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.
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, "A
ll 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.
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.
