Thank you for your service.
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
51 Years Plus 1 Day Ago
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald:
She has a nice voice, and a decent, if repetitive guitar pattern and the sound is excellent for a home recording. But it needs an instrumental bridge, and I really miss the pedal steel guitar.
Flotsam and Jetsam - Hegseth Impeachment Out, Thune In, Johnson Out, Jordan In
Ace sees Anti-American Operative Thomas Massie Demands Impeachment of Pete Hegseth; Pete Hegseth Blasts Him. "Massie's argument was that Pete Hegseth should be impeached for limiting lawyers' ability to veto operations or impose lethal restrictions on troops fighting for America." Stacy Lennox at PJM says I Don't Care If He's Mad. Thomas Massie Just Needs to Go Away and Vicky Taft hears Hegseth Brings Flamethrower to Massie's 'Farcical' Impeachment 'Sabotage.' Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "This is the truth. This is not about Hegseth. It's about cowing the men and women in uniform into not following lawful orders because they might wind up in Leavenworth. This is an extension of the Seditious Six ploy. This is about co-opting the one American institution that has remained true to the Constitution: the U.S. military. Hegseth stands between us and tyranny, which is why they hate him so and seek to destroy him." Quote DOW Rapid Response @DOWResponse, ".@SECWAR “MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING. This is not about me. Politicians in Washington have accused the sailors and pilots who struck narco-terrorist boats of WAR CRIMES for doing their job." Rod Martin likes Pete Hegseth’s Speech at the Naval War College. "The Secretary of War’s sweeping Pentagon reforms are exactly the defense revolution America needs, and exactly why the Democrats want his head on a pike." At Hat Hair, Capt. Ed hears Hegseth to Schumer: Stop Your Grinnin' and Check Your Linen, I'm Not Leaving. Open Source Intel @Osint613, "Hegseth, asked about Schumer wanting to put him on trial: "This is what happens when you put people with ideological agendas in charge of institutions. If they want to talk about America's, or excuse me, President Trump's foreign policy and national security record. Let's do it. I'll see you there. Let's have a conversation about the success that I outlined here." InfantryDort @infantrydort, "Just gonna leave this here to remind everyone of the mood of the force after the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. Anyone crying for impeachment now and didn’t back then is wildly hypocritical. Wildly." Quote Tom Sauer @thomasbsauer, "Aug 30, 2021 Been hearing from friends on active duty. Total loss of confidence in top brass. “I think after this whole incident I’m just gonna spend the rest of my time at ..." InfantryDort @infantrydort, "Nah man. I’m not gonna let this go unchecked. As a GWOT veteran I can’t. I listened to Massie drone through his articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth and I recognized the sickness immediately. We fought under this ridiculous worldview during GWOT, and it cost us dearly. Massie is merely an acolyte of the bloodless bureaucratic religion that puts the lawyer in the center of the kill chain, treats every American use of force like a moral emergency, and somehow always finds more sympathy for the enemy being hunted than for the American sent to hunt him...."InfantryDort @infantrydort, "This is a phenomenon of late stage republics. It’s what happens when a society becomes so feminized and bureaucratized that it begins to fear the very qualities that once kept it alive. This is lawfare on the grandest scale. The process becomes the punishment. ..." Quote Tony Shaffer @tspooky, "In summary: the Impeachment of @SecWar is simply a form of Lawfare by formerly male, who's now @jamestalarico's favorite Trans @RepThomasMassie... Massie has crossed the line and become engaged in acting "under the color or law", and by definintion, engaged in sedition against the United States. There is zero legal basis for the action and all 8 of the articles are to the incoming @DemSocialists what fluffers do in a pornos...Massie is now supported by the extreme left anti-American group @codepink - that is funded by the CCP/PRC...@FBIDirectorKash needs to examine the elements required to prove Sedition and look at Massie's actions... "At Hat Hair, Dave Strom notes Rubio Backs Hegseth as the Vultures Circle Overhead and a Larry vid, The Pete Hegseth Impeachment Just Got Even More Heated. At NYPo, Trump White House unites behind Pete Hegseth as War Secretary dodges articles of impeachment. The House voted 211-204 to send it to the impeachment to the Judiciary Committee, where it will languish until Jan at least. Sister Toldja at RedState, 'Seditious Six' Member Slips and Makes Telling Admission About Attempt to Impeach Hegseth, Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley, "Rep. Jason Crow (D., Co.) just told Martha McCallum that the impeachment of Hegseth is "not really about impeachment" but rather just a desire to remove him. He said that this is just another means. That is precisely what the Framers did not want impeachment to become..." Gary Anderson at Am Spec on what happens When Generals Wander Into the Swamp, "The Pentagon’s brass has developed a dangerous taste for Beltway intrigue." At News Busters, propaganda by OMISSION: Nets Hype Hegseth Impeachment Chatter, Ignore Senate Dems in Disarray.
