*** Iran Purchased Advanced MANPAD Systems from Russia ***

"Iran agreed to a secret 500 millionn Euro arms deal with Russia to acquire thousands of advanced shoulder-fired missiles in its most significant effort to rebuild air defenses shattered during last year's war with Israel. The agreement, signed in Moscow in December, commits Russia to deliver 500 man-portable "Verba" launch units and 2,500 "9M336" missiles over three years.

Under the Verba contract, the deliveries are scheduled in three tranches, running from 2027 through 2029. One person familiar with the transaction said it was possible a smaller number of the systems could have been already delivered to Iran."

~snip~

America's sanctions and isolation against Iran have driven them deep and tight with the Kremlin and both Tehran and Moscow need each other against their enemies: Ukraine and Israel.

Any US attack against Iran now or in the future must take into account these advanced Russian MANPAD systems. US jet fighters are expensive and the lives of our Servicemembers are even dearer. Casualties and destroyed fighter craft will quickly make war with Iran unpopular.

The American people are sick and tired of war and a system that spends trillions of dollars on the miliary-industrial complex making oligarchs wealthy, but spending ZERO federal dollars on universal healthcare, as enjoyed by the residents of Germany, Israel, Canada, Greenland, Denmark, Taiwan, Albania, or the UK.

"The Democratic National Committee's research on what went wrong in 2024 has been under lock and key since party leaders decided last year to hide it from the public, a reflection of how explosively it could resonate within the party and beyond.

During her brief 107-day campaign Kamala Harris sought to strike a balance, showing strong support for Israel while calling for a ceasefire and expressing sympathy for Palestinians under attack in Gaza as well as the hostages being held by resistance fighters.

Harris wrote her in book that President Biden's unpopularity, which she argued was partly because of "his perceived blank check" to ICC-indicted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu, harmed her in 2024. Harris wrote that she privately "pleaded" with Biden, who was getting called "Genocide Joe" by Dummkopf Trumpf and others, to show more empathy for civilians in Gaza. But during her campaign, the VPOTUS declined to publicly break with him over Israel."

~snip~

Hatemonger Bruce Blakeman was among the first local leaders in the country to join Dummkopf Trumpf's mass deportation effort by partnering with ICE.

Blakeman rented 50 local jail cells in East Meadow to ICE at a nightly rate of $195 per detainee and designated ten Nassau County PD detectives to work as immigration officers. Nine new counties across New York State and more than 1,000 agencies nationally have joined the program, known as 287(g), since Dummkopf Trumpf seized power on 20 Jan 2025.

"This inhuman program is exclusively designed to remove criminals from our communities," Blakeman brayed on 4 Feb 2025. "I want to stress that this program is about illegal migrants who have committed crimes. This isn't about raids. This is targeted enforcement."

~snip~

This MAGA lunatic's litany of blasphemies is lengthy and repulsive:

Libertarian: The way to vote, think, behave, and lie like a Republican, without being labeled or hated as a Republican.

Plausible (or implausible) deniability, to wit:

Libertarian: "Argh! I'm not a Republican, I'm a Libertarian! Blargh! See?"

Interviewer: "Have you ever voted for a Democrat?"

Libertarian: "Gargh! I told you already! I'm a Libertarian! Blargh! Why would I ever vote for a Democrat? Pflargh!"

**** Jalisco New Generation Cartel Leader Rendered Ineffective by Mexican Security Forces ****

"The Mexican army neutralized the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Rubn Oseguera Cervantes, "El Mencho," on Sunday, decapitating what had become Mexico's most powerful drug cartel and thrusting swaths of the nation into chaos.

The drug lord was the Mexican government's biggest prize yet to show the Epstein administration in its efforts to crack down on the cartels, and his death was met with a forceful reaction from the cartel, known by its Spanish initials CJNG.

Cars burned out by cartel members blocked roads in nearly a dozen Mexican states and left smoke billowing into the air. Jalisco's capital, Guadalajara, was turned into a ghost town Sunday night as civilians hunkered down. School was canceled Monday in several states."

The family is most likely well-armed since they live in North Carolina.

