Good Morning, Iran

    So, here we go again. What next will flow from the Oval? Nobody knows, and the few that might, aren't talking. How about Hegseth, SecDef? What's he saying? How about Homeland Security Chief, what's she saying? And Marco, how about him?

    The elections are 8 months away; things will happen after we rid Congress of the weakliings, old goats, snappy dogs, oxygen suckers, senile turds, fake legislators, check cashers, and friends-of-pimps.

       American service men and women are performing their respective roles at "the Tip of the Spear'.   I've been there and it's not pretty-it's very lonely and there is no tomorrow at the tip-only the 'now'.

     Maybe some nay sayers will make statements; a few might, but most won't because they fear the wrath of the Imbecile-in-Chief, a man who belittles the office he occupies daily.

      Will Iran roll over? Will the Iranian protesters return to the streets to seek an alternative government to the current regime that has punished the population for over 40 years?  Hmmm. Will the Guards continue to support the regime against their own people in the face of a crumbling power government?

     It could take awhile before the dust settles. There will be no invasion so the Mullahs and Ali might just sit this one out and wait; wait until the Boob and his lackeys go home again. It certainly won't last since the USA has no troops to expend this time, unlike in Afghanistan, Iraq, Vietnam, and other far flung locations.  Maybe Hegseth will pull a rabbit out of his hat and walk over Tehran. Sorry, Pete, there are no more US troops available. The USMC is down to 160,000 active, with about 35,000 infantry with support. The US army is totally dependent on the National Guard, without which it could not function at all. The public is unaware of this critical situation and Pete the Boob isn't about to yell to Congress to fix it. The Oval is also unaware or else Boob-in-Chief wouldn't be flexing his muscles, weak as they are.

    Recruiters here are similar to those recruiters in Russya- go after anybody with a pulse; we don't need geniuses, only bodies willing to die in exchange for a family payout.  Empty the prisons and reform schools, we need bodies to feed the "grinder". Lovely people in the Kremlin and the Pentagon. Look out migrants, I.C.E. is not coming, it's the recruiters offering citizenship for military service. 

Lovely, all.   

Who is the next "Dear Leader" of Iran system? 

Supremes Stay Seated After Speech

     The Supreme Court justices attended the State of the Union last night in DC. They played the Stoic position: don't move, stare straight ahead.

      At the end, the audience stood up and applauded: not the Supremes. 

Has Lufthansa Freed the Passengers Yet

       Where are the trapped 500 passengers, stranded on the Munich runways? Where , oh, where have they gone today?

Ukraine Peace Talks

    Peace? Talks? Russya? So, the war enters year 5. Yes, it's been over 4 years since MAd Vlad invaded his neighbor, Ukraine. How's it going, VOVA? NOt so good. He's emptying prisons with offers of pardons. Russ thugs are taking the bait, figuring with luck, they can survive the trenches in east Ukraine. Better than rotting in a Rus prison with all the other murderers and thieves and rapists.

    Yes, recruiting has become an issue for the Kremlin hypocrites.  Can they offer a time frame for the war? No. Can they offer a logic for the war? No. Well, what can they offer? The Usual Rus fake history. The puppets offer the false narrative that they are battling the US and the Western powers(Europe). Rus are victims, again.  Oh, so tiresome. Seems it's built into the Rus cultural history: we get no respect from the West; so, we must attack.

      How'd that workout with partner Adolf? Not so much. Perhaps Old Joe had mental illness and saw visions that scared him into a corner from which he had to murder millions of his own people to quell the nightmares. Who knows; who cares? Not the Rus.

     Peace talks? Not part of the Kremlin game plan. Stall, lie, stall some more. 

      

C.D.C. Deputy Director Resigns

     Goodby and good riddance. Go back to the Louisiana swamps where you belong. This vaccine skeptic has no place in national politics where he has floated his bizarre theories about medical practices. Sadly, the loonies in Louisiana will probably welcome him home and find him a niche job so he can continue his strange practice.

