The ice — other than the ice shove — is gone. I like the ice. I think it tends to make better pictures. There's more texture and variation in the reflectivity. We're getting lots of warnings about a big winter storm. I think that's overblown. They're always out to scare us about the weather. I'm betting that it will be mostly rain and then less than 10" of snow — but we shall see.Write about whatever you want in the comments.
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Numbers 1 and 4
No 3
But its a close call
Iran’s Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz Is Destined to Fail - Middle East Forum https://share.google/lE7ApwOy4lnsVYfS3
I'm for 1. Colors seem stronger.
After several dud storms, my first reaction was like yours - another miss. But at 8pm in Mpls, everything is now very very white and blowy. 18", perhaps.
We’re visiting Fish Creek in Door County and here, the prediction is 37 inches of snow starting at 11 p.m. tonight through Monday afternoon.
The president publicly acknowledged Russia is helping Iran target U.S. troops, and then moved to ease Russian oil sanctions anyway.
This wasn’t because it “makes sense” strategically; it was done to deal with skyrocketing global oil prices caused by the U.S.–Israel war on Iran, not because Russia deserved relief. But the side effect is exactly that Russia gets more money while still helping Iran and fighting Ukraine.WTF this guy knows that Iran is helping put our valiant troops in jeopardy and whats the solution? Release the oil sanctions on Russia so Russia can make 150 million a day selling their oil on the market. No wonder the talk with VLAD was a good one. So now VLAD can contiue giving locations and infoto IRAN to help kill Americans,the US president thinks thats ok enough to relese sanctions that were put in place to enable Ukraine to get some kind of deal going(because the nitwit team ceetainly couldnt) So yes as I said couple days ago VLAD-WINNER US MILITARY total losers who ave to die for this nonsense and being receiprients of Russian $$$ telling their secrets to IRAN WTF and no one says diddly!! BEAUCOUP DINKY DAU and sickening on top of that CLUSTER FUK 101 this will be taught in school on NOT HOW TO GET YOUR MILITARY PUT IN JEOPARDY FOR THOSE WHO CARE not stumble around with real estate and clueless people trying to make deals... My Lord Madge, how lame can people be and whp pays the price..How about making some more of those YIPPEE VIDEOS showing that war is just a video game because they're all CHICKEN HAWKS who could care less who dies and what for.People who dont cal this out are COMPLICIT! :(
OMG, necrosis, do you have any idea what "motivated reasoning" is? Whatever, you are obviously more interested in pushing your agenda than seeking truth, time will tell.
Right now we are sending a ship full of Marines from the Far East, which is being tracked practically in real time on Twitter. I hope that we don't do anything stupid and put their lives at risk over Trump's blunder.
Obviously there was no adequate planning for this war.
The Democrats sure love war with the Rooskies, why don't we spark up a war with China so everybody gets the war they want!
The first two are gorgeous!!
I was reading about a few of the guitars auctioned by Christie’s from Isray’s impressive collection. Gilmour’s black Stratocaster sold for $14.5M, the priciest of the bunch. Seems crazy high to me, considering three Beatles guitars sold for much less.
John’s ‘63 Gretsch 6120 ‘Chet Atkins’ - used on ‘Rain’ and ‘Paperback Writer’ - and his ‘64 Rickenbacker 325 went for $1.3M each. George’s ‘64 Gibson SG ‘Standard’ did a little better at $2.3M. And Clapton’s psychedelic SG known as ‘The Fool’ - a famous instrument - brought in $3.0M.
It’s possible that one of the latter two guitars was used by Eric on the ‘Gently Weeps’ lead solo and fills, although studio photos of the session show an SG in its factory cherry stain, but maybe it was painted sometime after.
And now it’s time to play that solo!! On my Gretsch, though. lol
There will be shortages of everything
OBTW, necrosis's link suggests that we have been here before, we haven't. Not in the modern era.
I favor #2 for the way the light and dark areas zigzag.
Trump will get more and more unhinged as the gas price keeps climbing. Trump saying he can keep fighting forever makes me think he's got severely limited supplies. It's a weird thing to say.
