Loved the Bee Gees — pre-disco, but that was their end. I’d say Odessa is probably still one of the best albums of all time and it is certainly the most underrated. But I have to diverge from you when you promote disco.
From Newt Gingrich:
“Movies have helped shape how generations understand America and freedom. As we approach the 250th anniversary of America, I’m thinking about the films that best capture the American story. What movies would you include on a Freedom 250 list?”
I linked at Chicago Boyz and asked: “What movies would you suggest? Consider not only those films that have had a major impact on America’s self-perception, but also excellent films that tell important parts of the story, even in they were not successful at the box office.”
Getting back to Iran, there’s a Marine Expeditionary Unit on the sea from Japan to the gulf area. I always thought of MEUs as our saviors in threatened embassies, and was offered an MEU on two different occasions when I was in charge of an embassy during a high-threat situation. I turned them down both times, and turned out to have been right that we didn’t need them. The general rule is, the local government is in charge of our security, so we always called upon them first.
NOW, for the MEU headed for the gulf right now. My recollections is that an MEU was somewhere around 2200 marines with enough supplies and equipment to be in place two weeks, but also with resupply available on the ships they travel on.
Trump has said repeatedly that he doesn’t want “boots on the ground.” My guess is that now that the defenses on Kharg Island have been degraded, an MEU could land and take over defense of the island until friendly oil engineers could be landed there. They could then stick around to prevent Iranian troops from returning, and be on their way back to Japan inside a month. That would be a short enough deployment to accomplish takeover of Kharg Island, but not give the impression we are going to invade the country.
The only other reason for sending an MEU there, it seems to me, would be to protect American diplomatic establishments in the Gulf States. We’ll see.
Complicated Song: Staying Alive
Makes one wonder how on earth folks like Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Verdi, etc etc wrote music for orchestras containing dozens of different instruments with, as the case may be, vocalists.
I guess they must have heard all the musical instruments (and vocalists) in their head. And Beethoven was deaf !!! when he wrote some of his music.
Amazing.
Re: Gingrich American movie list
I wonder if Gingrich would be open to including “Easy Rider” — the hippie story of Billy and Captain America, harkening back to WW II comics. A meditation on America, freedom and the sixties. A cultural milestone, like it or not, in the American story.
I’d like to think that Newt could go there.
F:
Kharg Island strikes me as a useless military target unless the entire Hormuz Strait is secure, and that will require boots on the ground in Iran. An MEU is not suicidal in intent.
I saw “Easy Rider” when it came out, I was 18 years old, right in the bullseye of the target demographic. Everyone I knew had the same three reactions:
1. Overrated
2. Loved Dennis Hopper, hated Peter Fonda
3. That guy who plays the lawyer is great! (then-unknown Jack Nicholson)
John Tyler:
Yes, I think it’s the case that each of those classical composers heard all the instruments in his head, playing together, and knew how that would sound. I assume that knowing music theory helps.
By the way, although the Bee Gees had producers and arrangers and the like, they apparently also heard most of the final product in their heads and gave instructions, especially Barry but to a certain degree all of them. None of them could read music, but they played instruments and of course could sing. I’ve seen people who worked with them who said the Bee Gees would sing the different instrumental parts to show them what they wanted.
James:
I like all the Bee Gees’ eras, very much including their pre-disco work.
But “Staying Alive” is probably their best-known song, and I think it’s one of their masterpieces. They have many.
There is a whole category of songs that nobody wants to admit to liking, but still get the volume cranked up if you’re driving *alone* in the car.
This is one.
Others include Dancing Queen, Sugar Sugar, Billie Jean…
JWM
Greetings from Israel, as we close out our 2nd week of Bomb Shelter living.
The Purim holiday was subdued. All parties, parades, and other gatherings were cancelled. My grandkids posted their costumes on the family Whatsapp. And I packed up leftover cookies and cakes for my son to take to the army – like many reservists, he is on an alternating schedule of one/two weeks on duty, and one week at home.
By now everyone has worked out their routine for “sheltering in place” – and thank G-d the Iron Dome and other systems have been very effective… the most difficult part over time is the disruption of sleep.
So far I have been caught just once in the shower during an alert. A few work meetings on Zoom were disrupted by alarms…. I sometimes wonder what folks at our Indian and European offices say to each other at such times… The sirens also went off while I was doing my weekly grocery shopping – which turned into a study in psychology/risk assessment as people waiting at the deli and meat counters did not want to abandon their place in line to go to the “safe room”…. it also looked like folks had decided it was more prudent to order online – many workers were filling orders rather than giving counter service.
