Saturday Round-Up

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Saturday, March 14, 2026

I had my left knee replaced this past Wednesday, and this one is hurting more than the right one I did back in August, so I am on more pain meds and find I do not have an essay in me. But I still have a stack o’stuff that we can go through. We’ll start with the frightening. Records reveal hidden billions in global wealth tied to Iran’s new leader Mojtaba Khamenei. This war may be more about them holding onto their wealth than anything else. The conceit involved in such a revelation is mind-boggling – killing people by the thousands to hold onto more wealth than one person can spend – think about it.

Then there is this:

This September will mark 25 years since a group of radical Muslims hijacked four planes, took down the World Trade Center, and killed 3,000 Americans. A quarter century later, most Americans have moved on from worrying about the Islamist threat. But the Islamists never moved on from us.

In less than two weeks, we have had four high-profile attacks perpetrated by radical Muslims.

Dig far enough and you will find Iranian money behind those attacks. This is a necessary war. We have to do whatever it takes.

Most Christians and/or conservatives are not the mouth-breathing hyper-active ideologues so many would paint them as. But the Left sure does seem to be.

Reparations, the bad idea that simply will not die. California keeps walking down that road.

We are killing American manufacturing. – Shamefully so.

This is cool – very cool.

Meanwhile, in California…

Gavin Newsom – some blame cannot be shifted. And he is being outpolled by Kamala Harris for the next POTUS race. How bad do you have to be to get outpolled by a proven loser?

In California, if you cannot win a vote, you buy it.

In California, no possible tax dollar can go unturned.

Companies keep leaving California. I’m shocked, shocked.

Doomsday plane spotted over California. Portent?

And now, back to my pain-killer induced stupor.