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Kind of a mini-catchall thread for the SOTU, or joint address to Congress. ------------ Democrats Can't Applaud a Child Who Survived Brain Cancer Perhaps the star of the night at President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress was D.J. Daniels, who always dreamed of being a police officer and was sworn in as a Secret Service agent. You'd think the sour-faced Democrats could have applauded a kid who survived cancer. [...] https://twitchy.com/brettt/2025/03/04/democrats-cant-applaud-a-child-who-survived-brain-cancer-n2409347

The company is BlackRock. Better than China? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ China's Out: American Company Taking Control of Panama Canal Ports President Trump can probably chalk this up as a win: The American asset manager BlackRock, according to an announcement made on Tuesday, will be purchasing two key Panama Canal ports from a Hong Kong-based Chinese firm. The possession of these ports by a Chinese concern has, according to President Trump, represented a strategic threat to American shipping as well as to the movement of naval vessels. The ports in question are Balboa and Cristobal. [...] https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/03/04/chinas-out-american-company-taking-control-of-panama-canal-ports-n2186268

About time! ~~~~~~~~~~~ Trump Vows a Crackdown on Illegal College Protests [...] Now that the weather is getting nice, college students will start feeling frisky and not for that special someone with whom they locked eyes across the student union. No, it is time to take the keffiyehs to the dry cleaners, dust off the riot gear, head to the home repair store to stock up on spray paint, and freshen up those signs. Protest season will be here before you know it, so it's time to start planning that wardrobe, folx. The Trump administration is having none of it. Yesterday, Trump posted on Truth Social that those people, students or otherwise, who participate in illegal protests will be arrested, imprisoned, expelled, and/or deported. In some cases, it will be a bit of all of the above. And college administrators who are too compromised or timid to deal with the protesters could find their wallets considerably lighter. [...] https://pjmedia.com/lincolnbrown/2025/03/04/trump-vows-a-crackdown-on-illegal-college-protests-colleges-n4937552

What do we think about this? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trump USDA Announces $1 Billion Bird Flu Spend, $100 Million for 'New Generation' Vaccines USDA chief Brooke Rollins recently debuted a bold new proposal to counter bird flu in the poultry industry as egg prices remain astronomically high. Via United States Department of Agriculture (emphasis added): [...] https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2025/03/04/trump-usda-announces-massive-1-billion-bird-flu-spend-100-million-for-new-generation-vaccines-n4937582

Zelensky rolled over. https://x.com/zelenskyyua/status/1896948147085049916

Wow -- ours were $7 each. How fortunate! We ordered 7: one for each set of parents, more for banks, and more for other official uses, leaving us exactly one for ourselves. In our case, it was better to have risked having too many and not needing them than it was to under-order and be caught short.

Thrilling Tuesday report, see man: This was actually a pretty good day, si man. Breakfast was a turkey-&-cheese sandwich, ingest we man. Blew over to Uncle T-B.'s before noon, out-clean the Uncle-T-B.-mobile we man. Wasn't as much to throw out as we'd feared, actually quite easy man. Waited for "we will buy your jalopy" outfit to come or call, si man. Chica called to announce a delay, oh brother man. This enabled the following, see man: 1. Get Uncle T-B. back on MyChart medical system, done man 2. Get Uncle T-B. back on investment-account system, done man Many. Call bank to get Uncle T-B.'s CD application approved, done man Many. Pick up Uncle T-B.'s tax documents to give to CPA, done man Jalopy outfit was only an hour late, better than projected man. Tow-driver analyzed jalopy while highly cute chica wife did the paperwork, efficient man. Offer was $Many00, needed battery fuel pump something else man. Uncle T-B. approved of this, approbational senior he man. We consummated the deal, si man. Chica may fix us up with her sister, if no boyfriend man. We offered the $Many00 to Uncle T-B., offer we man. Uncle T-B. told us to keep it because we'd done all the work, $i man. This is almost as much income as that from a bare-bones POTS* sale, $i man. *buy yours today, si man Front office thrilled to hear that a coveted covered parking space was now available, tell we man they man. Uncle T-B. very well pleased with all outcomes, we man too man man. Returned to casa with almost enough time for a quick siesta, conclude we man. However, we lay in bed mostly coughing, dusty windy day outside man. Finally up-gave the effort, no zzz we man. Collected Mama T-B., medical imaging man. After, stopped for minor grocerying, Mama T-B. wait in T-B.-mobile man. After off-dropping Mama T-B., went to Walgreens, stuff to get on discount man. Found Mama T-B. some shoe insoles, highly pleased senior she man man. Found part of what we needed, oh well man. Went to other Walgreens, necessity man. Found rest of needed stuff, also on discount man. Got Subway** for din-din, ingest we man. **WUOC and gift card, financially savvy we man Serviced demanding miu, Where the Dickens Were You All Day Daddy man. Took shower, windy dusty day man. Do not plan to leave casa again, in for night we man. Possible caucus with new JC Wednesday, must confirm we man. Possible party with the rubias tonight, possibly cavort we man. And that was/is our thrilling Tuesday, report we man.

Texas weather Many, Kansas weather sucky, si man.

Civil Sturgeon, n. - a polite Russian fish

Then you'll never evolve into a superior primate.

