The Return of Flotsam and Jetsam

Yes, I'm back from my Syrupean fishing vacation. I made it home by late in the afternoon Friday, and after putting away the mess, a quick trip to the Drs, Gabby's soccer game, and general fatigue, I didn't get much accomplished yesterday.

It was interesting traveling out of Minneapolis/St. Paul on the morning of the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Speaking of which, according to NYPo, AOC spotted laughing next to Mamdani at 9/11 ceremony — as victims’ families weep during reading of names. Hat Hair's Dave Strom calls it Enraging: AOC and Mamdani Laugh It Up at 9/11 Memorial As Names of the Victims Read. Ace, Victory Lap: Communist Jihadi Zohran Mamdani Does "Interfaith" Walk on 9/11, Which Ends at... Islamic Center, "Unbelievable," and Twenty Five Years After 9/11, Most Have Forgotten -- and the Children Who Were Born After the Terrorist Attack are Being Taught That Muslims Were the Victims and Americans the Racist Aggressors, "How on earth was this allowed to happen?" At Twitchy, Abigail Spanberger Gets TORCHED on X for Claiming Americans 'Lost Their Lives' on 9/11. PJM's Vicky Taft has one of her West Coast, Messed Coast™ — Nothing Says 'We Hate America' Quite as Much as UCLA's 9/11 Event. TownHall's Matt Vespa likes how Bill Maher Zeroed in on the Biggest Moral Cowards Post-9/11. It's Exactly Who You Think. "Maher added that the biggest cowards post-9/11 are Democratic Party politicians, whose moral confusion, which has become cancerous over the past quarter century since the attacks, has been laid bare by the Gaza War: a strip of land the Israelis gave back as part of a peace deal, made possible when then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ditched Likud to form the now-defunct Kadima Party. It was later taken over by Hamas, a terrorist organization, and used to launch attacks on Israel. Israel launched a counterattack after the equivalent of their 9/11, the October 7 attacks, isn’t genocide. And yet, it’s the issue Democrats police their candidates like the Gestapo—they must say it, or at least not bash the terrorists."

Nicole Russell at USA Today, As Texas Senate race tightens, Talarico's mask is slipping. "Newly surfaced comments on capitalism, faith and abortion reveal Texas state Rep. James Talarico is more progressive than his campaign lets on. Voters are starting to notice." Hat Hair's Capt. Ed had Saturday's Final Word. @amuse @amuse, "TEXAS SENATE RACE: Would you be surprised to learn that the architect of James Talarico's political career is a trans man who attended Furman University and got a degree in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies? Tyler Mitchell, now known as Hyacinth High (they/them/theirs), shaped Talarico's campaigns and ensured they were staffed primarily by LGBTQ folks, with a particular focus on hiring trans staffers. Hyacinth is now Regional Campaigns Director at The Fairness Project. Texas doesn't need someone with Talarico's extreme ideology representing the interests of Texans." Capt. Ed was pretty happy when The Cavalry Arrived: Senate GOP Drops $32 Million Into Texas for Paxton. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn thinks the Dems Got Themselves a Case of the Cray Crays and They Just Can't Seem to Shake the Loons Off. But Driscoll at Insty notes DEMOCRATIC PARTY PULLS SUPPORT FOR NC HOUSE CANDIDATE SHELLY HEADEN: The Calvin Coolidge Project @TheCalvinCooli1, "Report: North Carolina Democrats have withdrawn support for State House candidate Shelly Headen after she called for violence against Republicans and compared herself to Jesus Christ She said: “I think our only hope is an attack on US soil, preferably Alabama, Louisiana where the stupid people live.” She said: “I’ve sacrificed myself just like Jesus sacrificed himself on the cross, and Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln and all the people that put themselves out there to sacrifice for our country,” she said. “If a few angry moments on social media are the end, then so be it. MAGA will keep winning if we continue with not standing up for what’s right.”" Tippinsights wonders Sen. Tafoya? Minnesota Polling Shows a Dead Heat. AMAC warns Don’t Buy Democrats’ “Farm Revolt” Narrative, "The media is buzzing about a brewing farmland revolt against Republicans in November. But that narrative has far less basis in reality than Democrats would have Americans believe."

Hat Hair's John Sexton has A San Francisco Squatter Story for the Ages. Variety worries Paramount Leaving California Would Devastate Los Angeles Economy, Leaked Report Finds. From the OC Reg, Orange man gets 30 years for role in $269 million Medi-Cal fraud. 

Stacy McCain considers the The Permanent Problem of Liberalism "You see the point of this narrative — the emotional payoff of the melodrama — is that the liberal is always the hero, deserving praise and admiration for his courage in opposing the Republican villain. Once you recognize this, you realize why there is no point arguing with the liberal. He cannot be persuaded by facts or logic, because facts and logic are not the basis of his belief system. And this is why I say that liberalism is a permanent problem. If we could not vanquish liberalism in 70 years, during which time we had such brilliant minds as Buckley advocating for the conservative cause, isn’t it the height of folly to imagine we’ll be able to declare a final victory anytime in the foreseeable future?"

Da Signal has two from the Great Victor Davis Hanson: When Will the Iranian People Overthrow the Regime? and Canadians Feel Real Pain in Stage 4 of Trade War. I have to see, I didn't see a lot of pain there. At Hat Hair, Salena Zito is pleased with the 'Trump Power Plant' Coming to Fayette County, the Largest Investment in Its History. Dennis Santiago at RedState sees a Firestorm Ignited Over Proposed US Census Rules. Here Is What Citizens Can Do About It. Taking the illegals, and other non-residental aliens out of the count for apportionment.

Twitchy calls it PERFECTION! Guess Who Rescued a Stranded Anti-Trump MS NOW Crew in the TX Desert: New York Post @nypost, "MS NOW crew gets stuck in Texas desert - and has to be rescued by Border Patrol https://trib.al/nsL6CAq."

