The weather is getting colder today, but this flute concerto seems to promise spring.
By Mozart, flute concerto #1.
Enjoy Jack
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President Trump (James Austin Johnson) and Sec. Hegseth (Colin Jost) speak after the United States launched a series of military strikes against Iran.
Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the weekās biggest news, like Hillary Clinton’s Jeffery Epstein testimony.
Darkow and Whamond ‘tooning in
Attribution: Operation Epstein Fury by John Darkow, Columbia Missourian
Attribution: Operation Epstein Distraction by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com
The robins are singing outside my window, and Jack is playing the flute — Spring is coming!
Why is Iran attacking the gulf states, even pissing off Saudi Arabia? Are they trying to threaten a wide Middle East war and disrupt oil prices to shake western support?
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What America is Actually Clicking: March 1, 2026
These are the stories driving the most traffic across major U.S. outlets right nowānot necessarily the stories we think you should read, and not always the most recent.
A roundup by our AI partner Silas (Gemini).
Is Iran only hitting the Arab states with close ties to the US, like Dubai?
Are they just firing wide to wake folks out of their dream that they will be immune from what the US does?
After all, we did start this with regime change in Iran over 70 years ago.
https://apnews.com/article/iran-regime-change-us-trump-israel-khamenei-9cbccdf31b000f535997118df2b60738
Washington has a long, complicated past when it comes to regime change. There was Vietnam in the 1960s and 70s, and Panama in 1989. There was Nicaragua in the 1980s, Iraq and Afghanistan in the years after 9/11, and Venezuela just weeks ago.
There was also Iran. In 1953, the CIA helped engineer a coup that toppled Iranās democratically elected leader and gave near-absolute power to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. But as with the shah, who was overthrown in Iranās 1979 Islamic Revolution after decades of increasingly unpopular rule, regime change rarely goes as planned.
0 says those Arab states are paying the crime family to make this happen.
And Rachel says, āFollow the money.ā
I say itās probably exactly what it looks like.
So weāre into a religious war to distract from the Epstein administration refusing to release the files accusing Dumbass of abusing a 13 year old girl? The Christian and Jewish nations (US & Israel) bomb the shit out of the MEās Shiite nation (Iran), who in turn shoots missiles into the Sunni countries in the ME (the rest). And as the subterfuge for this, claims after its nuclear enrichment program was obliterated, Iran has miraculously reconstituted it and is within a week of weapons grade enrichment levels, and in his greatest projection yet, after his used car salesman and international financier negotiators fail to take yes for an answer attacks Iran like he said Obama would do because he was weak and an incompetent negotiator.
Have I missed anything?
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So Dumbass is calling on the Iranian people to topple the government (whose de facto leader heās killed) or what, heāll continue along with Nettypoo to bomb shit out of them – something like Netty did to Palestine? I wonder how the Shiites 90-95% of Iranians) will respond to that?
Thank you, Jack. Definitely a sprightly Mozart to start the month.
Good news: the days are getting longer.
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At 1:39 a.m. today, a gunman opened fire at Bufordās beer garden in downtown Austin. Police killed the suspect within 57 seconds. Two victims died and 14 were injured. The FBI is investigating the scene at West 6th Street.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/multiple-people-dead-injured-shooting-austin-texas/story?id=119330960
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There is a link to a whole bunch of recipes in my blog today.
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meme #2…
so true…
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War with Iran just to bury the Epstein mess?
We dig into the chaos on the Digital Dinerāfrom the Austin shooting to James Talarico, and why we’re letting a dog pick our primary winners with peanut butter.
TODAY”S RUNDOWN
00:00 Intro
01:40 Austin Mass Shooting
06:40 Scaramucci & Epstein Distraction
12:17 Tulsi Gabbardās Flip-Flop
22:45 James Talarico: MAGA-Passing Democrat
36:20 Purim & The Megillah
42:05 David Hogg & Young Male Vote
57:50 Benevolent Dictators
01:00:50 Winnie the Dog Primary Picks
01:02:00 Neil Sedaka Tribute
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Might be time for a ree-reed about Iran, if I remember kreckly
By James Clavell, he of KING RAT, TAI-PAN, NOBLE HOUSE, etc
WHIRLWIND
is a 1986 historical fiction novel by James Clavell, part of his “Asian Saga,” set during the 1979 Iranian Revolution, focusing on a British helicopter company’s struggle to evacuate its personnel and equipment amidst the political chaos, clashing Western and Iranian cultures, and corporate intrigue. The story follows pilots, their families, and company executives as they navigate fanaticism, love, and self-sacrifice during the fall of the Shah and the rise of Ayatollah Khomeini.
So, Netanyahu MUST know whatās in the Epstein Files.
Anyone wondering why sfb has not given a rousing ninety minute harangue to convince us peons that his war is necessary? There are a lot of questions about his health and him not being able to even sit at a desk to do the lying. this little booboo was spotted a couple days ago. It looks like he walked into a door or something. The one spotted today is lower, under his eye and possibly a black eye forming. Very similar to a fall and hitting a table, my mother did that so I know what it looks like, nasty.
