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February 14, 2026

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mccullough said...: Sun looks like a nuclear gum ball; 2/14/26, 5:48 PM
FullMoon said...: Hoping Jamie's knee ok; 2/14/26, 5:53 PM
Jaq said...: Mr MeToo, Mr funding me too lawsuits against Trump, Mr bots to screw up Republican primaries.. Mr PayPal Well well well

https://x.com/0hour1/status/2022583969628422324.

Mr "Decency Pledge"

You know what the dog is that hasn't barked? How the hell did the Biden Administration 100% avoid any interactions with this guy, top to bottom. Clinton, Obama, the most powerful Democrats. You don't suppose he scrubbed the files while they were in his control

Impossible!; 2/14/26, 6:03 PM
Aggie said...: I'd maybe take a look, but X is locked up at the moment and unresponsive.......; 2/14/26, 6:18 PM
Jaq said...: Grumpy Old Men ice fishing; 2/14/26, 6:26 PM
TeaBagHag said...: Dementia Donnie in one million pages of the Trump files.
What’s more problematic for his administration, his steep cognitive decline or him raping dozens of children?; 2/14/26, 6:29 PM
Jim at said...: Without comment:

"Doug Burgum, he's the interior secretary," (Bill) Maher said. "Listen to this, the way they all line up behind this nonsense. He said, ‘CO2, carbon, was never a pollutant.’ He said when we breathe, we emit CO2.

"Okay, Doug, you know what, let's try this little experiment. Tonight, when you get home, go in the garage, close the door, turn the car on, and lets see if carbon is a pollutant."; 2/14/26, 6:37 PM
Jaq said...: First thing out of AOC's mouth is to turn on the unaccountable money spigot of USAID. What a shock.; 2/14/26, 6:39 PM
Jersey Fled said...: “ Okay, Doug, you know what, let's try this little experiment. Tonight, when you get home, go in the garage, close the door, turn the car on, and lets see if carbon is a pollutant."

Who’s going to tell him?; 2/14/26, 6:40 PM
Jaq said...: The part about how the other side is the one installing "puppet governments" is a hilarious bit of projection from AOC too, Trump just admitted that he wants to bomb the crap our of Iran in order to install a puppet government.

They always accuse the other side of what it is that they are doing. Always, AOC is learning the playbook, which is kind of sad. Voters cannot win.; 2/14/26, 6:42 PM
narciso said...: Nah hes too stubborn to learn the difference,; 2/14/26, 6:51 PM
narciso said...: I have noted bill maher is rewarded for just saying just the minimum; 2/14/26, 6:54 PM
Jamie said...: FullMoon, the knee is coming along well, thank you! Knowing what to expect is a big help. Also understanding that the specific point of so many of the PT exercises is to engage the quad: I thought, last time, that I just needed to raise my leg by whatever means, rather than that I had to use the quad to do it. And, I think I was a little scared, the first time, about how hard I was supposed to work the leg immediately after surgery, whereas now I know it's pretty darn well-built.

Only five days in, but so far, so good!; 2/14/26, 6:59 PM
narciso said...: Good to hear jamie; 2/14/26, 6:59 PM
Jaq said...: I liked Bill Maher's "Where do I go to apologize to QAnon?" bit though.; 2/14/26, 7:04 PM
Breezy said...: Rubio speech in Munich…. Perfect pitch. Not sure that the EU grokked that they have to change course wrt immigration to keep the US as a partner though.

“Thanks for the reassurance” should not have been the primary takeaway.