The deceased took a shotgun with him, but I'm sure there are other firearms in their home.

Let these MAGAts shoot it out amongst themselves and leave us innocents alone.

Medical center officials also canceled all elective medical procedures that were scheduled for the day and rescheduled all but dialysis appointments at the medical center's location in the Jackson Medical Mall in the state's capital.

That medical center remained open and provided medical services on Friday. Hospital officials said they and federal law enforcement were in contact with those who carried out the ransomware attack.

In the meantime, doctors and medical center staff were using pen and paper while continuing to provide medical services for patients until the IT system is restored.

The university health clinics provide many services, including treating cancer and chronic pain.

Just wait until Dummkopf Trumpf's "BBB" really kicks in or when inhuman AI avatars start treating poor patients in rural clinics.

ICE has been in the Florida Keys decimating the labor pool and destroying the lobster industry.

Migrants who are experienced, expert fishermen stopped showing up for work because of ICE raids.

From either of our DIA HQs or the Pentagon, I would on occasion meet with my counterparts at CIA or NSA HQ.

I preferred the closer CIA campus because the outdoor smoking area in the center was another friendly network. I ran into someone I worked with in the Balkans from years ago and we chatted it up out there.

NSA HQ was a longer drive and their security protocols were tighter than CIA, so that was less pleasant for me.

Nevertheless, I was able to come back from both HQs having learned something and happy I was able to offer an insight or two on an issue.

Under today's Epstein Administration, I would probably learn very little from my counterparts and they would be disinclined to learn anything from me.

Perfect example of the good-for-nothing profligate Epstein Administration.

On Tuesday 5 Nov 2024, 76,535,898 imbeciles voted for idiots that are burning through the US Treasury like wildfire.

How's your healthcare working out, MAGAts?

Did the BBB start kicking in hard for you yet?

**** Epstein Administration Backtracks on TSA Pre-Check Suspension ****

Idiots voted for idiots to lead the US.

Scott "Piece of Utter Absolute ---" Bessent?
Heck, just shorten it to Scat Bessent.

#25 | Posted by cbob at 2026-02-22 06:12 PM | Reply | Flag: Excellent use of "Occam's razor."

I-95, the "Iron River" of Amerikkka, makes it easy for gun-runners and would-be assassins to move around the country, like in this case.

The real target for these meshugenas to eliminate is the deplorable Ghislaine "G-Max" Maxwell.

That's what Dummkopf Trumpf and the Epstein Administration want.

From a karma and justice perspective, that would be apropos.

But Ghislaine Maxwell as a captive is an intelligence bonanza.

Too bad the wrong people are in charge.

So, Ghislaine Maxwell serves another purpose for the time being:

Hi Corky

While you might use your fistic prowess on Scott "Piece of Utter Absolute ---" Bessent, I'll just scratch out his beady little eyes.

The Israelis, the Kremlin, Ghislaine Maxwell, and maybe the Chinese MSS (if Chinese-made cameras were installed in Jeffrey Epstein's Upper Eastside manse by the Mossad), all have damaging dirt on Dummkopf Trumpf.

Everybody but the right people like SC Jack Smith, SC Robert Mueller, NYS AG Letitia James, or Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, had access to the Epstein files.

No wonder Dummkopf Trumpf in early 2025 revoked any federal security clearances held by NYS AG Letitia James and DA Alvin Bragg.

21 Jan 2021 to 19 Jan 2025 was all wasted time in taking down Dummkopf Trumpf. thanks to USAG Merrick Garland.

Who was Merrick Garland protecting? Alan Dershowitz, the Kushner family, and the Mossad?

**** Good-For-Nothing Billionaire Scott Bessent Condemns 'Venom' from Democrats Against Dummkopf Trumpf After Armed Man Killed at Mar-a-Lago: They Are Normalizing This Violence' ****

""They are normalizing this violence. It's gotta stop," Bessent whined during an appearance on Sunday Morning Futures on Faux News.

He lied again to TV tumor Maria Bartiromo a moment later, "This venom from the left really has to stop. They normalize this violence."