Flotsam and Jetsam - Do I Really Need a Title?

I find yesterday's news and commentary without much outstanding by way of a theme. So I guess I'll just start at the top and work my way down. But it was a good day for drive-by Rule 5 posts.

Hat Hair's Capt Ed sees IRGC Desperately Trying to Get the 'Death to America' Band Back Together, with the encouragement from America's Democrats and media, but I redund. From Ace, UK Prime Cuck Andy Burnham: Iran's Terrorist Army the IRGC Was "Almost Certainly" Behind the Seven Shirtless Men Casing the Air Force Base. "Tell me something I didn't already know, Cuck." But what's not clear is if they knew they were Iranian catpaws. Cathy Gyngell at Right Times insists America Is Winning, Whatever the Media Tell You. "Iran crushed, Maduro toppled, Panama reclaimed: far from being outsmarted by Xi Jinping, Trump has put America back on top." Driscoll at Insty wonders WHY MAKE HASAN INTO A VIDEOTAPED MARTYR? "Trump ‘losing enthusiasm’ for live-streamed execution. He’s not alone: Scott Jennings and Van Jones Agree Islamic Terrorist Nidal Hasan’s Execution Should Not Be Broadcast." I don't feel strongly, but put a woman on the firing squad, just because some Muslims believe they can't achieve paradise if they're killed by a woman.

Leslie Eastman at LI hear Russia Denies Second Illness, Lifts Quarantine After Unexplained Death at Plague Research Lab, "World Health Organizations says it’s still unsure what caused pneumonia that killed plague-lab worker from Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia." Well, I'd like to believe we don't have to worry about an epidemic of pneumonic plague, but who believes WHO? Not China apparently, The Telegraph, China increases border security over Russian plague. VodkaPundit at Insty sees Ukraine Knocked Out Russia's Biggest Data Centers, and the Internet Got 17% Better. Matt Tardio @angertab, "Following Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centers: Tucker Carlson's views dropped 71% Douglas Macgregor's views dropped 62% TCN views dropped 34%." Maybe there is something behind the anti-data center movement. John Sexton at Hat Hair reports Amid Blackouts and Boredom, Cuba Is Slowly Changing.

Mary Chastain at LI Kimberly Guilfoyle Resigns as U.S. Ambassador to Greece, "A Wall Street Journal report said Guilfoyle apparently asked a donor to President Donald Trump for $100,000." Hat Hair's Beege Welborn says And Bye, Bye to Miss Kimberly's Big Greek Slice of Pie. From Ace, Former Fox Host and Wife of Grifter Gavin Newsom, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Resigns as Ambassador to Greece After Caught Asking for $100,000, "Once a grifter..." As usual Althouse resorts to the NYT, "She wasn’t a member of my family. She, I guess, dated my son a long time ago.", "Said Trump, about Kimberly Guilfoyle, who was engaged to Don Jr. from 2020 to 2024. Trump's cold distancing is quoted in "'Honey Please’: The Steep Rise and Sudden Fall of Kimberly Guilfoyle. President Trump cut her loose after damaging news reports about her tenure as ambassador to Greece. Once a prominent Trump insider, she suggested she will now fight to defend her reputation" (NYT). "Great. All the Trump haters will want to talk with her now, and why wouldn't she tell all the worst of what she knows? She's free and motivated. But Democrats must take care. She knows all about Newsom too. It will only be fun for us distanced onlookers."

Also at Althouse, "She spent... eight minutes reading nervously from a script, looking up at the cameras every couple of lines." ""Then she said she was ready to take some questions. She called on only three reporters, dropped one wild piece of news, made a slip mixing up her husband and her president, then darted out of there after just five and a half minutes, leaving the White House press corps to scratch its collective head." Writes Shawn McCreesh, in "Katie Zacharia Stepped to the Lectern for the First Time. It Was a Bumpy Ride/Ms. Zacharia spent eight minutes reading from a script, called on only three reporters and made an awkward slip-up" (NYT). This doesn't seem likely to go well. Hard to brush it aside as beginner's nerves. There was also this:" The NYT doesn't approve of Trump's new press secretary? Color me shocked. Give her a week or so. But Karoline Leavitt left big shoes to fill. Kyle Becker at RedState hears 'Look Out': Former White House Press Secretary Has Stark Warning for Katie Zacharia Dana Perino: "Also, just take it from me—I was press secretary the last two years of a second term," she added. "Those are usually very tough years, especially if the midterms don’t go your way. The fact that she is a lawyer is a great skill. I had only worked at DOJ for a year, so I’m like a one-year law student. I do think that could come in very handy for her because almost every story does have a legal component." Megyn Kelly @megynkelly, "These left wing pundits so horrified by Katie Zacharia’s performance at her FIRST press briefing are the same ppl who told us Karine Jean-Pierre was amazing at the job and that if you disagreed you were sexist/racist/bigoted against lesbians. Please."

Hat Hair's Dave Strom posts Marc Andreessen Explaining the Problem With Affordability in America in 3 Minutes, housing, health care and education regulation. At TownHall, Dmitri Bolt says Singapore Has a Lesson for America’s Affordability Crisis, and The Left Won’t Want to Hear It. Mark Tapscott looks at Economic Growth As The Solution to The National Debt? Better Think Again, Mr. President. "‘Not to Worry’ — President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent are confident that the record-setting National Debt of $40.3 Trillion can be overcome with record-setting economic growth." But it must be, because politicians won't stop spending.

Ace wakes up to The Mystery of the Talarico Disappearance. "I say it's the AIDS Crazies, but other people have their own theories." Capt. Ed translates the NYT: Trust Us – Talarico Goldbricked at Home While AWOL "Spoiler alert: No one trusts the New York Times. And while this article – based on 'evidence' they refuse to share – intends to scold online speculateurs (to coin a term) and rumor-mongers, it still doesn't actually settle the real question at hand." Mary Katharine Ham @mkhammer, "The generational pussy shit explanation may indeed be the real one." Quote Sohrab Ahmari @SohrabAhmari, "I wonder if the online Right is missing the Occam's-razor explanation that Talarico is just a professional-class Millennial and thus accustomed to taking a good chunk time for self-care." Jeff Charles at TownHall, 'I'm the Vice President': JD Vance Just Humiliated James Talarico "He will not shut up about how, quote, ‘God is nonbinary.’” I don't know what the hell that even means, my friends. He won't shut up about how having traditional Christian values makes you a bigot. And I got to say, a guy that age who is so obsessed and focused on transgender children, I don't know about you, but I never want to see that guy's web browser history." Kalshi Politics @KalshiPolitics, "BREAKING: In new ad, James Talarico calls out Joe Biden “for failing us at the border”." Apparently he realized the Democrat stand on illegal immigration is a loser in Texas. Jason Corley @JasonCorley78, "Four months ago we had the Texas Senate race at Paxton 45, Talarico 43, with 7 undecided and 4 going elsewhere. Today it’s 47.2 to 46.7, with 3.9 undecided and 2.2 for the Libertarian. Talarico gained 3.7 points, Paxton 2.2. The undecided and third-party pool shrank from 11 to 6 and split roughly 60/40 toward Talarico. Clearly we found Talarico momentum. Independents are 52 to 37 Talarico; the suburbs are 50 to 45 Paxton. The two candidates are in different positions. Talarico has 95 percent of Democrats and little left to consolidate; his path runs through independents and turnout..." PJM's Scott Pinsker explains Why the Midterm Polling Is Absolutely, Positively, 100% Wrong. (Maybe.)

Capt. Ed remembers El-Sayed in 2020-1: Disarm the Police! (And Defund Them, Too). PJM's Cathy Salgado hears El-Sayed Wants 'Money Out of Politics.' But A New Ad Shows Who’s Funding Him. They want your money out of politics, not their money. From Prolife, Billionaire Donors Behind Idaho Prop 1 Did Not See the LDS Church Coming Ace finds out Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed's Mother Was an Active Member of the Muslim Brotherhood In College. "You don't say." From Twitchy, Ziwe Cooked Hasan Piker So Thoroughly He Didn’t Even Realize He Was the Meal. emilie @emiliepfrank, "“you once said let the streets soak in red capitalist blood. how were the oscar parties this year?” whack him again omg." yeet @Awk20000, "Ziwe grills Hasan Piker over his champagne socialism." Damn girl! 

