A wonderful Saturday example that leftists are fucking out of their minds, and believe they are Saints

Clueless Liberal Perfectly Sums Up Why No One Can Stand The Left3/13/26

There is a certain kind of person who is not content to despair in solitude.They demand that the whole world despair along with them.

“I’m having a very tough time with close friends who are acting like it’s business as usual these days. The world is a dumpster fire, and they continue to populate their Instagram with la-di-da Stories and posts —photos of them eating dinner, traveling, generally having fun,” writes an anonymous leftie to New York magazine’s The Cut.

One wonders what, exactly, this letter writer is doing to extinguish the flames of the so-called “dumpster fire.” Attending impotent protests? Tipping extra if the barista has a foreign accent?

Thankfully, our letter writer clarifies precisely what they’re doing.

“I volunteer at a food pantry and at charity events supporting anti-ICE efforts. I go to protests. I donate small amounts of money. I stay informed. I post things that lighten the mood,but I also promote fundraisers and repost Stories from highly reputable sources. (I’ve been told by some folks that they are grateful to see my Stories, as it catches them up quickly on what is happening.)”

If you squint, you can see little waves of haughtiness radiating from the above words. This person (a woman or an effeminate man, by my guess) appears to believe that obnoxious use of social media qualifies them for sainthood.

“My friends aren’t Trump supporters,” the letter clarifies. “I don’t have any of those in my circle. They aren’t even Republicans. But there is no acknowledgment that there is so much pain in our country and beyond.”

“I don’t think I would mind the ‘let them eat cake’ posts if they were volunteering. Protesting. Donating. One friend did post a Story about the No Kings Day protest ahead of timebut then opted not to attend. I found that especially egregious.”

This is a complaint straight from the “silence is violence” school of thought. The letter writer is outraged at perceived government overreach, but fails to see the authoritarian tendencies present in their own personality. The anonymous whiner would like nothing more than to compel speech and action from their friends, and is apparently seething because they’ve been unable to pressure a few of their peers into conformity.

(An aside: There is no evidence Marie Antoinette ever said “let them eat cake.” The phrase was probably attributed to her after the French Revolution as a means of impugning her reputation. Our letter writer appears to be putting the phrase to similar use.)

“These are grown-ass folks. They see the same news and have made their decision on how they are helping — or in this case, not helping — others in need. At a birthday dinner, I started talking about a recent protest, and one person in the group said, ‘Can we please not talk about politics?This is a birthday celebration.’

It was said kindly,but I’ll still never forget it.”

A beautiful confirmation that the people in this person’s life also find them incredibly obnoxious.

https://dailycaller.com/2026/03/13/liberal-left-wing-new-york-magazine-the-cut-friends-having-fun-apolitical-donald-trump/

‘The Five’ on Trump’s most HEATED threat yet to Iran

‘The Five’ discusses Operation Epic Fury and the Trump administration’s actions toward Iran as the Pentagon moves more warships into the Middle East

12:37

https://youtu.be/jXKjsIcMgB4

(That’s a new move, is Hamas toning down their movement to stay in accord with Trump’s peace in Gaza.)

Hamas urges Iran to halt attacks on Gulf, slams aggression on Tehran

The Palestinian group calls for an end to attacks on neighbouring Gulf states while supporting Iran’s right to defend against Israel and US aggression.

3/14/26 Aljazeera

The Palestinian groupHamas has urged its ally Iran to end attacks on Gulf states, while affirming Tehran’s right to defend itself against Israel and the United States in the war they launched.

Hamas on Saturday called uponits “brothers in Iran” to not target neighbouring countries, and urged the region to end the ongoing conflict that has embroiled much of the Middle East.

The group fought back against Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza following its October 7, 2023 attack, while Israel razed the besieged and bombarded enclave to the ground, killing more than 72,000, with Gulf nations – particularly Qatar – stepping in through mediation, diplomacy and aid.

Since the start of the Iran war by the US and Israel on February 28, several Gulf states in the region have reported Iranian missile and drone attacks.

“While affirming the right of the Islamic Republic of Iran to respond to this aggression by all available means in accordance with international norms and laws,the movement calls on the brothers in Iran to avoid targeting neighbouring countries,” Hamas said in a statement.

It added that countries of the region should “cooperate to halt this aggression and preserve the bonds of fraternity among them”.

Iran has supported Hamas financially and militarily for decades, the group being a part of the now much-weakened so-called “axis of resistance” that includes Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthis.

Last month,Gulf countries pledged more than $4bn in combined financial support to US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, as they signalled financial backing for efforts aimed at resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The pledges were announced during the first meeting of the Board of Peace, which has gone quiet in the wake of the war, in Washington, where Qatar and Saudi Arabia each committed $1bn. Kuwait also pledged $1bn over the coming years, while the United Arab Emirates announced an additional $1.2bn in support for Gaza through the board.

