Dummkopf Trumpf pardoned crypto-currency crook Changpeng Zhao whose company transferred $1.7bn to Iran.

"Jorge Perez Alvarez (21) suffers from a genetic disease preventing his lungs from pumping air on their own. He needs a ventilator at all times to keep breathing.

His ventilator's backup battery is supposed to last more than a day, but that has been tested repeatedly in recent weeks, including three nationwide outages that each pushed up against its limits. And with the power out for hours every day, there is hardly enough time to recharge it.

"I don't know how long we can keep going," said his mother, Xenia lvarez, standing near her son's crumpled body in his bedroom in a poor neighborhood of Havana. "His life depends on electricity."

~snip~

As soon as I see one of those DJT currencies, I'll ask for another bill.

Who the --- wants to carry him around?

**** Vatican Secretary of State: "US-Israeli War Against Iran is Not Just" ***

"Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, said that the US-Israeli war on Iran does not meet the Catholic Church's criteria for a just war.

"No, it does not seem to meet the conditions," he told reporters on the sidelines of an academic conference at the Vatican Apostolic Library."

In the US, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, the archbishop of Washington, stated that the US entry into war with Iran was 'not morally legitimate.'

Sources:

*** James Talarico's (D-TX) Counterpart in Maine Ahead of Both AIPAC Opponents ***

"Oyster farmer and former USMC combat veteran Graham Platner (D) has a wide 27-point lead over Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) in the Maine Democratic primary election for the US Senate.

"47.8% of respondents in the Emerson College poll said they would support Platner, versus 40.6% who would support status quo dinosaur US Senator Susan Collins (R-ME)."

~snip~

Both of these AIPAC dinosaurs are behind in the polls to Graham Platner, just like Andrew Cuomo was against NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) last year.

Americans are plain sick and tired of Islamophobia and the "forever wars" in the Middle East.

The more Muslims Israel kills this year, the better the chances for non-AIPAC Democrats in 2026 to win.

And all Democrats should be pleased with peace-loving, progressive candidates like Graham Platner or James Talarico, right?

Sources:

In that classic scene, the class warfare angle erupts from Der Fuhrer: "I conquered Europe and I never went to an (elite) academy like you Generals."

Der Fuhrer still harbored resentments from the First World War when the Generals sent massive human wave attacks into blistering machinegun fire in those great open killing fields (like the Russian soldiers against Ukraine today).

The Little Corporal was also injured from a poisonous Mustard gas attack just one month before the Armistice which seemed to haunt him the rest of his life, even though he had recovered.

Morning Doc Sarvis:

Thank you.

Finished re-reading Of Mice and Men last night.

John Steinbeck must have been a great story teller in person.

Now I'm deciding between Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury, 1962) or Gods, Heroes, and Men of Ancient Greece (W.H.D. Rouse, 1957).

After some more coffee and a smoke, I'll finally decide.

Hi Doc Sarvis and AU:

Most unworthy recipient.

What has he written?

Bill Maher is like "TV Soma" for the Jane Vassars and Billy Birkenstocks of America.

This arrogant TV tumor has amassed a mega-fortune for himself while pretending to be "one of us;" he's done a wonderful job of deflecting and distracting from real issues affecting the American people -- like his nefarious counterpart Joe Rogaine.

*** Belligerent Netanyahu Junta Deploying Another Infantry Division to Southern Lebanon ***

Hi AU:

These cases in SDFL are being funneled to Her Horror USDJ Aileen Cannon.

In the federal system, the Clerk of Court is supposed to randomly draw the name of a USDJ when a petitioner appears with a matter for adjudication.

Once the USDJ or magistrate receive a case, that is their "vector" until conclusion.

In the US, we are technically not supposed to have "favorite go-to judges," even though I preferred some over others, like the wonderful late USDJ Jack Weinstein in EDNY.

