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The weather turned today. 54 and sunny. I've really dug these first days of quasi-spring since I was a kid. It's nice to open windows and go outside. Things get dirty in the winter. I got a hose, leaf blower and broom out and tried to make the garage and patio clean again. That's like a giant psycho-spiritual turning point in the year for me and all the various animals involved. By now, they're as sick of winter as I am.

This is really intense. The Europeans fear that there is a built-in technology in advanced US military hardware that allows the US to render them inoperable, specifically the F-35 fighter jets they just bought and could potentially use in Ukraine.

Also, apparently the F-16's the US sold Ukraine suddenly stopped working.



"Donald Trump could deactivate supplies of American F-35 fighter jets making their way to Germany at the push of a button known as a “kill switch”, officials fear.

Germany is set to receive 35 of the world’s most advanced fighter jets for €8.3 billion (£6.9 billion) next year in a deal with the US.

"The ability of the US to flip a switch that would render them inoperable has long been the subject of speculation, but until now, it has not been proven.

But concern is mounting that Mr Trump might employ the same drastic action to enforce his political objectives on Ukraine.

On Saturday, reports surfaced that US-supplied F-16s had stopped working in Ukraine.

Though this was because of the suspension of critical support for radar systems rather than them being “switched off”, Joachim Schranzhofer, the head of communications at Hensoldt, the German arms company, told Germany’s Bild newspaper the “kill switch in the F-35 is more than just a rumour”.

Oh wow. It's going to be sunny and 60 tomorrow. I have a squeegee on a long pole. Washing all the windows inside and out makes this seem like a much nicer house.

The way you speak of muslims as a whole is disproportionate to your origins. That’s all. When a symptom is disproportionate to the history, there’s a different issue that hasn’t been disclosed.

You have said this before. I despise hatred disguised a religion.

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"The United States condemns the radical Islamist terrorists, including foreign jihadis, that murdered people in western Syria in recent days. The United States stands with Syria’s religious and ethnic minorities, including its Christian, Druze, Alawite, and Kurdish communities, and offers its condolences to the victims and their families. Syria’s interim authorities must hold the perpetrators of these massacres against Syria’s minority communities accountable."

                                Secretary Marco Rubio

I don’t feel right today. Every Spring forward messes me up for a month. And it’s windy as hell. I hate wind more than the extreme cold.