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The Morning Report — 2/23/26

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Good morning kids. Well, as a major Nor'easter is set to pummel the east coast with a massive winter storm, the likes of which we've not had in years, NYC's Muz-unist mayor Mamdani has an opportunity to solve the city's homeless crisis by moving all of them to the middle of the Central Park lake, and providing each with a sheet of used toilet paper, i.e. the front page of the NY Times and voila, no more homeless faster than you can say Gulag Archipelago! In all seriousness, if you are in the path of the storm, please stay safe at home, stock up on food and other essentials ahead of time and and stay off the roads if at all possible.

And speaking of bomb cyclnes, a real killer-diller has erupted south of the border. . .

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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1 Happy Monday

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 23, 2026 07:35 AM (gbOdA)

2 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 23, 2026 07:35 AM (0N4FZ)

3 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at February 23, 2026 07:36 AM (NcvvS)

4 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 23, 2026 07:37 AM (jtM2q)

5 Storm? Shoot, some weather chick on the radio said it might get to 80 degrees by the weekend.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at February 23, 2026 07:39 AM (uQesX)

6 Ryan Hall livefeed of the storm

https://tinyurl.com/yeesz8sn

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 23, 2026 07:40 AM (gQ15S)

7 Mexico has much the same problem as Lebanon - the criminal gangs in the country are actually much more numerous, and better armed, than the actual government is.

Scheinbaum’s only real job is to be a bookkeeper for the cartels. She doesn’t have the nerve required to actually stand up to them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 23, 2026 07:40 AM (46za5)

8 No boots on the ground vs the continued terrorist supporting state of i-ran.

Yes, having hezbollah, hamas, houthis, and the fakestinians continued worldwide reign of terror is much better than any boots on the ground.

After all, they really haven't killed that many people have they. Whats a few hundred or thousand more?

Posted by: Will Robinson at February 23, 2026 07:41 AM (2H3yT)

9 Trump's call into the locker room is vintage Trump.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 23, 2026 07:43 AM (bfYvy)

10 Records reviewed by Breitbart Texas reveal that Jason Houser — who has labeled Trump’s immigration policies “racist” — and Troy Miller — who, as Biden’s Acting CBP Commissioner, often amplified Biden’s DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ claims that the Biden-era border was closed to irregular migration — joined a Tuesday meeting with senior Trump administration CBP officials to discuss NTC changes.

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What the ever lovin' H-E-double hockey sticks?

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 23, 2026 07:44 AM (qBdHI)

11 Not surprised at the ABC poll - the Dems message for the midterms seems to have finally devolved into "If you hate America, vote for us!"

Sure, go with that...

Posted by: Boswell at February 23, 2026 07:45 AM (j10i6)

12 The French FM has called our ambassador on the carpet for saying that frog got stomped by Commies. Apparently, even mentioning the facts of the case is "interference."

I'm fine with not interfering. Like a lot of people, I've long been clamoring for us to get out of NATO & the UN, but that's not enough. We should recall our Western European ambassadors and sever diplomatic relations with these countries, and embargo them. Let them sell their ever-shrinking economic output to the Chinese.

For one thing, they hate us and constantly thumb us in the eye. For another, they're worthless countries and we don't have any use for them except as an increasingly problematic customer. For a third, they are too weak in every dimension to do a damn thing about it if we freeze them out. And finally, they're dying. These countries will have Arabic names soon enough.

Cut 'em adrift. America doesn't need this bullshit.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 23, 2026 07:45 AM (BI5O2)

13 If there was anyone left in Hollywood who wasn’t a talentless piece of leftist scum, I might feel bad about their industry getting wiped out by AI.

But as things aren’t can only cheer.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 23, 2026 07:46 AM (46za5)

14 The Sultanate of Zanzibar was founded on the slave trade and ivory. They did not think much of the africans they caught and sold to other moslems. Once, when a canoe overturned with a dozen or so african female slaves in it, who all drowned, the zanzibar slaver asked, "But is my canoe ok?".

Nice folks. Funny how no one talks about this slave superpower who may still be slaving today.

Posted by: Like Democrats at February 23, 2026 07:47 AM (TmfuF)

15 It’s easier to highlight the spending habits of twenty-somethings than to interrogate the policy decisions that shaped today’s cost of living.

Media Mock Gen Z For Rotisserie Chickens Because It’s Easier Than Addressing Real Problems


The article shows the media headline as "Gen-Z is splurging on rotisserie chickens". Um, what?

As it states in the community notes of the X post, rotisserie chickens are actually cheaper than regular chicken and have numerous uses for recipes, including meal prep recipes. They are extremely budget friendly and very efficient for making quick dinners.

Media once again shows they are completely disconnected from the real world. They probably don't cook their own meals and just DoorDash or eat out all the time. Which is MUCH more expensive than cooking your own meals, including with rotisserie chicken.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 23, 2026 07:48 AM (P5BPp)

16 I laugh at these "Where is the Virginia GOP?" articles. They're about as relevant as the Whigs were in 1860.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 23, 2026 07:48 AM (LxER7)

17 Re: the Arab trade in slaves: There was an article in an issue of Horizons, ca. 1965, which detailed a lot of the cross-Saharan trade. It was called "The Merchandise Was Human." I know I kept the issue (hardcovers, yet!) but I can't find it right now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 23, 2026 07:50 AM (wzUl9)

18 >How Iran is governed, how its government treats its people, and who the Iranians trade with is none of our business.
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IMO, yeah, it kind of is. Because in 1979 our President stood by while the Shah was exiled and Khomeini began his reign of terror. We have now a generational chance to correct that mistake. Let's hit 'em all, now, while we got the muscle. Let us kill their leaders and destroy their war machines. Give material aid to the Iranian people any way we can. We can and should do this.

Posted by: Don Black at February 23, 2026 07:50 AM (ZxPkt)

19 If there was anyone left in Hollywood who wasn’t a talentless piece of leftist scum, I might feel bad about their industry getting wiped out by AI.

But as things aren’t can only cheer.
Posted by: Tom Servo

The field of fucks is barren.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 23, 2026 07:50 AM (CjhZR)

20 I csn usually buy a rotisserie chicken at the lixal place for $7.99, that’s a cheap meal or two for a couple of people.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 23, 2026 07:50 AM (46za5)

21 14 The Sultanate of Zanzibar was founded on the slave trade and ivory. They did not think much of the africans they caught and sold to other moslems. Once, when a canoe overturned with a dozen or so african female slaves in it, who all drowned, the zanzibar slaver asked, "But is my canoe ok?".

Nice folks. Funny how no one talks about this slave superpower who may still be slaving today.
Posted by: Like Democrats at February 23, 2026 07:47 AM (TmfuF)


Zanzibar =
Good song by Billy Joel. And note the story about slavery in the ISlam section.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 23, 2026 07:50 AM (x0n13)

22 Thank you, JJ!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 23, 2026 07:50 AM (sTSBN)

23 Morning.

I didn't read the article but, the word has gone out: The guy who was shot and killed was an "artist."

I got one of those news service alerts from Yahoo, "what we know about the quiet artist who was shot and killed."

Posted by: Blake - semi lurkder in marginal standing at February 23, 2026 07:51 AM (UJMvS)

24 "I'm a white guy, but I'm as dumb as you are" .Great get out the Democrat motivation speech there, Newsom.

And on another note, I so appreciate the writing of Daniel Greenfield over at "Frontpage". Thanks, J.J.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 23, 2026 07:51 AM (PFs9e)

25 40% of customers in Cape Cod area without power. Wind gusts to 75mph so won't be fixed soon.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 23, 2026 07:52 AM (gQ15S)

26 The field of fucks is barren.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 23, 2026 07:50 AM (CjhZR)

"And Mr. Aspirin wept for there were no more fucks to give..."