And who says Republicans can't walk and chew gum at the same time? In addition to blocking the Hegseth Impeachment, Republicans spent the day considering how to rearrange the chairs on the Titanic. Ace, Only Eight GOP Senators Have Called for a Delay In Senate Leadership Elections as John Thune Rushes to Push a Re-Election Vote; Charles Schumer Might Be Purged by the Islamocommunists He Supported. Mollie @MZHemingway, "The idea that Senate GOP could get this brutal ass-whooping and respond by rolling its decrepit leadership back into power is honestly EMBARRASSING. “Let’s keep the same pathetic leadership.” HAVE SOME DECENCY! Step down as a matter of honor! Stop crapping on your own voters!" Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "Not satisfied by the shellacking they just got, Republicans are hellbent on losing even harder in 2028 LMAO." Quote Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_, "BREAKING: Sen. Majority Leader John Thune has been re-elected by Senate Republicans and will serve as Senate Minority Leader in the new Congress when Dems take power. Senators Barrasso, Cotton, Capito, and Lankford have all also been re-elected to their positions. Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) will now serve as NRSC Chairman instead of Sen. Tim Scott."Matt Vespa at TownHall, sees John Thune Got Roasted on Social Media Again and What He Said Afterward Didn't Help, Burgess Everett @burgessev, "Thune suggests that there wasn't a ton Republicans could have done differently to avoid the midterm losses and said in meetings today he "wasn't apologizing for anything that we did." ` He said that tax cuts are "the most consequential piece of legislation I've worked on" and blamed government shutdowns for slowing down the GOP Congress "I think on the political side, I don't know what else we want. There was a lot of money that we raised ... but it's a good example that money sometimes doesn't matter if you don't have the winning message"" Stephen Kruiser at PJM, Oh, NOW John Thune Wants to Listen to American Voters. From Not the Bee, In order to best continue doing nothing, Senate Republicans reelect John Thune as Minority Leader.
On the House side, Speaker Johnson stepped down, and the party elected Jim Jordan to be the Minority Leader going forward in January. I like Jim Jordan, but I don't know about him being able to herd the cats; I've always thought of him as one of the cats. Ace, Mike Johnson Takes Accountability and Steps Down from House Leadership; Jim Jordan Elected to Replace Him "Mike Johnson did what McConnell's protege and butt-boy John Thune refuses to do: He stepped down from leadership. Jim Jordan was elected in his place. I'm not thrilled about that either, but at least someone demonstrated some accountability." His opponent was Steve Scalise, who I could see as SotH. Stephen Kruiser quips Jim Jordan May Have to Bring Back Dueling to Deal With GOP Senators. Cam Arcand at TownHall observes House Republicans Have a New Leader – and It's a Notable Shift. Sundance at CTH, Jim Jordan Becomes House Minority Leader in GOP Caucus Election. "Despite popular opinion to the contrary, with reservations and brutal honesty CTH predicts this will not end well for the MAGA or Conservative cause in the House. Despite publicly positioning himself as a firebrand supporter of President Trump, when it comes to actionable measures – Jim Jordan was the roadblock within the failed weaponization committee."
