Posted by jkwarren on Mar 05 2026 in News
Kristi Noem is now the former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
Posted by jkwarren on Feb 28 2026 in News
This morning we awoke to the news that US and Israel mounted an apparently aggressive attack on targets in Iran overnight.
I probably haven't ever paid so much attention to what's going on in government in general, or Congress in particular. But the bill just passed.
In a move that probably isn't surprising to many, but filled breaking news this morning and flooded news channel all day, President Trump announced a few tariffs, and the new DOGE has stopped the operations of USAID.
It seems Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, so the prediction is six more weeks of winter. Here, it's a bit cloudy, so there aren't any shadows, so maybe we'll have a different winter run. We are looking ahead to our expected February cold snap, which can last a week or few.
I might have to break out the Groundhog Day classic movie, because it's the day, and it's all over the recommendations on my TV.
I'm not a fan of the new president.
The last time that they tried this, a bunch of strongly opinionated people were arguably encouraged by the sitting president, Donald Trump, to march to the Capitol building to try to convince the VP, Mike Pence, that he should stop the ceremony.