When your liberal friend complains that Washington gas prices are high because of Trump and Iran, send them this and ask who they voted for in state elections.
At my corner gas station, the price went up 25 cents/gal since the punitive expedition. Far lower than the Algore/Sunstein nudge taxes the great and good think are great and good. A relatively small price to pay to destroy the lead state sponsor of terror. CC, JSM
It would be a great photo op -- Trump on a fully insured tanker in the Straits of Hormuz with a banner hung in the background saying "Mission Accomplished".
Saw Mission Impossible Final reckoning over the weekend. Great stunts. Loved the Bi-plane at the end and the submarine sequence. Cruise is always amazing. But way too long. And plot and supporting characters were bland.
I wish they'd make the plot make more sense and the Cruise not do so many outlandish things that would kill anyone else. But I guess people just accept its a fantasy and don't care.
And of course every authority figure is either a chick or a POC. Even the Navy sub commander is black. Not to mention every chick who's not a helicopter pilot, Aircraft Carrier Captain or POTUS, is a two-fisted fighting machine. The villian is an old white guy. Oh, and guy who tries to assassinate our black female POTUS is also a white guy. Fortunately, she's saved when a old white General gives his life to save her.
Perhaps because bad robot is underwriten by ali baba it has a dark view of spies in the second film one rogue agent steals a bi9 weapon in the third one the edwin wilson manque gets ethan to steal the entity the fourth does have a fmr swedish special forces as villain
There arent very many muslims in Barcelona. If anything its got a disproportionate number of Eastern Europeans, mostly Romanians. The city council(ayuntamiento) is a PSOE-leftist coalition, and this BS is leftist virtue signaling. Barcelona isnt, mostly, Catalan either, which annoys the Catalans. Its a mishmash of people from the rest of Spain.
In Amd II news, today the DC Court of Appeals ruled the District's ban on high-capacity magazines is unconstitutional under Bruen. The US Attorney's office had already conceded the ban's lack of constitutionality at the change of Admins, but was still arguing for the gun registration laws which the defendant also violated. Interestingly, DCCA concluded that, since he couldn't register a gun with the outlawed mag, he can't be prosecuted for failing to register. So it took no position on the constitutionality of the registration requirement.
The DC government does have the right to seek en banc rehearing or cert, so we'll see where this goes. CC, JSM
Just read that Elon has agreed to a valuation of $1.75T for Space-X. A very good friend of mine was one of the original employees and an officer of the company. I know the stock holding percentage he had to sell back when he left the company.
He’s doing fine, and is now CEO of a (very small) rocket company, but I’m not sure how I’d ever recover from leaving $3.5B on the table, and I don’t even wanna be a billionaire.
2 things I learned from Rogan podcast #2460 with Rachel Wilson. 1. Gloria Steinem worked for the CIA 2. 1870. Women get the right to vote in the Utah territory. They largely vote for candidates and policies supporting polygamy. Congress passes the Edmunds-Tucker Act in 1887 and revokes their right to vote. Women have to wait till the 19th amendment passes to vote again.
No, women in Utah got the vote for federal election in 96 when Utah became a state. They lost the vote 1871-1887. Utah was a territory for 46 years because they supported polygamy.
Shoot, you’re right. I’m wrong. Women regained the right to vote Yes, in 1896, women in Utah regained the right to vote when Utah achieved statehood. That mistake is on me and not Wilson.
Occam had his razor. I have my comb. Jupiter's comb, is a long, sturdy comb made out of stainless steel. One places it across the various claims one encounters, with regard to "AI". My comb separates those claims which have reference to things that have already taken place, and things that are predicted to take place in the future. What one discovers, once the comb has been applied, and the fibers of reality have passed under its harrow, is that the applications of AI that produce value, and profit, all lie on the "future" side of my comb. All the applications that lie on the "past" side, turn out to have a net cost. They have consumed value. They have not produced it. There are many "applications" that are "expected" to produce immense profits. But those profits lie in the future. And those who "expect" them are uniformly in a position to profit from that expectation. Not from its eventual materialization.