Don Surber says Ya ain’t getting the party back "Flake? Romney? Thune? Screw ’em. Scroom all" From Shooting News Week, ‘Went to Bed Red, Woke Up Blue’: Enough Already…It’s Time to Deal With What’s Next. AMAC notes A Defeat Creates Opportunities, "The 2026 midterms were a rout for Democrats, but Republicans now have the opportunity to plan a comeback in 2028." Art Schaper at Am Great takes A Contrarian View on Election 2026: Trump Was Right, GOP Was OK, Voters Were Wrong. "The fallout falls fully on the voters. They are wrong, and they foolishly voted against their own interests out of short-term." Dominic Pino @DominicJPino, "Makes sense. The US is at full employment and the poverty rate is at a record low, yet 1 in 8 people were enrolled in SNAP last year." Quote The Washington Sun @washingtonsun, "The Agriculture Department is proposing to sharply restrict eligibility for federal food assistance, a change it estimates would cut millions of people from the program." Dave Strom cites Trump: Iran War 'Effectively Over'. From Da Caller, Trump Pushes To Speed Pipeline, Power Plant Approvals Before Democrats Take Over. Better late than never, but you could have been doing more all along. Mary Chastain at LI sees Mullin Signals Openness to DACA Deal as Trump Faces GOP Backlash. "DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said he would consider legislation granting DACA recipients permanent legal status while insisting that amnesty is “never going to happen.”"
Sundance hears Incoming House Oversight Chairman Robert Garcia Name His Targets from Trump Administration. Open Source Intel @Osint613, "Sen. Ted Cruz: "We'll have at least one impeachment of the president. We might have more than one. We will see the same thing directed at Trump family members. We will see the same thing directed at multiple cabinet members."" Glenn Beck @glennbeck, "The Left has begun to unleash a campaign of vengeance on @elonmusk. But did they even think this through?! Because it won’t end well for them. Last Saturday, two chartered party buses, funded by a network of left-wing non-profits, rolled up right in front of Elon’s house. They danced in the street for an hour and hit a Cybertruck piñata. But wait... aren’t these the same leftists that were insisting just last week that Elon was buying the election? Maybe they were celebrating that they were wrong. Then you have NYU Professor Scott Galloway. He went on stage and boasted to a crowd about taking a dump in the passenger seat of his own Tesla before selling it. I can guarantee Elon wasn’t hurt by that. The only people affected by his “protest” were whoever bought that car from him and whoever had to clean up that mess. And now, there’s incoming Texas governor Gina Hinojosa. She’s already pressuring state agencies to hold off on SpaceX land deals right next to Starbase until she takes office..." PJM's Rick Moran thinks Elon Musk's Greatest Sin Is That He's Unapologetic About His Success. From Fox, HUGH HEWITT: Three big legal fights are looming, and Trump needs answers before January, "Get ready, America, there is an epic clash coming between the powers of Congress under Article I of the Constitution and the powers of President Trump under Article II."
Mary Katharine Ham @mkhammer, "I don’t think the former site of the Landover Mall needs to be an untouchable memorial to the Build a Bear it once housed." Quote Polymarket @Polymarket, "JUST IN: Maryland activist helps block a $5B AI data center planned for the site of an abandoned shopping mall that closed 24 years ago, after gathering over 25,000 signatures." Anthony Mansfield, M.S. @mechamansfield, "Third worldism in action: facing a $150M deficit, the county is turning down a $5B project to keep a mall lot that's been abandoned for 24 years. 25,000 signatures for $0 in revenue. I guarantee the same people will be complaining about underfunded social programs next." Leslie Eastman at LI, NPR Celebrates Activist Whose Data Center Campaign had Ties to China-Linked Socialist Group "A look at urban environmental hero, Taylor Frazier McCollum, billionaire Marxist Neville Roy Singham, and how 40 American data center projects were rejected by voters." Dave Strom sees Everything Is Stupid Now "Are all decisions based on moral panics now?" It's a popular tool of politics on both sides.
From Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog. John Sexton hears Russia Shuts Down Its Last Independent Newspaper and Ukraine Takes Out 30 Percent of Russia's Refinery Capacity.
From ¡No Pasaran! Without Trump, Is Israel Facing a Diplomatic Nightmare? "Donald Trump is neither lame nor a duck"
From Sundance, Trump Letter to Biden Revealed in Joe Biden Book At Althouse, "Dear Joe, Coming to work every day in the Oval Office is a blessing beyond imagination. History resounds from every wall, every statue, every beautiful painting..." ""... and every corner of this magical place. Each staircase, hallway, and door leads to yet another door and memory, another inflection point in the glorious story of America. I hope you take a moment every single day to take stock of where you are and the people who came before you, the titans who shaped the course of human events. You now have the opportunity to choose your place in history, and I know you will be true to yourself and the American people. Many presidents have come and gone who simply governed as Republicans or Democrats. Largely, they did not change history, they were just swept along in its relentless tide. This will not happen to you because I know how much you love the American people...." Wrote Donald Trump, in the letter he left in the Oval Office for Joe Biden, quoted in "'I Know How Much You Love the American People,' Trump Told Biden in 2021 Letter/The letter, which former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. details in a new book, is remarkable for a warm tone starkly at odds with his predecessor’s public comments" (NYT)."
At WaT, Schumer fed the militant liberal wolves; now they turn on him. "Senate Democrats he helped elect now threaten the leadership he spent years building." John Sexton sees Sanders, Slotkin Don't Support Chuck Schumer As Leader. Ace notes Obama-Connected Democrat Operative Van Jones Smiles as He Admits the "Affordability" Op Was, In Pure Obama Fashion, an Organized Astroturf Campaign, "An Obama simp? Running an astroturf operation? With Concerned Christian Conservatives fretting about whatever the Democrats' Fake Issue of the Day is? Where have I heard this before?" Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, " The results are in. Texas Republican voters didn’t stay home, or switch sides and vote Blue Republican voters showed up with larger numbers than before. The problem is, Democrats l somehow materialized 1.6 MILLION new voters Here’s where it gets really corrupt, Democrats somehow pulled higher numbers in Texas for midterms than they did during the 2024 Presidential Election - Kamala Harris received 4,835,250 Democrat votes in Texas - Somehow Democrats had 5.2 million voters during this Midterms in Texas It makes no sense. There is no way, especially when Republicans didn’t switch sides because Republican vote totals actually increased These results are impossible to believe." Could there have been a nationwide plan for illegal mail-in votes to steal the election? It's hard to imagine a conspiracy that big could stay concealed. VodkaPundit at PJM echoes Rand Paul's Message to Texas: Don't Use the 'Venezuelan Socialist Playbook'.
Matt Margolis asks How Stupid Is the Left for Taking the Bait Again?. The left's reactions to Trump "offering" UFC CEO Dana White the job of Press Secretary. We all know that job is reserved for pretty girls.
Kevin Killough at JTN reports the House Oversight Republicans release final report on Epstein investigation, clears Trump of crimes, "The report found that President Donald Trump was not implicated in Epstein's sex trafficking operation." Teri Christoph at RedState, House Epstein Investigation Uncovers No Trump Crimes, Refers Two Powerful Men to DOJ. This won't shut Democrats up about it; they have a picture of Trump and Epstein standing together!
Gene Volokh at the Volokh Conspiracy reports a Lawsuit Against New York AG Letitia James over Letter Alleging Group's Event Was Connected to "White Nationalist Ideals" … "can go forward on First Amendment coercion, First Amendment retaliation, and defamation grounds, a federal district court concludes."
