IN MY FIELD, SHINES THE NAME, SHINES THE NAME:  6,400 word short story. The Woke vilified Dan Simmons for this. It should have gotten both a Hugo and a Nebula, just on principle. But Dan had violated the rules. You can never, ever make Islam or Muslims the villains. And worst of all? He did not recant nor repent. God bless his memory

AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE: X Cancelled.

I SECOND THIS:  Whack-A-Mullah. Can I add a name to the list?

WE REMEMBER THIS:  When WHIO AM Called Iran.

AND HE, AS I DID, TOOK A DEEP BREATH OF RELIEF:  Iran Underway.

THE LEFT IS BLINDED BY IDEOLOGY:  Were We Supposed To Clap? A room full of lawmakers outsourcing their judgment is a bigger story than any applause line.

BECAUSE WE’RE ADULTS:  Why Americans Love Guns.

SURE DOES:  Well.  Sucks to be a mullah right now.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS:  Medical Tyranny returns to Washington State.

I, FORTUNATELY, WOKE UP WHILE STILL IN MY TEENS:  Unfeminism. Or How I discovered that I’m not One Of Them.

TRULY FASCINATING:  Fascinating paper “…We find that narrow election of a Republican prosecutor reduces all-cause mortality rates among young men ages 20-29 by 6.6%. This decline is driven predominantly by reductions in firearm-related deaths.”

AND FOR THE : Cancelled of X.

OPEN THREAD: There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar trying to make up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening. The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultra-threading.

BIRDS OF A FEATHER: Putin Calls Killing of Khamenei a ‘cynical violation’ of morality.

Putin made the statement in a letter to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian that the Kremlin released to the public in the wake of Khamenei’s death. Saturday’s bold daytime strikes eliminated Khamenei along with several other top Iranian leaders, including the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.

“Please accept my deep condolences in connection with the murder of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Seyed Ali Khamenei, and members of his family, committed in cynical violation of all norms of human morality and international law,” Putin wrote.

“In our country, Ayatollah Khamenei will be remembered as an outstanding statesman who made a huge personal contribution to the development of friendly Russian-Iranian relations and bringing them to the level of a comprehensive strategic partnership,” Putin continued.

With any luck, those days are over.

THEY AREN’T EVEN HIDING IT:

Think about this:

Leftists cheered the assassination of Charlie Kirk,

And condemned the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Good. Evil.

They chose evil.

— Kentucky Girl (@Notwokenow) March 1, 2026

CAPTAIN OF THE SOMALI PIRATES HAS THOUGHTS:

No new wars.

— Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) February 28, 2026

Fair enough; this one has being going on since 1979:

YEP!! pic.twitter.com/T5DFjhiRkT

— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) February 28, 2026

We’re endlessly told to remember and rectify grievances from
decades and even centuries in the past. Well all right. https://t.co/oREkFfkehx

— Randy Barnett (@RandyEBarnett) February 28, 2026

One point of regret: I’m genuinely sorry the sanctimonious SOB didn’t live to see this. pic.twitter.com/LYSM2Tkaa0

— Will Collier (@willcollier) February 28, 2026

I know he’s just turned 86, but I’d love to get a quote from Ted Koppel about today’s events: Feb. 28, 2026: The Day Trump Paid the Mullahs Back — and Gave Persians a Chance.

Bring Ted Koppel back for a final episode of America Held Hostage. pic.twitter.com/vDLYiezRkE

— Manny (@Mo_Resourcez) February 28, 2026

UPDATE: Iran’s Top 20 Attacks On The West, From Carter to Obama and Biden.

BOTTOM STORY OF THE DAY: Iran’s soccer federation head doubts country will play in 2026 World Cup after US-Israeli strikes.

The president of Iran’s soccer federation says he does not know if the national team can play World Cup matches in the United States following the surprise US and Israeli bombardment of his country.

“What is certain is that after this attack, we cannot be expected to look forward to the World Cup with hope,” Mehdi Taj told sports portal Varzesh3 as Iran traded strikes with Israel as part of a widening war prompted by the bombardment.

The US-Israeli strikes on Iran continued for a second day on Sunday after the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei threw the future of the Islamic Republic into uncertainty and raised the risk of regional instability.

Time to fire up the Dacia Sandero in response:

I THOUGHT THE POLAR BEARS WERE ALL STARVING: Svalbard polar bears gained fat despite rapid Barents Sea ice loss.

NICE:

Flying over the city of Los Angeles:

"Thank U Trump ❤️ from Iranian People" pic.twitter.com/BOCsTaUNbw

— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) March 1, 2026

GOOD START:

Today on a Tehran train, a morality police officer attempted to bully women for going without hijabs. This time, they had backup. Fellow female passengers rose up, screaming until the officer was forced off the train to cheers and applause.

This is how it's done! pic.twitter.com/9lmilehBbE

— Pamela Hensley🇺🇸 (@PamelaHensley22) March 1, 2026

ON TONIGHT’S TOP GEAR, THE STIG POWER TESTS JAGUAR’S NEW RECREATION OF THEIR LEGENDARY D-TYPE THAT WON LE MANS IN 1957!

Much like Anheuser-Busch producing a Super Bowl commercial with Clydesdales, eagles, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Freebird,” and good ole boys rather than Dylan Mulveney, presumably Tata Motors, the Indian company that owns Jaguar is reissuing some of their classics and inviting drivers like Ben Collins to film road tests for YouTube in the hopes that they can put this 2024 monstrosity behind them:

From December: Report: Executive Who Spearheaded Jaguar’s Woke Genderbender Rebrand Fired, Escorted Out of Building by Security.

BECAUSE THEY HATED LIMBAUGH, AND MERELY FOUND KHAMEINI DISTASTEFUL:

WHY, INDEED?:

NOAH POLLAK: “One of Trump’s greatest legacies will be how he blew up a half-century of western diffidence, restraint, and failure on terrorism.”

One of Trump's greatest legacies will be how he blew up a half-century of western diffidence, restraint, and failure on terrorism. As the era of Islamic terrorism began in the 1970s, western countries (very much including Israel) spun up all kinds of pseudo-sophisticated theories…

— Noah Pollak (@NoahPollak) February 28, 2026

Blowing up a half-century of western diffidence, restraint, and failure is pretty much Trump’s wheelhouse, as Glenn wrote in 2022: Donald Trump and America’s New Class War.

THE GOODBYE LOOK:

Chinese are now leaving Iran like crazy, the price of a one-way ticket to Beijing has gone up to 3M Yuan ($425,000). What are the Chinese so afraid of? According to a Taiwanese news, they have done too many bad things in Iran (such as helping Iranian regime to crack down the… pic.twitter.com/wLzel5XBQB

— Bin Xie (@bxieus) March 1, 2026

AIMING HIGH: Lincoln Reportedly Developing Ford Bronco–Based SUV to Rival Mercedes G-Class.

IT’S SATIRE…OR IS IT?

Satire is best when it's indistinguishable from reality https://t.co/nIkXzhdFfv

— Stephen Pollard (@stephenpollard) March 1, 2026