I Have No Words

Another day, another death of an American citizen at the hands of Federal I.C.E. agents. 

Alex Pretti. Age 37. An ICU nurse for the Veterans Administration. 

That is the ninth death since the beginning of the year.

Not counting those in I.C.E. detention centers. 

Mr. Pretti's 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Amendment rights were violated

If you don't know them, look them up! 

Along with his right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

The government's position is, if he hadn't been at the protest he would still be alive.

If he hadn't been armed, he would still be alive. 

Even the President himself declared, "Only criminals carry guns on our streets." 

 

 *The Captain did not create this meme, but whole-heartedly wonders the same.

 

Kristi Noem claims the agents "feared for their lives".

 

Even though they discovered and removed his holstered pistol after he was on the ground.

 

Right before the first shot was fired. 

 

Somehow it is once again the victim's fault that Federal agents put 10 bullets into his back as he lay subdued on the ground. 

 

No one believes their bullshit anymore.

 

This government is out of control and needs to be stopped. 

 

By the way, where are the Epstein Files that were legally required to be released more than a month ago?

 

And where is my $5,000 DOGE check? My tariff check? 

 

How's the "ceasefire" going between Israel and Gaza? Russia and Ukraine? 

 

Anybody know what's going on in Venezuela these days? 

 

Anybody? 

 

(Yer Captain does. And we're not pleased.) 

 

 

How Did We Get Here?

When last we met, dear mates, the POSOTUS had been awarded the prestigious, first-ever FIFA Peace Prize. 

It was a sad display of the international soccer football league sucking up to the president so he wouldn’t tank the upcoming World Cup, scheduled for the Americas in 2026.

Nonetheless, U.S. Sycophant of State, Little Marco Rubio, has announced a growing list of nations that are being prevented from traveling to the U.S., so we’ll see what comes of it.

Despite receiving this suck-up gift from FIFA, which he displays proudly in his “Liberace on Acid” Oval Office, Trumpf still laments that he has not received the Nobel Peace Prize.

As you will recall, the 2025 prize was awarded to Maria Corina Machado for her work in trying to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Yes, the same Venezuela that U.S. forces recently bombed and kidnapped their President and First Lady. In a dick-tatorial move, Trumpf appointed Venezuela’s Vice President to be the token leader as he claims he is now running the country.

CAPTAIN’S NOTE: I know our own Congress has abdicated their responsibility in running our country, but where is the rest of the world? Why are they allowing this to happen?!?

His first order of business was to confiscate a tanker of Venezuelan oil and sell it for $500 million, which he has secreted away in a Qatari bank, totally under his control.

Not a peep from Congress.

Or anyone else.

Realizing Venezuela was going to be raped by Trumpf’s imperialist incursion, Machado agreed to give her Nobel Peace Prize to him.

It will hereafter be called “The Appease Prize”.

The Nobel committee has repeatedly confirmed that the prize is non-transferrable. Machado may give away her medallion, but it is her name forever written in the official record.

As expected, Trumpf received the gift with his usual greedy gregariousness. 

He must have received a lot of participation trophies when he was a kid!

Which caused an outpouring of AI-generated images mocking him.

 

Still, in the end, Trumpf made clear he was not going to turn over Venezuela to Machado.

She walked out of the White House with her consolation prize, a Trumpf “swag bag”. 

Hey, thanks for playing!

He has since met with U.S. oil barons to divide up the spoils of war in Venezuela.

CAPTAIN’S NOTE: The oil in Venezuela, though plentiful, is not highly coveted. The infrastructure in Venezuela is in disrepair. And the political climate, now that Trumpf has destabilized the nation, is discouraging U.S. Big Oil from getting excited about this new venture.

It is curious that we haven’t blown up any more alleged drug-running fishing boats since Trumpf took control of the oil.

Trumpf continues to look for his own Nobel Peace Prize, while at the same time making threatening noises toward Greenland.

Greenland!

He says the U.S. needs to possess Greenland for “security reasons”.  