Posted by: Boswell at February 23, 2026 07:52 AM (j10i6)

27
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 23, 2026 07:52 AM (tljrc)

28 A free Iran is the biggest nut punch islam can have.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 23, 2026 07:55 AM (+nEug)

29 I didn't read the article but, the word has gone out: The guy who was shot and killed was an "artist."

I got one of those news service alerts from Yahoo, "what we know about the quiet artist who was shot and killed."
Posted by: Blake - semi lurkder in marginal standing at February 23, 2026 07:51 AM (UJMvS)
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He wasn't killed; it's just that his "spark of divinity" is now fully aflame

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 23, 2026 07:55 AM (AhYe1)

30 New York High School Teacher Ousted After Helping Students Launch Turning Point USA Chapter

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This is in-your-face, rank discrimination, period. I would wager large amounts of money that that same NY high school would not oust a teacher for helping kids start one of those Satan clubs that have been popping up the last few years.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 23, 2026 07:55 AM (qBdHI)

31 Good morning JJ and horde
Slowly getting motivated to tackle this new Ice Age

Posted by: Skip at February 23, 2026 07:56 AM (Ia/+0)

32 18 >”How Germany is governed, how the Nazi government treats its people, and who Hitler trades with is none of our business.”
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Posted by: Tom Servo at February 23, 2026 07:57 AM (46za5)

33 When Trump called MS13 gangbangers "animals" and Nancy Pelosi responded with her "all God's children" speech, saying the bad guys have a "spark of divinity", the tone was set. No evil was too far for Democrats to defend. If Trump condemned it, the Democrats would support it. Axiomatic.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 23, 2026 07:58 AM (AhYe1)

34 ABC Poll Stunner: Americans STILL Trust Trump More Than the Dems — and in Every Category, Too!

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ASS/Sid isn't going to like this. He may have to be strapped down for a while before he goes and hunts down a favorable Mother Jones or Yahoo poll.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 23, 2026 07:58 AM (qBdHI)

35 “And we’re off to Zanzibar, to meet the wild Zanzibarbarians!” - Gonzo the Great

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 23, 2026 08:00 AM (46za5)

36 I think that if Iran was left to its own devices it would have ignited WWIII by now.

By geographical happenstance they're poised to control the flow of petrochemicals to a vast majority of the world, including the US. That's of national interest to us.

The ideological beef with Israel is something of a sideshow. But, like I said, if left alone, Iran would have, or would be, a real problem. And the mullahs have been able to keep things going through shear terror for nearly half a century.

Time's up.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 23, 2026 08:01 AM (jtM2q)

37 Also, Trump needs to take Thune to the woodshed over this SAVE Act delay. Call this c***sucker out in public. Tired of this shit.

Posted by: Don Black at February 23, 2026 08:01 AM (ZxPkt)

38 Newsom to Black People: “I’m Like You. I’m a 960 SAT Guy.”

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This is hilarious! He seriously told blacks they're not smart. There is no other way to spin this comment. I'm beginning to think this guy is not too bright and that there's nothing under all that hair gel that can be construed as an actual brain.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 23, 2026 08:02 AM (qBdHI)

39 Good Morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear into the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 23, 2026 08:02 AM (u82oZ)

40 Chicken is still cheaper at Aldi, for example, than is beef. You pay a bit more for the package, but Miss Linda and I can get three meals out of it, compared to two for the pound of lean meat.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 23, 2026 08:02 AM (wzUl9)

41 good morning JJ, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at February 23, 2026 08:02 AM (Br6my)

42 Zohran Mamdani’s regulatory agenda will make dining out and ordering in costlier than ever.

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But I was assured that all food would be free.

/Looks like Muslim Commie Mondami should confiscate and run all restaurants, too. What could go wrong?

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 23, 2026 08:03 AM (ZP7U0)

43 "Mencho" sounds like some kind of chip.

"Menchos, now in Classic, Nuclear Hot, and Cool Ranch flavors!"

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 23, 2026 08:03 AM (IG3/x)

44 The 1955 Austin Martin featured a drophead and a self-greasing trunnion in the boot.

Posted by: British Car Facts at February 23, 2026 08:03 AM (vFG9F)

45 Have long thought the Supreme Court is a political organization, and arguments held in its court have no bearing on tje political decisions that os coming.

Posted by: Skip at February 23, 2026 08:04 AM (Ia/+0)

46 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at February 23, 2026 08:04 AM (VV48T)

You should quit smoking meth. It isn't helping you at all. Maybe try some kind of spice ?

Posted by: Will Robinson at February 23, 2026 08:07 AM (2H3yT)

47 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 23, 2026 08:07 AM (ExV1e)

48 "Menchos, now in Classic, Nuclear Hot, and Cool Ranch flavors!"

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 23, 2026 08:03 AM (IG3/x)

Just don't put Menchos in Coke bottles - talk about your Cartel fueled explosion!

Posted by: Boswell at February 23, 2026 08:08 AM (j10i6)

49 Good morning J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Baby #5 is still cookin, Mrs. is past her due date.. could be any time now...

Posted by: Inogame at February 23, 2026 08:08 AM (53oGX)

50 Does ASS speak English?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 23, 2026 08:08 AM (usFxs)

51 The United States government (USG) should not go to war with Iran.

But they will anyways. Many will correctly say we are doing it because of Israel, others will correctly say that it is for the MIC. One thing it is not, is for the We The People.

This cuntry has, for better or worse, decided that we need millions of time-bombs spread throughout the land: Chinese, Iranian, Cartel, Muslim, etc. All ready to trip when the occasion is right.

The FBI is utterly worthless, probably less than worthless as may actually be complicit in the care and feeding of terrorists ready to cause mischief on a land that was built on high-trust and thus is very brittle and exposed to easily to create devastating and crippling attacks.

Lets harden up our own land, expel the terrorists, neuter the Communists and Muslims first. No more adventurism that results in triggering these domestic assholes.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 23, 2026 08:09 AM (NzX/y)

52 Newsom to Black People: “I’m Like You. I’m a 960 SAT Guy.”

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What, "I"m to stupid to procure ID in order to vote" wasn't available?

Or "Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids like me."?

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 23, 2026 08:09 AM (ZP7U0)

53 It may be up to the Persians to overthrow their oppressors, but they've no guns, and the oppressors have divisions with armament. And maybe even warplanes that work and have fuel.

Iranians, as guns go, are way way worse off than Canadians. And with two or more generations now of no guns in the hands of the populace, they are in a sorry state of affairs, in terms of gun-sense and training.

Hard to storm the mullahs Bastille when you only have knives and forks.

Posted by: M. Gaga at February 23, 2026 08:10 AM (KiBMU)

54 Full on blizzard out there.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 23, 2026 08:13 AM (viF8m)

55 The 1955 Austin Martin featured a drophead and a self-greasing trunnion in the boot.
Posted by: British Car Facts at February 23, 2026


***
The running of the trunnions in spring?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 23, 2026 08:13 AM (wzUl9)

56 I don't get Newsome's popularity. It's like the people have chosen the form of their destroyer.

Posted by: fd at February 23, 2026 08:13 AM (vFG9F)

57 JackStraw, do you have a fireplace?

Posted by: Ben Had at February 23, 2026 08:15 AM (+nEug)

58 There's a Podcast?

Posted by: Slow on the Uptake at February 23, 2026 08:15 AM (oftw2)

59 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at February 23, 2026 08:04 AM (VV48T)

Thanks so much for that very important information on the President .I am going to cherish it for all it's worth, and make it my main motivation for voting- how much I loathe Trump. That's because I'm a super smart Democrat voter . I was also really impressed by the thoughtful response of Katie Porter to Issues facing America in her holding up of a sign saying, "F Trump".

Posted by: AliasJohnsonJohnson at February 23, 2026 08:16 AM (8Cor4)

60 Hard to storm the mullahs Bastille when you only have knives and forks.
Posted by: M. Gaga at February 23, 2026 08:10 AM (KiBMU)

They sacrificed hundreds, just to draw us out in the open. And then they came, and they came. We drained four of our phasers, and they still came. We killed thousands and they still came.

Posted by: Mullah El Shabazz Skyhook Muhammed Dimi at February 23, 2026 08:16 AM (TmfuF)

61 The back of my cereal box says "My Best is good enough" and "My perspective is unique and important".
ASS must be eating Cheerios too.

Posted by: fd at February 23, 2026 08:16 AM (vFG9F)

62 "No more adventurism that results in triggering these domestic assholes."

Those domestic assholes are already triggered. Your method of ignoring the source of that triggering isn't and hasn't worked.

Posted by: Will Robinson at February 23, 2026 08:17 AM (2H3yT)

63 Well that was a dumb question. I doubt your going to be trying to carry firewood.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 23, 2026 08:17 AM (+nEug)

64

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 23, 2026 08:17 AM (DDJSl)

65 Both the men's and women's hockey teams beat Canada, and a major narco-terrorist was taken out in Mexico. It looks like we beat both of our neighbors at their best game.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 23, 2026 08:18 AM (0U5gm)

66
It may be up to the Persians to overthrow their oppressors, but they've no guns, and the oppressors have divisions with armament. And maybe even warplanes that work and have fuel.

Iranians, as guns go, are way way worse off than Canadians. And with two or more generations now of no guns in the hands of the populace, they are in a sorry state of affairs, in terms of gun-sense and training.

Hard to storm the mullahs Bastille when you only have knives and forks.

Posted by: M. Gaga at February 23, 2026 08:10 AM


once again, my plan of dropping a couple of containers of chicom milsurp SKS rifles & a metric shit-tonne of 7.62x39 to the Persians looks like the bestest option

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 23, 2026 08:18 AM (tljrc)

67 Plus, you will be the first to disown any violence against those progs that comes from Patriot groups.

Because that is what is gonna be needed. Unless you want to pass more laws that will be ignored in the end.

