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Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - I'll Take Some Natural Intelligence Please

It's been building recently, but yesterday a wave of articles concerning Artificial Intelligence flooded the news, and it's becoming a partisan issue, with Democrats, in general, and in league with Big Tech, calling for more government control, and President Trump, and many Republicans seek to quell the anti-AI movement to preserve America's lead over the Chinese in the field. The Chinese, for their part, are doing all they can to support a growing anti-AI (and anti-data center) movement in the US. It's all too easy to foment fear of the unknown newfangled modern stuff.

From Roger Kimball at Am Great, The Madness of the Anti-AI Crowd, "AI is not a departure from mankind’s toiling in the garden of natural knowledge but an extension of that knowledge." David Marcus @BlueBoxDave, "Oh, is it another existential crisis like Covid and climate change that means we have to surrender our freedom to the smart people? Right on time." Quote David Axelrod @davidaxelrod, "Everyone from AI whistleblowers to the titans of the AI platforms warn about the catastrophic risk to humanity of supeintelligent models that are rapidly evolving. The @POTUS, with deep political and business ties to the industry, dismisses it as a "hoax."" Leslie Eastman at LI, Trump Completely Rejects AI “Experts” Push to ‘Pace the Frontier’ “We’re leading China in AI. We’re the most sophisticated country in the world, and frankly, I want to keep it that way, because whoever wins AI wins.” Sayer Ji @sayerjigmi, " 1/MAJOR ESCALATION: Barack Obama just told Hakeem Jeffries to make AI regulation the center of the Democratic agenda — “once you are speaker.” The NYT story reads like a former president weighing in. Read it closely and it’s something else: the next domino in an eighteen-day sequence. Here’s the sequence..." From WUWT, UN Tries to Insert itself into Calls for AI Regulation. C3 @C_3C_3, "I’m no expert on AI but… I’m an expert on recognizing an op when I see one. If you lived through Russiagate, Covid & 2020 you can see it. You can feel it. You know it. You’re immune to DC’s ops. And we’re watching an op. BO, Hillary, Uniparty & Media are the tell. Facts." Jordan Schachtel @JordanSchachtel, "Two of the reporters on the byline are funded by the Tarbell Center, an AI doomer org controlled by Kamala Harris megadonor Dustin Moskovitz. Tarbell gives journalists large grants to insert AI doomer stories into prominent outlets. @TIME did not disclose the affiliation." Rooke Poole @rookepoole, "I followed the money behind the “slow down AI” movement. What I found is not a secret conspiracy. It is more interesting than that. It is a documented influence network connecting billionaire funders, nonprofits, creators, media, activists, frontier labs, and lawmakers." Clandestine @WarClandestine, "All the bitching and moaning about AI ending humanity and data centers ruining the world, is propaganda astroturfed by our foreign adversaries. They aim to influence and spook US citizens and lawmakers, to prevent the US from dominating the AI race. All of it is bullshit. The Left used the same exact tactic in an attempt to prevent the US from becoming energy independent. That’s why they are so against fracking, and why they were obsessed with global warming and the green new deal nonsense..." At Althouse, "Time Has Run Out for AI Risk Deniers/The recent spate of reports about the technology’s destructive power underline two prime directives: Be afraid, and regulate aggressively." "It's time to panic and legislate like hell, according to the headline at The Nation. How can that heavy-handed fear mongering not make a reader skeptical? I would think The Nation would at least want to be cagier about what it thinks of its own readers."

Peter St Onge, Ph.D. @profstonge, "Turns out the "third party" Anthropic wants to use to gatekeep AI is *funded* by Anthropic." Quote Kevin Bass @kevinnbass, "I have conducted an audit of Anthropic's finances. What I have found is so shocking that I am calling for a Congressional investigation. Anthropic is not just seeking regulatory capture. It has built a regulatory capture machine that cannot be turned off..." Preston Byrne @prestonjbyrne, "Weird how this resignation coincided with - a bunch of UK parliamentary action, including a letter signed by 70 MPs; - UK hearings scheduled, on this very topic; - the release of a Netflix documentary; and the blog post launch by his former boss calling for exactly this and the control of FOSS models; - 2 months after a leading industry consortium recommended censoring/restricting open weight models, something now being called for across the political spectrum." Quote ABC News @ABC, "Jacob Coxon, a former OpenAI and Anthropic employee who quit his job at Anthropic this week, posted a dire warning on X that set off a wave of concern over the growth of AI. “It's pretty important to keep your eyes open about the direction things are..."

Don Surber says Support AI or learn Mandarin, "Developing artificial intelligence is the 21st century’s moon race. This time, the stakes are survival itself." Eric S. Raymond @esrtweet, "So, the Chinese have officially stated that they consider the calls for an AI pause to be a "power play" and will not be participating in any US-led agreements to slow down development. Following AI-doomer logic, it is now absolutely imperative that we bomb the hell out of Chinese data centers before they achieve hard take-off. Which we are assured could happen *any day now*. Safetyists, this is your chance to demonstrate that you really believe what you claim to. Advocate immediate preemptive war against Chinese data centers, or SHUT UP." From NYPo, China’s spymaster warns that AI is a threat to Communist Party rule." Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "OK, that did it. Total AI anarchy, please. Whatever that ChiCom symp doesn’t want. Make it a rule. Carney want that? Nope." Quote Polymarket @Polymarket, "JUST IN: Canada enters the global AI regulation debate, as PM Mark Carney calls for a global “technology stability” body to oversee AI development."

Leslie Eastman at LI, OpenAI Claims Breakthrough in Navier-Stokes Equation, but NYU Mathematician Alleges His Work Was Copied, "Mathematician Tristan Buckmaster asserts OpenAI cribbed the work he and a collaborator had done, which included significant progress toward solving the equation in August. OpenAI announced its team had solved the equation this week."