Auguste Meyrat at Da Fed, Socialism And Islam Are Both Religions Based On Pillaging The West. From Memri, UK Islamic Content Creator: I’d Execute Gays, Apostates, Adulterers. Beege Welborn, The Evolution of German Childhood Hazards: Forest Witches in 1812 to Forced Marriage in 2026. Marina Medvin @MarinaMedvin, "LMAO. This is who is getting the Nobel Peace Prize. Because leftism is brain rot."

Beege Welborn hears a MN Senate Candidate Reveal Her Elizabeth Warren Name - 'Lie-A-Watha' Was Taken. Kate @kate_p45, "Peggy Flanagan’s Ojibwe name is Gaa-gikendamaasikwe, which means “Woman Who Cannot Define What a Woman Is Without Three Lawyers and a Pronoun Workshop.”" Quote Peggy Flanagan\ @peggyflanagan, "My Ojibwe name is Gizhiiwewidamookwe, which means ‘Speaks in a Loud and Clear Voice Woman.’ I’m going to be Minnesota’s voice in the U.S. Senate — not Donald Trump’s." From Da Caller, Dem Candidate Approved Tens Of Millions To His Wife’s Employer While In Office. PJM's Stephen Kruiser has the audacity to notice Lawlessness Is the Dems' Most Coherent and Consistent Policy Pitch.

Vic Nava at NYPo hears Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, doesn’t want her running for president in 2028. Capt. Ed calls it 2028 Bad News: We May Be Unburdened by What Has Been. Ace hears Democrats to Kamala Harris: Get Bent and Get Lost, but they were nicer about it. Speaking of old losers WFMD sees Hillary Clinton includes 2016 loss in ‘hard times’ list for Dem voters, including 9/11, 2008 financial crisis.

And the award for best post title goes to Don Surber for Raid on Omar-a-Lago. "No excitement without an indictment, but break out the popcorn anyway because liberals are freaking out." PJM's Bob Spencer reveals Ilhan Omar Was 37 When She Entered Congress. Soon, She Became 36. It matters whether she was 17 or 18 when she applied for citizenship. Ace cites the Feds: We Have Probable Cause to Show That America's Sweetheart Ilhan "Omar" Committed Immigration Crimes, "That's not a surprise -- you need probable cause to obtain a warrant, and a judge found that DHS did have probable cause. And that judge was probably a leftist." Maybe they pulled a Jack Smith and didn't explain that the subject was a congresswoman. Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyre, "I think it’s because she lied during immigration, married her brother, and wants to hijack my country in the interest of her Somalian coethnics while demonizing white people." Quote hasanabi @hasanthehun, "ilhan omar is a naturalized black muslim woman & an outspoken critic of trump and us foreign wars. its not an accident that they're targeting her with lawfare to engage in electioneering. this is unprecedented. this is a perversion of justice that further erodes our social fabric." Dave Strom, Democrats on Ilhan Omar: No Republican Is Above the Law, No Democrat Is Required to Follow It... with a bunch of examples. Military.com tells the tale of Air Force Major Who Called for Trump’s Impeachment is in Solitary Confinement 24 Hours a Day: "Maj. Jason Watson has been jailed since August after publicly opining on the president and his administration, drawing a big legal battle.."

From Quartz, Federal judge ordered Trump's $20M taxpayer-funded TV ads off the air "About $19 million of the $20 million allocated for the campaign had already been spent before the court acted." "The ads, which began airing in late September, feature footage of President Donald Trump and text highlighting what the administration describes as its accomplishments. One ad was identical to a spot Trump ran during his 2024 presidential campaign, with only the funding disclaimer changed to read "Paid for by the United States Government," according to the coalition's complaint. The administration described the spots as public service announcements." Hans Mahncke @HansMahncke, "One can debate whether the Senate’s advice and consent role under Article II, Section 2 has anything to do with scrutinizing the judicial philosophy of nominees. But one thing it is unquestionably supposed to do is prevent insane and otherwise mentally unstable people from reaching the federal bench. And by that measure, the system is failing spectacularly." Quote Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney, "A lot of people saying they’ve never heard a judge as furious as Judge Reyes was today … have probably never heard Judge Reyes before. This is maaaybe top 5 for her." At Twitchy, Screaming Judge ‘Beyond Furious’ She Wasn’t Informed of Removal of Trees at DC Golf Course. Who put judges in charge of federally owned golf courses? Stephen Miller @StephenM, "Also, notice that leftist judges are never “enraged” when Democrats free illegal alien rapists and murderers. That kind of anger is reserved solely for improving long-neglected public golf courses." Victory Girls sum it up, Activist Federal Judges Seek to Hamstring the President.

Althouse hosts The 911 calls in the aftermath of the failed execution of Christa Pike. And I learned a new thing, the execution team was all women, by request of Christa Pike. Death sentences need to come with a built in DNR order. 

Ace, TikTok Feminists Try to Cancel Shane Gillis Again, This Time for Stating the True Fact that Slutty Women are Dressing Like Whores at the Gym. Wilfred Reilly @wil_da_beast630, "The funny thing is that this is ALL fake. The Cornell 7 thing turned out to be scuzzy on all sides, but no kind of prosecutable rape. The other #NewMeToo cases ("62 million man rape academy") ALL fell apart or duly ended with the men in jail. Gillis didn't say women ARE working prostitutes: he said they dress slutty in mixed gyms - an innocuous Chapelle's Show joke. Almost all left wing modern rage boils down to this. "How can you ignore Michael Brown, and Freddie Gray, and Rayshard Brooks, and Trayvon Martin, and Kyle Rittenhouse, and Pretti/Good, and the Duke Lacrosse rape, and the Chi Phi 7 hour rape, and the Rolling Stone rape, and the Rape Academy, and Yasmin Seweid, and Jussie Smolliet, and Covington Catholic, and Air Force Academy, and the dozen lynchings?" Because either almost every one of literally every one of those cases was bullshit. The goal is presenting such a mass of angry text to the world that good faith people think there must be something there. But, there really isn't." Quote Katie Campione @katie_campione, "We are in the middle of one of the largest nationwide reckonings with sexual assault ever and this guy gets on stage and calls women whores for wearing shorts at the gym? You think he doesn’t know what he is saying? It’s not only unoriginal and unfunny, it’s really disgusting." Quote drew @ImNotOwned, "Genuinely confused about the reaction this Shane Gillis monologue is getting. No one can seriously be that upset about this." Lisa Britton @LisaBritton, "All we hear all day every day is how men should “be better.” But the moment you mention how women could “be better” too, the internet breaks and there’s a wave of rage. I got a heavy round of insults this afternoon for simply saying we should have a conversation about how, in many ways, women need to take accountability for their actions. Fortunately, I’m used to insults. You’re not going to shame me into silence! Yes… Women can “be better” too, and it’s about time we had that conversation!" Christina Buttons at CJ discourses on The Concept Creep of Nonconsent, "Affirmative-consent activism has broadened the meaning of sexual assault and encouraged the retroactive reclassification of past encounters—with serious consequences for individuals, society, and the law." Consent can be revoked at any time, say years later, for example.

Newsweek whines DHS Says Immigration Fine Blitz Helped Spur 82,000 Self-Deportations. Amy Curtis at TownHall says Here's How Many ICE Detainers Sanctuary State New York Has Rejected. At least 16k more criminals roaming the streets. Dave Strom's irony meter gets a stress test, Old Hotness: Immigrants Stealing Jobs From Natives; New Hotness: Natives Stealing Jobs From Migrants. Bernie @Artemisfornow, "Ok you have to laugh … the out of work immigrant population in Birmingham are complaining. “In Birmingham, our reporter interviewed a local man named Mohammad Khan. And he said: “Here it is hard to get a job. A lot of students come and pick up part-time jobs. They take over the housing. They work for a lower rate and they can speak English.” “ In a …how dare British students who speak English come here and take our jobs - sort of way" Full very funny article from the Telegraph."