Capt. Ed says it's Miller Time: Mamdani's ICE Pipeline Got Keystone XL Treatment? Beege Welborn sees Looks Like Everyone's Having a Good Time Springing Immigration Surprises on Their Countries. "Mark Carney is going forward with plans to introduce a MILLION new permanent foreigners to his country...THIS YEAR. He can't imagine why anyone's upset."Heartbroken Eric Swalwell Learns Chinese Intelligence Has Been Seeing Other People https://t.co/No4Sg3PvSh
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) November 10, 2026
Ace hears Jennifer Welch Bitches That She's Being "Cancelled" Just For Encouraging Assassinations and Murder. Clown World ™ @ClownWorld, "It’s wild how these people can be completely heartless and cruel, but the second the internet turns on them, they play the victim." Quote Oli London @OliLondonTV, "Jennifer Welch claims she is a victim of online hate after receiving backlash for laughing about Charlie Kirk’s body being dug up. “I’m getting about 400 death threats a minute on my Instagram…I want an inclusive world and non-violent world.”" At Twitchy, Who's Laughing NOW, Uber-Hag? Jennifer Welch Is BIG MAD at Conservatives for 'Bullying Her Sponsors, ' and THIS! Tyrus Just Delivered the Most Damaging Dig yet on Pod-Hags Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan. TV News Now @TVNewsNow, "NEW: Fox’s Tyrus delivers a POWERFUL response to leftist podcasters laughing at Charlie Kirk ‘joke’: “One of the greatest compliments to your life’s work is that your enemies are still fighting you after you’re gone… Every time they do that, they’ve just inspired another person to go, ‘Who was that man?’” He adds: “His memory will go on even further by the ones that he made uncomfortable still squirming over him. So his family should take that with a grain of sugar instead of salt,” adds @PlanetTyrus."
The Wednesday Wetness
The Guardian whines US households pay 62% more for water than they did a decade ago, study finds. As someone intimately involved in setting the cost of water in our community (which has not raised rates in 5 years), let me tell you energy inflation during the Biden regency was a big problem. Regulatory costs (for example, repeated testing for PFAs, essentially non existent in our deep ground water) is also a factor.
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Pelicans Too?
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| Brown Pelicans on the remains of Adam Island 2021 |
The brown pelican population around the Chesapeake Bay has plummeted by about half from its peak in the late 2000s and early 2010s, avian researchers say. And what’s causing the decline, given the lack of funding to investigate the phenomenon, is anyone’s guess.
There are many theories. But the hypothesis gaining the most traction involves one of the Bay’s most controversial industries.
Asked why there are fewer pelicans, Dave Brinker, an ornithologist with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, seemed at a loss: “They’re going down. That’s the simplest analysis.”
But after a pause, he added: “I suspect it’s a result of changes in menhaden. We don’t have food studies. But just thinking as an ecologist, [I know] these birds are very sensitive to prey availability.”
Atlantic menhaden are a small fish at the center of a huge debate over whether they are being overfished in the Bay. Critics accuse Omega Protein, a Canadian company that harvests menhaden and “reduces” them to make fish oil and fish meal. They say the company is taking so many menhaden that there aren’t enough left for birds and larger fish to feed on.
Since 2018, the “reduction fishery” has had a cap on its harvest in Bay waters of 51,000 metric tons per year — all of it coming from Virginia because Maryland bans the practice. Under pressure from conservationists and recreational fishing groups, federal fishery managers are now considering lowering that limit.
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| Osprey on nest in Solomons Harbor 2021 |
In recent years, researchers have been documenting a decline in ospreys around the Bay, which they blame at least partly on a lack of menhaden. The evidence, they say, includes female ospreys laying fewer eggs, emaciated chicks and the sight of young starved to death in the nest.
Some fishery scientists are not ready to make that conclusion, saying there is no solid evidence that the osprey hardships are tied to menhaden availability. “I don’t know that we have the data to support that yet, and I hope that’s where the new research goes,” said Reid Nelson, a fisheries scientist with George Mason University in Virginia.