     He's a Republican but even they couldn't abide his wacko ideas. Now that is saying something. Maybe HHS Head Robert KooKoo Kennedy, Jr. decided it was starting to smell in the office of the deputy and time to clean out the source of the smell: goodby Ralph.

      While in Louisina, he ran a rural clinic, doubling as a veterinarian, helping cats and dogs get proper vaccinations. Humans, not so much. How did he get to the national scene and why did he quit after 3  months?

      Not even worth the time to list all the deficiencies obvious to all.

Maybe sTump will mention Dr. Abraham in his speech tonight; maybe not. The question tonight is : will any Supremes show up to be ridiculed by Mr. Bluster? Doubt it.  

How Are Things Down Mexico Way

   So, the failed state of Mexico is back in the headlines, again. No, it's not 'caravans' of migrants riding the "beast' north to the border. No, it's not the US sending planeloads of Mexicans homeward; no, it's not another  I.C.E. raid on an apartment in Minneapolis .

     It's another extrajudicial killing in     MEXICO .

     The leader of the JAlisco Cartel was killed by government forces.  sTrump will no doubt mention this tonight in his address to the world. 

    President Sheinbaum will have made comments, especially in the aftermath of the killing that includes terrorist activities in Mexico. Mayor's advice: avoid Mexico until further notice. Be safe; be smart. Stay home, or go north.   

Lufthansa Nightmare in Munich :Today, Feb 23rd, 2026

   So, one of Europe's premier airlines is boarding passengers on one of their fleet aircraft. The door is closed; the pilots pull back from the gate; the plane starts to taxi on the apron of the runway. And then the control tower orders the aircraft to ---W A I T. And wait, and wait, and wait some more.

      Then all the ground crews depart leaving the aircraft S T R A N D E D on the runway. What about all the passengers and crew on board? They are left out there - alone. No ground staff are available.  It's such an empty feelonh. The MAyor has been stuck like this- for hours on the east coast of the US. Not fun. The airlines have taken big heat from the FAA over this very condition. There is no excuse.

    There's no excuse in Europe either. Lufthansa will have to pay- big time. The lawyers are already writing their court documents/ The Mass Media are on it. The assengers? who knows? Maybe the customer service folks will recall what decision tree they used during tis incident. Whatever decisions they made, we all know it was to benefit the airline, not those trapped like rats on the plane. Shame, shame on Lufthansa. Money will help to sooth the feelings; a LOT of money. Euros by the thousands, if not more. I would be very angry, to say the least. And the airport operator should also pay, big time.

    Commercial aircraft operators have rules. Break those rules- you pay. Oh, yes, it's the "cost" of doing business. Lucky for those passengers they were on the ground, not in the air. 

deadly Ski Season at Lake Tahoe

   So, certified back country guides lead a number of flat landers into the alpine forests at high elevations. Weather is forecast to be heavy snow. As the group proceeds to their destination, they pass another group high tailing the place for " safer" territory before the storm arrives. Hmmm.

      And then the storm arrives; the group is outside; the group encounters an avalanche, 9 members of the group are now dead. 6 members were rescued. Not a good outcome for the decision makers in the group.

     Then at Heavenly Valley resort, two skiers died after accidents on the slopes. At North Star Resort, another skier died of injuries suffered while negotiating the ski runs there.  Is there something we know or don't know about winter? It's cold in the Sierra during winter. It is now winter season there. If one doesn't live in the Sierra, one is vulnerable to decision errors. Oh, depending on the advice of hired locals, get ready to add more errors in the decision -making process.

  Stay healthy, avoid Lake Tahoe unless you know about winter. 

State of the Union

        The Oval Office Occupant will blab on today about how things are going. Can you imagine: a bumbling old fool will stand before the 334 millions of Americans and tell us how we are doing?

      Nobody with a brain will accept whatever this BOOB says. Most of it will be fiction, unmoored from our reality. MAybe Stven Miller, assistant Chief of Staff, wrote the speech. Or maybe that junior Boob, Steve Bannon, jail bird, ex-Navy dipshit, will come out of rathole to sprinkle a few bon mots into a speech "He" thinks we'd all like to hear. Or maybe the bizarre head of HHS, Robert F. Kennedy,Jr., will include a few nuggets about his latest fitness maneuvers , or maybe the Super Legal Beagle, Todd Blanche, will emerge from the other nearby rat hole and include a few legal tidbits to tease those waiting for a paedon or two.