From Ace, The "Rogue" Juror the Extreme Left-Wing AWFUL Karens Berated and Bullied for a Week? B L A C K and Of Course: Garbage Tier Network NBC Is Now Doxxing the Lone "Rogue" Holdout in the Lindsay Clancy Case, "The media exists solely for purposes of blackmail and incitement to murder." Sister Toldja at RedState says Whoa: NBC News 'Tries to Bury' Holdout Clancy Juror, but DeSantis Makes Him an Offer They Won’t Like. Sundance at CTH, NBC Targets and Doxxes Lindsay Clancy Juror Holdout – Visits Home, Searches, Investigates Family and Worse. Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog, "They’re flat out doxxing an anonymous juror because he didn’t acquit a triple murderer. These people are evil beasts. Demons from hell. Sue, you deserve nothing but shame and scorn. You despicable freak." Quote Sue O'Connell: COMMENTATOR, not a reporter @SueOC_NBCBoston, "EXCLUSIVE: The holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial had a history of domestic violence allegations, the @NBC10Boston Investigators have learned through court documents and interviews with family members ..."

Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "I have no words… USA Today says the people mocking Charlie’s ass*ssination is actually good because they’re just using humor to deal with it emotionally USA Today is covering up for the violent scum who want us dead and celebrate m*rder I can’t believe this is real They have no shame."

From the Robinson Report a Chinese National Accused of of Illegally Modifying Homeland Security Computers - MWTV. "A Chinese national working as a CBP supervisor in Calais was charged after investigators said 46 government computers were altered at Maine border facilities."

Matt Margolis at PJM, Were You Hoping Jessica Tarlov Would Get Fired From Fox News? I've Got Some News. Three year contract. They need someone to spew the DNC line, Harold won't.

Ace finds out The UK Branded Turning Point Members as Dangerous Right Wing Extremists, Claimed Leftists, On the Other Hand, Were "Moderate". "They actually tracked and surveilled Turning Point UK members because they thought they were dangerous -- after a leftist killed Charlie Kirk. They feared they would agitate for "free speech," which is of course dangerous to a corrupt authoritarian and wildly unpopular regime. They also complained that the "ERW" -- "extreme right wing" -- blamed Kirk's assassination on "the political left." I am done with the UK. I am done with NATO."

Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal is outraged Parents Can’t Escape Washington’s Transgender Policies by Changing Schools, Supreme Court Brief Argues.

And much, much more at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.11.26 (Afternoon Edition) and In The Mailbox: 09.11.26 (Evening Edition). The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Finally, A Winning Week awaiting your digital pleasure.

Flotsam and Jetsam - LA Fires Rage On

About 1 more inch of fine white powder fell late last night here. Meanwhile, my home town, Los Angeles, continues to burn under the negligent rule of Democrats. LA Times, State to probe why Pacific Palisades reservoir was offline, empty when firestorm exploded. John Sexton at Hat Hair, Pacific Palisade Reservoir Was Empty When Fire Broke Out, Fire Chief Says City Failed. Across da pond at Da Mail, LA's $750k-a-year water chief Janisse Quiñones 'knew about empty reservoir and broken hydrants' months before fires. Brandon Morse at RedState, Joe Rogan Reveals California Officials Knew of LA's Fire Risks Back in July of 2024, and They Did Nothing. "A video is now going around X featuring Joe Rogan speaking about a firefighter who warned him that if the conditions were right, LA would go up in flames and there would be absolutely nothing anyone could do about it." Matt Vespa at TownHall, Latest Update on LA's Political Leadership Leads to a Very Serious Question Regarding the Wildfires, while Bass was in Africa, deputy Mayor had been relieved of duty due to FBI investigation into a bomb threat he allegedly made. So who was in charge? Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Bass Demanded $49M in Additional LAFD Cuts One Week Before Wildfires. Ace, Karen Bass Slashed $17 Million from LA's Firefighting Budget, With the Monies Cut Mostly from Fire Prevention. Here's What Angelinos Got In Return. "They used that money to pay for "gay men's choruses" and "trans cafes." I'm sure you're all shocked. Stunned, even!" Insty, UNDER THE BUS WITH YOU: LA Fire Chief is dismissed by Mayor Karen Bass after lashing out over department cuts as deadly blazes devastate city. "Of course, now she has no incentive to keep quiet. . . UPDATE: Hmm: Josh Haskell@abc7JoshHaskell "NEW: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ office says the @MailOnline report that “LA Mayor Karen Bass dismisses fire chief Kristin Crowley” is FALSE @ABC7." Da Mail, Chaos as LA Fire Chief 'called in to be fired by Mayor'... but says she is still in her job. Beege Welborn at TownHall, BREAKING: LA Mayor FIRES Fire Chief...or Did She?. Vicky Taft at PJM, Don't Be a B-A** Like Karen. 

TYPICAL

Dan Greenfield at Front Page notes The LAFD is Run by Three Lesbians Named ‘Kirsten’. "The LA Fire Department went woke. Now LA is on fire." Jim Treacher, California Dreamin' Meets Reality "Thanks, Gavin." At the Freep, Paradise Lost. "The burning of L.A. is not just a natural disaster. It’s a man-made catastrophe." Rusty Weiss at RedState, CA Dem Becomes Sputtering Mess When Asked Why Assembly Is Holding Special Session on Trump As Fires Rage. At the NYPo, Ron DeSantis argues Gavin Newsom would have been ‘nailed to the wall’ over LA fires if he was a Republican. Stephen L. Miller@redsteeze, ""We must stop people from saying negative things about how we are handling the response to these mismanaged fires" sums up the last 4 years of Democratic Party policy perfectly.", Quote Conservative War Machine@WarMachineRR, "California’s Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom whines about “misinformation” and “disinformation” during his discussion with Biden on the wildfires: “We got to deal with this misinformation.”

Beege Welborn observes An Awful Lot of 'He Did It/Wasn't Me' Going Around California Right Now. Vodka Pundit at Insty, DIRECTIVE 10-289: Eytan Wallace@EytanWallace "BREAKING: California Insurance Commissioner @RicardoLara4CA has issued a mandatory one-year moratorium that will prohibit insurance companies from enacting non-renewals and cancellations of coverage for home owners within the perimeters or adjoining ZIP Codes of the Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles County regardless of whether they suffered a loss. The moratorium will expire on Jan. 7, 2026." and notes "Insurance companies were already pulling out of California." Bob Hoge at RedState hears Insurance Industry Claps Back at Kamala's Wildfire Claims—'False, Wrong and Dangerous'. "Many insurance companies have canceled insurance for a lot of the families who have been affected and will be affected, which is only going to delay or place an added burden on their ability to recover." . . . "He added, "So the implication that people who have insurance coverage effective on January 7th are being canceled — just to leave that impression with people and to create that fear — is irresponsible, in my view." Insurers won't insure if they can't make money. Stacy McCain, Hollywood Getting Red-Pilled? If this doesn't do it, nothing can.