Charles Glasser at Insty notices SELECTIVE OUTRAGE? "Of course, IMHO the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is absolutely right about this, but I can’t help but remember that they were conspicuously silent when the Obama/Biden admin actually hired that nutjob Nina Jankowitz to become the Disinformation Czar. It’s too easy to attribute political fear or agendas to organizations (which is 96% of social media) but it bears noting nonetheless." CPJ, Turkey: 4 more journalists arrested for ‘spreading disinformation’ as media crackdown intensifies. You don't have to look as far a Turkey, at Reclaim the Net, Jury Convicts Blogger After Ohio Senator Reports Crude Political Joke. "In Ohio, an insult aimed upward came back down as a criminal case." Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald, "The Brazilian Left spent the last 7 years building an oppressive and aggressive censorship regime commanded by the globally notorious, scandal-ridden Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes. It was particularly intensifed during the 2022 campaign to suppress all sorts of criticisms of Lula, who won by a very small margin. Now a Bolsonaro-appointed judge is using that same machine built by the left to censor all sorts of material used to support Lula's candidacy. And now the left is suddenly screaming about the evils of censorship and waving the banner of free speech: a value they spent years denigrating and mocking as an instrument of fascism or some kind of foreign/American concept that has no place in Brazil. Even if you can't find any constitutional, ethical or moral reason to avoid building censorship regimes, your own self-interest should guide you away from it: it will be fun when you get to forcibly silence (or even imprison) your political enemies, but far less fun when that machine is controlled by those political enemies and, as is inevitable, then turned against you." Quote Folha de S.Paulo @folha, "Translated from Portuguese Kassio once again takes down Janones' channel and says that Lula could be held responsible for the channel's use."

John Sexton notes Thanks to Tenure, M.I.T. Is Stuck With Activist Professor, which is not the least of tenure's faults. Timur Kuran @timurkuran, "“Diversity is our strength” became a DEI dogma rather than a testable claim. Demographic diversity by itself rarely improves outcomes and can reduce trust, cohesion, and performance. What sometimes helps decision-making is intellectual and political diversity: clashing ideas expose blind spots, challenge groupthink, and force better arguments." Quote Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill, “A review of 104 studies found little evidence that demographic diversity makes scientific teams more productive or influential: Only 15-28% of reported results clearly supported the idea, while most found no effect or the opposite.” Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley, "Divinity Schools have shown the same radical shift to the left as other schools in higher education. That was evident this week at Point Loma Nazarene University, where Dean of Students Jason Cha warned students that saying “in Christ alone” is a sign of “white privilege.”" At the Telegraph, Greta Thunberg joins Paris student protests. Are there any leftist causes the autist hasn't endorsed yet? Da Caller reports Democrat Senator Ed Markey Goes Fishing For DEI Interns. That shouldn't be hard.

Dave Strom hears Never Let Fairness Get in the Way of DEI Agenda, Says London's Police Chief. Driftwood @buc97552, "Somali jailed for raping FIVE women wins a case against the NHS because his painkillers were dispensed during Ramadan fasting hours with the court ruling that his ECHR rights had been breached. Five rape victims, and he’s the one winning a human rights case." Quote GB News @GBNEWS, "Somali migrant rapist wins court battle against NHS after painkillers proscribed in prison during Ramadan." Matt Vespa at TownHall tells the one about A White Couple Moved Into a Black Neighborhood in Austin and It Turned Into a South Park Episode. Go watch the video, it's great! Catturd ™ @catturd2, "Yes - the movie Idiocracy wasn't fiction. And it's already here." 

In solidarity with the African migrant who set a french lady's face on fire leftists are trying to prove it's not that bad. Spoiler, it is! https://t.co/twU3LU9R9g

— ♧²M⁰C²C⁶♧ (@MDot_Cartier) October 12, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - Talarico Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?

Matt Margolis at PJM, Journalist Puts Talarico on the Clock, Threatens to Expose Where He Really Was. At Twitchy, 'You Tell Them OR WE WILL': Nick Sortor Drops the Biggest TIK-TOK We've Ever Seen on James Talarico. Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "Good morning, @JamesTalarico! Would YOU like to reveal where you *actually* were these past couple weeks, or should me and @RheinAmacher do it? Please let us know by 1pm ET today! Thank you for your attention to this matter!" Kyle Becker at RedState, says the Mystery of 'Missing' Talarico May Be Solved After Journo Seemingly 'Confirms' Whereabouts. Nick Sortor @nicksortor, "BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Ohio mental hospital CONFIRMS James Talarico was discharged from the facility earlier this week The “flu” thing was a BIG FAT LIE Following reporting by @SaraGonzalesTX and @CarolineWren, a hospital employee told @RheinAmacher and I that Talarico had in fact been a patient at the Lindner Center of Hope near Cincinnati, Ohio, which specializes in around-the-clock mental health treatment. While I sympathize with those dealing with mental health crises, this man is CLEARLY not suited to become a US Senator representing over 30 MILLION TEXANS. The job doesn’t get easier after being elected — it only gets MORE stressful. And Talarico clearly can’t handle it. I pray he gets the help he needs, but Texans need a real representative they can rely on." The hospital denies it, however. Matt Vespa at TownHall wants to know Was James Talarico Admitted to a Mental Health Facility in Ohio? Matt Margolis, Audio Appears to Confirm Talarico’s Stay at Mental Health Facility; Campaign Denies It and Talarico FINALLY Speaks, and I Think He Just Made Things Worse. Rasmussen Reports @Rasmussen_Poll, "Texas Senate Update - The Ohio mental health center denies treating James Talarico" Quote Lindner Center HOPE @LindnerCtrHope, "Representative James Talarico has never received treatment from Lindner Center of Hope." Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze, "I wish I could give the benefit of the doubt on this one, but these are the same people who called us liars and conspiracy theorists for 4 years with Joe Biden. You don't get that grace anymore." Quote Just the News @JustTheNews, "Newly released audio raises questions about Talarico’s absence from campaign trial (sic)." Byron York @ByronYork, "Seems odd that Talarico stayed off the trail for so long because of illness without explaining to the public what was going on. Why not just say, I've got the flu, and I can do some brief virtual appearances, but mostly I need to rest for a while?" Quote NBC News @NBCNews, "Democratic state Rep. James Talarico has been off the trail for 12 days. His campaign says he is suffering from the flu and expected to be back in action this weekend." So, we know he's crazy, but did he actually seek treatment? From Twitchy, Uhh, They're Not Here for You: Team Talarico Tries to Take a Victory Lap at Kacey Musgraves Concert. "We won't deny that some people next to the rail as Talarico made his way to the front row (of course) recognized him and were taking videos. But we're pretty sure that most of the cheers in the arena were for Musgraves. Since, you know, that's who the crowd paid to see." Joe Chalfant at TownHall reveals some Influencers Got Payouts to Post Pro-Talarico Content. ATX data @data_atx, "The Talarico influencer army is NOT organic and real NYTimes report out today says tiktokers are being paid $4 per 1000 views for positive Talarico content Back in the day, the Beto fans posted for free!" So, maybe I'll put up a Talarice ad in a Rule 5 post.

Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "While Nithya Raman is desperately trying to delete videos of her recklessly calling people fascists like a psycho, don’t forget…she called me, a fire victim with zero institutional power, a fascist…all because I wanted to get naked drug zombies into rehab so my kids don’t have to see psychos jack off in public. She is just the worst." Quote TheBlaze @theblaze, "LA mayoral candidate Nithya Raman says Spencer Pratt represents “fascism” and calls him “Mini Trump”" Will she be worse than Zohran? Scott McKay at Am Spec calls him The Enemy Within, "Mamdani certainly sounds like he’s in league with the enemy." Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal explains The Quiet Rise of Democratic Socialism: How DSA Built Power Across America. I&I explores the question What Do South Americans Know That U.S. Voters Don’t? They tried socialism, and it made things worse. Bob Hoge at RedState, Liberal Anchor Drops a Clownish Line About Communists. House Majority Whip Steamrolls Him on Air.