    Whatever the BOOB says, including anything about the economy or tariffs, or the Big Beautiful Garbage Bil, don't believe it.

Thank you  

Overtime Victory: Again

      So, in your face, VOVA.

     The USA men's hockey team wins in the final. The GOLDEN GOAL. The first win in 46 years. 

Measles Outbreak Getting Worse by Day

     So,  measles getting out into the community in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The community has been on the radar of state and federal health organizations as the outbreak of the virus continues to expand among the local population, primarily among school age children, although some adults have contacted the virus and ended up in the hospital.

     The numbers indicate that 975 cases have been reported in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains in central part of the state. This is a conservative community with large numbers of vaccine skeptics and religious deniers who opt for the religious exemption available. Numerous children have been quarantined due to exposure to those infected with active cases.

     Local politicians are revisiting their positions on vaccinations as the obvious situation becomes more dangerous to all citizens in the city.  Whereas the virus was eradicated years ago, it renewed appearance has worried many professionals in the field who are very concerned aboput the public rejection of science and facts readily available. Public education has been an issue since the Covid pandemic which helped explain some positions of skeptics regarding vaccination. Where will this end? Nobody can predict, but some children may die as a result of these exemptions and exposures n a community. 

Canada V. USA Hockey at Olympics

    So, USA's northern neighbor has an opportunity to put some shine on the nation' s image. The match up between the USA and the Canadians is being hyped as the "big Game" on the hockey ice in Milano, Italia.

   The USA is the teamto beat and have given up the fewest points of any of the contenders. Switzerland's women's team edged out a strong Swedish team 1-0 to win the Bronze Medal. Sweden was the favorite to win a medal but they were bested by an aggressive group from the alpine redoubt.:

   Then the USA hit the ice with high hopes. The Maple leaf representatives came out ready to show the audience they could meet and match everything the southerners could muster. The Canadians scored and went ahead in the first period 1-0. That would be the only score through the rest of the contest until the last 2 minutes. The USA scored the tying goal : now 1-1-OVERTIME.

     Now the first score wins and in the fifth minute, USA player Keller put the puck in the net, game over. Gold to the USA. 

       

The Call For National Election Control

    The US Constitution assigns voting and election control to the states. Let me repeat: the Constitution assigns election authority to the  S T A T E S.

     Now DonOLd Sleepy wants to nationalize-take control in the White House-of federal elections. Hmmm. Who floated this balloon? Steve Bannon, ex-Naval Officer? or Steven Miller, aspiring director of National Everything? Or Todd Blanche, Deputy Attorney General in charge of ....? Or Kristi Noem, Homeland Security MAvin? Or Tulsi Gabbard, in charge of something-goats. Dogs?

     Maybe Kash Patel, gad about F.B.I. Director, told Sleepy that he had to do something to justify using government aircraft to fly around to see his girlfriend.

  Or maybe Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. wants to vote wherever he lands these days to promote vaccine skepticism among the deniers and local skeptics on virus control, despitre recent evidence that measles is on the upswing among deniers(see South Carolina).

     Ol Sleepy Donold has a busy agenda to reshape America into something different from what we're used to these days. Inflation? Forget it. The new Fed Chief, MArsh, will fall in line and correct the policy to what the Oval wants.  The economy will soar. (See gold prices/silver prices, copper prices). 

     Russya will soon opt to end the Ukainian invasion- running out of ammo and Xi JP has to retool arms factories to produce consumer goods for export. Oh, his economy is falling drastically also. Seems Beijing can't control the spending of the consumer-yet. You will buy, damn it. 

   So, the Oval put out another dictum to stir up the libs in the mainstream media. How about trumpie suing Jamie Dimond and JP Morgan for $5 billions? Or suing the I.R.S. for billions more? History will have great fun with Trump's legacy. He'll be gone in less than 3 years, if he makes it. Doubtful.