From News Wax, Vance: Iran War to Enter New Phase in Months. "And then the second phase of this is ensure that they're not able to rebuild and try to maintain as much global stability in the wake of that." At Hat Hair, John Sexton worries How Long Will It Take to Repair That Saudi Oil Pipeline? VodkaPundit at PJM imagines Reagan Smiles: Space Force Confirms We Have Weapons in Space. From Reason, Thomas Massie Just Filed 8 Articles of Impeachment Against Pete Hegseth "The Kentucky congressman says he will force a vote on removing Hegseth, who is accused of "abusing the power of his office to ignore congressional war powers resolutions, to kidnap foreign leaders, and to intimidate critics of the Trump administration."" Note that Massie lost his primary after Trump supported his opponent.

From Twitchy, Scott Bessent Can't Help but LAUGH As Maxine Waters Froths and LOSES It 'Reclaiming Her Time' -WATCH. At Breitbart Bus, Hey, Chairman Warsh: What’s the Rush?

Mary Katharine Ham @mkhammer, "It’s a pretty nuanced position. I don’t know why we keep misrepresenting it." Quote fauxstonox @fauxstonox, ""The absolute worst country on the face of the planet, straight up, bar none. A capitalist shithole. Kaya, now is not the opportunity. Down... I despise this nation. I despise this country with my entire fucking heart" -- Hasan Piker on the United States of America." Breanna Morello @BreannaMorello, "Keep him blocked. We should probably block him and his administration from having access to the NYPD’s terrorism database too." Quote New York Post @nypost, "Mamdani still without federal security clearance after 9 months as NYC mayor." Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "I for one welcome the insight into the deficiencies of western civilization that third world savages provide." Quote Drew Pavlou @DrewPavlou, "I’m fucking crying bro her dad was a Sudanese warlord who abducted hundreds of child soldiers. Dozens of them died of starvation according to this report by Human Rights Watch She was posting pics of her Dad on Instagram this week." Ace cites Comer to DHS: Release the Evidence of Ilhan Omar's Immigration Fraud So That We Can Decide Whether to Expel Her from Congress. "That could be good. But I don't think it will happen, not yet anyway." Guy Benson @guypbenson, "You don’t have to keep smearing him, Ilhan — one of your fellow leftists already murdered him (“some person did something,” in your parlance)." Quote Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "Ilhan Omar on Charlie’s ass*ssination: “There is no legacy to honor. It was filled with bigotry, hatred, and white supremacy."" At the Free Bacon, ‘I Don't Wanna Pay It Back’: Socialist Senate Nominee Angie Nixon Says It's ‘Crazy’ She Has To Pay Her Taxes And Student Loans. "Nixon laments the injustice of having to pay her own fair share as she campaigns on raising taxes on the wealthy." PJM's Matt Margolis thinks James Talarico Shouldn’t Be Allowed Near Children, let alone the US Senate. 

From NYPo, Ex-Dem insider exposes what Harris told top donors days before Biden dropped out: ‘All charade’. PJM's Dave Manney hears A Federal Grand Jury Wants Six Years of Gavin Newsom’s Receipts. Reason calls The 'Stop Nick Shirley Act': Yet Another Anti-Doxxing Law That Chills Free Speech. Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, "WOAH. An addiction recovery center in Minnesota accused of stealing millions with fake Medicaid billing has just been exposed to have another account with $25 MILLION They’ve used our stolen tax money to buy: - 3 Minnesota homes - $10.4 million in charges - $3.5 million on leather goods and luggage - $380k jewelry and watches - $150k clothing and shoes - One month of LV charges alone was $440,000 June 2024 spending alone included - $35k at Fendi - $57k at LV - $13k at Hermès - $64k private jet - $41k Airbnb And now a $25 million CD has been discovered..." Aaron Hanscom at PJM thinks You Don’t Realize How Far L.A. Has Fallen Until You Come Back, which is increasing unlikely now that my younger brother Mark moved out. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair as one for the Annals of Progressive Insanity: New CO Petition Proposal Is for the Birds. A "wildlife photography tax."

Stacy McCain has hopes LARRY KRASNER IS COOKED! Philly D.A. Could Face Federal Charges. From Ace, Philadelphia Soros DA Larry Krasner May Have Committed Perjury to the Court to Get a Convicted, Guilty Murderer Off, "Larry Krasner and his "prosecutors" have been questioned and accused by judges of deliberately misstating evidence to contrive reasons to free guilty murders from jail. Two of his "prosecutors" have been disbarred over their flagrant crimes before the court-- all to support meritless appeals so that guilty murders could go free. Krasner is a full supporter of the left's "decarceration" agenda and believes no one should be in prison -- not rapists, not killers, not child sex abusers -- and he's not shy about saying so and he's not shy about putting his communist believes into practice..."

Also Ace, Supreme Court Refuses to Allow Trump to Procede with Post Office Scanning of Mail-In Ballots, Claiming (Say It With Me) It's Now Too Late to Implement This Rule and It Would "Cause Chaos" "They did exactly what I said they'd do -- Democrats launched lawsuits to delay things and then the courts slow-played it so they could just say, "Whoops, there wouldn't be enough time to implement these changes now that we've dicked around for weeks and weeks, you lose." This is intolerable." And yet, LI's Mike LaChance reports Pete Buttigieg Says Dems Must Pack SCOTUS Because It’s Too ‘Partisan’ “And I want to be clear. The idea is not to just add justices for its own sake. The idea is to reform the institution, to make it less partisan.” Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Our crazy orange president needs to announce a plan to pack the court, just like Dems keep advocating. He’ll have Dems shouting that court packing is fascism, which will make for useful video clips down the road. Just post it on Truth Social. Sit back and watch heads explode, with backflips." Quote Mike Engleman @RealHickory. "People need to stop saying we have a conservative 6-3 Supreme Court! It's NOT conservative by any means! It voted to implement Obamacare, birthright citizenship, and against any form of election security/integrity, outside of Thomas and Alito!" Hey, that was my idea!

