Driscoll at Insty calls it TROLL LEVEL: POTUS DJT. "The obvious lack of Reagan anywhere on the chart and the inclusion of Woodrow Wilson as a “great” president are sure signs that The Donald, or whoever assembled this chart wants to do some serious trolling." Enguerrand VII de Coucy @ingelramdecoucy, "Okay, Trump’s Tier List just being a 1948 poll of 55 top historians historians conducted by Arthur Schlesinger Sr with his own picture slapped on top as “The Greatest” and Biden, Obama, and Carter added to the bottom as “Failures” along with Grant and Harding is objectively funny." If you're going to be President, you might as well have some fun too.
AP hears How to avoid a Social Security cut? Lawmakers are floating ideas for what to do, c'mon you idiots, it's getting urgent. "The measure that Durbin, D-Ill., and Cassidy, R-La., are pushing would not dictate an outcome, but instead set up a process for Congress to take action. It calls for the bipartisan Social Security Advisory Board to collect public input and submit draft legislation to Congress that would keep the program’s retirement trust fund solvent for at least 50 years." Oh boy, another Bored. From WSJ, Think Treasurys Are Having a Rough Summer? It’s Even Uglier Abroad. "Countries with large debt burdens—France, Italy, the U.K., Japan—have come under the heaviest pressure in recent months." What can't be sustained won't be.
Jonathan Schanzer at Pundit City sees Obama Figures Chastising Trump on Iran Have Zero Self-Awareness. Hat Hair's John Sexton cites the WSJ: CIA Director Went to Moscow to Issue a Warning (Update) "Russia can't fire missiles at targets inside NATO countries because that could trigger a wholesale NATO response including from the United States. But Russia can quietly offer people money to carry out attacks it wants to see happen. These attacks give Russia plausible deniability in case they are caught. Instead of refusing to identify who is behind these attacks, Germany and others need to say openly what they already know is true and hold Russia accountable. Director Ratcliffe's visit to Russia is America showing Europe how it's done. Just confront the problem directly and stop showing weakness in the face of attacks." IOW, stop fucking around. From 1945, Germany Is Becoming Ukraine’s Most Important Ally in Europe — and Poland Is Paying the Price. Germany never gets tired of fucking with Poland. From Ace, On the Fifth Anniversary of the Disasterous Biden Bug-Out of Kabul, Pete Hegseth Upgrades the Honors for Three Heroes of Abbey Gate. "He didn't just give them new medals. He also said that the Biden Administration downplayed their heroism, because Biden, and his corrupt media allies, didn't want the public to know how very bad the terrorist attack at Abbey Gate really was."
WyoFile, How did data center skepticism impact elections in southeastern Wyoming? "In Wyoming hot spot for data center development, many candidates who touted tough positions against the boom fell to those with more moderate positions." AG@AGHamilton29, "X has now confirmed a Chinese bot farm of 200K fake accounts intentionally trying to manipulate public opinion against data centers. People might want to consider how common this has become and how it is manipulating multiple policy discussions on social media."
AI dadacenters just don’t use that much water, there’s a panic over almost nothing.
I'm surprise the Slantic takes on The Jason Arday Truthers, "The concerted effort to airbrush the late fabulist’s life." Plagiarist, too. "“To be honest with you, I thought you’d just believe me,” he told a Guardian reporter who challenged him."
Jen O'Connell at RedState sees The Insane Obsession With Sabotaging the D.C. Reflecting Pool Results in an Arrest. John Sexton at Hat Hair explores the question Did Vandals Target the Reflecting Pool? For sure, yes, some one carved 86 47 in the liner. As to the algae bloom, the pool was re-filled with city water, which would not have enough nutrients (chiefly nitrogen and phosphorus) to support a quick bloom like that. I strongly suspect someone dumped a bag of lawn fertilizer or similar nutrients into it. Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "On the other hand, the algae obsession confirms they really have no legitimate gripe. They have been reduced to protesting a biological phenomenon. (Though given the trans thing, it is not entirely uncharted territory.)" Quote MAZE @mazemoore, "On one side of the Reflecting Pool there’s the MSM claiming that the algae is still there, on another side leftists are protesting to bring the algae back, and on another side leftists are trying to vandalize the pool. TDS needs to be officially classified as a mental disorder." At Althouse, The Mystery of the Paint Peel and "I was just a curious, concerned citizen. I guess I was there at the wrong place, wrong time." "Said David Carter Hearn, 67, "a cyclist and three-time Olympian as a canoeist who says he stopped at the [Reflecting Pool] on Friday just to have a look, then reached down to touch a strip of peeling blue paint mixed with the algae. The U.S. Park Police arrested Mr. Hearn shortly after, accusing him of destroying government property, a crime that can carry up to a 10-year prison sentence." I'm reading "Trump, Claiming Vandalism, Says Reflecting Pool Will Likely Need to Be Drained/The pool has taken on clouds of algae after a hasty renovation. A three-time Olympian was charged with destroying government property after he says he touched one of the strands of blue paint peeling off the pool’s bottom" (NYT). Didn't do nuffin'! Althouse also comments "I don't know if the claims of vandalism are true, but the temptation to vandalize was obvious and strong even before Trump started talking about vandals. Now, it's unavoidable, and I think we will never have our pool back where it belongs in the American psyche. It's a mess, a bone of contention, a symbol of everything and anything people don't like about Trump. The pool never worked as it was intended, and now its essential badness is glaring at us, and it will never calm back down into the serene murky swamp it once was." It's true making the pool work is harder than it sounds, but her solution seems to be to cede the pool to the leftist destroyers. Fugitive Caesar@ThomBrady5, "Leftists are getting angry because around 10-15 million Leftists are paid to do cushy high-paid fake jobs, based on credentials and a claim to unique technical authority. If Trump and Chuds can fix problems considered impossible, it threatens the entire managerial caste." Quote Mark Hemingway @Heminator, "So I'm supposed to believe people are genuinely OUTRAGED by a $14m no bid contract to fix the reflecting pool? If this level of fiscal irresponsibility is what you object to, man, what happens under Democrat governance is truly going to blow your mind." I think project should be measured in "Quality Learing Center" units, or QLCs.