Rubio is the penultimate SoS. Clear, cogent, plain speaking and with common sense. Perfect role for him.; 2/14/26, 7:06 PM
FullMoon said...: Relieved.; 2/14/26, 7:06 PM
FullMoon said...: Several months ago Maher was interviewed by Megan Kelly and mentioned police killed on Jan 6. When informed of the truth he was pretty much "Really? Well, anyway..."
How could he be so ignorant.; 2/14/26, 7:09 PM
narciso said...: Well hes always been a shallow twit, from amazon women on the moon and pizza man

How he became an authority on anything relevant

I know rogan also came from comedy but he was genuinely interested in things; 2/14/26, 7:14 PM
narciso said...: I know mann and oppenheimer have really done a number on the scientific establishment; 2/14/26, 7:27 PM
FullMoon said...: Bill Maher re 9/11:
"We have been the cowards, lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly".; 2/14/26, 7:31 PM
Jupiter said...: How it's done in Wisconsin.; 2/14/26, 7:34 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: After getting chased out of every restaurant, Immigration Customs Enforcement agents have gone back to their roots. ICE fishing.; 2/14/26, 7:36 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: This is a tough crowd.; 2/14/26, 7:45 PM
narciso said...: You'll be here all week; 2/14/26, 7:50 PM
Beasts of England said...: ’Who’s going to tell him?’

What’s a single oxygen atom amongst friends? lol; 2/14/26, 8:11 PM
DINKY DAU 45 said...: Well all are aware now nobody cares about government shutdowns ,in trump world its par for the course as he holds a close 2nd to Ronnie RAY GUNS with 8 (although only lasted 1-3 days back then and trump hold record for duration 35 nd 44 and 5 shutdowns so there is that. It should be interesting to see trump telling all at STATE OF UNION in 10 days how great everything is, while EUROPE is saying what a numbskull he is and Iran says they'll wreak havoc on the planet should trump start a war(really only 2 options he has left before mid terms(flood area with THUGS TO OPPRESS THE VOTE TURNOUT or START A WAR.(although elections held during wars) So shut it down nobody cares anymore, MAGAS say were saving $$$ so there's that again.Lets see who blinks...gotta love this group of people in charge, onward Christian soldiers...; 2/14/26, 8:13 PM
Original Mike said...: It's a special kind of twisted to think that shutdowns belong to a President rather than the opposing party in Congress.; 2/14/26, 8:16 PM
Humperdink said...: I see the U.S. smoked Denmark in Olympic men’s ice hockey. Was Greenland on the line?; 2/14/26, 8:17 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: YouTube: Viral Video; 2/14/26, 8:42 PM
Rustygrommet said...: Dinky @ 8:13
Are we ever going to be in danger of you making sense?; 2/14/26, 9:06 PM
Christopher B said...: Poweline has a post with video showing the Canadians cheating at curling. The device to detect crossing the hog line is tied to the handle but you can clearly see the thrower using his finger to nudge the body of the stone as it crosses the line.

Canadian Nice is sorta like Minnesota Nice.
Passive Aggressive backstabbing.; 2/14/26, 9:07 PM
Original Mike said...: As I had it explained to me, touching the stone disables the sensor.; 2/14/26, 9:09 PM
Jaq said...: "OPPRESS THE VOTE TURNOUT"

Imagine the horror if illegal aliens not voting.; 2/14/26, 9:32 PM
Aggie said...: "...The device to detect crossing the hog line is tied to the handle but you can clearly see the thrower using his finger to nudge the body of the stone as it crosses the line...."

I've only seen one camera angle of this supposedly happening, and it looked to me as if I would need to see a better angle. All I saw from this angle was that it was possible - but the finger tip was out of view behind the stone so it's not possible to see the 'actual' contact. Are there better camera angles? The ref's said 'no penalty' - and they were there, scrutinizing.; 2/14/26, 10:40 PM
Fritz said...: "Okay, Doug, you know what, let's try this little experiment. Tonight, when you get home, go in the garage, close the door, turn the car on, and lets see if carbon is a pollutant."

The carbon monoxide kills you before the carbon dioxide. The lump of coal is non-toxic.; 2/14/26, 10:51 PM
Jim at said...: Are there better camera angles?

Yes. Powerline has one, and he clearly touches the stone with his finger. There is no doubt.; 2/14/26, 11:36 PM
gadfly said...: Fritz said..
The lump of coal is non-toxic.

