President Trump said on Friday that the U.S. military conducted one of the most "powerful" bombing raids and totally "obliterated" every military target on Iran's Kharg Island, one of the country's most vital economic outposts.
RCP Average 2/21 - 3/12
Approve: 42.9
Disapprove: 54.4
Spread: -11.5
Connecticut Democrats are sounding the alarm over what they say are Republican-led efforts to subvert the electoral process. Two bill proposals being considered in the state legislature would usher in changes to the state's election laws, including provisions to allow absentee ballots to be submitted over the internet, prevent federal immigrations agents from being within 250 feet of polling places and banning guns from voting areas.
Skipping meals, driving and prescriptions are just a few trade-offs that a third of Americans say they're making to pay for health care. A new poll by West Health-Gallup Center on Healthcare in America found that as millions continue to face higher insurance premiums and out-of-pocket expenses, many people say they are having to cut back on other necessities to afford it.
A top federal judge in Washington on Friday blocked Justice Department subpoenas to the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors after determining the government "produced essentially zero evidence" to support a criminal investigation of Fed Chair Jerome Powell, according to an unsealed court opinion.
OK, here is a sample of who I consider to be excellent rock vocalists ...
k.d. lang & Roy Orbison - Crying
www.youtube.com
@#27 ... Steve Winwood ...
Yeah, he entered the Hall of Fame a while ago for his work in Traffic.
Here's a video he is in that I enjoy ...
2021 Remaster "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" with Prince, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Steve Winwood
www.youtube.com
And then, there is all his work in Traffic.
Don't get me started ...
@#19 ... It's worse than that.
No quarter is refusing to accept the surrender of non-combatants. ...
OK, that led me to explore ...
No quarter ...
Analysts say US threat of 'no quarter' for Iran violates international law
www.aljazeera.com
... Rights groups have slammed United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for saying that "no quarter" will be shown to Iran, as the US and Israel continue their military campaign against the country.
"We will keep pressing. We will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, no mercy for our enemies," Hegseth told reporters on Friday.
Under the Hague Convention and other international treaties, it is illegal to threaten that no quarter will be given.
Domestic laws, such as the 1996 War Crimes Act, also prohibit such policies. US military manuals likewise warn that threats of "no quarter" are illegal.
Brian Finucane, a senior adviser at the International Crisis Group, a think tank, said Hegseth's comments appear to run afoul of those standards.
"These comments are very striking," Finucane told Al Jazeera over a phone call. "It raises questions about whether this belligerent, lawless rhetoric is being translated into how the war is being conducted on the battlefield."
But Hegseth has publicly dismissed concerns about international law, claiming he would abide no "stupid rules of engagement" and no "politically correct wars". ...
It's been a couple three weeks since I have posted these stats ...
President Trump Job Approval
www.realclearpolling.com
...
RCP Average 2/21 - 3/12
Approve: 42.9
Disapprove: 55.4
Spread: -11.5
President Trump Approval - Economy
www.realclearpolling.com
RCP Average 8/18 - 10/8
Approve: 41.3
Disapprove: 55.3
Spread: -14.0
President Trump Job Approval - Immigration
www.realclearpolling.com
RCP Average 2/9 - 3/9
Approve: 39.8
Disapprove: 59.1
Spread: -17.3
President Trump Job Approval - Inflation
www.realclearpolling.com
RCP Average 2/16 - 3/9
Approve: 36.
Disapprove: 61.1
Spread: -25.1
President Trump Approval - Crime
www.realclearpolling.com
RCP Average 2/13 - 3/3
Approve: 45.5
Disapprove: 49.7
Spread: -4.2
imo, a powerful tune ...
Call - I Don't Wanna (1987)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
...
I ain't here to hold you when you cry
I ain't here to hold your shaky hand
I ain't here to look you in the eye
Or beg for you to understand
I ain't gonna walk you thru your dreams
Walk you thru this life that we all know
I ain't here to listen while you speak
I ain't here to heal your broken soul
Am I here at all?
I ain't here to tell you what you need
I ain't gonna take a noble stand
I ain't here to look you in the eye
Or beg for you to understand
I can only tell you what I've seen
I can only tell you how it felt
When my heart was crushed so bad inside
Till I felt the hatred slowly melt
I don't wanna
I ain't gonna watch your every move
I ain't gonna dog your every step
I ain't here to shape your every mood
I ain't here to keep your secrets kept
Oh, but if I held you in my arms
If I could squeeze you till we cry
I don't wanna lose this love I feel
I don't wanna lose this fight tonight
I ain't gonna
I ain't here to hold you when you cry
I ain't here to hold your shaky hand
I ain't here to look you in the eye
I don't want you under my command
...
OK, my first question is along the lines of ...
Last June, Pres Trump said that we had obliterated Iran's nuclear facilities.
Iran's Nuclear Facilities Have Been Obliterated -- and Suggestions Otherwise are Fake News (June 2025)
www.whitehouse.gov
Yet, one of the main reasons for Pres Trump's current unprovoked war against Iran is to eliminate the very nuclear capability that he said had been obliterated.
OK, working with that premise ...
When Pres Trump says the US obliterated every military target on Iran's Kharg Island, should we take that statement with a grain of salt, because Pres Trump lies?