Wait. So if this bill to disenfranchise deployed soldiers, farmers who live far from town, nursing home residents, every voter in Oregon and millions of others, Der Dotard will have to toddle on down to Palm Beach to cast his vote in some high school gym? Like that is ever going to happen...

By day's end this guy will be branded as a loser, low-life, stupid, bad golfer, unknown to the President and his advisors, with an ugly wife, dim children, small house, bad breath and ill-fitting suits by our projector in chief. A few more days of a Dotard in charge of this mistake of a war and others will follow him...

We buy farms near any military base! Cash now! Top dollar! Must have enough power to run our 'equipment'! Vacate at closing.
--Chinese spy networks

We buy hay farms! Cash now! Top dollar! Must have access to plentiful well water! We will hire you to work the land!
--Saudi investors, seeking hay for their Arabian horses

Wait. Is this the video where Heroin Bob uses a Twinkie as a suppository? Asking for a certain segment of the viewing audience...

Bring in a couple of those Chevy Suburbans in ICE livery and lines around the block would form...

Without the Filibuster, the US Senate's most notable features compared to the US House will be longer time between re-election, nicer offices and plenty of hijinks if there is an election this November, and the Dems re-take the Senate...

Todd Blanche's newest client. This lady will assert her Fifth Amendment rights from the get-go. She may not acknowledge her own name, unless her comments are all without the benefit of being sworn in...

A perfect parting gift for Stephen Colbert...

As of this morning (9am, EDT, March 12) both Brent Crude and West Texas Intermediate are up more than 45% in the past month. Month. What a moronic set of actions to reduce wind and solar energy production in this country, and to also eliminate subsidies for EV's. And The Dotard's attempt to fire up Us fossil fuel production forgets the fact that you can't just turn a valve in many cases--you have to hire a crew and a drilling rig, haul everything out there, receive about two miles of pipe, punch a hole, hit a pool or pocket, then start pumping.

Trump's action benefits only one person--Vlad Putin, who can now sell his oil at marked up prices so as to support his war machine. Trump has clearly shown himself to be either a patsy for Russia, or the most incompetent national leader in the last millennium. Maybe both...

No way on God's green earth that the GOP is going to give up the filibuster. If no one else, ask Chuck Grassley about playing the long game in the Senate. Der Dotard is just a visitor in DC; there are many others who live their lives there. They know that sooner or later the GOP will need what the filibuster delivers, and they want that power. Trump or no Trump...

Um, bad news. The price of our drone technology just went up. A lot. Sorry. We are having, um, supply problems...
--Ukrainian negotiation team, schooling their US patsies again

Hey, Trump-adjacent cowards: I hear there are some nice beachfront villas for the asking, overlooking some bay in SE Cuba. Gitmo Beach, or something like that? Plenty secure, lots of hot 19-year old jarheads to watch.

In the real world, I suspect this is some sort of status symbol, being so wanted that one's Secret Service detail cannot protect the functionary in question. Also, probably acces to a better gym, and there's always the PX, for shopping better than at Costco...

Wait. the 2020 elections were rigged, but the same folks ran a clean election in 2024. How can Americans be sure that both claims are true? Asking for a nation at risk...

Look out your window, baby, there's a scene you'd like to catch
The band is playing "Dixie", a man got his hand outstretched
Could be the Fuhrer
Could be the local priest
You know sometimes Satan, you know he comes as a man of peace
He got a sweet gift of gab, he got a harmonious tongue
He knows every song of love that ever has been sung
Good intentions can be evil
Both hands can be full of grease
You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace
Well, first he's in the background, and then he's in the front
Both eyes are looking like they're on a rabbit hunt
Nobody can see through him
No, not even the Chief of Police
You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace
Well, he catch you when you're hoping for a glimpse of the sun
Catch you when your troubles feel like they weigh a ton
He could be standing next to you
The person that you'd notice least
I hear that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace
Well, he can be fascinating, he can be dull
He can ride down Niagara Falls in the barrels of your skull
I can smell something cooking
I can tell there's going to be a feast
You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace
He's a great humanitarian, he's great philanthropist
He knows just where to touch you honey, and how you like to be kissed
He'll put both his arms around you
You can feel the tender touch of the beast
You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace
Well, the howling wolf will howl tonight, the king snake will crawl
Trees that've stood for a thousand years suddenly will fall
Want to get married? Do it now
Tomorrow all activity will cease
You know that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace
Somewhere Mama's weeping for her blue-eyed boy
She's holding them little white shoes and that little broken toy
And he's following a star
The same one them three men followed from the East
I hear that sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace
--Bob Dylan "Man of Peace"

This is not 'The Art of the Deal', its some sort of negotiation vandalism. Der Dotard is without a doubt the worst national leader in the past few centuries, and must have a hard time getting what he wants for lunch. Neville Chamberlain was an ace of diplomacy and deal-making compared to this clown.