Burning coal will generate coal ash which is respirable into our lungs that can then result in lung problems like COPD. Short of dumping it back down abandoned undeground mine shafts, there is nothing to do with the damn stuff if except dump it in landfills or ash ponds. Of course, those high chimneys atop electric plants powered by coal belie the fact that the intent is to blow the stuff way up in order to scatter it around.

BTW, Trump's plans to spend money on underground mining doesn't make sense. The cheapest carbon available in the world , bar none, comes from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming where coal is scooped from surface mines and those mines are not being worked efficiently because of reduced demands.; 2/15/26, 12:14 AM
Original Mike said...: "Short of dumping it back down abandoned undeground mine shafts, there is nothing to do with the damn stuff if except dump it in landfills or ash ponds."

Actually, it can be a significant source of rare earth elements if we develop the industry to extract it.; 2/15/26, 12:24 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Fraud is more common than anybody has ever been willing to admit. Too ashamed to admit it to ourselves, if there is such a thing, is a silver lining. I want to remain positive.; 2/15/26, 2:28 AM
wendybar said...: Spitfire
@RealSpitfire
·
7h
Every Democrat who voted for the Epstein Files to be released voted AGAINST the resolution on
@StaceyPlaskett

None of these people give AF about the victims. They thought this was a gotcha moment against Trump.

They were wrong, again.; 2/15/26, 4:24 AM
Lawnerd said...: According to Maher’s argument, water is a pollutant because if you jump into a pool of water with weights tied to your ankles you would die. I normally like Maher because he is calm and logical, not in this instance.; 2/15/26, 5:36 AM
Lawnerd said...: Others have noted the bigger problem with Maher’s argument. According to Maher water is a pollutant because if you drink hydrogen peroxide you would die.; 2/15/26, 5:41 AM
Leland said...: The lump of coal is non-toxic.

Burning coal

Burning coal is a chemical reaction beyond just being a lump.; 2/15/26, 5:47 AM
buwaya said...: When I came to the US it was in Reagans day, and in my circles at least there was a definite understanding that we were serving, as it were, under a great chieftain.
That was when it became the thing to post stuff in cubicles.
Some things were ubiquitous - Magee's "High Flight' for instance, as engineers are romantics.
But among them was Romans 13:4
" But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, an avenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil."
That was Reagan, in our eyes, and we were forging his sword.; 2/15/26, 6:39 AM
Humperdink said...: Saw a headline that caused me to smile. It was alluding to a reverse California gold rush. In 1849, California was attracting prospectors by the thousands to get rich with gold. Today, wealthy Americans are gathering up their booty fleeing the “Golden State”.; 2/15/26, 6:58 AM
Jaq said...: So Netanyahu read Trump the riot act. Everybody seems to want the US to send our sons to fight and die for their causes, causes that they don't have the population and firepower to fight for themselves, and yet they are unwilling to compromise in any way.

No doubt Iran has been running non-stop the video of Trump's treasury secretary bragging that he was the one who crashed their economy, which was the reason that street demonstrations were happening in the first place.

I suggest you guys cheering this on watch the video on Fox News of the attacks with a nice chianti and some fava beans.; 2/15/26, 6:59 AM
Jaq said...: International law and morality, norms of behavior, standards of conduct of nations? The masks have all come off, it's a Hobbesian world now, and power justifies itself. It was always plain that this was "the new world order" George H W Bush talked about, and the "rules based order" that the Biden Administration harped on about.

The USSR learned the lesson "Be nice on your way up, because you are going to meet the same people on your way down," but I guess the plan is that the US will never experience a fall from absolute global power if we can just destroy any country that might ever be a problem for us.; 2/15/26, 7:05 AM
Humperdink said...: Ever get tired of writing the same stuff over and over again Jaq?; 2/15/26, 7:17 AM
William50 said...: Great Show.

