March 12, 2026

Aarrgghh. Enough of the EXcursion. It's more properly an INcursion....

Excursion: 1) A short journey made with the intention of returning to the starting point; an outing. 2) A pleasure tour, especially one of limited duration and at a special low fare.

Incursion: A sudden attack on or invasion of hostile territory.

March 12, 2026

MS NOW just reported that the new Ayatollah has released his first message,

saying (my paraphrasing) that Iran will continue to avenge their martyrs -- including the school children who were killed. Discussion among the show's hosts indicate we may suffer a long-term closure of the Straits of Hormuz.

March 5, 2026

What's Wrong with Pete Hegseth?

Esquire Opinion by Dave Holmes

“We are punching them while they are down, which is exactly how it should be” will surely echo throughout history, just maybe not in the way he thinks it will (and “throughout history” means “until late Friday morning, maximum,” because who can keep anything in their head anymore). “It was never meant to be a fair fight, and it is not a fair fight”

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So … what the hell is wrong with this guy? One word: insecurity. Pete Hegseth is the textbook definition of “overcompensation,” “fragile masculinity,” and “incomplete pull-up.” Hegseth’s words tell you this is a deeply insecure man, and if they don’t, his eyes sure do. Pete Hegseth is the face and the voice and the posture of the classic American man as imagined by the second Trump Administration. This is the way the men and women of the current Cabinet have to speak. They have been given notes on their roles, and the director wants them to sound tough, even when their words reveal that they’re terrified of things like cities and trans people and the Spanish language.

Hegseth’s words reveal him, the lot of them, as the last gasp of the white, male, patriarchal society we were finally just beginning to move past. He’s an extinction burst, he’s Skeet Ulrich popping up one last time at the end of Scream. Great things await us when he and the rest of them are out of the way. But again, he’s in control of the most powerful military in the history of the world, so there’s no guarantee we’ll get there. We will in fact be lucky to survive him.

Great hair though.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a70619766/whats-wrong-with-pete-hegseth/

March 3, 2026

Left N Fla this am for a car repair -- 166 miles roundtrip. Gas was $2.88/gal. but my car's

tank was 3/4 full. On the way back to N Fla., gas had risen to $3.88/gal. Only took six hours for gas to rise $1/ gal.

Thanks, Trumpy...you're doing a great job.

February 19, 2026

What webs are woven -- Wexner, Jim Jordan, and survivor Maria Farmer -- their histories overlap at Ohio State University

Source: Wikipedia - Ohio State University abuse scandal

The Ohio State University abuse scandal centered on allegations of sexual abuse that occurred between 1978 and 1998, while Richard Strauss was employed as a physician by the Ohio State University (OSU) in the Athletics Department and in the Student Health Center. An independent investigation into the allegations was announced in April 2018 and was conducted by the law firm Perkins Coie.

In July 2018, several former wrestlers accused former head coach Russ Hellickson and U.S. representative Jim Jordan, who was an assistant coach at OSU between 1987 and 1994, of knowing about Strauss's alleged abuse but failing to take action to stop it. Jordan has denied that he had any student-athlete report sexual abuse to him.

Meanwhile, Wexner was serving on Ohio State's board of trustees...

Source: Wikipedia - Les Wexner

Wexner faced additional public scrutiny in late 2019 and early 2020, when a group of wrestlers who are survivors of the Ohio State University abuse scandal publicly called on state and federal officials to conduct further inquiry into Maria Farmer's allegations of sexual assault at the Wexner property.[51][52] The wrestlers called for accountability for the Wexner family's alleged involvement in Epstein's abuse and raised the issue of the continuing influence of Abigail and Leslie Wexner serving as the "biggest and best-known benefactors" of the university.[52]

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On February 11, 2026, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Judge Michael H. Watson denied Wexner's January motion to quash a previous subpoena, ordering him to attend a long-avoided deposition in a case regarding abuses by former Ohio State University staff physician Richard Strauss, who was implicated in the Ohio State University abuse scandal, before committing suicide in 2005.[12]

February 18, 2026

The Guthrie case...a crime aspect that I hope is being explored...

Have been studying serial killers and interviewing FBI profilers since the 1980s as a journalist. In this article, retired FBI agent, Gregg McCrary -- a pioneer of criminal profiling -- provides a glimpse into the personality of a possible abductor of Nancy Guthrie. Think he's definitely onto something: Obsessive behavior directed at a celebrity like Savannah.