You are looking for an easy out that doesn't exist.

Posted by: Will Robinson at February 23, 2026 08:19 AM (2H3yT)

68 Happy Monday, one and all. It's a snow day for me and my neighbor has already plowed my driveway. Wife and I are running the snowblower later and hot chocolate will be in the immediate future.

The dogs are having a wonderful time as there is something about snow that makes greyhounds very goofy.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 23, 2026 08:19 AM (7xrfc)

69 Hope Jack Straw stocked up at the Dispensary before the Bomb Cyclone.

Posted by: Withdrawal Is Messy at February 23, 2026 08:20 AM (oftw2)

70 The media is trying very hard to dispirit conservatives ahead of the midterms. Most of it is gaslighting, as on the issues, the people are very much in favor of how the administration is doing its job. The frustration is with how congress is not doing theirs.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 23, 2026 08:20 AM (0U5gm)

71 I have a gas fireplace, Ben Had. I'll be fine, nobody is going anywhere up here today. Just hunker down and wait it out.

Biggest challenge is getting Elvis out to do his business. Snow is already up to his belly and isn't going to be stopping anytime soon.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 23, 2026 08:20 AM (viF8m)

72 I've decided to add my cereal box affirmation to my nic. Let it be an inspiration to you all.

Posted by: fd - My best is good enough at February 23, 2026 08:21 AM (vFG9F)

73 El Mencho was a poser anyway!

Posted by: El Kabong at February 23, 2026 08:21 AM (oftw2)

74 The back of my cereal box just says "Good source of fiber."

I am not buying the correct cereal for daily affirmations.

Posted by: Delurker at February 23, 2026 08:23 AM (gtcuf)

75 I pray the President can find some way to get what he wants in Iran to happen without having to use our military to get it. But, if he has to use the military, I pray he gives them the goal and lets them figure out how to get it without stupid ROE.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 23, 2026 08:23 AM (nAJ1V)

76 Involvement in Iran might result in something other than more of the same. What I mean is that there is no guarantee that the Iranians wouldn't just end up with another government of Jew hating and/or American hating leadership if left their own devices. I'm pretty sure there are many in the crowds that would be more than happy to continue in the existing path.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 23, 2026 08:26 AM (jtM2q)

77 Pentagon Reportedly So Awash With Cash It Doesn’t Even Know How To Spend It

Give me three million dollars and I will vanish into obscurity. It's a great deal!

Posted by: NR Pax at February 23, 2026 08:26 AM (7xrfc)

78 Does Elvis have a favored spot to poop? Maybe just shovel to that point and give him a path, without causing you a heart attack trying to shovel too much.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 23, 2026 08:26 AM (w94AC)

79 I'm afraid Trump has painted us into a corner vis-a-vis Iran. Personally, in his shoes I'd be frank and say "look, I made a bunch of threats in the hopes the uprising would succeed, but it didn't, and now I'm reneging."

It wouldn't be the first time we pulled a stunt like that.

But he's making a lot of plays for American dominance, he has a maby irons in the fire at the moment, and can't afford to look weak - so here we go again.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 23, 2026 08:26 AM (BI5O2)

80 71. Good luck to all of our friends in the Northeast today

Posted by: Jonah at February 23, 2026 08:27 AM (YCxFk)

81 Regarding Donkey Chompers's ranting on Instagram.

"critics missed "the substance of her arguments."

The hubris of her thinking she has any substance to her arguments is hilarious.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 23, 2026 08:28 AM (7xrfc)

82 It’s a calculated campaign.

And now they have mentally unstable people taking action - and vandalizing the Center.

We’ve seen serious death threats and constant harassment. Commonsense Democrats must speak up before this violence takes a life.

=======================
Grenell is kidding himself.

There are no "common sense Democrats". The leadership wants martyrs.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 23, 2026 08:29 AM (w94AC)

83 About 20" so far and still coming down in coastal Jersey. Wind is dying down a little bit, thankfully, but last night was brutal. There's not a window in the house that I can see out of--snow covered in every direction. Heavy wet stuff--great for snowmen but a nightmare for electrical lines. Power is out all over the place.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 23, 2026 08:29 AM (3ImbR)

84 Today Is National Banana Bread Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 23, 2026 08:29 AM (NpAcC)

85 Islam serves one purpose in the world:
To be slavers or slaves.

Everything about islam is slavery--you cannot separate islam from slavery.

It glories itself with the enslavement of man in body and in spirit.

If your worldview accepts slavery as the natural state of man, you accept islam, you encourage it, you celebrate it.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 23, 2026 08:29 AM (HXT0k)

86 Elvis is a great name for a dog

Posted by: Jonah at February 23, 2026 08:29 AM (YCxFk)

87 Regarding Donkey Chompers's ranting on Instagram.

"critics missed "the substance of her arguments."

The hubris of her thinking she has any substance to her arguments is hilarious.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 23, 2026 08:28 AM (7xrfc)
==============
Forget "substance", she didn't even make an argument.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 23, 2026 08:30 AM (w94AC)

88 @32 who Hitler trades with is none of our business.

Oyez, to be a Truly Modern Isolationist, you have to assert that Hitler was trading with Ford and Standard Oil. All about The Man.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 23, 2026 08:31 AM (zdLoL)

89 "critics missed "the substance of her arguments."

Have they checked the bottoms of their shoes?

Posted by: fd - My best is good enough at February 23, 2026 08:31 AM (vFG9F)

90 Good morning again Horde, happy Monday. Thx JJ.
Still snowing about 6-8 inches on ground. Don't think we're going to reach foot and a half that was predicted. Real heavy stuff is just south of us . Still a foot will suck , when added to the eighteen inches two weeks ago

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 23, 2026 08:31 AM (/PQmQ)

91 Mornin’, All. Happy colonoscopy prep day.

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 08:31 AM (77rzZ)

92 I pray the President can find some way to get what he wants in Iran to happen without having to use our military to get it.

I pray that Trump listens to Marco Rubio's Berlin Security Council Speech.

Marco specifically pointed out the difficulty in asking men to fight and die for something other than their own home and culture.

Iran is not my culture, will never be my culture and is not and will not be my home.

In the meantime, Islam is marching across the US conquering and dominating and despite the history of Islam Trump completely and totally ignores the damage that it is doing and does exactly nothing to even slow its pace.

So how do you get a military to fight and die for a country full of people who hate you and want you to submit or die?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 23, 2026 08:31 AM (a3CJ+)

93 It could be worse, in Jersey.

It could be raining.

Posted by: Igor at February 23, 2026 08:32 AM (NPPmK)

94 "Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 23, 2026 08:26 AM (jtM2q)

The Persians have had it with Islam and the Persians are in the overwhelming majority. The mad mulluhs are so bad off they are relying on foreign mercenaries to try to retain control.

There is not going to be a terrorist state with Pahlavi on the Throne.

Posted by: Will Robinson at February 23, 2026 08:32 AM (2H3yT)

95 Regarding Donkey Chompers's ranting on Instagram.
----
I don't think it's a rant, exactly. It's more like a confused, shellshocked person trying to come to grips with what just happened. She literally just now figured out that she's a media creation, and that she's actually a retard. She's very disturbed at the moment.

She was about one step off from making that video huddled in a corner underneath a blanket.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 23, 2026 08:32 AM (BI5O2)

96 91 Mornin’, All. Happy colonoscopy prep day.
Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 08:31 AM (77rzZ)

Well, look at it this way: Your troubles are all behind you now.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 23, 2026 08:32 AM (LxER7)

