UPDATE: Robert Duvall - R.I.P. Lonesome Dove / Texas Ranger Museum, Waco, Texas

If you've never been to the Texas Ranger Museum, You would be doing yourself a favor to visit.

1.5.1931 - 2.15.2026

“I love the smell of napalm in the morning.”

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Duvall, the Oscar-winning actor of matchless versatility and dedication whose classic roles included the intrepid consigliere of the first two “Godfather” movies and the over-the-hill country music singer in “Tender Mercies,” has died at age 95.
Duvall died “peacefully” at his home Sunday in Middleburg, Virginia, according to an announcement from a statement by his wife, Luciana Duvall. 

https://x.com/galleywinter/status/2023736537641271746

New York Muslims Declare War On Christians* On Loudspeakers In The Streets

(*and every other religion.)

New Yorkers Wake to the Islamic Call to Prayer

We all saw this coming.
Not because we hate our neighbors. Not because we fear prayer. But because we understand history. We understand symbolism. And we understand that culture never collapses all at once. It erodes. Quietly at first. Then loudly.
A tweet making the rounds this week shows video of the Islamic call to prayer, the Adhan, echoing through New York City streets at dawn. Five in the morning. Amplified. Projected over neighborhoods that still carry the scars of September 11, 2001. That date is not ancient history. It is living memory.

https://x.com/AmyMek/status/2022939644166639629

https://x.com/AmyMek/status/2022939644166639629

Under policies approved by Eric Adams, mosques have been permitted to broadcast the call to prayer publicly on Fridays and during Ramadan without a special noise variance. More recently, activists tied to figures like Zohran Mamdani have pushed for expanded public religious expression framed as equity and inclusion.
Let me clear about something up front, as a Christian pastor. The United States protects religious liberty. That includes Muslims. The First Amendment is not selective. And it should not be. But freedom of religion is not the same thing as forced participation in someone else’s religious proclamation.
The Adhan is not ambient background music. It is a declaration. The phrase “Allahu Akbar” means “God is greatest.” It is a theological claim. It is a call to submission. Practicing Muslims understand this. That is not controversial. That is simply fact.
Now imagine living in lower Manhattan. Imagine hearing that broadcast before sunrise, rolling through concrete and glass, over a skyline where nearly 3,000 Americans were murdered in an attack carried out in the name of that same phrase. Context matters. Memory matters. And if that memory is ingrained in my mind, being in 6th grade and states away at the time, I can't imagine where it sits for those in the city.
We are told that discomfort equals intolerance. That objection equals hate. That if you even question the wisdom of amplifying the Adhan over public neighborhoods, you are somehow anti-Muslim. That doesn't just strike me as ridiculous; it's lazy thinking.
The issue is not private worship. The issue is state-enabled amplification. When City Hall makes policy decisions that allow one religious proclamation to be projected into unwilling homes at dawn, it is no longer just about free exercise. It becomes about cultural dominance. And I didn't mistype, dominance is the word.
No one would accept a church blasting the Apostles’ Creed over city blocks at 5 AM. No one would tolerate a synagogue projecting the Shema across neighborhoods daily through municipal permission. We know this. Noise ordinances exist for a reason. So why the carve-outs?
Supporters say it is about inclusion. But inclusion that overrides everyone else’s peace is not inclusion. It is favoritism. It signals that certain expressions are protected beyond criticism, while others are carefully monitored, litigated, or mocked. This is where the frustration deepens.
New York is not just another city. It is the financial capital of the world. It is the city that buried firefighters and police officers after September 11. It is where families still read names at the memorial every year. That memory should create humility in leadership decisions, not bravado. We were told years ago that multiculturalism meant peaceful coexistence. Live and let live. Practice your faith quietly and freely. But coexistence assumes boundaries. It assumes mutual respect. However, blasting theological declarations over entire neighborhoods before sunrise feels less like coexistence and more like encroachment.
And yet there remains an even deeper concern.
When politicians frame every objection as bigotry, they shut down legitimate civic debate. When critics are smeared, people stop speaking. Silence follows. Then policy accelerates. Doesn't that pattern sound familiar?
This is not about me demonizing Muslim Americans. I do not believe that. Most Muslim families I have met simply want to live, work, raise their kids, and worship in peace. I can respect that. What I am wrestling with is leadership. I am asking whether the people elected to govern New York really understand the emotional and historical weight this city carries.
When I hear amplified religious declarations rolling through neighborhoods before sunrise, I do not just hear sound. I hear symbolism. Sound shapes culture. Repetition normalizes things. I have watched how “limited accommodations” slowly become permanent fixtures in other areas of policy. I have seen how lines move. And if I am honest, that pattern concerns me.
I do not think New York is collapsing because of one broadcast. That would be dramatic. But I do think it is drifting. And drift is how you lose things without realizing it. You wake up one day, and the culture feels unfamiliar, and you cannot pinpoint the moment it changed. It was not a crash. It was a slow slide.
A confident nation does not panic at prayer. But it also does not pretend that symbols are meaningless. Especially symbols tied to deep wounds in living memory. We all saw this coming because we have watched leaders treat every boundary as negotiable and every objection as hateful. When citizens raise concerns, they deserve engagement, not insults.
Religious liberty should protect the mosque and the church equally. It should not empower the state to amplify one faith’s call into unwilling homes.
The question is simple. Can New York defend freedom without surrendering its common space? That debate is not hate. It is citizenship.

