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Hunter Biden: I Used Burisma Money To Buy Drugs and Whores and My Daddy Used to Visit Me in My Crackdens With His Vice Presidential Motorcade Update: Hunter Says He's "48% Gay" Which Seems Low to Me
Hunter Biden reveals he used Burisma cash to buy drugs, Joe Biden 'showed up' to his drug den flanked by Secret Service
"Well, I still had the residual. Like for instance, I still was on the board of Burisma."
Hunter Biden reveals he used Burisma cash to buy drugs, Joe Biden 'showed up' to his drug den flanked by Secret Service
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Speaking to host Dave Manheim, who asked him how could afford the long stay at the ritzy hotel [Chateau Marmont, where various celebrities have overdosed in pricey squalor] in California, Biden replied, "Well, I still had the residual. Like for instance, I still was on the board of Burisma."
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Although he had no experience in the energy industry, the younger Biden argued that he was qualified for the role and that he wasn't "running some kind of international crime syndicate."
"What people don't understand about Burisma is that I went on the board of Burisma because I had been on the board of about 14 other major national and international organizations," he added. "I was chairman of the board of the UN World Food Program, which is the largest humanitarian organization in the world -- we increased the budget when I was chairman from $1.8 billion to $2.6 billion when I was there."
"I can't be guilty of using my father's office to influence-peddle to Burisma because I was simultaneously influence-peddling with 14 other organizations! I'm smart! Hire me as your lawyer and lobbyist!"
He also talked about how his father, while vice president under Barack Obama, "showed up" at his home flanked by Secret Service agents while Hunter was using drugs.
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During the course of the interview, Biden said that "true addicts" are some of the most "resourceful, resilient, intelligent, and mission oriented" people around, and that without the crack, addicts are "bada** f*cking warriors."
Oh, he's praising degenerate drug addicts now, great. He and Tuq'r Qarlson can bond over what bada** f***ing warriors they are.
Hunter Biden identified as a "little bit gay" in a recent podcast interview dominated by talk about his sexuality.
The former first son, 56, who's married to Melissa Cohen, made the revealing remarks on an Aug. 16 episode of the Luke Beasley Show podcast.
Beasley asked Biden, "Are you gay?" early on in the interview.
Former President Joe Biden's son replied: "Only a little bit."
Beasley then asked if Hunter was "more or less than 50 percent" gay -- and the ex-first son said, "48.6 percent."
The podcaster then wanted to know if he'd be Hunter's "type."
"A little bit more masculine would be my type, if I was gay," Hunter responded.
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Later in the episode, Biden went back to "the gay question," as he put it and said "maybe I take back 48.5" percent.
"More like 47 [percent] after that conversation. My gaydom went down a percentage point," the former president's son quipped.
Toward the end of the nearly 90-minute interview, Hunter retracted and said "I just wanted to let you know that I am back up to 48.5 percent gay."
Is this real? I don't know. The left has a new rule to show you're an "ally:" If a gay man flirts with you, and you're straight, you're supposed to flirt back and entertain the possibility that you might have sex with him.
Women are not required to pretend they are sexually interested in men they're not attracted to, but men are now required by the left to pretend they're sexually interested in other men. And sometimes more than just pretend.
Hunter Biden reveals that while his dad Joe Biden was VP he "showed up" multiple times to his drug den flanked by Secret Service. pic.twitter.com/uC1KOWEGqk
The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday announced the results of its "Operation Rotten Apple" which they undertook in New York between late July and late August, with over 2,000 illegal immigrants being apprehended by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The operation saw agents arrest 2,197 illegal immigrants across the state. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a press conference Tuesday morning, "We focused on them all across the state of New York. These arrests included gang members, rapists, murderers, and child predators, which I believe there's a special place in hell for those individuals."
Mullin said in a statement, "Operation Rotten Apple did what sanctuary politicians in New York City and the state of New York refuse to do: made the Empire State safer. We won't let sanctuary politicians stand in our way. If you're a state or local politician, your best bet is to cooperate with us so we can all make America safe again." He said that the operation was conducted with "no help" from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani or Governor Kathy Hochul.
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Mullin told reporters on Tuesday that the decision to launch the operation was made because Mayor Zohran Mamdani, "instead of working with law enforcement, tried to cut NYPD's budget by $22 million and refuses to work with federal law enforcement. You have a governor that refuses to work with us."
He said that the operation targeted 13,000 illegal immigrants who have been released by "New York sanctuary politicians" that DHS and ICE had placed detainers on. "These are your rapists, your murderers, your child predators, these are gangbangers, these are terrorists."
Markwayne Mullin says Operation Rotten Apple in New York has taken over 2100 criminals off the streets:
“These arrests included gang members, rapists, murderers, and child predators, which I believe there’s a special place in Hell for those individuals.” pic.twitter.com/c0nk668lJc
In case you missed it: A father whose five-year-old daughter is permanently disabled due to an illegal alien wrongly given a CDL tells Democrats to stop telling him they care, because they obviously don't. If they cared, they would act to stop this.
