Phillip Ruland

My colonial book shelf.

@RichLowry Well said, Rich.

An unhinged rant, but at least it directs its ire at the man who decided to launch this war, has directed its prosecution, and will decide its future course—one Donald J. Trump, acting entirely at his own discretion, not under the control of a foreign power

Among the worst of humanity this guy.

@mazemoore This guy Swalwell is among the worst of humanity.

2018. Eric Swalwell says that if Brett Kavanaugh is innocent of sexual assault, he should bring into his hearing all the people who have accused him so they can speak freely. Swalwell also said that multiple accusers means Kavanaugh is most likely guilty. Hey Swalwell, are you going to keep up this same energy when your accusers start coming forward? Are you going to release the women from their NDAs so they can speak freely about you? It will "prove your innocence" right?

56. The most important decision you will make in life is the partner you pick.

𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐃𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐒 𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐍: "𝐈 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐈𝐒𝐑𝐀𝐄𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍" Victor Davis Hanson just laid out the most airtight strategic case for American support of Israel you'll hear — and it has nothing to do with theology, lobbying, or "Christian Zionism." He opens with a disarming admission: "𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘡𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵. 𝘐 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺." Hanson grew up on a farm in rural California and didn't meet a Jewish person until he was 18 years old at UC Santa Cruz. No hidden agenda. No tribal loyalty. Just cold strategy. His first exhibit: the 2012 joint missile defense program with Poland and the Czech Republic. It wasn't built to stop Russia's 7,000 nuclear warheads — it was designed to shield 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧. NATO understood that Tehran was hell-bent on a nuclear weapon and Europe was within range of its advancing missile program. That's how seriously the West took the Iranian threat — before Israel ever entered the conversation. Then Barack Obama traded it away. Caught on a hot mic telling Dmitry Medvedev he'd be "𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦" if Putin gave him "𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦" before the election. Both kept the bargain — Putin held off, Obama got re-elected, and Europe's shield against Iran got scrapped. Continental security, surrendered for domestic political convenience. Hanson's broader point is devastating. Iran didn't become America's enemy because of Israel. Iran became America's enemy because 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 k!𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬. The 1979 embassy seizure. The 1983 Beirut Marine barracks bombing that took 𝟐𝟒𝟏 American lives. The shaped charges — explosively formed penetrators — that Iran funneled to Shia militias in Iraq. The Pentagon's own revised assessment puts the toll at 𝟔𝟎𝟑 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 k!lled by Iran-backed forces in Iraq alone — one in every six American combat d∗aths in that war (Pentagon, 2019 revised estimate). None of that had anything to do with Israel. That was Iran waging war on America directly. Then comes the democracy argument. The United States consistently aligns with consensual governments — NATO, Japan, South Korea, Australia. Israel is the only fully democratic government in a region of 𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, Shia and Sunni, Iranian and Arab, that share no such tradition. It has natural strategic affinities with the United States that, as Hanson puts it, "𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 7 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴." And here's where VDH drops the hammer on the hypocrisy. The U.S. sends $𝟏.𝟑 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 a year to Egypt (State Department). Over $𝟏.𝟕 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 a year to Jordan (Congressional Research Service). We provide military assistance to Erdogan's Turkey — a NATO member that still 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐂𝐲𝐩𝐫𝐮𝐬 and is far from consensual. Nobody marches in the streets over any of that. But military aid to the one democracy in the Middle East that shares our exact enemies? Suddenly it's controversial. "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭," Hanson concludes, "𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥, 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵." 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫.

@MichaelARothman @BillAckman Exactly.

@RealCandaceO Rinse. Repeat. Rehab.

This is a satanic administration. We all realize that satanic Zionists occupy the White House and Congress needs to move to have the Mad King Trump removed. All of our lives may depend upon other countries realizing that Trump is deeply unwell and surrounded by religious fanatics who have convinced him that he is a messiah. We are in uncharted territory. Leaders worldwide need to act accordingly.

@MorEdge_Insight @TuckerCarlson The joker returns as a preppy.