As you can imagine, the situation has spawned a lot of dark Jewish humor. One lighter meme features a recent French-Jewish immigrant going down to the basement shelter with “just the essentials” – 3 bottles of wine.
Considering our experience in Israel with random violence by Pali “civilians” – everything from stabbings to bus ramming – I would not discount talk of sleeper cells. Stay vigilant.
Gingrich seems to have Westerns and war films in mind. Don’t mind either, but I’m not a connoisseur of them.
==
I think you’d want a film about the colonial period. Haven’t seen The New World, but that might be one to consider. There was a 1934 film adaptation of The Scarlet Letter. For the revolutionary period, you might consider 1776, Johnny Tremain and The Patriot. For the antebellum period, there are film adaptations of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, and How the West was Won. There was a biopic on Daniel Boone released in 1934 one might consider. You’ve got a mess of Civil War films from which to choose, Gone with the Wind foremost among them; there was also a film adaptation of The Red Badge of Courage. For the post-bellum period, you have Song of the South, True Grit, Shane, and East of Eden. You might consider The Music Man, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, The Great Gatsby, and Guys and Dolls for the early 20th century.
France is still, rather pathetically, trying to stay relevant…by tossing a lifeline to Hezbullah and hog-tying the Jewish State (while dispatching the Charles de Gaulle to the Eastern Mediterranean to show that France really means business)….
“France proposes historic peace deal: Lebanon to recognize Israel;
“France proposes plan requiring Lebanon to recognize Israel and disarm Hezbollah in exchange for Israeli withdrawal; proposal aims to end the state of war and facilitate peace talks within a month.”— https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/423922
…Though instead of characterizing Labour’s (et al.) strategy as a “refusal to govern” I would say it’s an “intentional fomenting of crises and chaos” à la—our old friends—Cloward-Piven.
(This was/is, of course, the gospel of the illustrious ”Biden”, along with much of the Leftoid Anglosphere…and it does seem spectacularly successful…that is, if the goal is society’s utter destruction….)
Ben David:
Please stay vigilant yourself. And safe.
Ben David – I appreciate your updates from the ground in Israel. Stay safe.
Art Deco / movies….I just watched Saints and Strangers, which is about the early days of the Plymouth colony…the Pilgrims, the non-Pilgrim colonists, and the various Indian tribes…thought it was pretty good.
While I definitely prefer some genres over others, I’m agnostic when it comes to individual songs and pieces. If it resonates on a heart and soul level with me, I’m down with it. That goes for disco as well and off the top of my head, I can’t think of anyone who did disco better than the Bee Gees. That, despite my general dislike for falsetto voices. They made you move to their music.
Achieving this objective will require Washington to help coalesce a domestic coalition capable of steering the Islamic Republic in a more pragmatic direction. Any durable post-Khamenei order will need to account for Iran’s demographic realities, particularly the political weight of the country’s largest ethnic Azeri minority. In that context, Azerbaijan—given its ethnic, cultural, and geographic linkages to Iran’s Azeris—emerges as a critical partner with whom Washington should accelerate its expanding strategic alignment.
…
From Iran’s perspective, the northwestern frontier is the most politically sensitive of its borderlands because it is home to the country’s largest ethnic minority, the Azerbaijanis, who comprise roughly a quarter of the population and live in provinces abutting Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Turkey. The regime is especially wary because Iranian Azeri regions lie in relatively close geographic proximity to areas populated by Iranian Kurds, who are reportedly mobilizing for an armed uprising that could ignite a broader insurgency across the northwest.
…
For the Islamic Republic of Iran, the northwestern frontier represents not only an external strategic vulnerability but also a deeply rooted domestic challenge in the form of its Azeri population, concentrated in provinces bordering Azerbaijan and historically embedded in Iranian political and cultural life. Since the Safavid era, Azeris have played influential roles at pivotal moments in Iran’s history and have consistently shaped Iran’s trajectory. Their demographic weight and cross?border ethnic ties mean that unrest in northwest Iran would have immediate domestic and regional implications, a dynamic underscored by Aliyev’s assertion that an independent Azerbaijan serves as a model of hope for many Iranian Azeris. Thus, as the Iranian regime evolves, Azerbaijan is poised to exert meaningful influence over the post?theocratic shaping of the Iranian state.
Ben David – Thanks very much for your updates, all the best wishes and stay safe. We will endeavor to persevere !