Politico crows Wall Street and Big Tech’s blue wave nightmare: Elizabeth Warren working with Republicans. "Warren is likely to chair the Senate Banking Committee if Democrats take back the Senate." The Manhattan Contrarian wonders How Can Democrats Possibly Run On "Affordability"? when seemingly all their policies are designed to make things more expensive? Simple, by lying. To wit, from the Free Bacon, Colorado Dem Manny Rutinel Takes Credit for $350 Million Police Fund Proposed by Conservative Group and Passed by Voters, "‘Manny never once reached out to support the campaign for prop 130, which was a ballot measure passed by voters, not legislators,’ Advance Colorado VP says."

PJM's Kathy Salgado report Iran-Backed Houthis Kill American in Saudi Airport Strike. "At least 12 people died and over 300 suffered injuries after Houthi terrorists struck the airport in Saudi Arabia’s capita, Riyadh. One of the victims was an American." Another good reason to eliminate the Houthis. At Homeland Security Today, Terrorism-Related Encounters Surge at Southwest Ports of Entry, Analysis Finds. Now that the porous border has been hardened. "U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Southwest border ports of entry recorded more than 11,250 “terrorism-related encounters” in the first 11 months of fiscal year 2026 — more than twice as many as in FY 2025 and more than 100 times the previous administration’s record, according to a new analysis by Center for Immigration Studies." 

From Forbes, Russian Anti-Plague Laboratory Death Raises Questions On Biosafety And Global Health. The Russians are acting suspiciously, but then, they always do. At Am Great, the Raw Egg Nationalist (great name BTW) wishes A Plague on Your House: What’s Really Going on in Russia? "Russia claimed its offensive biological weapons program ended with communism, but there’s no clear proof it did." Sundance at CTH sees Zelenskyy Runs to Mark Carney for Support Against Donald Trump, I'm sure they'll be a big help. Oil Price.com warns Europe’s Diesel Woes Just Got Even Worse. "Europe’s diesel supply crunch is worsening, with imports hitting a record September low as China suspends fuel exports and Russian supplies remain constrained." At Breitbart Bus Dig, The Weekly Wrap: People Are Worried About Diesel Prices and AI Crowding Out Everything. Speaking of AI, Sarah Hoyt hosts Artificial Stupidity, The Prodigal Frankenstein’s Monster, and a Dead Irishman- A Guest Post By Thomas Kendal. It's actually pretty good. He thinks the AI companies are blackmailing the government to set their monopolies up by threatening an AI catastrophe in the next year.

Hat Hair's John Stossel defends Trillionaires. As Tom Lehrer sang of the "Old Dope Peddler" doing well by doing good. Sundance warns of A Sovereign Economic World Under Construction to Replace Globalist “Western Market Pricing.” At WUWT, Secretary Brooke Rollins Shepherds Another Anti-ESG Reform for USDA. "Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) enacted sweeping reform that will help heal America’s wounded dairy industry by ensuring that the fees farmers pay to advance farming interests no longer go to advancing ESG-related activities and subsidies often directed by interests outside the United States." 

Hat Hair's Duane Patterson still has high hopes Why the 2026 Midterms Might Fool Us All. 

Da Wire sees New Evidence In The Cornell 7 Case that Completely Blows The Accuser’s Story. "We will go into the text messages and this whole timeline." Kyle Becker sees Bill Maher Goes All-In on Cornell 7 Story. It's Enough to Make You Wonder If Frats Should Be Banned,he's not exactly a fan of free association. "Everything that’s inherently bad about men gets worse if you put them in a fraternity. The drinking gets worse, the cruelty, the treatment of women, the tribalism, the peer pressure, one-upmanship, conformity, segregation, nepotism, bullying, elitism, and just general a**holery — boat shoes, for example." Lisa Britton @LisaBritton, "This Reddit user is right… There’s been a war on male spaces for decades now. Fraternities are one of the last still around. We only hear about the negative things regarding fraternities, never the positives, and there are so many positives. Abolishing fraternities is not the way to go!" At Althouse, "What Cornell Teaches Its Students About Sex/From feminist porn awards to guides on group sex, Cornell has promoted sexual liberation as a virtue." "An article by Jared Lederman, a senior at Cornell, in The Free Press. Lots of links to the University's sex guides, such as "Yes, No, Maybe So: A Sexual Inventory Stocklist"."" Do what you want, you can always blame men in general and President Trump in particular later.

MD Kittle at Da Fed thinks Jack Smith’s Twisting Of Justice Makes The Case For Anti-Weaponization Fund. Prolife Press reports Pritzker Threatened Catholic Doctors Who Refuse Assisted Suicide Until a Federal Judge Stepped In. At Hat Hair, Josh Hammer asserts The Left Has Made It Harder to Kill Christa Pike. She Must Die Anyway.

From NYPo, NYC DSA darling Darializa Avila Chevalier claims it ‘doesn’t even matter’ that gangbanger shot by ICE has violent criminal record. No, but his attempt to run over ICE officers does. Sundance hosts Sunday Talks – DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin Sets the Record Straight on ICE Shooting in New York. Tyler O'Neil, The Activist Pipeline That Explains Why Biden’s DHS Only Investigated 496 Visa Overstays Despite Getting 3.1M Tips. Tierney's Real News looks at America’s Long History of Removing Threats, "Why the Communist Ban Still Stands and How Sharia Could Be Stopped."

Nick Ballasy at JTN reports DOJ investigating whether media outlets violated antitrust law after refusing pool coverage. "The investigation follows a move last month by the five broadcasters in the White House television pool to stop pool coverage of Trump after the administration restricted CNN, MS NOW and Politico’s access to the White House." 

Basil the Great @BasilTheGreat, "Andy Burnham is changing the law You will need an I.D to use social media You will no longer need an I.D to vote in elections We can all see what is happening here right?" Greg Lukianoff at the Eternally Radical Idea, Rooster convicted for Shrexting, MN school board censors parents, FIRE sues LA City Council, & more! 

From United with Israel hears Hamas Hails Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Israel Blasts ‘Moral Failure.’ From Ace, The Nobel Peace Prize Is Neither Noble Nor Supportive Of Peace! "Navi Pillay just won the Nobel Peace Prize, and for those of you who are thinking..."Who," (I'm one of them) you would be entirely correct. She is an apparatchik in the international justice racket, first serving as a judge in South Africa..a well-known bastion of the rule of law! She then moved on to the UN, the International Criminal Court, and the International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda ... Her record is depressingly consistent, and it is focused not on freedom, but on her 3rd World sensibility of Western responsibility for the ills of the world.And the Nobel Committee gobbles up that sort of crap! Have there been deserving winners? Sure, but just glance at the list of winners and it is obvious that it is usually hyper-political, self-serving, anti-Western, and also impossibly silly." NYPo opines France’s insane student protests are really about a growing radical Muslim population that wants to get rid of democracy. From the College Fix, Several universities cut ties with foreign groups following Department of War audit. 

From CJ, Harvard Medical School vs. Weight Loss, "A recent panel examined how to treat fat patients “more ethically.”" Defense Opinion opines Weak Math means Weaker National Defense. 