Joe Rogan Experience #2454 - Robert Malone, MD; 2/15/26, 7:20 AM
Rustygrommet said...: Short of dumping it back down abandoned undeground mine shafts, there is nothing to do with the damn stuff if except dump it in landfills or ash ponds."

It is vital for making steel.; 2/15/26, 8:02 AM
Jaq said...: "Ever get tired of writing the same stuff over and over again Jaq?"

Do you ever get tired of the endless wars?; 2/15/26, 9:23 AM
Fritz said...: The point I was trying to make (I was too subtle) is the ascientific casual equating of carbon with carbon dioxide. Coal, coke, graphite, graphene and diamond are all essentially all carbon, while CO2, CO, methane, and virtually all compounds involved in life are carbon bearing compounds, which range from essential to extraordinarily toxic to life. CO2 itself is a limiting essential nutrient for plants, but a slightly toxic waste product of animals. The rise in atmospheric CO2 has brought forth a blooming of vegetation on earth. "Carbon" is not a problem.

Activists tried a similar trick with chlorine. Free chlorine, the gas, is extremely toxic, but we use that power to keep our water germ free, and to clean all kinds of things. One thing it does in water is combine with organic compounds to make a slew of toxic byproducts It's most common form in nature is chloride, which forms all kinds of simple salts, like NaCl, familiar as sea or table salt which are essential for life. For a while activists were also on a "ban chlorine" kick, without making any distinction, but eventually they got tired of being ignored for being stupid and moved on to something else.

As for power, having worked around both coal and nuclear plants, I far prefer nuclear. Leftist anti-nuclear activists all but killed nuclear power in the US after 3 Mile Island, and we are only slowly beginning to recover; but even some of them have seen the light (or lack thereof) on the horizon. But soon, the growing demand for AI will cause a dramatic increase in the demand for nuclear power. Now that small, safe reactors seem to be available, expect to see data centers install their own rather than fight with municipal providers.

As was pointed out above, coal ash is a big problem. I once visited a power plant in Ohio in a county where the highest point was the top of coal ash pile started in a valley. The bulk problem was made worse by the nitrogen scrubbing systems that use lime or limestone to catch Sox and Nox (and coincidentally Hg), which made the piles bigger, and point sources of nitrogen and mercury. The ash has minor uses in masonry, but there's more ash than demand. Coal as is also a viable, but as yet untapped source for lithium and rare earth elements .; 2/15/26, 9:25 AM
Michael McNeil said...: According to Grok, in the running car in garage scenario, CO becomes dangerous at about 1,000-5,000 parts per million (0.1%-0.5%). At that point CO2 in the garage's air will likely range from 5,000-30,000 ppm (0.5%-3%). Note that ambient (outdoors) CO2 in the earth's atmosphere reposes at about 438 ppm (0.04%) these days—but rises to about 40,000 ppm (4%—100x greater) in every one of your exhaled breaths.; 2/15/26, 1:51 PM
Josephbleau said...: “Short of dumping it back down abandoned undeground mine shafts, there is nothing to do with the damn stuff if except dump it in landfills or ash ponds.“

All classes of fly ash from coal burning particularly class c and f are very valuable products used for Portland cement extension and chemical uses. There is a growing shortage of it which will require burning more lime and generating more co2 to meet demand.; 2/15/26, 3:38 PM
Mason G said...: "All classes of fly ash from coal burning particularly class c and f are very valuable products used for Portland cement extension and chemical uses."

The people who complain about burning coal also don't want anything to be built.; 2/15/26, 4:43 PM
bagoh20 said...: Maher doesn't even get the scientific argument against CO2 right. It's not that it's poisonous like most "pollutants", because it's not in any concentration ever possible from human activity. The argument is that it promotes global warming through the greenhouse effect. Problem with that is that it's more normal for the earth to be warmer with higher CO2 levels and when it was, it was greener, and much more life promoting than it is now or any time in human history. The question never answered is : Why is the climate of 1800 CE the right climate or the best climate as a target? It's not.; 2/15/26, 5:47 PM
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