John Fetterman REFUSES to allow CNN Anchor to cut Interview after he drops Trump Bombs On Media! VIDEO
Putin shuts down the internet. First it was the app Telegram, 70% of Russians have it, and people heavily relie on it for outside info. Then Starlink went down, which some 90 million Russians use
What gives? Earlier on Saturday, Caolan Robertson avers that Putin is desperate to prevent a coup d’Etate:
“For days, people in Moscow have reportedly been dealing with major internet disruptions. Apps stop working. Payments fail. Even calling a taxi becomes difficult. In a modern capital built around digital infrastructure, that kind of disruption brings everyday life to a halt.
“At the same time, the atmosphere around the Kremlin is becoming increasingly tense.
“Senior officials are being arrested. Military commanders are disappearing from public view. In Russia, where power is tightly controlled from the top, signals like this often point to growing pressure inside the system.
“Many analysts believe Vladimir Putin is increasingly worried about instability within his own elite. The war in Ukraine has not gone according to plan.
Weird. Anyone else know what’s going on in Russia!
”Then Starlink went down, which some 90 million Russians use…”
Ahhh, no. That would be nearly 2/3s of the Russian population. It is not possible for that many Russians to use Starlink. Not even close.
1) Starlink is not authorized for use in Russia by either the Russian or the American government.
2) Starlink is a subscription service, and most Russians are cutoff from international payment systems. They couldn’t pay for Starlink even if they could physically get it.
3) Starlink dishes have a built-in GPS receiver. The receiver knows where it is to within just a few meters. It will not work outside its designated area, which means it won’t work in Russia.
4) Starlink satellites broadcast into a moving footprint only a few kilometers in diameter. They will stop sending and receiving signals once that footprint crosses entirely into Russian territory.
5) Each Starlink satellite has a capacity of “only” 90 Gbps total spread among all users within the satellite’s footprint. This limits the satellite to just a few hundred simultaneous users.
6) Only 3.4% of the polar-orbiting Starlink satellites are over Russia at any given time. Most of the Starlink satellites are in either a 53-degree orbit that passes over only the southernmost parts of Russia or a 43-degree orbit that doesn’t pass over Russia at all.
There might be a few thousand Russians near the border with Finland or the Baltics that get Starlink illegally, but it is not physically possible for anywhere near 90 million Russians to have Starlink service. It just can’t happen.
Fetterman appears to be the exception that proves—AND HOW!—the rule…
(Someone may already have posted this. If so, apologies…)
What’s all this Stayin’ Alive Jive Talkin’?
“IDF reveals: Brother of Michigan terrorist was Hezbollah commander;
“According to the IDF, Ayman Ghazali’s brother, Ibrahim, was responsible for managing weapons operations within a specialized branch of the Badr Unit and was eliminated in an IAF strike.”— https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/423974
Good enough reason as any to blow up a Jew School full of Jew kiddies…and then get the ever-supportive LIBERAL media to back you up essentially exonerate you with profound understanding and compassionate rationalizations…
The Victimization Olympics proceeds apace…
Yes, Barry, as soon as I saw the perp was upset by the loss of relatives in Lebanon in an Israeli strike, I was reasonably sure said relatives were Hezbollah-connected.
It seems to me that Hezbollah and mullah Iran need look no further than any mirror to find The Little Satan and The Great Satan.
mkent. Thanks for the in depth correction on Starlink in Russia.
Yet I’m sure it is used in Russia. Yes, two-thirds of Russia is claimed at the link. Could there be an opinion poll that asks how people get news from outside Russia? With that high number crediting Starlink? Just asking.
Doug in Exile (Florida, maybe Tampa?) has posed unedited footage of mass protests in Tehran, including the Sat night toppling of the Solemeini (sp?) statue there!
Doug thinks a tipping point is arriving where the people feel safe enough to challenge the imposed order (no Bajig, for instance),
While this 10m unedited YT post ends with more street celebrations, from the middle, Doug spends around 3 minutes on the coming legal case against Tucker Carlson.
Apparently, he trafficked disinformation to the Ayatollah—saying that Trump was unlikely to attack Iran, just before Trump leads the attacks!
Foreign Agent Registration violations are coming. (LOLz anyone?)
Otherwise, this video begs for early optimism over popular support for the Israeli-US War against the Theocracy.
Loved the Bee Gees — pre-disco, but that was their end. I’d say Odessa is probably still one of the best albums of all time and it is certainly the most underrated. But I have to diverge from you when you promote disco.
