Believe it or not, we need to discuss “Sherman’s March to the Sea”. 
Recap
- Yesterday, with time running out on his latest bluff to knock Iran back to the stone age and destroy its civilization, Trump announced “we have been asked to hold our Attack on the Country of Iran until such time as their leaders and representatives can come up with a unified proposal.”
- Regarding Trump’s comment, the Wall Street Journal reported The Wall Street Journal reported “Trump Extends Iran Cease-Fire Indefinitely With Peace Talks in Limbo.”
- In light of what Trump said, the WSJ headline is accurate. But today we have a clarification of “until such time as their leaders and representatives can come up with a unified proposal.”
- Today, the Wall Street Journal reports “President Trump will give Iran a few days to offer a peace plan, U.S. officials said, a sign that his cease-fire extension won’t last indefinitely.”
Game Plan for the Next Six Days
- Today, Wednesday, redefine indefinitely.
- Thursday, repeat threats to attack Iran. Say something like we won’t wait forever.
- Friday, threaten infrastructure. Give Iran until Monday or Tuesday.
- Saturday, repeat threats to end Iran’s civilization as we know it. Trump will say, I don’t want to do this but I will.
- Sunday (or Monday depending on the extension deadline), a Trump insider will place huge bets on the stock market going up.
- Monday or Tuesday, Trump will announce a peace talk announcement, or agreement by Iran, or some other set of lies or related nonsense.
Eventually, the market will tire of this game and steps 5-6 will implode. Delta hedging could get real ugly if Trump’s insiders have to unexpectedly bail.
Ohhh – Ahhh the Drama Builds
Morning Glory
Fox news is promoting a ground war. It relates to General Sherman’s March to the Sea, through Atlanta.
Please consider MORNING GLORY: Will President Trump go full Sherman in the war on Iran?
The famed Civil War general didn’t want to do what he did, but it was necessary.
“If we can march a well appointed army right through Jefferson Davis’ territory,” Sherman appealed to a skeptical General Ulysses S. Grant and President Abraham Lincoln, it would be “a demonstration to the world, foreign and domestic, that we have a power that Davis cannot resist.”
“I can make the march and make Georgia howl,” Sherman added to the doubters, Grant and Lincoln. Sherman was proposing something not done before in the long years of war to preserve the Union and free the enslaved — abandoning his lines of supply and living off the land his army would despoil.
War is cruelty and you cannot refine it,” Sherman said.
Lovely. Thank you Fox news for that fascinating ground troops warmongering infomercial disguised as a Civil War recap of Sherman’s March to the Sea.
Special Musical Tribute
I am very pleased to offer the above special musical tribute. “Peas, peas, peas, eating goober peas. Goodness how delicious, eating goober peas.”
I know that song and found the above video searching for it.
Q: How do you know that song?
A: It came up in high school history class and I remembered that line.
I did not know Tennessee Earnie Ford was involved..
Iran Fires on Three Ships, Escorting Two to Its Coast
Meanwhile, the Strait is shut. The Wall Street Journal reports Iran Fires on Three Ships, Escorting Two to Its Coast
Iran attacked three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and escorted two of them to Iranian waters, as tensions flared in the waterway.
Mediators scrambled to get the diplomatic process back on track, including arranging a possible meeting between Iran and the U.S. as soon as Friday, officials familiar with the matter said.
What Else Is On Trump’s Mind?
I am sure glad you asked, because this is news is critical.
I am pleased to report that Trump has provided all important details of New York Times Readership vs viewers of the Apprentice.
This must be really important because Trump posted it twice.
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April 21, 2026: Trump Indefinitely Extends Cease-Fire. Congratulations Iran, It’s TACO Tuesday.
Peace talks are cancelled. But Trump extends the cease-fire anyway.
I was going to do a post asking readers how long that would last. But that idea was superseded by a Trump reversal in just one day.
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The probable answer is four, pending legislation.
Addendum. Everyone Knows
Truth Social: A RIGGED ELECTION TOOK PLACE LAST NIGHT IN THE GREAT COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA! All day long Republicans were winning, the Spirit was unbelievable, until the very end when, of course, there was a massive “Mail In Ballot Drop!” Where have I heard that before — And the Democrats eked out another Crooked Victory! Six to five goes to ten to one, and yet the Presidential Election in November was very close to a 50-50 split. In addition to everything else, the language on the Referendum was purposefully unintelligible and deceptive. As everyone knows, I am an extraordinarily brilliant person, and even I had no idea what the hell they were talking about in the Referendum, and neither do they! Let’s see if the Courts will fix this travesty of “Justice.” President DONALD J. TRUMP
Sorry, must issue corrections to my post below. I meant “Semitic-dominated,” of course, referring to the U.S.A.
