February 23, 2026
Donkey-Chompers: If You Thought My Shocking 21-Second Brain Glitch Followed by Drunk Kamala-Level Word Salad Made Me Look Stupid, Maybe The Real Problem Is With Your Stupid Brain, Stupid
She does not explain why she thinks that cowboys existed before horses, or what philosophical Imponderable she was attempting to conjure when she said that Venezuela was south of the equator. Here's what Flake Titicaca said:
She does not explain why she thinks that cowboys existed before horses, or what philosophical Imponderable she was attempting to conjure when she said that Venezuela was south of the equator. Here's what Flake Titicaca said:
In the video, an emotional AOC, appearing to hold back tears, pushed back against critics who saw her faceplant in Munich, convinced she has no idea what she's talking about. Her defense? It's not her, it's you, who's the problem. "If you think that I don't understand foreign policy because out of hours of discourse about international affairs, I paused to think about one of the most sensitive geopolitical issues that currently exist on Earth, I'm afraid the issue is not my understanding, but rather the problem is perhaps you've gotten adjusted to a president that never thinks before he speaks."
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After Killing of Top Narcoterrorist In Military Raid, Cartels Engage In Widespread Violence and Arson Across Mexico
The president of Mexico was installed into office by the narcoterrorists. She is both an extreme leftist, an open borders (with the US) extremist, and a catspaw of the cartels.
Mexican police, with the assistance of US intelligence, killed a narcoterrorist during a raid.
They drug terrorists retaliated by killing a mayor and setting Mexico ablaze.Major drug lord 'El Mencho' killed in Mexican military operation with US intelligence support
Nemesio Oseguera's death triggers widespread cartel violence across Mexico as armed groups block highways and burn vehicles
Cartel leader's death sparks violence in Mexico, US embassy issues shelter-in-place order
Major Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, known as "El Mencho," was killed in a military operation Sunday morning, the country's Defense Department announced, marking one of Mexico's most significant blows to organized crime amid pressure from President Donald Trump to intensify the crackdown on drug cartels. The announcement came as government officials warned of clashes in Jalisco state and widespread criminal activity across the country, prompting the U.S. Embassy in Mexico to issue shelter-in-place advisories for multiple states. On Sunday, Mexican troops reportedly conducted operations in Tapalpa, Jalisco, targeting Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, a former police officer who became the elusive leader of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), a major supplier of fentanyl to the United States. Known as "El Mencho," Oseguera Cervantes carried a $15 million U.S. bounty and rose to power following the arrest of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, the former head of the Sinaloa Cartel. Over the past 15 years, CJNG has grown from a local criminal group into a global trafficking organization operating out of its stronghold in Jalisco. ... The Mexican Defense Department said the operation was conducted as part of bilateral coordination and cooperation with the U.S., whose authorities provided complementary intelligence that contributed to Oseguera Cervantes' capture. ... During the capture, the CJNG ringleader became wounded and died en route to Mexico City, the Defense Department said. Four others were reportedly killed at the scene of a shootout between Mexican troops and criminal suspects in Jalisco, with Oseguera Cervantes among three additional individuals who were wounded and later died. Authorities said they detained two other members of the criminal organization and seized a range of weaponry, including armored vehicles and "rocket launchers capable of downing aircraft and destroying armored vehicles."
... Widespread criminal activity has been reported in Jalisco, the cartel's stronghold, as well as in northern regions that serve as key border and transit corridors for the organization. The Security Cabinet of the Government of Mexico noted that multiple buildings were reportedly damaged during the "violent incidents," including roughly 20 branches of Banco del Bienestar, a state-run banking institution. At least 21 highways remain blocked, with authorities reporting that five have already been reopened. Photos showed numerous roadblocks and burning vehicles, with dark smoke rising into the sky, across the country -- tactics officials say cartels often use to slow or block military operations. ... "We remain in Code Red. We reiterate the recommendation to avoid leaving your homes. The clashes are occurring in several federal entities," Jalisco state Governor Pablo Lemus Navarro added.
... The operation against Oseguera follows sustained pressure from the Trump administration on President Claudia Sheinbaum's government, urging Mexico to step up its fight against drug trafficking amid threats of potential U.S. intervention. "There is absolute coordination with the governments of all states; we must remain informed and calm," Sheinbaum said on Sunday. "In the vast majority of the national territory, activities are proceeding with complete normality."
The president of Mexico was installed into office by the narcoterrorists. She is both an extreme leftist, an open borders (with the US) extremist, and a catspaw of the cartels.
Wall Street ApesShe says that she will not join America in taking action against the cartels burning Mexico to the ground because drug terrorists have "human rights."