From Newt Gingrich:
“Movies have helped shape how generations understand America and freedom. As we approach the 250th anniversary of America, I’m thinking about the films that best capture the American story. What movies would you include on a Freedom 250 list?”
I linked at Chicago Boyz and asked: “What movies would you suggest? Consider not only those films that have had a major impact on America’s self-perception, but also excellent films that tell important parts of the story, even in they were not successful at the box office.”
https://chicagoboyz.net/archives/76293.html
Getting back to Iran, there’s a Marine Expeditionary Unit on the sea from Japan to the gulf area. I always thought of MEUs as our saviors in threatened embassies, and was offered an MEU on two different occasions when I was in charge of an embassy during a high-threat situation. I turned them down both times, and turned out to have been right that we didn’t need them. The general rule is, the local government is in charge of our security, so we always called upon them first.
NOW, for the MEU headed for the gulf right now. My recollections is that an MEU was somewhere around 2200 marines with enough supplies and equipment to be in place two weeks, but also with resupply available on the ships they travel on.
Trump has said repeatedly that he doesn’t want “boots on the ground.” My guess is that now that the defenses on Kharg Island have been degraded, an MEU could land and take over defense of the island until friendly oil engineers could be landed there. They could then stick around to prevent Iranian troops from returning, and be on their way back to Japan inside a month. That would be a short enough deployment to accomplish takeover of Kharg Island, but not give the impression we are going to invade the country.
The only other reason for sending an MEU there, it seems to me, would be to protect American diplomatic establishments in the Gulf States. We’ll see.
Complicated Song: Staying Alive
Makes one wonder how on earth folks like Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Verdi, etc etc wrote music for orchestras containing dozens of different instruments with, as the case may be, vocalists.
I guess they must have heard all the musical instruments (and vocalists) in their head. And Beethoven was deaf !!! when he wrote some of his music.
Amazing.
Re: Gingrich American movie list
I wonder if Gingrich would be open to including “Easy Rider” — the hippie story of Billy and Captain America, harkening back to WW II comics. A meditation on America, freedom and the sixties. A cultural milestone, like it or not, in the American story.
I’d like to think that Newt could go there.
F:
Kharg Island strikes me as a useless military target unless the entire Hormuz Strait is secure, and that will require boots on the ground in Iran. An MEU is not suicidal in intent.
I saw “Easy Rider” when it came out, I was 18 years old, right in the bullseye of the target demographic. Everyone I knew had the same three reactions:
1. Overrated
2. Loved Dennis Hopper, hated Peter Fonda
3. That guy who plays the lawyer is great! (then-unknown Jack Nicholson)
John Tyler:
Yes, I think it’s the case that each of those classical composers heard all the instruments in his head, playing together, and knew how that would sound. I assume that knowing music theory helps.
By the way, although the Bee Gees had producers and arrangers and the like, they apparently also heard most of the final product in their heads and gave instructions, especially Barry but to a certain degree all of them. None of them could read music, but they played instruments and of course could sing. I’ve seen people who worked with them who said the Bee Gees would sing the different instrumental parts to show them what they wanted.
James:
I like all the Bee Gees’ eras, very much including their pre-disco work.
But “Staying Alive” is probably their best-known song, and I think it’s one of their masterpieces. They have many.
There is a whole category of songs that nobody wants to admit to liking, but still get the volume cranked up if you’re driving *alone* in the car.
This is one.
Others include Dancing Queen, Sugar Sugar, Billie Jean…
JWM
Greetings from Israel, as we close out our 2nd week of Bomb Shelter living.
The Purim holiday was subdued. All parties, parades, and other gatherings were cancelled. My grandkids posted their costumes on the family Whatsapp. And I packed up leftover cookies and cakes for my son to take to the army – like many reservists, he is on an alternating schedule of one/two weeks on duty, and one week at home.
By now everyone has worked out their routine for “sheltering in place” – and thank G-d the Iron Dome and other systems have been very effective… the most difficult part over time is the disruption of sleep.
So far I have been caught just once in the shower during an alert. A few work meetings on Zoom were disrupted by alarms…. I sometimes wonder what folks at our Indian and European offices say to each other at such times… The sirens also went off while I was doing my weekly grocery shopping – which turned into a study in psychology/risk assessment as people waiting at the deli and meat counters did not want to abandon their place in line to go to the “safe room”…. it also looked like folks had decided it was more prudent to order online – many workers were filling orders rather than giving counter service.
