Ban Hammer

no he didn't. maybe the secretary of war did............ and where is it written that a surgical strike can only happen once and on one day?

a surgical strike does not equal a new war.

bad jokes!

it should be interesting to see how well the taliban uses what uncle joe left them.

Judge revokes probation, sends Capitol graffiti suspect to prison for 5 years NORMAN, Okla. (KOKH) — The man accused of spray painting anti-ICE graffiti at the Capitol will spend the next five years in prison. On Wednesday, Shelby Lang Smith was sentenced to five years in prison for violation of probation. Smith, a registered sex offender, had violated the terms of his probation for his 2022 convictions of soliciting sexual conduct with a minor by use of technology. Court records indicate he failed to abstain from accessing the internet and had also failed to abstain from substance use. more at https://okcfox.com/news/local/judge-revokes-probation-sends-capitol-graffiti-suspect-to-prison-for-5-years-shelby-lang-smith-anti-ice-governor-kevin-stitt-oklahoma-cleveland-county-norman

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistan declared “open war” Friday on Afghanistan, after the two South Asian neighbors traded overnight attacks in a sharp escalation of their long-running dispute. Both sides claimed to inflict heavy damage in the renewed fighting, which threatens to further destabilize a region where terrorist groups such as the Islamic State and Al Qaeda are trying to remobilize. Tensions between the two countries, which share a 1,600-mile border, have been simmering for months as they struggle to maintain a Qatar-mediated ceasefire they reached in October, with occasional cross-border skirmishes. Pakistan, which is struggling with a surge in militant attacks since the United States withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021, says the attackers are using Afghanistan as a base. The Taliban, which seized power as the U.S. withdrew, denies harboring militants. The latest violence began Thursday night when the Taliban launched what it called retaliatory attacks on military installations in northwest Pakistan. more at https://www.nbcnews.com/world/afghanistan/airstrikes-hit-afghan-capital-kabul-hours-afghanistan-attacks-pakistan-rcna260882

some day, it will dawn on them

i think this hero deserves his own thread.

Retired Navy Capt. Royce Williams, 100, received the Medal of Honor on Feb. 24 for his heroic actions in 1952 when he shot down four Soviet MiGs during a 35-minute dogfight, an aerial feat never achieved previously or since. In November 2017, an American Legion Magazine story first reported Williams’ achievement after he was sworn to secrecy for more than a half century. Williams, a member of American Legion Post 416 in Encinitas, Calif., is the oldest recipient to ever wear the medal. He was a special guest of President Trump during the State of the Union address, sitting next to first lady Melania Trump, who placed the medal around his neck. “Heroic American aviator, Navy fighter pilot Royce Williams served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, flying more than 220 missions,” Trump said. “In 1952, Royce was in the dogfight of a lifetime. His squadron was ambushed by seven Soviet fighter planes. And despite being massively outnumbered and outgunned, Royce led the takedown of four enemy jets and almost destroyed the others. Vanquishing his adversaries while taking 263 bullets to his own plane. His story was secret for over 50 years. He didn't even tell his wife. But tonight, at 100 years old, this brave Navy captain is finally getting the recognition he deserves.” more at https://www.legion.org/information-center/news/honor/2026/february/legionnaire-royce-williams-receives-medal-of-honor

it will be going up again in another month or so as they are on winter blend right now - summer blend has more expensive additives.

$2.26 a gallon here in kansas

they probably thought it was a prank call, a chimp asking for an at home windshield replacement.........

i call them AAP's - ammo attracting persons.

lots of flung poo to clean up.

Mar-a-Lago shotgun-wielding madman ID’d as Austin Tucker Martin, a North Carolina golf course artist The crazed gunman who was shot dead after trying to enter Mar-a-Lago with a shotgun and a gas can has been identified as a North Carolina artist who was reported missing by his mom. Austin Tucker Martin, 21, of Cameron, North Carolina, was killed by law enforcement in the early hours of Sunday morning, law enforcement sources told The Post. He was reported missing by his family to authorities on Saturday. more at https://nypost.com/2026/02/22/us-news/mar-a-lago-shotgun-wielding-madman-idd-as-north-carolina-golf-course-artist/

a perfect match. one hits the bar, the other is a bar tender.