Omega Protein officials also dispute those claims, including any suggestion that the woes extend to pelicans. “Before there is additional speculation in the media blaming the menhaden fishery,” Omega spokesman Ben Landry said in a statement, “those suggesting a connection should produce peer-reviewed evidence demonstrating that commercial menhaden fishing is responsible.”
I'm not sure that lack of Menhaden is affecting the Osprey (and now Brown Pelicans) but I am leaning that direction. I've certainly noticed a local decline in the Osprey population, and thinking back, I think I've seen less pelicans as well.
Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Sits Down With 60 Minutes
In a piece aired on Sunday, President Trump sat down for a contentious, but general respectful interview with Ross Douthat, formerly(?) the NYT's house conservative and staunch never-Trumper, and now Bari Weiss' catspaw. From the Victory Girls, Trump Sits Down With 60 Minutes For A Rambling Debrief. Sundance at CTH hosts Extended 60-Minutes Interview with President Trump – Full Video and Transcript as does Althouse in Donald Trump on "60 Minutes." "Here's Douthat's "10 takeaways from Trump's 60 Minutes interview: Why GOP lost the midterms, what went wrong on immigration and more" (CBS)." And Asked about UFOs, Trump raves about handsome pilots. Ace observes Ooof: Trump Says His Immigration Policy Was Too Tough, Seeks Some Kind of... Comprehensive Reform. "On one hand, I expected a softening. I floated the idea that if Trump had softened on the immigration raids the summer before the election, the GOP might have done a little better. (Emphases on "might" and "a little.")And who knows: This may be necessary to stop the Democrats from winning it all in 2028 and packing the country floor to rafters with immigrants (and immediately giving them full voting rights). But on the other hand: this is a disaster." News Wax picks it apart with '60 Minutes': Trump Reflects on Death and Heaven, '60 Minutes': Trump Says No Plans to Escalate Iran War, Defends Israeli Leadership, '60 Minutes': Trump May Not Endorse Vance and 60 Minutes: Trump Denies Making Billions Improperly. Also, Trump After Meeting Qatari PM: Iran War 'Effectively Over' and Hegseth to Face Press as Impeachment Fight Escalates. InfantryDort @infantrydort, "Do you know what I think an impeachable offense is? The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. .... Pete Hegseth is in the crosshairs for embodying the absolute antithesis of the Afghan withdrawal. And the politicians driven by envy will never forgive him for it." Quote Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman, "GOOD QUESTION: Trump asks why Democrats want to impeach Pete Hegseth but never impeached anyone over Afghanistan. "13 dead, hundreds killed at the airport.""
Stephen Kruiser at PJM predicts Trump's Legacy Will Brilliantly Survive Last Tuesday. At PM, GOP voters turned out to smack Trump, not support Dems. "10 percent of voters who consider themselves to be conservative voted for Democrats." NYPo's Michael Goodwin thinks JD Vance sold Trump out after the midterm shellacking — it’s time to cut him off. Algemeiner notices Iranian Officials Gloat as US Voters Deal Blow to Trump. But was there any coordination between them? Sundance hosts Secretary of State Marco Rubio Holding a Press Conference Following G7 Meeting in Paris. Dmitri Bolt at TownHall sees Republicans Keep Screaming 'Socialism.' Ron DeSantis Says That's Not Going to Cut It. TownHall's Matt Vespa notices Attorney General Todd Blanche Wasn't Falling for This Loaded Question on CNN. "Host Dana Bash tried to bait him on this loaded question about the weaponization of the government, as if these people don’t realize that we know all about the Biden DOJ and its Arctic Frost and Plasmic Echo operations against Trump, his officials, and the conservative movement writ large." Don Surber claims it's Miller time. "Donald Trump taps the nation’s top conservative to guide America."
