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My Guess? It Will Be Much Later Than Just End Of March 2026…

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As more hard news trickles out, from yesterday’s tanking efforts — it sure looks a lot like the same issue that plagued earlier — albeit uncrewed, count-downs.

With the prospect of a crew above the tail service mast umbilical — the fix will have to be 100% tripple vetted, and tested and retested. I’m thinking June at the earliest — or maybe July 4 weekend? [We all know that Tangerine will want something for the 250th.] Here’s the NASA Artemis blog update:

…The Artemis II wet dress rehearsal countdown was terminated at the T-5:15 minute mark due to a liquid hydrogen leak at the interface of the tail service mast umbilical, which had experienced high concentrations of liquid hydrogen earlier in the countdown, as well.

The launch control team is working to ensure the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket is in a safe configuration and begin draining its tanks….

Onward — safety as ever… first.

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Tangent: Well — This Is… SILLY. One Cannot Sue People NOT Involved In a Federal Suit Via A “Counterclaim.”

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The able USDC Judge in Brooklyn already ruled that the various members of the Wu- collective — ones Mr. Shkreli has tried to mire in this — his thefts — are utterly… unavailing. That is the law of the case.

He was denied the right to add them as “necessary parties” last month. They are not necessary — in fact, they are complete strangers to the USDC order of forfeiture, under which PleasrDAO paid for, and took — all that Martin ever had — in any form, as to the Shaolin materials.

But in Quixotic fashion overnight, Martin Shkreli has filed what he calls a counterclaim — but he actually purports to sue new parties. In sum, various members of the Wu-. [That, to belabor the obvious, he cannot do, under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. In order to do it, he must file and serve an entirely new suit — directly against the Wu- members. That he WILL NOT do. Thus, this is just a[nother] smoke screen.]

He alleges the Wu- members had no right to sell “his” interests… in this work.

That is preposterous, on its face.

He lost everything he ever had, here — upon his conviction. When he could not pay the then ~$10 million he owed (now ballooned by other judgments to over ~$69 million), the court ordered all his right title and interest in the Shaolin [the sole copy of the Wu- work], also, a Picasso and an original “Enigma machine”, among other things, sold. And… they were all sold off, by the US Marshals years ago.

After that, Martin tried to sell bootleg copies — and held “listening parties” and claimed he had stashed bootlegs, in safes around the world — all while he was in prison in rural Pennsylvania.

He is flirting with going back up the river, here.

What an idiot.

Merck Posts Another Excellent Year — As Expected; Stock Rises On NYSE…

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This company is very well-run. And it is hitting on all cylinders — even down to refusing to overpay for Revolution Medicines, last quarter. It walked away when the bidding went beyond the rational… [reportedly above $35 billion].

So — do your own diligence, but it is hard to see how a retiree seeking a fat dividend, and holding for a ten year plus horizon… could ever get hurt, by owning this name. [An increasingly aging US population (with health insurance) clearly works in its favor.] In any event, here’s the latest — of the local color, from CEO Davis, yesterday:

…Armed with what CEO Robert Davis called the “broadest and widest pipeline we’ve had in years,” Merck is preparing for its post-Keytruda future with what it foresees as a host of major sales opportunities over the next decade.

Thanks in part to its recent acquisitions of Verona Pharma and Cidara Therapeutics, the company sees new growth drivers delivering potential annual revenue of more than $70 billion by the “mid-2030s,” Merck said in its fourth-quarter and full-year earnings presentation (PDF).

To put the $70 billion number into context, Davis pointed to the figure as being more than double the $35 billion Keytruda is expected to pick up during its peak sales year in 2028. The oncology superstar is slated for a loss of exclusivity (LOE) in 2028, and a growing pipeline of Keytruda biosimilars is already lining up to take a shot at the drug’s massive market….

Now you know — but that’s it, for the power alley, I’m afraid, for today. Grin.

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Meanwhile, In Maryland, Abrego Garcia Remains Free — Due To Noemite Lies. So It Goes…

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While we await the February 26 hearing in Nashville, Mr. Hecker is winning, in keeping Abrego free in Maryland — despite Noemite efforts to re-write a 2019 order that Trump 1.0 clearly botched.

And Noem’s team is lying about almost every aspect of its prior detention of Mr. Abrego Garcia. Here’s the latest:

…In any event, no matter when the removal period began, detention under § 1231(a) remains impermissible. The Government may detain Abrego Garcia under § 1231(a) only to timely effectuate lawful removal. But as this Court found in granting habeas relief, the Government’s conduct — including serially designating countries it knew “never agreed to take” Abrego Garcia and making “misrepresentation[s]” to the Court that Liberia was the only viable removal country — “reflect[s] that whatever purpose was behind his detention, it was not for the ‘basic purpose’ of timely third-country removal.” ECF No. 110 at 28–29 (citing Zadvydas, 533 U.S. at 697).

Nothing has changed on that front. The Government identifies no new evidence that re-detention would now serve any legitimate purpose. To the contrary, its submission confirms that it still refuses to remove Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica, the country he designated and the only one to which removal would presently comply with the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and due process. And the Government has neither identified any other viable removal destination, nor taken the steps constitutionally required before removal to any other country could occur. What has prevented Abrego Garcia’s removal is not this Court’s injunction, but the Government’s failure to pursue removal “consistently with the INA and due process.” ECF No. 110 at 12 n.10.

