Saturday, June 14, 2025

Rule 5 Saturday - Oksana Butovskaya

This week, Rule 5 winner features freckles with Oksana Butovskaya:
I am a professional red-haired fashion model from Ukraine Model experience since 2010!
Now I'm in the USA, Florida Miami

Worked with a large number of photographers, videographers, starred in clips, advertising. Worked as a model at the master class. I have experience working with brands of clothing, cosmetics, accessories, appliances and much more.
She even has her own subredit




Friday, June 13, 2025

There's An App for That!

WBAL TV, Baltimore, 'Great time to see dolphins': Report, find dolphin sightings in the Chesapeake Bay through new app

A new app helps people track dolphin sightings in the Chesapeake Bay. You can find out where dolphins are and even upload videos of your own sightings. "This time of year is a great time to see dolphins," said Jamie Testa, project coordinator for Chesapeake Dolphin Watch.

Ocean City isn't the only place where you can see Atlantic bottlenose dolphins. From Havre de Grace to Virginia Beach, you can keep track with an app called Chesapeake Dolphin Watch.  "They are all from opportunistic sightings. They are just out, enjoying their day on or near the water, they happen to see dolphins and they report them to us," Testa said.


The easy-to-use app was launched in 2017 from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Chesapeake Biological Laboratory. "If you're not fortunate enough to see bottlenose dolphins, you could use the app to explore other people's sightings," Testa said. "You can browse around, look at where the sightings are on the map, as well as images."

Testa said the information is more than just fun to have, it's used to study dolphin movement and behavior. "We're looking at where they go, how far upriver, how far downstream, which creeks they're checking out," Testa said. "Some of the behaviors that we get from the sightings, like it appears that they were feeding, or sometimes we see video footage showing mating behavior."

The app is free — all you need is a name, email and password to register.

I'll report dolphins if I see them, but I'll be damned if I put a new app on my phone to do it. 

Flotsam and Jetsam - Israel Strikes Iran, Secret Service Tackles Senator

If you live under a rock (not that there's anything wrong with that) you might not have heard that last night, after dark in the mid east, Israel launched a not unexpected pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear weapons facilities, as well as targeting senior leadership and nuclear scientists. I'm not pro-war, but I find it hard to fault Israel. Stacy McCain, ‘An Earth-Shattering Kaboom’: Israel Wipes Out Top Iranian Military Leaders UPDATE: ‘Decapitation Strike’ — List . Insty, IRAN DISCOVERS EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOMS: ISRAEL LAUNCHES MULTIPLE STRIKES IN IRAN. Driscoll, ISRAEL LAUNCHES MULTIPLE STRIKES IN IRAN and Israel Bombs Iran in Preemptive Strike (UPDATED). Cathy Salgado at PJM, Israel Bombs Iran in Preemptive Strike. Don Surber, Sucks to be Iran this morning, "Trump gave them a 60-day notice to negotiate." Israel says attacks will continue for several more days. Meanwhile, Israel is on watch for the expected volley of drones and missiles form Iranian counter strikes.

Yesterday Alex Padilla, a junior Senator from California, found himself in the same LA federal building where DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was speaking, and without identifying himself, began shouting and heckling and pushing toward the podium. Secret Service intercepted him, and while he struggled against them, pushed him out of the room, and onto the floor, where FBI agents cuffed him and searched him for weapons. He was later released, and met with Noem privately. Given two attempted assassinations of Donald Trump, and leftists currently burning the streets of LA and other, it's not surprising the security around Trump's cabinet is on a hair trigger. At Insty, NEW CIVILITY WATCH: Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ "BREAKING: California Democratic Senator @AlexPadilla4CA just crashed DHS Secretary Noem’s press conference in LA and was forcibly removed." Matt Margolis at PJM, Democrats Melt Down Over Padilla’s Stunt — Here’s What Really Happened Dan Bongino "This was a calculated stunt by Sen. Padilla. He wasn’t there to ask questions or get answers. He was there to stage a media spectacle, and right on cue, the Democrat spin machine kicked into gear with prepackaged outrage and performative pearl-clutching." @FBIDDBongino "With regard to the incident in LA this afternoon, the Senator in question was not wearing a security pin and physically resisted law enforcement when confronted. Our FBI personnel acted completely appropriately while assisting Secret Service and we are grateful for their professionalism and service." At Insty, NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW (EXCEPT DEMOCRATS): Democrats Melt Down Over Padilla’s Stunt — Here’s What Really Happened. jimtreacher.substack.com @jtLOL "Never seen a U.S. senator bust uninvited into a press conference in street clothes spouting gibberish, either. It's a day of firsts." Quote Christopher Cadelago @ccadelago, "Never seen a U.S. senator shoved around like this by law enforcement." Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter "Hey, it's not like anyone has tried to, I dunno, murder a bunch of Republican congressmen, knife a Republican governor candidate, kill a Republican-appointed SCOTUS justice or attempt to kill (twice) a Republican president lately." DC_Draino @DC_Draino, "Notice how Democrats don’t show this longer video that clearly shows Alex Padilla getting violent with federal agents? This man committed a crime that J6ers got thrown in prison for years for." Matt Vespa at TownHall says DHS Kristi Noem Just Blew Up a Dem Senator's Sob Story About How He Got Manhandled at a DHS Presser. Ace, The Democrat-Media Party Goes All In on the Proposition That a Strange Man Should Be Permitted to Charge at a Female Office-Holder Without Consequence. "Is that the New Rule? I ask once again: Are you sure you can live with the consequences of all these New Rules you're creating?" And, NBC "News" Reports a Huge Scoop: There's a Left-Wing Movement to Encourage and Escalate Violence Update: California Democrat Senator Alex Padilla Arrested and Handcuffed for His #Resistance Efforts, "You don't say. You don't say."