If Sophie Cunningham said black players should shut up and no one cared about their opinions, she’d be kicked out of the league in two minutes. But black players can say white players need to shut up? The WNBA is filled with racist morons. https://t.co/dQdPFPiYeY

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) October 11, 2026

Flotsam and Jetsam - Fairfield Bomber Move Due to Anticipated Drone Attack

We seem to have settled on a reason for the sudden withdrawal of US bombers from England after the group of middle eastern "British" men were caught doing something shady around Fairford air base. It seems terrorists, probably at Iranian direction, were planning a mass drone attack on the airbase, the way Ukraine carried one out against Russian bombers. The men arrest outside the base were part of a diversion scheme. Leslie Eastman at LI, Suspected Iranian Drone Plot Prompts U.S. Bomber Withdrawal from Britain, "Some officials said they believed the plot was loosely inspired by Ukraine’s attack on Russia last year, when it smuggled drones deep into the country and launched them from semi-trucks." Dave Strom at Hat Hair sees Details Drip, Drip, Drip Out About Fairford Incident: Intended Drone Attack. From News Wax, UK Police Arrest 7th Man in Connection With Security Incident at US-Run Air Base. Sundance at CTH, Another Arrest Made in London, Connected to Terrorist Plot Against U.S. Military at RAF Fairford. NRO's Jim Geraghty, Suddenly, the U.S. Has No B-1 Bombers at RAF Fairford. "If the U.S. can find reasons to deem RAF Fairford or any other base on European soil not sufficiently secure for U.S. troops and weapons systems . . . well, that would be an easy way to justify moving those troops and weapons systems to the homeland, wouldn’t it?" CDR Salamander says We Need to Talk About RAF Fairford and the B-1B FLAPEX, "how many wake-up calls will we get?" RCD wonders about F/A-XX: Why the U.S. Is Putting All Its Fighter Eggs in the Boeing Basket.

It looks like the anti-Iranian states in the mid-east are getting a bit tired of the Houthis, Iran's proxies in Yemen holding the Red Sea hostage. Duane Patterson at Hat Hair, The Dawn of Yemen. "The Houthis had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day on Monday, and I'm here for it." Open Source Intel @Osint613, "Turkish troops, aircraft, and air defense systems are heading to Saudi Arabia to counter Houthi attacks, Turkish officials told Middle East Eye. The deployment falls under the Mecca defense pact with Riyadh and Islamabad, now activated." Ace, Saudi Arabia Joins Yemen's Government in Attacking Iran's Houthi Proxy Army, "The IRGC's proxy army in Yemen, the Houthis, struck two Saudi airfields, with light damage. More seriously, they had also seized key positions on the southern tip of the Yemeni coast on the Red Sea, opening a second front for the IRGC to attack the export of oil in an effort to force the world to stop Trump from destroying them. The terrorist-aligned AP:.." gCaptain reports Five Hormuz Incidents Reported Monday as Tanker Attacks Mount. VodkaPundit at PJM wonders NOW Will the Islamic Republic Finally Run Out of Money? "Which country has at least 50 ships loaded up with oil and other petroleum products for sale but just lets them stay moored along its coast?Well, Iran — of course." Cockburn at Da Spec says Reports about taking out Los Angeles and San Diego are greatly exaggerated.

Rob Schneider @RobSchneider, "IF THIS PRO-TERRORIST PILOT, IBRAHIM R MOSSALLAM, IS ACTUALLY FLYING UNITED AIRLINES PLANES, I WILL TURN IN MY UNITED CARD AND STOP FLYING ON UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHTS. PLEASE RETWEET!" Quote Gad Saad @GadSaad, "Wow, @united." Quote StopAntisemitism @StopAntisemites, "Ibrahim R Mossallam is a United Airlines pilot who stated on an October 7th Facebook post the massacre in Israel that left 1400 people dead, women raped, and babies burned alive was "resistance by brave people". This is abhorernt @united - how can Jewish passengers feel safe." Libby Blanca Alon לבי בלנקה אלון @libby_alon, "EXCLUSIVE: Two United Airlines pilots deadheading on a flight operated by Ibrahim Mossallam after his return from a leave of absence reportedly gave up their first-class seats and spent the entire flight in the cockpit instead. Why? According to sources familiar with the incident, they did not trust him and wanted to keep a close eye on him throughout the flight. Sources also say United wanted to terminate Mossallam’s employment, but the pilots’ union blocked the move." Quote Libby Blanca Alon לבי בלנקה אלון @libby_alon, "BREAKING: UNITED PILOT WHO DEFENDED OCT. 7 STILL FLYING A United Airlines pilot who described the October 7 attack as “resistance by a brave people” and said it was “not unprovoked” is still flying passengers for the airline." News at Shooting New Week, President Trump Approves Execution of Fort Hood Mass Murderer Nidal Hasan. Dec. 3, about 16 years late. 

Ace reports Germany Arrests Its Former Top Spymaster for Treason, Accusing Him of Spying for a Foreign Power, "The foreign power is reportedly not Russia." Hell, it could be the US. Sundance sees Former Head of German Intelligence Arrested for Espionage, Treason and Other Sketchy Stuff. At the No Tricks Zone, Professor Fritz Vahrenholt Warns Of Severe Economic And Social Consequences
Green Energy Debacle: German Expert Professor Fritz Vahrenholt Warns Of Severe Economic And Social Consequences. They voted poorly.

Leslie Eastman, again, hears Russia Walks Back Plague Claims After Siberian Lab Employee’s Death, "Russia’s health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, reports that there was no lab accident. Furthermore, the agency also insists that the young woman did not die of exposure to any pathogen that she had been handling." Alex Berenson at Unreported Truths explains Why you don’t need to worry about the Russian plague accident (if in fact there was a Russian plague accident). "Public health ninnies and a reporter promoting a book (beware reporters promoting books!), are taking advantage of an information vacuum to spin up scare stories on X. Please don’t fall for them." I ain't worried yet; but then I said that about the China virus, too. cdrsalamander @cdrsalamander, "There are few things Ma Deuce can't do. When in doubt, mount a M2 on it...or add more." Quote OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical, "Ukrainian forces are starting to deploy remote automated turrets armed with M2 Browning .50 HMGs to shoot down low flying Russian drones around major cities. Sky Sentinels are already undergoing combat testing around Kharkiv."

iPolitics, Canada falls far behind U.S. on living standards and other key economic indicators. "Fractious Canada-U.S. trade relations remain headline news. But what should concern Canadians as much, if not more, is that we’ve fallen further behind our American counterparts on economic results than where we were a quarter century ago." Why you should want statehood; to save you from yourselves. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn observes The Carney-Val Trade War Wagon Suffers a Quebecois Blowout.

Sundance hosts Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Icelandic Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir Hold a Joint Press Availability – Video and Transcript.

PJM's Rick Moran hopes Could the Riots in France Lead to the Election of Conservative Marine Le Pen?, Dan McCarthy looks at Latin America's Many Trumps and Sarah Anders says Hate to Burst Your Bubble, but USAID Didn't Cause the Rightward Swing in Latin America. "It's the equivalent of me saying I stopped eating sugar this year, and my neighbor lost 70 pounds." But it didn't hurt. Krzysztof Szczawinski @Kristof_Poland, "The world is getting it finally… At this rate we might even get rid of post-communism soon…" Quote Mike Benz @MikeBenzCyber, ""Why would USAID fund socialist or communist movements?" If you take a step back and look at the corporate and financial investments of many DNC megadonors, the answer will make a lot more sense."

Jordan Schachtel at Am Great thinks Super Intelligence Doomers Want to Control a Monster That Doesn’t Exist. "Doomers have built an entire lexicon with incredibly loaded terms that are meant to advance their objectives." At Space.com NASA chief Jared Isaacman wants to stay 'open-minded' about UFOs: 'If it's aliens, I think NASA should have a seat at the table.'

Rick Moran, Perception Is Reality: Democrats Are Altering Reality to Create the Perception of Crisis. The Associated Press @AP, "BREAKING: The U.S. stock market hits an all-time high as expectations rise for companies to keep making more money." It's pretty good for my 401k, too. Twitchy says Listen: You Can HEAR Greg Gutfeld Laugh at Jessica Tarlov Insisting Polls Spell TROUBLE for Trump. At the Everyman Commentary, Don’t Make This a ‘Mid’ Midterm. "In the interest of not losing these upcoming midterms, let’s review some key issues that should decide the matter and dispense with the current loser talk." Sarah Hoyt, When The Frogs Come Up. Comments at Althouse, Humperdink said... "Let’s review the 2026 scorecard: UK has already fallen. Germany’s auto Industry, essentially their economy, is in the tank. Unprecedented huge layoffs in the offing. France is on fire. Canada’s Carney pouts while driving the bus over the cliffs. The U.S.? Record stock market levels. Low unemployment. Illegal immigration invasion has hit near zero. Commies furious." Achilles said... "France is falling, Merz is on his way out, Carney is watching Canada fall apart, Bolsanaro is going to win in brazil, China is buying oil with dollars. There is record investment in US manufacturing. Stock market record highs. Average Rents are falling. Home prices are falling. Cost of living for the working class is falling and wages are going up. The walls are closing in on Trump for sure this time." Physics Geek @physicsgeek, "Leftist: brags about closing refineries and prevents others from being built and opening. Same Leftist: gas prices are too high."