Tom Bevan @TomBevanRCP, "Worse threat to the planet than AI." Quote Defiant L’s @DefiantLs, "“Lindsay Clancy... you are a fucking hero, you are divine feminine rising… you are goddess incarnate woman... You are an inspiration... fuck patriarchy" Nothing says "fuck the patriarchy" quite like murdering your children I guess..." From Ace, "Rogue" Juror's Family: We're Being Subjected to Constant Harassment and Menace by "Crazy" People. "Before that: One of the Lindsay Clancy cultists killed her baby while singing a song from the Wizard of Oz." Joel Pollak @joelpollak, "The holdout juror in the Clancy case is a "devoutly Catholic Haitian immigrant." His brother says faith had nothing to do with refusing to acquit a woman who killed her 3 kids. He and his family live in fear of retribution by the self-righteously tolerant." From nypost.com Wanye Kest @skeeminarmenian, "Libs support ICE deportations in 3…2…1…" Jonathan Turley has a A Response to Kevin Reddington: The Secret to “Sleeping Well” for the defense attorney.





Wesley Yang @wesyang, "Rampant grade inflation means that grades don't tell us anything about a person's competency. The UC system doesn't accept standardized tests, which do tell us about a person's competency. The UC system is now flooded with people that require remedial education." Quote Marc Porter Magee @marcportermagee, "The UC system is being flooded with students with 4.0 GPAs. It is now over 100,000 a year (left). Yet California 11th graders proficiency levels haven't budged (right)." Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell, "“The more I study the history of intellectuals, the more they seem like a wrecking crew, dismantling civilization bit by bit — replacing what works with what sounds good.” — Thomas Sowell"

From Fox, Smithsonian’s dark take on America exposed: Washington dubbed ‘town destroyer,’ Revolutionary War ‘dangerous'. "Fox News Digital visited the Manhattan museum and found exhibits highly critical of George Washington and early America."

Victory Girls are scandalized about a Charlie Kirk Statue Vandalized Outside TPUSA Headquarters. Just think about the people who did it, and consider it an honor.

Bob Spencer at PJM hears an Islamic Scholar Says Grooming Gangs ‘Have Nothing to Do With Islam.’ (Except They Do.) The Spectator @spectator, "'Is Elon Musk clear that a lot of grooming cases he talks about happened ten years ago?' Rory Stewart explains why he believes there are more important issues facing Britain than gangs of 'predominantly Pakistani Muslim men' grooming women and girls. Watch in full | http://youtube.com/watch?v=qmf26sXuGyk" Human Events@HumanEvents, "UK police caught harassing "gender-fluid Muslim woman" in burqa at anti-immigration protest." "The 76-year-old in a burqa was arrested under the Crime and Policing Act, a recently passed British bill that bans face coverings in protests but conveniently carves out an exception for religious apparel like the burqas and niqabs worn by Muslim women who subscribe to religious modesty dress codes." Michael Shellenberger at Public, Many Democrats Today Agree With Republicans That Trans Is “Crazy.” Imagine Their Shock When They Learn It’s Also A Sexual Fetish. "As the GOP brands its opponents as mentally ill, it’s hard to remember that transgenderism was once politically advantageous." From the College Fix, UW-Madison hosts drag show for welcome week festivities.

You can't imagine how happy in makes me that Sydney Sweeney is back in the news. Jim Treacher says Sydney Sweeney Is Jiggling All the Way to the Bank. Damn right, and she earns every penny nickel. Ace, Feminists and Media Scolds Continue Melting Down Over Sydney Sweeney. Driscoll at Insty, TO BOLDLY GO WHERE ESPN HAS GONE BEFORE: "Sydney Sweeney’s naked betting advert ‘sexualizes’ women’s sport. Sydney Sweeney has been accused of sexualising women in sport after appearing naked in a betting advert. The Hollywood actress posed for Novig, a sports-prediction market company, in a video that has had almost one million views in four days. The advert shows Sweeney sitting topless on a basketball hoop, saying: “So they wanted to show just sports.” After saying “sports” nine times while playing tennis, golf, and baseball in various states of undress, she adds: “You can’t trade this, I just look good here. No betting on wars or deaths, and no politics. Just you and your take on sports.” It closes with her walking away naked. The 29-year-old Euphoria star has been criticised by female athletes, who have accused her of setting back women in sport. Sweeney has set back sports all the way back to 2009, when ESPN magazine’s “The Body Issue” began running images such as these..."

George MF Washington @GMFWashington, "Just to be clear, this is Variety explicitly piling on a popular young actress in an environment where there are not enough movie stars and where studios are openly complaining about not being able to attract men. Variety is no longer a friend to Hollywood." Quote Variety @Variety, "Sydney Sweeney has lost over 200,000 Instagram followers following backlash over her nude sports-betting advertisement. The ad triggered a negative reaction from those who object to its sexualization of women in sports. Several women Olympic athletes have weighed in on the..." Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock@kimmie_c_ "Imagine thinking Sweeney & her glorious tits set women back when it's actually a bunch of pink hat "feminists" defending a mother who blames her hormones for filicide." Quote fuck it we bawl @fuckitwebawl_, "for every act of micro feminism i do sydney sweeney sets feminism 100 years back."

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Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - The Return of the Murder Turtle!