@WallStreetApes 14h Cartel violence is being allowed in Mexico because President Claudia Sheinbaum works for the Cartel A Senator from Mexico went on Fox News and exposed it all * The President of Mexico works for the Cartels
* She was funded by money from the cartels
* It's not just the President, there are an entire group of Mexico politicians labeled the "arco politicians"
* Mexico is a "Narco state"
* Mexicans are afraid of the alliance between the Mexican government and the cartels
* The Morena (political party) is financed by the cartels, that's how they get elected
* Once they get elected the deal is for the Mexican government to then protect the cartels
* The President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo doesn't want this information getting out
* Mexicans and the Politicians who are no paid off by the cartels want Donald Trump to help with the cartels The Mexico Senator exposing all this says she is now being threatened with prison for speaking out "The President has threatened me to proceed against me with criminal prosecution to get me out of the Senate and get me in jail just because I told you in this space in Fox News" And now the assassination of Uruapan Mayor Carlos Manzo, an own cartel critic... The cartel runs the Mexican government
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Mamdani Calls Upon New Yorkers to Do the Jobs the Government Just Can't Do -- Shoveling Snow;
He Says All Applicants Must Show ID Before Shoveling Snow
He Says All Applicants Must Show ID Before Shoveling Snow
Wait, is he saying that black and brown people aren't allowed to shovel snow? And married women?
Because I have been repeatedly told that black and brown people (and married women) don't have ID and don't know how to get ID. Should we crowdfund an employment discrimination campaign against NYC? Mamdani is begging for cheap labor to shovel snow because his Theater Kid Incompetence was revealed when he allowed the late January snow to stick around in huge four-foot piles of snow, garbage, and rat feces for a month. But he says you need to bring ID.Iliftfordoughnuts
@AndriaDont99498 Feb 21 Breaking: Zohran Mamdani can't afford any more city employees so he's giving citizens the " Opportunity " To work for half the city worker rate and without the benefits. But only if they bring 3 forms of ID. You need that to shovel snow. Just not to vote.
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Yet Another Would-Be Trump Assassin, Programmed to Kill By the Traitor Left
As you certainly know, a 21-year-old lunatic from NC snuck into Mar-a-Lago by jumping on the back of a truck that had been cleared to pass through the gate. He carried a shotgun and a can of gasoline.
Unknown to this loser -- but easily discoverable by anyone with a sane mind -- Trump was not at Mar-a-Lago over the weekend, but at the White House doing events. Secret Service and security demanded the man drop the gun and the gas. He dropped the gas, but then raised the shotgun to his shoulder, preparing to fire. He was killed. But he was programmed to kill by Democrats' (and Thomas Massie's and MTG's) insane conspiracy theories that Donald Trump is a Secret Epstein Pedo.Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:33 PM | Comments (362) | Trackbacks (Suck)
Gavin Newsom to Black Democrats: I'm Like You, I'm Low IQ and I Can't Read
That's one way to ingratiate yourself to an audience.
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THE MORNING RANT: Musings on the Door Dash Lifestyle; Dave Barry Takes a Waymo Ride
Irrespective of the door-closing opportunity, the demand for “dashed” food is growing: “DoorDash sees strong quarterly growth in sales and orders but warns of big costs” [Seattle Times – 2/18/2026]
I may not understand the “Door Dash Lifestyle,” and I certainly don’t live it, but it’s still fascinating to me. On the one hand I am horrified at the Door Dash business model and its use of illegal, off-the-books labor. At the same time, I am mystified at its customers’ spending habits, especially when we hear of the financial squeeze those same consumers are under in regards to housing, inflation, etc. From DoorDash’s own website, half of its customers have household income below $75,000 per year, and 33% of its customers are in households with income below $50,000.
So, today’s post has a few quick items related to the Door Dash / food delivery industry, including a little bit of humor. But first, here is a link to my initial Door Dash piece from three months ago titled “Behind the Restaurant Meal Delivery Industry, there is a Black Market Exploiting Illegal Foreign Labor.” In it I documented that, “If you are having restaurant food ‘dashed’ to your residence, there is a very good chance that the person delivering your meal is part of a black market of non-citizen labor, illegally subcontracted by the actual ‘independent contractor’ of Door Dash, Uber Eats, and the like.” Meanwhile, a new revenue source other than food delivery has opened up for DoorDash drivers: “Waymo Is Paying DoorDash Gig Workers to Close its Robotaxi Doors” [CNBC – 02/12/2026]Waymo’s cars are driven without humans. But when a departing passenger leaves a door open, the car won’t move until a person closes it. For that task, Waymo is turning to gig workers from companies like DoorDash. The [Google]-owned self-driving car company confirmed on Thursday that it’s running a pilot in Atlanta to compensate delivery drivers for closing Waymo doors that are left ajar. DoorDash drivers are notified when a Waymo in the area has an open door so the vehicles can quickly get back on the road.Chris Bakke sees a humorous way for DoorDash to lean in to this new revenue stream, stating that “If I ran growth at Doordash, I would pay Doordashers $5 to open doors on random Waymos so that Waymo has to hire our Dashers to close them for $6.25.” Per the Reddit post below, Waymo is actually paying DoorDashers $11.25 to close doors.