James Antle at Am Con examines The Buchananite Moment in LA, "The riots have both the Democratic presidential front-runners and Donald Trump playing to their bases. We’ll see who wins." At Twitchy, Conservative Woman's EPIC Thread About 'Breaking Into Costco' Destroys Lefty Talking Points on ILLEGALS Traditionally Sarah @tradwifemom "So I went to Costco without a membership, I snuck around the card readers, I didn’t want to wait in line to get an actual membership or one day pass. They caught me in the store and asked me to leave or go to the service desk and get a membership. Instead of leaving I demanded free products and food and waved a Sam’s club flag in the middle of their store to show them just how much I love Costco and want to stay. When they still asked me to leave I began stealing whatever I could and threw frozen hamburger patties at security. They should have just let me shop there without a membership, I’m special!" At TNR, The Symbolic Power of Burning Waymo Robotaxis "It’s no accident that the vehicles that got torched during the Los Angeles protests were driverless cars." Beth Brelje at Da Fed reports a Mexican Illegal Alien Charged With Attempted Murder For Allegedly Throwing Molotov Cocktail During LA Riots. Driscoll, SUMMER RERUN SEASON: Amy Reichert @amyforsandiego "Anti-ICE activists are organizing a boycott of Independence Day. Because apparently celebrating freedom is now offensive." NYPo, NYPD vehicles torched in suspected arson attack as cops find undetonated explosive devices nearby.

Kurt Schlichter says On the Upside, Gavin Newsom Is Toast. At Declassified with Julie Kelly, Who Really is to Blame for Anti-Deportation Riots? "One can safely argue the trouble started on March 15 in the federal courtroom of Judge Jeb Boasberg." She's redoubtable, but I think she's wrong on this. They were going to riot this summer, all they needed was a barely plausible excuse. Matt Margolis, You Have to See Sen. John Kennedy Nuke Maxine Waters and Gavin Newsom. Breaking911 @Breaking911, "MAXINE WATERS: "Trump started this. Rioters should not be edged on, and you know, provoked..."" Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, YGBFKM: Gutless Gavin Hides 'First Amendment' Speech Behind Copyright Claims to Shut Down Critics. Reddit Lies @reddit_lies, "Redditors today: "A modern day Anne Frank is hiding from ICE" Redditors 4 years ago: "I got an entire church forcibly quarantined." Vicky Taft at PJM says the L.A. Mayor's Damning Response to Riots PROVES She Is All-In on Rioters' Extortion Racket. Tom Fitton @TomFitton "Sounds like @MayorOfLA just admitted to a criminal conspiracy...." Quote Mayor Karen Bass @MayorOfLA "We will not stand for this."

Insty says ROLL THEM UP: Michelle Maxwell @MichelleMaxwell "California Democratic Party Faces Scrutiny Over Brick Purchase Amidst LA Protests By Jonathan Gregory Los Angeles, CA — June 11 2025 A recent review of the California Democratic Party's May 2025 expense report has uncovered a significant and controversial expenditure: the purchase of 200 pallets of construction-grade bricks. Notably, this acquisition lacks any associated construction plans or public documentation, raising questions about its intended use. The absence of a clear purpose for such a substantial purchase has prompted calls for transparency and accountability from both political opponents and watchdog organizations. The timing of this purchase coincides with widespread protests in Los Angeles, which erupted in early June following aggressive immigration enforcement actions by the Trump administration. These demonstrations have been marked by clashes between protesters and law enforcement, with reports indicating that some individuals have thrown bricks during the unrest. While there is no direct evidence linking the pallets purchased by the Democratic Party to the incidents in Los Angeles, the proximity of these events has intensified public scrutiny." Capt. Ed, BREAKING: FBI Arrests Riot Supplier, Charges Conspiracy; UPDATE: 'Brown Berets'? Matt Finn@MattFinnFNC, "BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: The driver who vent viral for dropping off “bionic shield” face masks to LA rioters was arrested by the FBI in a sting at his home this morning. Alejandro Orellana was taken into custody on suspicion of Conspiracy to Commit Civil Disorders." Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok "BREAKING: The FBI arrested the guy who dropped off the bionic face shields for the rioters in LA." Ace, FBI Arrests Foreign Invader Who Distributed Anti-Gas-Mask Face Shields to Rioters; Man Is a Member of a Latino Gang Paramilitary "The Brown Berets." "You might have seen the "Bionic Shields" being handed out to rioters so that they could throw concrete at cops even when the cops used tear gas to disperse them. Photographs of the foreign soldier were taken, and that foreign soldier operating on US soil has now been arrested." And Josh Hawley Expands Insurrection Investigation, Notifying CHIRLA and PSL That They Will Be Subpoenaed, "Who's funding this insurrectionary violence? Well, ultimately, the taxpayer is. But the money is collected and paid out by revolutionary violence NGOs that this mentally-ill, suicidal country is actually paying for." Ace, Scumbag Woke Corporation Walmart Faces Boycott As Scumbag Heiress Christy Walton Promotes the Planned Democrat-Media Party Riots. "Scheduled for This Saturday I hate this corporation. Maybe we should have some fiery but mostly peaceful protests for Walmart."

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.12.25 (Afternoon Edition), Twitchy: Mollie Hemingway Wrecks Jake Tapper For Refusing To Testify About Biden Senility Claims, TikToker Exposes “No Kings Day” For Paying Influencers $200/Day To Support Riots, and Rep. Elise Stefanik Makes NY Gov. Hochul Face Tragic Effects Of Sanctuary Policies, Louder With Crowder: Mexican official calls for Mexico to take to TAKE BACK all the land America has conquered, Gavin Newsom fake cries through a “national address” blaming Trump for the riots, Criminal Alien Charged with Attempted Murder After Allegedly Throwing Molotov Cocktail at Police During LA Riots, Typical white liberal protesters mock a black woman as they block her from going to work, and “La manifestante muy grande” calls on LA rioters to bring leaf blowers, tells Trump to suck her left… wait, what? and Matt Taibbi: Activism, Uncensored – The LA Riots.