As you can imagine, the situation has spawned a lot of dark Jewish humor. One lighter meme features a recent French-Jewish immigrant going down to the basement shelter with “just the essentials” – 3 bottles of wine.
Considering our experience in Israel with random violence by Pali “civilians” – everything from stabbings to bus ramming – I would not discount talk of sleeper cells. Stay vigilant.
Gingrich seems to have Westerns and war films in mind. Don’t mind either, but I’m not a connoisseur of them.
==
I think you’d want a film about the colonial period. Haven’t seen The New World, but that might be one to consider. There was a 1934 film adaptation of The Scarlet Letter. For the revolutionary period, you might consider 1776, Johnny Tremain and The Patriot. For the antebellum period, there are film adaptations of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, and How the West was Won. There was a biopic on Daniel Boone released in 1934 one might consider. You’ve got a mess of Civil War films from which to choose, Gone with the Wind foremost among them; there was also a film adaptation of The Red Badge of Courage. For the post-bellum period, you have Song of the South, True Grit, Shane, and East of Eden. You might consider The Music Man, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, The Great Gatsby, and Guys and Dolls for the early 20th century.
France is still, rather pathetically, trying to stay relevant…by tossing a lifeline to Hezbullah and hog-tying the Jewish State (while dispatching the Charles de Gaulle to the Eastern Mediterranean to show that France really means business)….
“France proposes historic peace deal: Lebanon to recognize Israel;
“France proposes plan requiring Lebanon to recognize Israel and disarm Hezbollah in exchange for Israeli withdrawal; proposal aims to end the state of war and facilitate peace talks within a month.”—
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/423922
(Meanwhile, in France…)
And the cat’s out of the bag (officially):
The UK’s Regime Is Not Anarcho-Tyranny; It’s Worse than That;
“The more chaotic and corrupting and violent society becomes due to the government’s refusal to govern, the more justified the government deems itself in intensifying its totalitarian regulation of society.”—
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/the-uks-regime-is-not-anarcho-tyranny-its-worse-than-that/
…Though instead of characterizing Labour’s (et al.) strategy as a “refusal to govern” I would say it’s an “intentional fomenting of crises and chaos” à la—our old friends—Cloward-Piven.
(This was/is, of course, the gospel of the illustrious ”Biden”, along with much of the Leftoid Anglosphere…and it does seem spectacularly successful…that is, if the goal is society’s utter destruction….)
Ben David:
Please stay vigilant yourself. And safe.
Ben David – I appreciate your updates from the ground in Israel. Stay safe.
Related: Starmer Unbound…
“Britain’s Islamic Takeover Accelerates: Armed Sharia Vigilantes On Horseback Terrorize Manchester While Starmer’s Cops Refuse To Intervene”—
https://blazingcatfur.ca/2026/03/14/britains-islamic-takeover-accelerates-armed-sharia-vigilantes-on-horseback-terrorize-manchester-while-starmers-cops-refuse-to-intervene/
Barry Meislin…see also The Islamic Republic of Britain:
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/theres-nothing-accidental-about-the-kashmiri-colonisation-of-britain/
Art Deco / movies….I just watched Saints and Strangers, which is about the early days of the Plymouth colony…the Pilgrims, the non-Pilgrim colonists, and the various Indian tribes…thought it was pretty good.
Right.
Time for a Not-So-Glorious Revolution, perhaps..
“Liz Truss…: Starmer ‘Does Not Back Western Civilization’”—
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/liz-truss-donald-trump-keir-starmer/2026/03/14/id/1249509/
While I definitely prefer some genres over others, I’m agnostic when it comes to individual songs and pieces. If it resonates on a heart and soul level with me, I’m down with it. That goes for disco as well and off the top of my head, I can’t think of anyone who did disco better than the Bee Gees. That, despite my general dislike for falsetto voices. They made you move to their music.
There was a recent comment asking who are the Azeri – this post answers that question in great detail:
https://townhall.com/columnists/kamran-bokhari/2026/03/14/the-road-to-tehran-runs-through-baku-n2672560
Ben David – Thanks very much for your updates, all the best wishes and stay safe. We will endeavor to persevere !
John Fetterman REFUSES to allow CNN Anchor to cut Interview after he drops Trump Bombs On Media! VIDEO
https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2026/03/john-fetterman-refuses-to-allow-cnn.html
Putin shuts down the internet. First it was the app Telegram, 70% of Russians have it, and people heavily relie on it for outside info. Then Starlink went down, which some 90 million Russians use
What gives? Earlier on Saturday, Caolan Robertson avers that Putin is desperate to prevent a coup d’Etate:
“For days, people in Moscow have reportedly been dealing with major internet disruptions. Apps stop working. Payments fail. Even calling a taxi becomes difficult. In a modern capital built around digital infrastructure, that kind of disruption brings everyday life to a halt.