Hat Hair, NC and Hawaii Weeps: POTATUS Pledges to Cover 100% of LA Tab for 6 Months. Emily Zanotti@emzanotti "The Biden Administration has now promised to cover 100% of recovery costs for Los Angeles for six months. But they gave 3500 homeless Appalachian families another 24 hours before they kick them out into a winter storm so it’s fine." Quote FEMA Region 4@femaregion4, "#NorthCarolina: Due to the incoming winter storm we are extending our Transitional Sheltering Program stays for 24 hours to those households who are scheduled to check out of their hotels/motels Jan. 11. If you STILL need assistance with housing, call 1 (800) 621-3362." Dave Strom, Remember Hurricane Helene? People Are Still Suffering But Elites Care Not At All. Also Twitchy, Bureaucracy Kills: CA Requires Inspection for Out-of-State Firetrucks Before They Can Help Los Angeles.  

At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 01.09.25, Twitchy: DEI Literally Dangerous! Jemele Hill Throws Hissy Fit At Matt Walsh For Noticing The Obvious About LAFD, and “You Can’t Fight Fires With Platitudes, Pronouns, & Politics”, Louder With Crowder, Mayor Karen Bass goes silent when grilled over her policies causing LA to burn down and The warning a fireman gave Joe Rogan of how bad Los Angeles could get is eerily accurate, Vox Popoli: Gomorrah Burns, L’Ombre de L’Olivier: Firefighting By Kristen, Behind The Black: JPL shuts down due to threat from California fires, DeSantis: Put NASA headquarters in Florida, The new conservatives who have been mugged by a wildfire, The Lid: L.A.’s Fire Hazard Mayor Who was in Africa when Wildfires Hit Caught in Embarrassing Social Media Attack, Legal Insurrection: Five Fires in Los Angeles Leave Five Dead, Thousands of Homes Burned, Democrats Reach the ‘Republicans Pounce’ Phase of LA Wildfire Story, Victory Girls: Are Bass And Newsom Watching Their Political Careers Burn?, The Federalist: Here Are All The Ways DEI-Crazed Officials Made The LA Fire More Deadly, If Karen Bass Isn’t Recalled, Prosecuted, Or Forced To Resign, Democracy Is Wasted On L.A.

Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 01.10.25, EBL, Joe Biden tells Kamala Harris to “Fire Away” during press conference, Twitchy: Biden Gives LA A Blank Check While FEMA Leaves WNC Out In The Cold, Newscum Asks Biden To Crap On The 1st Amendment To Cover Up His Failure, and LAPD Says Not Enough Probable Cause For Arson Suspect Residents Say Was Starting Fires, Louder With Crowder: Meet LA’s assistant fire chief, who says in an OFFICAL VIDEO it’s your husband’s fault if he needs to be saved by her, Angry citizen demands answers from Gavin Newsom, so he pulls this pathetic move, American Greatness: Man Seen Starting Fires With Blow Torch in LA County Not Charged With Arson, Biden Sends Another $500 Million to Ukraine Ahead of Trump Inauguration, Chicago Boyz: The LA Fires and the CA Coastal Commission, The Geller Report: Photo of One of the Los Angeles Wildfires Arsonists, Hollywood In Toto: What Celebrity Will Be Red-Pilled Next?, Legal Insurrection, Los Angeles Fires: Arson Suspect Arrested Near Kenneth Fire, Newsom Complains About ‘Disinformation’ as Wildfires Destroy Los Angeles Area, This Ain’t Hell, Barbra Streisand blames climate change for Santa Ana winds, Victory Girls: California is Burning: Nero Newsom and the Amen Corner Media, Watts Up With That, Did the LA Fire Disaster Have to Happen?, The Federalist, While California Burns Gavin Newsom Begs Biden To Silence ‘Disinformation’, California’s DEI-Obsessed Anarchotyrants Threw Money At Everything But Water And Firefighters.

Althouse, "I was doing the Rogan podcast and I was kind of ill at ease while we were talking because I knew my neighborhood was on fire." ""So I thought, I wonder if my place is still there. When I got home, sure enough, it wasn't there ... The vehicles were gone, everything. It was completely toasted. I've never seen such a complete burn. It's like someone did it on purpose to really destroy every aspect of it." Said Mel Gibson..."

Da Caller, Biden Extends Deportation Protection To Hundreds Of Thousands In Final Days Of Administration. "The Biden administration announced on Friday it will provide protections to hundreds of thousands of El Salvadoran nationals living in the United States, citing stormy weather and heavy rain that took place in the country." Hat Hair's John Sexton sees Migrants Racing Against Time to Become the Last Person Let Into the Country by Joe Biden. At ET, Texas Lawmakers Double Down on Bills to Secure Its Border With Mexico. The Free Bacon acknowledges a Huge Bipartisan Majority Able To Overcome Far-Left Filibuster on Laken Riley Act. Matt Margolis at PJM, Laken Riley Act Advances With Decisive 84-9 Vote — but Don't Celebrate Just Yet.

At NYPo, Democrat super-lawyer behind Steele dossier slaps employees with unexpected blow: ‘He’s frankly an a–hole’

Star News, Senate Dems Delay Tulsi Gabbard Nomination. Beege Welborn, Grappling Over Gabbard. Sundance at CTH is concerned that Tulsi Gabbard Now Supports FISA-702 In Order to Get Confirmed as Director of National Intelligence. Insty cites Al, WHEN A BOOK, “100 AUTHORS AGAINST EINSTEIN” WAS PUBLISHED, ALBERT EINSTEIN SAID, “IF I WERE WRONG THEY WOULD ONLY NEED ONE.” 17,000 doctors call RFK Jr. ‘actively dangerous’ to national healthcare.

Paul Bedard at WaEx thinks a Tie in Virginia governor’s race sees Spanberger up one point over Earle-Sears. If Democrats don't vote for Sears, it's because they hate Black women. 