Ben Whedon at JTN reports Obama to campaign with fellow Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in key Michigan Senate race, "Obama has generally stayed out of the spotlight since leaving the White House, though he has ocassionally appeared on the campaign trail for other Democratic candidates. Scott Pinsker at PJM thinks Obama to Campaign in Michigan for El-Sayed — Because It’s the Next Phase of the Revolution. DC_Draino @DC_Draino, "For decades, the communists were quietly infiltrating the halls of power. Obama supercharged their insurgency and prepped the cultural battlefield. Once Trump won in 2016, they quit the stealth campaign and effectively started their overt soft war. It’s still being fought today." Quote DC_Draino @DC_Draino, "They shot our President. They shot and killed our biggest grassroots voice. They’ve shot up our children’s schools." At News Wax, Trump Hits Fox for Easy El-Sayed Interview. Sister Toldja at RedState hears Abdul El-Sayed Gets a New Nickname That He's Not Gonna Like Too Much. Abdual, for his Egyption dual citizenship. Hat Hair's Capt. Ed doesn't care for The Company He Keeps: Another El-Sayed Islamist Surrogate. Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius, "So, basically, imagine it's 1960 and Michigan is about to elect the son of Hitler's personal assistant as senator because after WWII we relocated hundreds of thousands of practicing Nazis to Dearborn. I exaggerate only slightly." Chris Freiman @cafreiman, "A reminder that our public schools are already well-funded:" Dr. Abdul El-Sayed @AbdulElSayed, "Pay teachers a fair wage. Pay paraprofessionals who help support our kids a fair wage. Make sure our schools are safe, clean, warm, and dry." PJM's Matt Margolis notes Mamdani Tries to Hide His Jew-Hatred and Only Exposes It Further, by putting anti-semites in charge of fixing anti-semitism. In a Hat Hair video, Larry sees Democrats Plan Mass Protest Against Zohran Mamdani, "... NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani faces a stunning revolt from his own left-wing base, with pro-Palestinian activists accusing him of “betrayal” and organizing a protest outside City Hall on October 7." Beege Welborn finds Socialist Gimme Gimme Gimme Grab 'Backfires Spectacularly' - LA Edition. Sarah Hoyt at Insty, IT WILL NEVER WORK. INSUFFICIENT ROOM FOR GRAFT AND CORRUPTION: Want to Stop Socialism? Give Free Markets a Try.

Joe Chalfant at TownHall notices James Talarico’s Campaign Goes Dark With Just 28 Days Until Election Day. I can't believe he ran out of lies to tell. From the Free Bacon, ‘Independent’ Nebraska Senate Hopeful Dan Osborn Left Kellogg’s Picket Line To Address Fringe Young Democrats Conference That Backed a Prostitutes’ Union. Larry, New Maine Poll: Susan Collins Trails Overall, Leads Older Voters by 12, I haven't yet given up on Maine. From Da Caller, Virginia Officials Grant Parole To Dozens Of Rapists, Murderers, And Repeat Violent Offenders. Tim O'Brien at PJM hears Giffords Has Pennsylvania in Her Crosshairs as Key to Gun-Control House Majority. National Association for Gun Rights @gunrights, "When you're legally targeting a company for a small slogan on the box, this ceases to be a 2nd Amendment issue and becomes a 1st. But California isn't new to this. They're suing companies for making stickers about 3D printing. They're going after parts kit retailers. They just passed a law forcing all 3D printers to include "gun blocking" technology that doesn't exist yet. Once it does, every machine without it will be banned. California is a sick place."

Dave Catron at Am Spec, Democrat Donor Strike Comes Home to Roost. "They allowed the Republicans to enter the final midterm stretch with a huge cash advantage." Monica Showalter at Am Think thinks Just in time for midterms, all 45 Senate Democrats vote to keep trading stocks, enriching themselves in office.

Byron York @ByronYork, "The political path of the Cornell rape allegation: 1) Initial police/DA investigation finds woman's participation was "voluntary, conscious, and consensual." No criminal charges filed. 2) Cornell University Office of Civil Rights investigation reaches finding consistent with police/DA, but concludes fraternity members violated school policies. Expels two frat members, suspends two others, bars one from campus, and shuts down fraternity permanently. 3) Seemingly settled, case fades. 4) Woman changes story, files much-publicized lawsuit blaming incident on fraternity, members, Cornell University, local bar, and her own sorority. 5) Case explodes politically. Local DA re-opens criminal investigation. NY governor appoints AG Letitia James, famous for pursuing President Trump, as special prosecutor. 6) Media narrative emerges blaming Trump for alleged "glorification of being thuggish and swaggering and mistreating women is kind of making you a cool kid."" READY_FOR_THE_STORM @Maga25_Trump, "In other words, probably DRAWN UP on a liberal whiteboard somewhere to help motivate liberal women around election time." The Patriarch Tree @PatriarchTree, "“Rich frat boys are gang-raping helpless college girls and there’s only one way to stop it — VOTE DEMOCRAT!”" Quote Murray Hill Guy @MurrayHillGuy1, "I have a theory on why the Cornell story has gotten THIS big. This is becoming political. Mamdani is tweeting about it. Hochul jumped in. Letitia James is now involved." Meghan Murphy @MeghanEMurphy, "Progressives are stuck on a grievance hamster wheel. It's the same cycle, over and over again. Nothing ever moves forward, nothing changes, nothing is resolved. The purpose is just to be mad. And virtue signal about it. Not to change anything, not to better understand, not to seek deeper truths." Quote Monnie ♡ @mooniegirl_, "Thousands are now marching at Cornell University campus, standing in solidarity with Jane Doe. “Tear down the fucking frats. No Justice, No Peace.” John Ocasio-Rodham Nolte @NolteNC, "Democrats angry at Democrats for not prosecuting Democrats. Pass the popcorn." The Patriarch Tree @PatriarchTree, "The “Me Too” movement was just an expression of rage by Democratic women seeking symbolic revenge for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 defeat." Quote Claire Lehmann @clairlemon, "I've always found it interesting that the gay world never really had a #metoo movement, either. A different code?" Quote CAMILLE PAGLIA STAN FAN ACCOUNT @Provokatov, "I don’t really care about the Jane Doe Cornell 7 thing, lol. Gay men do that every day of the week and still have the ability to take responsibility for their decisions to take drugs and engage in somewhat dangerous behaviours." Capt Ed cites CNN Legal Analyst: Hochul Just Turned Cornell 7 Case Into a Kangaroo Court. That was the point of appointing her. NYPo's Jonathan Turley says Letitia James is absolutely wrong person to get to bottom of complex Cornell case. Tom Fitton @TomFitton, "Further undermining public confidence, Cornell picks disgraced former Obama DOJ official Sally Yates to "investigate" Cornell rape issues -- Yates is Obama appointee who was fired by Trump after abusing her office as Acting Attorney General. She had also helped lead the Obama gang's Russiagate targeting and abuse of Trump." At NYPo, ‘Cornell 7’ frat bro claimed accuser ‘sodomized’ him and that school didn’t care he was sex-assault ‘survivor.’ From Ace, Cornell 7 Frat Brother: I Was Too Drunk to Give Consent, She Raped Me. "It is true that almost everyone involved was drunk and drugged (by themselves).Why isn't it true that the accuser raped the boys, who, per the new feminist theory that being drunk negates any concept of consent, also could not consent to the female attacker's advances?" At Da Mail, 'Cornell 7' frat boy leaves America for 'Beverly Hills of Dubai', neighbor claims... as details of his international life of privilege and shock phone call with alleged gang-rape victim emerge. Don Surber says Women lie. Men serve time. "Fight for the presumption of innocence." With numerous examples.

