BREAKING: Mojtaba Khamenei named Iran’s next supreme leader after father’s death.

AMERICA'S NEWS OF RECORD responds with their headline.

SWELTER IN PLACE: New York should be prepared for massive electric bills and rolling blackouts.

Good job, Mamdani....

WE NEED TO WALL OFF CALIFORNIA: Chevron warns Newsom’s climate alarmism will cost 500,000 jobs.

HERE'S A MYSTERIOUS TIDBIT from 'the intelligence war' in Iran. It's long and ambiguous as to whether it's pro- or anti-Iranian. Make of it what you will.

Here is more on bubble jammers.

ARE FREE CONDOMS NEXT? New Jersey lawmakers advance free menstrual products mandate for colleges.

SHIELD OF THE AMERICAS SUMMIT: We are not going to cede an inch of territory in this hemisphere to our enemies or adversaries.

IRAN: A regime full of psychopaths.

CHECKING THE POLLS and looking good.

HEH: America graciously converts 20 Iranian warships into new submarines. The lede is (obviously) from America's News of Record, but the post itself is serious. Go read it.

SPRING LEAVES 2026, Week One: It's now Daylight Saving time, and I'm probably a bit late starting since the forsythia started leafing out over a week ago, the iris plants are popping back up, grass has begun to grow, and I'm beginning to see buds in some of the trees. Here's what the yard looks like today:

... resuming my post following last night's computer crash, I'll start (again) with the usual pond view. The hill itself is still brown, and likely to remain mostly due to the thick layer of fallen leaves. It a bit worrisome to walk there since those same leaves cover up stumps, holes, fallen branches and other hazards to walking. The trees themselves are just beginning to bud out, but it's not yet visible in the pictures.

Our bellwether forsythia is well ahead this year. The initial yellow flowering is already being overtaken by the green leaves that follow. The fire pit is looking good, and flowers are beginning to become active -- the lone yellow iris (bottom right) that survived deer munching on it has already flowered.

Along the road, the plants we put in along the fence line and around the barn are all showing activity, though no flowers yet. And the grass has begun to turn green -- finally!

Spring is finally springing and it's good to be outside again.

Until next week then (assuming I can figure out what's causing my computer to go bonkers -- I blame Google).

WHEN YOU’VE CONSTRUCTED a cartoon version of the world in your mind, what do you do when reality proves it wrong?

THE FEVER IS BREAKING. The dawn of 2026 is here. And this time, the light wins.

SUNDAY SMILES: There are many good ones this week, but this one is my favorite:

Now go see the rest. And read the commentary before scrolling down to the cartoons.

WHAT A SURPRISE. The Left is frickin’ insane.

MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.

Linked from Instapundit.

IRAN: our 88 member Assembly of Experts has selected a new Supreme Leader but we won't tell you who he is.

ISRAEL: Okay, then, we will have 88 new targets....

Update: America's News of Record has identified Iran's new Supreme Leader.

TRUMP: Just do things.

November 4, 1979 — almost 47 years ago — Iran seized the American embassy in Tehran and held its staff hostage. Ever since then, American presidents have struggled with what to do.

Jimmy Carter temporized for many months, even as ABC’s newly created Nightline — a nighttime news show created specially to cover the hostage crisis — opened every night with “America held hostage, day XXX.” His wife, First Lady Rosalynn Carter, finally prodded him to do something. The “something” turned out to be a shambolic rescue mission that ended in disaster.

President Reagan intimidated the mullahs a bit, but never seriously retaliated for the Beirut barracks bombing that killed over 200 Marines along with over a score of other service personnel. George H.W. Bush invaded Iraq but left the mullahs largely alone. Bill Clinton did nothing of substance. George W. Bush had a chance to bring the Iranians to heel after the conquest of Iraq, but inexplicably failed to press his advantage. Barack Obama was, basically, complicit in their nuclear program, to the point of famously sending them pallets of cash totaling over a billion dollars.

President Trump, on the other hand, killed General Soleimani and told other Iranian leaders that they could be next.

It works. Go read the whole article.

LUIGI MANGIONE escapes federal death penalty in CEO slaying.

Let him suffer. Life in prison without any chance of parole will do.

WATCH THE VIDEO. The Deep State strikes.

SO HACKERS JUST STOLE MEXICO'S TAX AND VOTER ROLLS and you'll never guess how.

Believe in Artificial Intelligence? Think again.