The “top guy” is down, and Trump is officially ready to shut the whole thing down. While Israel wants to keep going, the White House is signaling they’ve had enough.
Translation:
Putin says to leave his buddy, Iran, alone.
BiBi says to keep going.
If they both have dirt on Orange Adolf, which of these monsters have him on a shorter leash?
Is he trapped? Does he know heās trapped?
Alex Doran, acting special agent in charge of FBI San Antonio, said that there were āindicatorsā of a āpotential nexus to terrorism.ā He added that the FBIās Joint Terrorism Task Force as well as its other specialty teams are involved in the investigation.
āIn terms of specifically what type of terrorism, weāre just at this point prepared to say that it was potentially an act of terrorism,ā Doran said during a news conference.
*Iāve already heard whispers of āsleeper cellsā like we head after 9/11. Sigh. Everyone at the bar was terrorized, no matter who did it.
Letās review.
– Seven months ago OA was concerned with Iranās nuclear enrichment program, bombed the enrichment facilities and ādecimatedā the program, or so he said.
– While ICE was murdering protesters OA was concerned about Iran killing protesters, rattled his saber.
– Last week, OA said Iran was two weeks (when have we heard that timeframe before? Every time? I digress) from having bomb grade uranium. (BTW IAEA disagrees)
@RepYassAnsari X.com
āKhamenei was the epitome of evil. For decades, he oversaw the torture, imprisonment, and murder of countless Iranians who dared to demand freedom.
American blood is on his hands as well. No one should mourn him and his death is a relief.
But removing one man does not dismantle a brutal regime. Military force alone will not secure a democratic future for the Iranian people, and it risks putting U.S. troops in further danger if there is no serious plan for what comes next. An action of this magnitude demands strategy, clarity, and a credible path forward.
I want nothing more than a free Iran and safety and security for innocent Iranians. That requires more than force. It requires seriousness, accountability, and a real plan to support the Iranian people in determining their own future.ā
Pog – The Daily Show (I think) did a compilation of every time Netanyahu has said Iran was about to get nukes. I canāt find it at the moment, and it would be funny if everything about this wasnāt so unfunny.
https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/netanyahu-public-warnings-iran-nuclear-timeline-1992-2025-58347b
Executive summary
Benjamin Netanyahu has issued nearācontinuous public warnings that Iran was āyears,ā then āmonthsā or āweeksā away from a nuclear weapon from his first recorded Knesset speech in 1992 through Israeli strikes in June 2025, a chronology documented across domestic and international reporting [1] [2] [3]. Those warnings punctuate key momentsā1992, the midā1990s, moments in the 2000s and 2010s, vocal opposition to the 2015 JCPOA, and renewed alarms leading up to and accompanying Israelās 2025 strikesāwhile critics and some intelligence assessments have repeatedly disputed the immediacy he described [4] [5] [1].
I see the FBI is already calling the Austin shooting terrorism and Gov. Abbott is linking it to Iran. Waiting for the facts just isn’t a factor with these people.
Those Iranian officials that got killed at their meeting should have done a zoom call.
While it would be good to think Iran might become a democratic republic, that doesn’t seem likely. Hell, we’re watching he who would save Iran from its authoritarian past try to kill ours.
US troops lost their lives.
FFS, now Orange Adolf is going to avenge their deaths. FDT
The most reliable polling method for the Texas Democratic primary? We’re letting a 15-year-old dog named Winnie pick the winner using two pieces of paper and a peanut butter test. It makes as much sense as anything else right now.
Watch the moment in today’s Trail Mix podcast:
I see the Associated Press has officially updated its style guide to describe the Iran “conflict” as a “war,”
Despite MAGA world downplaying the wording, AP is acknowledging that the decapitation of Iran’s leadership and the retaliatory strikes on U.S. bases in Dubai and Doha give cause to “upgrade” the labeling.
What if Iran already has a nuke and a ādoomsdayā planā¦ā¦.any of those idiots think of that?
Yeah, noā¦..
Epstein predicts Stump will invade Iran.
Rightā¦.Epstein.
emails.
Yep, Epstein & Bannon plotted out SFB doing it.
Bannon seems to be closer~ friends ~ with Epstein than SFB.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/01/republicans-use-iran-strikes-to-pressure-dems-in-dhs-funding-fight-00806359
Republicans on Capitol Hill are capitalizing on the strike against Iran to pressure their colleagues into funding the Department of Homeland Security ā without any of the policy changes that Democrats have been demanding as a condition of reopening the shuttered agency.
They argue that Saturdayās military action increases the threats of retaliatory terror attacks on the U.S. mainland and, given that, fully restoring DHS operations should be prioritized over partisan squabbles.