It’s hard to even know where to begin with this. @TuckerCarlson sounds like an over hormonal confused teenage girl. I’ve almost lost count at the number of logical fallacies and bunk arguments he tries to make. And the vilification of Christians while he falsely pretends to be one is crazy. This is rank amateur gaslighting. Here we have a guy who literally supports Putin and Russia, stands with the Islamic regime, Hamas, the PA/PLO, Hezbollah, the Houthis, Qatar (each guilty of massacring, raping, enslaving, oppressing, torturing and murdering innocent men, women and children) and pretty much every terrorist and brutal dictator that passionately hates Israel and wants to annihilate it, and he’s here giving an almost laughable monologue attacking those who have the courage to stand up to these terrorists and dictators, and insanely weaponizing Christianity to do it. This is pure deranged Duginism 101. Tucker is perhaps the most immoral, desperate and unhinged demon in America and social media today. It’s mystifying how anybody could take him seriously. His entire diatribe is so amateurish and childish and morally and psychologically immature that it’s creepy as hell. His eyes give away his entire dishonest game. It’s like listening to a possessed version of the joker character who is already demonic and insane as it is.

In January Gavin Newsom ridiculed Dr. Oz for investigating hospice fraud in CA and said the investigations were purely political. Since then, Oz has closed down 221 fraudulent hospice businesses in Los Angeles alone. Gavin don't be angry. You've been campaigning for years. Someone has to do your job.

@RyanSaavedra Satan tempted Christ in a desert wilderness. Candace tempts sanity’s displeasure.

One of the reasons that people like Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly love Candace Owens is because compared to her, they seem relatively sane.

@nut_history Caught it before the dive.

Alright, I’ll open the can of worms. If you land on the other side of the wall with the ball in your glove, it should be a homer.

@RealJamesWoods That’s probably a low estimate.

I am willing to guess the amount of Democrat fraud could easily be half of America’s 38 trillion dollar deficit. It’s not unlikely that every problem we have could be solved with the money looted by the modern era Democrat Crime Cartel.

@joelpollak Hakeem is unhinged everyday.

Hakeem reserves such sentiments for domestic opponents and police

@KevinMNelsonUSA @mrddmia @SueConn73899798 Christ said love your neighbor as you love yourself.

@mrddmia @SueConn73899798 Their religion says “kill for your God” My faith says, God became flesh and died for me. The Prince of Peace is Jesus, not Mohammad.

The Royals know their kingdom is conquered by the Islamists. We’re 20 years from the Islamic Republic of Britain—Britistan—with nukes.

@mrddmia Incredibly sad.

@ThomasMarchet13 @MegynKellyShow Tiger inherited the philandering virus from his dad.

@MegynKellyShow Don’t forget the extreme bad behavior that he witnessed from his father.

“I think childhood was not an option for Tiger Woods. He spent every waking minute on the golf course being pushed by his dad, then he made it huge at a young age… and then had physical ailments, which will come if you are that big an athlete… and now not only is he endangering himself… but it is endangering others repeatedly… And doesn’t seem to get it no matter how many stints in rehab, brushes with death, possible ends to his career come flashing before his very eyes.” megynkelly.com/2026/04/01/meg…

@Bubblebathgirl @JoeConchaTV Among the worst individuals in humanity, Eric Swalwell.

“Eric Swalwell funneled $200,000 from his campaign directly back to himself, claiming he used the money on childcare. According to FEC filings from 2019 to 2025… Three payments totaling over $6,000 were made out to his wife, Brittany Swalwell, labeled as ‘childcare.’” (christinaaguayonews on YT)

@MegynKellyShow Like Tiger, Andre Agassi’s father pushed him insanely hard and he somehow got through it becoming a responsible citizen as well as a good husband and father. Tiger would do well to give Andre a call.

@Variety @BillOReilly It’s a hard scrabble life ya know.

Longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent Steve Kroft says that he "hated" his time on the CBS news show: “First of all, the job is just 24 hours a day. I mean, you may get a couple hours of bad sleep. Beepers going off, getting on jets, going here and there, the whole thing, then coming back and spending, you know, three or four days writing the script, and then going to the screenings and then getting on, starting it all over again.” variety.com/2026/tv/news/s…

@nypost @CGasparino The schadenfreude here is marvelous.

Today’s cover: Niece, grandniece of slain notorious Iranian Gen. Soleimani arrested by ICE while enjoying lavish lifestyles in LA trib.al/hYWNEXN