Dalilah, a 5-year-old from California, was in a coma for 3 weeks because an illegal alien driving an 18-wheeler crashed into her family's car.
Sanctuary state California gave the illegal alien a CDL.
And it's giving thousands of other illegal aliens CDLs too.
Marcus Coleman, the father of a 5-year-old girl who was severly disabled in a car accident caused by an illegal alien driving an 18-wheeler, goes OFF on Democrats for their fake sympathy. pic.twitter.com/Z89Fxvu5wE "I reject your guys' sympathy to be honest with you. There’s no way…
On Monday, the federal Department of Transportation announced that it, along with DHS and DOJ, has launched a major investigative and response operation targeted at rubber-stamp CDL training organizations that put non-English-speaking, illegal alien or other unqualified drivers on American highways. The first salvo has already been fired at the first layer in the CDL stack: introductory skills training. Federal DOT has, effective immediately, decertified and forced to shut down 110 entry-level CDL training programs.
That sounds like a lot, and it is - but it is also somehow apparently just a nibble at the edges. The press release on the operation is shocking. It starts with what has already been done, and some of it is stuff the agencies have been talking about for a while. Over the past 18 months, federal DOT has forced states to revoke around 30,000 fraudulent CDLs and purged in excess of 8,000 phony, incompetent, corrupt, fraudulent or derelict training organizations from its registry. That is before the 110 it purged in Monday's emergency action, and those that will come next. That sounds like a lot, and it is.
That 8,000 number of training providers removed from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) registry is astounding. The registry is a Biden-era artifact that registers training providers (driving schools, training organizations, independent organizations that train their own people, etc.) who self-certify that the requirements are met. The registry is public and searchable, and the largest category (Class B behind-the-wheel instruction) has about 3,800 providers listed. In total, going category-by-category, there are just over 28,000 providers currently listed - but there is overlap across categories. A lot of it. At least 739 organizations are listed a total of nine times, since they offer programs in every category. The real number of unique organizations on the list is much, much smaller than the gross number.
This puts that 8,000 figure into perspective. Over the last 18 months, federal DOT has probably purged between a third and half of the list, and the 110 removals in this week's emergency action are just the latest wave. Late last year, FMCSA chief Derek Barrs announced that the agency will be winding down the self-certification model, since it is rife with fraud and general inaccuracies (including dormant and defunct organizations). Dumping a large portion of the registry in 18 months is a strong indicator that the registry doesn't work.
Along with the 110 revocations announced, there are more on the horizon. From the DOT press release:
In July, FMCSA sent 175 investigators in 40 states to conduct nearly 400 investigations of ELDT [Entry Level Driver Training] providers. The investigations uncovered several serious cases of non-compliance ... These targeted efforts resulted in more than 160 notices of proposed removals from FMCSA's TPR. Drivers certified by these 160+ ELDT providers are linked to 239 commercial motor vehicle-related fatalities.
"More than 160" out of "nearly 400." For those of you doing the math at home, that's a lot. Assuming it is exactly 160 and 400, that amounts to a staggering 40%, and that appears to be a floor. 40% of investigations turned up enough bad behavior that the DOT is going to pull their certifications - on top of the 110 they already did during this initiative and the ~8,000 that preceded it.
While DOT is working on purging bad training organizations through the registry, Homeland Security Investigations is also a part of this new push, and they will be targeting a further 200 driving schools. Assuming they're as successful as DOT, expect another 80 to be shut down as a result. Outside of that, HSI is following up on more than a thousand other organizations:
HSI, in coordination with USDOT FMCSA and USDOT OIG, disseminated over 1,000 CDL-related business leads stemming from known or suspect business engaged in unsafe practices on the roadways and transportation-sector exploitation
This appears to the backwards-in-time approach, mapping incidents back to organizations and looking for trends. HSI is is also focusing on the fraud side of things - immigration, documentation, financial, medical, etc.
The announcement makes a point to outline state-level response options to FMCSA actions - including withholding funding and the final step of the FMCSA decertifying a state so the state cannot issue new or modify existing CDLs if they don't get their problems under control. Time will tell if the FMCSA actually goes that far, but it is a promising sign that they're at least loudly talking about serious consequences for the states that have let the CDL disaster get to this point.
While it is absolutely a good thing that DOT and other organizations are hitting hard on the fraudulent training and certification problem, the scale of the problem exceeds even my cynical expectations. A 40% conversion rate on investigations is crazy. The fraud, criminality and general rot in the CDL complex seems to run very, very deep indeed.
A Utah Judge ruled Tuesday that Tyler Robinson will stand trial on all seven charges in the assassination of conservative leader Charlie Kirk, leaving him eligible for the death penalty if convicted of aggravated murder.