97 >>>Biggest challenge is getting Elvis out to do his business. Snow is already up to his belly and isn't going to be stopping anytime soon.
~~~~~

I couldn't get Whiskey to come in last night. He was laying out back covered in snow. Finally lured him in around midnight with pieces of leftover steak and slammed the doggy door shut. Little bugger.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 23, 2026 08:32 AM (3ImbR)

98 Some good news over the weekend on the Federal Judge vacancy front. JJ may have reported it already. Two Bush Appeals Court Judges are retiring. This gives 3 Appeals openings for Trump.

Jeffrey Sutton is the 6th Circuit Chief Judge who ruled in favor of Obamacare back in 2009, like his pal Roberts.

Deborah Livingston is the Chief Judge of the New York 2nd Circuit

Posted by: Jonah at February 23, 2026 08:33 AM (YCxFk)

99 "critics missed "the substance of her arguments."


Maybe we should fisk her famous "Uh, um, well, uh, you know" speech on The US's relationship to the defense of Taiwan.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 23, 2026 08:34 AM (a3CJ+)

100 Cortez is so dumb she does not know she is dumb and even if she did it wouldn't make any difference because she is stone cold dumb.

Posted by: fd - My best is good enough at February 23, 2026 08:34 AM (vFG9F)

101 >>Elvis is a great name for a dog

When I adopted him they had given him the name Derek. He's a hound dog from Tennessee, he had to be Elvis.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 23, 2026 08:34 AM (viF8m)

102 Martini Farmer, Pahlavi is going to return. It behooves everyone to read his plan.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 23, 2026 08:34 AM (+nEug)

103 Has to be a blow to Chicago to have the Bears move over the border to Indiana. There's only 8 home games a year, but still it's an economic blow. If I watched the NFL in the last 40 years I might really care, but like many here, my field of fucks is a desert.

Posted by: Die In Fire, NFL! at February 23, 2026 08:34 AM (oftw2)

104 96. Good one Buddy Hackett Lol

Posted by: Jonah at February 23, 2026 08:35 AM (YCxFk)

105 The midterms are going to be about Trump because everything is about Trump.

If dems were smart, and they are not, they will say Trump = bad economy.

If repubs were smart, and they are not, they will say Trump = good economy.

The next level arguments favor repubs. People care about gender politics, immigration, etc. They do not care about 'threats to democracy' ™.

And because dems need their wooby, I believe, that repubs will do ok.

The issues actually favor repubs so they just need to turn out their voters.

Posted by: MJ at February 23, 2026 08:35 AM (XOmY9)

106 Forget "substance", she didn't even make an argument.

This is just plain wrong. She totally failed to enunciate "Strategic Ambiguity," but a lot of us here wouldn't be able to, either. It is the official position of the United States when pressed on Taiwan. Most find it an extremely frustrating and unhelpful excuse for a policy, but she didn't say that.

If she had come out strongly for either defending the island or endorsing the takeover, she'd have violated several protocols.
Not defending her being there: no congressman belongs there.
She's not read-in to the issue, and is not on the committee. Not smart enough to say "No comment," the correct answer.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 23, 2026 08:35 AM (zdLoL)

107 I got 100 on two consecutive threads yet still, no donut.

Posted by: fd - My best is good enough at February 23, 2026 08:35 AM (vFG9F)

108 I guess my best really is not good enough.

Posted by: fd - My best is good enough at February 23, 2026 08:36 AM (vFG9F)

109 Some good news over the weekend on the Federal Judge vacancy front. JJ may have reported it already. Two Bush Appeals Court Judges are retiring. This gives 3 Appeals openings for Trump.

[hosing down blanket]

[ Insert reminder about Senate Blue Slips ]

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 23, 2026 08:36 AM (a3CJ+)

110 103. As a Chicago area guy, the Bears Stadium is still a toss up between Indiana and Chicago Burbs.

Bears owners are real Weasels and playing games

Posted by: Jonah at February 23, 2026 08:37 AM (YCxFk)

111 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

I heard it snowed. Heh.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 23, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX)

112 109. No blue slips on Appellate Judges

Posted by: Jonah at February 23, 2026 08:38 AM (YCxFk)

113 LOL, on X the rumor is the attack on Iran is delay because of ... shit.

Literally.

That is, the USS Ford has too few toilets, and several keep failing as when one fails a whole series fails, and they can't fix it without being in port.

So sailors are facing 45 minute waits to use the bathroom.

Anyway, I thought the Navy boys were use to "sword fights" for recreation, so 5 pissing in the same john at a time should be natural to them?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 23, 2026 08:38 AM (HXT0k)

114 well for us at least this was a bust (the SUPER STORM)

got like 3-4 inches and it's melting quickly, didn't stick to the roads as much as the trees.

exactly as I predicted!

now they're pivoting to "well a blizzard is just about the wind gusts nut the amount of snow"

oh ok guys

peeps in Philly are claiming much more snow but I've seen the pics and they're counting drifts

whatever! I'm sure it was a worse storm up north tho

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 23, 2026 08:38 AM (j+aD2)

115 🍩 🍩 🍩 🍩 🍩 🍩 🍩 🍩

Donuts for all!

Posted by: Will Robinson at February 23, 2026 08:38 AM (2H3yT)

116 91 Mornin’, All. Happy colonoscopy prep day.
Posted by: Bulg


My advice when things start:

1. Remove your pants.
2. Sleep in the bathroom if you can sleep.
3. Check the toilet periodically in case you pass things that you have not eaten yet. This will prevent a time paradox.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 23, 2026 08:38 AM (7xrfc)

117 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at February 23, 2026 08:38 AM (2Ez/1)

118 87 Regarding Donkey Chompers's ranting on Instagram.

"critics missed "the substance of her arguments."

The hubris of her thinking she has any substance to her arguments is hilarious.
Posted by: NR Pax at February 23, 2026 08:28 AM (7xrfc)
==============
Forget "substance", she didn't even make an argument.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 23, 2026 08:30 AM (w94AC

Was this her schroedingers white fragility rant?

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 23, 2026 08:38 AM (i0Hi3)

119 Newsom is popular? Where?

Posted by: Case at February 23, 2026 08:38 AM (Z3Kkg)

120 She's not read-in to the issue, and is not on the committee. Not smart enough to say "No comment," the correct answer.

Last time some idiot said "we could understand a little bit of an invasion" we got hundreds of billions of dollars of tax payer money shoveled off to build generational wealth for Ukrainian bureaucrats and everyone else in the money laundering pipeline.

And several hundred thousand men dead or wounded

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 23, 2026 08:39 AM (+4Cf6)

121 Let's try this one then.

Posted by: fd - My perspective is unique and important at February 23, 2026 08:40 AM (vFG9F)

122 It's also, National Tootsie Roll Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 23, 2026 08:40 AM (NpAcC)

123 Outside of Alito, it is hard to find a solid conservative Bush Judge. So when they retire it , it is like replacing a Dem

Posted by: Jonah at February 23, 2026 08:40 AM (YCxFk)

124 “I am like you,” Newsom told a black audience. “I’m a 960 SAT guy.”
And then explained that he can’t read a speech.
To translate what Newsom is saying from white racist, the average white SAT score at this point is 1083 while the average black score is 907.
=====
So. Fvcking. Racist.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 23, 2026 08:41 AM (RIvkX)

125 currently above freezing on my outdoor thermometer so yeah

still don't understand how this was going to not melt/switch to rain but apparently I am not elite/credentialed enough?

I do see flooding worries (on the coast, not here) and I'm sure New England got hit way more

but they like this stuff, right?

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 23, 2026 08:42 AM (j+aD2)

126 "Newsom is popular? Where?
Posted by: Case"

He got himself elected and avoided getting recalled in California. Somebody likes him.

Posted by: fd - My perspective is unique and important at February 23, 2026 08:42 AM (vFG9F)

127 126 "Newsom is popular? Where?
Posted by: Case"

He got himself elected and avoided getting recalled in California. Somebody likes him.
Posted by: fd - My perspective is unique and important at February 23, 2026 08:42 AM (vFG9F)

Mail in ballots like him..

Posted by: It's me donna at February 23, 2026 08:43 AM (4eJXZ)

128 124. That is the kind screw up by Newsome, that Vance's people can use down the road

Posted by: Jonah at February 23, 2026 08:43 AM (YCxFk)

129 Martini Farmer, Pahlavi is going to return. It behooves everyone to read his plan.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 23, 2026 08:34 AM (+nEug)
====
b"h

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 23, 2026 08:43 AM (RIvkX)

130 24 “I am like you,” Newsom told a black audience. “I’m a 960 SAT guy.”
And then explained that he can’t read a speech.
To translate what Newsom is saying from white racist, the average white SAT score at this point is 1083 while the average black score is 907.
=====
So. Fvcking. Racist.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 23, 2026 08:41 AM (RIvkX)


Preznit ruprect the monkey boy said the same thing to black people. To the effect we need to treat black people education as important as the smart kids education.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 23, 2026 08:43 AM (i0Hi3)

131 Epstein loved necrophilia. He was a ghoul unable to see the divine, the perfect tool for satanic action.

Posted by: kingsman at February 23, 2026 08:44 AM (ehY6c)

132 >>whatever! I'm sure it was a worse storm up north tho

Still is. Gusting over 50 mph and sideways snow. Supposed to go on all day.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 23, 2026 08:44 AM (viF8m)