The politician who campaigned on ending forever wars is now, barely a year later, saying he will fight forever in a Middle Eastern war he started.
They will write many textbooks on how the Trump administration was completely out-manuvered by Iran because of their sheer arrogance and hubris.
I note no change to Trump's behavior, but now that you've brought up "become more and more unhinged" I see that an obvious example is immediately at hand.
I’m not shy about finding fault with almost great photographs posted here but must admit, this group is flawless. Impossible to call the winner - eye of the beholder, eh
KKKak/Richsockpuppet/ paidActbluetrollaccount said:
"Trump will get more and more unhinged as the gas price keeps climbing."
Yeah yawn.
Wake us up when they exceed Obama levels.
You remember right? When he said we had all better get used to $4 or more gas prices because of his "gradual adjustment" to green grift-i mean..ummm energy and Solyndra bribes-ummm I mean solvency.
A - "Trump will get more and more unhinged as the gas price keeps climbing."
B - "Trump will get more and more unhinged as the gas price stabilizes."
C - "Trump will get more and more unhinged as the gas price declines."
Pick one. There. That pretty much covers the left's position. Now, you can ignore them get on with your day.
"They're always out to scare us about the weather."
"This next storm is gonna be so bad that there will NEVER be another bread truck delivery. Never ever!"
In one year, Trump could free the people of Cuba, Iran and Venezuela.
But according to the Dems, he’s a threat to democracy.
2 points of interest
1. Trump news always resulted in 1984, Animal Farm, Fahrenheit 451 climbing Amazon’s best seller list. Until the State of the Union speech. They all disappeared. Even the war with Iran didn’t bring them back. Maybe Trump Derangement fever has broken.
2. The MAHA PAC, a Robert F. Kennedy-aligned super PAC hopes to “counter the influence of Big Pharma, Big Food, and Big Ag, which are funneling massive resources to Democratic opponents in a desperate bid to derail Trump’s transformative health reforms. RFK is launching a $100 million fundraising campaign to bolster “Make America Healthy Again” candidates endorsed by President Donald Trump in the 2026 midterms.
I just ran an end to end test on the mobile app I created on my phone.
It now sync's my computer repository and my remote server drive. It allows me to roster multiple agents. I can send commands using voice prompts to each agent and the server updates on 30 second intervals.
It actually screws things up when I send manual commands. Things go better when I have them following the autonomous protocols.
The app also displays the current task queues and it shows the progress on the validation harness.
This is utter insanity.
Mark Steyn on the Muslim invasion of our homeland:
“And so a quarter-century on we are still "doing this to ourselves" - blowing up Police Park in Tehran while surrendering Rome, Paris, London, New York and Norfolk, Virginia. There is no Supreme Ayatollah who has inflicted as much damage on America as its depraved political class, judiciary, bureaucracy. Nobody needs a Trojan horse: we're "doing this to ourselves" in plain sight.”
Great column.
https://www.steynonline.com/16079/the-ground-we-surrendered
We caution young people to trust their gut when danger comes lurking yet we willy-nilly ignore our gut when it comes to the Islamic invasions. We are a tribal species and we in the west need to start acting like one.
“Democrats are suddenly worried that Iranian terror sleeper cells will now attack the USA from within.
The same Democrats who let them all in.
The same Democrats who want you to be
unarmed.” (Power Line TWIP)
#1 in a walk!
italics be gone!
Read this, this morning, had to post.
"I don't know about this," Dortmunder said. "I don't know about those knees, to begin with."
"You brought those knees in with you, John," Kelp reminded him. "Look at the clothes."
It was very hard to look at the clothes, with those knees glowering back at him from the discount-store mirror, like sullen twin hobos pulled in on a bum rap. On the other hand, with these clothes, it was very hard to look at the clothes anyway.
This was the end result of Dortmunder's having told Kelp, how everybody in this town seemed to gaze upon him with immediate suspicion.
