Sunday, November 15, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - A Single Flaky Router

Sundance hosts Secretary Sean Duffy and FAA Admin Bryan Bedford Providing an Update on Thursday's air traffic control incident. At Ace's Pixy Misa gets to the heart of it in Daily Tech News 15 November 2026 Top Story, "It was the router. (Yahoo News). The ATC outage that grounded aircraft across America was due to a single flaky router. An aggressively flaky router, but still, just one router." "And all for the want of a horseshoe nail." It would seem to me that a perfect use for AI would be to monitor such large complex systems for aberrant behavior, and identify, and maybe even fix the problem. I don't know if I trust them to fix it, just yet. At WTEN, Gov. Hochul calls for Sean Duffy to resign after nationwide ground stop, because it was easy to do, and might hurt Trump. Note, she did not call for Pete Buttigieg to resign when it happened under his leadership. At PJM, Maureen Steel notes The Boy Who Cried Wolf Runs Washington Now.


Sundance at CTH wonders Has President Donald J Trump Selected Marco Rubio? "Something is afoot. DeSantis is being counter-messaged." And hosts Secretary of State Marco Rubio Delivering Remarks to the Federalist Society – Video and Transcript. Roger Kimball at Am Great likes how Marco Rubio Reasserts the Moral Legitimacy of American Power. "Laws have force only to the extent that their legitimacy is recognized. The United States does not recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC." At Da Signal, Steve Cortes asserts Vance Is Right: The Iran War Lost Republicans the Midterms and the Great Victor Davis Hanson argues Victor Davis Hanson: Democrats’ Hegseth Impeachment Gambit BACKFIRES.

At Hat Hair Salena Zito examines The Wave Beneath the Wave and a video of Johnson's Message to Republicans: Don't Surrender American Values After Election Losses. Streiff at RedState harkens to General U. S. Grant’s Four-Word Lesson for Republicans After the 2026 Midterm Bloodbath, "Lick 'em tomorrow though." W. Joseph Campbell @wjosephcampbell, "Mixed at best: The #polls of the 2026 midterms @NYTimes yesterday: "In one important sense, polls got the story of this year’s election right: They showed Democrats winning the House and leading in the race for control of the Senate. "By another measure, this year’s polls were among the worst in recent memory. When looking across all pollsters, surveys systematically underestimated the support of Democratic candidates, and they did so on a scale that rivaled or even exceeded the heavily criticized misses of 2016 and 2020, when polls underestimated Republicans." Polls suck, and midterm polls suck worse. 

Scott Pinsket at PJM looks at The Great AI Con: The Nvidia Sex Scandal Isn’t a Sex Scandal — It’s a Chinese Psyop. Sundance thinks The Jensen Huang Targeting Looks Sketchy. Having affairs didn't kill Bill Gates, and sleeping with the enemy didn't sink Eric Swallowell. From the Free Bacon, To Nvidia and Beyond: Measuring the Extent of China’s Infiltration. Althouse focuses on the wife, ""[H]e wooed his wife of 41 years 'not with my looks, of course, but with my strong capability to complete homework' when they first met as electrical engineering students...." At Breitbart Bus Dig, It's a Huang-derful Life. The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "All Of Nation’s Technology Fails After One Asian Guy Fired."

Leslie Eastman at LI highlights a New Study that Pours Cold Water on Data Center ‘Heat Island’ Fears, "Researchers find little evidence of widespread waste-heat-driven surface warming around data center clusters near Tokyo."

Kekius Maximus @Kekius_Sage, "Today, SpaceX permanently altered the balance of global economics, politics, and modern warfare. After deploying 26 next-gen Starlink V3 satellites across 14 orbits, Ship 42 survived Mach 25+ reentry and landed cleanly inside Mechazilla’s arms at Starbase. Here is why every finance minister, regulator, and defense ministry on Earth just woke up to a new reality: 1. Full upper-stage reuse drops orbital launch costs toward fuel-and-maintenance levels. Combined with Terafab’s captive silicon and SpaceX’s 100 GW HJT solar orders for Starmind, Musk can now deploy gigawatt-scale orbital AI data centers and global broadband faster and cheaper than terrestrial hyperscalers stuck in 5-year utility queues...." Quote Kekius Maximus @Kekius_Sage, "If you want to know why the Pentagon is watching Ship 42’s reentry trajectory today just as closely as NASA, look at what full Starship reusability does to global military logistics. Right now, moving 100 tons of heavy equipment across the planet requires aircraft carriers, overseas airbases, diplomatic overflight clearances, and days of transit time..." Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "Elon is like the inverse of government. When he employs a hundred thousand people, it’s very visible and obvious what they actually do…and they’re very good at it." At Ars Technica, The US military seems to be getting nervous about the launch supply crunch. “Launch is extremely constrained and that is exactly the situation we predicted.”

