All kinds of thunder, lightning and storm here.
Apocalyptic? Yep. An omen?
Obvs, the UK just got rid of hereditary peerage in the HOL, disaster, and lightning strikes in North Central Texas as rain pounds. So we retreat to our compounds even as the flimsy homes of today's McMansion millionaires are washed asway in the flood.
LSP
Yes, Lloyds of London, which withdrew insurance from ships travelling through that old oil chokepoint, the Straits of Hormuz. Then 47 offered alt insurance, dropping the price of oil and opening, in theory, the sea lanes. Keen-eyed observers of the insurance scene are wondering if shipping companies will return to Ayatollah Lloyds.
In related news, the Cultural Marxist Parliament of "it's only got One Destroyer" Great Britain has abolished hereditary peerages in the House of Lords. I'm appalled by this, not least because holding aristocracy to sound governance makes sense but also because replacing them with bought and paid for grifters, aka MPs, opens all kinds of evil doors and cheapens the nation. To put it mildly.
So here we are, beholding the deliberate demolition of a once very great nation, the UK, trying to peer through the fog of war over Persia and the Middle East, and taking care of Ma LSP in the Metrosprawl. She's doing pretty well, by the way.
Cheers,
LSP
Back in the Metrosprawl and lending filial support to Ma LSP, who's recovering from a nasty spinal fracture; thank God for that. Still, there's a bit of time to keep one eye open on the unfolding geostrat news cycle, and amidst the turbulence, static and who-knows-what of it all one thing at least is clear. Being Supreme Leader of Iran has to be the worst job opportunity in the world.
Imagine the advert, "Candidates for this role must be related to the last Supreme Leader and have a death wish. Position comes with mansion in London, should you survive to use it." Or something like that. Remarkably, Mojtaba Kamenei appears to have stepped up to the plate only, if reports are true, to have lost his leg in an airstrike and shortly after his life.
In related news, the most unpopular Prime Minister in the history of history, Two Tier Kier (2TK) remains in power over the Sceptered Isle. For how much longer, maybe until we've freed another island, Cuba, from Communist oppression? But perhaps the Royal Navy will defend the island nation from attack or, as one social media wit put it, "The Royal Navy's like the wine cellar at White's, never out of port."
Cheers,
LSP
In 1935 the Royal Navy had something like 12 battleships, 3 battlecruisers, 7 carriers, 66 cruisers, 184 destroyers and 60 submarines. Britannia ruled the waves and employed over 300,000 men to do so. Now the Royal Navy has maybe 63 active ships and submarines in various states of disrepair, of which 2 are carriers, 6 destroyers, 7 frigates and 10 submarines.
You'll note, keen-eyed observers of the naval scene, that one of these 6 destroyers was going to be deployed to Cyprus because Iranian proxies have been churlishly rocketing our airbase on the island which, cunningly, doesn't have any air defense. Day late and a dollar short you say, only to find out that the wretched destroyer's stuck in Portsmouth for repairs and the shop's only open 9-5 because Union.
Far out, the UK can't even send one of its very few warships to defend one of its territories in the face of an attack by an hostile power. But of course the power concerned is Moslem and it wouldn't do to offend all those imported votes asylum seekers. would it.
There are, per the latter day Delphi of the Internet, 134 British Admirals, a spectacular force of gold braid by anyone's reckoning, one which works out as well over two Admirals per ship in the rusting, broken down, shrunken Royal Navy.
Don't get me wrong. I'm a loyal son of the Empire and a UK patriot, a US one too, but this kind of malfeasance on a grand bipartisan scale is outrageous. There you are, an island, dependent on the sea lanes for your existence and you effectively shut your navy down. What utter traitors.
So that's the bad news, but people are waking up to the betrayal of their country by a gang of rainbow hued Cultural Marxist elites who actively hate, scorn and despise the serfs they rule over. Can that be fixed by votes or does something more seismic and kinetic have to happen. I'm inclined towards the latter, as in an inability to pay migrant invaders welfare checks and a USMC Expeditionary Force.
See you at the In & Out.
Have you noticed people calling themselves "progressives"? Sure you have, and some of you might even remember people talking about "progress" as soon ago as the 1970s. As in, "The progress of thought and action unfettered from the hidebound superstition of the past and powered by science and technology will produce an unrivalled utopia." Or something like that.
Fast forward to today and what we got? Hideous architecture, and it is, spectacularly ugly art, expensive mediocrity in everything except that afforded by the very, very rich, no heroes or even the metaphysic to create them, schools which don't teach, gutted towns and cities, and on. In short, we've devolved, as anyone walking through the beauty of what our people created before, ahem, progress, can see.
That, dear readers, all two of you, is why tourists always line up to visit the tower blocks of progress and scorn places like Trafalgar Square. Likewise, everyone's falling over themselves to live to live in buildings and places designed by our postwar progressive friends, except that they're not. They're paying millions for the privilege of living in Mews houses where the servants once slept.
Progress? No, devolution brought on by people who are essentially nihilists. They destroy, that's their aim, because they hate beauty, truth and goodness. And let's be honest, these de facto Satanists have had a pretty good run for the last fifty or so years, denigrating our people and countries, wrecking our culture and trashing our faith. Their latest stunt being, of course, to convince everyone that they're sexless drones of the hivemind even as they import millions of savages to replace us.
Open borders, how very progressive. Yes indeed, progressively higher rents and lower wages, all the while destroying the ethnicity, white working class, that won't vote for you and your dachau in Weston Super Mare. And look at you, serf, you're not even a man or woman, we can't define that, in the name of tolerance.
