Rufus T. Firefly on January 28, 2026 at 1:02 pm:
You have the insight to see and point out beauty in situations and contexts some of us are too jaded to notice. I am thinking in particular of your comments some time back about the beauty of womanhood, motherhood, and the gestation and birth of new life.
Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but sometimes it helps to have the beholder be told to take another more careful look.

God forbid. It will take more than some soothing noises quoted in a puff piece written by Bill Kristol’s son-in-law to make up for the things he has done, and the things he will do if he achieves that office.

https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2026/01/melania-trump-full-interview-01272026.html

I think Rahm Emanuel will do very well, if he runs. I’ve heard him do a few interviews recently. He’s speaking like a centrist and willing to call out the extremes in his party.

https://archive.fo/4G4Yd

Slow day on the WSJ editorial page and this was the most interesting thing.

Rahm Emanuel. He’ll likely run. My guess is he’ll get slaughtered in the primary, but I hope I’m wrong.

For renewal to win, Democrats would have to see confrontation with President Trump and Republicans as a political loser. They don’t.

Today, here’s a Sheriff in central coast of California telling citizens his deputies would no longer try and keep bystanders away from active crime events. In this case a person fled across several jurisdictions engaging in firefights, result eventually in his death and the serious wounding of a LEO. He remarked about how vile the comments in social media were to his officers.

Sheriff warns bystanders: Deputies will ‘stop trying to herd you all to safety’ during active scenes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yuQzZ0Kbz0

Right now, here’s a story coming out of Phoenix were immigration enforcement were serving warrants on people in 15 different location of a local pub chain. They never used the word deportation, just that they were serving warrants.
In this case they would be administrative warrants from a immigration judge, the first step in deportation– probably expedited deporations. There were about 150 protesters (or more) according to the reporter on the scene and you can here lots of shouting. One masked guy with an AR15 like rifle looking quite ninja like. The reporter described it as “mostly peaceful”. That was probably accurate.

Federal agents issue warrants at multiple Zipps Sports Grill locations across the Valley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mffrqt7LdLQ

Without knowing the level of protests previous to the events in Minneapolis and how much the Pretti shooting is going to enable/encourage protests around the country.

Always good to read about another changer and know that neo isn’t the only one.

When the scales fall from the eyes, they fall hard.

itt seems like this compact, secured at gunpoint, with a general of the Screaming Eagles seems to be holding, to some degree, but both Jazz Hands and the goofy mayor Frey, are stating otherwise, the Insurrection Act is at least at Defcon 2 if not one action,

the bizarre twists that have been happening in minnesota, since the good shooting, that lead to the Church mobbing, and the latest events, are really strange, the usual suspects Murkowski Collins and Tillis, aren’t surprising in their reactions, but Fetterman’s reflexive action, does seem so, (suggesting to fire Noem) some conbination of the pressure to primary him, and some sentimentality, seems to be in play,

the opposition to the spanish socialist, seems to be split between the Populares (GOP) Ciudadanos (Tea Party) and Vox (Maga) as far as one can ascertain,

other conflicts that have not been addressed are Judge Schiltz, who seems to be holding the lawfare sword,