Flotsam and Jetsam - Good News, F15 WSO Rescued in Iran Firefight

First reported by Jack Murphy @JackMurphyRGR, "Good news for once. F-15 WSO recovered alive. Was escaping and evading. Massive fire fight on tgt. Iranians were actively looking for him in the area." At Hat Hair, Dave Strom has F-15 WSO Recovered After Special Forces Battle IRGC, Says Al Jazeera and CONFIRMED!!! F-15 Weapons Systems Officer Rescued After Massive Firefight; UPDATED WITH DETAILS. Matt Vespa at TownHall, WE GOT HIM: Missing F-15 Crew Member Who Got Shot Down Over Iran Has Been Rescued. Bob Hoge at RedState, 'WE GOT HIM!' President Trump Responds As Second Airman Is Rescued From Enemy Territory in Iran. But it wouldn't be good news without some bitching and moaning from 'progressives.' At Twitchy, Hot Take: Fortunately for Missing Airman, Iran Is Not as Barbaric as Trump or the Genocidal Zionists. HealthRanger @HealthRanger, "The second pilot is probably already a P.O.W. And since the U.S. terror regime has been carrying out war crimes against Iran on a daily basis, it's a big question how he might be treated. Fortunately, the Iranians are not as barbaric as Trump or the genocidal Zionists." Quote Nick Sortor @nicksortor, " BREAKING: The second F-15 crew member is STILL believed to be missing in Iran, and the Pentagon is LASER-FOCUSED on rescuing him They’re releasing NO information, and officials are tight lipped." So sorry for you you don't get find out. Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "He’s so desperate to dance on the graves of Americans to own the orange man that he’s pushing videos of a Soviet-made helicopter from Syria six years ago." Quote HealthRanger @HealthRanger, "I don't see any parachutes. Looks like total free-fall out of a burning helicopter. Looks like two more dead pilots, thanks to Trump, if this video is legit. (Doesn't look like AI, but you never know these days...) x.com/Yugocana/statu…" Amy Swearer@AmySwearer, "To recap, from the standpoint of local time: Shot down early on Good Friday. Rescued Easter Sunday morning. If it were a movie plot, we'd roll our eyes at it for being too on the nose but here we are in real life..." Quote Jennifer Griffin @JenGriffinFNC "Fox News can confirm that the 2nd crew member of the downed F15E fighter jet has been rescued and he and the members of the rescue team that extracted him from behind enemy lines in Iran are all safely out of Iran. That according to two senior US officials and multiple well x.com/jengriffinfnc/…"

Bob Spencer at PJM, Trump Tells Iran ‘Time Is Running Out’ — and Then It Does "Just a few hours after he issued the Saturday morning ultimatum, however, Trump wrote: "Many of Iran’s Military Leaders, who have led them poorly and unwisely, are terminated, along with much else, with this massive strike in Tehran! President DONALD J. TRUMP." It was unclear whether this meant that the 48-hour ultimatum was still in place or not, but the "massive strike" certainly removed any lingering doubt that Trump was in earnest." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, BREAKING: Trump Posts Video, Claims Iran's Military Leadership Just Went Up In Smoke. Are we down to the fifth tier yet? Roman Helmet Guy @romanhelmetguy, "Everybody is already blaming the USA for the Strait of Hormuz being closed. Therefore, I propose that we mine the strait just for fun. It wouldn’t change anyone’s opinion of us, we don’t need the oil, Iran would immediately beg to open the strait, and it would be very funny." Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno "Those guys look surprised." Quote Nioh Berg @NiohBerg, "This is the Shalamcheh border crossing between Iran and Iraq. A large convoy of Iraqi shia terrorists were bombed as they attempted to enter Iran at the regime's invitation."

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Dave Strom reports Rubio Expelling Children of Iran's Leadership Who Have Been Living Here While Supporting Iran. New York Post @nypost, "ICE arrests niece, grandniece of slain notorious Iranian Gen. Soleimani in LA: 'Celebrated attacks against American soldiers' https://trib.al/OMzqeJv" And if they've had any children they'll be citizens, thanks to our stupid birthright citizen policy. Joe Chalfant at TownHall, Sec. Rubio: The Family of Iran's Famous General Were 'Living Lavishly' in U.S. Before Facing Deportation. Sundance at CTH, Secretary Marco Rubio Announces Green Card Revocation for Family of Iranian General Soleimani.

At Algemeiner, Too Many in the West Still Look Away — Even as Iran Further Brutalizes Its Own People.