At PJM Stephen Kruiser lays A Curse on the House of Every Vile Member of the Biden Stasi and Cathy Salgado cites the DOJ: Biden White House Wanted Federal Charges for COVID Protesters, Parents. Mary Chastain at LI reports an ‘Anti-MAGA Task Force’: DOJ Attorneys Warned Against Garland Memo Targeting Parents, "Our task force – which relies on support from across the political spectrum – would be severely handicapped, as many would come to view it as an arm of the Administration’s political efforts." Irons in the Fire, Ah yes, those professional Special Agents and trustworthy lawyers and bureaucrats. Hans Mahnke at Da Fed asserts The Jack Smith Operation Shows Lawfare Will Only Get Worse. Amy Curtis at TownHall hears Left-Wing Lawyer Marc Elias Wants to Pack SCOTUS So It's 'Better.' Here's What He Really Means. Teri Christoph at RedState sees SCOTUS Nukes Lefty Judge's Appeal After Court Says He Was Basically a Democrat Spokesman.

I have lots more in the digital fridge, but I for some reason I'm running way late today. There's even more at the wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.06.26 (Afternoon Edition) and In The Mailbox: 10.06.26 (Evening Edition). The Wombat has and FMJRA 2.0: A Winning Homestand up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - It's a Long Monday

 An amazing amount of stuff for a Monday. Don't those people have anything better to do on Sunday?

According to News Wax, UAE Had Shared Details about FlyDubai Flight with Israel, Including Pilots' Names and Nationalities. A failure in vetting for sure, but one whose part? PJM's Bob Spencer thinks a Veteran Pilot Startles Leftist Interviewer With the Truth About the Dubai Hijacking. "But how deep do you want to go into it? Because I, I hear, them saying, “Oh, we wonder what the motive is.” Well, excuse me, in Du— in the Middle East, the motive is, the fact that Islam calls for the death of Jews. All Jews. It's part of the core belief of Islam. This whole commission, this joke they had in Australia recently about antisemitism, just ignores the reality of what is the core belief of Islam that all Jews must die until the world becomes pure, free of Jews." Hat Hair's Josh Hammer warns Don't Let Flydubai Terror Scare Derail Abraham Accords Progress. At Response State, Reignited violence in Ethiopia threatens to engulf the entire region, "A tangled web of alliances, mixed with intense domestic conflicts in surrounding countries, will make it difficult to contain another civil war." Aggie at Althouse comments "Apparently, the Omani co-pilot asked the Indian pilot if he could leave his seat to go pray. The Indian pilot granted this permission, at which point the Omani co-pilot retrieved the rescue axe and proceeded to attack the pilot, in an attempt to crash the plane. Isn't that a terrific metaphor for what's going on in the West...."

At Da Signal, the Great Victor Davis Hanson shows that the Iran’s Regime Is Running Out of Options. At RCW, The Diesel Shock Came from Abroad; But the Missing Cushion Was Homemade. Failure to allow enough oil refining. We're looking at you, California, in particular. CTH's sundance hosts Barbara Boyd Outlines Trump Strategy Against Fuel Costs and Overall America-First Economy. From RCE, When All Else Fails, Start a War: Europe's Descent From Net Zero Folly to Military Mobilization.

A Driscolly post at Insty, US PULLS BOMBER JETS FROM RAF FAIRFORD AFTER TERROR PLOT: "The US has withdrawn all of its bomber jets from RAF Fairford after the base was the target of a suspected terror plot last weekend. The Pentagon said all B-1 bombers deployed to the base, which US forces have used to strike Iran, have returned to the US." Trent Telenko @TrentTelenko, "If this is true. We are seeing a massive USAF vote of no-confidence in the UK Labour government. If the "Special Relationship" between the US & UK depends on which political parties are in power simultaniously. We are post "Special Relationship."" Quote GMI @Global_Mil_Info, "It appears a mass withdrawal of B-1B Lancer bombers from RAF Fairford is underway, likely reflecting the ongoing security threat surrounding the airbase. The movement also appears to include aircraft from the most recent B-1B rotation, rather than being limited to the bombers." Insty says R.I.P. SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP: Eli Afriat @EliAfriatISR, "The Pentagon confirms that all B-1 bombers deployed to RAF Fairford in the UK have returned to the US: "Due to operational security considerations, we could not confirm the aircraft's movement in real time; however, we can now confirm that all US bombers deployed to RAF Fairford in the UK have returned to their home bases in the US."" The Globe and Mail @globeandmail, "Quebec on the cusp of electing separatist government promising referendum." When Canada falls apart on its own, we can take Alberta, and maybe BC.

7% NaCl (Salty) @TwoRulesOfWar, "This seems like the start to a survival horror game." Quote, Annie Jacobsen @AnnieJacobsen "BREAKING: Plague outbreak expands, Russia BSL-3 lab accident - FIVE hospitals now quarantined The plague outbreak in Siberia, Russia has expanded w/5 hospitals now under QUARANTINE: Irkutsk Hospitals No. 1, No.3, No.10, Ivano-Matreninskaya." Looks like another lab "leak." From News Wax, Germany's Merz Visits Kyiv as Russia Steps up Attacks on Ukrainian Cities.

Inevitable West @Inevitablewest, "BREAKING: Flávio Bolsonaro has officially WON the first round of the Brazilian Presidential Elections, with millions more votes than communist tyrant Lula The polls got it horribly wrong. CHANGE is coming to Brazil!" Aaron Stanley @AaronWStanley, "What is the probability that the STF will attempt to annul these election results due to alleged US interference? @ggreenwald" Quote Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald,"Brazil's election count coming to an end with the slimmest margin yet between Bolsonaro and Lula: now about 2%. Still: very hard to see how Lula will leap ahead for the Oct. 25 run-off given tonight's huge right-wing wave and the right-wing tilt of the 4 candidates." The Drunk Republican @DrunkRepub, "Americans were literally financing movements intended to destroy their way of life." Quote Mostly Peaceful Memes @MostlyPeaceful, "Since USAID was dismantled in 2025, no left-wing candidate has won a presidential election in Central or South America. x.com/kalshipolitics…"

Roger Kimball at Am Great discusses Trump and the Relentless Momentum of Events, "Trump is the great magnetic north of our political metabolism." Navarro to Newsmax: Trump Delivering on Manufacturing. At NYPo, Larry Kudlow and Stephen Moore explain Trump and Republicans can win the ‘affordability’ battle — here’s how. Sundance hosts Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Gives Lengthy Outline of His Role, National Security and the U.S. Economy with Anxious. Larry Correia @monsterhunter45, "As much as the black pilled doomers loved to cry about how the Trump admin hasn’t fixed every problem in America… I’d like to point our this is the current ATF director telling some Everytown For Gun Safety dude to fuck off. Keep in mind two years ago Biden’s ATF director was making literally millions of us felons overnight because we had the wrong shaped piece of plastic on our guns. Anybody who says these two sides are equal is dumb or an op trying to sell you something." Carson Holloway at Am Mind remembers George Washington’s Wisdom for the Midterms. "No political movement can succeed by ignoring its voters’ self-interest." Tim O'Brien at PJM wonders Are Republican Campaigns Forgetting About Their X Platform Advantage?. From Althouse, "I don’t know about anyone else, but a table full of very distinguished people just told me that they HATE, immediately after a mandatory time change, going home at night – and it’s DARK." ""It’s depressing! One of the gentleman stated that, 'I just hate going home in darkness.'" Writes Trump, who seems to believe Daylight Saving Time is a valuable political issue." No problem too small. And, "To understand the religious dynamics of the Texas race, it’s important to absorb the true depths of the 'God gap' in American politics." "Writes David French, in "The ‘God Gap’ Is Narrowing in Texas" (NYT)."

