Wednesday’s Forum
Steven L. Taylor
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Wednesday, March 25, 2026
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About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored
A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog).
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I watched Malcolm Nance yesterday, although I find it hard to make the time, yesterday’s was 90 minutes. But there is a button just below the picture that brings up a very nice transcript complete with times. (I just noticed the transcript button this morning). There is a lot of information presented, significant enough to be worth some time. (The time references in the transcript are nice, because there is a lot of pointing at maps).
“Malcolm Nance”
So there are a lot of forces moving into theatre which Nance expects to be used to occupy islands in the Persian Gulf and the Strait. Nance is pretty sure they will be used with the operations beginning this coming weekend, likely late Friday or on Saturday. (I.e., they will be used, not just for show or threats).
ETA: The markets disagree with Nance, we will see who is right, Nance or the stock market.
To me, it looks like a lot of stock traders are really really gullible.
@charontwo:
Oh, and by the way, Nance thinks Russian Intelligence sees the same things he sees and reaches the same conclusions – meaning the Iranians share his expectations, so they are prepared.