It doesn’t matter that the U.S. has several unused military bases on Greenland.

It doesn’t matter that Greenland is a member of NATO.

It doesn’t matter that a U.S. attack on Greenland will bring down the wrath of other NATO nations, who have sworn to defend the island nation against a U.S. invasion.

Such an attack would essentially end NATO and plays into the hands of Russia and China.

It just doesn’t matter! Trumpf has become obsessed with possessing Greenland!

CAPTAIN’S NOTE: The island of Greenland is not as large as it appears on most maps. The flaw of the Mercator Projection that most of us grew up looking at is that it distorts land masses above and below the equator. It makes Greenland look to be as large as Africa.

In reality, you could fit four “Greenlands” within the borders of Africa.

And the truth is, Trumpf wants the island not for its strategic location but for its rare-earth minerals.

Greenland has offered to sell these minerals to the U.S., but Trumpf wants to OWN them.

He apparently hasn’t been told that China tried to mine the minerals years ago and gave up because it just wasn’t worth the massive effort it would take.

Trumpf has publicly stated he would possess Greenland, and “we can do it the easy way or the hard way!”

He has floated the idea of paying each person in Greenland $100,000.

Yes, while depriving citizens in the U.S. of their health insurance.

And telling Americans they can eat on only $3 per meal if they just cut back to “a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, a corn tortilla, and something else”. 

The Captain needs to ask all you MAGAts out there, is America great yet?

U.S. officials have put a $700 billion price tag on the island, but Greenland and Denmark insist it is not for sale.

So now “the Peace President” is threatening to take the island nation by force.

NATO countries have mobilized military assets in preparation to defend Greenland’s autonomy, and the Council of Europe, a parallel organization to NATO, has said it will do whatever it takes to defend Greenland.

Not to be deterred, Trumpf has levied tariffs on all the NATO nations standing in his way, threatening that the tariffs will remain until he the U.S. possesses Greenland.

CAPTAIN’S NOTE: Not surprising, Canada recently signed a trade agreement with China, making a clear declaration that the world doesn’t need the U.S. anymore.

Which brings us to today.

On Sunday, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre sent a text message to Trumpf asking him to tone down the rhetoric:

“Dear Donald – on the contact across the Atlantic – on Greenland, Gaza, Ukraine – and your tariff announcement yesterday. You know our position on these issues… But we believe we all should work to take this down and de-escalate – so much is happening around us where we need to stand together. We are proposing a call with you later today – with both of us or separately – give us a hint of what you prefer! Best – Alex and Jonas.” [Alex being Finland’s president, Alexander Stubb.]

 

“Dear Donald” responded in his typical manner:

 

Prime Minister Støre sadly confirmed the response from Trumpf and told the press this morning:

     “Norway’s position on Greenland is clear. Greenland is a part of the Kingdom of Denmark, and Norway fully supports the Kingdom of Denmark on this matter. We also support that NATO in a responsible way is taking steps to strengthen security and stability in the Arctic.

     “As regards the Nobel Peace Prize, I have clearly explained, including to president Trump what is well known, the prize is awarded by an independent Nobel Committee and not the Norwegian Government.”

 

As if that is not enough for one blog, Trumpf has announced the creation of a “Peace Board” to determine the future of Gaza now that Israel has almost totally destroyed the area and annihilated the people living there.

No, the Captain does not know by what right Trumpf is doing this.

You will recall, the Captain asked the same about Venezuela and got no response.

Of course, he has appointed himself chairman of the board.

And the buy-in from other nations that want to have input is $1 billion. 

 

France has already said, "Non merci!"

There are no details about what the Board’s purpose is, nor how the money will be spent.

You can be sure a future Trumpf Hotel will be in the plans.

Mates, yer Captain still doesn’t understand how we got here.

And so fast!

World War III is looming and this time the U.S. is the bad guy!

And it is all because of one man, Donald Trumpf.

but no one -neither here nor across the Pond – is moving to stop him.

Lord have mercy!