“At the same time, the atmosphere around the Kremlin is becoming increasingly tense.
“Senior officials are being arrested. Military commanders are disappearing from public view. In Russia, where power is tightly controlled from the top, signals like this often point to growing pressure inside the system.
“Many analysts believe Vladimir Putin is increasingly worried about instability within his own elite. The war in Ukraine has not gone according to plan.
“Russian forces are losing ground in key areas. Ukrainian strikes are targeting logistics hubs and supply routes….” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBryP0cd8O4
Weird. Anyone else know what’s going on in Russia!
”Then Starlink went down, which some 90 million Russians use…”
Ahhh, no. That would be nearly 2/3s of the Russian population. It is not possible for that many Russians to use Starlink. Not even close.
1) Starlink is not authorized for use in Russia by either the Russian or the American government.
2) Starlink is a subscription service, and most Russians are cutoff from international payment systems. They couldn’t pay for Starlink even if they could physically get it.
3) Starlink dishes have a built-in GPS receiver. The receiver knows where it is to within just a few meters. It will not work outside its designated area, which means it won’t work in Russia.
4) Starlink satellites broadcast into a moving footprint only a few kilometers in diameter. They will stop sending and receiving signals once that footprint crosses entirely into Russian territory.
5) Each Starlink satellite has a capacity of “only” 90 Gbps total spread among all users within the satellite’s footprint. This limits the satellite to just a few hundred simultaneous users.
6) Only 3.4% of the polar-orbiting Starlink satellites are over Russia at any given time. Most of the Starlink satellites are in either a 53-degree orbit that passes over only the southernmost parts of Russia or a 43-degree orbit that doesn’t pass over Russia at all.
There might be a few thousand Russians near the border with Finland or the Baltics that get Starlink illegally, but it is not physically possible for anywhere near 90 million Russians to have Starlink service. It just can’t happen.
Fetterman appears to be the exception that proves—AND HOW!—the rule…
“…The moral sickness of the West”—
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/my-tcw-week-in-review-the-moral-sickness-of-the-west/
(Someone may already have posted this. If so, apologies…)
What’s all this Stayin’ Alive Jive Talkin’?
“IDF reveals: Brother of Michigan terrorist was Hezbollah commander;
“According to the IDF, Ayman Ghazali’s brother, Ibrahim, was responsible for managing weapons operations within a specialized branch of the Badr Unit and was eliminated in an IAF strike.”—
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/423974
Good enough reason as any to blow up a Jew School full of Jew kiddies…and then get the ever-supportive LIBERAL media to
back you upessentially exonerate you with profound understanding and compassionate rationalizations…The Victimization Olympics proceeds apace…
Yes, Barry, as soon as I saw the perp was upset by the loss of relatives in Lebanon in an Israeli strike, I was reasonably sure said relatives were Hezbollah-connected.
It seems to me that Hezbollah and mullah Iran need look no further than any mirror to find The Little Satan and The Great Satan.
mkent. Thanks for the in depth correction on Starlink in Russia.
Yet I’m sure it is used in Russia. Yes, two-thirds of Russia is claimed at the link. Could there be an opinion poll that asks how people get news from outside Russia? With that high number crediting Starlink? Just asking.
So, you think you’ve had a bad hair day?
Check out these crazy “do”s at*
* See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGMnvq2PxUQ
Meanwhile, even though Tucker has lost his way, he can still be of use.
Doug in Exile (Florida, maybe Tampa?) has posed unedited footage of mass protests in Tehran, including the Sat night toppling of the Solemeini (sp?) statue there!
Doug thinks a tipping point is arriving where the people feel safe enough to challenge the imposed order (no Bajig, for instance),
Are the people revolting? Reza Palavi letter endorses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgBlCkyCwj4
While this 10m unedited YT post ends with more street celebrations, from the middle, Doug spends around 3 minutes on the coming legal case against Tucker Carlson.
Apparently, he trafficked disinformation to the Ayatollah—saying that Trump was unlikely to attack Iran, just before Trump leads the attacks!
Foreign Agent Registration violations are coming. (LOLz anyone?)
Otherwise, this video begs for early optimism over popular support for the Israeli-US War against the Theocracy.
https://x.com/i/status/2033600638920065495