This is hardly unprecedented, and would not be a major concern, except that gigantic sums are being "invested" in this hoax. Even were it not a hoax, and some of those absurd prognostications were to become reality, it would not be possible for everyone who is "investing" in AI to profit. There will be, at most, one winner. All the rest will be losers. And that is the best-case scenario. Far more likely, in my opinion, is that all of the trillions being "invested" in AI will simply be sunk cost. Waste. Pounded down a rathole. I am trying to figure out how to protect myself and my heirs from this cataclysmic destruction of value. But it is starting to occur to me, that this may not be possible. Sometimes we really are all in this together.
Gosh: Whiskey Pete Kegseth forgot to tell us how much is being spent to shoot at Iranian missiles launched so far in the six-day war.
The US, Israel, and the Gulf States all operate the American-made MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile system. Air defense engagements are relying, to some unspecified extent, on Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) interceptors, which are estimated to cost roughly $3.7 million each.
Doctrinally, air defenders generally fire at least two interceptors for each incoming missile, so a single engagement could cost nearly $8 million. The UAE, which has faced the most Iranian attacks of the Gulf states, said it has shot down nearly 200 missiles so far, a potential price tag of roughly $1.5 billion if the country were relying solely on PAC-3s.
In addition to the Patriot missile systems, US forces in the Middle East are also operating Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) batteries, for which a single interceptor is estimated to cost nearly $13 million, and relying on its warship-launched Standard Missile interceptors for additional defense.
Standard Missile costs vary. SM-2s run about $2.1 million each. SM-3s — previously used against Iranian missiles — cost between $9.6 million and $28 million, depending on the variant.
One of the most significant expenses is Israel’s Iron Dome defense system. Experts estimate that when Iran fires a wave of missiles, the cost to intercept can range from tens of millions to $200 million a day. For instance, each activation of the David’s Sling system costs about $700,000, while the Arrow 3 system can run up to $4 million for each interception.
An estimate from the Aaron Institute for Economic Policy at Reichman University suggests a month-long war with Iran could cost Israel around $12 billion. This has Israeli officials feeling pressured to end the conflict quickly; the longer it drags on, the more expensive it becomes.
That is a heavy price to pay to bring down a missile, though the alternative is to pay in damage or human lives potentially. The math becomes more stark with drones. Iran’s Shahed one-way attack drones cost an estimated $20,000 to $50,000 each. Based on Pentagon figures, Tehran has launched roughly $40 million worth of these weapons on the lower end. That is the cost of fewer than 11 PAC-3 interceptors — or fewer than four THAAD interceptors.
Low-cost drones like the Shahed serve a strategic purpose: forcing adversaries to burn through limited, high-end interceptors that take years to replace.
Patriot interceptor stockpiles were already under strain, with demand rising sharply amid global conflicts and recognition from countries not at war that air defenses are critical in modern missile fights.
"One of the most significant expenses is Israel’s Iron Dome defense system. Experts estimate that when Iran fires a wave of missiles, the cost to intercept can range from tens of millions to $200 million a day."
I see where you're going with this. If we were to, say, destroy all of Iran's missiles, we could save a ton of money.
Source is: Business Insider article published on March 5 2026, titled “Missiles are flying across the Middle East — and the air defense price tag is getting heavier.”
“When riots broke out recently at a prison in Cuba’s Ciego de Avila province, the videos that circulated showed something remarkable,” reports Daniel Allott at The Hill: “Inmates were shouting, ‘Long live Trump!’ ” https://nypost.com/2026/03/04/opinion/is-cuba-libre-next-china-is-trumps-real-target-and-other-commentary/
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged President Trump to “take care of Iran for good,” praising the bold military action – Operation Epic Fury – that resulted in the death of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. “Iran has been at war with us for at least 47 years,” Rice said during an appearance on Fox News’ “Special Report” on Wednesday. “If you ask people about Iraq, what was the source of many of our casualties in Iraq, you’ll get estimates as high as 75 or 80% of them were due to Iranian-made roadside bombs.”
I realize this is a bit of a hokey observation, but there’s something poetic about our 47th President ending a 47 year war. Of course one has to lament, in hindsight, what all the other Presidents failed to do. Each had different circumstances to deal with though.
Navalny, for example, was a US plant, and we cried over his death, when, in fact, he was a nazi, designed by us to be part of a two pronged attack on Russia, one using ISIS to do terror attacks. to create hatred of Russian Muslims, and the other was Navalny, to push an anti-Islamic ideology into the Russian mainstream. Every picture I have had linked at me of Russian "nazis" was from Navalny's rallies, he was part of a "leaders" program at Yale.
