to obey illegal orders.
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OMG! My Basic Training instructors, all of my supervisors, my Air Force Leadership School instructors (I was the John Levitow honor graduate), and I are in BIG trouble. We all taught other airmen about lawful versus unlawful orders. www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Pentagon Pete Launches Bonkers Bid to Court Martial Enemy Trump Calls ‘Traitor’
The “Department of War” has targeted Mark Kelly for his video to U.S. service members.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Sure, recall Kelly, the astronaut hero to active duty and GCM him. Then his defense will bring in one hundred random drill sergeants and ask each one of them under oath if they advised the recruits they not to obey illegal orders.
/1
/1
It's a laugh a minute. Geopolitical crap excuses to go war don't change much over the decades - or centuries.
Cracks me up how you could just replace Venezuela and Venezuelans with Iraq and Iraqis and it’d be indistinguishable from something written in 2002
November 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It's a laugh a minute. Geopolitical crap excuses to go war don't change much over the decades - or centuries.
In addition to being the very definition of fraud waste and abuse.
Any GS Joe or Jane that conducted these kinds of unethical and illegal activities would be fired or even jailed.
/1
Any GS Joe or Jane that conducted these kinds of unethical and illegal activities would be fired or even jailed.
/1
“.. His abusive and excessive use of the GV Jet for his personal adventures and the assignment of SWAT-qualified special agents to guard his girlfriend are indicative of his lack of leadership experience, judgment and humility.”
@nytimes.com
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@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
November 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
In addition to being the very definition of fraud waste and abuse.
Any GS Joe or Jane that conducted these kinds of unethical and illegal activities would be fired or even jailed.
/1
Any GS Joe or Jane that conducted these kinds of unethical and illegal activities would be fired or even jailed.
/1
The data center binge, and the industry's feasting on water and electricity supplies is beginning to remind me of crypto. Crypto, a market that might as well be trading in imaginary friends, sucked up a measurable percentage of global electricity.
Fascinating watching this issue catch on. And if you're going to have a debate in Upper Michigan, it better be heated.
Data center idea sparks heated debate in Northern Michigan community
YouTube video by MLive
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The data center binge, and the industry's feasting on water and electricity supplies is beginning to remind me of crypto. Crypto, a market that might as well be trading in imaginary friends, sucked up a measurable percentage of global electricity.
The problem isn't religion or spirituality per se. The problem is that patriarchy is embedded in most major religions of the world. Abuse and cover-up are just two of the practices such institutions use to defend and sustain their patriarchal ethos and structure.
The Church of Latter Day Saints protects sexual predators & has allowed children to continue to be abused for years. They have had a hand in injuring so many. Their “help” line is staffed by lawyers to protect the church.
Thank you Heather Gay & those who told their stories.
#SurvivingMormonism
Thank you Heather Gay & those who told their stories.
#SurvivingMormonism
A ‘Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’ star will confront the LDS Church in a new documentary series
Heather Gay of "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" has made a three-part documentary for Bravo and Peacock — about her former faith, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
www.sltrib.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The problem isn't religion or spirituality per se. The problem is that patriarchy is embedded in most major religions of the world. Abuse and cover-up are just two of the practices such institutions use to defend and sustain their patriarchal ethos and structure.
The world's campaign against climate disaster should, quite appropriately, be called Operation Too Little To Late.
It's funny to have to make this case but tbqh we don't make it enough: human efforts to counter fossil fuel use have had *at least some* effect on total greenhouse gas emissions since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, and there's some evidence to back up this position
A lil thread 🧵
A lil thread 🧵
a man is talking about being entirely successful .
Alt: a robot is is talking about not being entirely successful .
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The world's campaign against climate disaster should, quite appropriately, be called Operation Too Little To Late.
The petrostates are determined to cash the last check from the last barrel and cu/m they manage to extract.
That practically dooms the ecosystem and thus that thing we optimistically call global civilization, but profits will great until the general collapse consumes them.
bbc.com/news/article...
That practically dooms the ecosystem and thus that thing we optimistically call global civilization, but profits will great until the general collapse consumes them.
bbc.com/news/article...
COP30: UN climate talks fail to secure new fossil fuel promises
Nearly 200 countries attended COP30, which aimed to commit the world to take more action on climate change.
bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The petrostates are determined to cash the last check from the last barrel and cu/m they manage to extract.
That practically dooms the ecosystem and thus that thing we optimistically call global civilization, but profits will great until the general collapse consumes them.
bbc.com/news/article...
That practically dooms the ecosystem and thus that thing we optimistically call global civilization, but profits will great until the general collapse consumes them.
bbc.com/news/article...
Not my choice in 28, but Newsom's people are earning their salary. In fact, he should probably give them all a raise.
November 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Not my choice in 28, but Newsom's people are earning their salary. In fact, he should probably give them all a raise.