Contrary to my expectations, The Wall Street Journal @WSJ, "Sen. Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) voted at the Capitol on Monday for the first time in three months, after a fall that raised concerns about his health and whether he would return to work. He arrived in a wheelchair flanked by his chief of staff and a longtime aide, addressing the press in brief remarks outside the Senate chamber that Senate officials didn’t allow to be videotaped. “I must admit, after two years of—decades actually—of dodging your questions, I wasn’t sure how many of you would be here today,” McConnell joked to reporters. His speech wasn’t clearly enunciated and at times hard to make out. McConnell gave a thumbs-up during the first vote, a procedural measure on confirming a federal judge." From Althouse, Mitch is back — he's alive and he's sitting up straight and smiling. I would say propped up straight. Despite his steadfast never-Trumpism, I still have a residuum of respect for Mitch based on his denying Merrick Garland a Supreme Court seat. 

Duane Patterson at Hat Hair thinks The Houthis Are Now in The Kill Box, and has other bad news for the Iranian regime. Hat Hair's John Sexton says Ukraine's Attacks on Russian Oil Refineries May Have Bought It Some Leverage. From Sundance at CTH, Trump Says Zelenskyy No Longer Will Target Diesel Refineries – Zelenskyy Qualifies, Only if Russia Doesn’t Hit Food Routes. We'll see how long that lasts. 

Visegrád 24 @visegrad24, "The U.S. has officially announced that it’s keeping both offensive and defensive weapons in space. The type of weapons and how many are up there hasn’t been revealed. It’s the first time the U.S. admits to having combat capabilities in space." This follows yesterday's news of a Chinese satellite 'mysteriously disintegrating' after Chinese satellite imagery was used to target the US troops in an attack that killed three.



From Da Wire, Battleground GOP Candidate Survives Overnight Plane Crash Over Lake, "An experience like this reminds you just how precious life is." Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY, "Everyone knows you can’t drown in 30 feet of water if you are a Republican." Quote Amy Curtis @Ranty AmyCurtis, "Replying to @Ranty AmyCurtis A reporter for @journalsentinel — @hopekarnopp — spent her Saturday night/Sunday morning fact checking the depth of the lake. She *minimized* what happened to Tiffany and his pilot." Ace, Republican Wisconsin Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Tiffany Survives After Plane Loses Engine Power and Crash-Lands in River; Media Minimizes Event, "He's a sitting congressman, too."


At Da Caller, Data Shows The DSA Takeover Of The Democrat Party Is Nearly Complete. "The latest survey shows that among Democrats, 59% consider themselves DSA supporters, compared to just 30% who do not. Out of total voters polled just 26% consider themselves supportive of the DSA, compared to 66% who do not consider themselves backers of the socialist group." From the Free Bacon, Abdul El-Sayed Promoted Infamous Hijab Hate Crime Hoax, Despite Warnings from Police, "The Democrat has a long history of making unverified and false claims alleging anti-Muslim discrimination." cdrsalamander @cdrsalamander, "National Socialists in common cause with Democratic Socialists…of course." Quote Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig, "Men wearing swastikas shouted "Heil Hitler" and "Free Palestine" in New York City. "Free Palestine" has never been about wanting Palestinians to have a better future." Mike Letts at PJM hears Ilhan Omar Has Been Cleared of Misconduct Accusations, but Something Doesn’t Add Up. Tho, from Ace, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullins: We Know Ilhan Omar Married Her Brother to Defraud the Immigration System. We're Investigating Her Now. "Happy Monday! Some good news to start the week off." Dave Strom sees Rules for Thee, Not for Me...or the 'Oppressed.' Seattle cutting trees for a "homeless" (bums) site, despite their own regulations. 

Kurt Schlichter at TownHall warns Don’t Believe the Hype About James Talarico, his 'Betofication.' "I am not seeing the Talaricomania." RedState's Teri Christoph says They Call Him 'Talafreako' for a Reason — Wait Until You Hear What He Said About Parents ""I think there are some folks that would think that if you deny your child's gender identity, that's incredibly harmful. And whether or not we label it with the term abuse, it's abusive for sure," Talarico said while debating legislation designed to protect parents who refuse to affirm a child’s gender identity from having that used against them in custody proceedings." Zach Kraft @ZachKraft_, "James Talafreako's obsession with forcing sex changes on other people's kids is creepy and downright scary. He voted to allow parents to be found guilty of ABUSE and have their children TAKEN AWAY if they refused to allow child sex changes, no age limit." At Hat Hair, Capt. Ed sees Talarico Pulls the Race Card for Some Reason – Hilarity Ensues and Talarico: I'm Broke Because I Don't Take One Percenter Money, except that he does. Attorney General Ken Paxton @KenPaxtonTX, "I condemn racism in all its forms, including James Talarico saying white men are America's top terror threat and that he prays to overcome his own 'whiteness,' whatever that means. Only one person in this race has a history of dividing Texans by race, and it’s James Talarico. I will continue to focus on uniting our State and bringing together the broadest possible coalition to fight for Texas, our values, and our families." Quote James Talarico @jamestalarico, "Thank you @JohnCornyn for your leadership. Racism has no place in Texas. @KenPaxtonTX: will you condemn this blatant racism or will you cower to..."

VodkaPundit at Insty notes HE’S LOSING IN 2028 TO THE WOMAN WHOSE CAMPAIGN FLOUNDERED BEFORE IOWA IN 2020: onestarmango @lonestarmango, "He's desperate for an exit because surveys show him with no chance. Gavin Newsom Won‘t Run in 2028 if Kamala Harris Does https://breitbart.com/ politics/2026/09/14/ gavin-newsom-wont-run- 2028-if-kamala-harris-runs/ via
@BreitbartNews."