Nick Arama at RedState says Hoo Boy: Elise Stefanik Ends Gov. Hochul Over Sanctuary States, Leaves Her Stammering. Mike Davis @mrddmia "Has anyone done a wellness check on @GovKathyHochul? @EliseStefanik just ended Kathy's career." Ace, Rep. Elise Stefanik Grills Kathy Hochul on All the Illegal Aliens She Shielded from Deportation Who Went on to Rape Children or Burn Women to Death on the Subway, "What is even more galling is that she doesn't even know who these people are. It's absolutely worth your time to watch, but if you don't have the time or can't play a video at work, see the transcript here."

At PJM Stephen Kruiser sees A Feature, Not a Bug — Everything Trump Does Triggers the Press, Dave Manney notes Trump Speaks at Fort Bragg, and the Press Loses Its Mind and Matt Margolis hears Karoline Leavitt Goes Beast Mode on Reporter Defending Violent Rioters. At NewsBusters CNN’s Brownstein: Trump Sees LA as ‘Hostile Territory to Be Subdued’. Well, isn't it? Dan Chaitin at Da Wire, Bessent Identifies New Strain Of TDS, Reminds Dems They Lost The Election. "A higher decibel level does not give your statements more veracity." Matt Margolis, CNN Panel Melts Down After Batya Ungar-Sargon Drops Truth Bomb About Illegal Immigration. "“Rich people are now the base of the Democratic Party. They are the employers of low-wage labor. . . Of course, they are very upset that their jobs program of an open border is coming to an end,” Ungar-Sargon added, pointing out that illegal labor provides a convenient source of cheap, easily exploited workers." NewsBusters, Ana Cabrera Reports: ‘American Empathy’ Toward Illegal Immigration. From the Free Bacon, WHERE'S DONIE? CNN's Emmy-Nominated 'Extremism' Reporter Goes Missing Amid Outburst of Left-Wing Violence "Update: He was at a UFO conference."

James O'Keefe@JamesOKeefeIII "EXPOSED: CNN Jake Tapper Stage Manager Caught On Hidden Camera Revealing Tapper “Knew” About Joe Biden’s Decline During 2024 Presidential Campaign: “He Doesn’t Want to Reveal That in Front of Us” “Even Tapper wrote a book about it.” “Biden, I met him twice… He was sharper, [back then] for sure.”"

Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "The same people who claimed working out, the okay sign, and drinking milk are signs of white supremacy now want to claim it’s the right that has politicized everything." Quote Peter Baker@peterbakernyt, Replying to @ShawnMcCreesh "For those of us born and raised in the Washington area, the Kennedy Center was always a place to escape politics and enjoy some music or theater. Now it's been turned into just one more venue for the polarization of the current era.

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Thursday, June 12, 2025

Bay Health Declines

 Chesapeake Bay Mag, Bay Report Card’s C Grade Shows Drop in Health Since Last Year

One year after the Chesapeake Bay’s health grade hit a 22-year high, its report card performance has dropped back down. Researchers are hoping it’s a one-year hiccup within a long-term improving trend.

The University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) released its 19th annual Chesapeake Bay and Watershed Report Card Tuesday. It measures the cleanliness of the Bay and the ecological, economic, and societal state of its watershed. With 2025 marking an important deadline for cleanup efforts, this data gives a snapshot of where the Bay stands and and highlights the need for continued improvement.

The Chesapeake Bay received an overall score of C (50%). That’s five points lower than last year, but indicates a long-term upswing. The watershed received a C+ (57%), with a good score for ecology and moderate scores for economy and society.

Although this year’s data shows a short-term decline, it’s been slowly improving since the 1980s. “We think extreme weather may have had some impact on the scores this year,” said Dr. Heath Kelsey, Director of UMCES Integration and Application Network. Last year was the hottest year on record, with extreme rain patterns contributing to pollution. Prolonged summer droughts, punctuated by runoff events, can cause pollutants to accumulate in waterways. Prolonged droughts followed by runoff events may have contributed to this year’s lower scores.

Most Bay health indicators show long-term improvement: scores are higher for dissolved oxygen, aquatic grasses, total phosphorus, and total nitrogen. Chlorophyll a and water clarity scores have declined, with water clarity receiving an F (18%). This issue remains “mysterious,” according to Bill Dennison, Vice President for Science Application at UMCES. Bay scientists are still investigating the cause of this persistent murkiness, which isn’t fully explained by phytoplankton or sediment.

Water clarity impacts other indicators, too: with recent high temperatures, aquatic grasses are in danger of burning out. Clear water enables them to handle the heat, but cloudy water traps heat and prevents photosynthesis. “The synergistic effect of turbid water and high temperature is a death knell to these plants,” said Dennison. “Water clarity is something we really need to work on because it will build more resilience for the Bay.”

Six regions in the Bay have shown improvement: the Elizabeth, James, and Patapsco and Back rivers, the upper western shore, the upper Bay, and the lower Bay. The lower Bay had the highest grade (B) probably due to its tidal exchange with the Atlantic Ocean and the health of its James River tributary in Virginia. The upper Eastern Shore was the only region with a declining score. UMCES will partner with the Delmarva Land and Litter Collaborative later this month to investigate the reasons for that downward trend.

I take a pretty dim view of these grading systems. They have high annual variability as a result of weather fluctuations, so it's only in the multi-year long run that you can see improvements or declines. As with most people, I judge the Bay health on results that mean something to me. Rockfish (aka Striped Bass) populations have been steadily declining for years. Crabs took a serious turn for the worst this year. The bright spot from a resource point of view, is that the populations of oysters are about a the best they've been since I arrived in 1985. 