From Tech Crunch, OpenAI safety employee resigns, claiming the company’s ‘culture is broken’

Derek Hunter at TownHall sees Democrats Are Coming After You and It Won’t End Well. From Calling all Rush-Babes, *Hello, America! The Midterm Elections are a Month Away. Here’s what Chuck Schumer and the Democrats have planned. Da Signal is worried Muslim Migration Could Decide Key Senate Races. PJM's Stephen Kruiser thinks It Feels Like It Should Be Easier to Defeat Abdul El-Sayed. NYPo, Gavin Newsom signs Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha into law as new California state holidays, but of course, Christmas and Easter are billed as "seasonal" holidays. Becca Lower at RedState has a Report: Somali Gang Shooting Injures 2 at MN High School Game, Has Major Implications for Midterms. Insurrection Barbie @DefiyantlyFree, "People don’t seem to understand that the DSA is a convergence around a replacement moral order. It is an anti-imperial theory in which power is not restrained by constitutional limits, individual rights, or conduct toward civilians. Power is judged by who exercises it and..." quote DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican, "Correct. "Populist left" is a misnomer; the only thing that makes them "populist" is that they're anti-NATO and anti-Israel. It's always dangerous when the dissident right talks about allying with them. They're trading a fake perception of foreign control (Israel) for a very real set of foreign countries bent on destroying America. This includes China, Russia, Iran, Cuba, and many others. Just because they're anti-NATO doesn't make them anti-global-order. The populist left wants to abolish borders and install tyrants; it's their religion. Singham / CCP alone has routed 300 million dollars towards revolutionary disruption all over the world. There's no alliance with the populist left. They'll kill you first." Quotulatiousness quotes Those who are attracted to power are the ones least capable of using it wisely. At Da Signal, Pedro Rodriguez looks at Squad 2.0. Joe Chalfant at TownHall laughs when he finds out It Turns Out That Talarico's 'Latest' High-Profile Campaign Stop Is From February. 

Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes, "EXPOSED: This is how paid protest networks can secretly claim to be grassroots and not big donor funded - 2 paid protesters organizers are exposed as being paid $80,000 each per year each, both work for The People's Forum - On paper, they make $0 from The People's Forum, so it looks like the protest organizers are no paid - However if you look dig a litter deeper into their taxes you can see they are paid by a different NGO called the Justice and Education Fund - The Justice and Education Fund is the nonprofit funded by Neville Roy Singham, the billionaire China ... My opinion is everyone involved in these foreign funded paid mass protest networks should be criminally charged" Bob Bluey at Da Signal explains The Real Reason Some States Still Count Votes for Weeks. 

From Twitchy, Woman Mystified by Middle Eastern-Looking Men Filling Up Walmart Grocery Carts With Milk Jugs. Jack Trade @JackTradexx, "They shop for their convenience stores, using SNAP (food stamps) card to pay for all the food, then sell for cash at their store. Have 3 wives, 2 of them collect government funds and the men use the funds to buy inventory for their store." From Fox, ‘Phantom’ Obamacare accounts spark new crackdown as Oz targets broker fraud. "CMS administrator says 760,000 fraudulent accounts have been terminated, saving taxpayers $2.2B."

Gail Heriot at Insty, IT’S REALLY LONG: "I’ve been reading through the Report of the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans. It’s well over 1000 pages long (and printed in a way that makes it more like 2000 pages of an ordinary book). I probably won’t be able to read every single line of it, but I will try to read as much as I can. Somebody has to, and it’s up my alley, so I should be the one.." At Da Caller, Gavin Newsom Signs New Law Requiring Companies To Disclose Historical Ties To Slavery. From NYPo, California governor’s races sees another massive swing as nail-biting new poll released.

At Insty, WHO KNEW HE WAS “FAR RIGHT” DECADES AGO?

I just found the most brilliant bit by @JohnCleese He explains Leftism better in 90 seconds, than you could learn from any academic in 20 years. https://t.co/xtubCcbRdi

— Dr Manhattva (@Manhattva) October 3, 2026

To be fair, I think they probably left out the part where he looked at "far-right" extremism.

From Da Fed, Brianna Lyman sees a Poll: 6 In 10 Americans Oppose Democrats’ Plan To Pack The Supreme Court and Ben Weingarten like a Landmark Lawsuit that Pits The Sharia Regime Against The Constitution. From CIS, SCOTUS to Consider Legality of Trump ‘Mass Detention’ Policy. "More than 30 years after IIRIRA, we’ll finally find out what section 235(b)(2)(A) actually says."

At USA Today, The 'Cornell 7' haven't been charged. The mob doesn't care. "What's most troubling in the Cornell University rape allegations is that onlookers have already made up their minds about who is to blame." Eugene Kontorovich @EVKontorovich, "I didn’t think I would comment on the Cornell 7 matter, but there is an underlying culprit everyone is missing. It’s not “society,” it’s the government. The heavy partying at ultra-expensive institutions like Cornell is being financed by untold billions of non-market government-backed loans that let students take what amounts to a four-year cruise - parties, sports, even occasional lectures. I would guess none of the participants were electrical engineering majors. Most adults don’t have all-night ketamine bacchanals because they have to work in the morning. But 18-21 year olds are given all the privileges of adulthood without and of the responsibility. Don’t treat them like Roman aristocrats and then wonder at their decadence." Insty, I BELIEVE THE SOCIETAL/RELATIONAL DAMAGE IS ACTUALLY THE POINT: Timur Kuran @timurkuran, "The biggest issue raised by Jane Doe vs. the Cornell 7 isn't simply who is responsible. It is what the controversy could do to relations between men and women at a moment when American social life is already in trouble..." Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter, "My new @Townhallcom column takes no prisoners… “We don’t owe accusers anything except to treat the accusation seriously, to investigate both sides’ claims, and to test the admissible evidence against clear laws. But that’s not what the leftists and feminists want to do here. That’s not what New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wanted done by appointing New York Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor. Hochul had already framed the young woman as a victim who was “literally gang raped,” and said she deserves to have “justice pursued.” Her catspaw James is supposed to run an objective criminal investigation? That’s a travesty. She has her marching orders, and she will march accordingly.”

From Am Con, The Mysteries of Butler "A new book examines the assassination attempt that changed the course of our recent history." Something stinks, but it's not clear, who or what is rotten.

Preston Byrne @prestonjbyrne, "If you want to see the GRANITE Act pass, and get foreign censors the hell off of America’s Internet, now is the time to take any and all action you feel appropriate. Call your reps, write an op-ed, tell your friends - literally anything."

At The 74, Parents Are Beginning to Grasp the Reality of Grade Inflation, New Data Shows. "Grades can give the false impression that students are on track. A Learning Heroes survey suggests parents are beginning to question what schools tell them." Atop Da Hill, Jonathan Turley says The blue-state model for education has failed, and the public has caught on. From the WSJ, The End of College as We Know It. "AI is wreaking havoc in universities, but higher ed’s woes long predate ChatGPT." Bob Graboyes at Bastiat's Window, says Plagiarize! Plagiarize! Plagiarize! Only Be Sure Always to Call It, Please, “Research.” "In the AI+internet Era, can plagiarism remain a meaningful concept, and will its prohibition be enforceable?" 

Charlie Martin @chasrmartin, "Not a history, major I see." Quote Ashok Kumar @comrade_kumar_ "It’s official: the Green Party is now the first major political party in the West to be explicitly anti-zionist. A historic moment." Steven Pinker @sapinker, "Yes, many critical-social-justice dogmas can't withstand intellectual scrutiny, so their proponents try to protect them via intimidation and walling off the university commons. Civil discourse and viewpoint diversity are threats to this tactic." Quote Jeffrey Flier @jflier, "This new "report" is an embarrassing example of politicized argumentation plus scholarly ineptitude. It reflects that the movement to increase civil discourse & viewpoint diversity is rapidly advancing, which worries these authors. This is the best they could do to fight it." Chicago Boys decry The Alien Transplant to The US, antisemitism.

David Mastio @DavidMastio, "TRUMP'S TRANS CIVIL RIGHTS TRIUMPH: New data show a predicted Trump-era targeting of trans people failed to materialize, even as LGBTQ leaders warned of an ‘epidemic’ of ‘danger,’ ‘violence,’ ‘murder’ and even ‘terrorism.’"

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: No Fishy Just Sexy and FMJRA 2.0: A Winning Homestand up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.