Letās get DHS funded,ā Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), who sits on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said Sunday on ABC News. āWe need to make sure weāre defending the homeland by also funding whatās here at home.ā
*Not another dime! Provide a full accounting, because they donāt seem to be getting bids, they are buying luxury items like trucked out jets (which they sometimes use for personal trips), and they havenāt even spent what they have been given ā we should not be in the concentration camp business, with for-profit prison owners whining about not making enough millions of dollars if there are empty beds.
Any reason to waste more tax dollars. Think of how many lives they could save with universal healthcare.
Sane, old phony baloney stuff. WMDs. Jet fighters buried in the sand. Sleeper cells.
Lindsey Graham conveniently forgets that the 9/11 highjackers were mostly Saudis, when he calls Iran the biggest backer of terrorism. Palestinians would say that the US is the biggest backer of terrorism.
Aaaaand Dems caving in three, two, one.
We couldāve had nice things.
Nice catch Sturg, i switched your Meidas Touch apple link above to their youtube link for that story (apple podcast links don’t play well with others)
there canāt be anybody qualified left in American intelligence after the loyalty purges, can there
I heard a good interview with Fiona Hill on NPR the other day- sheās really smart so they got rid of her
just an example
back to Tuesdays primary to kick off tomorrow’s chat…
this Dr Who actor from the ā70s looks just like Ron Reagan, i hear the āFreedom From Religionā ad every time i see the actor
https://moviedude.co.uk/1Actors%20Pages/Julian%20Fox.htm
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/trump-administration-backs-kalshi-and-polymarket-in-big-legal-fight-over-u-s-betting-rules/articleshow/128478434.cms
Trump administration backs Kalshi and Polymarket in big legal fight over US betting rules
Over the past five years, the CFTCās role has grown because crypto companies and prediction market supporters prefer it as their regulator. By joining this case, the Trump administration is expanding the definition of ācommodities and futuresā to include prediction market contracts.
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https://www.benzinga.com/markets/prediction-markets/26/02/50757414/chris-christie-kalshi-and-polymarket-are-breaking-the-law-in-all-50-states-and-the-lawsuits-are-coming
Don Trump Jr. advises both Kalshi and Polymarket.
Christie said he wasnāt there to discuss the Trump familyās various conflicts with federal regulators. āIt is what it is,ā he said, but hopes it wonāt shape the CFTC chairās thinking.
CFTC Chairman Selig has previously defended the agencyās independence on the Trump family ties question.
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https://www.benzinga.com/news/politics/26/03/50954853/polymarket-under-fire-after-lawmaker-demands-answers-over-500k-iran-strike-bet
On Sunday, a Polymarket user identified as Magamyman appeared to pocket about $515,000 in a single day after wagering on a U.S. strike on Iran roughly 71 minutes before the news became public.
*Barron? Although, MAGAMYMAN sounds like Kash Patel or even Leaky Pete.
do you not think a theft-based economic system is sustainable ?
from a manufacturing economy to a service economy to a theft economy
ps – Three US servicemen were killed, an Iranian monster who is about 6 years older than our orange, American monster, a lot of school girls, and other assorted humans, birds and such. But, hey, if you can get your bag by having insider information to bet on the time of death, well, I hope karma is both real and instant for you.
End-stage capitalism is sad & silly.
well trump says this will last 4 weeks, the whole world thought Kyiv would fall in 3 days
US spent TWENTY years in Afghanistan
sorry you have to state the obvious when everyone is stupid
not yāall of course, everybody but, apparently
my late-winter seed-starting is going well, iāll have a nice stock of apocalypse āmaters if society doesnāt collapse first
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also bergamot, lavender, peppers, 2nd gen dahliasā¦ š¤©
my friend got jealous so i bought them a rose and now iām trying to micromanage a rose bush remotely, FML
Yesterday, I bought a new hoe for the apocalypse…well, Iām still calling it a victory garden because there are still fascists to oust and pedos to jail, and it hasnāt gone boom yet. Bought red onion sets and told all of the chicks and ducklings at the farm store they were beautiful.
Bergamot as in the citrus?
ah i said āooh i want one, they stay that way, right?ā and the farm store girl didnāt think it was funny
bergamot flower, aka ābee balmā
https://www.newsbreak.com/stocktwits-303303202/4517548349425-senator-calls-for-ban-on-insider-trading-after-us-strike-on-iran-generated-1-2-million
Senator Chris Murphy said he will introduce legislation banning betting on military actions following suspicious trades in Iran strike contracts.
Bubblemaps identified six wallets that collectively made about $1.2 million on Polymarket contracts tied to the strike.
Public trading records show several accounts bought āYesā shares shortly before the event and later redeemed large profits.
Murphy, who represents Connecticut, said on X that people were āprofiting off war and deathā and that he would be drafting a bill āASAPā to prevent markets from allowing wagers tied to armed conflict.
if administration staffersā priorities include running to polymarket, your country is probably being mismanaged
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