The Court should therefore maintain its injunction until the Government demonstrates that re-detention and removal of Abrego Garcia would comply with the INA and due process….

Onward, resolutely — with a NASA press conference at Noon Central time, on Artemis II likely launch delays.

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I Want To Re-Up, And Highlight The Majestic Three Pager, From West Texas — That Freed Lil’ Liam Ramos…

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This is fewer than 200 words. But it is a Boston Tea Party moment, in that it forcefully finds that Noem (and her minions) are now a cruelly lawless… phlanx… of Red-Coats.

Do read it all — and especially, read the New Testament verses cited [Matt. 19:14 and John 11:35] — at the bottom of Liam’s photo. Those are for anyone who claims to be “Christian” — but supports MAGA and Tangerine 2.0:

…Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster. That is called the fox guarding the henhouse. The Constitution requires an independent judicial officer.

Accordingly, the Court finds that the Constitution of these United States trumps this administration’s detention of petitioner Adrian Conejo Arias and his minor son, L.C.R. The Great Writ and release from detention are GRANTED pursuant to the attached Judgment.

Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And the rule of law be damned….

[Matt. 19:14] And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come. . . .

[John 11:35] Jesus wept….

These MAGAts might also consider Matthew 25:36-40: “…I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers… you did it to me….” Indeed.

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Odious, Racist Lies On Violent Crime In Tennessee — By John Hinderaker Tonight.

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Tennessee is — in many ways, a vibrant and wonderful place — especially in the downtown Gulch of Nashville, and on Beale Street, in Memphis.

In other ways, though, it still is… rather backward. Still in some ways stuck in the antebellum era prejudices. The wrong-headed MAGA driven local law in Tennessee requires local DAs state-wide to track the number of violent crimes they believe were committed by… immigrants. Not people without papers, per se — just those who “look” foreign born. [Or something. Damn.]

Hinderaker tonight makes the wild-eyed claim that, based on this BS “data” — something like one-seventh of all crime nationwide is committed by “immigrants”.

What an ass.

Nowhere does he bother to mention that in Tennessee (where only about 2% of the US population resides) fully 583 murders were committed last year by US citizens there. [That compares to… yep — 41 by purported immigrants.]

So — essentially all violent crime is perpetrated by our own citizens — not “immigrants”, you dipsh!t, Hinderaker.

What a feckless lying asshole.

May he burn in Hell.

Out.

Noem/Bovino Both Now In Hot Water In Chicago — For Violating 2018 Settlement Terms. More Due Tomorrow Night, In Case No. 18-cv-3757.

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The Noemites have now deeply aggrevated a very capable USDC Judge in Chicago, by wantonly violating settlement orders Trump agreed to in his first term. This will all be very droll — starting tomorrow.

So. . . here’s that three page federal order, just entered; and a bit:

…The February 3, 2026 deadline for defendants to respond to plaintiffs’ proposal and request for relief as set forth in the parties’ January 16, 2026 joint status report stands.

Plaintiffs shall file a combined reply in support of their motions on or before February 10, 2026. This matter is set for an in-person hearing on plaintiffs’ motions on February 13, 2026 at 11:00 a.m….

Buckle up, buttercup!

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In Which Bill Otis (Haltingly) Begins To “See The Light” — On Real Immigration Issues.

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I’ll only note it in passing — as he’d had at least five decades of privileged access — an elite education, newspapers, graduate level CLE (from law schools) and think tanks… to figure the truth out.

And he… didn’t. [That sort of willful blindness is exactly what MLK called out, as… the worst of the worst, in “decent and polite” whyte society.]

He voted Tangerine three times — knowing full well that this was a purely… racists’ choice.

Forgive me for noticing that he and John and Paul and Scott are softening on immigration because of… pure practical expediency. [They long knew the crossing was a simple traffic ticket — and each of them has had dozens of those. But they advocated kidnapping and nearly certain deaths (on refoulment), for anyone walking in — on foot.]

Because MAGA is getting blown out of the water in early mid-term elections, wherever it relies on racist claptrap — about immigration — and immigrants… that is what is driving this very late in life faux-“enlightenment”.

So these guys are… chameleon-ing, before our eyes… solely because they now feel bad about murders ICE committed in their names, and with their lusty blessings.

Forgive me if I refuse to cheer their new-found… morality.

For it is nothing like that — at all.

It is a [losing] wager with the devil, exclusively.

Out.

And Now, The Ongoing Mpox Clade 1b Outbreak Has Reached… Moscow. If Putin Notices, Trump Might Too(?)…

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It seems almost crazy to say it aloud, but perhaps if Putin makes a statement… then Tangerine 2.0 might take notice. Perhaps.

But that is where we are, right now. Here’s that latest item — and a bit:

…A second patient diagnosed with mpox… has been admitted to Domodedovo Hospital in Moscow, Russian media report.

As reported by Azernews, citing foreign media, the announcement was made by Andrey Osipov, the hospital’s chief physician.

Osipov said that Russia’s Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being (Rospotrebnadzor) has launched an investigation to identify the possible source of infection and trace all contacts of the infected individual.

Preliminary information indicates that the newly diagnosed patient had contact with the first mpox patient who was previously hospitalized at the same medical facility….

Now you know. Onward, resolutely.

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