(Two paragraphs about how Dortmunder had to dress like everybody in Vegas to avoid suspicion. And then...)
The pants, to begin with, weren't pants, they were shorts. Shorts. Who over the age of six wears shorts? What person, that is, of Dortmunder's dignity, over the age of six, wears shorts? Big baggy tan shorts with pleats. Shorts with pleats, so that he looked like he was wearing brown paper bags from the supermarket above his knees, with his own sensible black socks below the knees, but the socks and their accompanying feet were then stuck into sandals. Sandals? Dark brown sandals? Big clumpy sandals, with his own black socks, plus those knees, plus those shorts? Is this a way to dress?
Donald Westlake
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
If you are new to Westlake's crime comedy capers, the above is a good one. My favorite one is Good Behavior (with nuns!). And my second favorite is Drowned Hopes (in scuba gear!)
Italics be damned.
It's funny, because that Dortmunder book is all about bad luck. And while I was typing, I thought to myself, "the damn italics better not get me." So I did everything just right. And the damn italics got me anyway.
The other thing I love about the Dortmunder books is that the bathrooms in their favorite bar don't use pronouns. Instead they use dogs: Pointers and Setters.
I do not love Jasmine Spyer, the scam lady at 5:01.
They're always out to scare us about the weather.
1. That's a basic m.o. for the news media ("Make it scary!"), because they're always trying to keep their audience. If they can't find some scary crime in your neighborhood, they will go to New York or Chicago or London or New Zealand. Whatever it takes to find scary news somewhere. That's why so many people believe the world is getting worse, when it's actually getting happier and more peaceful.
2. I don't know if Jesus is mocking the media when he says that he has "good news," but he might be. If you want optimism, go to church!
3. It used to be that the newspaper was divided into Politics and Sports and Weather. But leftism is so poisonous, they have to take over everything. Sports is politicized (watch ESPN sometime) and Weather is really politicized. Climate change is the new Satan. And every weather report is "Satan is about to get us."
4. I saw a headline for a "Super El Nino" that is about to kill us all. And, thanks to Saddam Hussein, my brains goes, "The Mother of El Nino." And then my brain goes, "Oh shit, it's La Madre."
I only got one brain, not two.
Damn you, Blogger!
Is Kak now Little Excursion? Does he/she/it keep the same blue theme for his/her/its little picture?
Soros is who has surrendered norfolk and other cities, but i take steyns point
The cobra (mamdanis) gothams self own
https://thenationalpulse.com/2026/03/14/cubans-storm-communist-hq/
https://accordingtohoyt.com/2026/03/14/memeing-while-the-world-burns-2/
Like facehuggers leftism spreads
I liked those (mucho) but my favorite Dortmunders are Nobody’s Perfect and Jimmy the Kid. Really, there isn’t a bad in the lot.
It's great that commie HQ was located in "Moron, a city in central Cuba." CC, JSM
It doesnt translate in spanish
Would love to see the headline "FREEDOM FIGHTERS STORM MORON HEADQUARTERS"
Oh wait, saw it on J6. CC, JSM
I should have been a weatherman. You can be wrong half the time and still keep your job.
We had a local weatherman a while back named Denny who was always hyping and exaggerating severe weather. The favorite joke at the time was: "What's the difference between Lorena Bobbitt and Denny? When Lorena Bobbitt says there will be six inches on the ground, you believe her!"
Well youre not going to wear long pants in tattoine which is what is vegas feels like that (i went there in may)
Westlake has another series about a sociopath (Parker) which he writes under the name Richard Stark.
The challenge of writing about a sociopath is that readers still want someone they can like or relate to. That’s why Parker, in Richard Stark’s novels, tends to kill only “bad guys,” has a love interest, and stays short of true sociopathy.
It’s a good series overall - Westlake was a master storyteller - but the one I always recommend is Ask a Parrot. The plot is excellent and in this book, the people who cross Parker’s path survive only because killing them would be more trouble than it’s worth. When someone gets in his way, lethal force is never off the table - it’s simply a matter of practicality.
