SPACE DOCKING ON VALENTINE’S DAY: How Freudian.
February 14, 2026
SHAKE IT UP:
It looks like my 4th Gen nukes posts here on X shook out data from US three letter agencies. Who belatedly realized that classifying physics was both self-defeating & stupid.
The bad news is the FYEO web site is now reporting a _NINTH_ 4th Gen. nuclear tech approach by China… https://t.co/EOuXeMMty1 pic.twitter.com/Ok9bBvrABc
— Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) February 15, 2026
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MASSIE, LOL:
The Bondi-led DOJ has obtained a wildly successful string of huge victories in the courts at the appellate and Supreme Court levels that have advanced the Trump Administration agenda across a broad range of issues that will be consequential for decades to come.
If the Epstein… https://t.co/VGQ0dWpplW
— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) February 14, 2026
FRED HOYLE HAS ENTERED THE CHAT: Scientists Think Asteroids May Have Provided the Ingredients for Life on Earth.
MOST PECULIAR:
On the one hand, you have four random guys who had nothing to do with Epstein.
On the other hand, you have your billionaire donor, Reid Hoffman, who visited Epstein's island and ranch and was working to help him as late as 2018.
Really weird that you never mention the latter. https://t.co/v6ZEiPkEdu
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) February 14, 2026
I GET SCOPED EVERY FIVE YEARS: Your colonoscopy could save your life—here’s how to make it easier.
TRULY AWFL:
This is perfect.
ICE agent: “If you cared, you would care about the child who got raped and the person who got murdered by the guy we’re looking for. “
Awful, ugly white lady: “I don’t care.”
The entire insane national debate encapsulated in 20 sec.
— Gerry Callahan (@GerryCallahan) February 13, 2026
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AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD:
The Babylon Bee Ranks Humanity's Worst Inventions https://t.co/0chyKQi4Gy pic.twitter.com/i3tnXJPBnO
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) February 13, 2026
REUTERS: US military preparing for potentially weeks-long Iran operations.
The U.S. military is preparing for the possibility of sustained, weeks-long operations against Iran if President Donald Trump orders an attack, two U.S. officials told Reuters, in what could become a far more serious conflict than previously seen between the countries.
The disclosure by the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the planning, raises the stakes for the diplomacy underway between the United States and Iran.
U.S. and Iranian diplomats held talks in Oman last week in an effort to revive diplomacy over Tehran’s nuclear program, after Trump amassed military forces in the region, raising fears of new military action.
U.S. officials said on Friday the Pentagon was sending an additional aircraft carrier to the Middle East, adding thousands more troops along with fighter aircraft, guided-missile destroyers and other firepower capable of waging attacks and defending against them.
Trump, speaking to U.S. troops on Friday at a base in North Carolina, said it had “been difficult to make a deal” with Iran.
“Sometimes you have to have fear. That’s the only thing that really will get the situation taken care of,” Trump said.
Asked for comment on the preparations for a potentially sustained U.S. military operation, White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said: “President Trump has all options on the table with regard to Iran.”
Well, as long as the operation will only last a few weeks:
“This is going to be a two month war not a two year war” – Bill Kristol 2003 https://t.co/RIVFHi9p9g pic.twitter.com/prD5FlHNma
— a newsman (@a_newsman) February 14, 2026