Stephen Kruiser at PJM notes SCOTUS Has a Sylvia Plath Episode Regarding Mail-In Ballots "On Monday evening, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the Trump administration's emergency request to allow the U.S. Postal Service's (USPS) new ballot-mail rule to take effect for the 2026 elections. The ruling leaves U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani's preliminary injunction in place and effectively means the rule will not govern the November midterms." Too late, they said, after months of judicial dawdling and obstruction. Althouse chimes in "If the question of the Postal Service’s power were before us in something other than the context of an ultra vires claim..." "".... the Government’s argument would present a difficult question. But here the question is different. In order to assert an ultra vires claim, the plaintiffs must show that the challenged regulation of envelopes here is 'entirely "in excess"' of the power to govern collecting, handling, transporting, delivering, forwarding, and returning of mail. The same is true of the requirement to pass along information about each recipient of ballot mail. At the very least, the Postal Service did not act '"contrary to a specific prohibition"' in enacting the rule... [T]he plaintiff States’ statutory claim is based on a contestable reading of a broadly drawn statute empowering the Postal Service to regulate the mail." Writes Justice Alito, dissenting, joined by Justice Thomas, in United States Postal Service v. California. Here's the NYT: "Two Conservative Justices Would Have Allowed Trump’s Mail-In Ballot Rules/Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, called the challenge to the restrictions a 'Hail Mary pass' that was unlikely to prevail because of the Postal Service’s broad authority to regulate the mail" (gift link)." Sundance, Judicial Delay Tactics Worked – Supreme Court Blocks USPS Mail-In Ballot Plans. 



Dave Strom has New Crime Stats: Children of Migrants More Likely to Be Criminals Than First Generation in Denmark. Ace is Shocked: Danish Crime Statistics Show that Immigrants, Particularly Muslim Immigrants, Commit Crime at Double the Rates of the Native-Born and the Children of Immigrants Are Even Worse "Denmark is one of the only western countries to track immigrant crime because the rest have been pressured to keep the public deliberately blind to the actual numbers by activists. Because Racism." Beege Welborn on Buying Baby Citizens. PeterSweden @PeterSweden7, "70% of people with a non European background voted for the left wing bloc in the Swedish election today according to exit poll by Valu. Now you know why the left supports open borders." Driscoll at Insty, OLD AND BUSTED: Queers for Palestine. "The New Hotness? Animal Rights Activists Defend Muslim Migrants Killing Animals. After horrifying images of Muslim migrants who had invaded the Spanish North African territory of Ceuta killing a baby dolphin went viral, animal rights activists rallied to their defense..." The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "Media Assures Americans That Migrants Haven’t Killed Any Cats, Just Women And Children."


Dave Strom asserts it's Time to Break Up Academia. How does that even work? John Sexton hears Mahmoud Khalil Sues Columbia for Failing to Protect Him (or Something). Is there a way they can both lose? Mazelit Airaksinen documents a Florida Teacher who says Jews “Own Everything”, Israel is “Fake Country”: FOOTAGE "“I don’t care what I post because I’m making so much money off of TikTok” says Miss. Jaden Salameh." VodkaPundit at Insty reminds us PROGRESSIVISM HAS ALWAYS BEEN RACIST, STARTING WITH EUGENICS OVER A CENTURY AGO: Hon. Vickie Paladino @VickieforNYC, "This is an outrage. I don’t think people outside of blue city politics really understand how almost comically evil progressivism becomes when it’s allowed total power. It has nothing to do with ‘affordability’ or ‘heath care’." Quote Yiatin Chu @ycinnewyork, "If we thought DeBlasio 7% plan was racist in proposing to cut Asian students at Specialized High Schools by half, @CMRestler @CMNantashaW now want to explicitly EXCLUDE districts with Asian students out of the Discovery program." Ryan @teslaxryan, "Anthropic’s Head of Personality Alignment, Amanda Askell, argued that discrimination against white students “may be desirable” as a way of correcting historical injustice. This is coming from one of the most prominent people working on AI alignment. Let that sink in." Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal is alarmed that Parents are ‘Intentionally Left Out’ of AI Strategy Discussions Between Microsoft, Left-Leaning Teachers Union, Critics Say.
From WaEx, Washington state government demands women let men see them nude. But the usual crowd objects when Sydney Sweeney BOLDLY GOES WHERE ESPN HAS GONE BEFORE: Sydney Sweeney’s naked betting advert ‘sexualizes’ women’s sport. "Sydney Sweeney has been accused of sexualising women in sport after appearing naked in a betting advert. The Hollywood actress posed for Novig, a sports-prediction market company, in a video that has had almost one million views in four days. The advert shows Sweeney sitting topless on a basketball hoop, saying: “So they wanted to show just sports.” After saying “sports” nine times while playing tennis, golf, and baseball in various states of undress, she adds: “You can’t trade this, I just look good here. No betting on wars or deaths, and no politics. Just you and your take on sports.” It closes with her walking away naked. The 29-year-old Euphoria star has been criticised by female athletes, who have accused her of setting back women in sport.
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Monday, September 14, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - Desperately Searching for a Theme

And not finding it, so I'll just start at the top and work down. Sundance at CTH is back on a Russia kick with President Vladimir Putin Explains Why NATO Wants a War Against Russia, Oil, Gas and Orange Juice and “One Ping Only, Vasily”. From News Wax, Putin at BRICS: Warns Europe Over Ukraine, Urges Challenge to U.S. Dollar. Back to sundance for President Trump Announces Obamacare Refunds, President Trump Speaks to Journalists Departing from Shannon, Ireland and President Trump Discusses a “United Ireland” as Prime Minister Carney Seeks “Associate Member” EU Status. At Althouse, "President Trump said he 'loved' the political backlash to his comments in support of a united Ireland." ""Speaking before he attended the last day of the Irish Open golf tournament, Trump doubled down on his claim that reunification was inevitable and 'may as well happen now.' Asked about the reaction to his comments, which were criticised by political parties in Westminster and Stormont, Trump said he 'loved' the reaction. 'I loved my comments,' he added." From "Trump revels in ‘united Ireland’ uproar as Gerry Adams weighs in/With the US president ‘loving’ the stir his comments made, the former Sinn Fein leader says they reflect a wider sentiment held by Americans" (London Times)."

Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "Here in the States we are aware not all Canadians are dicks. The polling plus stadiumsful of boos just seems to indicate most are. We’re concerned about the plight of Canadians. It doesn’t serve our interests to have an impoverished third world nation beholden to the PRC on our northern border. We’d rather see you prosper. All of us get richer. But elections have consequences. ..." Quote Lisa @YoungStreete, "Americans are starting to look at Canadians differently. And Canadians may want to pay attention. For as long as I can remember, Americans always liked their polite neighbours to the north. That goodwill is being eroded by a Canada increasingly seen as woke, anti- American (not just anti-Trump) and brainwashed by the state run media. CBC News whitewashing 9/11 (please don’t call it a terrorist attack). CTV News making 9/11 about “Islamophobia”. When did remembering the VICTIMS of 9/11 become so controversial in Canada and how did we allow it to happen? How much further does Canada have to slide into insanity before Canadians finally wake up?" Ken Timmerman at Am Great explains why It’s Time to Recognize Iran’s Complicity in the 9/11 Attacks. "The 9/11 Commission highlighted Iran's complicity in the attacks on pages 240-241 of its final report." CIS looks at the numbers, Since 9/11, the Number of Immigrants from the Muslim World Has Grown by 1.8 Million. "Population doubling largely reflects legal immigration." I24 News has a Report: Chinese satellite images aided Iranian strike that killed 3 US troops in Jordan. Labrador Skeptic @SaysSimulation, "A Chinese surveillance satellite breaking up into little pieces right after US troops were killed with the help of a Chinese satellite is quite the amazing coincidence, now that you mention it. Gray Zone warfare in space, but that's a dark shade of gray." Quote Theophilus Chilton (Scots-Irish Supremacist) @Theo_Chilton, "Replying to @SaysSimulation, "Probably why a Chinese surveillance satellite "broke apart" in orbit yesterday." Ace is not all that upset that Saudi Arabia Is Stuck Between A Rock And A Hard Place...Oh Well!

At the Eternally Radical Idea, Greg Lukianoff has Reflections on 9/11, FIRE releases 2027 College Free Speech Rankings, AdGo & I parse AI’s ‘librarian’ from its ‘car keys’, & more! From the College Fix, Conservative students’ 9/11 memorial defaced with pro-Palestinian, pro-Antifa vandalism. From I&I, 25 Years After 9/11, America Dotes On Its Enemies.


Doog @doogadoo11, "I'll be the first to admit the GOP has been shit But Trump has been amazing And that's why I will Vote Red up and down the ballot in November I want to position him for as much success as possible during his final two years." What he said.

Vic Nava at NYPo hears Ilhan Omar ‘married her brother’ and could be deported: DHS secretary. Show me the DNA test. PJM's Bob Spencer asks and answers What Happens When We Elect People Who Hate America to Congress? This. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn giggles at MSNOW whining Fetterman's Surprise GOP Convention Video was a Trap and Dems Are Falling Into It. Also at Hat Hair Larry Elder examines The David Duke Standard and The Hasan Piker Exception, and Betsy McCaughey wants to Call in the Feds to Investigate Lawless Mamdani. Nick Arama at RedState sees Talarico Gets Nailed for Another Whopper About His Donations That Leaves Jaws Dropping. Joe Chalfant at TownHall thinks Dan Sullivan Just Handed Mary Peltola a Debate Beatdown. Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "Incredible. Rachel Maddow didn’t push back on Karen Bass AT ALL as she calls the Palisades Fire investigation a waste of time & resources. Lady…6K homes burned, hundreds of people died, and you illegally deleted all of your messages. Integrity is dead." No Pasaran! says If someone suggests using a Nazi concentration camp for their opponents, aren't they in fact the actual… Nazis?

At Twin Cities.com, Joe Soucheray: Start by using words correctly. These are not ‘homeless camps’, they're just bums. Da Signals Tyler O'Neil calls it ‘ANTI-DEMOCRATIC’: Nonprofits That Received Tax Dollars Unite to Oppose Rules Cracking Down on Waste, Fraud, and Abuse. Waste, fraud and abuse is their bread and butter. The last thing they want to do is end it.

From the Victory Girls Clancy Holdout Juror Now The Target Of Media Doxxing. PJM's Vicky Taft wants you to Guess Who Helped Doxx the Holdout Juror in the Lindsay Clancy Case. The defense attorney's wife? At TownHall Matt Vespa thinks What a Lindsay Clancy Juror Said About This Case Is Just Insane "“This would be something that could change something to make it better for other women,” said juror Paula Devlin."

Sensurround @ShamashAran, "nothing to see here, just the @ACLU celebrating Charlie Kirk's death at a fundraiser." Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman, "They didn’t even hide it. A year after they murdered Charlie Kirk, an account asks “Who should get Kirked next?” and puts JD Vance on the list, right next to Scott Presler and Nick Shirley. That’s not a joke. That’s a hit list with a question mark. Protect the VP. Investigate the poster. And stop pretending this culture of celebrating assassination is free speech." Quote ThePersistence @ScottPresler, "“Who should get Kirked next? Leave your answer in the replies! Shirley, Presler, Vance, the list goes on!” Evan, that’s not very nice, especially since you’re in Philadelphia, PA." Matt Vespa is annoyed This Virginia City Seems OK Blowing Taxpayer Dollars on a Gross Anti-Charlie Kirk Display. Hat Hair's Josh Hammer thinks America Has Not Learned the Right Lessons From Charlie Kirk's Murder. No, liberals learned they can get away with "stochastic terrorism."

