Trump says he's considering limited military strike against Iran Trump said Thursday that he would make a decision in the next 10 to 15 days on whether to attack the Islamic Republic.
Hannity last night: We need to invade Iran because they won't give up their nuclear program. Hannity last June: Iran's "nuclear ambitions" are "officially dead" after Trump "obliterated" their nuclear sites. www.mediamatters.org/sean-hannity ...
-- Matthew Gertz (@mattgertz.bsky.social) Feb 19, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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Apropos?
Golden Earring - Twilight Zone (1982)
www.youtube.com
(the long version of the song)
Lyrics excerpt ...
...
Songwriter George Kooymans of Golden Earring was inspired not by the TV show "Twilight Zone", but by the (at that point obscure) novel The Bourne Identity, which years later would be made into a successful movie.
[Verse 1]
It's two a.m., the fear has gone
(It's two a.m., the fear has gone)
I'm sitting here waitin', the gun's still warm
(I'm sitting here waitin', the gun's still warm)
Maybe my connection is tired of takin' chances
Yeah, there's a storm on the loose, sirens in my head
Wrapped up in silence, all circuits are dead
Cannot decode, my whole life spins into a frenzy
[Chorus]
Help, I'm steppin' into the Twilight Zone
Place is a madhouse, feels like being cloned
My beacon's been moved under moon and star
Where am I to go now that I've gone too far?
Help, I'm steppin' into the Twilight Zone
Place is a madhouse, feels like being cloned
My beacon's been moved under moon and star
Where am I to go now that I've gone too far?
...
@#17
A question...
I'm having fun this evening listening to music.
But will that fun last until 4am?
Who knows.
In case it doesn't, allow me this ...
The 4 a.m. mystery (TED Talk)
www.youtube.com
Is it a mystery, or a conspiracy?
You decide. The video is kinda long (a bit over 11 minutes), but entertaining, imo
:)
@#20 ... And when they're asked if they know extending otherwise expiring tax cuts is based on all new borrowing! ...
OK, I was having some fun here, and then you came in with your usual fact-based reality. :)
{sigh}
OK, back to the GOP and deficits...
My long answer short...
The GOP complains about the deficit, vociferously.
But, the GOP seems to be the main contributor to the deficit.
U.S. Presidents and the Federal Deficit (2023)
amarkfoundation.org
... By looking at the federal deficit or surplus based on fiscal year, the data in this report show all four Republican presidents since 1980, with our methodology, increased the federal deficit during their time in office: Ronald Reagan had a 94% increase, George H.W. Bush had a 67% increase, George W. Bush had a 1,204% increase, and Trump had a 317% increase.
Both Democratic presidents since 1980 with completed terms decreased the federal deficit while in office: Bill Clinton had a 150% decrease to end his presidency with a federal surplus of $128 billion, and Barack Obama decreased the deficit by 53%. Joe Biden decreased the deficit by 50% in his first fiscal year, but his overall results are pending the end of his presidency. ...
@#21 ... But will that fun last until 4am?
Who knows. ..
It has lasted.
Listening to CSN&Y
Crosby, Stills Nash & Young - Almost Cut My Hair (1970)
www.youtube.com
Curious, the artist on the website is CS&N, but the artist on the album cover shown is CSN&Y.
I cited the song as the latter.
Lyrics excerpt ...
...
This is the third track from Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's 1970 Deja Vu written by David Crosby. It was one of the few tracks that was recorded in the studio with the entire band who were engaged in internal squabbling.
[Verse 1]
Almost cut my hair
It happened just the other day
It was gettin' kinda long
I could-a said, it was in my way
But I didn't and I wonder why
I feel like letting my freak flag fly
Yes I feel like I owe it to someone
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 2]
Must be because I had the flu for Christmas
And I'm not feelin' up to par
It increases my paranoia
Like lookin' at my mirror and seein' a police car
But I'm not givin' in an inch to fear
'Cause I promised myself this year
I feel like I owe it to someone
[Guitar Solos]
[Verse 3]
When I finally get myself together
I'm gonna get down in that sunny southern weather
And I find a place inside to laugh
Separate the wheat from the chaff
I feel like I owe it to someone
...
**** Warmonger Senator Lindsey Graham Pushing Trumpf to Attack Iran ****
"Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) whined that several people around Dummkopf Trumpf are advising him not to bomb Iran. Graham urged the geriatric pedophile to ignore them. With two aircraft carriers and hundreds of warplanes preparing for what could be a major military operation, top Trumpf junta apparatchiks said the Dotard-in-Chief still hasn't made up his mind. He has been presented with military options that include murdering Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his son.
But his team is also showing some limited flexibility in talks with Iran. A senior junta official said the US would consider an Iranian proposal that includes some "token" uranium enrichment if it ensures there is no path to a bomb.
Graham, who is close to Trumpf and began beating the war drums against Iran the moment a ceasefire was reached between Israel and Hamas, is leading the pro-strike camp in Trumpf's orbit.
As a Republican whose job it is to distract the population while the oligarchs continuing plundering America's wealth, Graham has never met a war he hasn't liked. Years ago he went on a CODEL to Afghanistan or Iraq and dressed up in camouflage and brandished a 9mm pistol trying to look tough like GI Joe. Graham is a pencil-pushing JAG O-6 in the USNR.
This warmonger visited the Middle East earlier this week and discussed attacking Iran with the leaders of Israel, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia, all paid for by the hardworking American taxpayer."
Source: Warmonger Graham
Lindsey Graham has 1,000,580 reasons to attack Iran.
*** 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.
Source: archive.ph
*** Double-Dealing Oligarch Steve Witkoff Tells Faux News Iran Close to Making Nuclear Bomb ***
Good-for-nothing oligarch Steve Witkoff, a man with zero diplomatic training or experience, and who cozies up to two ICC-indicted war criminals (Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin), bleats to viewers on Faux News that Iran is "one week away from producing a nuclear bomb."
Somehow Steve Witkoff now has magical information on Iran's nuclear program.
Worse, he admitted that Dummkopf Trumpf's illegal act of war against Iran in June 2025 failed to cripple their nuclear-bomb making capabilities.
Dummkopf Trumpf and USSECDEF Pete Hegseth both hailed those strikes as successful in destroying Iran's bomb-making capabilities.
The worst USSECDEF in American history went on to loudly criticize journalists who questioned the efficacy of those US airstrikes, asking them why they hated Trumpf and belittled his accomplishments. Link: Hegseth Loses His Cool Over Iran
Now the nefarious Trumpf junta is throwing red meat at their Islamophobic supporters that Iran is "close to a nuclear weapon."
Who are you going to trust? Dummkopf Trumpf, Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, Vladimir Putin, or Benjamin Netanyahu?
Thomas Friedman just wrote that "Bibi Netanyahu Plays Trumpf and American Jews for Fools-- Again." Link: Doc Sarvis
Source: WMDs All Over Again
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