133 126. What? He won in Cal and is popular? Charles Manson would win there, if he was the Dem Nominee

Posted by: Jonah at February 23, 2026 08:44 AM (YCxFk)

134 "Mail in ballots like him..
Posted by: It's me donna"

Somebody mailed the ballots. There has be some support for him somewhere. Maybe from Stan, I dunno.

Posted by: fd - My perspective is unique and important at February 23, 2026 08:44 AM (vFG9F)

135 8 inches global warming on our driveway this morning

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 23, 2026 08:45 AM (vfth7)

136 My black stepson got a decent SAT score, but he studied and shit like that, instead of spending HS chugging wine coolers and cock on his rich aunt's palatial estate.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 23, 2026 08:45 AM (BI5O2)

137 Got an 8 solid inches of snow on the ground, it's still snowing, so I figure I'll start the blowing and plowing sometime after lunch.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 23, 2026 08:45 AM (XV/Pl)

138 If democrats cared about black kids education, they would not put them in public schools.

As a note, the lions share of NYC's budget goes to pay teachers.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 23, 2026 08:47 AM (XV/Pl)

139 Someone should file a FOIA to get Newsome's SAT scores.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 23, 2026 08:48 AM (vfth7)

140 Psalm 91 to set the day, to set a life time.

Posted by: kingsman at February 23, 2026 08:48 AM (ehY6c)

141 Jerk Chicken!

Posted by: runner at February 23, 2026 08:48 AM (/M/4v)

142 The United States government (USG) should not go to war with Iran.

This is your recurring reminder that Iran has been at war with the US since 1979. That WE, generally, do nothing to THEM does not change that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 23, 2026 08:48 AM (ExV1e)

143 108 I guess my best really is not good enough.
Posted by: fd - My best is good enough

Mandy Gladden is quite the looker. I'd love to wake up to that.

Posted by: Glutton For Punishment at February 23, 2026 08:49 AM (oftw2)

144 Hope Jack Straw stocked up at the Dispensary before the Bomb Cyclone.

Is that where one can get weed?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 23, 2026 08:49 AM (BvPIe)

145 Newsome is polling at 56pct popularity in California.

It's absurd, but the people of California are absurd.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 23, 2026 08:49 AM (XV/Pl)

146 That one wasn't working out either.

Posted by: fd - My perspiration is unique and important at February 23, 2026 08:50 AM (vFG9F)

147 LOL - oh, please. A sitting Congressman has every right to say "I believe we should or should not defend X from Y." In fact, they have a duty to the public to be transparent about these matters, particularly when they're planning to run for President, even though mealy-mouthed prevarication is the rule and not the exception.

The "protocol" is called "representative rule."

"I love the Deep State and Pentagon erotically" is not our governing principle in this country. Sorry.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 23, 2026 08:50 AM (BI5O2)

148 > Newsome is polling at 56pct popularity in California.
--------
Probably by the poll his handlers commissioned.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 23, 2026 08:50 AM (jtM2q)

149 The back of my cereal box says "My Best is good enough" and "My perspective is unique and important".
ASS must be eating Cheerios too.
Posted by: fd at February 23, 2026 08:16 AM (vFG9F)


I recall the day, as a trained software engineer, I showed up at the hospital to perform open-heart surgery. They asked if I was qualified and I showed them my cereal box.

Sadly, the patient didn't make it but that was their fault. They'd had Froot Loops that morning.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 23, 2026 08:51 AM (ExV1e)

150 148 > Newsome is polling at 56pct popularity in California.
--------
Probably by the poll his handlers commissioned.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 23, 2026 08:50 AM (jtM2q)

I'm in CA and I doubt that poll

Posted by: It's me donna at February 23, 2026 08:51 AM (4eJXZ)

151 I'm waiting for TuCa to notice the Hughes brothers are Jewish. I fully expect him to claim "Mossad fixed the gold medal game!"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 23, 2026 08:51 AM (yTfX1)

152 Good morning.

Including today, there are 52 days left to timely file either your 2025 1040 tax return or your 4868 extension.

Hop to it!

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 23, 2026 08:53 AM (wVcYX)

153 Today is the feast of St Polycarp of Smyrna, who was a disciple of St John the apostle & evangelist.
St Polycarp was martyred at age 86; the account of his martyrdom is the earliest written account of a Christian martyrdom outside the NT. He seemed very quick-witted, IMO.


Fun fact, there is a town named Smyrna in Delaware, and it has a St Polycarp Church.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 23, 2026 08:53 AM (vfth7)

154 In cartel judge news, last week a cartel judge wrote one of the most deranged opinions I've seen.

Ordering an illegal released under the habeas petition because the ICE agents were masked when they arrested him.
Screaming like a AWFL Karen in his opinion how it violates the 4th ("no warrant of any kind!" he lies*) and especially the 6th "right to confront your accuser**."

It's the kind of screed that AI would write if fed only a diet of Daily Kos, DU and Reddit.

*except for, you know, the administrative warrant that attached to every person the moment they are illegally in the US.
** he knows damned good and well that only applies to trials, of criminals, not arrests and not even immigration arrests. Where the "accuser" is the United States of America who says Juan has no papers to be here.
But, he doesn't care--he knows the media will take up the lie and make it worldwide.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 23, 2026 08:53 AM (HXT0k)

155 Having two Republicans as the candidates for the governorship of Cali in November would be hysterical. The Dems would try a write in campaign behind someone like Swalwell.
Gotta love a jungle primary

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 23, 2026 08:53 AM (/PQmQ)

156 The media is trying very hard to dispirit conservatives ahead of the midterms.

As is the norm.

The frustration is with how congress is not doing theirs.

Ibid.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 23, 2026 08:54 AM (ExV1e)

157 About 1/2 way cleared, going to see if snowblower helps.
Bottom is wet, top drier.

Posted by: Skip at February 23, 2026 08:54 AM (Ia/+0)

158 The United States government (USG) should not go to war with Iran.

==

The assassination attempts on several US president should have earned them a nuke a while back.

Posted by: runner at February 23, 2026 08:55 AM (/M/4v)

159 Jerk Chicken!
Posted by: runner at February 23, 2026 08:48 AM


That was uncalled for.

Posted by: The Chicken at February 23, 2026 08:56 AM (kgE5c)

160 am like you,” Newsom told a black audience. “I’m a 960 SAT guy.”
And then explained that he can’t read a speech.
To translate what Newsom is saying from white racist, the average white SAT score at this point is 1083 while the average black score is 907.
=====
So. Fvcking. Racist.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 23, 2026 08:41 AM (RIvkX)


Preznit ruprect the monkey boy said the same thing to black people. To the effect we need to treat black people education as important as the smart kids education.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 23, 2026 08:43 AM (i0Hi3)
******
This explains why he's too stupid to run the country.
No wonder why California is a mess.
His excuse for the mess he created is his dyslexia.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 23, 2026 08:57 AM (NpAcC)

161 Post 140- kingsman. Yes, Psalm 91 is a wonderful psalm and here it is:

https://tinyurl.com/y2tn5pku

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 23, 2026 08:57 AM (looXz)

162 I am going to clear our driveway.
Archangel Gabriel, Strength of God, lend me strength.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 23, 2026 08:58 AM (vfth7)

163 "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."

-----

Yes wFunny 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"

----

Yes, John Roberts, we remember your arrogance.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 23, 2026 08:59 AM (v7EM2)

164 95 She literally just now figured out that she's a media creation, and that she's actually a retard. She's very disturbed at the moment.

She's probably spending the snow day beating the hell out of her boyfriend over this.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 23, 2026 08:59 AM (7xrfc)

165 California is a Potemkin state, nothing is real, especially elections.

Newsom is popular in California like water is popular. You have to, it's there. Would I rather have a Mr. Pibb, yeah.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 23, 2026 08:59 AM (RIvkX)

166 Saint Polycarp was a big fish in a small pond. Fell from a lofty perch.

Posted by: Floundering Here at February 23, 2026 08:59 AM (oftw2)

167 It didn't take a legal mind to predict how Roberts (and his mini-me Barrett) would vote on the tariffs. I'm please to see at least that Trump and his key men were somewhat prepared. The idea that men like Trump, Bessant and Lutnick would allow the centerpiece of their economic master-plan be scuttled by a little turd like Roberts was always unlikely.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 23, 2026 09:00 AM (fZiTB)

168 Heh, watched Robert Duval's The Apostle last night. Not great. Seems they were running out of money and did a cheap ending fast.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 23, 2026 09:01 AM (pZ64F)

169 I am going to clear our driveway.
Archangel Gabriel, Strength of God, lend me strength.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at February 23, 2026 08:58 AM (vfth7)

Don't overdo it. It'll melt on its own. In due time.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 23, 2026 09:01 AM (wVcYX)