Again, while this is certainly welcome to hear neither you nor I were born yesterday, so before we give in to the temptation to engage in providing a simultaneous venturi effect on our nether regions. This fiend is a hero to the Democrat Left and given the utter corruption of our judiciary and moral bankruptcy of far too many of our fellow citizens-in-name-only I'd be shocked if there was an actual conviction let alone if this thing actually got a death sentence. Considering the mastermind of 9/11 has yet to be taken out and sent back to the infernal reaches from whence he and his non-religion religion came from, yeah it's all a non-starter.
On Tuesday, new data from the Department of Labor’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey showed that manufacturing job openings rose to 580,000 in July, up from 501,000 in June. This constitutes the highest level since January 2023. In contrast, the manufacturing sector posted 428,000 openings this time last year. Durable goods manufacturers saw a particularly sharp increase, with vacancies climbing to 429,000 from 353,000 the previous month, and 255,000 from the previous year. The follows data released by the Department of Commerce showing a 1.1 percent rise in durable goods orders, twice what was expected. While hiring in manufacturing fell to 288,000 in July from 330,000 last month, this comes amid a broader trend of declining hires. According to recent data, total job openings across all sectors increased to 7.3 million, while hiring declined to 5.05 million. It was also revealed that layoffs across the economy dropped to 1.666 million, one of the lowest levels on record, while the rate of unemployment remains historically low at 4.1 percent. This demonstrates the ongoing growth of the U.S. manufacturing sector, which has been a core focus of the Trump administration’s economic policy. This follows a report showing that U.S. manufacturing has reached a four-year high in July. The same report showed that employment in the sector had risen to a three-year high. Specifically, the Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) reached 55.6 in July, an increase from 53.3 in June.
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) has defended far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who previously said “America deserved 9/11,” and endorsed him as “our streamer,” just days before the 25th anniversary of the attacks, which left thousands of Americans dead across New York City, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. . . The controversy has underscored the growing divisions and tensions within the Democrats over socialism and Israel. It also shows how Piker has become politically toxic to much of the Democrats. This controversy comes amid a broader shift to the left among Democrats, with one in three Democrat-aligned voters self-describing as Democratic Socialists.
Disgusting as he and what he represents are, that they seem to be lacking in popularity, despite their growing presence on the electoral scene I'll take as a positive development, even as the Mamdanis, El-Sayeds and Bernie Sanders-es remain in prominence.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said during a Breitbart News Fight Club Roundtable on Monday evening that he believes China is helping fund opposition to artificial intelligence data centers, while arguing that the country should consider the effects on the electrical grid and water resources without putting itself at a disadvantage in the competition over AI. “Now, at the same time, I think we need to be responsible. We need to look at the demands on the electrical grid. I think demands on water resources are way overstated, but overstated because China is funding the propaganda against these things,” he continued.
Like any other technology or advancement that has come about since Ogg the caveman discovered fire and Cocoa Krispies, it can and will be used for good and ill. The same as with AI. And the short term good, which is very good IMHO, jobs in construction as well as the parallel increase in employment of businesses and industries that service and feed into this new infrastructure are for sure a potential Golden Goose as President Trump has described it. And the evil that can and would be unleashed on us if we let the Chi-Coms win the race to dominate AI is guaranteed. FOr that reason alone we simply cannot allow that to happen.
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
The controversy has underscored the growing divisions and tensions within the Democrats over socialism and Israel. It also shows how Piker has become politically toxic to much of the Democrats. This controversy comes amid a broader shift to the left among Democrats, with one in three Democrat-aligned voters self-describing as Democratic Socialists. . . A majority of Americans say they are concerned about the rise of socialism and communism in American politics. DSA Endorses Streamer Who Said ‘America Deserved 9/11’ Days Before 25th Anniversary.
Trump issued the warning during a phone call with Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst as U.S. forces carried out a new round of strikes across southern Iran, which Washington said were retaliation for Iranian threats to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and an earlier missile attack against American forces in Jordan. Trump: Iran Could Be ‘Totally Wiped Out’ — Tehran Launches Missile Attack on U.S. Bases in Jordan
Failed CNN host Jim (JmJ) Acosta took another opportunity to praise foreigners - diplomats - while making degrading caricatures out of Americans who actually love this country. Maybe Acosta should just leave... Jim Acosta Bashes Americans' Love Of...America
I don't think it's really Mark Zuckerberg's responsibility to make sure that kids "take breaks from social media." That seems more like a parent thing to me. Meta's $17+ billion isn't going to help many of the kids who are vulnerable to any dark forces on Facebook, whether real or imagined. No amount of money or governmental oversight can replace parental involvement. Sadly, there are a lot of people who don't want to hear that. Hey Parents — Facebook Isn't the Reason Your Kids Are Hot Messes
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
The destruction of the Saint-Simon Church is likely to intensify concerns over the security of Christian churches in Canada and increase demands for tougher penalties against those who deliberately target them. Politically, the incident could deepen partisan tensions over the scale of anti-Christian violence and whether the federal government has done enough to protect churches and Christians generally. Century-Old Church Torched in Suspected Anti-Christian Attack.