Qatar, throughout the genocidal war on Gaza, also played a leading role as mediator, alongside the US and Egypt.

A US-backed “ceasefire” agreement has been in place in Gaza since October 2025,which was meant to halt Israel’s two-year onslaught that killedmore than 72,000 people and injured more than 171,000 since October 2023.

Despite the “ceasefire”, however, Israeli forces have committed hundreds of violations through shelling and gunfire, killing hundreds of Palestinians.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/14/hamas-urges-iran-to-halt-attacks-on-neighbouring-gulf-states

6 March 2026

Harsh prison terms for seven Spaniards for hate speech against illegal migrants

Carl Deconinck

Spain’s Supreme Court has upheld prison sentences for seven individuals convicted of hate crimes over social media posts targeting unaccompanied foreign minors in Melilla, the autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast.

The ruling, issued by the Criminal Chamber on February 26 and made public yesterday,confirms convictions stemming from comments posted on Facebook in 2017.

The defendants, members of local groups with thousands of followers, referred to the minors –often termed “MENAs” (menores extranjeros no acompañados) in Spanish discourse – as “escoria” (scum), “bazofia” (rubbish), or “gentuza” (riffraff).

Other defendants urged the formation of citizen patrols to “clean” the streets anddemanded the group be sent back to “their f*cking country to starve”.

Some commentators have criticised theruling as an example of judicial overreach that prioritises protecting undocumented migrants over citizens’ rights. They argue it criminalises legitimate concerns about border security and public safety in places such as Melilla, the Spanish enclave bordering Morocco.

The court ruled that the expressions constituted incitement to hatred and, at minimum, indirect calls to violence against a vulnerable collective, overriding claims of protected free speech.

“Freedom of expression is not an absolute right,” the judgment stated, “and cannot serve as an excuse when comments objectively demean, humiliate, or provoke conflict with constitutional rights.”

Penalties range from eight months to one year and 10 months in prison– reduced from original terms of up to two years and six months due to undue delays in the lengthy proceedings.

Additional sanctions include fines and bans on working with minors.

The decision upholds an earlier ruling by the Málaga Provincial Court, which reversed an initial acquittal by a Melilla lower court.

The case originated from a 2017 complaint by child rights groups, including PRODEIN Melilla, following posts in Facebook communities such as “Opinión Popular de Melilla”.

These posts highlighted ongoing tensions in Spain’s North African enclaves over migration,where unaccompanied minors from sub-Saharan Africa and Morocco frequently arrive seeking to travel to mainland Spain or further into Europe.

In another free-speech case in Spain today, the Spanish Association of Christian Lawyers lodged a complaint with the Valladolid courts against the Co-ordinadora Juvenil Socialista (a socialist youth group linked to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, PSOE)for allegedly inciting hatred against Christians and pro-life advocates.

The complaint centres on a poster promoting a demonstration outside a pro-life support centre, featuring a burning rosary and cross with the slogan “Si el enemigo avanza, avancemos nosotras” (“If the enemy advances, let’s advance”).

The lawyers’ association argues this symbolically burns Christian symbols and labels religious believers as “enemies”, potentially breaching Article 510 of the Penal Code on hate crimes.

In Europe, Canada, and Australia, hate-speech laws and related convictions have proliferated in recent years, coinciding with increasing mass migration.

Prosecutions have surged in theUK and Germany’s police have conducted mass raids on “hate posts”.

NGOs and civil society organisations, including those funded through European Union programmes, have played a key role in advocating for stronger laws,monitoring incidents and pushing for enforcement against perceived hatred.

In stark contrast, the US stands as the primary outlier, consistently pushing back through robust First Amendment protections.

https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/03/harsh-prison-terms-for-seven-spaniards-for-hate-speech-against-illegal-migrants/

>>24380091. There has to be some body above Congress that can stop them from covering up their crimes. Makes you wonder how many serious crimes under U.S. law they’ve committed for decades

The War With Iran That Was Never Explained

America once built a sweeping case for confronting Iraq. Today, it faces a far clearer threat from Tehran, yet the argument for war has barely been made.1/3(good points, a lot of reports, but there are questions)

The United States is now at war with Iran.

On February 28, 2026, American and Israeli forces launched a coordinated assault inside Iran, striking military bases, command centers, and strategic infrastructure across the country. For more than four decades, the confrontation between Washington and Tehran had simmered through sanctions, covert operations, and proxy conflicts stretching across the Middle East.That shadow war is over. The conflict between the United States and the Islamic Republic has entered a direct and dangerous new phase.

In Washington, the campaign was dubbed Operation Epic Fury. In Israel, it carried another name: Operation Roaring Lion.

