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Monday morning defence of the Fatherland

by | Feb 23, 2026 | Mondays | 0 comments

Another week dawns upon us, but I have to say, it does seem as though the cold grip of winter has finally loosened. Where I am, the temperature is rising, the sun is coming up at a reasonable hour, the days are getting longer, and there is a definite sense of spring in the air.

This comes as a blessed relief, because I for one am HEARTILY SICK of winter. (That being said, one can understand exactly why the Scandinavians make such great melodic black and death metal, given how long and insufferable their winters are.)

Today is a particularly special Monday. If you are from Eastern Europe or Central Asia, then you probably know this as the Day of the Defender of the Fatherland – a holiday inherited from the old Soviet Union, and celebrated every year in Russia as a sort of “Father’s Day” on steroids.

The Russians, of all people, understand full well what it means to honour their past. Theirs is a country literally defined by war, and especially by WWII.

So let’s get in on a little bit of that action:


#BasedTucker is Based

Great interview. Huckabee barely answered any questions, and #BasedTucker made him look all kinds of silly, just by asking basic questions about what “Christian” Zionism is. For those who don’t know, from a truly Christian point of view, it is a HERESY of the worst kind.


Dawn of Battle

The Male Brain gets us off to a properly brisk start this week:


Mind-Expanding Drugs


Death Smiles At Us All…


Culture Beats


Warriors of Faith


Manly Men of Manliness


Bad Medicine


Veterans’ Day


Judge’s Ruling


MUH RUSHIAN KAHLOOOOOOOZHUN!!!

Новый-Царь Приказывает

Профессор Бровкин Учит

Дед Сварливый Говорит!

Дядя Стас Объясняет

Русские Оружие

Русская Жизнь


Timeo Danaos Et Donna Ferentes…


Burn Paedowood to the Ground


Reading Too Much Into Things

Linkage is good for you:

https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/this-12-year-old-american-built-a-nuclear-fusion-reactor-in-his-playroom-11004075

https://www.rt.com/russia/632606-missiles-in-shadow-of-ussr

https://www.rt.com/news/632588-dutch-disease-us-dollar

https://www.rt.com/russia/632597-demilitarization-through-deindustrialization-strikes

https://www.rt.com/news/632664-can-you-buy-country

https://www.rt.com/news/632690-sergey-karaganov-western-europe

https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/us-dutch-contractor-f16s-ukraine-complex

https://www.rt.com/news/632629-war-party-takes-munich

https://www.rt.com/news/632821-fall-of-empire-windsor

https://luxurylaunches.com/other_stuff/qatar-gifted-747-to-get-new-color-02182026.php

https://www.unz.com/article/the-british-military-is-strapped-for-cash-and-too-small-to-fight

https://voxday.net/2026/02/22/the-art-of-war-in-the-taiwan-strait/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15546941/Air-India-pilot-DID-turn-fuel-switches-crash-disaster-human-intervention-certainly-intentional-Western-sources-claim.html

https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/02/noble-capital-sues-russia-for-200b-over-tsarist-bonds/

https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/china-worlds-first-humanoid-robot-combat-league

https://www.rt.com/news/632326-us-eu-censorship-democracy

https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/02/china-showcases-new-moon-ship-and-reusable-rocket-in-one-extraordinary-test

https://www.xda-developers.com/ran-home-server-on-wifi-learned-when-ethernet-matters

https://www.businessinsider.com/software-engineer-steve-yegge-ai-burnout-2026-2

https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-confirms-plan-to-ditch-openai-as-the-chatgpt-firm-continues-to-beg-big-tech-for-cash

https://www.rt.com/news/632347-fyodor-lukyanov-spirit-of-anchorage

https://sonar21.com/the-bleak-energy-future-of-ukraine-and-the-european-union

https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/poland-volunteer-brigades-ukraine-cover

https://www.rt.com/news/632546-us-pilots-diversity-hire

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mathematicians-launch-first-proof-a-first-of-its-kind-math-exam-for-ai

https://www.rt.com/news/632269-putin-munich-2007-warning

https://nationalsecurityjournal.org/chinas-new-h-20-strategic-stealth-bomber-can-be-summed-up-in-2-words