The rise in U.S. manufacturing vacancies reflects ongoing investment in onshore production in order to create American jobs. This data also shows that the U.S. manufacturing sector has remained strong despite concerns over the ongoing Iran war and related inflationary pressures. This follows reports that 98,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy back in June, and the Consumer Price Index (CPI) beat expectations in July. Trump Economy: Factory Job Openings Hit Three-Year Peak Amid Manufacturing Resurgence.
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
Climate disasters make headlines, but the numbers tell a different story: abundant energy and prosperity, not panic and “net zero,” are humanity’s best defense against nature. Debunking the ‘Crisis’ of Sea Level Rise
The dispute will deepen tensions between President Trump and Illinois Democrats over the federal government’s role in combating violent crime in major cities. A federal intervention in Chicago could become another flashpoint in the political battle over crime, public safety, and executive authority. Trump Warns Chicago ‘Will Die’ if Dem Governor Keeps Refusing Federal Crime-Fighting Assistance.
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
John Stossel:Why giving in to woke activists is cruel and stupid. Racist Tests
(New York) city’s largest charter school dropped nearly 200 places in statewide rankings – all because state bureaucrats blocked the release of advanced placement scores in the ratings, a new lawsuit claimed... compared to Success Academy’s top-tier ranking just a year earlier when the state allowed the release of AP test scores to US News — with the charter school snagging the No. 11 high school in the entire state, according to the suit. (Gee the Lefties rigged results to destroy a rival to the teachers' unions! - jjs) Success Academy charter school ranking dropped nearly 200 points after NY state rigged result: lawsuit
In each case, the outlet’s criteria puts rigor and results ahead of prestige and reputation. The result consistently puts the bankrupt latter colleges much farther down in the rankings. This is important information that every parent and high school student should consider before choosing their college, or even if it is worthwhile going to college. College rankings that actually mean something
Having ceded administrative authority to faculty, college presidents now routinely fail to uphold basic academic standards and enforce campus policies. The Collapse of University Oversight
An important caveat is added: “In most cases (76.3 percent) the gun is not fired.” It should be noted that the gun not being fired is a common theme across various surveys and studies, as the mere brandishing of a gun is often sufficient to end a threat. Survey: Over 1/3 of Gun Owners Have Used a Firearm in Self-Defense
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
Her decision follows similar moves by other ActBlue officials. ActBlue co-founder Matt DeBergalis invoked the Fifth during a closed-door deposition Aug. 20, while CEO Regina Wallace-Jones asserted the same right during congressional questioning in June. Another ActBlue Official Pleads Fifth in House Probe of Alleged Foreign Donations
Voters feel as though the Trump administration has a grab bag of various policies, none of them directed at a singular end. That's a problem. How To Lose An Election In 60 Days
An analysis of the Democratic Socialists of America’s agenda found that it would cost taxpayers over $200 trillion over the next decade.. . In other words: “Don’t worry about reality — just vote for our vision.” The more voters fall for it, the deeper the disaster that beckons. Why the DSA’s agenda actually promises misery for all
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Bessent also said Carney "came to power on an anti-American, anti-Trump agenda" and accused him of "doing what is best for the Liberal Party, what's best for Mark Carney" instead of what's good for Canadians. It seems like Carney is desperate to prove Bessent right. World leaders get mocked online constantly. Trump gets mocked online constantly. How can you lead a country with such thin skin? Carney Won’t Talk Trade Until Americans Stop Hurting His Feelings With Memes
Farage’s return coincides with the resignation of former Prime Minister and Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer from Parliament, who was toppled by Labour colleagues after Reform thrashed the governing party in May’s local elections. Nigel Farage Officially Returns to Parliament After Landslide Election Win.
This polling suggests that the “front républicain” strategy of establishment and leftist parties backing each other to block the National Rally from winning will not work in 2027. If the poll’s findings are reflected in the elections, it will be the National Rally’s first-ever presidential victory. This would mark a significant shift in the French political landscape, away from establishment parties and candidates and towards populist and eurosceptic outsiders. DATA: Another Poll Shows Le Pen Leading All Rivals for French Presidency.
