More accountability.. Just not in the US.

I'm not very far into this piece that @carlquintanilla.bsky.social posted about, but it's clear there is a bit of brilliance at work here. Frightening as fuck but brilliant. www.citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic

Section 122 specifies that the president can act to address an international balance of payments problems to restrict imports for 150 days with tariffs that are not to exceed 15%. So, what is an international balance-of-payments crisis?

The screenshot was easier than re-skeeting the individual bits

Everyone who's shocked by this, raise your hand.. Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? "U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who was nominated to the bench by Trump, granted a request from the president. Cannon’s order blocking the release also applies to AG Bondi’s successors at the Justice Department.

More than 1,500 crimes recorded by police across England and Wales, including the alleged rape of children under 13, mention the gaming platform Roblox, an investigation by The Times has found.

I, for one, am 100% in favor of adding snowball fighting to the winter Olympics. This year’s 37th Showa-Shinzan International Yukigassen featured more than 1,000 helmet-clad warriors in 118 teams lobbing snowballs at each other. The champions were a team from northern Hokkaido called NMT.

A coincidence, no doubt.. www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/02/20/u...

The emails about Putin and his family are dated 2 yrs after Epstein’s 1st conviction. In Nov 2011, Epstein invited Myhrvold to his private island in the and the Seattle Times notes that messages were “peppered with vulgarities and innuendo,” suggesting a close relationship between the two men.

[A] person who caused the death of Israeli citizens "deliberately or through indifference, from a motive of racism or hostility against a population, and with the aim of harming the State of Israel and the national revival of the Jewish people in its homeland — shall be sentenced to death."

Accountability.. That the US can't seem to do this with ICE/CBP et. at. infuriates me.

The patient, a migrant woman, was screaming from the gurney on which paramedics had brought her in, and a nurse rushed to help — only to be stopped by two ICE agents who blocked her path.

So if modern technology has turned war on the ground into a bloody stalemate — much bloodier for Russia than for Ukraine, but still indecisive — what will determine victory and defeat? The answer, which has been true in most wars, is that it will come down to resources and logistics.

The inimitable Jonathan Pie.. youtu.be/yiOvAgw4hwE?...

Damn Progressive attempting to influence future elections by giving not-yet-voters a snow day. ELECTION INTERFERENCE! apnews.com/video/mamdan...

Inhuman and evil..

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While we're at it.. Fuck Victor Orban.

Two gift articles from the Atlantic

Feeling good about the tariff decision. Here's some Hound Dog Taylor youtu.be/XFwzN2Wde-Q?...

The court holds that IEEPA does not authorize the president to impose the tariffs.

GDP lower, Inflation higher... Thanks, Trump..

Iran’s power and ambition across the region is diminished, and the prospect of an Iran-centric order has receded. For Middle Eastern leaders, the threats have changed: the greatest risks are now an expansionist and aggressive Israel, and the chaos of a potentially collapsed Iranian state.

The fuck you say!? The Indiana House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee passed a bill establishing a Northwest Indiana Stadium Authority to finance, construct and lease a stadium by a 24-0 margin. The Bears are looking at a tract of land near Wolf Lake in Hammond, Indiana.

I've heard this kind of nonsense before. They are 100% doomed, IMO. As we focus on our growth strategy to lean further into social and streaming, we are redefining who we are as a company and the role we play for our customers,” David Rawlinson said..

The difference between today and Sunday PM is massive.

From LeMonde On Feb 18, Paris Prosecutor announced the opening of two investigations. One will focus on "human trafficking," covering what is commonly called solicitation or recruitment, and the other on "financial offenses of money laundering, breaches of probity, or tax fraud."

Bastards know exactly who they are fluffing..

OFF WITH HIS HEAD!

NEC Director Kevin Hassett calls for @newyorkfed.org researchers to be "disciplined" for a study that shows US companies bear nearly 90% of the Trump tariff burden. Indeed, the NY Fed conclusion differs from the Kiel Institute, which estimates 94%; and the CBO, which estimates 95%...

The first credible opinion poll since Maduro’s capture found that 91 percent of Venezuelans want elections and want the results respected. In a hypothetical vote, Machado defeats Rodríguez 67 to 25 percent. The metric that matters to this administration is barrels, not ballots.

For followers of @jaimehylton.bsky.social, please know that her NEW account is @shadowjaime.bsky.social. We‘re trying to gather lost followers who don’t know about the change that came through no fault of her own. She lost most of her people! Please re-follow — or follow for the first time. REPOST🙏

The most surprising thing for me is the fact that McCain, Ore-Ida, and Sonic branded tots are all from the same company. "The Food and Drug Administration has announced the Class II recall of tater tots made by McCain Foods. Two brands are part of the recall: Ore-Ida and Sonic."

Please stay the fuck away.. "Trump has endorsed Clay Fuller, district attorney for the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit, in a special election to fill the Congressional seat that was held by MTG. More than 20 people have thrown their hats in the race to replace Greene in Georgia’s 14th District."

GEORGIA — Trump’s DHS just bought an ICE detention warehouse for $128 MILLION… that sold for $29 MILLION two years ago… from a Russia-based real estate company.🤔 Nothing to see here, folks! We are being looted so hard by these crooks

Trump can issue an executive order changing the temperature at which ice becomes water, but that won’t make it happen. The Constitution couldn’t be clearer: Presidents don’t run elections; the states do.

LATEST CBO UPDATE "Several important federal programs are internally financed through trust fund accounting, where spending is covered by dedicated revenue plus reserves. CBO projects that two of those trust funds will run out of money in the next six years, with a third likely to run out by 2040."

Damn..

I took this selfie a couple of weeks ago after I got a new phone. I was going to delete it but decided to play around with some AI edits for shits and giggles. Results follow. I'm better looking in AI, I think.

1) Derek Dooley, non-voting former football coach 2) Mikey Collins, a rabid shithead 3) Buddy Carter, buffoon 1st class The cesspool of embarrassment that was Herschel Walker wasn't enough for the Georgia GOP. The normies, and there are several, won't go near this disaster.

Chipmunks and squirrels, as well as a variety of birds, frequently come and clean up the seeds that fall to the ground by the bird feeders. Today, Mr. O'Possum (first name Paddy) stopped by on his rounds for a week bite. Rain on the windows and screens lead to poor images..

Regardless of the size, as long as the US continues to run budget DEFICITS, the overall DEBT will continue to increase and interest on the debt will increase as well. At some point, it seems to me, we will no longer be able to outrun the debt as economic growth will not be able to keep pace.

Over the course of 2025, the average tariff rate on U.S. imports increased from 2.6% to 13%. In this blog post, we ask how much of the tariffs were paid by the U.S., using import data through November 2025. We find that nearly 90% of the tariffs’ economic burden fell on U.S. firms and consumers.

Changes in CBO’s Budget Projections Since January 2025 The deficit for 2026 is $0.1 trillion (or 8%) more in CBO’s current projections than it was in the agency’s January 2025 projections, and the cumulative deficit over the 2026–2035 period is $1.4 trillion (or 6%) greater (see Chapter 5).

As if we needed confirmation.. The National Bureau of Economic Research also found that the pass-through of tariffs was "almost 100%", meaning the US is paying for the increase in prices, not exporting countries.

Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, was killed by dart frog poison administered by the Russian state according to a statement released by five countries, the UK, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands. The US was not one of the intelligence agencies making the claim.

Rubio speech at MSC—in short: US sees global trade, diplomacy, migration, immigration, global institutions and global affairs in general as a “foolish post-WWII mistake” and invites Europe “so save itself by each protecting sovereignty, closed borders, and Christianity” alike Trump’s America.