Texas State Rep James Talarico (D): "No more forever wars."

"The FBI's Art Crime Team is coordinating its repatriation to the National Archaeological Museum of Civitavecchia."

I'm surprised the FBI still has an "art team" under Kashyap Pramod Vinod Patel.

Many years ago, the FBI turned to NYPD Detective Robert Volpe for help with art crimes and forgeries.

The detective's father was a museum art curator or something to that effect, so this young man grew up with fine arts.

Robert Volpe became an NYPD cop and then detective with world-renown expertise on forgeries and provenance.

Cayden Cork (20) threatened to publicly release AI-created deepfakes of a woman if she did not send actual nude photos of herself to him.

Besides throwing away a free Ivy League-caliber education, excellent health care, and a promising career, this young man threw his life away forever with his abhorrent conduct and resulting court-martial.

Worse, Cayden Cork deprived a more deserving young man or woman to attend West Point. The USMA typically offers around 1,200 to 1,300 freshman slots each year, but the number of applicants every year range from 11,400 to 13,700.

Sidenote: Last year, a US Army Soldier was arrested for using AI to generate child pornography.

Link:

*** Pakistan: Angry Protestors Repelled from US Consulate; Security Forces Kill Six ***

Dummkopf Trumpf has diminished America into both a Pariah nation and Rogue state like Israel, where they both now stew in the same gutter.

Americans oversea should expect more global hostility towards them thanks to Trumpf and ICC-indicted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu.

"This is the world's worst deal to buy an aircraft," a senior Trumpf junta apparatchik complained about Kristi Noem's idiotic plan. Another griped: "This is an abuse" and a misuse of federal money.

Good-for-nothing Kristi Noem purchased two Gulfstream G700 luxury jets in October. A third plane, a Boeing 737 nicknamed the Big Beautiful Jet, is being leased with plans to buy it for about $70 million. The funding comes from the One Big Beautiful Bill's cash infusion to DHS.

The two Gulfstreams cost a total of roughly $200 million. They initially were paid for out of accounts meant to secure the maritime border, buy new C-130 Hercules planes, and upgrade the Coast Guard's older fleet.

As governor of South Dakota, Noem spent more than $60,000 renovating the governor's residence, adding luxury rugs, chandeliers and a sauna. More than $150,000 worth of Noem's travel expenses for political and personal travel were also covered by South Dakota taxpayers, after her travel documents were revealed in a court case.

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Dummkopf Trumpf hired the nefarious Kristi Noem allegedly because of her brutal decision to murder an innocent defenseless puppy named Cricket. The incredibly cruel Kristi Noem is living rent-free on a US military base and reportedly having an affair with the odious Corey Lewandowski.

There is no "fixing" DHS and ICE other than completely dismantling them, but first impeaching the profligate puppy-killing Kristi Noem.

*** Warmonger US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC): "War With Iran is a Noble Cause Worth Americans Dying For" ***

This Dummkopf Trumpf lickspittle and Islamophobe receives a ton of money from AIPAC while enjoying a robust salary and platinum healthcare coverage inside the US Capitol.

When this dinosaur finally retires from the US Senate, he's going to have a wonderful pension after doing NOTHING meaningful or beneficial for the American people after decades of warmongering and protecting Israel and oligarch interests.

*** Tucker Carlson: "Attack on Iran Disgusting and Evil" ***

Hi American Unity

I do recall the devastation that Israel caused Lebanon.

I also remember Ronald Reagan sticking his nose into the fight by sending US Marines into Beirut in 1983.

Our Marines suffered more than the French forces who were also attacked with a truck bomb on the same day.

The French had been conducting patrols and conversing with the locals and giving out candy, food, or other supplies (CI/AT-FP/PSYOP measures), while our Marines bunkered down.

So, a local child informed one of the friendly French patrols that that something "bad was going to happen on Sunday."

The French forces immediately hardened their fortifications, unlike the US Marines who didn't make friends with the locals.

Result: The dual truck bomb attacks killed 307 people: 241 US and 58 French military personnel, six civilians and two of the attackers.