170 I read that there is credible threat against a news outfit called Manoto. Which is located thousand of miles away from Iran. In the UK. Let us not forget that as soon as Charlie Kirk said that the biggest threat that US is facing is Islam, and that Islam is the "the sword the left is using to slit the throat of America" - the red and green alliance, he was assassinated.

Posted by: runner at February 23, 2026 09:01 AM (/M/4v)

171 159 Jerk Chicken!
Posted by: runner at February 23, 2026 08:48 AM
That was uncalled for.
Posted by: The Chicken


https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsTheChickenRun
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: So say we all!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at February 23, 2026 09:03 AM (zVZ4J)

172 Outside of Alito, it is hard to find a solid conservative Bush Judge. So when they retire it , it is like replacing a Dem
Posted by: Jonah at February 23, 2026 08:40 AM (YCxFk)

We only got Alito because conservatives openly revolted against his first choice, some half-baked coffee fetcher whose name I can't recall at the moment...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 23, 2026 09:04 AM (nbLIj)

173 I'm fortunate in that I don't have to shovel humidity.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 23, 2026 09:05 AM (wVcYX)

174 172 Harriet Miers

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 09:05 AM (77rzZ)

175 Posted by: Joe Kidd at February 23, 2026 09:04 AM (nbLIj)

Harriet Miers was a good choice but National Review didn’t like her.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 23, 2026 09:05 AM (4hjRS)

176 166 Saint Polycarp was a big fish in a small pond. Fell from a lofty perch.
Posted by: Floundering Here at February 23, 2026 08:59 AM

So, kind of small scale?

Posted by: Sounds fishy at February 23, 2026 09:06 AM (2Ez/1)

177 142 The United States government (USG) should not go to war with Iran.

This is your recurring reminder that Iran has been at war with the US since 1979. That WE, generally, do nothing to THEM does not change that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 23, 2026 08:48 AM (ExV1e)

We should handle them like Cuba - isolate, put under resource siege, and wait...

Posted by: Nova Local at February 23, 2026 09:06 AM (tOcjL)

178 .
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For the book thread. Sorta like a graphic novel, only different:
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https://archive.org/details/bwb_T2-EEX-864
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Posted by: Marooned at February 23, 2026 09:06 AM (kt8QE)

179 Both the UK and France were forced to say that they will not allow the US to "use their bases" for "attack on Iran". Because they are chickenshit losers who allowed sharia to take over their countries, issue dictates, and now they are simps and dhimys for their ayatollah overlords.

Posted by: runner at February 23, 2026 09:06 AM (/M/4v)

180 [iam like you,” Newsom told a black audience. “I’m a 960 SAT guy.”
And then explained that he can’t read a speech.

We have moved from Democrats are Smarter Than Republicans - All Republicans Are Idiots to:

I'm retarded and can't read, just like candidate AOC.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 23, 2026 09:07 AM (PVBkQ)

181 Yeah, Newsom has done a bang up job as Governor of California. A real bang up job.

Posted by: Case at February 23, 2026 09:07 AM (Z3Kkg)

182 ABC Good Morning program is decrying Kash Patel celebrating the US Gold win in their locker room...

"People are asking questions and are disturbed how Trump Admin made this political!" harrumphed Robin Roberts.

Yeah? People who? Specifically.

ABC - trying on the new Dem Slogan "If you hate America, Vote for Us!"

Posted by: Boswell at February 23, 2026 09:07 AM (j10i6)

183 Paul A. Szypula
@Bubblebathgirl

Don Lemon is mad that FBI Director Kash Patel went to the Olympics in Italy to celebrate with Team USA, who just won gold in ice hockey.

Lemon says the Trump administration has no class.

Trump has brought elegance back to the White House. He’s brought beauty and safety back to DC.

What has Lemon done? He’s raided a church and harassed praying children. It doesn’t get more low-class than that.

https://tinyurl.com/yarfdebn

Posted by: redridinghood at February 23, 2026 09:08 AM (NpAcC)

184 *Bottom is wet, top drier.*

Used to date her.

Posted by: Oof at February 23, 2026 09:08 AM (2Ez/1)

185 At this point, PDT has to whack Iran. Good and Plenti.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at February 23, 2026 09:09 AM (qFwJc)

186 182 ABC Good Morning program is decrying Kash Patel celebrating the US Gold win in their locker room...

Seriously ? He's a representative of this Administration and the USA

Posted by: It's me donna at February 23, 2026 09:09 AM (4eJXZ)

187 153- thanks for the reminder about St. Polycarp, Vmom. Not being RC I don't follow when all the feast days are, but I had read about him before and for those interested here's an account of his life and witness:

https://tinyurl.com/473ru8nw

From Christian Publishing House.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 23, 2026 09:09 AM (ZeH0U)

188 Gov. Newsom to a black crowd in GA: "I am like you. I'm a 960 SAT guy. I can't read."

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 23, 2026 09:10 AM (gbOdA)

189 Has Don Lemon found the plane yet?

Posted by: I gotta ask at February 23, 2026 09:10 AM (2Ez/1)

190 “ Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.”

Lamentations 3:22-23

Posted by: Marcus T at February 23, 2026 09:10 AM (gnUjt)

191 I don't think I'll listen to Don Lemon on what constitutes class.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 23, 2026 09:11 AM (/PQmQ)

192 Posted by: Marcus T at February 23, 2026 09:10 AM

Thanks. I love that passage from "Lamentations".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 23, 2026 09:12 AM (ZeH0U)

193 So, Pollycarp was a parrotfish?

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 09:14 AM (77rzZ)

194 In the meantime, Islam is marching across the US conquering and dominating and despite the history of Islam Trump completely and totally ignores the damage that it is doing and does exactly nothing to even slow its pace.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 23, 2026 08:31 AM

Yep. Iran is not a threat to us. The Muslim hordes who have come here over the past 24+ years since 09/11/2001 and have conquered areas all across the United States -- just as they have done in Canada, the UK and Europe -- are the ongoing threat.

Short of deporting every last Muslim and banning all immigration from Muslim countries, the United States will continue on the path to becoming conquered like Canada, UK and Europe.

Muslims have made very large increases in Texas and Florida, supposed strong red states. And we've already seen they have Minnesota, Michigan and NYC. And Muslims have positions of power in government, media, schools, school boards, etc. This is how it started in Europe. It only gets worse.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 23, 2026 09:15 AM (P5BPp)

195 Iran is a little bitch, they know that they cannot go head to head with the US , so over the course of 40 years they found ways to do it with proxies, to skirt sanctions, to boost America's enemies like China, so now this backward 3rd world country is second in GDP to the US, and owns half of Congress, if now more.

Posted by: runner at February 23, 2026 09:15 AM (/M/4v)

196 Snowblower helped a lot, pile of slush from road still needs to get shoved

Posted by: Skip at February 23, 2026 09:15 AM (Ia/+0)

197 Don't fall for the puns, St Pollycarp is bait

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 23, 2026 09:15 AM (/PQmQ)

198 Trump has brought elegance back to the White House.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 23, 2026 09:08 AM (NpAcC)
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Trump's a brute!

https://tinyurl.com/2pjw7uh7

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2026 09:16 AM (UzL96)

199 A repost that's on point:

Trump & Co recently released a report on US global strategic priorities:
1. Fortress Americas with a latter-day Monroe Doctrine
2. The Far East. We'll try to get China to play nice, but if not see #1
3. Europe. Has lost its way. If they don't find their way back, it's on them. See #1
4. Africa. Benign neglect. See #1

Europe continues to burn bridges. Their latest is trying to use the SCOTUS ruling on tariffs to say they won't pay Trump's new tariffs.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 23, 2026 09:16 AM (dtajH)

200 Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes

$4 BILLION American taxpayer dollars have been given to Islamic organizations just in Texas so Muslims can build mosques and expand Islam

The money was given to “650+ Islamic nonprofits operating here”

We are literally paying for our own takeover and end up under Sharia Law

Amy Mek @AmyMek

ALERT TEXAS: $4 BILLION OF YOUR TAXES FUELING THE ISLAMIZATION OF TEXAS

X: https://bit.ly/4rXCBQ0

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 23, 2026 09:16 AM (P5BPp)

201 Government officials always attend the Olympics and Kash is a huge hockey fan. But more than that who do leftists think will be in charge of security for the '28 games in LA? Not surprising at all that he would be meeting with his counterparts to discuss security issues.

These idiots are so full of anger and hate they can't see they project how much they hate US success.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 23, 2026 09:16 AM (viF8m)

202 am like you,” Newsom told a black audience. “I’m a 960 SAT guy.”
And then explained that he can’t read a speech.


Pardon me while I take a flamethrower to my career.

Posted by: t-bird at February 23, 2026 09:17 AM (HpZ3y)

203 Still seeing reports of US military assets being moved to my neighborhood.

Lucky me!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2026 09:17 AM (UzL96)

204 Seriously ? He's a representative of this Administration and the USA
Posted by: It's me donna at February 23, 2026 09:09 AM (4eJXZ)

Apparently ABC lefties kids are super upset he's over there celebrating on tax payers dime, or something. Not upset about illegals using tax-payer provided healthcare and scamming the government with fake Learing Centers.
Just mostly upset that folks love their country, really...

Posted by: Boswell at February 23, 2026 09:17 AM (j10i6)