The most dramatic moment came at the outset of the operation, when a targeted strike killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

In the immediate aftermath, President Donald Trump suggested that Washington could play a role in shaping what came next, even hinting that Iran’s leadership’s successor “would not last long without our approval.” The reality proved more complicated. Iran’s political system moved quickly to elevate Mojtaba Khamenei, a 56-year-old cleric and the slain leader’s son, to the position of Supreme Leader.

Before a war, governments marshal intelligence, present evidence, and attempt to persuade their citizens that the risks of conflict are justified. In 2003, the United States did exactly that. George W. Bush’s administration spent months building the case that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destructionand posed an imminent threat to global security. (Ultimately, the weapons were never found, leaving behind one of the most debated intelligence failures in modern American history.)

Today, America faces a strange inversion of that moment. We’re already at war with Iran, yet the administration has failed to argue its case.

The case should be easy:Iran has long boasted about its nuclear program and has openly pursued uranium enrichment for years. It possesses stockpiles enriched to levels approaching weapons grade. Its most sensitive nuclear facilities are buried deep underground or carved directly into mountains, including the Fordow enrichment complex near Qom.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has pointed to those hardened locations as a central concern, asking why a supposedly peaceful nuclear program would need to hide its most sensitive infrastructure hundreds of feet beneath a mountain.President Donald Trump has also emphasized that Tehran has consistently refused to clearly state that it will never build a nuclear weapon.

Western intelligence agencies have continued to monitor activity connected to Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, including the movement of equipment, materials, and personnel between underground locations.Officials have warned that stockpiles of enriched uranium may still exist inside Iran.

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/03/the_war_with_iran_that_was_never_explained.html

>>24380147

2/3

Therefore, the question isn’t whether Iran has the capability to build a nuclear weapon, but how quickly it could do so.

For months before attacking Iran, President Donald Trump dispatched envoys, including Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, to explore whether it was possible to reach a diplomatic resolution. Trump explained that the discussions stalled on a central question: Iran’s leadership was unwilling to state clearly that it would never pursue a nuclear weapon.

Iran’s threat also extends beyond nuclear power. Over four decades, Tehran has constructed an extensive network of allied militias stretching across Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen. This system of armed groups—often described as the “Shia crescent”—has allowed Iran to project influence across the Middle East while maintaining plausible deniability.

The 1979 Iranian Revolution and seizure of the American embassy in Tehran during the Iran hostage crisis are the genesis of what’s happening today. Following the revolution, the cleric Ruhollah Khomeini returned from exile in France and consolidated power, transforming Iran from a monarchy ruled by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi into an Islamic Republic. Khomeini became the country’s first Supreme Leader, combining religious and political authority in a theocratic system that would define Iran’s government.

America became a target the moment he returned. Protesters seized the American embassy in Tehran and took diplomats hostage, chanting “Death to America” and burning U.S. flags.

The rebels held American diplomats as hostages for 444 days. The crisis humiliated Washington and became one of the defining geopolitical shocks of the Cold War era. It is widely believed to have contributed to President Jimmy Carter’s defeat in the 1980 election, bringing Ronald Reagan to power. In a symbolic moment, Iran released the hostages the day Reagan took his presidential oath.

The confrontation did not end there. In 1983, Iran-backed militants carried out the U.S. Marine barracks bombing in Beirut, killing 241 American service members. During this period, U.S. Ambassador Francis E. Meloy and CIA station chief Robert Ames were assassinated in Lebanon, and CIA station chief William Buckley was kidnapped and later died in captivity. Iran-backed Hezbollah also carried out suicide bombings against the U.S. Embassy and its annex in Beirut. These attacks were widely attributed to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, which had been cultivating militant allies in Lebanon.

Over the decades, Iran expanded that network of proxy forces across Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen.

The current war is the most direct confrontation between the United States and Iran in more than four decades.

The strike that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader (and, reputedly, several family members) introduced a volatile element: succession. The leadership of a nuclear-capable state now rests with Ali Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei. This may lead hardliners to argue that Iran must move more quickly toward the ultimate deterrent: a nuclear weapon.

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/03/the_war_with_iran_that_was_never_explained.html

>>24380150

3/3

In the short term, Tehran opted for immediately launching missile and drone attacks against American bases, diplomatic facilities, and allied targets across the region. Strikes were reported in Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia, many aimed at bases hosting American forces. Some attacks struck residential areas and commercial infrastructure.

Days later, Iran activated its proxy network. Hezbollah opened attacks against Israel, while Iranian-backed militias in Iraq intensified strikes against American targets.

Iran also attacked the Gulf energy infrastructure. A drone strike against the Ras Tanura refinery in Saudi Arabia forced temporary shutdowns and sent shockwaves through global energy markets.