   Where is the USS Gerald Ford today? How about the ayatollah? How's he holding up under the pressure? Have a nice day, Ali. 

Rus Missiles Continue Deadly Impacts

     Cease fire? NO, not hardly. Ol' Mad Vlad says "Fire". Don't let up.  A missile fired 2 days ago into eastern Ukraine hit a bus. The bus was occupied. Those inside the bus were workers in regional coal mines, an Eastern Ukraine. This area has been under siege for 4 years with millions of casualties. Millions. That is, millions of dead and wounded on both sides, mostly Rus soldiers.

    Who cares in the Kremlin? Nobody. VOVA only reads his tea leaves, and only understands what he wants the leaves to say to his Rus brain. More killing, more killing. More killing. I want Ukraine now. Send in the North Koreans. Send in the Siberians, send in the conscripts. Don't send in the wealthy or my peeps. Only desperate job seekers.

   Will Putin be held accountable? Hardly. Remember, he's KGB. Master of Novichuk. Worried about winter's cold in Ukraine? Never. We don't care about winter. Let the locals freeze. Let our great soldiers warm themselves on fires of Ukrainian buildings. On to victory. Glory to Russya. Fight, fight, fight. Wheeeeeeeee.

China's Purging of Corrupt Military Leaders

    What's a 'normal' change of command look like around Peoples Liberation Army HQ? Why it looks like any other normal day excepting there are fewer soldiers with stars on their shoulders. Hmmm. Such conditions cause others to stare straight ahead as if nothing unusual has happened. Everything is fine. Continue on; do one's job. Be happy.

     So, the top dog got caught with his hand in the till, so to speak. What else is new. Graftand corruption is embedded deep in the Asian DNA. They are always looking for an edge, however it can be achieved. In Communist China, the Party apparatus has all the levers and all the money. Results, those Party people can't resist temptation. Who will miss just this little bit of Yuan? Nobody. So, Xi has to act.

     To the top general: You're out. Goodbye. Next. Who wants that job-nobody. In the PLA, the top slot is rarely held very long. Longevity  is not part of the position. The top general was joined by at least 3 others who were expelled from leadership roles. Retired, no doubt in some form or another. Perhaps these leaders were slow in formulating invasion plans. Or, maybe they were known to have talked with American Embassy staffers-always dangerous. It was announced that the top general gave away nuclear program secrets to the US. That's a no-no. Also, he may have extracted a payment or two from subordinates who wanted promotions. Hmmm. That's a no no.

     So Xi has to clean up his "strong" arm as he goes about the neighborhood making threats, butting heads, coercing cooperation, suggesting kowtowing.  Look over at Japan-it's new prime minister has said certain things that Xi objects to so he chastises her publicly.  Oh, and the Taiwanese: same-we will conduct drills all day long if and where we want to despite your protests.

   Ah, China, so much, so little.  And Trump-don't get me started says Xi.  

South Carolina: Measles Central in USA

   How does this happen? Dr. R. Abraham, No. 2 at the HHS under Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. , has the audacity to say this is the cost of doing business. My, my, my. What a statement to make to parents and families of those victims of this contagious disease. The Outbreak has infected over 800 citizens and has forced health officials to quarantine many times that number because of exposure to those infected already.

     Dr. Abraham is a known vaccine skeptic and has railed against requiring vaccinations for infants and others following his leader's position as a voice for those who object to vaccine requirements. And now, we have the results of this government led pullback for decades of public health success eliminiating the measles virus, one of the most if not the most contagious virus known.

   why South Carolina? Simple: ignorance among a susceptible population of  under educated citizens led by under educated politicians and health professionals. If I was a doctor in South Carolina, I'd packed my bags and leave the state immediately, if not sooner. How about those politicians who are from South Carolina and now reside in Washington, D.C. in Congress?     Sad, really. Will the tiny victims recover? Time will tell while their parents struggle to keep them alive.

Trump's America, not mine.