English, Dudley, and I returned to Northern Virginia after a long and pleasant weekend in Chatmoss. There was a lovely wine dinner at the Club on Saturday; delicious food and wine, great company. Sunday was spent watching the Crosby golf tournament, and reading, as a steady rain fell outside. The snow largely disappeared. Frank came over for pizza on Sunday evening, and opined on Atlantic 10 basketball. A fantastic time!
Now driving up I-81 was not fun. It never is. Earlier last week I drove down Rt. 29, which is a much nicer drive. There are just too many Yankees on I-81. Why cannot they stay in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey?
“The fundamental question we must answer at the outset is: what exactly are we defending?” Because armies do not fight for abstractions. Armies fight for a people; armies fight for a nation. Armies fight for a way of life. And that is what we are defending: a great civilization that has every reason to be proud of its history, confident of its future, and aims to always be the master of its own economic and political destiny.
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We are part of one civilization — Western civilization. We are bound to one another by the deepest bonds that nations could share, forged by centuries of shared history, Christian faith, culture, heritage, language, ancestry, and the sacrifices our forefathers made together for the common civilization to which we have fallen heir.
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We do not want allies shackled by guilt and shame. We want allies who are proud of their culture and heritage and are willing to help us defend it.”
–United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking at the Munich Security Conference.
A lawsuit was filed against the United States Department of Interior, seeking to stop the renovation of the East Potomac Golf Course in Washington, D.C. Because, . . Orange Man Bad.
Last week the Department of the Interior removed a “Pride Flag” from a flagpole standing at the Stonewall National Monument outside New York City’s Stonewall Inn. The national monument was created by then President Obama in order to celebrate a riot by homosexuals. The Interior Department instead raised an American flag, per the President’s directive as to flags flown at all national monuments (and embassies). Well cue the Leftist outrage. LGBTQ++ groups cried “bigotry!” New York City Comrade Mayor Zohran Mamdani expressed his outrage. The usual suspects tore down the American flag, and raised another “Pride” flag. WOW! Well guess what? The American flag is back, and the “Pride” flag is gone. Because the flagpole is on U.S. property. Get over yourselves, people!
Senator Charles Schumer (D. N.Y.) is trolling for radical voters’ support. He called for Congressional legislation to make the “Pride” flag an official U.S. flag, to be flown at all U.S. government buildings and sites. Good grief!
Representative Jim McGovern (D. Ma.) introduced legislation in Congress to rescind America’s embargo against Cuba. Why? The brutal communist dictatorship is on the brink, and this Northeastern Democrat wants to throw it a lifeline? Oh, yeah; he is a commie too!
Puddin’head flew to Germany, and attended the Munich Security Conference. It was a very Puddin’ performance. For example,
Panelist Question: “Should the US commit troops to defend Taiwan?”
Puddinhead: “Um, you know, I think that, uhh, eh, this is such a, uh, you know, I th-I think that this is a, umm, this is of course a, uh, a very longstanding, um, policy.”
And then there was this,
“What we are seeking is a return to a rules-based order that eliminates the hypocrisies around when too often in the west we look the other way for inconvenient populations, to act out these paradoxes.”
What in the world does that mean? Does she have any clue what she is saying?
Puddin’head went on to call for a global “wealth tax”. Oh, my! And this woman wants to be President?
A Massachusetts federal judge ruled that ICE could not arrest illegal aliens at churches because it trampled on “religious freedoms”. No it does not. There are no freedom from arrest places for criminals. This ruling will not last long.
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger (D.) posted pictures of herself on social media, grilling. It is hard to tell what she is grilling. It may be meat. It looks shredded, greasy, fatty, and littered with bones. It is disgusting. Abigail Spanberger joins a long line of Democrats, such as Senator Charles Schumer (D. N.Y.) who seek to portray herself as an ordinary joe. It is an epic fail.
Virginia General Assembly Democrats passed legislation that would have Virginia’s electoral votes go to whatever presidential candidate who won “the national popular vote”, irrespective of which candidate actually won Virginia’s election. It is the Left’s latest scheme to allow California, New York, New Jersey, and Illinois control the nation. It is unconstitutional. And it is stupid, if for no other reason than there is no “national popular vote”. Sigh.
“Your humor and genius are seasoned with passion and compassion. Courage and humility accompany you in every monologue. The Virginia Theological Seminary honors you with the Dean’s Cross because you are a truth-telling storyteller who is living the well-formed life in Christ.”
–citation accompanying Virginia Theological Seminary’s award of Dean’s Cross For Servant Leadership to The Late Show host, Stephen Colbert.
Huh?
“[Colbert] consistently challenges audiences to think critically and to act with moral clarity.”
–Statement issued by Virginia Theological Seminary.
“Humor” and “genius” are not words we would associate with Stephen Colbert. Nor is the phrase “truth-telling storyteller”. And “moral clarity”? PLEASE! Stephen Colbert is a crass, unoriginal, lying, hater with severe TDS. Virginia Theological Seminary continues to prove that theology, liturgy, and Scripture are not the focus of its mission.
Mattel, Inc.’s “American Girls Dolls” brand redesigned some of its classic dolls, “modernizing” them. The new dolls are called “The Modern Era Collection”. Longtime American Dolls consumers and fans are not amused.
Eileen Gu, the American-born Olympic skier who competes for Red China, has slammed the organizers at the 2026 Olympic Games for not rearranging events to work around her schedule after she fell during one of her jumps last Saturday, jeopardizing her gold medal ambitions. Oh, feel sorry for the traitorous commie skier!
Actor Robert Duvall–The Great Santini!–has died at age 95. R. I. P.
Former Washington Redskin offensive lineman Tre’ Johnson has died at age 54. R. I. P.
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