And when I said “this morning,” I was thinking in terms of my own time zone. It is rather late in the evening in your (American) time.
This morning Zerohedge has a piece saying that the extension that Trump has given to the Persians is the same length of time as it will take the third aircraft carrier to get on-site. Maybe that should tell us something?
I’m sorry for the Moslems in Israel, Gaza, and the Lebanon. I note that a Semitic country, Israel, and a seemingly Semitic-dominate country, the U.S.A., accompanied by a number of less significant Semitic countries (the Arab monarchies) seem to be beating the crap out of a country that claims to be Aryan (Persia). Maybe that should tell us something, too.
However, one must condemn the Persians for taking their religion so seriously. Religion is fine if it helps to unify your people for a fight that you are going to win. It’s not so good if it leads you to get into a fight you are going to lose.
Spirit being bailed out. UAE too. Where does it all end now. Trump is a kleptocrat.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/22/spirit-airlines-rescue-trump-administration.html
Iran already presented a 10-point plan. Did Trump not read it?
What’s amazing to me is yesterday Trump suggested a ceasefire till Iran came up with a “unified proposal” which suggested an indefinite ceasefire and markets went down a little.
Today Trump says it won’t be indefinite, and will extend it only 3-5 days and markets go up.
And yet the price of oil is no where near the reflection of the reduced oil production in the Middle East, and the destruction of the production facilities thoughout the Middle East or the shortages many countries are facing right now.
It’s truly an upside down world out there, and no good can come when everything spins 180 every few days. And I thought the tariff dama, and the on and off BS of it all was bad. Well it was bad as it made our allies mad at us.
This situation will have the whole world turning on us, and should Trump actually do the bombing he says he wants to do the world will flank, and start putting daggers in the back of America.
No good will come from any of this, and America wont be victorious. There was a reaon why Mr President no President attempted this before you. They understood the consequences, and realized the costs of those consequences when you engage in a religious war. They unlike you, Mr President, couldn’t walk away from their humanity. I hope you wear this badge proudly.
Apparently there is talk at the Pentagon of moving troops from SE Asia to the Gulf.
Xi would love to see that. Wonder what Trump Inc. can grift out of that arrangement.
Monsenuer “Brilliant” and his missing King clothes!
The dude is really ‘knitting with one needle” nut-so!
The game plan is (or should be) to kick the Regime/IRGC ass and remove them from power at ANY cost. This includes taking possession of the enriched uranium.
They are a clear and present danger to the safety of the world!
Looking for an exit plan for Iran’s applied pretzel hold … https://www.facebook.com/quicklinecomedy/videos/he-beat-an-undefeated-russian-wrestler-with-the-most-painful-move-in-olympic-his/1969048917245265/
The Sherman approach fails to consider the planned IRGC asymmetrical missile destruction of the global billionaires’ and Gulf States local potentates’ extraction, refinery, holding, and transportation oil-and-oil-byproducts critical infrastructure as well as the region’s primary water source: the local desalination plants. Besides total Gulf States societal destruction, the global economy and its agricultural output would be crushed.
Monday 27 April 2026 will be the beginning of oil futures’ 2nd fractal and sharply higher rising oil futures, regardless of Truth Social TACO’s.
well, make announcement of peace send oil down: kaching!
Make announcement of war, send oil prices up: kaching!
I have never heard of Morning Glory, so I had to go read the opinion piece. Apparently Hugh Hewitt didn’t really pay attention when he read about the Civil War. If so, he would know that the “total war” phase of the Civil War actually preceeded Sherman’s March, e.g the utter destruction of the Shenandoah Valley by Sheridan which took place from September 26 to October 8, 1864, and likely inspired Sherman to write his letter on October 9, 1864. So Sherman did not start this concept. But more importantly, Sherman had a battle hardened army of about 60,000 men for the march through Georgia, and this number swelled to 100,000 men during the march through the Carolinas. Opposing him were about 10,000 remants of Confederate armies whose capabilities had been utterly degraded by 4 years of war. Short of weapons, short of clothes, starving, etc. So Sherman had at least a 6:1 numerical advantage over a completely outmatched enemy. How this would apply to the Iran war completely baffles me. Where does Fox News dig these idiots up from?
We have the “C” team in charge when you need “A” team decision making. Well I guess you go to war with the team you got and not the team you wish you had. Elections do matter after all. I suppose that’s a positive.
The A-Team arrives in a cool van, the C team rides the short bus with the chocolate flavored windows.
I thought Trump said Iran no longer has a navy because he ‘obliterated’ it?
So this breaking news must be ‘fake’: “Iran’s navy said it has seized two cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz and taken them to the country’s coast after reports that three vessels came under fire from Iranian forces.”