From the Center Square, Congress faces crammed lame-duck session with little bipartisan appetite. It's been a long time since Congress had a bipartisan appetite. Jen O'Connell at RedState says Ouch: Mike Johnson Implies the Senate Owns the 'Lame' in Lame-Duck Session. Matt Vespa is not exactly heartbroken to see John Thune's Push to Lead Senate Republicans Again Is Getting Bogged Down. Francis Sempka at Am Spec worries Will Democrats Bring Down Trump as They Did Nixon? "As Congress prepares to confront the president, the lessons of Watergate and Iran-Contra offer a warning about the dangers of partisan warfare during international crises." PJM's Matt Margolis has hopes, Has the Democrats’ Revenge Plot Already Hit a Wall? News Wax, Centrist Democrats Warn Against Party Overreach. From Da Caller, Bureaucrats Are Trying To ‘Subvert’ The Trump Administration, Former Adviser Alleges.
Sundance adds EU/Ukraine Put U.S. Military Protection at Forefront of Security Guarantees During Ceasefire Discussions and cites REUTERS – EU Assessment Concludes Russia Tricked Europe into Importing Migrants to Burn Down Paris. Michael Shellenberger @shellenberger, "Ah, yes. A crack “covert Russian network” came to the same conclusion as everyone with half a brain. And now @Reuters is helping @vonderleyen smear anyone who recognizes reality and rejects EU/Reuters propaganda 2016 is calling and wants its psyop back." Quote Reuters @Reuters, "Exclusive: A covert Russian network sought to exploit last month's riots in France by using social media to blame the unrest on uncontrolled immigration and portray the government as having lost control, according to an internal EU assessment seen by Reuters." From the Free Bacon, Trump Admin Boots Lebanese Diplomat Over Posts Praising Hezbollah's 1983 Marine Barracks Suicide Bombing. "Ibrahim Charara called the attack ‘heroic resistance’ against ‘American military occupation’ in posts first reported by Free Beacon."
Captain Eli @TheCaptainEli, "SpaceX did something on November 4 that most companies building AI infrastructure never bother to do. It sent its own people into an elementary school auditorium in Cochise, Arizona, put the numbers on the table and took questions from a packed room. Riley Trettel, who leads energy and supercomputer development at SpaceX, said it plainly: "SpaceX is the owner, and with approval, will be the builder and the owner of the project long term." Then he laid out what the county gets. Up to 40% off residential power bills for Sulphur Springs co-op members for the life of the project. $3.6 billion in new power lines paid by SpaceX and handed to the co-op, which takes on no debt. $30 to $100 million a year in new property tax, with a 20% cut in everyone else's county property taxes. Enough one-time sales tax to pay off the county jail bond. Dry cooling, so the whole campus uses about as much water as 20 to 30 homes. No gas turbines on site. Up to $50 billion invested and about 1,000 permanent jobs...." unusual_whales @unusual_whales, "Bloomington, Indiana, has banned artificial superintelligence. The city council voted 7–0 to bar superintelligent AI within city limits, including through apps and browsers. Violators face fines and possible prosecution. Lifting the ban would take approval from more than 95% of registered voters." Readers added context they thought people might want to know "Bloomington's ordinance bans only hypothetical future superintelligent AI systems that vastly exceed human cognition across nearly all domains with recursive self-improvement and autonomy, not current AI technologies." Open Source Intel @Osint613, "Israel's Brig. Gen. (res.) Erez Askal, head of the PMO's National AI Directorate: "We are on the threshold of a different sovereign reality. Within a few years, national infrastructure will run on artificial intelligence. Whoever controls it will control the switch of nations.""@GaSecofState and Sterling refused to investigate beyond the initial 3,000 now officially confirmed double scanned ballots. Net gain Biden. Most county digital records were prematurely destroyed so the above findings are probably just a needle in the haystack...." Sarah Hoyt says Let’s Talk About Fraud. Tim O'Brien at PJM hears The Other Shoe Has Dropped: DOJ Investigating Marc Elias in Peltola Scandal Case.
