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12 Columbia Professors and Students Are Arrested at Anti-ICE Protest nytimes.com/2026/02/05/nyr…

a) You can't rededicate something that noone dedicated in the first place. b) Y'all got your Shepherds v. Kings Christmas stories confused. Remember? c) Pointing to the sky like that is a Hamas thing.

Mao, mangoes, and Carmen Miranda….all from (Roughly) Daily roughlydaily.com/2026/02/09/man…

Eagle-eyed cops to the rescue. While patrolling the Hudson River earlier this morning, our Harbor Unit officers spotted an injured bald eagle floating on the ice and calling out for help. They acted quickly and brought the bird to safety.

First kombucha…now yoghurt. When will it stop? #ULTIMATEHEALTH

Do you remember that very night -- the night before the day of all days, four years ago? How many of us didn’t sleep at all. We sat in the dark in silence, in front of our laptops, refreshing news feeds. Here was Blinken saying the invasion was inevitable within the next few

Last year the United States managed to align itself with Russia and North Korea in voting against a UN motion supporting Ukraine. This year the US merely abstained. I suppose it’s progress. But it’s still truly shameful.

The irrepressible⁩ Chrystia Freeland Chrystia Freeland strikes back against liberal despair… nytimes.com/2026/02/25/opi…

83% of Americans support voter ID, including 71% of Democrats and 76% of black voters. BUT the federal policy Trump and the GOP are pushing goes FAR beyond Voter ID. It demands DOCUMENTARY PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP. That means your driver's license isn't good enough. Your REAL ID

An Iranian man left this comment on my YouTube channel. This is without a doubt the single best explanation of the reality facing Iranian people today👇 "As an Iranian, I can tell you the situation is no longer just political—it's existential. We are trapped between two

In the 1980s at the start of the Gulf tanker war Iran targeted Kuwaiti tankers and Gulf insurance rates soared. Kuwait dropped insurance on its tankers (because the most expensive part of a tanker is its cargo of oil, and cargoes of crude oil are rarely a total write off).

Erm…you mean “in First US Navy…” #Belgrano ⁦Bloomberg⁩

Update: SOMO confirmed that the tankers involved in the incident in southern Iraq were Marshall Islands-flagged SAFESEA VISHNU ( IMO 9327009) a crude oil tanker, and ZEFYROS (IMO 9324382) oil products tanker -- Iraq said it is Malta-flagged but it appears on ship tracking

This works for the Onion....

Small point…Kharg Island is not an “enclave”. It’s an island (with a causeway to mainland). Ceuta is an enclave. Keep up the good work! The Wall Street Journal Alex Leary merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enc…

Declaring that no quarter will be given unequivocally violates international humanitarian law. Indeed, ordering that no quarter will be given, threatening an adversary therewith or conducting hostilities on this basis is prohibited and constitutes a war crime.

I don’t want to go all “mad mullah” on the situation, but I have read almost nothing in commentary on the role of Shia theology in the thinking of Iran’s theocratic leaders. Not an expert, but absorbing punishment and keeping the faith seems to be rather a core concept?

Rush this to the annals of shame. whitehouse.gov/articles/2026/…

$1.5 BILLION. Let me say it again - a $1.5 BILLION BET. Bigger than any futures purchases made at the time. 5 minutes before Trump's post. Who was it? Trump? A family member? A White House staffer? This is corruption. Mind blowing corruption.