Flotsam and Jetsam - LA Smolders On, Musk Say's He's Sorta Sorry

And here we are, talking about the riots in my home town again. At Hat Hair John Sexton reports Five Charged with Assault, Molotov Cocktails in LA Riots. It's a start. I assume Kash will set all the junior G-men to round up everyone who assaulted a federal officer, they way they did with J6ers. And Dave Strom thinks you can Guess Which Side of the National Guard Debate the L.A. Cops Support and wonders Will the Riots Cost Democrats the Suburbs?, notes the message Republicans 'Seize' and 'Pounce' on Mexican Flags at Riots, You Know and sees Pallywood in Los Angeles, while Capt. Ed watches CNN: Guess Which Voter Demo Has Gone Wildly MAGA? (legal immigrants). From Da Wire, Republicans Push Federal Ban On Blocking Interstates After L.A. Riots Cause Highway Chaos, "'Blue states and cities have shown that they would rather have lawlessness and disfunction over law and order.'" You mean more chaos. Nick Arama at RedState shows a New Poll Destroys Dem Narrative on Riots and Trump Deployment of National Guard . Leah Barkoukis documents Dozens of Republican AGs Back Trump’s Response to LA Riots. David Burge @iowahawkblog, "Welcome to the USA, where our harshest critics refuse to leave." At Am Mil News, FBI manhunt underway for suspect who assaulted fed’l officer during major Los Angeles riots. Drew Berquist, Kash Patel Confirms FBI Is Tracking Who is Funding the Anti-ICE Riots in Los Angeles. Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter "I’m losing patience with these people" Quote Savanah Hernandez@sav_says_, "Just watched 2 white liberals stop traffic and tell a mother who was begging to go to work, that illegals and their children are more important. I then asked them how they felt stopping a black woman from getting to work." At Campus Refom, rioting for credit? LA college faculty member encourages students to attend anti-ICE protest amid violent riots.

Insty, DECLARING CIVIL WAR? Wade 'n PrideNation @watn_tarnation "Um, guys, is anyone getting worried?" Kevin Dalton @TheKevinDalton, "Gavin Newsom’s “Major Address to Californians” was a prerecorded video that was initially streamed without audio. After several minutes, a new color corrected version of the same video with actual audio was started. What an absolute fail…" PJM's Matt Margolis thinks Gavin Newsom Humiliated Himself, and It Was Awesome. At NewsMax, Trump: 'Incompetent' Newsom Forced Guard Deployment and Speaker Johnson: 'Tar and Feather' Gov. Newsom. At Hat Hair, a Larry video, Riot Investigation Unleashed: Newsom Inflames Violence! Matt Vespa thinks Victor Davis Hanson Might Have Ended Gavin Newsom's Political Career. Harold Hutchinson at Da Caller hears Scott Jennings Roasts Gavin Newsom’s ‘Opportunistic’ Anti-Trump Rant: ‘He Sits Atop A Failed State.’ Sage Steele @sagesteele "Wow. I had totally forgotten about this." Quote "John Rich @johnrich, "So, Gavin will activate the National Guard to carry out Covid testing, but not to stop "burn the town down" riots? Copy that. https://gov.ca.gov/2022/01/07/governor-newsom-activates-national-guard-to-bolster-states-covid-19-testing-capacity/" At NRO, Rich Lowry roasts Karen Bass’s Imbecilic Riot Evasions. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn, What We Have Here Is a Failure to Communicate: Bass Wants to Talk to Trump Then Blames Him. Nick Arama at RedState, Former Capitol Police Chief Wrecks Pelosi for Her Remarks About LA Riots and Jan. 6. 'Becca Downs at TownHall notes Maxine Waters Told Quite the Lie About the LA Riots. Here's How Speaker Johnson Responded. Capt. Ed snitches on LA City Councilman to LAPD Chief: Start Snitching on ICE 'Abduction' Ops. Byron York@ByronYork, "At the bottom of the riots in California is that city and state officials there want to have their own immigration law. And they can't have their own immigration law. Wasn't that settled by the Arizona case in the Obama years? Arizona said to Obama: You're not enforcing immigration law, so we will. And Obama said: No, you won't. The federal government has the sole power to enforce immigration law, including the power *not* to enforce immigration law. It's not your decision. Case went to Supreme Court. Obama won. So today, the message is, California, you can't have your own immigration law. The sooner city and state officials accept that, the better the situation will be." At Da Mail, California's First Lady shrugs off riots crisis to shop in Beverly Hills. Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini)@AdamKinzinger. "I’m not sure why Gavin Newsome doesn’t activate the rest of his army guard to prevent the president from it or force him to overrule it…. Then fight on the second amendment guaranteeing a state a right to a militia. How can a state have a militia if the president can simplyShow more" DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican "Hello everyone, This "Hello" message isn't for Adam Kinzinger. It's for you, for every American who still believes in truth over narrative. Read his words carefully: "I'm not sure why Gavin Newsom doesn’t activate the rest of his army guard to prevent the president from it or force him to overrule it." This is not a gaffe. This is a sitting U.S. Congressman openly calling for military action against the sitting president. That is the textbook definition of insurrection. Yet the same people who branded January 6th an "insurrection"... who demanded mass arrests, surveillance, censorship, and military occupation of D.C.--are now applauding this. Heck, even Kinzinger himself sat on the J6 committee. They are engineering a color revolution to bring about regime change, and this post is proof."

Dave Strom hears the President of the Mexican Senate Wants Southwest United States Back. At TNP, WATCH: Mexican Senate Prez Alludes to ‘Reconquista’ of Southwest U.S. From Da Caller, No, Leftists — Rioters Don’t Deserve Land Acknowledgements. Drew Pavlou@DrewPavlou, "I can’t fucking believe that the new mentally ill communist position is that California is actually rightfully Mexican land because two centuries ago it was ruled by the feudal Mexican Empire for like 20 fucking years." Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog "It's pretty hilarious that the Left is no longer arguing that California belongs to the "indigenous" tribes that lived there hundreds of years ago. Now they say it's the rightful property of Mexico because it was claimed by the Spanish empire. I guess we all believe in the right of conquest now. No more land acknowledgments. That's progress."