They had jason statham (the cockney bruiser) play him in the film
The Jihad-Adjacent Journalists - American Thinker https://share.google/gKBnrppxvkA1sfFR3
“Fun Fact: There are now more muslims just in England (4m), than there are ethnically Irish in the whole of Ireland (3.9m).” (Queen Bee via Twitter)
The UK is toast. The hoards have assumed command.
There are now more muslims just in England (4m), than there are ethnically Irish in the whole of Ireland..
NATO was "supposed" to protect Europe..
the EU was "supposed" to BE Europe..
There are now more muslims in Europe, than in Saudi Arabia
If we stopped blowing up their countries, there might be fewer refugees from Islamic countries, but alas, they have all of that oil, so what choice do we have?
Most come from egypt tunisia places we havent invaded
The largest from india and pakistan
imTay, eren'tWay ouYay aqJay?
So, um, we’ve completely destroyed, 100% to my understanding, Iran’s entire military. And unless the fake news is editing Trump’s own words or hacking X, there’s really nothing left to bomb. But we’re going to continue to “bomb the hell out of them” anyway because, well, your guess is as good as mine. Maybe there’s a school kid or two still running around?
But of course, war (which seems to have been redefined) is always hell and collateral damage is just a reality when we’re defending ourselves from nuclear weapons which we previously completely obliterated. Or, pick one of the other dozen and a half rationales.
Which leads us to Trump now calling on France, Japan, South Korea, UK and others to send ships to help open Hormuz seized by an enemy that has been completely defeated. These not only happen to be the same allies Trump has demonized and imposed tariffs on but also told them we don’t need help on wars we’ve already one.
But rest assured there’s strategic master endgame plan in the mind numbing shit show. We just have to wait for Trump to “feel it in his bones”.
Don't you just love how the small cadre of lefties here keep adopting new nom-de-blogs so we'll think their brilliance is converting more commenters all the time. So cute.
They are somewhat amusing
My favorite Donald Westlake novel that I never recommend is The Ax. Whenever I used to recommend it, but people reacted very negatively - and I started to worry they’d never pick up another Westlake book. Which is unfair because the Ax is very different from anything else Westlake wrote. So I stopped mentioning it. I suppose it’s an unusually dark, cynical story. Still my favorite.
Well westlake is extra hardboiler like hammett and thompson in a blender
Like his bond attempt forever and a death
Don’t need a weatherman to know you blow, lonejustus.
Now was he cynical enough probably not
This is my favorite passage from The Ax. I think of it every time I see the word Clearance in an ad:
Until the late eighteenth century, the [Scottish] Highlands were populated mainly by tenant farmers, poor families in little stone huts eking out a small living from the soil and paying a small rent to the landlord. Then the landlord—or whoever acted as the landlord’s accountant, in those days—discovered there was more money to be made if the human beings on all that land were replaced by sheep. So, for the next seventy years, more or less, there was in the Highlands what came to be called the Clearances, in which families, clans, villages, everything was cleared from the land, which was then given to the sheep. The tenant farmers had lived there for generations, built the houses and barns and corrals, worked the soil; but it wasn’t theirs. No one had lived on it but them, but it wasn’t theirs, so what were they to do? They left, not willingly. Some went to Ireland, some went to North America, some went to hell. Some died of cold or starvation. Some resisted, and were given the chop right there, on their own land. Well, no; not their own land . . . I looked up the word in the Oxford English Dictionary, the big one. I so loved the definition that I never forgot it, and after I got the chop, during one of my days of legitimate library research, I looked it up again, to be sure I had the phrasing exactly right. I wrote it on this 3x5 card and put it up on the wall here, in front of me. “Clearance 2. spec. The clearing (of land) by the removal of wood, old houses, inhabitants, etc.” You’ll never see a clearer proof that history is written by the winners. Just think; one comma less, and the inhabitants would have fallen into the etc.
So, um, we’ve completely destroyed, 100% to my understanding, Iran’s entire military.
Nope.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/03/14/potomac-disaster-demonstrates-environmental-hypocrisy/
Love the late Donald Westlake, but haven't read The Ax.