If I ran growth at Doordash, I would pay Doordashers $5 to open doors on random Waymos so that Waymo has to hire our Dashers to close them for $6.25. https://t.co/BvclHW6PN1
— Chris Bakke (@ChrisJBakke) February 13, 2026
Irrespective of the door-closing opportunity, the demand for “dashed” food is growing: “DoorDash sees strong quarterly growth in sales and orders but warns of big costs” [Seattle Times – 2/18/2026]
DoorDash said Wednesday its revenue rose 38% in the fourth quarter as it gained new U.S. customers and added new services like restaurant reservations.
DoorDash just reported its largest jump in orders ever.
— Fiscal.ai (@fiscal_ai) February 18, 2026
Total Orders: 903M, +32% YoY$DASH pic.twitter.com/VQ4KE87XET
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Mid-Morning Art Thread
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The Morning Report — 2/23/26
Shifting gears completely, we have the Supreme Court striking down President Trump's tariff regime in a blatantly political decision. Legal eagle extraordinaire Alan Dershowitz noted:
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Americans are being asked by the State Department to remain sheltered in place in parts of Mexico due to civil unrest following the successful killing of Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes on Sunday. Cervantes was killed by the Mexican army with “complementary information” provided by the United States, The Daily Wire reported. The State Department’s travel alert specifically notes that Americans in the Mexican states of Jalisco, Baja California, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas and Quintana Roo State “should shelter in place until further notice.” The states contain major tourism hubs such as Puerto Vallarta, Guadalajara, Cancún, as well as Playa del Carmen and Tulum, among other major cities. “Due to ongoing, widespread security operations and related road blockages and criminal activity in many areas of Mexico, U.S. citizens should shelter in place until further notice,” the U.S. Department of State Consular Affairs posted to X on Sunday afternoon.¡Hay chihuahua! Literally. And elsewhere in the world, with Iran on the brink internally, there is still the potential that President Trump might order airstrikes or other military operations against the Iranian regime to help bring about its long overdue demise. The question of should we or shouldn't we and the consequences domestically and internationally, both long- and short-term are of course debatable. With that said, despite making some cogent points that I happen to agree with, the author gets otherwise completely lost in a sea of isolationist idiocy.
The United States government (USG) should not go to war with Iran. Iran’s nuclear program is not a meaningful threat to the United States. How Iran is governed, how its government treats its people, and who the Iranians trade with is none of our business. A genuinely America First strategy toward Iran would mean ignoring the country and the Middle East as a whole. The United States government has no core interests on the Asian landmass. The USG should lift all trade sanctions on the Iranian regime, grant diplomatic recognition to whatever regime is currently in power there, and cease efforts to regulate or manage the Iranian nuclear program. Iran’s conflicts with Israel and the Arab states are not our problem. Regarding the Middle East more broadly, the USG should shut down all of our bases and cut off all flows of foreign aid to the region. I mean this literally: no military aid to the Israelis, Jordanians, Egyptians, etc., and no humanitarian aid to the Palestinians. American officials should avoid giving any sign of favoritism to any nation, people group, or religious minority in the area.The abject cluelessness as to the nature of the Iranian regime post the Shah and its driving force, ISLAM, for the past 1,500 years is absolutely radiant. The Jordanians, Egyptians and so-called "Palestinians" are one thing to be sure. But Israel, not only our one true ally in the region but aside from us the one remaining keeper of the flame of Western civilization and the advancement of humanity left in the world. Yes, whatever money in the form of aid that goes to Israel should be regulated and accounted for and dispensed responsibly, but the dividends to our national security are well-known and manifold as history has proven. The record is clear on that. And as I and CBD have made clear on many a recent podcast (the latest episode linked here and in the sidebar as well as available on the usual outlets listed below). it is clearly up to the Iranian/Persian people to take matters into their own hands and take the lead in deposing their oppressors. If the US can help in that goal minus troops on the ground or the failed democracy projects of the past then we should be as minimally involved as we can. And no we should not recognize another Islamo-fascistic government should it God-forbid come to power.