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair hears CNN Lament Trump's 'Extraordinary Victory': In Like a Lion, Out Like ... A President' and Senate Dem: Resistance Is Futile? At WaEx, Trump prepares 100 executive orders to enact once in office. There's a lot of damage to be undone. Insty, RICHARD FERNANDEZ: wretchardthecat@wretchardthecat "President Vladimir Putin saying any U.S. move to claim Greenland would legitimize Russia’s own expansionist aims and ambitions to restore former Soviet territories, such as the Baltics, to its own sphere of influence and power." wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, "Looked at the other way Putin is being paid back in his own coin. Greenland is Trump's countermove to Russia’s own expansionist aims and ambitions to restore former Soviet territories, such as the Baltics, to its own sphere of influence and power." At Unherd, Trump’s return to the Monroe Doctrine. "His sabre-rattling betrays a new foreign strategy." Steve Sherman at TownHall thinks Trump Should Fix Biden's US Steel Mistake. Rusty Weiss hears Trump Spills the Beans on THAT Viral Moment With Obama at Jimmy Carter’s Funeral: ‘We Just Got Along’. 

Da Caller on The Anniversary Of January 6 And Our Two-Tiered System. At Althouse yesterday, The Trump sentencing is in progress, with Trump participating remotely. Fox, Donald Trump sentenced with no penalty in New York criminal trial, as judge wishes him 'Godspeed' in 2nd term. Sundance, President Trump Receives Sentence of “Unconditional Discharge” Simply so Democrats Can Have a “Convicted Felon President” Narrative. Ace, Criminal Judge Merchan "Sentences" Trump to "Unconditional Discharge." "He made sure he got Trump sentenced so that the left's goal of calling him a "convicted felon" would be achieve. Jonathan Turley@JonathanTurley, "The conviction should be overturned on appeal. However, the most lasting judgment will be against the New York court system itself in allowing this travesty of justice to occur." and, With the Trump Sentencing, the Verdict is in . . . for the New York Legal System and at NYPo, Judge Merchan tries to defend himself after Trump sentencing — but he and Bragg are responsible for this monster. "Merchan knows that there is a fair chance this monstrosity will finally die on appeal, and he was making the case for his own conduct." Pop Times, Trump Blasts Hush Money Trial as “Embarrassment to New York” After Receiving Unconditional Discharge. At OTP, Trump On Today’s Felony Sentencing: ‘They Can Have Fun With Their Political Opponent.’ 

Misty Severi at JTN reports Federal Appeals court allows Justice Department to release Jack Smith report, "Garland has said he will not release the part of the two-volume report that centers on the classified documents case." Trump should appeal to the Supreme Court based on the argument that Smith was illegally appointed. 

Dave Strom at Hat Hair celebrates Zuck Spilling the Beans on Joe Rogan. Joe Rogan Experience #2255 - Mark Zuckerberg Sarah Arnold at TownHall, Mark Zuckerberg Exposes Alarming Details About Biden Admin's Social Media Influence "“Basically, these people from the Biden administration would call up our team and, like, scream at them and curse," Zuckerberg said. "It just got to this point where we were like, 'No, we're not gonna, we're not gonna take down things that are true. That's ridiculous.’" Althouse, Mark Zuckerberg talks to Joe Rogan about his dissatisfaction with the "neutered" corporate world. NYPo, Biden officials ‘screamed’ and ‘cursed’ at Meta execs to take down vaccine posts, Mark Zuckerberg tells Joe Rogan. Insty, I DO BELIEVE HE’S FALLEN UNDER ELON’S INFLUENCE: Zuckerberg does Rogan. "Alternatively, all the sociopolitical data he has from Meta has shown him which way the wind is blowing, and how hard it’s likely to blow. Either is fine with me." Robby Starbuck@robbystarbuck "Massive news: Meta is ending DEI. Only days after @finkd promised to end biased fact checks, now his company is ending DEI. I warned Meta in October that they were one of my DEI targets for 2025. . . ." Ace, Meta (FaceBook) Announces End of DEI Programs. "A surprise but a welcome one, to be sure. Axios is very upset by this and they say it's just Zuckerberg positioning himself to be friendlier to Trump. The thought that DEI programs are wasteful and illegal and racist and also lead to a bad workforce never, ever crosses their minds, not for a single moment." At Twitchy, Tyrannical Little Commissar: Rep. Dan Goldman Says First Amendment Doesn't Allow Free Speech on Facebook. Greg Lukianoff and Adam Goldstein at the Eternally Radical Idea, METACOMMENTARY: Why Meta’s move to community notes is good.

Dave Strom sees UK Targeting Elon Musk Again: "Risk to Britain." Insty, WITH TODAY’S MEDIA AND POLITICAL ELITES, THERE’S ALWAYS THE CHANCE THAT THEY’RE COMPLICIT. Winston Marshall@MrWinMarshall, "Shame on you @NewYorker The question is not why does
@elonmusk care about *on going* industrial scale rape and torture gangs in Britain. The question is - why don’t you?" Quote The New Yorker@NewYorker, "Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has become fixated on child sexual exploitation in deindustrialized English towns—much of which took place more than a decade ago. What is he after? http://nyer.cm/22KsiBh"

From WokeSpy, McDonald’s Becomes First Corporation In 2025 To Revoke Woke DEI Policies. Beege Welborn sees DEI Dying - Amazon Next Off the Boat. 

Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby "BREAKING: Columbia University law professor, Katherine Franke, has left Columbia after an investigation found that she had discriminated against Jewish and Israeli students. In the complaint, it was found that Franke repeatedly violated Columbia’s anti-discrimination policy."

There are still lots of uncited articles at  the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 01.09.25 and the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 01.10.25. 