The Brownsville city council yesterday unanimously agreed to a SpaceX offer to pay the city $220 million plus provide it water plus wastewater removal, in exchange for giving the company 445 acres where it could establish its own port for its Starship barges, the first of which is shown on the right as it arrived in Texas in June. Brownsville agrees to SpaceX deal, giving the company 445 acres in exchange for water and money
And like all such government-designed, government-owned, and government-run projects, they all tend to take longer and cost more than private projects. By the time IRIS-2 becomes fully functional in the early ’30s, it will be woefully obsolete. And it will have cost Europe far more than it should have. Even more absurd, it will not be making anyone any money. Germany’s aerospace company OHB awarded $1.16 billion contract to build 18 IRIS2 satellites
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Ever since (the Kaepernick abomination), it’s been one steady slide into DEI, wokeness, and more than a few indicators that the league is losing touch with its core fan base. Like many who will read this, I speak from personal experience. Who Is the Market for Gay NFL Cheerleaders?
The Navy has “suddenly” dropped a long-time vendor, The Sewing Box, for the Blue Angels’ distinctive uniforms, ending a 43-year relationship. Did the Blue Angels Get a Good Deal?
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The result is a sort of virtual fetal alcohol syndrome where they panic blindly when they think you might be indirectly suggesting BAD THING and collapse screaming on the floor so that Anthropic's day-to-day model Opus has to come to the rescue.
AI still gives results ranging from bad to terrible when vibe coding. But that all changes if you happen to have a 106-page spec of a task nailed down to the last bit and nanosecond. Give Claude Opus that, and it will mechanically fill in all the requirements and write conformance tests to prove it did everything you asked and nothing you didn't ask. And it's not stupid - if you left out something necessary it will tell you.
I mean, it's not like I have a lot of 106-page specs for personal projects nailed down to the last bit and nanosecond... But I did have one. And now I have 12,000 lines of Rust.
And a steadily increasing amount of machine code for an architecture that didn't exist last week except on paper.
Bought myself another tablet - the 11" older sister to my 8" Lenovo Legion Tab. Same CPU, RAM, and ROM, but a larger display and higher resolution - 3200x2000. 40% off on clearance and comes with pen and keyboard - the pen I already have one of and it works well; the keyboard is a wait-and-see.
The newer models are faster but much more expensive, and the one high-end large tablet I have died of battery bloat.
Well done, Sheriff. Thank you for protecting our little freedom-loving part of our formerly great state.
Two thirds of MD sheriffs are suing the 100% Democrat run state over its sanctuary policies. TWO THIRDS. Elected by like-minded people at the local level. But there's no election fraud at the state level in MD, right??
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Tony Romo - former NFL quarterback and recent NFL announcer - releases a statement on the heels of his recent DUI arrest.
Seems like a classy guy who made a really bad choice. When I was still watching the NFL regularly, I thought his announcing was great. He had an amazing ability to say what was gonna happen by reading formations and coverage.
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Not sure I understand the "little bit" thing
BREAKING: Hunter Biden says he is a "little bit" gay
The aptly named Digital Camouflage may look like a hideous Hawaiian shirt, but its seemingly abstract pattern was created with a very specific purpose in mind – to prevent AI-powered CCTV cameras from recognizing the wearer as a person.
“AI systems are made of multiple layers and never learned what a human is – they learned what humans statistically look like in millions of training images,” Simon Weckert, the shirt’s creator, explained. “In the early layers it’s edges, contrasts and texture gradients; deeper in the network it’s part-like patterns: the head-and-shoulders silhouette, the proportions of limbs against a torso, the continuity of a body’s outline against the background. A ‘person’, for the machine, is a bundle of visual statistics – and that is exactly its weakness.”
The Digital Camouflage shirt was carefully designed to confuse AI systems, making it very hard for them to recognize the wearer as a human being. Ironically, the pattern was created using AI, through a process known as an “adversarial loop”.
Check out the whole thing. Photo at the link.
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Science news. Actually - spinning earth news. OK, not really news - something happened 2 years ago. Oh well - read about it anyway!
Here are two facts that seem to argue with each other. Over the long haul, Earth is slowing down. The pull of the Moon’s tides has been stretching our days out for hundreds of millions of years, adding about 2.3 milliseconds per century to the length of a day. And yet for the past several years the planet has been doing the opposite, spinning slightly faster, setting one shortest-day record after another. The current mark is 1.66 milliseconds short of a full 24 hours, clocked on 5 July 2024.
Both things are true at once. The slow tidal drag is still there in the background. Riding on top of it are shorter, faster wobbles, and lately those wobbles have been pushing in the speed-up direction. That’s the puzzle, and it’s stranger and matters more than a few thousandths of a second sounds.
But wait - there's more. Something is slowing the earth down. Can you guess what the wrinkle is?
While the core has been speeding the planet up, climate change has been working the other way. As polar ice melts in Greenland and Antarctica, water moves from the poles toward the equator, and that shift in mass slows the rotation.
But of course - that dang climate change again. Just meltin' ice and makin' the earth slosh around slowly.
The oddest part is that melting ice bought the world time. Agnew’s modeling suggested the reckoning would have arrived around 2026, but the ice-melt braking pushed it back. Without the effect of melting ice, Earth would need that negative leap second in 2026 instead of 2029, Agnew calculated. A problem created deep in the Earth is being partly held off by climate change at the surface.