Begoña Gómez - not too shabby but Melania is still hotter
Some news from abroad via sundance at CTH, Trump -v- Meloni "The core of the issue centers on Italy’s refusal to allow the U.S. military to conduct flight operations for the conflict against Iran from U.S. airbases in Italy. President Trump, Vice-President Vance, Secretary of State Rubio and Secretary Hegseth have all remarked on their disappointment with Italy and Spain that has led to a full review of U.S. NATO operations in Europe. The issue became personal at the G7 when President Trump ignored Meloni’s repeated attempts to repair the friction. President Trump was no longer tolerating the two-faced approach. Actions speak louder than words." And Wife of Socialist Spanish Prime Minister Now Facing Corruption Charges, Influence Peddling, Embezzlement – Passport Surrendered. "Investigative judge Juan Carlos Peinado issued the ruling, arguing that Begoña Gómez represented a flight risk. In addition to surrendering her passport, she must also appear before a court every two weeks. A trial date hasn’t been set."
KTVU@KTVU whines "A decline in car break-ins across Oakland is being welcomed as a public safety win, but it is also contributing to a downturn for some local auto glass repair businesses." Bastiat's Window, indeed.
Leslie Eastman at LI, Declassified Files Ignite New Scrutiny of Fauci, COVID Origins, and Alleged Intelligence Suppression "Outgoing DNI Tulsi Gabbard: “It’s time you know the truth.”" Another conspiracy theory becomes fact. Sundance looks at Pulte Factor – Quick Reference Guide to Media Leaks. Scott McLallen at TownHall likes how the Justice Department Backs Catholic Nuns Against New York's Gender Ideology Law. Bake the damn cake! "The lawsuit challenges a state law that requires housing biological men with women in the Sisters’ residential hospice care program." Also at LI, Ben Smith sees a 'Hawaiian' Judge Frees Mosque Leader Tied to Hamas Claims, “Federal officials argued that he poses a foreign policy concern. DHS also alleges that he obtained his green card after providing false information.” "Salah Sarsour is suspected of funding terrorist organizations and was convicted of throwing Molotov cocktails at the homes of Israeli armed forces. This illegal alien also LIED on his green card application to fraudulently gain legal status in the U.S. under the Clinton Administration.”"
From the Gateway Pundit, JUST IN: Police Report Reveals Democrat DC Congressional Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton Has “Early Stages of Dementia” "thieves posing as HVAC workers entered Holmes Norton’s home, accessed her credit cards and charged her $4,400 for work they did not do. The police report described Eleanor Holmes Norton as having dementia. It also revealed that her caretaker has power of attorney. “Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC) 88 years old, Black Woman, suffers early stages of dementia,” the police report said."
From Ace, The Feminization of Society: Threat or Menace? "Helen Andrews looks at what feminism has wrought. Mostly dysfunction, decline, and dissension. This might be a tough read for some women. I don't think this is about women per se, however: It's about women with a specific mindset, the mindset of woke feminism and Girlpower Marxism. The kind of woman being pushed to the fore and put in charge of corporations and academic departments is usually a highly-political feminist who puts feminism and feminist activism far, far above the needs of the corporation or institution she is supposedly serving." This essay is almost verbatim from a video of Andrews I posted a few days ago, but it's useful to have text to cite.
A missive from DataRepublican (small r)@DataRepublican, "I don't usually get personal, but I need to say this. Not long ago, I had 50,000 followers. Now, it's over 700,000. For most people, that would feel like a windfall. It hasn't felt that way for me. A few weeks ago, I was doxxed. Since then, it's been the most chaotic stretch of my life. Some of the same people I thought I was standing up for chose to side with the person who exposed a gay Deaf man—and who's harmed many other Deaf people—for ideological reasons. That betrayal shook me. But others stood by me, and their support meant everything. I had to relocate to another state with my kids, homeschooling them on the fly, just to get clear of the threats. Then the Salt Lake Tribune ran a piece that pulled my husband's distillery into the mess. A viral site followed, pairing the name of his business with a Molotov cocktail cursor."
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