" I'm betting that it will be mostly rain and then less than 10" of snow — but we shall see."
That's more than they are predicting so...
That passage is the equivalent of today’s “learn to code” - or rather yesterday’s “learn to code” as coders, themselves, are slowly being cleared away.
"They're always out to scare us about the weather."
That's because it's their chance to be a star! Instead of being a 8 minute segment that only geriatrics watch, lot's of air time. Cut-ins every 5 minutes. Breathy mentions of hook echos and wall clouds. Get into your basement now! And oh my god is that a debris ball on radar! PLEASE BE A DEBRIS BALL!!!!!!!!!
Likd michelle whatshername in the canoe
Data Republican (small r) has a new substack out concerning the doxxing of the internet X poster 'Cynical Publius', who was recently identified in a specific way that makes targeting him easier, for his detractors. He's a vet who frequently posts about battle readiness and war fitness issues regarding the US military, and her piece is a defense and a take down of the offender.
https://datarepublican.substack.com/p/the-blob-eats-its-own-war-on-the
Israel is targeting the Basij suppression forces - those that target the Iranian protesters. IDF is being helped by the Iranian peeps, who send the targeting info for the IDF to confirm and act upon. The Iranian people are fighting back with supreme weaponry. How glorious that must feel after all these decades.
Iran won't be a forever war. We will give up in a few weeks. We will proactively and aggressively relinquish our positions. ~ Pete Hegseth (likely)
The Trump administration’s posture now should be simply to manage the ignominious defeat it’s suffered in Iran and market it as a victory. Any further escalations at this point would be masochistic.
This Trump Truth post is a work of art and needs to be kept for posterity. It turns out that the US has destroyed 100% of Iran’s military capability. Yet, to combat a military with no capability he is left pleading with allies he has regularly insulted to save him in the Gulf.
"Many Countries, especially those who are affected by Iran’s attempted closure of the Hormuz Strait, will be sending War Ships, in conjunction with the United States of America, to keep the Strait open and safe. We have already destroyed 100% of Iran’s Military capability, but it’s easy for them to send a drone or two, drop a mine, or deliver a close range missile somewhere along, or in, this Waterway, no matter how badly defeated they are. Hopefully China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and others, that are affected by this artificial constraint, will send Ships to the area so that the Hormuz Strait will no longer be a threat by a Nation that has been totally decapitated. In the meantime, the United States will be bombing the hell out of the shoreline, and continually shooting Iranian Boats and Ships out of the water. One way or the other, we will soon get the Hormuz Strait OPEN, SAFE, and FREE!" President DONALD J. TRUMP
Well, well, well. I just learned that Knox County attorneys John Thomas and Hanna Knox Jensen follow my comments here on the Althouse blog.
Maybe those two cowards should post under their real names.
Just so people know, John Thomas and Hanna Knox Jensen both lied to me under oath as part of my investigation of who placed the hidden microphone in the County Board room so that the Sheriff's office could listen in on closed County Board sessions.
And then County Attorney Hanna Knox Jensen failed to file any criminal charges - not even a traffic ticket! - against a 15-year old driver who hit two girls in the crosswalk in front of the Crofton, Nebraska school. Reports indicate he was speeding and was distracted by his cellphone. The two girls were nearly killed and spent over a month in the hospital. Permanent injuries.
It’s fun to see those who have been so wrong about so much for so long (Russia collusion, Hunter’s laptop, Joe’s mental health, various indictments that were going to put Trump in jail, two or three impeachments, Trump recessions, Kamala’s victory, and a few more I can’t remember right now) continue to make bold predictions with smug conviction.
Its like groundhog day isnt it
Two things - Ann it looks like there are two fake accounts that just signed up and leave websites “how to make a million dollars a year” and “how to save your marriage. Click here. “ any way to remove them?