Oh, the modeling was wrong? First time that's ever happened, right?!?
These idiots will never stop.
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DJ Doof - This Date in Music History Edition
REM's album Document was released on this date in 1987
Barry Gibb was born on the date in 1946
Jimmy Buffett died on this date in 2023 at age 76
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Unlucky: 6th Grader Flunks Geography After Trump Renames Everything In Middle Of Exam https://t.co/2C1L4ClQlx
An entertainment industry group that includes Hollywood producers Haim Saban, Lawrence Bender and Teddy Schwarzman has released a statement condemning the alleged "antisemitic tropes" underpinning Mark Ruffalo's opposition to Paramount's leadership amid its proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD).
The statement was organized by a group calling itself The Brigade, which describes itself as "a group of nearly 1,000 members, friends, and allies of the Jewish community who are proud to be working in film, television, music, Broadway, social and digital, and other platforms in and around the entertainment industry."
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The Brigade's statement comes in the wake of Ruffalo's Aug. 21 Instagram post that spotlighted Oracle's ties to the Israeli military -- specifically a viral clip of former Oracle CEO Safra Catz at the Israeli-American Council National Summit in 2024 as it related to Israel's war effort in Gaza.
"Singling out Jewish executives and describing them in terms lifted from centuries-old antisemitic conspiracy theories, while invoking Israel as the frame for that attack, is antisemitic," reads the statement. "It is unacceptable to introduce Jews, antizionism, or antisemitism into conversations about business transactions, simply because those involved are Jewish."
Ruffalo has long opposed both the Paramount-WBD merger over concerns about Hollywood jobs and has also long campaigned for Palestinian rights and condemned Israel's actions in Gaza and the West Bank. The actor's post called out Oracle founder Larry Ellison, Paramount's controlling shareholder through a family trust, and the father of Paramount CEO David Ellison. Larry Ellison is also the key financial backstop behind Paramount's merger attempt with WBD.
The statement added: "This is a callous continuation of the ongoing campaign by the same individuals and groups targeting Jewish people and the state of Israel, a pattern of antisemitism and misinformation that puts our community in grave danger."
After Ruffalo's initial Instagram post, a Paramount spokesperson issued a reply to the four-time Oscar-nominated and two-time Emmy-winning actor that called for the temperature of the debate around the WBD deal to be lowered and characterized Ruffalo's remarks as "antisemitic." In a viral X post, Ruffalo fired back that the "accusation that I am antisemitic is appalling and fundamentally dishonest."
This asshole, of course, tags anyone who opposes his communist/Islamist agenda as "racist."
Mark Ruffalo has been defended by nearly 200 Jewish figures in entertainment after Paramount called his recent merger attack 'antisemitic.'
Actress Hannah Einbinder, who previously defended the actor, led the signatures of Jewish entertainment industry members on an open letter of support for the embattled 58-year-old Marvel actor.
She is the talentless wallflower who shouted "F*** ICE!" at the Oscars.
Other notable names included: Joel Coen, Todd Haynes, Ilana Glazer, James Schamus, Emma Seligman, Tony Kushner, Jane Schoenbrun, and Wallace Shawn.
Ruffalo, who has opposed the proposed merger between Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery, said that his issue had to do with military contracts and executive actions, not Jewish people.
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Now, the new letter published on Tuesday signed by Jewish figures defended Ruffalo as it argued against what it said were 'false and dangerous weaponization of charges of antisemitism.'
In his previous statement Ruffalo had highlighted the links between the Ellison family and Israel, which the open letter reiterated.
It read: 'Pointing out the crucial connections between what is happening in Gaza and what is happening in Hollywood is the exact opposite of antisemitism. It is, for us, the very essence of Jewish ethical duty.'
You can read the letter at the link, if you're a glutton for stupid. The basic claim is that if you're opposing Trump and Israel, there really is no such thing as "antisemitism." All is fair and permissible when fighting for the Red-Green alliance.
We stand proudly with Mark Ruffalo, and with all decent people who are bravely rising and speaking truth to power.
The Daily Mail reached out to representatives for Einbinder, Ruffalo and Paramount at the time for further comment.
In her statement, Einbinder said that 'the idea that [Ruffalo] only said these things because the Ellisons are Jewish is LUDICROUS,' asking, 'Is it also antisemitic to point out that Safra Catz, the Oracle executive vice chair who boasted about the "profoundly scary technology" provided to the IDF, also sits on Paramount's board?
'Or that Larry Ellison has been buying favor with Trump by donating tens of millions to his political efforts for years? Or that he once offered Netanyahu a lucrative Oracle post?'
The Los Angeles-born actress said that Ruffalo's words marked 'criticism of RIGHT WING technofeudalist oligarchs who are in the process of carrying out the largest media acquisition in history,' adding that 'people are not too stupid to see these obvious connections.'
