We've created a world where nuclear weapons equal sovereignty

Not a fun game to play with so many unstable regimes on the planet but we can't put that toothpaste back in the tube

We need a geopolitical strategy that takes the implications of this fact seriously https://t.co/N5tNiu6odP

— Auron MacIntyre (@AuronMacintyre) March 3, 2026

As I’ve been saying since February 24, 2022.

This is the result of shredding the Budapest Memorandum. There couldn’t have possibly been any other result.

Ukraine had nukes. Ukraine gave up its nukes under the promise that if its aggressive neighbor with nukes invaded, its territorial integrity would be protected. The aggressive neighbor invaded. Ukraine was told, sorry, you have to sacrifice your territorial integrity because we are afraid of your neighbor who has nukes.

What conclusion could everybody observing this possibly draw other than get your own nukes?

Actions, meet consequences.

There’s a huge shortage of teachers in Illinois and Missouri. Ten years ago, the School of Education added a ton of fluff courses to the program, which means students who want to become teachers have to tack two whole years to their BA to get teacher certification. The program is dying because there are no students in it.

The state government and the university administration pressured the School of Education to revise their program. The revision took two years. And resulted in the School of Education adding 10 courses, which means a full extra year, to the program. Which already has no students because it’s too long.

We are now begging them to at least go back to the way it was before these 10 additional fluff courses. It’s hard because they put the words “diversity” and “equity” into the course titles, and nobody is crazy enough openly to be against diversity.

Then we’ll be told the difference in outcomes is due to racism.

EU urges Ukraine to allow access to pipeline carrying Russian oil https://t.co/cZ1jjyzIcP

— Financial Times (@FT) March 3, 2026

The war on Iran is a gift for Russia.

In the meantime, the Asian stock market is crashing. Which is a gift to all of us. Obviously, I say it sarcastically.

Find someone who looks at you the way Bill Clinton looks at photos of his time with Jeffrey Epstein. pic.twitter.com/hJ9MVDLd4A

— Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) March 3, 2026

There was a Law & Order episode where a rapist got a huge boner right in the courtroom when photos of the victim’s injuries were shown to him. This is totally like that but right there in real life. This pedo bastard is just the limit.

An illegal immigrant who has been arrested more than 30 times is now charged with murdering a woman at a Fairfax County bus stop.
READ MORE: https://t.co/nTh3KC9Zbf pic.twitter.com/DWtduCwPLM

— 7News DC (@7NewsDC) March 2, 2026

Fairfax County means it is very likely the murderer will not be incarcerated.

And nobody is talking about it because it’s now all about Iran.

You know what’s tiresome? Always being out of sync with everybody else. Everybody I talked to in RL is happy with the Iran war. The Trumpists, the anti-Trumpists, the mega-MAGAs, the mega-libs.

It’s fine, I’m used to it. It’s never going to be as bad as during COVID when I routinely heard accusations that I wanted to murder my own child. But it would be nice just once to share in the group spirit about something.

I’m glad I got some support here on the blog. It gets very lonely sometimes and I swear I don’t do it on purpose.

What exactly is the end game? "The Iranian people rise up and take control of their government"? Okay what does that mean exactly? Which people? How are they taking control? What happens after they do take control? Are we sure the new people, whoever they are, will be better than…

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) March 1, 2026

Yes. I have the same questions.

In Venezuela, yes, there is a likelihood that better people will come to power. Not a guarantee but a likelihood. What Venezuela needs to give up for that to happen is its system of economic relations. What Iran needs to give up is its religion. People attach much more strongly to religion, so it’s a very different proposition in comparison with Venezuela.

I’ve been mostly offline since Friday, yet I’ve seen several videos of supposedly Iranian women wiggling their butts to signal joy over the impending fall of the ayatollah regime. It doesn’t matter if the videos are fake. They point to what we all know. It’s about bombing Iranians out of burqas and into butt-wiggling. Even if they are all super enthusiastic about that (which of course they aren’t), tomorrow the consequences of the butt-wiggling philosophy are going to hit, and then what? Who’s going to be responsible?

Look at how Russians feel about the implantation of capitalism, which they embraced at first and weren’t bombed into. Look at how livid they now are about it. In Iran, we are messing with something much deeper.

I’m not seeing many reasons to be happy about any of it, to be honest.

This is Spain… Where hundreds of thousands of ancient olive trees are being ripped out and replaced with solar panels.

Trees, bees and insects all wiped out. You know .. to save the planet 🤡

pic.twitter.com/7EXxq4iivs

— Bernie (@Artemisfornow) March 2, 2026

These olive groves have been there since before Jesus.

You all know how I feel about Spain. This is a punch in the gut.

I’m mega disappointed in our union. Not only did they fail to provide any help when the administration tried to close our department, they are now spreading rumors that we have, indeed, been closed. They even published it in their newsletter and are refusing to retract. Many people ended up believing it and stopped inviting us to events.

They also refused to help when the university messed up my paycheck. And they are refusing to help faculty members whose vacation isn’t accruing correctly.