Linked at the Pirate's Cove at the weekly Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup and links.  The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: Reds Menace up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Master Debate Revisited

Dave Strom at Hat Hair calls the V.P. Debate: Much Ado About Nothing "J.D. Vance is about 30 IQ points above Time Walz, but you would never know it from the VP debate. Vance did better than Walz, but that was a given. What didn't happen was a Walz collapse or explosion, and I was hoping to see my governor show his true colors by exploding with rage as he has in the past." At TownHall Guy Benson asserts Vance Won...and It Wasn't Even Close and Kurt Schlichter insists JD Vance’s Debate Performance Shows This Guy Is a Conservative Superstar. Matt Vespa at TownHall, The Media Really Couldn't Hide This Fact About the VP Debate. Stephen Kruiser at PJM, JD Vance Did a Great Job Against Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan and Dems' Media Lapdogs Know They're Losing Their Grip on the Narrative. At Hat Hair, Capt. Ed finds Focus Groups say Vance Won the Debate And a Few Converts. What About the Media?, Vance Got It Right on Haitians, Not CBS, Says ... Chris Cuomo, CBS News Welched, Vance Soared. Jeff Blehar at NRO asks Can We Please Finally Dispense with the Ruse of ‘Fact-Checking’? Capt. Ed adds "To put it bluntly, cutting the mics to stop Vance from rebutting their "fact check" was a chickens**t move." Da Signal is Fact-Checking Claims Made in Vance-Walz Debate and thinks Vance Delivers a Master Class in How to Deal With Biased Moderators. Althouse cites Andy Cuomo, "At one point, Vance wanted to correct something about how Haitians got into this country — and he was RIGHT...." and "... I’ve written pretty harshly about Vance.... But I thought he actually did himself and his ticket some good." ""Vance came into this debate with a mission, which was to make himself and his running mate seem more reasonable, less extreme and more respectful of women. He knew exactly what he wanted to achieve, and he was just really good at it. He calibrated his tone really shrewdly. Whereas, I don’t think Walz had an objective other than to answer the questions and talk a lot about Minnesota.... Says Matt Bai, in "Did Tim Walz miss a crucial moment at the VP debate? The governor didn’t seem to have a clear objective in his face-off with Republican JD Vance."" 'Bonchie" at RedState says MSNBC's Must-See Post-Debate Meltdown Managed to Be Both Hilarious and Educational. From Twitchy, Jon Cryer Tries to Disparage Vance With 'Pretty in Pink' Reference and Shows His True Colors. At Reason, J.D. Vance Actually Does Understand How Costs Get Passed Along the Supply Chain. 

Stacy McCain, How Badly Did Tim Walz Lose? 'Bonchie' at RedState, Tim Walz's Self-Implosion Continues During Press Gaggle, and John Fetterman's Reaction Is Priceless. Jim Geraghty at NRO, Tim Walz Loses His Bubble Wrap. Twitchy, 'Amazing'! Politico Explains Tim Walz's Debate 'Eye-Popping' and It's Something Else. Ace, Real News Site Politico: Walz's Deer-In-the-Headlights Look Showed "Passion," Whereas JD Vance's Beard Demonstrated Toxic Masculinity Which Is Off-Putting to Strong Empowered Women. Althouse, It felt like an imitation of Kamala Harris's "I grew up a middle-class kid" — Tim Walz began his answer with "I grew up in small, rural Nebraska, town of 400." "The moderator, Margaret Brennan, purporting to delve into "personal qualifications" — that is, character — asked Tim Walz to explain why he said he was in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square protests when, in fact, he was not. . . " And, "Mind-blowing that Tim Walz said he was 'friends with school shooters' 🤡" said Elon Musk... "... at the top of the X page headlined "Controversy Over Tim Walz's School Shooter Comment/Last updated/17 minutes ago/Grok can make mistakes, verify its outputs."" Scott Pinsker at PJM, Tim Walz: Friend of School Shooters, but Mainly Just a ‘Knucklehead’. Twitchy, COME AGAIN? Twitter Posts HILARIOUS Reactions to Tim Walz's 'Friends With School Shooters' Gaffe. Benny Johnson@bennyjohnson, "REPORTER: “Can you clarify what you meant when you said you became friends with school shooters?”" The Babylon Bee@TheBabylonBee, "School Shooters Distance Themselves From Tim Walz https://buff.ly/47T1Nyj"

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.02.24 (Afternoon Edition), Twitchy: Liberal Media Screeches At J.D. Vance’s Annihilation Of Tampon Timmy, X Posts Hilarious Reactions To Tampon Timmy’s School Shooters Gaffe and Don Surber: Kamala – Walz was a mistake. 

Greg Lukianoff at Insty, HOW TIM WALZ GOT FREE SPEECH VERY WRONG AT THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: "There is no hate speech exception, government must not be the arbiter of truth, and you CAN shout fire in a crowded theater. And to make that last point clear, here is a helpful video from FIRE:" From Reason, Yes, Tim Walz, You Can Shout 'Fire' In A Crowded Theatre. "During Tuesday's debate, Tim Walz fumbled a key moment by misunderstanding the First Amendment." He didn't fumble it, he expressed Democrat's position. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair has A Couple More Thoughts On Last Night. Greg Price@greg_price11. "CBS: You lied about being in China during Tiananmen Square. What do you say? Tim Walz: “I used to ride my bike with friends growing up.” This is completely painful to watch."

Twitchy, DAMNING Thread Shows How Tim Walz's Radical Leftist Policies Have DESTROYED Minneapolis. At YouTube, TIMMY GOT ISSUES | Official Music Video. Mildly amusing. 

At Althouse, This morning, the betting odds converged. At Hat Hair, John Sexton notes that In Nevada and Pennsylvania, Latino Voters Are Shifting Toward Trump, Salena Zito thinks that In Pennsylvania Tour, Trump Hits All the Right Places and Messages. At Spiked, ‘The working class will decide this election’. "Ruy Teixeira on why it’s too early to write off Donald Trump." Capt. Ed adds "If that's true, then Democrats created a real problem for themselves by torpedoing Biden. He was their last connection to that demographic, and the party is now fully under the thrall of Academia-driven elite progressivism."

At NewsMax, Trump Won't Participate in Interview for '60 Minutes' Election Special. Why give CBS another crack at him? Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw notes California Makes it Illegal to Prevent Voter Fraud. "Newsom has now signed a law making it illegal to require voter identification, preferring to keep everything on "the honor system." How do you suppose that's going to work out?"

Ace is disgusted with Our Media Betters: Noted Whore Olivia Nuzzi Alleges In Court Filings That, After This Bottle-Blonde Jezebel Porn-Bombed RFKJr. With Dirty Pictures and Sexts, Her Politico "Reporter" and Soyboy Beta Cuck Ex-Fiancee Started "Blackmailing" Her. "Let me sit at your feet and take moral instruction from you as if you were Christ the Lord Newly Arisen."