Why would we do such a thing? To split the Russian Federation. This is just an example of how we operate, not a complete description. Remember that a former Israeli MP said that ISIS apologized to Israel for killing an IDF soldier, and Hillary said in a leaked email that "AQ is on our side."
If you just love the killing and the looting of these countries, just say so, don't pretend that they are "evil" for standing up for their own nations.
Xi or Putin would have a hard time distinguishing "western moles" from "moderates". Stalin had the same problem, poor guy. And looking at it from their Stalinist POV (I am really very good at walking in other peoples shoes), I sympathise with them (Xi and Putin). This sort of thinking goes with the territory.
"We are not doing a genocide in Gaza, but if we were, nobody could stop us and what would be wrong with that anyway?"
In other words, suck it up cupcake, it is genocide in Gaza. We want their land, and because we want their land, they are threat to us because they might defend it, so we are justified.
I watch a podcast put on by an Iranian expat who was very sympathetic to the West, to Israel, to the US project to get rid of the mullahs, he broadcasts from Dubai. WIth each atrocity by the US, killing the school girls in the first minutes of a "surgical strike" right up to sinking that unarmed ship without a warning, and making no effort to help survivors, which even the Nazi Wolfpack subs would do, and you can see him back away from the people attacking his country more and more.
We were promised that the Iranian people were going to overthrown the mullahs with just a little push... It ain't happening, so we are just going to have to keep killing until openings appear for the head chopping warlords to start a civil war.
Netanyahu is reportedly on his way to Mar a Lago, probably because he is worried that Trump is looking for an off-ramp before he can trigger Armageddon.
If you read Das Boot, about a German sub in WWII, they don't think of the enemy as subhuman, unworthy of rescue, best used as entertainment while we watch them drown, the way we do, they called them "the gentlemen of the other firm."
The sheer volume of the drones and missiles that Iran responded with stuns me. Iran’s entire economy is (was) oil and building their arsenal. The world should be thankful Trump is de-ranging these terrorists before they loaded up on nukes.
Source is: Business Insider article published on March 5 2026, titled “Missiles are flying across the Middle East — and the air defense price tag is getting heavie
Our family was pleased with Noem’s selection and were rooting for her success until about the thousandth time that damned “horseback Barbie” ran on a channel, every channel, we watched.
I recall Noem sided with the deep state as Governor, long before she was chosen for Trump’s cabinet. I’m not buying the current talking points surrounding her but if Trump truly suddenly discovered the cut of her jib that’s an error on his part. Pay attention next time…
The real target of the Iranian operation wasn't Iran or even China.
It was Britain and Lloyds of London. Shutting down the Straight of Hormuz was a British operation.
Lloyds has been acting as gatekeeper to enforce who gets to move energy to the world for centuries.
There is a coalition of globalist entities that are being replaced right now by the United States. They are the groups who have turned the governments of Europe against their people.
All of the caterwauling and whining you see right now is the fall of something much larger than the Iranian Mullah regime.
2 things I learned from Rogan podcast #2460 with Rachel Wilson. 1. Gloria Steinem worked for the CIA 2. 1870. Women get the right to vote in the Utah territory. They largely vote for candidates and policies supporting polygamy. Congress passes the Edmunds-Tucker Act in 1887 and revokes their right to vote. Women have to wait till the 19th amendment passes to vote again.
Is there any objective measure that shows the 19th amendment has had positive effects?
For the record most men shouldn't be voting either.
I have to say jaq- rooting for americas enemies and hoping America loses to Iran is not a good look. Perhaps I should say “wish casting” that the enemies of America and western civilization win and hoping that they enslave us to sharia Is it something that would have got you tired and feathered when we lived in a better country.
"If Noem was a 5 instead of a 7 she never would have made it as far as she did." True. And if you think about it, that indicates a fundamental problem with the way men make decisions.
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When your liberal friend complains that Washington gas prices are high because of Trump and Iran, send them this and ask who they voted for in state elections.
https://x.com/i/status/2029672087967899968
At my corner gas station, the price went up 25 cents/gal since the punitive expedition. Far lower than the Algore/Sunstein nudge taxes the great and good think are great and good. A relatively small price to pay to destroy the lead state sponsor of terror. CC, JSM
Well, Hell… there goes Barthelona!
https://x.com/abc_es/status/2029478270563967423?s=20
Out here in Calunicornia, diesel #2 is $5.25/gal and premium unleaded is $4.99, Mr. Mosby.