From Twitchy, 'Birthing Person' Jones Tried to Smear XX-XY's Jennifer Sey and It Was a MASSIVE Backfire. jimtreacher.substack.com @jtLOL, "Shouldn't you be called Birthing Person Jones?" Quote Mother Jones @MotherJones, "Jennifer Sey, the founder of XX-XY Athletics, a sportswear startup that openly calls transgender people’s identity a “lie,” has spent the last two and a half years stoking the flames of the national panic over trans athletes. Enter Sophie Cunningham."

Sarah McLaughlin at Expression expresses disbelief at Australia’s top bureaucrats who want protection from ‘harmful’ social media videos, "The clips can ‘invite ridicule’ of public officials." If you can't stand the heat, get out of the limelight.

Eric Kaufmann @epkaufm, "White liberals remain the only segment of society that prefers other races to their own." Quote Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil, "A few years back, a friend of mine looked into the 2018 American National Election Study pilot, and he found that every racial group felt warmth towards members of their own race, except for White liberals I wanted to see if that replicated and expand on it."

Timur Kuran @timurkuran, "Carnegie Mellon is paying the price for a 2021 hire made amid the moral panic that followed George Floyd. The professor’s thin research record, narrow intellectual range, and political activism should have prompted serious scrutiny. In a freer intellectual climate, hiring committees might have said plainly that no appointment was warranted, let alone a tenure-track appointment involving decades of commitment by a distinguished university..." Quote Carnegie Mellon University @CarnegieMellon, "Dr. Uju Anya is currently on voluntary professional leave from the university and is not teaching courses on our campus this academic year. We are deeply concerned by recent hostile and threatening social media posts by Dr. Anya and are reviewing this matter closely." Tim Groseclose @Tim_Groseclose "Brilliant post by Prof. @timurkuran. Yes, the bigger problem CMU needs to face is how this woman got hired in the first place. If I were president of CMU, I'd do an in-depth look at the Dept. of Modern Languages." From Campus Reform, Education satisfaction hits record low as college readiness declines. Inside Higher Ed, After Kirk’s Death, a Third of Students Say Posting ‘MAGA’ Is a Fireable Offense. "The Israel-Palestine conflict remains the most taboo topic on college campuses, according to FIRE’s latest free speech report."
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Thursday, August 27, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - Like A Summer Thursday

I'm really struggling with a decent title for this one.  

Rick Moran at PJM says Reports of Trump's Waning Influence Have Been Greatly Exaggerated, after he got Lindsey Graham's sister over the goal in Georgia. From News Wax, Trump Admin Floats Razing Kennedy Center, since he's not being allowed to fix it. Trump Mulls Renaming Lake Ontario as 'Lake America.' Canadians Balk at the Idea, which is exactly the point.

Hat Hair's Beege Welborn sees PA Measles Outbreak Sparking Predictable Virulent Outbreak of TDS MORE. Two elderlies died of measles. Probably Mennonites, maybe Hispanic Immigrants, who went through the Biden era unvaccinated too, but it's RFK Jr.'s fault, of course. Polimath at Marginally compelling notes Canada Is Losing The War On Measles, "Canada losing their elimination status for measles is a nerve-wracking reminder of the fragility of modern civilization." Mennonites. "If we charted Canada’s measles rate against the US, the US would look like a flat line." I had the measles back in the 50s. Back then it was just assumed that you would get them as a child.

Matt Vespa at TownHall sees James O'Keefe Just Put Lisa Murkowski's Anti-SAVE America Act Stance Through the Shredder. So she wants to put him in jail.

News Wax reports  Trump claims the US Navy Cleared All Mines From Hormuz, in a effort to supply Europe and China with oil. C14 News | EN @c14english, "Mojtaba Khamenei Clinically Dead Internal Iranian sources tell The Atlantic that Mojtaba Khamenei, designated successor to his father, is either dead or in a vegetative state - raising questions about who's actually running Iran." We need to let the Israelies peel off a few more layers to find out. Hat Hair's Duane Patterson is Watching the Iranian Regime Literally and Figuratively Run Out of Gas. VodkaPundit at PJM, Yeah, About That 'Famine' in Gaza…, it's a work of fiction. From Ace, Marco Rubio Sanctions Italy-Based Tech "Collective" Making Tools for Hamas; Also Reveals Portland Antifa Shops There Too, "Dude's balls are so big he could play for the WNBA." Ward Clark at RedState says The Trump Admin Just Found a Pressure Point That Could Disrupt Antifa's Entire Network.

Hat Hair's John Sexton observes Russia's 4th Largest Refinery Is Burning (it's probably not an accident), and wonders Why Are the Germans Being Such Wimps About the Drone Attack in Leipzig?

At Mil.com, Navy Notice Officially Warns Personnel, Families to Scrub Social Media of Military Ties, "Hung Cao's notice puts 340,000 active-duty, 58,000 reserve, and 210,000 civilian Navy workers on alert after recent service controversies."


Clay Travis @ClayTravis, "This is awesome." Quote The Royal Family @RoyalFamily, "Remembering the late, great Dolly, who brought joy, comfort and inspiration to so many - including the millions of children given free books through her Imagination Library. We will always love you." OTH, Greta Van Susteren @greta, "This is the WORST INTERVIEW EVER! I don’t know where Barbara Walters was working in 1977 - NBC or ABC - but no network should have broadcast this trash interview." Nick Arama at RedState finds El-Sayed's Post on Dolly Parton's Death Has People Up in Arms. He tried to make her a poster child for socialism. At the JPo, Antisemitic vandals target Dolly Parton's Wikipedia page just hours after her death.