Hat Hair's Dave Strom thinks Russia's Demands to End the War in Ukraine Are Ridiculous. "In fact, Russia's chief negotiator quoted Putin saying, "wherever the foot of our Russian soldier has stepped, that is ours." And that was after the negotiations." It's because he doesn't really intend to end the war. wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, "The biggest issue flying under the radar is the huge purge taking place in China. Over 100 senior officers (generals and lieutenant generals) were purged or are missing since 2022. Roughly 87% of three-star officers who held rank in 2022 or were promoted later have been affected. Of 44 military full members of the Central Committee elected in 2022, around 25–26 have been expelled. We are probably watching a battle of networks and patronage for control of China's fatted calfs but because it is so opaque to Western publics it is hard to say "who's on first?"..."

At Da Signal, Muslim Sen.-Elect El-Sayed to Take Oath on a Quran. What did you expect? Sasha Stone has a short take Still Crazy After All These Years: The Dems Just Learned How to Lie Better. Hat Hair's Dave Strom on Texas Democrats: Watch What They Do, Not What They Say. TownHall's Matt Vespa thinks Liberals Will Not Like Bill Maher Going After the 'Lawn Sign People.' “Thank you, House. I was about to become a Nazi, but then I drove past you.” At RedState, Rusty Weiss takes delight in Stephen A. Smith's Brutal Plan to Cure His Daughter’s Mamdani Crush. “Let me tell you, she about to turn 18. And when that happens, fellas, she’s going to have a job. I don’t give a damn if it’s for a month, ’cause I want to see her face when she sees that check. And I’m going to make sure she’s working in New York. I want to see the check.” From RCH, Medicare for All Would Limit Family Health Choices, and that's the goal.

Twitchy hears Chuck Todd Explains How We Can Fix the Electoral College ‘Problem’, the 'problem being that it doesn't favor Democrats. Just a Dude in NC @dude_in_nc, "Hey, dumbass. The Electoral College is not a bug. It's a feature. There is no problem to fix. It's assholes like you the Founding Fathers were looking to protect us from by enacting it."

At Da Caller, Ex-CIA Director John Brennan’s Son Arrested On Child Porn Charges, but I'm pretty sure if John admits to crimes in Russiagate we can do something about that. Hey, they did it to Gen. Flynn. Meanwhile sundance reports Senator Ron Johnson Still on the Hunt for “Crossfire Hurricane” Documents. "I find it almost insulting at this point that Grassley and Johnson are requesting the declassification of information that should have been released many years ago. In the summer of 2020, I met with staff from each of their offices. More than six years later they are only now requesting presidential declassification?… and they waited until Republicans lost control of the House and Senate?"

CIS wonders Why Does the DHS Secretary Hate Worksite Enforcement? "‘Briefcase enforcement’ is a lot safer — and more effective — than ‘warrant raids.’"

From the College Fix, UChicago professor, sister of Sen.-elect El-Sayed, thinks universities are for building political ‘power.’ She's not alone. Campus Reform reports Michigan threat defendants include fired university employee, progressive activists, "Several defendants charged in a federal conspiracy involving threats against University of Michigan officials previously worked for the university, participated in anti-Israel activism, or supported Democratic campaigns." Breccan Thies at Da Fed claims an Exclusive: Multiple Teacher Recruitment Programs Accused Of Racial Rigging, Prompting Civil Rights Investigations. Driscoll at Insty, sees WOKE 2.0 IS DESPERATE FOR NEW MATERIAL: Crazy: NPR Guest and University of Michigan Gender Studies Professor Claims Physical Fitness Is a “Tool of Soft Fascism” — Says BMI Standards and Self-Discipline Are “Racialized”.


Stephen Moore at Hat Hair wonders Paris Is Burning -- Are America's Great Cities Next? Of course, it happens periodically when the Democrats need it.

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