Mrs. T-B. & I had a courthouse marriage (Justice of the Peace) on Halloween afternoon. We even had time to get multiple marriage certificates* printed, that day, while we waited on them. *you'll need several We had the big party on Pearl Harbor Day.

Dang out of Rhododendron status

"My wife says I never listen to her... or something like that."

Upvotes should be bestowed.

Need to see what upvotes look like, and consequently Rhododendron status.

deliver upvotes in order to maintain Rhododendron status.

Europe Pledges To Send Ukraine Their Entire Military Might Of 3 Panzer Tanks And A Nazi Motorcycle With A Sidecar LONDON — The European members of NATO have rushed to the defense of Ukraine following criticism by the Trump administration, promising to support its ongoing war with Russia. As a show of support, Europe has pledged its collective military might of three panzer tanks and one of those Nazi motorcycles with a sidecar. "Unlike Trump, we will give you our entire military supply!" German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said as he presented Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with three German Panzer IV tanks and a BMW R75 motorcycle complete with neat functioning sidecar. "Sorry, this is all we have." [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/europe-pledges-to-send-ukraine-their-entire-military-might-of-3-panzer-tanks-and-a-nazi-motorcycle-with-a-sidecar

Trump Institutes Military Draft For Everyone With Ukraine Flag In Their Facebook Profile WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump announced this week he will be instituting a mandatory military draft for any American who puts a little yellow and blue Ukrainian flag in their Facebook bio. "These people, they want to fight," Trump told members of the press Monday. "They put that little flag in their profiles and I know they really want to get out there, die for Ukraine. Really brave and tremendous people. Not me though, I'm not a flag person. No flags in my bio." [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-institutes-military-draft-for-everyone-with-ukraine-flag-in-their-facebook-profile

Bondi Reveals FBI Delivered 'Truckload' of Jeffrey Epstein Files, Meanwhile Top Bureau Official Resigns Two FBI stories broke Monday, and they very well may be connected. First, the New York Field Office's top agent, James Dennehy, resigned, claiming that he had been told he'd be fired if he didn't. Second, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the Bureau had dropped off a "truckload" of Jeffrey Epstein files after she'd set a hard deadline for their turnover. Coincidence? [...] https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/03/03/bondi-reveals-fbi-delivered-truckload-of-jeffrey-epstein-files-meanwhile-top-bureau-official-resigns-n2186238

Wow! Go Trump! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trump Makes a MAJOR Move on Ukraine The White House announced on Monday that military aid to Ukraine would be suspended, including weapons in transit and those currently in Poland. "This is not permanent termination of aid, it's a pause," Fox News reported. "The orders are going out right now." A senior Trump administration official told Fox that the pause would last "until Trump determines that Ukrainians show a commitment of good faith in peace negotiations." [...] https://pjmedia.com/paula-bolyard/2025/03/03/breaking-trump-halts-military-aid-to-ukraine-n4937527

Zelensky was the true instigator of the Oval Office fracas — not an 'ambush' from Trump Anybody who watched the entire Oval Office meeting between President Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky would know that it was not an "ambush" or a "setup" by Trump, as characterized by Democrats and malign media entities. It was the opposite. If anyone came to that meeting in bad faith, it was clearly Zelensky, whose body language and attitude was negative from the start. Trump could not have been more cordial, having steered the complex negotiations with Russia and Ukraine to a first step where he believed peace was a real possibility. [...] https://nypost.com/2025/03/02/opinion/zelensky-was-the-true-instigator-of-the-oval-office-fracas-not-an-ambush-from-trump/

Zelensky Believed His Own Publicity They treated him like a movie star. How could it not go to his head? [...] https://sashastone.substack.com/p/zelensky-believed-his-own-publicity

VDH raises good points. Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Who Really Politicized the Pentagon? The Pentagon has long been political—Trump's firings aren't new, but their results will reveal if the military is truly depoliticized or just under new management. [...] https://amgreatness.com/2025/03/03/who-really-politicized-the-pentagon/

De nada, señor.

Thrilling Monday report, see man: WCG wrote us after Many (2+1) months, busy WCG man. Mrs. WCG had miscarriage #2, man. She will go to Vietnam this spring and be thoroughly evaluated there, cheap man. We took Many (2+1) -- si man, Many (2+1) -- hours writing our catch-up e-mail, necessary man. Miu zzz'd most of day but was needy and demanding when awake, Serve Me Daddy miu man. We did not leave the casa until after dark, see below man. Lunch was onebag of nuked mixed vegetables, ingest we man. A siesta was unsuccessfully attempted, need zzz we man. We finally found an outfit to buy the dormant Uncle-T-B.-mobile, sitting for Many years man. We hope that it will be a fair offer, get rid of it man. Appointment is Tuesday at noon, be there we man. We must out-clean the jalopy beforehand, probably die of fungus or whatever we man. Din-din was Tuna Glop*, ingest we man. *containing the nuked rice bought at this weekend's ES, financially savvy we man A second siesta was attempted, only slightly better zzz than the first man. Left casa after dark for supermarket run, one item each for Mama T-B. & Uncle T-B. man. Of course, it was spitting rain, mess up hitherto-clean T-B.-mobile man. No chica news to report, no report we man. Caucus with Uncle T-B. on Tuesday, see above plus financial stuff man. Take Mama T-B. for imaging later on Tuesday, chauffeur we man senior she man man. And that was/is our thrilling Monday, report we man.