2- for the most part personally I really appreciate the comments. I appreciate all thoughtful opinions, but it seems like the conservative opinions usually put some thought behind what they post. The three or four lefties and those that want to see America fail as long as their guy is in power just post nonsense. Kind of boring. Easy to scroll past them. I like to read things that challenge my assumptions, but their posts are largely nonsense. Reasonable people can support attacking Iran and reasonable people can oppose it. Well, actually, I’m not sure that’s true. But it would be a lot more fun and interesting to see opposition posting something intellectually, consistent rather than trump is a big poopoo head and hoping we are going to lose.
Thats all that fits on their card
Also I love reading - for those who like westlake I thought to try one out. I posted this in grok. AI is pretty extraordinary for summarizing what could be vast amounts of information into something comprehensible.
I was on an international trip a year ago. I had the option to spend an extra day or two in any of three cities. It would have taken me a week online and at the library to try to figure which would be the best match for me. I went to AI and asked what are the top five or ten most interesting and exciting things to do in each of these cities in general and for someone who likes to do x y and z.
It was apparent only one of the cities was most appropriate for me and then I just went online to book or plan those activities that would fill a day or two.
Extraordinarily useful!
it listed Margaret Atwood handmaids tale which I found to be terrible like an anti western civilization nag and harpy as well as lee child who I find to be simplistic and infantile, Vince Flynn that I thought was a little too simplistic and terminal list that I really wanted to like and did like except for the big plot holes.
Worth mentioning that Trump and his Fox News host Minster for War decommissioned four mine sweepers in the Gulf only a few months ago.
What most people don't know, including Trump and most likely Hegseth until a few days ago, is that the US's NATO allies have most of the mine clearing capability in the alliance. That's why suddenly Trump is begging allies for support.
Figures how little Trump's administration have thought ahead. And now, Trump, doesn't hold the cards. Given Trump’s penchant for renaming bodies of water how about:
’The Straight of Hubris’
Yes its terrible which vince flynn onr
Carr takes the perspective of an operator sacrificed by thd powers that be
If you imagine Trump begging for anything, you're thinking about a caricature and not the man, and thus your judgement on associated issues is likely mistaken.
Spoiler alert those were minesweepers with rotting wooden hulls
The littoral combat ships were supposed to have modular minesweeping capacity to replace the avenger class boats but our admirals were too dumb to get it right.
Now the whole thing is obsolete and you just remotely detect mines and send a drone, possibly a submersible drone, over to take it out with a small explosive. No need for dedicated ships, we already have them. Every ship a minesweeper.
Look up AN/SLQ-48 mine neutralization vehicle.
“Iran might have already positioned up to a dozen mines in the Gulf, which at its narrowest point is just 21 nautical miles wide.” ~ FT
More importantly, the deep water channel that large ships have to use is between 2 and 5 miles wide at most for over 40 miles.
The UK has the most advanced minesweepers. They use the Seafox mine clearing robot. But Trump won't be asking for their help: “We don’t need them any longer… we don’t need people that join wars after we’ve already won.” I would love to be a fly on the wall when Trump calls Starmer.
From the WSJ:
This is what happens when you ignore the competent people in favor of people like Bibi, Kushner, and the plethora of people compromised by the Israeli's in Trump's orbit.
Before the start of Operation Epic Fury, Gen. Dan Caine, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told President Donald J. Trump several times that an American attack could prompt Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz, stating that U.S. officials had long believed Iran would deploy mines, drones and missiles to close the world’s most vital shipping lane in the case of a full-scale war with the United States.
President Trump acknowledged the risk, moving forward with his decision to launch wide-spread strikes against Iran alongside Israel, telling his team that he believed Tehran would likely capitulate Tehran would likely capitulate before closing the Strait of Hormuz - and even if Iran tried, the situation could be quickly handled by the U.S. Navy, according to people with knowledge of the discussions who spoke to the Wall Street Journal.
https://x.com/CleansedTweets/status/2028842696769699942
Hundreds of TSA agents are resigning due to the ongoing partial government shutdown that began on February 14, 2026. As of March 15, 2026, over 300 TSA officers have officially quit since the start of the funding lapse.