And some more from Dawn Pine

https://www.tomshardware.com/speakers/in-a-blind-test-audiophiles-couldnt-tell-the-difference-between-audio-signals-sent-through-copper-wire-a-banana-or-wet-mud-the-mud-should-sound-perfectly-awful-but-it-doesnt-notes-the-experiment-creator

https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me/

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/popular-radio-show-host-david-greene-claims-google-stole-his-voice-google-responds/articleshow/128414462.cms

https://english.news.cn/20260214/d346a8e4431549bc95541b9db16d490b/c.html

https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-spain-to-buy-rafael-german-unit-missiles-in-israel-protest-1001535150

https://www.commentary.org/seth-mandel/hamas-debunks-the-genocide-narrative/

https://futurism.com/space/nasa-biological-explanations-rover-mars

https://fortune.com/2026/02/17/ai-productivity-paradox-ceo-study-robert-solow-information-technology-age

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/01/16/us-investment-fund-sues-russia-over-225bln-in-unpaid-tsarist-era-debts-a91697

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/20/muslim-charities-excluded-from-uk-banking-system-say-experts

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22281/germany-terrorists-volcano-group

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranking-countries-babies-born-outside-marriage

https://www.autoblog.com/news/waymo-uses-remote-workers-in-the-philippines-to-assist-its-self-driving-cars

https://www.businessinsider.com/drone-training-ukraine-taught-uk-military-60-hours-needed-skill-2026-2

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/02/11/mexican-cartel-drones-breach-us-airspace-prompt-el-paso-airport-closure-admin-says

https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/you-can-now-get-a-phd-in-china-by-inventing-a-product-instead-of-writing-a-100-page-dissertation

https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-launches-catholic-stock-indexes-measure-ethical-investments

https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/02/us-said-no-to-greenland-1910-deal-denmark-trade-offer/

https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hyvllu00wbe

https://www.kbtx.com/2026/02/12/woman-sentenced-accusing-her-estranged-spouse-illegally-accessing-bank-account-outer-space

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22262/trumps-muslim-allies-iran


HALO Nation


BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!!


Big Boyz Toyz


Oh No! Anyway…


Comedy Hour


Meme Warfare

We begin with some dank memes from The Male Brain:

YEP
YEP
If history has taught us anything - IS THAT FEMALE INTUITION IS WRONG MOST OF THE TINE
If history has taught us anything – IS THAT FEMALE INTUITION IS WRONG MOST OF THE TINE
Said no teacher ever
Said no teacher ever
Puns. Puns everywhere
Puns. Puns everywhere
PUN INTENDED FOR SURE
PUN INTENDED FOR SURE
Unintended consequences
Unintended consequences
Say what NOW??????
Say what NOW??????
Dude went off a lamb
Dude went off a lamb
And also getting diabetes
And also getting diabetes
Liberals don't care
Liberals don’t care
No caption needed
No caption needed
No. It's Disney logic
No. It’s Disney logic
YES - Let's get some Conan memes
YES – Let’s get some Conan memes
Can work
Can work
True that
True that
That also works
That also works
Try other ways
Try other ways
They should be worried
They should be worried
Epstein Island Promo
Epstein Island Promo
Bro has a point
Bro has a point
<🤔>
<🤔>

And now, as LRFotS RobertW likes to say:


Real Men Watch REAL Sports

REPS FOR JESUS!!!

Ass-Kicking of the Eight Limbs

LEEVUR SCHOTT!

They See Me Rollin’…

JUST BLEED!!!

Facefisted


Gymtardery


Animal Planet

Pawsitivity

Golden Doofuses

German Shedders

Maligators

Derpskies

Wolf-Out

Cattitude

Cat Against Humanity

Murder Machines

Parroty

Horse Sense

Bear Necessities


Palate Cleansers

Axe Me Anything

Knives Out

Stabbity

Arrow to the Knee

Woodshop

Forgemaster

Drumlines

Guitar Heroics

Bullshido Breakdown

MOAR DAKKA!!!

Shots Fired!

Formula Fun

Mambo Italiano

Lunch Break

Omakase

DORINKU!!!

Voiceover

Master of Puppets

Beard

Speech Impediment

Jump-Starts

She’s getting divorced, by the way.

Gingervitis Injections


Livin’ in the Land of the Metal Gods

Also Einstein: “I fear that someday people will post my pic on the Internet with bogus made-up quotations in Comic Sans font”

Let’s have a solid dose of drunken pirate metal with ALESTORM:


Rock Out With Your Glock Out


Thot Shots

And finally here is a pair of plastic Instathots to get the week off to a suitably stupid start.

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