He (Gregg) added: "If somebody fits that physical description, seems to have some fixation on the Guthries prior to this, and now has kind of disappeared or his normal routine is gone. Those things start stacking up. That's the kind of lead that really needs to be reported."

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He went on to say: "Yeah... the stalker type of personality, some psychopathology at work, has some perceived relationship between them that doesn't actually exist, and but it does in his mind."

The FBI is now led by someone more interested in his love life than calling on the many experts (current or retired) who have experience in these types of crimes. This perp may be the kind of guy whose home has a wall dedicated to the object of his obsession. Can only hope this possibility is being pursued.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/i-was-fbi-criminal-profiler-this-is-the-type-of-person-nancy-guthrie-s-kidnapper-may-be/ar-AA1WAQWo

February 16, 2026

Texas MAGAt now seeking office purchased Epstein's New Mexico ranch in 2023

by Joe Sommerlad , The Independent

A businessman running to be Texas comptroller has been revealed as the person who bought Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous New Mexico ranch, according to a report.

Don Huffines, 67, a self-described “MAGA Trump Republican,” is the current owner of the former Zorro Ranch in Santa Fe County, according to records obtained by The Santa Fe New Mexican.

The property – including a 26,700 square foot hilltop mansion, where the late billionaire sex offender abused victims over a 26-year period – was first put up for sale in July 2021, two years after Epstein’s suicide in a New York City jail cell, and was valued at $27.5 million at that time.

It was sold in 2023 for an undisclosed amount to an entity called San Rafael Ranch LLC, which the newspaper has now traced to Huffines through public records requests.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/maga-candidate-in-texas-identified-as-owner-of-jeffrey-epstein-ranch/ar-AA1WsCsF

February 16, 2026

Feds buying immigration warehouses because goal is housing at least 136,000 people.

By Jamiles Lartey

Down an industrial row in Surprise, a suburb of Phoenix, there’s little of the unexpected: Beverage trucks zip in and out of one boxy grey warehouse to the right. At another site to the left, the open lot is stacked with rows of chemical storage tanks.

Then there’s one (400,000 square-foot) building sitting empty. In late January, the Department of Homeland Security bought it for $70 million in cash, part of a reported $38 billion shopping spree for millions of square feet of commercial real estate to be retrofitted as immigration detention bedspace. Bloomberg reported late last month that DHS is eyeing nearly two dozen sites that, if fully completed, could add enough capacity to double the current detention population of about 68,000.

Over a hundred local residents spoke out against the effort during a five-hour Surprise city council meeting earlier this month, raising concerns that ran the gamut. Some people worried about some detainees with a criminal history being held in the community. Some pointed to the possible strain on water, sewer, electrical infrastructure, traffic and emergency services. One speaker cited lost revenue — the federal government is exempt from local taxes. But most people offered broader condemnations of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement crackdown, and simply didn’t want that project to be part of the town’s legacy.

... Earlier this week, in the shadow of the sprawling warehouse building in Surprise, I sat down with Lisa Everett, a local conservative political activist who has been among the loudest critics of the plan. A three-time Trump voter, Everett told me she was a strong supporter of tightening the U.S. border, and deportation efforts that target people with violent convictions, but that she had profound issues with the broader immigration dragnet.

Could the conservative ice be cracking? Everett asks the perfect question: If deportation is the point, why is all the housing necessary? We should all be asking our U.S. House and Senate members that question.

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/02/14/ice-arizona-texas-georgia-warehouse

February 15, 2026

The Heiress -- Olivia DeHavilland dumps Montgomery Cliff. Should she have done that?

DeHavilland's character is a plain, sweet woman dominated by her father. Handsome Cliff comes along, but may be a poor man taking advantage of an affluent heiress. DeHavilland agrees to elope with Cliff's character, but he never shows up to sweep her away and marry her.

Years pass and Cliff shows up again after DeHavilland's father has died. But she rebuffs him and remains a spinster. Just wonder what you think her reaction should've been?....

February 11, 2026

Chris Hayes reporting that Grand Jury has refused to indict Mark Kelly and the

other folks who advised military members that they can refuse legal orders.