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February 17, 2026

Sunrise — 6:32, 6:38, 6:42, 6:56.

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The judge said...: What’s interesting is that Hogan’s Heroes was created by Al Ruddy who went on to produce The Godfather.; 2/18/26, 10:23 AM
Narr said...: The Klemperers were a talented bunch--one of their cousins was a world-renowned heart specialist who was hired by the Reds to examine Lenin in his late days, and another was Viktor Klemperer, who kept a fascinating journal of life as a Jew under the Nazis and survived them and the bombing of Dresden. ("I Will Bear Witness," available at a portal near you.)

IIRC, Otto K took the role of Klink on the condition that the script never called for him to be the good guy.; 2/18/26, 10:24 AM
The judge said...: What’s interesting is that Hogan’s Heroes was created by Al Ruddy who went on to produce The Godfather.; 2/18/26, 10:26 AM
Narr said...: Werner, not Otto.; 2/18/26, 10:26 AM
john mosby said...: Kak: "All that Iran needs to do is destroy one battleship. Trump's reign will be over in the midterms."

No, I think the people would stick with the horse they rode into the stream. Especially given our near-50-year conflict with the mullahs. Trump and an R congress would be much more likely to exact vengeance than a D congress hung up in impeachment crap. CC, JSM; 2/18/26, 11:51 AM
Iman said...: “vulgar turpitude”?
I’d prefer watching kak take a mouth full of sugar and drink a bottle of turpentine.

h/t Bob “the Bear” Hite; 2/18/26, 1:08 PM
Eva Marie said...: @mezzrow: very interesting interview thx; 2/18/26, 1:26 PM
john mosby said...: Trump is giving a speech in the WH on Black History Month. He has a printed reference, but he is mostly free-riffing. He brought his pardon czar to the podium - a black lady he pardoned from a 50-year drug bid - and they did a little mutual-admiration society for a couple of minutes. Right now he is listing all his black friends: athletes, politicians, talking heads, the HBCU presidents, King family members, etc. I think this is just from memory - he could remember Herschel Walker is now ambassador to some Caribbean country, but he can't remember if it's Bermuda or Barbados; just did a kind of Archie Bunker 'whatever.' I challenge any white Dem pol to recite more black friends. He's also wearing the Bighead Trump lapel pin again. And a gold tie today - maybe someone on his staff didn't want "REDNECK TRUMP AT BLACK HISTORY EVENT" headlines. CC, JSM; 2/18/26, 2:47 PM
john mosby said...: Trump is also bringing black ladies to the podium to talk about different programs, and they are turning it into a tent revival. Each one is thanking God and then thanking Trump. A lady who's running a cafe that's benefitting from No Tax on Tips; a DC lady whose grandson was shot and killed, talking in favor of Trump's crime-fighting strategies; another lady talking about his education reform.

And for a guy who is supposed to be a racist germophobe, he is hugging and kissing all these black ladies. And not the Biden way either. CC, JSM; 2/18/26, 2:59 PM
Little Excursion said...: Texans block ICE detention center sale in Hutchins after property owner rejects offer ~ Fox News

"Majestic Realty Co., led by billionaire Ed Roski Jr., has announced it will not sell or lease its 1 million-square-foot warehouse in Hutchins, Texas, to the Department of Homeland Security for a proposed 9,500-bed immigration detention center. The company confirmed it will not enter agreements for the facility's use as a detention center, aiming instead for tenants that drive economic growth."

The city of Hutchins declined to add its name to the list of historic concentration camp locations and remain anonymous to history. Good decision, your grandchildren will thank you.

Sometimes I think Trump wants to be destroyed in the Mid-Terms.; 2/18/26, 3:42 PM
Michael McNeil said...: I was just thinking, that it is certainly true, that history is written by the victors. But that doesn't necessarily mean that the history is false.

If it's certainly true that history is “written by the victors,” how is it that the first history in history—or at least, the first history displaying any interest in historiography: i.e., getting the history right—to wit: Thucydides' Peloponnesian War—was written by the losing side in that great war?; 2/18/26, 4:17 PM
Rustygrommet said...: Jaq
Those muslim fundamentalists got to Afghanistan after we left. Guess where they came from. The Philippines.; 2/18/26, 5:37 PM
Narr said...: The Southern Historical Society would like a word.

"History is written by the winners" is a faux-profundity that does nothing to help us know the past.; 2/18/26, 6:43 PM
Saint Croix said...: Clyde with the save!; 2/19/26, 11:19 AM