Corner gas station in DC is $3.39 for regular unleaded. Was $3.15 for weeks before the PunEx. CC, JSM
I blame the earlier mis-post of The Pillars of Creation on the fog of Madison.
It would be a great photo op -- Trump on a fully insured tanker in the Straits of Hormuz with a banner hung in the background saying "Mission Accomplished".
2400 year old intact shipwreck found - was this what prompted yesterday’s post?
https://x.com/histories_arch/status/2029569906929520798
https://archive.is/3MzC5
https://x.com/heynavtoor/status/2029648638516023379?s=20
Chat gtp makex people stupid
Saw Mission Impossible Final reckoning over the weekend. Great stunts. Loved the Bi-plane at the end and the submarine sequence. Cruise is always amazing. But way too long. And plot and supporting characters were bland.
I wish they'd make the plot make more sense and the Cruise not do so many outlandish things that would kill anyone else. But I guess people just accept its a fantasy and don't care.
And of course every authority figure is either a chick or a POC. Even the Navy sub commander is black. Not to mention every chick who's not a helicopter pilot, Aircraft Carrier Captain or POTUS, is a two-fisted fighting machine. The villian is an old white guy. Oh, and guy who tries to assassinate our black female POTUS is also a white guy. Fortunately, she's saved when a old white General gives his life to save her.
Like i said they didnt stick the landing
they had an opportunity to make gabriel a ras al ghul type mentor to ethan (they retconned the original novelization where he was special forces)
Esai is latino i remember him first in the wings of eagles teleplay as an iranian assistant to crennas perot
Perhaps because bad robot is underwriten by ali baba it has a dark view of spies in the second film one rogue agent steals a bi9 weapon in the third one the edwin wilson manque gets ethan to steal the entity the fourth does have a fmr swedish special forces as villain
Love the top picture. Early spring in Madison.
But for sheer spectacle mi delivers (onr of these cruise is gonna get killed in these stunts)
The previoud one had a long set piece in abu dhabi which has buck rogers level technology
The scenes in rome venice and the austrian alps
The scenes in rome venice and the austrian alps
There arent very many muslims in Barcelona. If anything its got a disproportionate number of Eastern Europeans, mostly Romanians. The city council(ayuntamiento) is a PSOE-leftist coalition, and this BS is leftist virtue signaling.
Barcelona isnt, mostly, Catalan either, which annoys the Catalans. Its a mishmash of people from the rest of Spain.
Are they still upset over the battle in 1715
People in Barcelona itself pronounce it as "Barselona", not "Barthelona", the usage in Catalan leaked over to the local Spanish dialect.
Catalan nationalists are resentful about everything, full stop.
Its their thing, being resentful.
That didnt come across in the woody allen film
My grandson’s high school’s robotics team is in the state championship tournament on Monday. Should help him on his career path.
Wonderful
I love it. There is a lot more to fog than just a fog. The fog of war. To be in a fog. The foggy bottom.
The idea of nothing obscuring something. The uselessness of fog lights. A fog machine. Landing in fog.
In Amd II news, today the DC Court of Appeals ruled the District's ban on high-capacity magazines is unconstitutional under Bruen. The US Attorney's office had already conceded the ban's lack of constitutionality at the change of Admins, but was still arguing for the gun registration laws which the defendant also violated. Interestingly, DCCA concluded that, since he couldn't register a gun with the outlawed mag, he can't be prosecuted for failing to register. So it took no position on the constitutionality of the registration requirement.
The DC government does have the right to seek en banc rehearing or cert, so we'll see where this goes. CC, JSM
Noem is tone deaf. From shooting a problematic dog, to riding a horse. She should just keep away from animals.
Just read that Elon has agreed to a valuation of $1.75T for Space-X. A very good friend of mine was one of the original employees and an officer of the company. I know the stock holding percentage he had to sell back when he left the company.
He’s doing fine, and is now CEO of a (very small) rocket company, but I’m not sure how I’d ever recover from leaving $3.5B on the table, and I don’t even wanna be a billionaire.
2 things I learned from Rogan podcast #2460
with Rachel Wilson.