From Twitchy, Greg Gutfeld Can't Help But Notice What's Missing From Media Coverage of L.A. Riots. TV News Now @TVNewsNow, "Fox News’ @greggutfeld calls out liberal media’s L.A. coverage: “What I find interesting is how come the networks aren’t interviewing the protesters? There’s a selective shielding going on. They know the protesters are the worst spokesmen for the protest.” “So, as the media ‘we’ll take care of that for you, we’ll become the spokesman.’ Their delusional commentary alongside the videos of the rioters and the arson is a perfect juxtaposition of reality and ideology. They’re trying to tell us it’s ‘mostly peaceful’.” “Every video strengthens Trump’s position and reminds us how wrong the media was on everything from the ‘summer of love’ to the fall of Biden.”" Matt Margolis, Here’s What’s Curiously Missing From Riot Coverage. From WokeSpy, CNN Melts Down After Trump Calls LA Rioters “Insurrectionists” What comes around, goes around. Driscoll at Insty notes ABC NEWS IS ANGRY THAT L.A. IS BEING DEFENDED. Katie Jerkovich at RedState, DHS Obliterates Kim Kardashian’s Inane Plea Amid Anti-ICE Riots In LA. Driscoll at Insty, AS ALWAYS, LIFE IMITATES THE EARLIER, FUNNIER ITERATION OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: USA Today Suggests Rioters Should Only Burn Cars in an Environmentally Responsible Fashion.

From Breitbart, There Is No Inflation In Trump’s America: Consumer Prices Barely Rise For Fourth Straight Month. Sundance at CTH, May Inflation Data Lower than Expected – May Tariff Revenue Reaches Record Highs and Communist Alien from China, Living in U.S Illegally for 12 Years, Pleads Guilty to Shipping U.S. Military Weapons to North Korea. From TNP, Trump Announces ‘Deal With China Is Done’ Following London Tariff Talks. At NewsMax, Trump: Deal With China Is Done, Tariffs on Chinese Goods Going to 55%. Da Signal hears Trump Announces Trade Deal and Drops Plans to Revoke Chinese Student Visas. Sundance hosts as Secretary Howard Lutnick Outlines U.S-China Trade Discussion Outcome. RCP argues Trump Can and Should Fire Fed Boss For Political Meddling.

At Althouse, "President Trump, during a speech at Fort Bragg, N.C., said on Tuesday that he would restore the names of all Army bases that were named for Confederate generals..." ""... but were ordered changed by Congress in the waning days of his first administration. His move skirts the law mandating the removal of Confederate symbols from the military through the same maneuver used to restore the name of Fort Bragg, which was briefly renamed Fort Liberty. In a statement, the Army said it would 'take immediate action' to restore the old names of the bases originally honoring Confederates, but the base names would instead honor other American soldiers with similar names and initials. "From "Trump Says Army Bases Will Revert to Confederate Names/The move would reverse a yearslong effort to remove names and symbols honoring the Confederacy from the military" (NYT). Maybe you like the traditional names, not because you're wistful about the Confederacy but because the place was named long ago and feels familiar and seems to stand on its own as the name of the place, but do you approve of the law being treated that way, evaded with such a sneaky, snarky ploy?" Yep, I do. And Once again, we've got alternating pro- and anti-Trump headlines at Real Clear Politics. "I blogged a screen grab like this 2 days ago, here, so let's take a look today's image of distanced balance:"

From NewsMax, Intelligence Director Gabbard Warns of Nuclear Holocaust, from Hiroshima. At PJM VodkaPundit wonders What the Hell Was That Tulsi Gabbard Video About?

DNC ousts David Hogg for being too white and too male. End Wokeness @EndWokeness "BREAKING: DNC members vote 294 to 99 to annul vice chair victory of David Hogg, citing diversity quotas." Anxious anxiously reports David Hogg out at DNC, won't run again. Well, also, he was a trouble maker.

From Da Signal, Biden Autopen Signatures by Staffers Could Be ‘Criminal Offense,’ Leavitt Says. I predict nothing will come of it.

From Fox, Musk says he regrets social media posts targeting Trump: 'They went too far'. Adderall will do that to you. At NewsMax, Elon Musk Backs Off From Feud With Trump: Went Too Far. Sundance notes Elon Has Regrets. Althouse asks Grok to explain Musk's regret. From NYPo, Donald Trump responds to Elon Musk’s late-night apology after ugly public feud. "“I thought it was very nice that he did that,” the president told The Post in a brief phone conversation Wednesday morning, but didn’t say whether he was willing to let bygones be bygones with the Tesla and SpaceX CEO."

John Sexton hears from DOJ: Judge Dugan Does Not Have Immunity for Disrupting ICE Arrest. We'll see, it will be judges deciding how much immunity judges have, until and unless Congress steps in.

Sundance at CTH, The Duo Strike Again: Rubio Fires All Overseas USAID Staff – Gabbard Appears to Have Nabbed Another One. From NewsMax, FBI Director Patel Sues MSNBC Columnist Over False Nightclub Claims.

From NYPo, Snarky fashion influencer who regularly mocks Trump, Vance’s outfits admits he’s in US illegally, DHS responds. We see you. . .

John Sexton sees Harvard Continues a Two-Track Response to White House At the Eternally Radical Idea, Bob Shibley asks Is Harvard Doomed? "The university is a big enough institution to know that being legally in the right is not an ironclad guarantee that you’re always going to win." From the College Fix, 75% of Truman Scholars involved in liberal politics a decade later, analysis finds.