205 Blue Lives Matter @bluelivesmtr

STOP what you're doing and WATCH this. This is a 12-year-old in Farmersville, Texas. He spoke out to the community after hijabs, Qurans, and pamphlets on Sharia law were handed out to students during lunch.

Someone needs to explain what the heck is going in Texas.

X video: https://bit.ly/3MW1Vao

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 23, 2026 09:18 AM (P5BPp)

206 Easy to get lost in Texas, now one is watching over your shoulder, so Sharia found a perfect home. Probably same is going on in Arizona, New Mexico, etc.

Posted by: runner at February 23, 2026 09:18 AM (/M/4v)

207
The reports of homeless deaths in NYC are all MAGAts' lies!

We are eagerly looking forward to the encore performance of the creation of the Trashmore Ranges up and down our streets!

Thank you Mayor Mandami for bringing the joys of nature to our streets!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 23, 2026 09:18 AM (xG4kz)

208 Wow, today is Pinocchio Day.

The patron saint of the Democrats.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 23, 2026 09:18 AM (2GVsD)

209 "Exodus continues: Chicago losing its football team"

Coming sooner than later: Every pro and big-time college football team will build stadiums and play 'home' games in several low-tax flyover states, along with Florida and Texas. Fat-cat fans and corporation big-wigs will easily afford private flights to the 'home' games. Semi-wealthy fans will be able to afford commercial flights and hotel rooms. Or charter flights and group hotel rates the teams will schedule. Home fans earning $300K or so may be able to afford one or two 'home' games per year. Everyone else can watch 'home' games on TV.

Progress!

Posted by: Gref at February 23, 2026 09:19 AM (5rh/l)

210 Happy Monday!

How awesome is our US Hockey team?
It's like they flipped a switch on the Olympics, on the last day. The NHL should be making ads with theme ASAP and whatever it takes to keep new fans watching hockey!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 23, 2026 09:19 AM (tj6OY)

211 ABC Good Morning program is decrying Kash Patel celebrating the US Gold win in their locker room...

Seriously ? He's a representative of this Administration and the USA
Posted by: It's me donna at February 23, 2026 09:09 AM (4eJXZ)
******
Their jealousy is showing. They can't stand it that Kash and the US Hockey Team seem to be simpatico.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 23, 2026 09:19 AM (NpAcC)

212 so now this backward 3rd world country is second in GDP to the US, and owns half of Congress, if now more.

Agreed, Xi Jinping has greater influence over the US Congress and court system than POTUS.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 23, 2026 09:19 AM (pawvM)

213 Wow, today is Pinocchio Day.

The patron saint of the Democrats.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 23, 2026 09:18 AM (2GVsD)
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And of RINOse.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2026 09:19 AM (UzL96)

214 Muslims have made very large increases in Texas and Florida, supposed strong red states. And we've already seen they have Minnesota, Michigan and NYC. And Muslims have positions of power in government, media, schools, school boards, etc. This is how it started in Europe. It only gets worse.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 23, 2026 09:15 AM (P5BPp)

This recalls the insane bipolarism of Bush and his acolyte Karen Hughes, i.e., on one hand waging a cumbersome war against Islam thousands of miles away while insisting it was a religion of peace and our domestic cuddle-buddies.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 23, 2026 09:20 AM (fZiTB)

215 Gavin 2028 - Elect the Dyslexic

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 23, 2026 09:20 AM (2GVsD)

216 213 *golf clap*

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 09:20 AM (77rzZ)

217 197 Don't fall for the puns, St Pollycarp is bait
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Faced threats from many sides. I'm gonna git you, sucka! was heard daily.

Posted by: Fish-eyed Fool at February 23, 2026 09:21 AM (oftw2)

218 203 Still seeing reports of US military assets being moved to my neighborhood.

Lucky me!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2026 09:17 AM (UzL96)

Will say a prayer for your safety

Posted by: It's me donna at February 23, 2026 09:21 AM (4eJXZ)

219 >> Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 23, 2026 09:12 AM (ZeH0U)

Amen ma’am. Beautiful indeed.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 23, 2026 09:21 AM (gnUjt)

220 Trump's a brute!

https://tinyurl.com/2pjw7uh7
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2026 09:16 AM (UzL96)
********
Nice!

Posted by: redridinghood at February 23, 2026 09:22 AM (NpAcC)

221 Take this snow and shove it.

No... that's not it...

Posted by: David Allan Coe at February 23, 2026 09:22 AM (2Ez/1)

222 Biden’s dog, did you ever definitely find out what the booms you were hearing the other day were?

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 09:22 AM (77rzZ)

223 Newsome 2028
Pretty fly for a white guy

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 23, 2026 09:22 AM (wVcYX)

224 What's Susan Rice up to?

She's not dumb, and she speaks for Obama. By going so public with threats of reprisals what did they hope to gain?

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 23, 2026 09:22 AM (dtajH)

225 Still seeing reports of US military assets being moved to my neighborhood.

==

Most of it in order to protect US personnel stationed in muslim countries.

Posted by: runner at February 23, 2026 09:22 AM (/M/4v)

226 224 What's Susan Rice up to?

She's not dumb, and she speaks for Obama. By going so public with threats of reprisals what did they hope to gain?
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 23, 2026 09:22 AM (dtajH)

A fired up base

Posted by: It's me donna at February 23, 2026 09:23 AM (4eJXZ)

227 last week a cartel judge

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Ya know, for a long time, I've assumed that these judges are just all Party men in good standing, and in the case of illegal immigration, they just toe the Party line, because the Democrats' perpetual rule depends on it, and their GOP lackeys' donor-class demands it of them.

But at this rate, I wouldn't even be slightly surprised to learn they're also taking bribes from the cartel. A whole lot of law enforcers certainly must be. Why not the judges, too?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 23, 2026 09:23 AM (BI5O2)

228 I wonder what happened to Pamela Geller? She was so prominent and active in awakening people to the Islamic threat within America (nearly assassinated in Garland, Texas).

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 23, 2026 09:24 AM (fZiTB)

229
ABC Good Morning program is decrying Kash Patel celebrating the US Gold win in their locker room...

Seriously ? He's a representative of this Administration and the USA
Posted by: It's me donna


Seriously, he is singularly inept at reading the room when it comes to taking personal excursions on the taxpayers' dime.

He ought to know that he is in the public eye during a time when the Administration is seeking substantial spending cuts.

Jaunty little sideshows like the one in which he just engaged will receive bad press and he should know that.

Just what was the long standing and warm connection already in place between the FBI and USA Hockey that needed nurturing here? Here's a clue -- there was none.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 23, 2026 09:24 AM (xG4kz)

230 A fired up base

Maybe they will self-immolate.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 23, 2026 09:24 AM (2GVsD)

231 Newsome 2028
He Speaks Jive
He Does Those Elaborate Handshakes
Sol-lid!

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 23, 2026 09:25 AM (wVcYX)

232 228 The Geller Report website is still active.

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 09:25 AM (77rzZ)

233 I am free to move about the country

Posted by: Skip at February 23, 2026 09:26 AM (Ia/+0)

234 24.7 " of the white stuff in Freehold this morning. More to come.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at February 23, 2026 09:26 AM (5xuJ/)

235 What is the latest news on the Darwin candidate Democrat at Mar-a-lago?

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 23, 2026 09:26 AM (2GVsD)

236 >>ABC Good Morning program is decrying Kash Patel celebrating the US Gold win in their locker room...


Welp, when your job is to freak out about all things Trump you gotta use what you find, I guess?

How silly they look.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 23, 2026 09:26 AM (tj6OY)

237 Biden’s dog, did you ever definitely find out what the booms you were hearing the other day were?

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 09:22 AM (77rzZ)
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I did. It may have been this if it happened around 9PM Friday evening:

https://tinyurl.com/mutzh984

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 23, 2026 09:27 AM (UzL96)

238 Good Morning America - "We hate people who love the USA"

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 23, 2026 09:28 AM (2GVsD)

239 Welp, when your job is to freak out about all things Trump you gotta use what you find, I guess?

How silly they look.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 23, 2026 09:26 AM (tj6OY

You're right, they do.

But it also looks silly for a spy chieftain to be cavorting in a locker room.

*shrugs*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 23, 2026 09:28 AM (BI5O2)

240 Kash is actually in a league and plays hockey himself.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at February 23, 2026 09:28 AM (3ImbR)

241 Let's see...ABC Good Morning program... trying to care about what those people think...um...nope.

Posted by: Don't care at February 23, 2026 09:28 AM (2Ez/1)

242 Well, there's a lot of snow. Still snowing FenSpouse ( with many breaks, I hope ) will be handling it along with son. I may go out a little later Fortunately our cars are at the end of the driveway.