At Da Signal, Deroy Murdock hears from the DSA: ‘Our Goal Is Communism,’ and the Great Victor Davis Hanson writes The Radical Left Wants to Destroy America and Rebuild It. Charlton Allen at Am Think notices When Lenin Lost An Election, He Abolished Democracy, "When revolutionary socialists tell us who they are, perhaps we should take them at their word." Dave Strom at Hat Hair observes Mehdi Hasan Proves That Reparations Are a Stupid Idea. Where do they stop? Ace, Abdulrahman Hussein El-Sayed Hoovers Up Donations from Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Hamas-Supporting Donors to Nazi Troll Dan Blizerian (While Claiming Jewish Safety Will be a Priority for Him). "Weird that his donors don't believe him. What do they know that we don't? Abdulrahman Hussein El-Sayed collects donations from a terrorist member of the Muslim Brotherhood, a man so extreme Egypt sentenced him to life in prison:" Mike LaChance at LI hears Hillary Clinton Suggest Rise of Socialism in the Democratic Party is ‘Healthy’ “The Democratic Party right now is, I think, going through a kind of experiment.” From WaT, Democrat Debbie Dingell: Don’t ask me about Hasan Piker. John Sexton hears Nervous Dems: If We Keep Talking About Hasan Piker, We'll Lose. From The Scuttlebutt, Target Rich Environment volume five. And another thing ... “Woke One” Was Crazyyyy Violent and Evil, "Don’t let people with aspirations for higher office fool you into thinking otherwise."

Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC, "People wonder why Democrats take unpopular positions on things like voter ID and the deportation of foreigners. To put it simply: Popularity is not nearly as important for their survival as cheating is. Without the cheating, the Democrat Party is a 20% party." Quote Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, "WOAH, Michigan Democrats are putting dead voters BACK ON the voter rolls after they are removed After the dead people are added back, THEY ARE MAILED BALLOTS." Mia Cathell at WaEx reports the Judge in Feeding Our Future case found Ilhan Omar’s relaxed provisions made food program ‘vulnerable to fraud’. Doug Powers @ThePowersThatBe, "Warren said 9 million people are in default on their student loans and Dances With Identity Theft wants everybody to believe that Trump officials are the problem with the system?" From Da Wire, Josh Shapiro Eyes New Powers That Make COVID Restrictions Look Like A Warning Shot. "We’ve already seen how this kind of authority can be abused, and we cannot allow the mistakes of the past to be repeated." New York Post @nypost, "California city goes rogue, plots 1,200 new homes at high-speed rail site." Why not? The rail will never get built, even though the money will be spent. 


From the Peacock, Military trial date set for alleged mastermind of Sept. 11 attacks, "Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has been held at Guantánamo Bay since 2006." It would be a shame if something happened to him first. At Twitchy, Toronto Sun Columnist: New Memo Tells CBC Journalists Not to Refer to 9/11 As a Terrorist Attack. From Campus Reform, DOJ charges 17 Iranians in alleged IRGC university hacking campaign "DOJ: Iranian hackers targeted hundreds of universities in cyber theft campaign. Eight additional defendants were charged in an alleged years-long campaign that targeted universities worldwide."

Two from Shipwreckedcrew, The Lawfare Over New Postal Rules For Mail-In Ballots Is More Complicated That Most Understand -- You Need A Scorecard To Keep Up, "There are three other cases with District Judges trying to block the Administration but one has gone to the D.C. Circuit where the Administration received a favorable decision," and SCOTUS Kicks The Can Down The Road On Changing Postal Regulations For Mail-In Ballots, "As a purely legal matter, the Court’s decision is correct. While GOP voters may be critical, this process needs to check all the boxes in order for it to stick in 2028 when it will matter the most." Fusilli Spock @awstar11 "Why haven't the House GOP even tried to impeach her?" Quote Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman, "SCOTUS just cleared the path for Trump’s mail ballot security rules. Less than 24 hours later, Obama-appointed Judge Indira Talwani is back at it. She just ruled that the U.S. Postal Service “feigned complete compliance”  and violated her injunction by finalizing the new rules. Same judge. Same playbook. Different day. The Supreme Court speaks. A district judge digs in harder. This is exactly why Americans have lost trust in the system. Secure elections shouldn’t be this hard. Time to start naming names and holding these activist judges." accountable. Ooana Trien ~ Eric Arthur Blaire’s Mistress @ooana, "I always understood why the Second Amendment was constitutionally protected. What I never really understood was why people called it a natural right. Then I moved from New York to Florida..."




Herr Professor Jacobson at LI, hears El-Sayed’s Sister Say The Quiet Part Out Loud About Activist Profs Politically Proselytizing Students, “We have to realize that there are people who do not view teaching as their calling. They are not in academia to teach. They’re in academia to politicize.” Like it's a good thing. At Complete Colorado, State spins shockingly bad Colorado education testing data. "Any of the following would be perfectly accurate and appropriate headlines for testing data released August 19 from the Colorado Measures of Academic Success: “Most students grades 3–8 behind in all subjects according to state testing.” “State testing shows overall low student scores increase in just over half of categories by grade and subject.” “Nearly two-thirds of Colorado students struggle in math despite small testing gains.” “Large majority of Black and Hispanic students continue to struggle in language and math.” Here is an actual headline from the Denver Post that’s reasonable: “2026 CMAS results show Colorado students making gains in math, falling behind in reading.”"

Greg Lukianoff and Andrea Honeycutt at the Eternally Radical Idea, The mental health consequences of social justice fundamentalism, "Data shows that the farther left you lean, the more anxious, depressed, and unhappy you are." I see a problem separating cause and effect here. Helen Smith @HelenSmithPhD, "This looks about right. Since women are now the majority of psychologists, the field has totally changed, and not for the better."  Quote Gad Saad @GadSaad, "Epistemology of truth vs epistemology of care. Read this book:"

At Althouse, "Women in rural Devon are being coached on how to give birth in the back of a car after their local hospital shut its maternity service." There's your socialized medicine.


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