TSA officers are considered "essential" and must report to work despite missing full paychecks. Many employees are struggling to cover basic expenses like rent and gas.
Unscheduled "call-outs" among security officers have more than doubled in recent weeks as staff take on second jobs or face financial hardship.
Officials warn that repeated shutdowns make federal security roles less attractive, which could cripple recruitment efforts for months.
The staffing shortages have led to severe disruptions at major airports:
Security lines have stretched to nearly three hours at several major hubs.
Many airports and the TSA are now advising travelers to arrive four to six hours early for international flights.
At New Orleans International Airport, lines have been reported spilling out into the parking garage.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and local communities have attempted to support the workforce:
Some airports, like those in Denver and Seattle, have asked the public to donate food, hygiene items, and gas gift cards to help struggling agents.
In late 2025, a $10,000 bonus was announced for select agents with exemplary service during previous funding gaps, but current employees are still facing immediate pay issues.
Funding remains stalled in Congress as lawmakers debate immigration enforcement policies related
TSA absences double during shutdown, 300 officers quit, as some airports see longer security lines
Mar 10, 2026 — TSA has lost more than 300 employees since shutdown began. The shutdown has also accelerated departures from the workforce.
Travelers pay airport security fees, while TSA is not paid -
Mar 13, 2026 — More than 100,000 DHS workers will miss their first full paycheck Friday.
Hundreds of TSA Agents Have Quit Amid Hours-Long
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GOVERNMENT SHUTDOW
As of March 15, 2026, the responsibility for the ongoing partial government shutdown is a matter of intense political debate between Senate Democrats and Congressional Republicans.
The shutdown, which began on February 14, 2026, specifically affects the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and is driven by a standoff over immigration enforcement reforms:
Senate Democrats have withheld support for the DHS funding bill (H.R. 7147), demanding reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tactics following the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens in Minnesota by federal agents in January. Their demands include mandatory body cameras and warrant requirements for home searches.
Congressional Republicans, who hold a "trifecta" (control of the House, Senate, and Presidency), argue they have twice passed full-year funding for DHS and blame Democrats for "hijacking" the process for political leverage.
The House of Representatives passed a DHS appropriations act (H.R. 7744) to fully fund the department, but it has not advanced in the Senate.
The Senate has failed multiple "cloture" votes—most recently on March 12—to advance funding measures, as they have been unable to reach the required 60-vote threshold.
According to a Quinnipiac University national poll, voters are divided,imagine that, on whose at fault.
45% of registered voters blame Republicans in Congress, while 39% blame Democrats in Congress. YES ALWAYS TRY TO WIN THE BLAME GAME INSTEAD OF THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF ALL 3 PARTS OF GOVERNMENT CANT GOVERN!
This is info for those who live with their heads in the sand and could care less,,lets just win the blame game. "Father forgive them ,for they REALLY do not know what they do"
Just more inept non governing for the whole world to see and also mutter WTF.. MAGA and AMERICA FIRST is about the biggest joke in the last decade cmon man wake up people are dying.Nero is golfing while Rome burns,, history continues to repeat itself :(
The lack of experienced staff at the highest levels has turned Trump’s gamble into possibly one of his biggest failures.
The ones who surrended 100 billion dollars of equipment to the taliban those grandees
https://youtu.be/P4O04VlBWrg?si=-9t65KsoQ5gyOpI8
Addressing the issue of the strait, Hegseth disparaged reporting that the US had not been prepared for Iran’s effective closure of shipping route. “The only thing prohibiting transit in [Hormuz] right now is Iran shooting at shipping,” Hegseth said. “It is open for transit should Iran not do that.” ~ FT
Okay then... So everything is fine -- it's the normal voyage apart from getting blown up.
One has to admire Hegseth's analytical powers. No wonder Trump welcomed an equal genius into his team.
Trump, from Air Force One says he’s “demanding” other countries to help the US with the Strait of Hormuz.
How does Trump demand anything from countries he’s shat upon for the last year?
Desperate Days for the Desperate Dogs of the Left.
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