1. Gloria Steinem worked for the CIA
2. 1870. Women get the right to vote in the Utah territory. They largely vote for candidates and policies supporting polygamy. Congress passes the Edmunds-Tucker Act in 1887 and revokes their right to vote. Women have to wait till the 19th amendment passes to vote again.
Maybe if Noem had bleached her hair red, she could've survived.
women in Wyoming got the vote in 1890.
1890 Wyoming
1893 Colorado
1896 Utah, Idaho
1910 Washington
1911 California
1912 Arizona, Kansas, Oregon
1914 Montana, Nevada
1917 New York
1918 Michigan, Oklahoma, South Dakota
In these states women could vote for President prior to the 19th Amendment:
1913 Illinois 1913
1917 Nebraska, Ohio, Indiana, North Dakota, Rhode Island
1919 Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Tennessee, Wisconsin
“Women have to wait till the 19th amendment passes to vote again.” By this I meant Utah.
Dont listen to Joe Rogan
No, women in Utah got the vote for federal election in 96 when Utah became a state. They lost the vote 1871-1887. Utah was a territory for 46 years because they supported polygamy.
1890 when women first voted for POTUS. Its been all downhill since then.
Shoot, you’re right. I’m wrong. Women regained the right to vote Yes, in 1896, women in Utah regained the right to vote when Utah achieved statehood. That mistake is on me and not Wilson.
Occam had his razor. I have my comb.
Jupiter's comb, is a long, sturdy comb made out of stainless steel. One places it across the various claims one encounters, with regard to "AI". My comb separates those claims which have reference to things that have already taken place, and things that are predicted to take place in the future.
What one discovers, once the comb has been applied, and the fibers of reality have passed under its harrow, is that the applications of AI that produce value, and profit, all lie on the "future" side of my comb. All the applications that lie on the "past" side, turn out to have a net cost. They have consumed value. They have not produced it.
There are many "applications" that are "expected" to produce immense profits. But those profits lie in the future. And those who "expect" them are uniformly in a position to profit from that expectation. Not from its eventual materialization.
This is hardly unprecedented, and would not be a major concern, except that gigantic sums are being "invested" in this hoax. Even were it not a hoax, and some of those absurd prognostications were to become reality, it would not be possible for everyone who is "investing" in AI to profit. There will be, at most, one winner. All the rest will be losers. And that is the best-case scenario. Far more likely, in my opinion, is that all of the trillions being "invested" in AI will simply be sunk cost. Waste. Pounded down a rathole.
I am trying to figure out how to protect myself and my heirs from this cataclysmic destruction of value. But it is starting to occur to me, that this may not be possible. Sometimes we really are all in this together.
Gosh: Whiskey Pete Kegseth forgot to tell us how much is being spent to shoot at Iranian missiles launched so far in the six-day war.
The US, Israel, and the Gulf States all operate the American-made MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile system. Air defense engagements are relying, to some unspecified extent, on Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) interceptors, which are estimated to cost roughly $3.7 million each.
Doctrinally, air defenders generally fire at least two interceptors for each incoming missile, so a single engagement could cost nearly $8 million. The UAE, which has faced the most Iranian attacks of the Gulf states, said it has shot down nearly 200 missiles so far, a potential price tag of roughly $1.5 billion if the country were relying solely on PAC-3s.
In addition to the Patriot missile systems, US forces in the Middle East are also operating Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) batteries, for which a single interceptor is estimated to cost nearly $13 million, and relying on its warship-launched Standard Missile interceptors for additional defense.
Standard Missile costs vary. SM-2s run about $2.1 million each. SM-3s — previously used against Iranian missiles — cost between $9.6 million and $28 million, depending on the variant.
One of the most significant expenses is Israel’s Iron Dome defense system. Experts estimate that when Iran fires a wave of missiles, the cost to intercept can range from tens of millions to $200 million a day. For instance, each activation of the David’s Sling system costs about $700,000, while the Arrow 3 system can run up to $4 million for each interception.
An estimate from the Aaron Institute for Economic Policy at Reichman University suggests a month-long war with Iran could cost Israel around $12 billion. This has Israeli officials feeling pressured to end the conflict quickly; the longer it drags on, the more expensive it becomes.
That is a heavy price to pay to bring down a missile, though the alternative is to pay in damage or human lives potentially. The math becomes more stark with drones. Iran’s Shahed one-way attack drones cost an estimated $20,000 to $50,000 each. Based on Pentagon figures, Tehran has launched roughly $40 million worth of these weapons on the lower end. That is the cost of fewer than 11 PAC-3 interceptors — or fewer than four THAAD interceptors.
