THIS IS A GLOBAL FIGHT:  RIP Quentin Deranque, 23: In the Streets of Lyon, a Young Rightist Is Beaten to Death (Video).

WELL, OF COURSE THEY ARE:  Democrats And Media AWOL On Raw Sewage Spill In Potomac River.

THE DEMOCRATS WON’T:  End the Epstein Madness.

HELPING MR. DU TOIT DO THE NEEDFUL:  Doing My Bit.

LIBERAL WOMEN, I TELL YA:  She did what?

ONCE MORE I WISH TO SUGGEST WE GIVE THE DEMS A BINKY AND SEND THEM TO BED IN THE NURSERY:  Democrats to Defy Leadership With Protests for Trump’s State of the Union.

WELL, IT IS NEEDED:  Trump Directs FEMA to Play ‘Key Role’ in Responding to Potomac Sewage Spill Disaster.

A DESPERATE CRY FOR ATTENTION:  Crybully Tucker Carlson Claims Detained At Ben Gurion Airport – US Embassy and Israelis Deny.

HE’S RIGHT, YOU KNOW:  We have been at war with Iran for the last forty years, a fact which only idiots do not grasp and only useful idiots such as yourself refuse to acknowledge. We are about to end that war, which you and your ilk refused to do no matter how much blood and treasure it cost us.

And for the Cancelled of X.

OVERMASCULINIZED CULTURES — SEE ISLAM — AIN’T BETTER. A PARTNERSHIP, NOT A FIGHT:  The consequences of an over-feminized culture.

THE FUTURE WE HOPED WE’D HAVE:  The future of American nuclear energy just touched down in Utah.

THE YOUNGER DAUGHTER IN LAW’S AD FOR HER BUSINESS WAS TAKEN DOWN BY AMAZON BECAUSE KNIVES ARE WEAPONS:  Honestly! She was showing pocket knives. not even swords. in my day we got our first pocket knife at eight. And yet most of us left childhood with all our fingers and both eyes. This nerfed world is annoying. Anyway, she has new stuff out, and is very upset at the loss of the ad.  Shiny, Sharp, and Stylish… Welcome! To Morrigan’s Mercantile!

ABOUT TIME:  Education Department scraps Biden-era race-based rules for doctoral degree grants.

DATA IS MORE ELUSIVE THAN YOU THINK:  Echo Chambers.

OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.

EVERYBODY’S WORKING FOR THE WEEKEND: U.S. military prepared to strike Iran as early as this weekend, but Trump has yet to make a final call, sources say.

I REALLY ENJOY THE LACK OF RESPECT FOR PUFFED-UP ESTABLISHMENT FIGURES:

Hi dickweed, remember when your boss launched a year long unilateral war in Libya? https://t.co/xPAVxUwizq

— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) February 18, 2026

DID THEY SPRAY ENOUGH OF THAT FLEX-SEAL STUFF ON IT? NASA will fuel up its Artemis 2 moon rocket for the 2nd time on Feb. 19. Will it leak again?

No joke, in our old house we had a leaky skylight. Roofing guys couldn’t fix it. Finally I got on the roof and sprayed two cans of that flex-seal stuff that’s advertised on late-night TV all around it. No more leaks. Granted, there were no cryogenics involved, but still. If there are more problems tomorrow, maybe it’s worth a try. I mean, it can turn a screen door into a boat . . . .

TEACH WOMEN NOT TO RAPE! (CONT’D): School secretary, 31, accused of having sex with two students after husband catches her with one of them. “Hughes was transported to Randolph County Jail, where she is being held on a $25,000 cash-only bond.”

PROBLEM?

The problem is that a class action lawsuit of this kind that encompassed even a small fraction of those for whom this is true would create sufficient liability to end public schooling in America https://t.co/rzdvMWikC8

— Wesley Yang (@wesyang) February 18, 2026

Toniiq Liposomal NAD+ and Resveratrol Supplement. #CommissionEarned

LIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY:

So many people in the comments are pointing out flaws and completely missing the point, which is the rate of change here.

2 years ago AI couldn’t generate a simple video of Will Smith eating spaghetti without it looking like a horrific DMT trip. Now it’s on the verge of… pic.twitter.com/z4C8TGxZSB

— Cognitive Dissident (@STP48315) February 17, 2026

Flashback: Backyard Filmmakers Are Hollywood’s Greatest Fear.

Backyards now optional. (I thought I’d posted this yesterday, but I was wrong.)

NEWS YOU CAN USE: The Best Cars That Still Offer a Manual Transmission in 2026, Ranked.

ISN’T THIS HOW “THE THING” STARTED? Pink rocks found in Antarctica lead to the discovery of an enormous structure under the ice.

WHY SO MANY NASTY BIGOTS IN HEALTHCARE? California Botox Nurse says Jews Pray at “Synagogue of Satan”, Claims “Nazis didn’t execute real Jews.” “Not only are Jews unsafe in her care, but it calls into question the judgment of those who employ her” says Physicans Against Antisemitsm (PAA).