I worked for some Kurds years ago.
Arrogant,Master Race type people.
"Greater Kurdistan" was a Fetish with them.
So I just don't know What To Think, to be honest.
The people I worked for were okay but off putting.
I was kinda glad to get Fired.

#19 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-02-28 07:39 PM | Reply

Hi Effeteposer:

Were the Kurds you worked with Kurmanci, Sorani, or Zaza speakers?

Iran supported groups resisting Israeli aggression. After the IDF invaded Lebanon in 1982, they allowed the Christian Falange militia to massacre captured Lebanese and Palestinian POWs while the IDF soldiers smoked cigarettes and put fingers in their ears to not hear the gunfire and screaming.

The ineffective Shia movement (Amal) thus gave way to Lebanese Hezbollah to protect themselves from IDF attacks.

Tehran wouldn't have been supporting guerilla fighters in the Middle East if hadn't been for the IDF exterminating Palestinians or attacking Lebanon and Syria.

Regardless of whoever is in charge in Tehran, they will want to defend their fellow co-religionists in Syria, Lebanon, or Yemen.

Killing this poor guy won't change a thing except anger the Iranian people more.

I haven't seen any terrible language from Ali Khameini other than excoriating Israel for killing Muslims.

Benjamin Netanyahu killed more people than Ali Khameini and Usama Bin Laden combined and was rightfully indicted by the ICC for war crimes.

In a country the size of New Jersey, the IDF operates about 60 military bases.

Except for a few targets in the Negev Desert, civilians live around these military sites.

When Israeli civilians are killed by rocket or drone attacks, the Israeli government will bark: "The Iranians targeted civilians!"

The same holds true for Gaza, roughly the size of Philadelphia PA.

Civilians and resistance fighters must share the same space and therefore casualties.

"In a post on X, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) wrote that it "stands with the United States, Israel and the Iranian people, who deserve dignity and freedom from a regime that murders its own citizens."

They just described the US.

Must feel good vaporizing an old guy who never molested an underage girl.

*** Democratic Party NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Condemns Illegal US and Israeli Attack on Iran ***

"Today's military strikes on Iran " carried out by the United States and Israel " mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war. Americans do not want this. They do not want another war in pursuit of regime change. They want relief from the affordability crisis. They want peace.

"I am focused on making sure that every New Yorker is safe. I have been in contact with our Police Commissioner and emergency management officials. We are taking proactive steps, including increasing coordination across agencies and enhancing patrols of sensitive locations out of an abundance of caution.

"Additionally, I want to speak directly to Iranian New Yorkers: you are part of the fabric of this city " you are our neighbors, small business owners, students, artists, workers, and community leaders. You will be safe here."

Libertarian: The way to vote Republican without being hated for being one.

Thanks for stalking me and flagging my comments as "FUNNY."

That's the same as "NEWSWORTHY."

Don't pick your nose too hard or you'll give yourself a nosebleed.

What's up with Christianity and kidnapping?

South Carolina protest at the state capitol today in exactly twenty minutes:

The IDF murdered these two human beings in Gaza while innocent schoolgirls were getting killed in Iran.

Muslims make up a tiny 1.34% of the American population.

What Laura Loomer, Randy Fine, AIPAC Democrats/Republicans, Rudy Ghouliani, Faux News, OANN, the Trumpf junta, Bruce Blakeman, Texas/Florida politicians, and faux Christians are practicing is beyond Islamophobia (AKA the fear of Muslims or Arabs)

These hatemongers are practicing Islamomisia-- AKA the hatred of Muslims in the US and the Middle East.

This makes ethnic cleansing and mass murder of Muslims easier, as we have seen over the past 25 years of the GWOT and the IDF in Gaza.

@83 And note these two dinosaurs-- Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries-- who are aiding and abetting the mass murder of Muslims, Arabs, Palestinians, and Iranians in the Middle East-- both call for "reforming" or "fixing" ICE-- not abolishing it.

True American progressives are calling for dismantling Amerikkka's Gestapo, not "tweaking it a bit."

The Senate and House Minority Leaders-- both DEMOCRATS-- will to move impeach and then convict Israel's best friend?