John Sexton, Simone Biles Apologizes to Riley Gaines After Trans Athlete Dispute. Somebody pulled her aside and told her what the polling was like. Cathy Salgado at PJM, hears Gaines Accepts Biles' Apology, Warns Against Fake Empathy. At Twitchy, Prominent Transgender Activist Announces She is DETRANSITIONING & Gender Cultists MELT DOWN, the transition ratchet. The Pissed Off Lawyer @legaltweetz "I’m detransitioning. My name will still be Hendrix. My birth name carries a lot of abuse with it, so Hendrix stays. I will block anyone using my prior name. I was not talked into this or groomed. This is what I want. I made the choice to transition as an adult, and the buck stops here. I won’t be suing anyone, nor am I angry about it. However, after a lifetime of trauma due to being a female & 15+ years of endometriosis, I disconnected from my female body completely. More gatekeeping could have caught this instead of an ALL affirmation model. This is why I find the informed consent model to be flawed after 7+ years of transition." Ace thinks It's Time To Hold Women Accountable For Their Destruction Of Men-Only Spaces Before They Get Our Full Support Against The Tranny Madness. From LifeZette, California Sues the Trump Admin to Keep Men in Women’s Sports.

There are lots of unused links at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.10.25.

Thursday Tanlines

HuffPo wants to know Is A Spray Tan Really That Much Safer Than A Suntan? Every thing has risk. Not doing anything is a risk.


Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Flotsam and Jetsam - LA Riots Continue - Trump Sends Marines

PJM's Cathy Salgado reports a Dead Body was Found in L.A. Riot Zone, but we don't yet know who or why. "The intersection where the body was found included a T-Mobile store that the insane rioters looted." At Fox, Marines arrive in Los Angeles as mayor issues curfew for part of downtown amid anti-ICE protests to protect Federal property, since LA and California won't. Hat Hair's John Sexton looks at Looting in Los Angeles. It's happened often enough it's kind of traditional. Times of India hears of Troops and turmoil in LA: Masked looters raid Apple store amidst immigration protests - viral video. Business Insider, Apple Store Looters Get Message About iPhones Being Tracked. Brian Stelter @brianstelter, ""These protests, which have been abbreviated in the media as 'unrest,' were actually a cry of hope, and a reminder of the human need for community, the need to turn to each other to find something to believe in." Steve Guest @SteveGuest, "You don’t have to do this. An Adidas store and an Apple store have been looted during the Newsom riots. How is that a “cry of hope”?" A Larry video at Hat Hair, Los Angeles Riots Bombshell Investigation: True Cause of Unrest Exposed! Hat Hair's Beege Welborn watches LA Riot Fever Spread to Downtown Santa Ana Yesterday - National Guard Deployed Today. PJM's Vicky Taft thinks The Left Is Hiding Something Truly Evil With Its BIG LIE About the LA Riots. "When the feds served a criminal warrant on a business in L.A.'s garment district, however, they weren't there to arrest illegal aliens; they were after a business owner who allegedly hadn't paid millions of dollars in taxes and tariffs and was part of an investigation into possible drug cartel activity. . . Put another way, the left is rioting in support of Mexican drug cartels." Steve Guest @SteveGuest, ""Don't believe what you saw" is the new slogan of the Democrat Party." Da Blaze, Democrat leaders blame Trump for 'escalation' as anti-ICE rioters destroy LA. PJM's Matt Margolis thinks you should WATCH Karen Bass Accidentally Exposed the Left's Riot Strategy ""I would say, 'Stop the raids, stop the raids period," she ranted." So, stop enforcing the law. Curtis Houck @CurtisHouck "Ohhh man. Someone saw the polling data!" Quote Mayor Karen Bass @MayorOfLA "Let me be clear: ANYONE who vandalized Downtown or looted stores does not care about our immigrant communities. You will be held accountable." RBe @RBPundit "Two hours later… LA mayor issues city-wide curfew." Quote Brian Stelter @brianstelter "Offline, in real-world Los Angeles, most Angelenos are having a perfectly normal day. But online, the fires and riots are still raging." Sundance at CTH, After Saying Everything is Under Control for 4 Days, Los Angeles Mayor Now Declares a Local State of Emergency and Issues Curfew.

Beege Welborn again reports It Looks Like the Revolution Kiddies Are Planning a June 14th Party. From Breitbart, Insurrectionist Democrats Plan Another Summer of Blue City-Riots. Sarah Arnold at Hat Hair, Trump Issues Stern Warning to Radicals Planning Nationwide June 14 Protests. Ace, Trump: If Los Angeles or California Enters a State of Insurrection, I Will Put It Down, "Yes, please do." John Sexton, California Seeks Emergency Restraining Order to Block National Guard (Update: Denied). Da Fetched, Newsom Sues Trump Over National Guard Move Backed by Past Presidents. Sundance at CTH is pleased a Federal Judge Rejects Gavin Newsom Request for Immediate Temporary Restraining Order and reports President Trump Responds to Governor Newsom Lie About Trump Never Calling Him. From Breitbart, James Woods Tells Gavin Newsom to Resign Over L.A. ICE Riots: ‘When You Vote Democrat, You’re Voting for This.’ Hat Hair's Dave Strom hears Newsom, 'Arrest Me.' Matt Vespa at TownHall, Newsom Dared Homan to Arrest Him. Now Trump Is Responding. "“I think it’s great,” he said." I'm OK with it. Derek Hunter @derekahunter "Mark it: In 6 weeks, anyone charged in these riots will have all their charges dropped. That's how the left works, they talk tough, then wait until people forget and are distracted by other things, then drop all the charges against their Brownshirts. Bet on it." Quote Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom,"Have no doubt — Violent criminals who take advantage of Trump’s chaos WILL be held accountable .Our number one priority has been and will be keeping LA safe. If you’re protesting peacefully. Stay calm. Look out for one another." Bob Hoge at RedState, Gov. Candidate Steve Hilton Pens Devastating Newsom Takedown, Reveals Why He Didn't Act As Riots Erupted. steve hilton@SteveHiltonx, "Gavin Newsom is lying, not leading. It wasn't Trump who "manufactured" this crisis: it was caused by Democrat 'sanctuary' policies and Democrat failure to enforce the law. If I were governor this never would have happened." From NYPo, the Divine Ms. Devine pens Foreign flags fly in LA anti-ICE riots — vindicating Donald Trump and leaving Dems with no moral standing. Mark Hemingway @Heminator, "LOL too late guys" Quote Election Wizard @ElectionWiz "BREAKING: Multiple reports show protest organizers in LA handing out American flags in an attempt to regain the optics battle." Hat Hair cites Breitbart, Too Late Handing Out Old Glory at Riots: CNN Says Mexican Flag 'Defining Symbol'. John Sexton at Hat Hair thinks Democrats Are Losing, Here's How President Trump Can Win. Vicky Taft hears SEIU Union Boss Charged With 'Impeding' L.A. 'ICE' Bust—But How Did He Know About It in the First Place? Dan McLaughlin at NRO says You Picked the Wrong Time to Riot. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair cites Fetterman on LA Riots: 'My Party Loses the Moral High Ground' and has the Video: House Dem Uses Minneapolis Riots to Scold Hegseth, and ... Hoo Boy and Beege Welborn notes You'll All Be Relieved to Know Hillary Had Something to Say About Los Angeles But Mostly Trump. From the Pop Times, Maxine Waters Explodes on ICE: “If You Shoot Me, You Better Shoot Straight!” At WokeSpy hears Jocelyn Benson Sides With Anti-ICE Rioters, “Appalled” by Trump “Regime” Deploying National Guard, "Michigan Secretary of State and 2026 Democratic gubernatorial candidate". Ilya Shapiro @ishapiro, Echoes of Chicago ‘68. Privileged radical: “Power to the proletariat.” Cop: “I am the proletariat.” Quote Lane Kendall @lanedeankendall "Protestor: As long as you feel ok with capitalism, racist, imperialist state. Cop: Do you even know what that means? Protestor: Yes bitch, I’m in college." From the Free Bacon, That Was Quick: Democrats Postpone ‘Sista Soulja Moment’ To Defend Illegal Immigrants and Rioters Waving Mexicans Flags on Burning Cars. "The party was (allegedly) seeking to 'ratchet back' its 'leftward lurch on social issues'" 

Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok "Active duty Navy JAG officer said he will hunt down ICE agents." Shoe @samosaur "Meet Benjamin France, aka "Benny." Benny made a comment threatening to "hunt down every J6 and ICE agent" three days ago on X. Why should we care that Benny is threatening federal agents? Because Benny is an active duty Navy JAG Officer. 1/6." Matt Vespa Is This the Person Who Was Doxing ICE Agents? Here's What Happened Him. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh "The now-deleted account "LAScanner" who was publicly doxxing ICE agents is now facing blowback on his TikTok channel, "JackQuillinTV." It's now "coming around" for him." At Twitchy, Oops! Masked ‘Protester’ Reveals Identity to Reporter - DataRepublican Shows NGO is Paying Her to Dissent.

Dave Strom asks Who Is Paying for the LA Riots? From NYPo, Some LA migrant protests fueled by taxpayer-funded group with Dem ties — another with CCP link. Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh "WTF? PAID-FOR "bionic shields" are being trucked in for the Los Angeles rioters. These cost around $60, each...and there are BOXES and BOXES of them being handed out. "That's not the kind of thing that you buy in bulk if you don't plan on doing something with it..." They are planning for a CLASH." Erica Knight @_EricaKnight, "@FBIDirectorKash: The FBI is investigating any and all monetary connections responsible for these riots." Ace, Kash Patel: The FBI is Investigating the Financing Behind the Terrorist Riots, "Please seize the Soroses' money." Elon Musk @elonmusk "The problem is the puppetmasters, not the puppets, as the latter have no idea why they are even there."

Matt Vespa thinks you should Watch Conservative Commentator Ben Ferguson Outclass a CNN Panel on the LA Riots. Pop Times thinks “Fake News” ABC Has the Most Unhinged “Justification” of LA’s Anti-ICE Riots. Hat Hair hosts Supercut: Every Time Democrats Called the Los Angeles Riots 'Peaceful'. Tom Elliott@tomselliott "SUPERCUT! Corporate media: These murderous riots are actually mostly peaceful." Ace, Surprise! The Mind-Controlling Media Cult That Brought You Biden's Cheapfake "Presidency" Is Now Claiming That Videos Showing Arson and Violence in LA Are Also Cheapfakes "They literally never stop lying. The New York Times says that if you're claiming that Democrats permit and encourage their street paramilitaries to commit violence to terrorize the population into supporting the Democrat agenda, you're pushing "conspiracy theories."" At Breitbart, Whoopi Goldberg: Trump Using L.A. Protests to Escalate U.S. Toward ‘Civil War’. Virginia Kruta at Da Wire hears Ana Navarro: Trump, National Guard Are Setting A ‘Trap’ To Force Latinos Into Violence "Today he is sending in the National Guard to attack the protesters who are there."

Jack Poso @JackPosobiec "The energy has shifted. Massively. Normies are calling for mass deportations now." At Hat Hair Dave Strom notes Legal Immigrants Support Donald Trump Deporting Illegal Immigrants and Capt. Ed says Great New Idea: Hike Remittance Tax Rate ASAP. NYPo thinks Progressive states that care not for laws or the border are the ones tearing us apart. WokeSpy, Admit You’re an Illegal Alien and Get. . . Cash Prizes or Deportation? LifeZette, Stephen Miller Blasts Rand Paul Over ICE Funding Opposition Amid Border Crisis. A weird wone from Stacy McCain, Sweden-Kampuchea Friendship Association 2.0: Illegal Immigrants Are the New Khmer Rouge or Something "Did you catch that? The Constitution is at stake, according to this eminent Democrat, because DHS made a paperwork error, loading the MS-13 gangster onto a deportation flight without taking notice of a judge’s 2019 grant of “protected” status for Abrego Garcia."