Joe Chalfant at TownHall, notices Texas Democrats Are Wasting No Time With Their Radical Ideas. Chesty @ChestyPullerGst, "Texas already has 1084 bills pre-filed for the next session. Legalize pot Redistrict Red flag laws Property tax increases Expand eligibility for Medicaid including low-income individuals New rules on water rights New rules on subdivisions Electric utility "monopolies" Raise state minimum wage to $15/hr Prohibition of construction of border security measures on state park lands A "Texas solution" to reforming and addressing issues related to the Medicaid program, including the creation of an alternative program designed to ensure health benefit plan coverage to certain low-income individuals through the private marketplace; requiring a fee. Reducing ad valorem tax breaks for farmers Using public funds for lobbying activities Designating August "Firearm Safety Awareness Month" The list is massive. Feel free to look at it yourself here: https://capitol.texas.gov/Reports..." At PJM Eric Florack looks at 'Affordability' and Other Democrat Jokes, VodkaPundit thinks France’s Socialist Fever Dream Is a Preview of the Democrat Party’s Future and Luke Greenberg observes Former Muslim Brotherhood Spokesman Celebrates El-Sayed’s Senate Victory. Ace notes Antifa Bike Group "Bike on Your Left" Leads Leftists in Protest/Boycott Against Israeli Embassy Restaurants Just Owned by Jews, "Remember, they're not antisemitic. They have nothing against Jews, nothing! They just hate Israel. Ask Tuq'r and Me-Again. Except... in a pinch, "protesting" Jews simply for owning restaurants will do in a pinch. Oh, and they might have maybe scheduled this totally-not-antisemitic pogrom for the eve of Kristallnacht. Coincidentally." Jonathan Tobin at JNS explores Why do American Jews vote for antisemites like El-Sayed?, "Politics now plays the role religion used to play in most people’s lives. For many their faith is liberalism and the Democrats, with Jewish peoplehood and Israel discarded."
From the College Fix, Utah Valley U. largely clears itself in Charlie Kirk ‘after-action report’. Convenient that. WNG, Accused Charlie Kirk killer’s trial date set over year away, longer away than the prosecution and Erika Kirk wanted, but shorter than defense wanted. Are they hoping a Democrat administration will commute or even pardon a death sentence?
From the Right Times with Kathy Gyngell, IPPR's £115bn: a cherry-picked number for a bad argument, "IPPR claims skilled migrants will boost the public finances by £115bn. The figure has been built to show the biggest possible gain – and is then used to argue for settling everyone. " Similar math is certainly used by US open border proponents.
Stacy McCain, at his substack Born Lucky continues his coverage of the 'Zizians', the trans vegan death cult in Transgender Tumblrina Terrorism "The crazy consequences of ‘rationalism’ and the AI Doomer Cool Kids Club."
From NYPo, Russell Brand sentenced to over 10 years in prison for rape, sexual assault of four women. Ace has doubts, Russell Brand Sentenced to Ten and a Half Years in Prison Over Rape Allegedly Taking Place in 2004, "This seems like a lot. I'll explain that in a bit." I think there's a feeling it may have more to do with his becoming more aligned with the right.
Tuesday Tanlines
New Jersey's notorious "Tan Mom" claims federal immigration agents nearly slapped her in handcuffs after questioning her American citizenship, allegedly because of the famously deep tan that made her a tabloid sensation.
Patricia Krentcil recounted the bizarre encounter during an appearance on the "Light. Tan. Up." podcast alongside actor Tom Arnold, claiming U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents stopped her as she left a restaurant with girlfriends.
"As we're walking out, the ICE people stopped me, and they asked me, 'Am I an American citizen?'" Krentcil recalled. "And I'm like, 'Yes.' You know, like it blew my mind."
Video, or it didn't happen. Of course, they might have confused her with an extraterrestrial alien.
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