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SECOND POWER OUTAGE UPDATE: Someone ran over to FPL with a credit card and paid the bill and the power in the courthouse has been restored. ...

Sunday Update: Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?  Long gone are the days when we worried about bond hearings / first appearanc...

THE CAPTAIN REPORTS: ELECTION CENTRAL 2026 ... QUALIFYING WEEK UPDATED AT 2:00 PM TODAY: No surprises to report other than perennial candida...

 The first night of the NFL draft is this Thursday night, conflicting with Bruce Springsteen's concert in South Florida. 😖 Here is our ...

 The question as we begin the 3rd week of April now has a new component: What will occur first:  1) The Straits of Hormuz opening? 2) The Es...

 A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away,  a Jedi knight named Daniel Ellsberg broke the Pentagon Papers story by leaking a series of Pent...

 Sometimes we confront the difficult questions of the day. We are known for our willingness to address the hard questions. By holding up a m...

 In one of favourite Shakespear plays, Measure for Measure, Claudio was sentenced to death, and asks his friend Lucio to ask his sister Isab...

THE CAPTAIN REPORTS: EIGHT MONTHS OF SILENCE — UNTIL WE ASKED QUESTIONS  Funny how that works ... On April 7th, we told you that “SOMETHING ...

 TO KNOW THAT EVEN ONE LIFE HAD BREATHED EASIER BECAUSE YOU HAVE LIVED. THIS IS TO HAVE SUCCEEDED.  Ralph Waldo Emmerson.  As we reflect on ...

 Straits of Hormuz closed.  Straits of REGJB escalator- cerrado.  Head over to DOM's blog where's he's obsessed with new federa...

THE CAPTAIN REPORTS: ELECTION CENTRAL 2026 – PART TWO CIRCUIT COURT Three Circuit Court judges are retiring this cycle. There are 29 incumbe...

 What will open first- the Straits of Hormuz or the first-floor escalator in the REGJB?  Both have been closed for about the same amount of ...

THE CAPTAIN REPORTS: ELECTION CENTRAL 2026 - PART ONE The Qualifying period is fast approaching, and several new candidates have recently fi...

THE CAPTAIN REPORTS: SOMETHING VERY FISHY IS GOING ON HERE… Let’s start with the backstory. When a judge resigns in the State of Florida, th...

CORRECTION: The below referenced post on Mr. Markus's blog was authored by Guest Blogger Lindsey Lazopoulous Friedman and not Mr. Markus...

  In the quiet of this Easter morning, as we step away from the noise of our daily struggles and the complexities of the world, we are remin...

 Abraham Lincoln anguished over the frightening losses at the battle of Antietam. "What will the nation say ?" he moaned when lear...

  A "source" shared this draft opinion poised to be released, possibly TODAY. It's a day we never thought we would see: your f...

 Good morning. It is time to start another week. Here's what we are thinking about.  The US is in a pickle. No off ramp in Iran, and fi...