Reuters crows Austria denies US use of airspace for Iran military operations. Jason Miller @JasonMiller, "NOTED. “France's Macron Criticizes Trump and Calls on Allies to Unite Against US” - Bloomberg."Brussels Signal, ‘The US can’t go it alone.’ Yes, it can. But we'll remember who denied us help. Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter, "The Europeans are not dealing with “a man.” They are dealing with the United States of America. The United States needed the most innocuous kind of cooperation from them. They denied the United States that cooperation. The implied argument is that their obligations within our alliance depend on whether they like the guy we chose as our president. “Sure, we’re allies…if we approve of who you elected.” Nope. We are not going to forget, and we’re not going to forgive. ..." Quote Gerard Baker @gerardtbaker, "The casuistry here is remarkable. This is the simple reality: Like most Americans, most Europeans think this war is a bad idea.Their governments are being asked to take a huge risk by a man who has proved unreliable, volatile and intemperate over and over. Who would do that? x.com/arifleischer/s…" David Reaboi, Late Republic Nonsense @davereaboi, "When the US will have to deal with China—and even Russia—the Europeans would react in exactly the same predictable way. “We don’t like Trump” might fly in 2026, but it’s just a rerun of Reagan and Bush. Europe has no problems justifying and going to war (ex, Libya 2011); it just needs to have no concrete national security objectives, but plenty of under-the-table contracts." Sundance, Exceptional Sky News Global Energy Report Highlights Dependency Risk for Entire British Commonwealth. Dick Burr at RCW, Europe’s Policy Failures Are a Lesson for Congress. Yes, but Congress is remarkably resistant to learning. Dave Strom, Germany Restricts Travel for Men 17-45, Requires Permission From Army to Leave Germany. "Germany is now restricting travel for all men aged 17-45. If they plan to leave Germany for more than three months, they must seek permission from the German Army. What do you want to bet that migrants are excluded? I would place that likelihood at 100%, meaning that migrants will get free room and board, the ability to rape and pillage with abandon, and more freedom than German men." Sundance, NATO Head Coming to Washington DC as Germany Passes Law Requiring 17 to 45-year-old Men to Get Govt Permission for Travel. "As part of a rather unusual Russian invasion deterrence, Germany is trying to hit a new target of between 255,000 and 270,ooo active and trained military troops by 2030. The new conscription targets seemingly underpin a travel permit system for German men."

Streiff at RedState thinks The Spleen Vented Against Hegseth Over Firing the Army's Top General Validates His Decision. Insty, “A COMPETENT LEADER USES GENERALS LIKE A BASKETBALL COACH USES PLAYERS. "Bench them, swap them out, shift them to different positions based on how they stack up against the opposing team:”" Adm. Arun Prakash @arunp2810, "Irony. US Army chief, Gen George, rose from Private to distinguished 4-star rank, via West Point, only to be fired by a former National Guard Major who rose to cabinet rank via Fox News & Trump’s patronage." George Turner @gturner6ppc, "General Douglas MacArthur was fired by a hat salesman. General George B. McClellan was fired by a small town lawyer. And during WW-II, US generals were replaced constantly. You see, a competent leader uses generals like a basketball coach uses players. Bench them, swap them out, shift them to different positions based on how they stack up against the opposing team. They are players who fill positions as the coach deems best. But our problem is those organizational charts, and the ranks, where the inclination is to view their jobs as positions in a social hierarchy, like they were dukedoms or baronages granted by the king until promotion or retirement. So for over half a century, the US only removed generals for cause, and that cause was almost always a sex scandal or getting quoted saying the wrong thing by the press. No generals were being relieved for failure to perform, no matter how badly they were bungling things. They were just rotated in for a one year command stint, and there they stayed no matter what."

Mila Joy @Milajoy, "We survived this. And now Democrats are complaining about 2.4% inflation. Child, be serious."

At State of the Day, State of Wednesday: BETTER TO BE INCOMPETENT, THAN OBVIOUSLY CRAZY "Incompetence versus gulags, hmmmm which to choose!"

I&I sees California Democrats Hunting For The Witches Behind Rising Gas Prices, try a mirror. Rachel Keuler @rkeuler, "Hahaha. CBS did a 6 month investigation and concluded that high California gas prices are entirely the fault of Gavin Newsom & CA leadership. “55% of each gallon of gas includes California-specific costs.”" Quote CBS Sacramento @CBSSacramento "For years, California leaders accused oil companies of price gouging at the pump, but a state investigation found no evidence of that. Instead, a CBS News California investigation found what's really driving the highest gas prices in the U.S. https://cbsloc.al/3PPOHwW." NYPo, California needs oil. Let it flow — as steady as common sense.

Althouse, "Most striking, Mr. Newsom has drawn on the idiom of the manosphere and online right, communities noted for their unembarrassed racism and misogyny." ""In July, he called Mr. Trump’s adviser Stephen Miller a 'fascist cuck,' the latter being a term used to fault men for lacking sexual power and racial pride. In March, his press account shared a video of Mr. Newsom with the caption 'mog or get mogged.' This term describes a man who shows himself to be physically superior to other men and thus the 'alpha male of the group,' or AMOG, who 'mogs' lesser men...Writes Matthew Schmitz, in "For Democrats, the Era of the Girl Dad and Male Ally Is Over" (NYT). At Hat Hair, Larry Elder pens California's Think-Alike Dems Cancel Debate Over 'Lack of Diversity' and John Stossel complains You Don't Own Me.