In miscellaneous Trumpiania, sundance reports “Productive Talks” – Bessent, Lutnick and Greer Get Detailed with Chinese Trade Team. Insty, ENDORSED: Taking Government Out of GDP. "The latest Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) release from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) shows a net decrease from Q4 2024. This net decrease “primarily reflected an increase in imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, and a decrease in government spending…partly offset by increases in investment, consumer spending, and exports.” "The choice of phrasing can lead to some misunderstanding. Imports are subtracted from GDP as a matter of accounting, not because they hurt economic growth. Investment, consumption, and government spending already include imported goods so imports are subtracted from GDP calculations to avoid double counting. . . . It’s time our measures of economic growth reflect some hard truths: that government spending comes at a cost to our standard of living and that the economy grows despite government intervention, not because of it." Politicians love including government spending as part of GDP because it allows them to do the most atrocious things and claim they’re “helping.”" The Peacock whines RFK Jr. removes all members of CDC panel advising U.S. on vaccines. Many, many more links at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 06.09.25.


From ET, Judge Partially Blocks Trump’s Anti-DEI and Transgender Executive Orders, "Key parts of the president’s executive orders related to unwinding DEI and opposing gender ideology have been paused on constitutional grounds." And, Another Judge Rules Against Trump’s Invocation of Alien Enemies Act "The judge says the president didn’t cite an actual invasion and that he violated the Fifth Amendment."

Sundance elated as New Jersey Grand Jury Indicts Democrat Representative LaMonica McIver for Interfering with Federal Immigration Enforcement. Breitbart, Democrat LaMonica McIver Indicted over Storming of ICE Detention Center, Faces 17 Years in Federal Prison.

At NYPo, 113 House Democrats vote against GOP resolution denouncing the antisemitic terrorist attack in Colorado. Ace, Democrats' New Effort to Outreach to Male Voters Features the Head of the DNC Whining and Crying That Fembot David Hogg Is Being Too Mean to Him, "Ken Martin is nearly in tears -- or actually in tears --as he complains that David Hogg is making his job too hard and that David Hogg isn't Positioning Him For Success." Drew Berquist informs us a Former FBI Informant Receives Fundraising Emails From a Dead Democrat Representative.

 Kevin Killough at JTN reports Biden's EPA hid comments from Dept. of Energy that undermined key part of EPA power plant rule "The Clean Power Plan 2.0 was supported by a finding that carbon capture technology had been "adequately demonstrated." The EPA sought and got comments from the DOE, which disputed that "demonstration." Somehow those comments never made it into the administrative record."

Sundance (having a good day) is happy ABC Fires Senior White House Correspondent Terry Moran. Dave Strom thinks Bob Costas Is a Jerk.

The Wednesday Wetness

Data centers are not just a Northern Virginia problem. The vast and growing presence of these warehouse-like buildings housing the world’s computing power has implications for quality of life, land, energy and water across the Chesapeake Bay region.

This was the main message of a half-day workshop on May 19 hosted by the Choose Clean Water Coalition at the start of its annual conference held this year in Harrisonburg, VA. The “kickoff” event featured experts mostly from Virginia speaking about the environmental impacts of data centers, which they have seen firsthand — and which they say are imminent for every state in the region.

Northern Virginia is the global epicenter of data center infrastructure and home to about half of all data centers in the U.S. This distinction is not new but has garnered increasing attention as the global race to power artificial intelligence begins to strain regional power supplies. Researchers at the workshop warned that continued unrestrained growth of data centers in the Potomac River basin in the coming years could strain the region’s water supply as well.

Data centers use water primarily for cooling the computers. It seems to me that cooling is rather clean use of water. Certainly the water could be reused in some other  way, either agriculture if not human consumption. Or they could recycle it on site with cooling towers, resulting in much lower water consumption, but requiring the disposal of mineral rich blow-down water. 


Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Pennsylvania Lad Tackles Major Bay Problem

Lancaster Online reports Lancaster County science fair champ's biodegradable fishing lure earns international award

A Lancaster County science fair champion has earned international honors for developing a fishing lure that won’t contribute to the problem of plastic pollution in waterways.

Hempfield High School junior Ethan Albright won third place last month in the materials science category at the International Science and Engineering Fair in Columbus, Ohio, for his project “Reel Problems. Reel Solutions: Combating Microplastics in Aquatic Ecosystems with Biodegradable Fishing Lures.” The same project took first in the earth and environmental science category at the North Museum Science & Engineering Fair in March.

 

During the awards presentation in Columbus, Albright said he had an inkling that maybe he’d secure fourth place, so when a competitor was named the fourth-place winner, he lost hope of receiving an award at all. “I heard my name, and I just threw my hands on my head,” Albright said. “I was superduper surprised.” He was joined by Warwick High School senior Ansh Dwivedi, North Museum’s 2025 grand champion, in competing among 1,657 students from 63 countries from May 10-12.

For his project, Albright developed an entirely biodegradable and edible fishing lure that is similar to a traditional lure. Albright said the total cost to manufacture and package the biodegradable lure in biodegradable packaging comes to $1.70 per pack of 10.

Which is about a quarter of what similar commercial baits would cost. 

The worm-shaped biodegradable lure could substitute for traditional soft plastic fishing lures that tend to break off the hooks of anglers and sink to the bottom of waterways, degrading into microplastics over time, according to a description of Albright’s project on the International Science Fair website.

The lure is made from a “biopolymer hydrogel recipe” using sodium alginate, calcium lactate, gelatin, vegetable glycerin, cornstarch, distilled water and natural coloring (for cosmetics), according to Albright’s project description.

Soft plastic lures get a lot of use in Chesapeake Bay. Trollers often use big paddle tail shad baits in their umbrella rigs. Individual plastic baits range in size from about 1 to 0  inches or more. They come in a wide variety of shapes and colors, and even plastic mixes, ranging from softish Bass Assassins to the much firmer Bass Kandy Delights, and even the soft and stretchy Z-Man baits, which will stand up to even the dreaded teeth of Bluefish.

As for them being a major environmental concern? I don't see it. I occasionally find one or two on the beach, but much less that tampon inserters. When I use them on a boat, the used, torn plastics get saved for trash, although, to be fair, Bluefish chop off and consume (maybe) a fair number. 

I'd be willing to try them, for the right price.