It may be against my country's best interests, but I hope the Ukrainians get all they want and much more de dealing drones to the US. They deserve and and given who their working with, should be able to get it...

Looks like Russia is about to get a port on the Persian Gulf. Easier to send ships to the Far East, with that head start.

Der Dotard and his minions are making the same mistake the British made more than 100 years ago, i.e., they assumed that in the Middle East there were natural boundaries between political states. In fact, the area was governed by various tribes, sects and religious denominations (for more watch "Lawrence of Arabia"). Folks in the Arab World have been fighting over water rights, grazing lands and access to seaways for thousands of years. No lines on paper will change that.

Remember this, if nothing else: American boots on the ground will bring a slaughter of US troops. The Arabs HATE Americans nearly as much as they hate the Israelis. With folks like Stephen Miller, Steve Witless and J-Rad Kushner (Jews all) directing Trump's brain, it is clear to some that this fight is being brought on by Israel, with the aim of subjugating Arabs, and that will not play, as long as local militias have bullets in their AK's. This could get really bad, really fast...

One of these days in the near future, Iran could get its hands on some of those Chinese anti-ship missiles, and will start firing them into the Persian Gulf. A few will sink oil tankers lurking about the Strait of Hormuz, and shortly thereafter they will go after the biggest US ships parked like so many sitting ducks. After sinking an aircraft carrier or two, China will then be free to attack Taiwan, with no meaningful US forces to hold them off. The result, by about Easter: the US gets run out of the Middle East, Taiwan falls to China, thousands of Americans have died, billions spent on this crazy adventure, and Trump, somehow, still in office. Clip and save ...

By the time boots are in the ground in Iran most of the 40% who support this action will be ok with it, forgetting that their family members or those of their friends and neighbors are the ones who will get shot at. Shot at by people who hate them to the core. Dead or captured Americans is a look that Der Dotard and Drinky Pete will not be able to joke away. It's coming, and sooner than you know ...

Stay in your lane church man. Don't tell us Christian warriors how to act. Not when there are Muslims to kill and money to be made ...
-phony MAGA Christian nationalists

Irony is great. Z and the other European leaders will make Der Dotard crawl to them to gain their support. Trump has been Vlads patsy for years and now the little big man is selling out US forces to the Iranian military, giving targets to the Islamic republic. Russia cannot otherwise help its arms supplier Iran and Ukraine cannot give drones because those weapons are needed for homeland defense. With no significant support from any other country the US military is a bit over extended.

The only positive in this mess is that munitions factories in this country are cranking up production like that not seen in many decades. And next up: Cuba ...

Commission members who vote to approve this monstrosity know they will do so at the cost of their reputations and professional standing. The MAGA members who vote think that Der Dotard will reward them somehow, but he will kick them to the curb once they cast their votes. The sensible ones will abstain or walk in front of a bus on their way to the meeting where they would vote. A losing proposition any way. Better to resign now ...

Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

"Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries[a] wide and the tassels on their garments long; they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called Rabbi' by others.

"But you are not to be called Rabbi,' for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth father,' for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah. The greatest among you will be your servant. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.
-Matthew 23:1-12

There will be plenty of hiring for missile factories and munition plants all across the Red States, starting any day now. Minimum wage jobs, in dangerous conditions, in small towns where the employers have captive workforces--an employer's dream.

In other news, as of today (March 6, 2026) US benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude oil is up 40% in the past month. Month. Higher gas and diesel prices are here, and growing daily, thanks to our non-war in Iran. Also, since she opened her pie hole on February 11 to talk about the stock market, Pam Blondi has seen the DJIA fall 5.6%, in less than a month.

Come election season, loads of GOP-MAGA pols will be calling themselves 'proud independents', all ducking and diving if Der Dotard threatens to show up in their districts. This will be a laff riot...

This is clearly Biden's fault. If he hadn't given so many weapons to those Ukraine guys, we would be able to protect our Arab pals. Trump's world-wide military adventures have had nothing to do with weapons shortages the US is experiencing. How ironic that now Ukraine is being asked to provide drones to Gulf States, to help protect them. Of course, doing so would reduce the defensive capabilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, to protect their homeland. Where were those Gulf Sates when Ukraine asked for their support? Sheiks: it cuts both ways.

In the meantime, the Iranians will conduct an asymmetric war in the region for as long as their weapons and cash hold out. Remember: there are millions in Iran who absolutely hate the US and Israel, and will gladly give their lives to kill one Jew, GI or pilot...