How revolting. You'll note, punters, that everything the Left enacts or wills produces the exact opposite of its intended effect. You'll note this too, Satan always overplays its hand. All this in mind, everything is moving to its directed end or Ï„Îλος, and it's for the good, nothing can stop it.
LSP
Exhausted by what? The price of beef, serious issue, the great replacement, also a serious issue, endless gaslighting by corrupt bought and paid for pols? Sure you are, to say nothing of endless driving to and fro Dallas via I35 to look after the aged p., who's doing pretty well, thank God. Word to the wise, read PG Wodehouse for morale boost.
Oh, and then there's war. We're in another one and, fair play, the Iranian regime should go, much to the fear of the UK's ruling Cultural Marxist elite establishment. As in, how dare you offend all our imported votes! Hey, lest you feel too bad, UK and Irish patriots, US Democrats are right up there too, just imagine a Kamala administration. That didn't happen and we have to ask, was there some kind of civil war amongst our unelected rulers, in which patriots got control? Maybe, but let's get down to brass tacks, if you're not too exhausted.
Iran had, apparently, hypersonic unshootable missile tech, making aircraft carriers obsolete juggernauts. The current op tells us that: Iran's hypersonics aren't for real or, and it's a huge or, our carrier groups are vastly more powerful than perceived by OSINT. With an emphasis on vast.
GW (Gulf War) I and II featured now antique planes that had been secret 'til then, F117s, B whatevers, etc, and I asked an old Royal Navy pal, commanded a sub in the '70s and '80s, what he thought, "Those things have been around for years, we saw them in the '70s, now they're out in the open, imagine what they have now."
Maybe F47s? And there, just like a switch, exhaustion fades. But seriously, let's deal with the Moslem problem, and it is one. As my late Father used to say, and he was no fool, "For the first time since the 7th century we have complete and total military dominance over the Moslems." Yes indeed, but do we have the will? Question open.
Dark Star,
LSP
I wasn't, obviously, being far too young and busy studying for something called "O Levels" at King's Cant. All very prestigious and thank you very much. Apologies, btw, to Col., then Major, Dewar RGJ, "D'ye think you could run with the boys in the Mess?" I thought about that for about a second as we strolled around Green Court and replied with youthful vigour that I could. All at the mighty age of 15. Huh, Vicar's son notwithstanding.
Flash forward 40 years and lo and behold, we're bombing the living heck out of Iran, arming a Kurdish insurgency and, here in Dallas, taking Ma LSP to the hospital for an outpatient visit. All good, and thank God local friendlies are on hand.
So what do you do after the hospital? Make up chicken salad, feed the aged p., then relax on the porch to the sound of thunder.
Your Pal,
LSP
B1s
B2s
B52s, no less.
And B17s
Wow, maybe it's almost time to unleash a few B17s, just for kicks. And here's a thought, maybe something like an upgraded P51 would be useful against low tech opposition? Cheap, too, which might be a factor in weeks to come.
Fly on,
LSP
Yes, over the Dallas Compound, but not because of errant Iranian drones or rogue F 4 strikes. No, because it seems right to grill up some chicken on this beautiful springlike day. In related news, the UK's airbase in Cyprus was hit by drones or missiles, maybe via Hezbollah, and guess what? It didn't have any air defense.
Well go figure. You'll also be amazed to know there aren't any Royal Navy ships stationed off Cyprus or anywhere else much, so the kindly Greeks have stepped in and sent a frigate and a couple of F 16s, or something like that, to defend Crown interests against the missile armed savages. You can imagine, dear readers, Lord Palmerston going apoplectic with rage at such a dismal state of affairs.
Terrifying prospect, but in the meanwhile we most definitely seem to be at war, UK assistance notwithstanding. What's your take on it? I'd say, for what little it's worth, that it's a good thing to take out the Ayatollahs and free the Persians. Can we do it without causing yet more chaos and nation wrecking in the Middle East? Precedent argues we won't, but maybe we'll buck the trend. For that matter, do we have enough munitions and their resupply to conduct a protracted war?
If not, this whole thing's a great gamble. To put it another way, will Iran fold like a paper monkey. Or not. Not being a betting man, I'm keeping my fighting monkey safely out of the ring to wager on a safer bet. You may feel otherwise, your call.
And almost forgot! Let's have Constantinople back while we're at it. You'll note the Iranians haven't attacked Turkey, a NATO member, even as they attack the UK, also a NATO member.
Cheers,
LSP
Just seemed, yet again, like a good tune to post. And the movie's neat too, obviously.
Your Pal,
LSP
For decades, the Iranian regime screamed “Death to America.”
— The British Patriot (@TheBritLad) February 28, 2026
They fucked around.
Now they’re finding out. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/QGrYNOaNm3
Wow, you no sooner wake up and drink a cup of strong covfefe then all hell breaks loose with Operation EPIC FURY. It seems memory runs deep; good work, Carter and every other US President until Trump.
The American Flag will rise in Tehran by tomorrow night.
— 0HOUR1 (@0hour1) February 28, 2026
Mark this post! pic.twitter.com/F6U19fxvta
In the meanwhile, Jews and Persians are celebrating in Golders Green, of all places. More power to 'em.
Golders Green is traditionally a Jewish area in North London but many Iranians live there too.
— Nicole Lampert (@nicolelampert) February 28, 2026
In January the wall that had been filled with images of hostages (now returned) was covered with photos of those killed by the Iranian regime.
Tonight the Iranians came to Golders… pic.twitter.com/hXJq4ay3kb
What can we say? Return Of The King and, let the reader understand, idiot Islamo-Marxists look especially stoopid right about now.