Sunny@sunnyright, "Biden ships pallets of cash to Iran while it builds its nuclear program but opposes allies neutralizing the nuclear threat. At what point is it just fair to say Biden-Harris support Iran having nukes?" Rep. Meuser to Newsmax: Iran 'Emboldened' by Biden Admin. Matt Margolis thinks Kamala Completely Botched Her First Public Statement About Iran Attacking Israel: WATCH. PJM's Cathy Salgado, ‘The World Is on Fire’: Trump Says Biden-Harris Weakness Led to Iran Attack.

At Politico, Harris hails striking dockworkers, swipes at Trump’s record. "The vice president supported striking dockworkers and hit at the former president’s Trump’s economic policies." Ward Clark at RedState says October Surprise! Kamala Harris Embraces Striking Port Workers, Owns Any Resulting Economic Damage. 

Capt. Ed wonders whether it's a Dirty Trick? Second-Hand Domestic Abuse Allegation Emerges Against Harris' Husband, "The Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, 59, allegedly struck the woman in the face so hard she spun around, while waiting in a valet line late at night after a May 2012 Cannes Film Festival event in France." Insty, #HIMTOO? "Kamala Harris’s husband Doug Emhoff ‘forcefully slapped ex-girlfriend for flirting with another man’ and was accused of ‘causing’ nanny mistress’s miscarriage during their affair. As Ed Morrissey writes, “Well, the oppo-research files have opened up right on time." Ace, Allegation: Doug Emhoff Slapped His Girlfriend In Public for Flirting with Another Man. "Wait, a woman dating Doug Emhoff flirted with another man? That makes no sense. Doug Emhoff is a Super Alpha that men want to be and women want to be with. No woman would ever seek another man's company if she had The 'Hoff. So this bullshit is obviously fake news." End Wokeness @EndWokeness "Doug Emhoff timeline: 2009: Impregnated his chiId's nanny, 2012: Physically assauIts his girlfriend, 2023: Lectures us on toxic masculinity, 2024: Hailed for redefining masculinity" Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.02.24 (Afternoon Edition), Twitchy, Is This The Democrats’ “New Masculinity”?

VodkaPundit at PJM, Kamala Must Combat 'Frightening!' Commie Memes, but She Can't Because She Is One

At Da Signal, Hurricane Helene Response Highlights Biden and Harris’ Failure to Lead. PJM's Chris Queen reports Politicians Are Hindering Rescue Efforts in North Carolina, and One Rescuer Has Had Enough. Insty, NO ONE IS COMING, IT’S UP TO US. "Via Chris Bray, who notes: “While serious military assets sit unused and nearby, well into the disaster, little groups of neighbors are going hard at the problem. . . . No one in the American green zone knows what to begin discussing, much less doing. Wars metastasizing, ports closed, communities flooded. Did Margaret Brennan and Norah What’s-her-name appear to notice any of that? Friends and neighbors will have to do. And “the American green zone?” Harsh, but fair.”" Sarah Arnold at TownHall examines How Hurricane Helene Will Affect the Election.

John Sexton tries to figure out How Much Prison Time is Hunter Biden Facing? I'll be very surprised if he spends one day behind bars.

Charlotte Hazard at JTN, Defamation lawsuit against attorney Andrew Weissmann moves forward. "Passantino said in the lawsuit that Weissmann’s tweet was a "lie and a "smear." Filed under suits I want to succeed. 

At his NYPo gig, Insty says Adams is just the latest pol caught at the trough in the United States of Global Graft. Capt. Ed, "Foreign graft has always been around, but corruption seems to be getting worse ... and not just with elected officials. The media may be worse, but that's not an excuse for pols."

𝗡𝗶𝗼𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗴 ♛ ✡︎@NiohBerg "Check the date. Absolute psychopaths." Campus Reform reports Two more potentially anti-Semitic attacks happen at UMich as Jewish students think of safety measures. Insty, at NYPo, Jewish students, come here to the South — where you’ll be safe. 

At CJ, Chris Rufo is Unmasking the “Whole-of-Government” DEI Agenda. "One prominent proponent of that policy is Vice President Kamala Harris, who rose to power on the coattails of racial politics and, as vice president, has worked to entrench DEI into every aspect of the federal government." Capt. Ed says "Rufo plans a slow rollout of the findings over the next month, so keep an eye on City Journal. But no one can claim to be ignorant of this stampede toward quotas as 'justice.'"

Hans von Spakovsky at Da Signal, Naval Academy’s Choice of Speaker Runs Afoul of Pentagon Edict. "By inviting a speaker, history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat of New York University—who has already said that she plans to attack presidential candidate Donald Trump in the annual Bancroft Lecture at the U.S. Naval Academy on Oct. 10—the academy is violating Defense Department directives prohibiting the military from engaging in partisan political activity."

At Hollywood in Toto, Kevin Sorbo Schools Whoopi: I’m Proof of New Hollywood Blacklist. "Conservative star shares how industry punished him for having 'wrong' views."

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: The Pleasure Is To Play up on time and under budget at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - RFK Jr. Drops Out, Endorses Trump

I wasn't going to believe it until it was official. It's been in the wind for a few day, but yesterday, after the hooting and hollering at the DNC Convention had largely subsided, JFK Jr. made it official, and suspended his campaign, giving an impassioned speech about how the Democrat party had deserted the values he and father had supported, and become enemies of democracy. He also said he was going to withdraw his name from ballots in the swing states, and leave it on ballots in non-swing states, to help Trump. Stacy McCain, RFK Jr. Endorses Trump. "After Kamala’s nothing-burger convention, which alternated between defaming Trump and celebrating the “joy” of Democrats, the endorsement by RFK Jr. will help focus public attention on the anti-democratic tendencies of the 21st-century Democratic Party. It’s the exact kind of shift Trump needed, at the exact time he needed it most. Smells like . . . #winning." At Althouse, "Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to endorse former president Donald Trump..." "... according to a new court filing in Pennsylvania. The filing surfaced ahead of a planned speech in which Kennedy said he would make an announce about the direction of his campaign." Ward Clarke at RedState, RFK Jr. Exits Presidential Race...and Endorses Donald Trump. Matt Vespa at TownHall, RFK Jr. Drops Out, Endorses Trump. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, RFK Withdraws, Endorses Trump in Court Filing; UPDATE: RFK Speaks. Charlotte Hazard at JTN, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspends his independent presidential campaign, endorses Trump. AP tries to spin it, RFK Jr. says he is suspending, not ending his campaign. His campaign says he ‘has not endorsed Trump’ Ace, in all cap, italic red font, RFK Jr.: I WILL CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, "In the name of saving democracy, the Democrat Party has set itself to dismantling it." Sundance at CTH, Robert F Kennedy Suspends His Campaign, Blasts the Democrat Party and Endorses President Trump. Twitchy  RFK Jr. SHREDS the Dem Party for 'Abandoning Democracy' Before Endorsing Trump. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 08.23.24, American Greatness, RFK Jr. Suspends Campaign, Throws His Support to Donald Trump, The Geller Reports HUGE: Big Time Democrat RFK Jr. Endorses Trump, Says Democrat Party is Now Party of Corruption, Big Donors, Big Tech, Victory Girls, RFK Jr. Endorses Trump, Slaps Media And Democrats.