Einbinder added, 'If you want to make it about the Ellisons being Jewish, then you are the one being antisemitic.'
This guy rebutted the letter:
Mark Goldfeder
@MarkGoldfeder
Dear @Variety
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The letter claims to defend @MarkRuffalo from the charge that his campaign against Paramount is really about Israel.
Its defense, remarkably, is to explain at length that the campaign is really about Israel.
Five failures. Any one should be fatal. Let me explain:
Mark Ruffalo is being defended by more than 170 Jewish entertainment figures in a new open letter rejecting Paramount's claim that Ruffalo fueled "antisemitic tropes":
"The time is over for spurious charges of antisemitism to be trotted out, this time in the defense of war..."
First, the letter concedes the central factual predicate.
It lists ordinary antitrust concerns--jobs, consolidation, competition--and then pivots:
"BUT it will do all this and more as part of a larger project..."
That "but" is doing heroic amounts of work.
The antitrust case is expressly subordinated to a "larger project" involving Gaza, Israel, Tony Blair, TikTok and Palestine.
Ruffalo's defenders were trying to prove the campaign wasn't about Israel.
Instead, they supplied 800 words explaining why it was.
Thanks for the honesty!
Second, the letter never answers the actual accusation.
The accusation is not: "Criticizing Israel is antisemitic."
It is that the campaign against the merger targeted particular Jewish businessmen because of their support for Israel, and may have enlisted state power to help.
Third, the letter reproduces the very conspiracy structure it indignantly denies:
Jewish billionaires using "astonishing" wealth to consolidate media control, serve a foreign state, shape propaganda and build a surveillance apparatus to watch us all.
Money. Media. Dual loyalty. Hidden control.
Pathetic.
I thought you were all supposed to be creatives.
The authors didn't merely wander near one of the oldest antisemitic narratives in Western history. They assembled it complete with "purported" funding figures and a "corrupt cohort" that "will always be watching us" and then signed their names beneath it.
Ruffalo needs better help. A defense should not double as Exhibit A.
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Nor does "we are Jewish" resolve the question. Jewish participation cannot confer automatic immunity from antisemitism.
He offers this conclusion: California's AG Rob Bonta claims he's blocking this merger -- after not blocking the proposed merger with Netflix, and not blocking Disney's rapid-fire Pac-Man acquisitions of Pixel, Marvel, and LucasFilm -- because he wants to preserve competition in the media.
But Ruffalo's defenders admit that's not the real reason they oppose this merger. The real reason, they not only admit but proclaim, is the "larger project" of isolating Israel.
Mark Goldfeder
@MarkGoldfeder
Bottom line: Their campaign against this merger is part of a "larger project" centered on Gaza and Israel.
Their words, not mine.
So the remaining question is the one @NJACLaw's CPRA requests were designed to answer:
Did the Attorney General know the true political object of this campaign before lending it the power and legitimacy of the state?
Ruffalo's "defenders" appear to think the answer is yes, and say so proudly.
I'm sympathetic to the idea that people are too quick to claim an -ism or a -phobia to shut down legitimate discussion and I'm sure you are too.
But our position -- that people should be more grown up about these matters and accept that there is going to be a certain amount of friction between competing groups and simply shouting "racism!" is no answer -- is not the majority position foisted on us by leftwing communists like Ruffalo and this plain-jane nobody actress.
When we said, accurately, that covid was grown in a Chinese lab, we were called conspiracy-addled #AsianHate racists.
Their rule is that any opposition to what a minority group wants, especially when combined with "dog whistles" and "age-old tropes," is definitely racism.
So choke on it.
Meanwhile, another flabby gasbag imbecile, David Harbour, is complaining about capitalism as he simultaneously shows off his mansion to a magazine.
She was shot to death a second later,
after charging a cop with the knife in front of her
Quick, arrest the police for not "winging" her. Isn't that what they always say? That police should shoot the weapon out of dangerous criminals' hands?
A woman was taken down by police in Times Square on Monday afternoon after she stabbed two people in the busy tourist attraction, one fatally.
Law enforcement sources told the New York Post the incident began with the woman stabbing a man and a woman near West 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue shortly before 4:30 pm. She was found by officers near an NYPD substation, waving a knife at officers. Police opened fire, striking and killing the woman.
Sources said that police had deployed tasers, hitting the woman, however, she pulled them out and continued confronting officers before they opened fire. The woman's weapon was recovered by police.
Sources told the outlet that the woman and one of the victims died at the hospital, while the second victim was in critical condition. The incident is not believed to be terrorism-related.
One witness, construction worker Jorge Disla, told New York Daily News, "The police tried to speak with her. They were shouting, 'Drop the knives!'"