 

 

 

 

“Peace! Peace! when there is no peace…”

¹³ For from the least to the greatest of them,
    everyone is greedy for unjust gain;
and from prophet to priest,
    everyone deals falsely.
¹⁴ They have treated the wound of my people carelessly,
    saying, “Peace, peace,”
    when there is no peace.
¹⁵ They acted shamefully; they committed abomination,
    yet they were not ashamed;
    they did not know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
    at the time that I punish them, they shall be overthrown,
            says the Lord.

-Jeremiah 6:13-15 (NRSV)

The president of the United States is still crying that the Nobel Committee has not awarded him a Peace Prize.

It doesn’t matter that FIFA created the first (and probably only) FIFA Peace Prize just for him to appease his ego and to allow for the upcoming World Cup to continue as planned in North America.

Did you see how he snatched up that ribbon with the over-sized gold medallion and struggled to drape it over his over-sized gourd without mussing his comb-over!?!

He insists he’s the “Peace President”! Unlike his Democrat predecessors!

CAPTAIN’S NOTE: For the record, President Biden did not take the U.S. into war of any kind.

Trumpf continually claims he has stopped eight wars! EIGHT! So yer Captain turned to Dr. Google for verification:

·  Armenia and Azerbaijan: The two nations signed a peace declaration in August 2025 aimed at ending a decades-long conflict, with Trump receiving credit from both countries' leaders for brokering the deal, though a final treaty has yet to be ratified.

·  Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda: A U.S.-brokered peace agreement was signed in June 2025, but violence in the region has reportedly continued and the main rebel group was not part of the talks.

·  Israel and Iran: The U.S. brokered a ceasefire in June 2025 after 12 days of fighting that included U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

·  India and Pakistan: A ceasefire was reached in May 2025 after an escalation of tensions and military confrontations. India has disputed the extent of U.S. involvement in brokering the truce, though Pakistan credited Trump.

·  Cambodia and Thailand: The countries agreed to a ceasefire in July 2025 after a brief but deadly border conflict, with officials crediting Trump's threat of economic sanctions for pushing them to the negotiating table.

·  Israel and Hamas: A ceasefire was brokered in late 2025 following a two-year conflict in Gaza, which Trump has added to his list of "ended" wars.

[Captain’s Note: This war rages on.]

·  Egypt and Ethiopia: This is a long-running dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile River, which has led to heightened tensions but not a full-blown war. No peace deal has been signed, and mediation efforts have stalled.

·  Serbia and Kosovo: Tensions have persisted between Serbia and its former province of Kosovo for years, but experts note there was no active war to end during Trump's second term. An economic normalization deal was signed in 2020 during his first term. 

 

*Fact-checkers and foreign policy experts largely agree that these claims are exaggerated, noting that many of these situations were long-standing conflicts or tensions rather than full-scale "wars," and in several cases, fighting or hostilities have resumed since the initial agreements. 

He desperately wants a Nobel Peace Prize.

After all, they gave one to President Obama.

I mean, literally, that seems to be his only reason for wanting one!

The Obamas live rent-free in his dementia-rattled brain.

CAPTAIN’S NOTE: Love Trumpf or hate him, it is sad to see dementia eat away at someone’s brain, and in such a public way.

In the last round of awards, the independent Nobel Committee went with the Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.

Trumpf doesn’t like her because, even though she dedicated her award to him, he thinks she should have refused it and insisted it actually be awarded to him!

More about that in a moment.

Trumpf is just so fuckin’ pitiful!

And for someone who wants a “Peace Prize”, he sure uses the U.S. military indiscriminately.

-The military parade he insisted on for his birthday/the Army’s birthday last year was laughable. He wanted something like Russia and China do each year, to show the whole world the might of the U.S. armed forces.

What he got [and yer Captain believes it was intentional on the part of the Army] was an olive-drab version of Mardi Gras.

Without the booze and beads, of course. 

-He has deployed National Guard and U.S. Marines to U.S. cities like Portland (yes, Portland!), Chicago, and L.A.to quell what he called “out-of-control violence”. The Constitution forbids the use of the military against U.S. citizens, and their presence only stirred up more violence. Fortunately, U.S. courts are ruling against these deployments.

