We had a pretty good weekend. Got in a swim, went to see the Oscar-nominated shorts (animation and live action), had drinks with friends. All of this is good, because it is keeping my head from exploding over current events.
Of this new war we will say little, because what’s the use. But of events surrounding it? Like, for instance, the side-bet crypto gambling site Polymarket, where some incredibly suspicious bets were placed at the last minute on a U.S. invasion of Iran on Feb. 28. Gee, I wonder who might have that information. I wonder if they had to kick up to the boss.
Or Kash Patel’s girlfriend getting an FBI security detail to get her hair done. (When former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick broke a million rules to get his wife a red Lincoln Navigator on a city-paid lease, there were women who cut him slack because they thought it was sweet that he was looking out for his woman. I suspect the same attitude will be prevalent in MAGA land.)
Also, we gotta get this war done quick-like, because we’re running out of munitions. (WSJ story, no sub so no gift link.)
I just saw the president announcing the first American casualties and added, “There will probably be more. That’s the way it is. Likely be more.” Thank you, Cadet Bone Spurs. The Israelis thank you, too.
I think I better call this a failed effort and wrap it up. Face the week ahead, put away the clean socks, and wait to see what March brings us.
Jeff Gill said on March 1, 2026 at 5:43 pm
On the brighter side, today, March 1, is the 154th anniversary of Pres. Ulysses S. Grant signing the legislation in 1872 that made Yellowstone National Park our nation’s first. Salute!
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Deborah said on March 1, 2026 at 5:46 pm
It’s disgusting how the people in Trump’s orbit flagrantly spend our tax dollars on themselves and the Republicans just sit back and do nothing.
Today marks 23 years since we moved to Chicago, seems like yesterday. We lived in St. Louis for 23 years too, which used to be the place I lived the longest. Looking forward to many more years in Chicago (and New Mexico).
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Sherri said on March 1, 2026 at 6:42 pm
Ms. Wilkins, the daughter of a financial specialist in the aerospace industry (her mother) and a global consumer products executive for Gillette (her father), had lived in London and Switzerland, and for a time attended elementary school at Collège du Léman in Geneva. She is originally from the Boston suburb of Weymouth, but likes to emphasize her time living in Arkansas.
“There are just some things the limousine liberal will never understand from the coasts,” she recently wrote.
Well, there are certainly things I will never understand, like how a rich kid who lived overseas thinks she’s a more authentic American than I am.
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