*** Incompetent Epstein Administration All Lost-at-Sea; US Allies Confused by Dummkopf Trumpf's Scattershot Incoherence ***

FTA:

"Dummkopf Trumpf's blither-blather messaging on what he wants from American allies in the illegal US-Israeli war against the people of Iran (AKA Operation Epstein Fury), is so confusing that any effort to help in reopening the Strait of Hormuz remains deadlocked.

More than 30 nations, including a majority of NATO countries, have pledged "appropriate efforts" to restart shipping through the critical trade chokepoint after the geriatric morbidly obese pedophilic US president slammed allies as "COWARDS" for failing to volunteer their assistance."

~snip~

The West needs Middle Eastern oil to flow through the Strait of Hormuz to lower their domestic energy costs and keep inflation down, but many US allies are reluctant to suffer any military casualties on behalf of Israel, a Pariah state and Rogue nation that has been ethnically Palestinians since 7 Oct 2023 and who on 28 Feb conducted the surprise "9/11" joint attack with the US against the people, infrastructure, and environment of Iran.

Links:

All or most of the devious Trumpf junta prosecutions will take place in the Southern District of Florida (SDFL) satellite courthouse where USDJ Aileen Cannon presides.

Her Horror wants to be a SCOTUS Justice as payback for unscrupulously sabotaging SC Jack Smith's prosecution against the draft dodging morbidly obese pedophilic warmongering Kremlin asset and Israeli cat's paw that is befouling the White House.

Hah!

And who could comprehend Dummkopf Trumpf's word salad anyway?

"People are saying that Iran is talking to me but not saying what I want I them to say, so I say, JD!! What kind of shoes are you wearing? And nobody's got nicer shoes than Marco now, thanks to me. And having ICE at the airports will catch all them Iranians with the nuclear backpacks-- the ones that eat dogs and cats-- that's what people are saying. And look at my poll numbers-- through the roof! And where was I about Marco's shoes? Oh, yeah, Iran."

Pete Hegseth is an alcoholic misogynistic racist phony Christian whose own mother disowned him.

I would hope if American personnel are captured by the enemy, they are shown mercy and not butchered the way Secretary of War Crimes brayed.

He's a monster, pure and simple.

The suckerfish and the suckers. Symbiosis, so to speak, is right.

Dysfunctionality is attracted to dysfunctionality.

Thanks, AU.

One of the places we rehearsed at was Monkey Hill Studios near a stripper place full of 'come hither'-looking Russian debushkas.

Hi Clownshack:

What's worse? The idiot in the White House or the imbeciles that voted for him?

What a country we have now.

AU:

I set the table and my wife looks really pleased.

The apartment is suffused with a nice aroma which is perfect since I'm hosting bridge tonight.

I'm glad to read about your friend and you because the music industry is tough, but you guys made it.

Hi AU:

Wow. Super story about the Super Bowl and your friend.

I would add something to do this but I am presently cooking a Beef Stroganoff and I'm needed in the kitchen.

More later.

Coriolanus

Hi Doc Sarvis:

Great vignette and quite accurate from what my Vietnam veteran friends related to me about douche-bag leaders.

Imagine a NYC Puerto Rican accent, New York-ish, but still Rican, if you can.

An experienced NCO (and US Army Ranger school graduate) advised his crisp, newly-minted white 1LT infantry platoon leader in Saigon: "Sir, if you want to survive this ---, you'd better listen to me. If you're here to get a medal, I'll pin it on you when you are in the body bag. Sir."

Apparently the 1LT took his advice during combat operations and the two remained friends after the war.

Another (incredible) story I heard from those same Vietnam veterans involved smuggling weapons and drugs in and out of the warzone and into the US. The scheme seemed to fantastic for me to believe since I was a young inexperienced lad soon to join the US military.

Yup, logistics of moving gear and costs of studio time in NYC become taxing, except for the vocalists.

Stewart Copeland once remarked: "I knew we made it, because I didn't have to haul around my drum kit anymore."

Last century our band would run into a musician at a studio; he'd be finishing while we were coming or vice versa.