Low-cost drones like the Shahed serve a strategic purpose: forcing adversaries to burn through limited, high-end interceptors that take years to replace.
Patriot interceptor stockpiles were already under strain, with demand rising sharply amid global conflicts and recognition from countries not at war that air defenses are critical in modern missile fights.
My grandson’s high school’s robotics team is in the state championship tournament on Monday.
Good luck.
@ gadfly
If you're going to cut-and-paste a bunch of bullshit, you could at least include your source.
"One of the most significant expenses is Israel’s Iron Dome defense system. Experts estimate that when Iran fires a wave of missiles, the cost to intercept can range from tens of millions to $200 million a day."
I see where you're going with this. If we were to, say, destroy all of Iran's missiles, we could save a ton of money.
I like your thinking, gadfly!
Israel no longer operates Patriot, IIRC. It gave the last of them to Ukraine last year or the year before.
Source is: Business Insider article published on March 5 2026, titled “Missiles are flying across the Middle East — and the air defense price tag is getting heavier.”
“When riots broke out recently at a prison in Cuba’s Ciego de Avila province, the videos that circulated showed something remarkable,” reports Daniel Allott at The Hill: “Inmates were shouting, ‘Long live Trump!’ ”
https://nypost.com/2026/03/04/opinion/is-cuba-libre-next-china-is-trumps-real-target-and-other-commentary/
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged President Trump to “take care of Iran for good,” praising the bold military action – Operation Epic Fury – that resulted in the death of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. “Iran has been at war with us for at least 47 years,” Rice said during an appearance on Fox News’ “Special Report” on Wednesday. “If you ask people about Iraq, what was the source of many of our casualties in Iraq, you’ll get estimates as high as 75 or 80% of them were due to Iranian-made roadside bombs.”
Well, now the Russians and Chinese know exactly what they are dealing with. Moderates in those countries have all been discredited.
"Moderates " in China and Russia were purged long ago. Xi just got done purging the last remnants of his military opposition last month.
I realize this is a bit of a hokey observation, but there’s something poetic about our 47th President ending a 47 year war. Of course one has to lament, in hindsight, what all the other Presidents failed to do. Each had different circumstances to deal with though.
https://comexlive.org/brent-oil/
What you call "moderates" were actually western moles, I am talking about the moderates who were actual patriots in those countries.
Navalny, for example, was a US plant, and we cried over his death, when, in fact, he was a nazi, designed by us to be part of a two pronged attack on Russia, one using ISIS to do terror attacks. to create hatred of Russian Muslims, and the other was Navalny, to push an anti-Islamic ideology into the Russian mainstream. Every picture I have had linked at me of Russian "nazis" was from Navalny's rallies, he was part of a "leaders" program at Yale.
Why would we do such a thing? To split the Russian Federation. This is just an example of how we operate, not a complete description. Remember that a former Israeli MP said that ISIS apologized to Israel for killing an IDF soldier, and Hillary said in a leaked email that "AQ is on our side."
If you just love the killing and the looting of these countries, just say so, don't pretend that they are "evil" for standing up for their own nations.
Xi or Putin would have a hard time distinguishing "western moles" from "moderates". Stalin had the same problem, poor guy.
And looking at it from their Stalinist POV (I am really very good at walking in other peoples shoes), I sympathise with them (Xi and Putin). This sort of thinking goes with the territory.
"We are not doing a genocide in Gaza, but if we were, nobody could stop us and what would be wrong with that anyway?"
In other words, suck it up cupcake, it is genocide in Gaza. We want their land, and because we want their land, they are threat to us because they might defend it, so we are justified.
I watch a podcast put on by an Iranian expat who was very sympathetic to the West, to Israel, to the US project to get rid of the mullahs, he broadcasts from Dubai. WIth each atrocity by the US, killing the school girls in the first minutes of a "surgical strike" right up to sinking that unarmed ship without a warning, and making no effort to help survivors, which even the Nazi Wolfpack subs would do, and you can see him back away from the people attacking his country more and more.
We were promised that the Iranian people were going to overthrown the mullahs with just a little push... It ain't happening, so we are just going to have to keep killing until openings appear for the head chopping warlords to start a civil war.