PJM's Chris Queen has the TRANSCRIPT: Every Word of RFK Jr's Epic Anti-Establishment Speech. If you'd like it on YouTube, go here. From NewsMax, RFK Jr. Shreds Democrats for Abandoning Democracy, Trump says RFK Jr. Boosts Efforts to Reach Disaffected Dems and Jamal Holley to Newsmax: Dems Not Same Party RFK Jr. Grew up With. Scott Johnson at Power Line, The Kennedy factor: Against the Dems and the media. Capt. Ed comments "Like Scott, RFK lost me at the "neocons" and fringy health theories, but that's not the main issue. Kennedy made clear what the main issue is -- a Democrat Party bent on authoritarian rule and a media industry bent on helping them achieve it." Sister Toldja sees the Kennedy Family Gets Deservedly Mocked After Statement on RFK Jr. Suspending Campaign and Endorsing Trump. Greg Price@greg_price11, "Kennedys that leave women to drown in rivers are apparently not as bad to the family as Kennedys that endorse Donald Trump." Sundance, President Trump Introduces RFK Jr to a Rockstar Welcome in Arizona and VP Candidate Shanahan Says Kennedy Campaign Will Not Support Trump for ’24 Until Trump Begs Forgiveness for Operation Warp Speed "There is no way to reconcile the narrative issues factually if RFK Jr is in charge of his campaign. If he is not, then who is?" Well, she was the money. wretchardthecat@wretchardthecat, "One of the things RFK incidentally revealed was that during the period when Trump was supposedly paralyzed by Harris he was busy flanking the DNC." Dan Bongino@dbongino "When a lifelong Democrat, from an iconic Democrat family, who tried to run as a Democrat, and who’s running mate was a Democrat, warns you about the dangers of voting for the Democrat in this election, you should probably listen." Last I offer this podcast with Bret Weinstein. I found it quite educational: RFK Jr. Drops Out & Endorses Trump, Kamala's DNC Speech & Monkey Pox w/ Bret Weinstein. Long, but worth it.

On the expiring DNC convention, Paula Bolyard at PJM, finds The Nightmare Has Come Full Circle. "The DNC was a parade of horribles, displaying every form of sin, debauchery, and malign political philosophy invented by mankind—all in one room." Da Fetched catches CNN’s Dana Bash: DNC ‘Appeals’ to Men with Low Testosterone and Multi-Billionaire Oprah Winfrey Tells DNC She’s been a Victim of ‘Income Inequality’. Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal lists 5 Massive Lies at the Democratic National Convention. WokeSpy, CNN Forced To Fact-Check The Democrats’ False Claims Over Project 2025. Seth Mandel at Commentary discusses The Fight Over Having a Palestinian Speaker at the DNC. Ruy Tiexiera at the Liberal Patriot warn Democrats Are Super Happy, Working-Class Voters Are Not. Capt. Ed comments "Ruy has very detailed data from the crosstabs of three big national media polls, and the numbers are veeeerrrrrry interesting. Harris still underperforms Biden 2020 in the working-class categories, and the hard Left turn of the party during the convention is not going to make them any happier. And since Ruy comes at this from the center-Left, the analysis is even more intriguing."

Thomas Sowell at WSJ warns Republicans Better Get on the Ball "They haven’t made the case against Harris. The clock is ticking." Capt. Ed (at home), Trump Rebuttals: Why Doesn't Kamala Chart Her 'New' Course Now? and Georgia On Their Minds: Trump, Kemp Bury the Hatchet  Am Con, Trump Pledges Foreign Policy Accountability, Rankling DC "State of the Union: Trump understands accountability. That is a danger to the national-security bureaucracy." Da Fetched, Trump Vows to Remove ‘Woke’ Military Commanders if Elected: ‘We Should Be Focused on Defeating America’s Enemies’. Hollywood in Toto adds Why Trump’s Theo Von Interview Should Scare Team Harris "Rebel comic humanizes former president, reaches invaluable independents."

From the Center Square an Op-Ed: People – not corrupt politicians – should decide elections. Capt. Ed comments "True, but it's tough to get that message across in the same cycle where Democrats push their nominee off the ballot for president and anoint a replacement without a single vote being cast." At Fox, Ohio state secretary says 100 non-US citizens voted in recent elections, begins process to prosecute. "Long-running audit in Ohio found hundreds of nonresidents registered to vote." Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw is happy that SCOTUS Approves Arizona Law Requiring Voter ID. 

Capt. Ed, Kamala Speech Burdened Us By What She Has Been. From TNP, Kamala’s Speech Was BORING. But It Did Contain Some Dark, Far-Left Dog Whistles…. Brianna Lyman at Da Fed, More Than 70 Percent Of Democrat Voters Don’t Know Kamala’s Policy Positions. NRO, Kamala Harris, a Political Show about Nothing. Twitchy, 'Let Them Eat Joy': BRUTAL Op-Ed Sums Up Who Kamala's Campaign Is for (and What It's REALLY About).  Ace, KAmala's Speech Indicates the Ultimate Basement Strategy, Keeping All of Her Policy Positions In the Basement and Entirely Undiscussed. OTP, Harris Mum On $5 Trillion Tax Hike. John Kass, on Kamala’s Soviet Nightmare. Larry video at Hat Hair, CNN Gets a Brutal Wake Up Call, Liberal Media Insists Kamala Isn't a Communist! Spiked, Kamala Harris: creature of the oligarchy. Capt. Ed, "Given her rhetoric and some of her policy impulses over the years, I'd say the Marxist label still applies too." Hat Hair video, CNN Panel Left Speechless After Scott Jennings Exposes What's Really Happening at the DNC. John Sexton at Hat Hair, Democrats Are Convinced the Media Is Being Too Tough on Kamala Harris. Capt. Ed, Watch the Protection Racket Media Get 'Tough' With Kamala. Ace, The DNC and Its Candidates Have Lied Nonstop. 

