The Village Hemorrhoid

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

C-RAM Is BAD-ASS - Defending The US Embassy In Iran

Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar (C-RAM)

Eerie. It Sounds Like The Tripod Sound From “War Of The Worlds.”

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2030370799664660520

Two More Major Kills For The IDF

Sikh Restaurateur Driven Out Of Business / Arrested After Refusing To Sell Halal Meat In London

All non-Western cultures imported to enrich the multicultural tapestry are equal, but only so long as they are Islam.
The Hindustan Times reports:
The Sikh owner of a London-based Indian restaurant was briefly detained by the police on Saturday, following days of controversy over his refusal to sell halal meat. Indian-origin restaurateur Harman Singh Kapoor had earlier claimed that he had become the target of Muslim protesters over his refusal to sell halal.
By “protesters” they mean thugs:

https://x.com/SamanthaTaghoy/status/2032902059956064302/history

Kapoor had posted frequently about being threatened and intimidated by members of what he referred to as the “peaceful community” for not selling halal food.
London police won’t say why they arrested him. Maybe he said something critical of Islam online.
Kapoor’s run-ins with protesters gained wider attention in February 2026, when he shared an X post claiming that he had been forced to shut Rangrez — the restaurant he ran for 16 years — due to “ongoing online harassment, repeated disturbances and attacks by Pakistanis and a lack of proper support from the Met Police.”
Islam requires meat to be halal, meaning that animals are killed in a barbaric ritual manner. Kapoor’s Sikh faith forbids it, so he offered jhatka meat instead.

https://moonbattery.com/sikh-restaurateur-driven-out-of-business-and-arrested-after-refusing-to-sell-halal-meat-in-london/

Cuba's Energy Grid Fails ... Again

Cuba's national energy grid suffered a total collapse Monday, creating an island-wide blackout. Cuba is no stranger to power outages. Just a week ago, the Western half of the island was hit with a power outage, leaving millions without electricity. A year ago, Havana and Western Cuba were also hit with a power outage. In October 2024, the whole island was without power for a couple of days as one of its power plants "failed." The blackout is different. It takes place in the context of Cuba's primary allies being unable to assist, of the U.S. controlling energy supplies to Cuba, and an American president who, unlike decades of predecessors who were happy to let Cuba foment violence in Latin America and the Caribbean and act as proxies in parts of Africa, is dead set on driving the current communist government from power.

The last four months have been disastrous for Cuba as Latin America adjusted to firm actions by President Trump to strengthen U.S. diplomacy there. In November, Peru declared the Cuban ambassador persona non grata and sent him packing for election interference and using the Cuban embassy for subversive activities. A week ago, Ecuador did the same for similar reasons. The close friendship between Trump and Argentina's Milei, and the recent landslide election of Jose Antonio Kast in Chile, have left Cuba isolated in the region.
Of course, nothing more isolated Cuba than the brilliant coup on January 3 when Maduro was dragged out of bed and bundled off to a federal jail in Manhattan. This eliminated Cuba's most significant patron in Latin America and about 60 percent of its fuel for power generation. Under U.S. pressure, Mexico, under American pressure, followed suit in February and suspended shipments of oil to Cuba.
The commies in Havana were bright enough to see the writing on the wall and have been frantically trying to make a deal.
Cuban officials complained that no oil has arrived in three months, and while Cuba does produce some oil and has a small investment in "renewables," the lack of oil from Venezuela is causing huge problems. But their biggest problem may not be a lack of oil. A catastrophic fire at Cuba's largest oil refinery calls into question its ability to use oil at all.
And the source of this blackout is not a lack of oil; it is aging, decrepit, and poorly maintained infrastructure.
But let's look at some of the other things going on.
In February, Cuban border troops fired on a speedboat registered in Florida. The small craft was overloaded with people and weapons. Now the Cuban government has invited the FBI to visit Cuba as part of its investigation. This would have been unthinkable only a year ago.
This "charm offensive" has another component. Cuba announced it is willing to let Cubans nationals in America and American companies invest in Cuba.
Like Maduro before him and like the Iranian government, Cuba's government seems to be trying to run the old "rope-a-dope" on Trump. They are offering minor concessions and hoping to outlast Trump. At this point, I'd think that just about anyone would know that is not a great bet and an even worse evolutionary strategy.

https://redstate.com/streiff/2026/03/16/cubas-energy-grid-fails-as-trump-gives-the-options-and-timeline-for-solving-cubas-commie-problem-n2200289

Monday, March 16, 2026

A Little Weather Means Nothing In Florida

We just had a pretty severe thunderstorm with possibly a few tornadoes associated with it. My neighbors and I all lost power but we have a whole house generator and my 2nd nearest neighbor has 8 poultry houses and you have to have major generators to keep those birds alive if the power goes out. In these newest poultry houses, 30 minutes without power could mean 20,000 to 50,000 dead chickens, each house. He's half a mile away and I can usually hear his generators kick on. After about 30 seconds they level out and adjust to the load and I can't hear them anymore.

I didn't get a screenshot when this was over me and it's mellowed out a lot at this point.

Random Political Social Media Posts - 3.16.2026

https://x.com/Rightanglenews/status/2033182814619766987

I haven't been following Tucker or Candace Owens since they went bat-shit crazy but I accidentally ran across this, this morning.

I can't check this out because I don't have instawhatever.

Obama And Biden Showered Iran With Billions While Tehran Built Its Nuclear Program

The Left and their media allies want Americans to forget how the Iranian regime was empowered in the first place.
But former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany recently walked viewers through the timeline, and the receipts, showing how the Obama-Biden foreign policy machine sent billions to the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism.
McEnany recently walked viewers through what she described as a troubling financial trail that began with the Obama administration’s controversial nuclear agreement with Iran, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
McEnany’s breakdown begins with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, where Barack Obama promised Americans that sanctions relief would not strengthen the radical regime in Tehran.

https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2032862567312326946

CNN itself acknowledged the timing sparked outrage and speculation that the payment and hostage release were linked.
At the time, administration officials denied any quid pro quo.
The story did not end with the $400 million.
Within weeks, reports revealed the United States also transferred additional payments totaling about $1.3 billion in interest, bringing the total settlement to roughly $1.7 billion connected to a decades-old arms dispute dating back to before the 1979 Iranian revolution.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/03/kayleigh-mcenany-lays-money-trail-obama-biden-showered/

Random Political Memes/Cartoons Dump - 3.16.2026

Very rarely does someone get to write an actual headline like that.

Sunday, March 15, 2026

Bananas And Chocolate Ice Cream ... Yummm

Guys, I'm beat. We had too much going on this week for my worn out arse and we have company coming over today on top of that. Have a great day and I'll try to post a little later.