-The Department of Defense [I refuse to call it the War Department like "the Peace President" insists] has been sinking alleged drug boats off the coast of Venezuela. 

More than 100 lives have been taken without proof of wrong-doing. In fact, the suspected burned-out hull of one of those boats washed ashore recently and it was discovered to only be carrying marijuana – which is legal in 40 of the 50 U.S. states.

-The threat of Trumpf's naval build-up off the coast of Venezuela did not rattle President Maduro, so this weekend Trumpf launched an aerial attack on Venezuelan cities and sent in special forces to kidnap the president and his wife. More than 100 people (including civilians) were reportedly killed in the assault.

The Peace President.

His administration was obviously not prepared for this action. In the days that followed, they struggled to create a cohesive narrative to justify the attack.

“It was to protect the United States from all the Fentanyl flowing from Venezuela.”

CAPTAIN’S NOTE: Venezuela does not produce Fentanyl.

“Maduro wasn’t the duly-elected president.”

Hmmm…

“Maduro was an evil despotic dictator grifting money from the people.”

Double-Hmmm…

“It wasn’t war, it was a police action!”… which is why (they claim) they didn’t have to notify Congress of their plans.

They settled on charges of “narcoterrorism” – the latest MAGA buzz-word – but have since backed off on the story that Maduro was the head of a drug syndicate.

And that justification hardly holds water since just the week before, Trumpf pardoned the former president of Honduras, who was sentenced in U.S. courts for smuggling millions of dollars worth of cocaine into the U.S.

He also pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an internet black market widely known for facilitating illegal drug sales.

So we know it’s not about the drugs!

What’s more, although Trumpf removed Maduro, he is backing Maduro’s VP and the whole corrupt administration! 

Yer Captain noted shortly after the attack that if Maduro is the horrible socialist dictator the Trumpf administration is claiming, then surely he has equally horrible, despotic military leaders who will faithfully continue what their president was doing.

And if the U.S. does put "boots on the ground", you can expect bloodshed. 

CAPTAIN’S NOTE: Trumpf refused to install Machado as the new president because he claims she does not have the support of the Venezuelan people - even though she is very popular in her country. No, in reality, as mentioned above, it was because she didn’t turn down her Nobel Peace Prize!

So how has anything changed in Venezuela since Sunday morning?

Hardly at all.

Trumpf has threatened that if they don’t “play ball” with the U.S. – exclusively with the U.S. – there will be more and worse measures taken against them.

So Venezuela has now declared war on the U.S.

The Peace President.

Of course, most people can see through the thin cloud of flatulence that is Trumpf’s war. The attack on Venezuela was really about taking control of their oil resources. In fact, Trumpf's terms for “peace” is that Venezuela will cut ties with China, Russia and other countries he doesn’t like and sell oil only to and through the U.S.

He claims Venezuela has promised him the profits from 30-50 million barrels of their finest oil, the money from which he alone will control.

Which is also illegal.

And he has publicly boasted that he notified several oil executives before the attack.

Not Congress, but oil executives!

CAPTAIN'S NOTE: When did the big oil companies ever make money for the country?

-In the meantime, the U.S. is interdicting oil tankers leaving Venezuelan ports, some bearing Russian flags.

Russia responded by deploying a submarine to intervene.

Only time will tell.

-And since the kidnapping of the president of Venezuela went so well (in his mind), why not do more?

He and his sycophants have since threatened Cuba, Colombia, Greenland, and Iran with similar "regime change".

The Peace President.

Iran, by the way, is still pissed off that he attacked their nuclear facilities last June. With the current aggressions directed their way, Iran yesterday declared war on the U.S.

The Peace President.

And some of our NATO allies have declared they will defend Greenland (a NATO country) from U.S. aggression.

So now Trumpf wants to dismantle NATO.

The Peace President.

My arse!

Now release the rest of the Epstein Files!