Iran has also threatened to shut down the Strait of Hormuz, through which nearly one-fifth of the world’s oil supply passes. Officials warned that if attacks continue, “not a litre of oil will pass through the Strait of Hormuz,” and suggested oil prices could surge toward $200 per barrel.

Even as the conflict expanded across the region and energy markets reacted nervously, President Donald Trump suggested the campaign might already be nearing its conclusion. In an interview on March 11, 2026, he said that “any time I want it to end, it will end,” adding that after days of strikes, there was “practically nothing left to target” inside Iran.

This begs the question, though: If Iran’s nuclear ambitions persist and its leadership continues to threaten regional stability, what exactly would ending the war mean?

At moments like this, wars are not fought only on battlefields. They are also fought in the realm of public understanding. Trump is surrounded by experienced advisers and military leaders capable of prosecuting the conflict.

What is needed now is a clear explanation of why this war matters. American lives and allies are at risk, and public understanding becomes a form of national strength.

The war now unfolding is therefore not simply about Iran or even the Middle East.

It is about whether the United States is still willing—and able—to defend the strategic order it has upheld for decades. If Washington walks away from this confrontation after initiating it, the consequences will extend far beyond Tehran or the Gulf.

Across the world, America’s adversaries will draw their own conclusions. In capitals from Moscow to Beijing, the outcome of this conflict will be studied closely.

The stakes of this war are therefore global. What happens in Iran will shape how the world measures American resolve—and whether the balance of power that has defined the international system for decades still holds.

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/03/the_war_with_iran_that_was_never_explained.html

Politicians Fail the Marshmallow Test

Inflation ensues.

3/14/26

In Stanford marshmallow experiments, children are tested to see if they will delay taking a reward right away and instead wait for a promised greater reward.Politicians similarly can represent cronies and buy some votes now, or they can severely limit governments and earn more votes soon enough.

Major parties have done well by limiting governments, as shown by the startup of each dominating party. The Federalists (1776–1825) limited England. Jefferson’s Republicans (1801–1829) were the small-government party, and then the initial Democrats (1825–1896) were. The Republicans (1852–now) started by limiting slavery.

Politicians have done generally well even if they have only limited governments after crises were underway, as is shown by several crises.The changes in the quantity of money in the preceding boom and in the bust indicate both the crises’ scales and politicians’ changes over time.

Table: Examples of when politicians mostly just let people recover.

(Pic of chart)

Crisis

Money inflation

Malinvestment boom

Corrective bust

1819–1821

41%

1816–18181

-28%

1819–18212

1839–1843

60%

1833/013–1839/024

-34%

1839/02–1843/034

1919–1921

97%

1915/015–1920/096

-7%

1920/09–1922/016

1980–1982

140%

1970/11–1980/017

27%

1980/01–1982/117

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

The American colonists and then the USA people have been productive.For years, the people included many entrepreneurial farmers and other entrepreneurs, and their governments had low total spending: initially, 1% to 2% of GDP; through 1913 except during the Civil War, 3% to 8% of GDP. By 1774, people had already built up per capita income purchasing power that exceeded that of Great Britain’s people by 68%. People bought imports. All along, people’s productivity, the overall investment climate,and people’s buying of imports brought considerable foreign investment, lengthening booms then as they do now.

=•Meanwhile, all along, politicians committed a fundamental error — which has violated the Constitution since the Constitution has been in effect — of allowing banks to hold fractional reserves and create and loan out money==. This practice makes banks unstably prone to fail when some borrowers start having trouble paying back loans or when depositors en masse make runs on banks during which they withdraw more funds than banks hold in reserve.

The 1819–1821 crisis was caused by gradually creating a considerable percentage of the total quantity of money. Malinvestments, borrowers, and banks then failed, quickly destroying close to as large a percentage. With less money then available, producers decreased prices and wages. Customers earned less, but import prices were the same, so customers bought fewer imports. (Notice that people adjusted their purchases on their own, without politicians increasing tariffs.) Nominal loan balances and payments suddenly took far greater purchasing power to repay than originally agreed upon.

Politicians continued their fundamental error of allowing banks to hold only fractional reserves and create and loan out money.

Some of Jefferson’s Republicans talked about preventing future creation and destruction of moneyby changing to constitutional full-reserve money, but then didn’t enact this change.

In a second punishing error, Jefferson’s Republicans didn’t adjust nominal balances and payments back down to match the purchasing power originally agreed upon.

Overall, though, Jefferson’s Republicans mostly didn’t interfere with people’s recovery, and this helped. Politicians’ fundamental error of allowing banks to create and destroy money, together with politicians’ punishing error of enforcing contracts inequitably, drove some people to bankruptcy, but those readily preventable tragedies fell on relatively few people. The rest of the people recovered quickly. As a result, Jefferson’s Republicans remained in control.

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/03/politicians_fail_the_marshmallow_test.html