Ace, Tim Walz: A Real-Life Manchurian Candidate. "This Walz/China story has all the earmarks of Russian interference". --51 intelligence officials." From WokeSpy, Concerns Aplenty As Tim Walz Meets Alex Soros At The DNC. 

Althouse, "Speculation was rampant over the past few days that the 32-time Grammy winner would appear at the convention... But the final speaker of the night, Harris, was followed by 100,000 balloons..." "From "Beyoncé at the DNC? It wasn’t to Bey. Speculation was rampant that the 'Freedom' singer would make a surprise appearance. She never materialized"" Duane Patterson at Hat Hair, No New Oprah Car, No Beyonce Concert, Democrats Are Stuck with Kamala. Insty, IT’S LIES ALL THE WAY DOWN: 

From the Hollywood Reporter, Would a Taylor Swift Endorsement Actually Impact the Presidential Race? "With supporters for both Trump and Harris angling for the pop superstar's vote of confidence, analysts assess the potential effect of such a statement: "It could be pivotal." Capt. Ed, "I tend to think it wouldn't; celebrity endorsements are good for fundraising but probably mean little to voters. If any celebrity did have that kind of impact, though, it might be Swift."

Insty, I MEAN, WE KNEW, BUT STILL: Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok "WOW. Watch Gavin Newsom basically admit that there was a coup to replace Joe Biden with Kamala. "We went through a very open process, a very inclusive process, it was bottom-up... that's what I've been told to say." [laughs]" The Divine Ms. Devine at NYPo, ‘Big Guy’ Joe Biden may have escaped a well-deserved impeachment, but his crimes will follow him everywhere.

John Carney @carney "This is far more damning that people understand. It means that the Commerce Secretary was unaware of an enormously important piece of economic data that everyone in financial markets was anticipating. But she is aware of Trump’s Truth Social posts. That’s very bad." ET, Fed’s Jerome Powell Signals Rate Cut: ‘Time Has Come for Policy to Adjust’. "Inflation and labor market data indicate U.S. economy experiencing an evolving situation."

From NRO, Secret Service Employees Placed on Administrative Leave after Trump Assassination Attempt. But, were they the right ones? John Sexton, Secret Service Agents Placed on Leave Over Trump Assassination Attempt. Sauron's Eye, Secret Service places at least 5 agents on leave in Trump assassination attempt probe. Capt. Ed comments "It's been almost six weeks since the shooting, and these agents are only now being placed on leave? It suggests that the investigators have found new reasons to impose some sort of restriction on their employment. Had they been suspended the following Monday, it might have looked procedural. This looks like ... something else." 'Becca Downs at TownHall, Whistleblower Reveals Shocking Detail About Butler, PA Trump Rally. "As he revealed in a letter sent to Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe, a whistleblower "alleges that officials at Secret Service headquarters encouraged agents in charge of the trip not to request any additional security assets in its formal manpower request--effectively denying these assets through informal means." Not only is such information particularly damning to the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) and how they have been handling the attempt on Trump's life, it also contradicts what Rowe previously told Congress." 

Twitchy, After 'Crossfire Hurricane', Trump Declines to Take Early Intelligence Briefings Yashar Ali@yashar "Former President Trump tells the Daily Mail he does not want to receive the intelligence briefings that are normally offered to major party nominees, as he doesn’t want to be accused of leaking any information he learns during those briefings." Chuck Ross@ChuckRossDC, "Another *very* important thing to note — when FBI gave Trump one of these briefings in August 2016, they sent a Crossfire Hurricane investigator into the meeting to collect evidence on Trump." Paul Bedard at WaEx, Most ‘swamp’ managers say voters don’t matter "In the latest sign of the disconnect between Washington’s “swamp” and the rest of the country, 54% of federal government managers would defy voters to do what they want, according to a new Napolitan Institute survey conducted by Scott Rasmussen and shared with Secrets." Henry Rogers at Da Caller,  House Oversight Targets TSA After Whistleblowers Revealed Federal Air Marshals Surveilled Tulsi Gabbard.

From Twitchy, YIKES: Matt Taibbi Tweeted About Forced 'Joy' and Whoa Nellie, Check Out the Media Hive Mind. Hollywood in Toto says Comic Propagandists Crush All Pretense of Objectivity. "Colbert, Kimmel and now 'SNL's' Kenan Thompson officially serve DNC leaders". TNP notices Only One MAJOR Media Outlet Covered This Heinous New Scandal. "Despite the historic and economically concerning announcement, the news—considered damaging to Kamala Harris‘s 2024 presidential campaign—did not feature on two of the three major broadcast news networks’ evening programming. Among NBC, CBS, and ABC, only the last included the revision announcement in a brief mention during its World News Tonight program."

Suzy Weiss at Freep, issues A Reality Check for Woke Jews "Joshua Leifer leads an anti-Zionist organization. But he was still denied entry to his own book launch in Brooklyn." Capt. Ed, "Irony abounds in Brooklyn, made all the more (darkly) amusing by Leifer's surprise at being hoist by his own petard. Read it all." At Campus Reform, Majority of high schoolers take politics into account when choosing where to go to college, new survey shows.

At TNP, Judge Rules Transgender Male Can Join Girls’ Tennis Team. "A federal judge has ruled that a Virginia school district cannot prevent a transgender male from playing on a girls’ middle school tennis team while his lawsuit continues." Appointed by Barack Obama. Jonathan Turley is concerned that JK 

Rowling Reportedly Sued by Olympic Boxer Over Gender Criticism. “For the record, bombarding me with pictures of athletic women to ‘teach’ me that women don’t all look like Barbie is like spamming me with pics of differently-shaped potatoes to prove rocks are edible. I can still see the difference and you look frankly bonkers.”

The Wombat has Rule Five Sunday: My Next Ex-Wife and FMJRA 2.0: A Token of My Extreme up on time and under budget at the Other McCain.