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Keir Starmer Takes Cowardice to New Lows To borrow a phrase from Foghorn Leghorn, when describing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, that boy is softer than a pound of wet leather, and he's about as sharp as a bowling ball. Whether you agree strategically with the preemptive strikes against Iran by the U.S. and Israel, the reactions of the other developed nations have been a study in intelligence and loyalty on the part of their leaders. [...] https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/03/03/the-uks-keir-starmer-takes-cowardice-to-new-lows-n4950212

Thrilling Tuesday-on-Wednesday report, see man: Despite HSM, awoke before alarm again, man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. dropped Mini-B. at our skoolbus stop, respite for us amidst that ongoing insanity man. We managed to warsh/bake/fold the last of the weekend LLs, 2 days late man. We dished/de-dished the warsher, also 2 days late man. Miu was very quiescent until the last hour, quiescent miu man. Lunch was 2 turkey-&-Swiss sandwiches, ingest we man. Spent most of the day doing Mama T-B.'s taxes, man. Mini-B. de-skoolbused during this time, return wee man man. Just as we were in the thick of the most challenging part, Mama T-B. called, man. "When will you finish the taxes, huh man?" accusatorily accused Mama T-B. man man. We restrained ourself not very well, no man. "I need you NOW, si man!" said Mama T-B. man. Fortunately, ex-Mrs.-T-B. was available to retrieve Mini-B., delegate that we man. We caddied Mama T-B.'s pills, no real interference from senior she man man. Din-din was served just after that, timing is everything man. We consumed part of a mushroom burger, some steak fries, and half a ham sandwich, ingest we man. We then did the rest of Mama T-B.'s stuff, no real yelling but almost man. We got back to the casa after 1 hour + half an hour, better than expected man. Got MRI shoulder results, looks nonsurgical to us but necessitates fizzicle therapy man. We continued with Mama T-B.'s taxes, man. We concluded the income portion, hope we man. After Many (2+2+1) -- si man, Many (2+2+1) -- hours, we finished the medical portion, man. On Wednesday, we must start on the noncash contributions, chaotic records so we man. Then, we must double- and Manyple-check our compilation, sweat we man. We hope to get all to the CPA on Thursday, optimistic but mustn't interfere with GSs/ESs on Friday man. Siesta desperately wanted/needed but forget it, no 💤 we man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Taxes as stated for Wednesday, intrepid we man. And that was/is our thrilling Tuesday, report we man.

And here is this Wednesday's Semiofficial Semiweekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =========================================== THE BLONDE AND THE LONELY CHILD A blonde got a job as a physical education teacher of 14-year-olds. On her first day, she came to see the kids playing soccer. She watched as they all got together and started playing. However, she quickly noticed a boy at the end of the field, standing alone while all the other kids were running around and having fun. She took pity on him and decided to speak to him. "Are you OK?" she asked kindly. "Yes," he said. "You can go and play with the other kids, you know." she said encouragingly. "It’s best I stay here," he said. "Why's that, sweetie?" asked the compassionate teacher. The boy rolled his eyes and said, "Because I'm the Goalie."

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For efficiency, the OP can put the workload on his Congressman's immigration liaison to the extent possible.

I was thinking this, too, but (perhaps erroneously) concluded that a B2 from Morocco was unlikely.

Damn Wesley Hunt. Paxton, flawed as he is, needed to win outright. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Texas GOP Senate primary heads to runoff, with Cornyn, Paxton on ballot The competitive Republican primary for Senate in Texas is headed to a runoff, according to a Decision Desk HQ projection. The race will head to a May 26 showdown between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton as Republicans scramble to keep the seat in GOP hands. Neither Cornyn nor Paxton won the 50 percent-plus-one support they needed to avoid a runoff against a third competitor, Rep. Wesley Hunt, who was pulling in double-digit support in polls ahead of the race. Polls had also shown Paxton with a slight lead. The upcoming runoff will pit the four-term incumbent senator against the controversial attorney general as national Republicans warn against a possible Paxton win and Democrats gain steam across the aisle. https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5757469-cornyn-paxton-gop-runoff-texas-senate/

Well, 77% in, and... not called yet... Talarico 972,543 53.1 Crockett 835,727 45.6 Hassan 23,63 11.3 And Crenshaw is toast, 78% in: Toth 29,325 57.7 Crenshaw 19,759 38.9 Etwop 939 1.8

Well, the opening article at least seems pretty good to me.

VDH -- a military historian -- is very perceptive in this piece. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trump's Way of War War is the use of arms to settle differences—tribal, political, religious, cultural, and material—between organized groups. It is unchanging. The general laws of armed conflict stays immutable, given the constancy of human nature. However, the manner in which war is conducted remains fluid. New weapons, tactics, and strategies elicit counterresponses in an endless cycle of tensions between defensive and offensive superiority. That said, has President Trump introduced a novel way of waging Western war against America's foreign enemies? We saw glimpses of it [...] https://amgreatness.com/2026/03/03/trumps-way-of-war/

It actually looks like a runoff (still 95% tallied): Menefee 29,414 48.6 Green 26,162 43.3 Edwards 3,925 6.5

You're welcome. Keep us apprised of your progress.

Crenshaw's going down, with 63% in: Toth 23,674 57.6 Crenshaw 16,117 39.2

He's too menacing-looking to dump.

Talarico (D-Buttegieg) leads Jazzie Crockett (D-Psycho), 40% in: Talarico 506,862 53.6 Crockett 427,733 45.2