Althouse finds “The same kinds of things they did in the 1870s to deny votes to African Americans is what they’re trying to do today.” "... Said Representative James E. Clyburn, quoted in “Some Voters Say Congress Is Too Old. These Black Democrats Aren’t Leaving/As older members of Congress head for the exits amid growing pressure for fresh faces in the Democratic Party, some of the most seasoned Black lawmakers are resisting retirement” (NYT)."

Insty, HOW “COMPASSIONATE” GOVERNMENT WORKS: Magills @magills_, "“They’re called Medicaid and Medicare and the government spends over $2 trillion on them every year!” “Surely with numbers like that every American citizen will have exquisite health care?” “No, mainly it goes to pay foreign scammers who set up fake hospices in California .”"

Matt Margolis at PJM, The New York Times Made a Humiliating Error, and Trump is Just Loving It. "“The Failing New York Times, whose lack of credibility, and their constant Fake News attacks on your favorite President, ME, has caused its circulation to absolutely PLUMMET, referred to our severely weakened and extremely unreliable ‘partner,’ NATO, as the North American Treaty Organization,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social Saturday morning. ‘The correct name is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization - A very interesting mistake! The hiring and educational standards have gone way down at the NYT.” He added, “Bring back, ‘ALL THE NEWS THAT’S FIT TO PRINT’ and, Make America Great Again!”"

Twitchy cites Kamala Harris: We Cannot Allow Trump to Hand Pick Another Supreme Court Justice. Da Caller notices Carville Cackles About Dems Targeting Trump’s ‘Stupid Jackass Kids And Their Spouses’ After Midterms. Snakeheads aren't just a fish in Maryland.

Joe Chalfant, Unlimited Third-World Immigration Takes Center-Stage After Fenway Park's Opening Day Post. Bad Hombre @Badhombre, "Last December, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said Somalis built Boston, but I don’t see any Somalis in this video. Weird." The Chronic asserts Citizenship Means Something. Tim O'Brien at PJM calls it a Genius Move: Did ICE Just Use the DMV as Bait to Lure Illegal Alien Truck Drivers? Twitchy reports Dem Rep. LaMonica McIver Would Appreciate Help With Legal Expenses to Fight Charges for Assaulting ICE. Unfortunately she'll probably get it.

I don't think I've seen Jonathan Turley this upset before, “No One Knows What Will Happen Now”: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Warns Against Unbridled Free Speech. "As many of us celebrate this victory for free speech, these advocates are denouncing the ruling in apocalyptic terms. What is most chilling is that Jackson is now routinely called the model for new nominees, including the push to pack the Supreme Court with an instant liberal majority. If so, Jackson’s radical views on constitutional interpretation could be replicated on a new packed Court. To paraphrase this decision, “to be completely frank, we know exactly what will happen then.”"

At Hat Hair VIP, Christian Toto notices Talk Show Cowards Won't Let MAGA Speak and at Hollywood in Toto, Colbert Sharing All the Far-Left Propaganda He Can. "Meryl Streep's clumsy anti-SAVE speech won't be missed come May." Matt’s Idea Shop @MattsIdeaShop, "Remember when Jimmy Kimmel made fun of plumbers and then literal rocket scientists couldn’t fix the toilet." Quote Polymarket @Polymarket "JUST IN: Artemis II astronauts are now complaining about a horrible smell emanating from their toilet, may require servicing again." Driscoll at Insty, WORST. HITLER. EVER: Defiant L’s @DefiantLs, "David Letterman: "[Trump's] our dictator. His appearance is fraudulent as is everything about the regime... Think of the worst thing that you’ve ever seen humans accomplish." Yeah, you can sit like this and laugh under a dictatorship.. pure comedy."

Stacy McCain, on Arithmetic vs. Liberal Narrative: Who Is Killing ‘Transgender Women of Color’? "Did you notice the sleight-of-hand there? After admitting that this was “interpersonal violence” between the victim and “a man with whom she had been in a relationship,” they began talking about “10,000 hate crimes” and an alleged increase in “anti-LGBTQ hate groups,” as if it were relevant to this case, which it obviously isn’t." From CJ, Is “White Supremacy” Causing an “Epidemic” of Transgender Murders? "The Human Rights Campaign thinks so, but its own data undermine that narrative."

At Campus Reform, Students at Christian university call on school to turn away from 'falsehood' that is Critical Race Theory that the admin and professoriate are still pushing, no doubt.