Netanyahu is reportedly on his way to Mar a Lago, probably because he is worried that Trump is looking for an off-ramp before he can trigger Armageddon.
If you read Das Boot, about a German sub in WWII, they don't think of the enemy as subhuman, unworthy of rescue, best used as entertainment while we watch them drown, the way we do, they called them "the gentlemen of the other firm."
Seth Moulton’s SOTU guest a person of interest in juvenile sexual assaults The Democrat defense is Convicted? No. No, never convicted
The sheer volume of the drones and missiles that Iran responded with stuns me. Iran’s entire economy is (was) oil and building their arsenal. The world should be thankful Trump is de-ranging these terrorists before they loaded up on nukes.
Traitor Tucker.
Democrats want to set the goal post wherever they need them to regain theocratic control of the United States.
…from the other thread. Worth a repost. I think Democrats most admire that 47 years of power and control part
Bigbucks Begley
a nod to Daddy Warbucks in the annie saga
The ladies on the lifeboat needed his muscle and seafaring skills...iirc.
@ gadfly
If you're going to cut-and-paste a bunch of bullshit, you could at least include your source.
Most likely RT.
Last one for jaq at 602
Source is: Business Insider article published on March 5 2026, titled “Missiles are flying across the Middle East — and the air defense price tag is getting heavie
Our family was pleased with Noem’s selection and were rooting for her success until about the thousandth time that damned “horseback Barbie” ran on a channel, every channel, we watched.
The commercials she was in, I mean.
…funny not funny how everyone loathes finance but instantly becomes a frugal budget-minded economist when government does something they don’t like…
I recall Noem sided with the deep state as Governor, long before she was chosen for Trump’s cabinet. I’m not buying the current talking points surrounding her but if Trump truly suddenly discovered the cut of her jib that’s an error on his part. Pay attention next time…
Noem is to Newsom as Barbie is to Ken
Say g’bye to Ayatollah Khameneiac, the Supreme Loser, jaq.
The problem isn’t making mistakes. The problem is not admitting them and not correcting them. It’s an unknown how people will do in a new position.
The real target of the Iranian operation wasn't Iran or even China.
It was Britain and Lloyds of London. Shutting down the Straight of Hormuz was a British operation.
Lloyds has been acting as gatekeeper to enforce who gets to move energy to the world for centuries.
There is a coalition of globalist entities that are being replaced right now by the United States. They are the groups who have turned the governments of Europe against their people.
All of the caterwauling and whining you see right now is the fall of something much larger than the Iranian Mullah regime.
If Noem was a 5 instead of a 7 she never would have made it as far as she did.
Eva Marie said...
2 things I learned from Rogan podcast #2460
with Rachel Wilson.
1. Gloria Steinem worked for the CIA
2. 1870. Women get the right to vote in the Utah territory. They largely vote for candidates and policies supporting polygamy. Congress passes the Edmunds-Tucker Act in 1887 and revokes their right to vote. Women have to wait till the 19th amendment passes to vote again.
Is there any objective measure that shows the 19th amendment has had positive effects?
For the record most men shouldn't be voting either.
@Achilles: If Noem was a 5 instead of a 7
If AOC was an X instead of a Y...same story...
U.S. Lost 92,000 Jobs in February ~ WSJ 0
Why would Biden do this? Will we never overcome Biden's failed economic policies?
Enigma said...
@Achilles: If Noem was a 5 instead of a 7
If AOC was an X instead of a Y...same story...
Truth. Except AOC is way dumber than Noem.
Shed be swalwell (aoc)
Who had Jaq for going full Inga? Gotta admit that was not on my radar.
I have to say jaq- rooting for americas enemies and hoping America loses to Iran is not a good look. Perhaps I should say “wish casting” that the enemies of America and western civilization win and hoping that they enslave us to sharia Is it something that would have got you tired and feathered when we lived in a better country.
Jac makes Inga look like Jamie
The judge said...
“Jac makes Inga look like Jamie”
No
WaPo lost 300 jobs in February.
"If Noem was a 5 instead of a 7 she never would have made it as far as she did."
True. And if you think about it, that indicates a fundamental problem with the way men make decisions.
Rustygrommet said...
Who had Jaq for going full Inga? Gotta admit that was not on my radar.
You weren't here during COVID.
This is entirely in character for Tim.
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