Not only is the American public being told lies, but they are only being told a tiny fraction of actual events that have taken place since the war started. The public is being kept stupid, basically.
American MSM = Pravda. They have the same amount of integrity. Zero.
Black-eyed peas are all that kept Southerners alive in 1865, Sherman’s Yankees having stolen or destroyed everything else. (They thought peas were for feeding animals.)
Sherman’s war on the civilian population left behind the last vestige of civilized warfare (attacking military targets only). Lincoln and Sherman recognized after 4 years of war that 90% of Southerners were so committed to a divorce (initially an amicable divorce) that only a genocidal approach would change their mind. It is something of which the ghosts of Lincoln and Sherman should be ashamed.
Under Netanyahu’s sway, Trump has turned into that kind of monster.
“an amicable divorce” over what exactly Brutus? Go on, say it for us all loud and clear now!
Over the right to self determination. Same thing you seem people arguing for on here all the time about ceding when their party is not in power.
Slavery in all it’s ugliness wasn’t going to last much longer anyway since automated farm machinery would have done away with the need for manual labor very shortly.
Yet slavery persists in other parts of the world and to this day. Did they not get the memo?
Trump doesn’t even know what his game plan is !
That’s how he stays ahead of his enemies, don’t you know?
Lie. Get his ass kissed. Threaten. Lie. Whine. Insult. Poop his pants. Get cleaned up. Lie. Complain. Lie.
That’s the plan, and he’s sticking to it.
Think of it like a looping algorithm in a poorly designed computer program—over time, it will cause the system to crash and consume all available resources. This is a helpful reminder of why writing efficient programming is important! /sarc
I think he knows exactly what his game plan is. Make as much money as possible out of foreign bribes and market manipulation….oh and keep the Epstein stuff out of the limelight.
The other secondary chaos it creates is other peoples’ problem.
Meanwhile, 3 congressional reps leave office in April alone.
My goodness, we have achieved peak Mishtalk with a musical tribute, analysis, comedy and thoughtful criticism.
Obligatory 3-Star Mishelin award granted. I know it’s early but I’m just going to give the whole week a 3-Star Mishelin award to keep from being repetitive.
How you like them goober peas? Ironically, goober peas are what US sailors putting their life on the line for Israel are eating these days.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/04/16/iran-war-mail-packages-middle-east/89609308007/
How does an obliterated navy have the ability to escort ships back to their ports? /sarc
These are obviously ghost pirate ships, duh.
Was the 🍊 ever abducted by UFOs? I suspect that he was and the aliens messed up with his internal organs and now his intestines are in his head and end at his mouth and his brain is at his rectum.
What happens if the vigorous probing they subjected him to is what to blame for his persistent incontinence.
I don’t think he knows. He wants it over, but Iran is serious about its list of demands. I think he underestimates Iran’s resolve and ability to hold out. Hopefully he won’t go golfing with Lindsey Graham.
He just wants us to stop talking about the epstein files and we have now he will stretch it out as long as possible to keep us from returning to the molester and thiefs ttousands of mentions in the files. the shredders are working over time and bebe has copies so bend over working class the epstein class is in control
It ain’t Graham that I worry about. It’s Netanyahu.
Yes because he needs to move on to Cuba before the midterms when the Dems take over and prevent it.
It seems weird when I have to Wait……. for what Iran says …..before I really accept anymore of these flip flop stories now constantly coming from the Donald?
worth repeating: The difference between Vietnam and Iran is Trump knew how to get out of Vietnam.
Now Mish my dear friend, I really don’t see the stock market bailing any time soon, not until oil shortages start making real problems at least. This is what you get when you have an out of control, unregulated market driving the entire economy. Prices are up and flying away, people nearly unanimous on the fact that it’s hard to get by, but wall street couldn’t care less!
Hey did you all hear Google is giving OpenAI another trillion dollars to hand to Oracle to hand to Google? Oh, you lost track of that kind of thing? That’s okay, just be here next week when Meta gives Nividia the very same bazillion buckaroos! To build what you ask? Infrastructure of course! Infrastructure nobody can actually point to doing nothing (and mind you, I work in this field) you can actually quantify for no customers in particular—Except the magnificent 7, who will be buying another pentrillion cents of something for some build out somewhere in Albuquerque.
With the situation being like it is, who even needs things like “oil” or “fertilizer”? If things get really bad these companies can easily invest in about a hundred billion dollars of potatoes or something that will feed us all when they eventually grow sometime about 25 years from now (according to company hired analysts).
Trial and error, sprinkled with lies and innuendo. There is no plan. Paint by number. However, TACO has been consistently compitulating on most days, especially “TACO Tuesdays.”
“Game Plan”- hahaha.
The game plan is to game his base and the mid term elections.