https://redstate.com/eli-shepherd/2026/02/17/new-yorkers-wake-to-the-islamic-call-to-prayer-n2199208

Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) Says What Every America Thinks About The Mamdanistan Dog Banning Issue

(Dogs were part of human society long before the barbaric ideology of Islam was ever made up. Dogs have contributed more to the advancement of humanity than the filthy cult of mohammed ever will.)

Last week, a far-left Muslim activist in New York City named Nerdeen Kiswani angered Americans after targeting mankind’s most loyal friend in a shocking tweet.

For context, many Muslims consider dogs “impure” and Islamic legal tradition has, in various cases, pushed for barring human contact with the animals.
Kiswani later tried to claim that she was just joking, but the damage was already done.
Fine, who is Jewish, had a very spicy response to Kiswani’s nasty tweet on Sunday.

Fine’s response quickly set off an Internet firestorm, with several leftists, including AOC, calling him a religious bigot and demanding he be censured for his tweet.

Fine, though, refused to relent one inch and doubled down.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/02/gop-rep-randy-fine-sets-internet-ablaze-his/

Random Political Memes/Cartoons Dump - 2.17.2026

 

 

ANOTHER Trans Shooter

https://x.com/jammles9/status/2023578760629371018

 

 

Hollyweird Apologizes For ‘Silence Of The Lambs’

Classic movies resonate because they reflect what we understand in our guts to be true. Silence of the Lambs featured Buffalo Bill, a transgender serial killer who skinned women so he could wear their skin. 

Driven by the liberal establishment’s promotion of LGBTism, the rapidly expanding Transsexual Violence Hall of Horrors has confirmed the movie’s underlying insight. Yet now Hollyweird apologizes for it.
Via Hollywood Reporter:
Silence of the Lambs surprised the industry as an Oscar-winning, generation-defining smash. But over the years, the characterization of Buffalo Bill (whose sexual orientation is not explicitly stated) has been viewed as gender nonconforming and identifying as trans. For his part, Ted Levine — having played the character who is also known as Jame Gumb — has conflicting feelings about the movie, despite its success. …
Levine did not have concerns while making the movie but has developed a fuller understanding of the trans experience in the ensuing decades. “[It’s] just over time and having gotten aware and worked with trans folks, and understanding a bit more about the culture and the reality of the meaning of gender,” says the actor… “It’s unfortunate that the film vilified that, and it’s f[*]cking wrong.”

They never should have cast Buffalo Bill in a bad light. Transphobia is thoughtcrime. It is “f*cking wrong.”

Silence of the Lambs came out 35 years ago this month.
It became the year’s fifth-highest-grossing title, collecting $272 million globally ($659 million today), and was just the third feature in history to win the “big five” Oscars: best picture, director, actor, actress and screenplay.
But you couldn’t make Silence of the Lambs today. It rings too true.

https://moonbattery.com/hollyweird-apologizes-for-silence-of-the-lambs/

Random Political Social Media Posts - 2.16.2026

https://x.com/robbystarbuck/status/2022839519611920435

This is a longer video but I think you will enjoy it. No matter what you've thought of Rubio before, he has became a major asset for Trump and the MAGA agenda. 

Not political ... but hilarious.

https://x.com/JanJekielek/status/2021788780634456116

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2023207372731118079 

This asswipe used the word "Sacred" while talking about the satanic spot where sexual perversion was first celebrated.

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2022007529996530028

I guess married Democrat women are really stupid ... Conservative women don't seem to have these problems.

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2022844895203914123

^

 

Rearranging The House

We are supposed to be getting the wife's recliner delivered this morning so the ball and chain is running me ragged moving this here, and that over there and get this out of the room, blah, blah, blah ...

Anyway, posting will resume when the madness recedes. 

 

Bloom County

Someone, who doesn't get credit because they are 'anonymous', made a comment that Bloom County ranked high in the best cartoon strips category. My reply was that Bloom County was more of a political cartoon than just a cartoon to enjoy for the commentary. I also think that Bloom County started leaning way too much to the left and it became unbearable.

But this cartoon, imo, ranks #1 of all Bloom County cartoons. 

UPDATE: Weather Watch - North Florida

I posted earlier that the Daytona 500 start time had been moved up due to the threat of inclement weather and now that I'm trying to watch the race, the weather in north Florida in my area is under severe weather warnings. Tornado warnings have been posted for 6 or 7 Florida counties including mine. I'm not worried about a power loss, I have a whole house generator but I am thinking that I could lose my satellite signal. 

We'll see.

 Update: Passing right under us now and a little more intense.