Shifting gears completely, we have the Supreme Court striking down President Trump's tariff regime in a blatantly political decision. Legal eagle extraordinaire Alan Dershowitz noted:
“I thought that the lawyers for Trump made the wrong argument to the Supreme Court, and I predicted they were going to lose based on their argument. Look, if you argue that it’s fundraising activity by Congress, of course you’re going to lose,” Dershowitz said. “This, the Article One of the Constitution, says that duties and taxes can be imposed only by Congress, and Congress can delegate that authority to the president.” “But if you argue that tariffs can be a weapon of foreign policy, a weapon of diplomacy, a weapon of preventing war, then it’s an Article II power of the president, and Congress has no power to limit it. And so I think what the president has said in his press conferences today is that we may have gone under the wrong statute, and maybe we have no power under that statute,” Dershowitz added. “But I want to prevent a war with Iran, and so I’m going to impose a very very steep sanction on Iran, not to raise money but to stop a war. I’m gonna have a big, big, big tariff on, who knows, in order to make sure that they comply with the foreign policy of the United States. Turn this into an Article II, not an Article I, function.” Dershowitz said the president could still use tariffs as a foreign policy tool, within constitutional limits.Funny how Roberts could rewrite the Obamacare individual mandate and declare it kosher, but is otherwise ignorant of Dershowitz's salient point regarding the wrong argument and take his red pen to make Trump's tariffs kosher too. Heaven forfend. Bastard. Lastly, congratulations to the US olympic hockey team for winning the gold medal in what by all accounts was a thrilling match against Canada. Not a fan of hockey in the first place and for sure I have not been interested in the Olympics perhaps since I was a kid. I think the last time I watched the games was the actual "Miracle On Ice" victories of 1980!
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- ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS
- Millions of Americans across the Interstate 95 corridor throughout the Northeast are getting prepared to be heavily impacted by a potent nor’easter bomb cyclone that will generate large amounts of snow in a strong portion of the region beginning Sunday.
Potent Nor’easter Bomb Cyclone To Blast Northeast With Largest Snowstorm In Years - Our discussion, in media and in law, has been about Trump’s excesses and boundary-crossing. A better starting place would be the laziness and uselessness of the Article I branch.
America Slides Into A Congress-Shaped Hole, And Gorsuch Helps
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Daily Tech News 23 February 2026
Top Story
- The US spent $30 billion giving every schoolchild a laptop or tablet. It made them dumber. (Yahoo)
And particularly less capable to maintain attention to the task at hand.
How do we solve this?
I don't know, I got distracted and stopped reading at that point.
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February 22, 2026
Sunday Overnight Open Thread - February 22, 2026 [Doof]
Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Sunday ONT.
What a day for the USA!
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Gun Thread: Fourth February Edition!
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Food Thread: Snow-Roasted Pulled Pork!
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First World Problems...
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USA Hockey Beats Canada For The Gold Medal...Canadian Transsexuals And Thought Police Hardest Hit
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Sunday Morning Book Thread - 2-22-2026 ["Perfessor" Squirrel]
Welcome to the prestigious, internationally acclaimed, stately, and illustrious Sunday Morning Book Thread! The place where all readers are welcome, regardless of whatever guilty pleasure we feel like reading (ht: Anonosaurus Wrecks). Here is where we can discuss, argue, bicker, quibble, consider, debate, confabulate, converse, and jaw about our latest fancy in reading material. As always, pants are required, unless you are wearing these pants...(library card not included)
So relax, find yourself a warm kitty (or warm puppy--I won't judge) to curl up in your lap, start prepping those Super Bowl snacks, and dive into a new book. What are YOU reading this fine morning?
NOTE: Kudos to Sabrina Chase for her excellent debut last week! It's always great to get the perspective of someone who has experience in the industry. My only qualification for this gig is that I'm a semi-literate tree rat who prefers to read books instead of shredding them to line my nest.Posted by: Open Blogger at 09:00 AM | Comments (494) | Trackbacks (Suck)
Daily Tech News 22 February 2026
Top Story
- Wikipedia has blacklisted Archive.Today for links to references because it is run by a crazy person. (Tech Crunch)
It's over allegations of running DDoS attacks and modifying supposedly archive articles after the fact, and the allegations are about as well supported as the recent conspiracy theories floated by Steve from Gamer's Nexus, which is to day, almost all of it is documented by multiple sources and the guy confessed publicly.
Which is a wee problem for me because those (Archive site) links I've been sprinkling through posts for the past year as more and more news sites decide they don't want anyone to read them?
Well, those links point to Archive.IS, but it's the same software and the same person.
I've switched to using Brave to prepare these posts, because it seems better at dodging around that problem, but it does mean that if you're using a different browser you might not be able to read the linked content.
On the other hand, I always, always present the full unvarnished truth without so much as editorialising.
Mostly.
Sometimes.
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February 21, 2026
Saturday Night Club ONT - February 21, 2026 [2 D's]
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Nobody Does It Better? James Bond on Netflix [Lex]
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Hobby Thread - February 21, 2026 [TRex]
Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. We gave the Ace of Spades Wheel of Hobbies (TM) a spin and it landed on panning for gold.
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Ace of Spades Pet Thread, February 21
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Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals.
Would you like a treat?
Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.
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