I did look out just now and see two cardinals eating from the seed covered corncob we hung from a tree. So beautiful against the white snow.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 23, 2026 09:29 AM (Nx5jP)

243 Susan Rice's threats were pointed at institutions that had been on the side of the Left:

"Whether you’re a law firm, whether you’re a university, whether you’re a media entity, whether you’re a big corporation, whether you’re big tech, you need to play a long game, not this short game that has been so detrimental,"

Message is don't think of switching sides, or even being neutral. Said publicly.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 23, 2026 09:29 AM (dtajH)

244 The power in Accomac county has gone out. Oh well

Posted by: Accomack at February 23, 2026 09:29 AM (/Chlc)

245 I did. It may have been this if it happened around 9PM Friday evening:

https://tinyurl.com/mutzh984
Posted by: Biden's Dog

Excellent!

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 09:29 AM (77rzZ)

246 235 What is the latest news on the Darwin candidate Democrat at Mar-a-lago?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 23, 2026 09:26 AM
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He's dead, Jim.

Posted by: Bones at February 23, 2026 09:29 AM (2Ez/1)

247 What is the latest news on the Darwin candidate Democrat at Mar-a-lago?
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 23, 2026 09:26 AM (2GVsD)

Kid had mental issues apparently. . Family are Trump supporters but the kid was supposedly non political . I’m betting they are going to find he was radicalized on line when they research his computer.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 23, 2026 09:30 AM (4hjRS)

248 241 Let's see...ABC Good Morning program... trying to care about what those people think...um...nope.
Posted by: Don't care at February 23, 2026 09:28 AM (2Ez/1)

Of course they have to do something to discredit the Trump administration because Trump has his big speech tomorrow...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 23, 2026 09:30 AM (4eJXZ)

249
Susan Rice's threats were pointed at institutions that had been on the side of the Left:


Terroristic threats by any other name ... investigate and interrogate her.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at February 23, 2026 09:30 AM (xG4kz)

250 Nood nude

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 23, 2026 09:30 AM (/PQmQ)

251 Nood art.

Posted by: Nazdar at February 23, 2026 09:30 AM (NcvvS)

252 >>Just what was the long standing and warm connection already in place between the FBI and USA Hockey that needed nurturing here? Here's a clue -- there was none.

The FBI put out a memo last week or the week before listing the meetings Kash was having on the trip and as I mentioned above Kash will be in charge of security for the '28 games in LA.

Hell, half the Congress decided they needed to fly to Munich for a nonsense meeting and I didn't see leftists losing their mud over that. Congress is constantly traveling on junkets around the world. I have zero problem with Kash attending a Sunday morning hockey game.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 23, 2026 09:31 AM (viF8m)

253 George Steph~ is co-anchor of ABC's GMA. Clinton operative and loyalist. He's early Gen X and needs to be eased out to pasture.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 23, 2026 09:31 AM (wVcYX)

254 Noodus gratia artis

Posted by: Bulg at February 23, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

255 ART CRITICS UPSTAIRS

Posted by: Skip at February 23, 2026 09:31 AM (Ia/+0)

256 As I posted previously and has basically been confirmed, most of the Left were rooting against the USA vs Canada.

Posted by: Opinion fact at February 23, 2026 09:32 AM (4hjRS)

257 Seriously, he is singularly inept at reading the room when it comes to taking personal excursions on the taxpayers' dime.

He ought to know that he is in the public eye during a time when the Administration is seeking substantial spending cuts.

Jaunty little sideshows like the one in which he just engaged will receive bad press and he should know that.

Just what was the long standing and warm connection already in place between the FBI and USA Hockey that needed nurturing here? Here's a clue -- there was none.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot


He is going to be responsible for security at the next Olympics, I think it makes sense for him to be there. Taking a few minutes to celebrate with an American team isn't much of a thing to complain about.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 23, 2026 09:32 AM (0U5gm)

258 Our discussion, in media and in law, has been about Trump’s excesses and boundary-crossing.

To be clear the president before him claimed the rights to:

Forcibly inject poison in people
Censor news he didn't like
Imprison people for protesting

Posted by: 18-1 at February 23, 2026 09:33 AM (sKqQm)

259 226 224 What's Susan Rice up to?

She's not dumb, and she speaks for Obama. By going so public with threats of reprisals what did they hope to gain?
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 23, 2026 09:22 AM (dtajH)

A fired up base

Posted by: It's me donna at February 23, 2026 09:23 AM (4eJXZ)


She is being used by Democrats to remind everyone who may be on the Democrat' Fed and state political enemies lists, that the lawfare process alone - especially the legal costs - will be a severe punishment. Better get your minds right while you can.

Posted by: Gref at February 23, 2026 09:34 AM (5rh/l)

260 >>But it also looks silly for a spy chieftain to be cavorting in a locker room.


It did. It was unexpected and not a good look for him.
Guess I just don't care for the outrage cycle right now, they have worn it out with everything else - "Two scoops of ice cream!" "Melania wouldn't hold his hand!" blah blah blah. It was a celebratory moment that should not have been filmed.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 23, 2026 09:36 AM (tj6OY)

261 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

Also on BB, 'Mike Tirico Praised for Olympics Monologue Celebrating How Sports Brings Our Country Together.' Sweet and refreshing.

From above, 'In Tennessee, Gavin Newsom Sprints To The Far-Left' Disgusting, playing to a crowd he clearly thinks are idiots. And the article, 'Newsom to Black People: “I’m Like You. I’m a 960 SAT Guy.” What a racist SOB! But just wait for O's response, whether soon or many months from now. It will come. 👏

Btw, ,,, "obtain your California birth certificate online via VitalChek, in person at the county recorder’s office where you were born, or by mail."
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Facebook, This Week
22h
Gov. Josh Shapiro says Pennsylvania is preparing for a potential ICE surge: “We do not want that kind of chaos in our communities in Pennsylvania, so don't come. But if you come, we are prepared to address it.”

The bear keeps getting poked in SEPA.

Josh & his family remain untouched in life thanks to elaborate security and private schools.

>90.5 WESA, Feb. 23, 2026, Treasury officials question whether taxpayers can legally pay for security upgrades at Shapiro's family home.

Josh and Gavin are narcissists.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 23, 2026 09:38 AM (NFX2v)

262 "I love the Deep State and Pentagon erotically" is not our governing principle in this country. Sorry.
——-

LOL. (He’s got a point)

Posted by: Common Tater at February 23, 2026 09:40 AM (DwGFu)

263 I thought Kash looks good congratulating the USA team.
I have zero problems with it.

Posted by: MAC V SOG at February 23, 2026 09:41 AM (hqZF+)

264 Muslims have made very large increases in Texas and Florida, supposed strong red states. And we've already seen they have Minnesota, Michigan and NYC. And Muslims have positions of power in government, media, schools, school boards, etc. This is how it started in Europe. It only gets worse.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 23, 2026 09:15 AM

This recalls the insane bipolarism of Bush and his acolyte Karen Hughes, i.e., on one hand waging a cumbersome war against Islam thousands of miles away while insisting it was a religion of peace and our domestic cuddle-buddies.


Posted by: Ordinary American at February 23, 2026 09:20 AM

Yep. Bush surrendered the war with Islam without even fighting it. In fact, he added fuel to the fire Muslims already had to wage war on the West and made things doubly worse in every Western nation.

Not only did western leaders send men and women to die in Muslims nations for nothing, but they imported the enemy in the tens of millions to invade every Western nation and aid in conquering them.

There are no words strong enough for the clusterfuck over the past 20+ years with regards to the West surrendering to Islam.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 23, 2026 09:44 AM (P5BPp)

265 Iran is a clear and present danger to us, whether it is in the middle east or if it were on our border because they have already developed ballistic missiles and will eventually try and nuke the USA. Better to deal with it now.

Posted by: Dantes at February 23, 2026 09:56 AM (i6rVi)

266 264 Muslims have made very large increases in Texas and Florida, supposed strong red states. And we've already seen they have Minnesota, Michigan and NYC. And Muslims have positions of power in government, media, schools, school boards, etc. This is how it started in Europe. It only gets worse.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at February 23, 2026 09:15 AM

Count in Pennsylvania.

>Press Release CAIR, 'CAIR Action Congratulate 38 Muslim Election Winners, Report At Least 76 Muslim Candidates Nationwide,' Nov. 6, 2025

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 23, 2026 10:12 AM (NFX2v)

267 Newsom claims he got a 960 SAT score

https://x.com/charlesmurray/status/2025910953192075752

Posted by: SMOD at February 23, 2026 10:36 AM (GITLP)

268 @253 George Stephanopoulos, born 1961, ain't hardly Gen X.
If you're going to play the Generation Sweepstakes -- and it is, after all, for the biggest fools at the table -- at least get the cutoffs right.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 23, 2026 10:55 AM (zdLoL)

269 Jack Hughes of hockey fame, is also Jewish

Posted by: Gonzotx at February 23, 2026 10:59 AM (nGraA)

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