A man in his early 20s was shot and killed early Sunday after allegedly breaching the secure perimeter of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, the U.S. Secret Service announced. The Secret Service said the incident occurred around 1:30 a.m. when the suspect made an "unauthorized entry" at the property. The individual was observed near the north gate carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can. more at https://www.foxnews.com/politics/armed-man-shot-killed-after-unauthorized-entry-mar-a-lago-secret-service

A software engineer’s earnest effort to steer his new DJI robot vacuum with a video game controller inadvertently granted him a sneak peak into thousands of people’s homes. While building his own remote-control app, Sammy Azdoufal reportedly used an AI coding assistant to help reverse-engineer how the robot communicated with DJI’s remote cloud servers. But he soon discovered that the same credentials that allowed him to see and control his own device also provided access to live camera feeds, microphone audio, maps, and status data from nearly 7,000 other vacuums across 24 countries. The backend security bug effectively exposed an army of internet-connected robots that, in the wrong hands, could have turned into surveillance tools, all without their owners ever knowing. more at https://www.popsci.com/technology/robot-vacuum-army/

OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, said Friday it considered alerting Canadian police in 2025 about the online activities of the suspect in one of the worst school shootings in the country’s history. The San Francisco tech company said it identified the account of Jesse Van Rootselaar in June via abuse detection efforts for “furtherance of violent activities.” It considered whether to refer the teenager’s account to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, but ruled that it did not meet the threshold for referal to law enforcement. Instead, it banned the account for violating its usage policy. OpenAI said the threshold for referring a user to law enforcement is whether the case involves an imminent and credible risk of serious physical harm to others. The company said it did not identify credible or imminent planning. more at https://ca.news.yahoo.com/openai-employees-raised-alarm-mass-141710377.html

ALICEVILLE, Ala. (WBRC/Gray News) – Five people, including four school faculty members and one police officer, have been arrested and are facing charges related to child sexual abuse material, according to authorities. Pickens County District Attorney Andrew Hamlin said his office is conducting investigations along with Aliceville police, the Alabama Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security Investigations in Birmingham. The investigations have led to the arrest of three members of the Aliceville High School faculty, one Aliceville Elementary School faculty member and one Aliceville police officer. Hamlin said Wednesday all five suspects are being held in the Pickens County Jail. more at https://www.kctv5.com/2026/02/19/school-employees-police-officer-arrested-child-pornography-charges/

like HEB?

Serial Immigration Fraudster Working as a Minnesota Corrections Officer Arrested MINNEAPOLIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Operation Twin Shield is yielding yet more results with the arrest of a Minnesota correctional officer and AWOL National Guard member masquerading as a U.S. citizen despite having no legal status in the United States. The serial fraudster was identified as part of the major enforcement operation that targeted suspected immigration fraud in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area last fall. Through the joint efforts of Department of Homeland Security agencies USCIS and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Morris Brown, a 45-year-old illegal alien from Liberia, was arrested Jan. 15 in Minneapolis by ICE for multiple violations of U.S. immigration law, including overstaying his student visa and making false claims to U.S. citizenship. Brown last entered the U.S. in 2014 on a non-immigrant student visa that was terminated in 2015 because he failed to enroll in a full course of study. Despite not having legal status, he joined the Pennsylvania Army National Guard in 2014 but went AWOL the next year. He was ultimately apprehended and discharged from the military under other than honorable conditions in 2022. more at https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/serial-immigration-fraudster-working-as-a-minnesota-corrections-officer-arrested

A 21-year-old Delta Township, Michigan, man is accused of killing a child and injuring three adults after he hit a family with his vehicle who was out for a walk and then fired a weapon, authorities said. Eaton County deputies say that a family was out for a walk around 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 13 near Green Meadows and Farmstead Lane in Delta Township when a vehicle struck the family. The driver then got out of his vehicle and fired numerous shots toward them, according to authorities. A bystander who tried to help was also attacked and seriously injured, deputies said. more at https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/man-runs-down-family-out-for-walk-opens-fire-killing-child-eaton-county/