Linda Ruiz witnessed the aftermath, telling the outlet, "I was crossing at 42nd St. I saw a guy bleeding profusely from his right leg. He was gushing blood, saying, 'I need help. Help me.'" She added, "I went to get a cop on the corner and there was another lady on the floor. She was stabbed in the back or in the chest. I couldn't tell. There was a lot of blood. She wasn't conscious. The police were trying to resuscitate her. But she wasn't moving. It was horrible."
The Mommysleuths will take no interest in this case. They like Soap Opera True Crime tales, featuring a white wife and a white husband. A violent domestic drama they can project themselves into and imagine themselves as a Mary Sue friend of the killer.
The more general kind of crime, the more common kind of crime, they have no interest in. They cannot imagine themselves as Mary Sue participants.
I guess I should tell you why I said that: Because the New York Times finally noticed that the left-wing white women who they're always promoting above all others are huge supporters of the child killer Lindsay Clancy. Their explanation as to why hundreds of thousands of white liberal women had formed a cult around her is that they're addicted to true crime tales, and they're interested in true crime tales for the utilitarian goal of "not being a victim." In other words, the NYT is claiming, left-wing women are interested in true crime just to figure out if their husbands or boyfriends are going to kill them and how to see the signs to save themselves.
The real reason is, of course, this is a Real Life Soap Opera they're interested in for purely prurient entertainment and Mary Sue self-insert reasons.
All of the dumb-bunny conspiracy theorists spinning out claims that Erika Kirk murdered her husband and that Lindsay Clancy's husband is The Real Killer (because she is a Leo and he is a Gemini, and Leos do not kill but Geminis are notorious child-killers) is just a very nasty and stupid form of fanfiction -- they are writing fanfiction theories of these cases, treating them as if they are just another version of Twilight.
Anyway, sorry to bitch about that, but, as Nux says, "What are we even doing here?" Why does every single thing a left-winger say have to be an obvious lie, designed for the sole purpose of protecting a part of the left-wing cult from embarassment?
A Seattle gunman originally charged with murder after opening fire in a crowded downtown intersection during a mass shooting that killed a woman and wounded seven others, including a 9-year-old boy, has been released after only serving approximately three years behind bars.
Washington VINE issued a notification Monday that William Tolliver had been released from custody. His reason for release was listed as "Sentence served," according to KOMO News.
Tolliver was initially charged with first-degree murder, six counts of first-degree assault, and unlawful possession of a firearm following the Jan. 22, 2020 mass shooting at Third Avenue and Pine Street in downtown Seattle. But those charges were ultimately reduced to second-degree manslaughter, third-degree assault, and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. Tolliver pleaded guilty to the amended charges in June 2023 and was sentenced to just four years in prison.
Ezoic
The shooting erupted in the heart of downtown Seattle during what court proceedings described as a gang feud. Prosecutors alleged Tolliver opened fire in the crowded area while targeting a rival gang member.
A 50-year-old woman was killed, and seven other people were wounded. Among the victims was a 9-year-old boy who was walking through downtown with his family after visiting the Pacific Science Center.
Tolliver's criminal history raises questions about Seattle's revolving-door criminal justice system. Tolliver and the other accused shooter, Marquise Tolbert, had accumulated a combined 65 previous arrests and four felony convictions before the 2020 mass shooting.
Despite the murder and assault charges hanging over him, Tolliver was released from jail in March 2023 and placed on electronic home monitoring at his grandmother's house while awaiting trial. The conditions of his release prohibited him from possessing firearms or contacting witnesses or co-defendants. Within months, Tolliver was back behind bars after he allegedly threatened another person with a gun.
Also in Seattle: A repeat-felon child sex offender was arrested.
The US Marshals Service arrested a fugitive wanted on felony child sexual abuse material charges at an apartment building near multiple schools and a community center in Seattle's Chinatown-International District.
USMS announced Monday that Beau Nathan Saperstein, 41, was arrested without incident on Aug. 18 after members of the Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force located him at the Milwaukee Apartments in the 600 block of South King Street. The building, constructed in 1911, formerly operated as the Milwaukee Hotel before being converted into apartments.
The building is up the street from Summit Public School: Sierra, a charter high school. It is also near the Chong Wa Chinese School and Seattle's International District/Chinatown Community Center.
This was not Saperstein's first publicly reported arrest in connection with child sexual abuse material allegations.
In September 2025, Seattle police asked the public to help locate Saperstein on a felony warrant for allegedly dealing depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Police warned residents not to approach him and said his last known location was the 1200 block of South Jackson Street, also in the Chinatown-International District.
Community tips led Lakewood police to arrest Saperstein on Sept. 3, 2025. He was booked into the Pierce County Jail.
Less than six months after that arrest, another warrant was issued for Saperstein on Feb. 25, 2026, this time carrying a $50,000 bond.
The Vigilant Fox 🦊
@VigilantFox
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Caleb Hammer tells a blue-haired liberal to her face that she should be the most patriotic person alive because she's been a TAKER her whole life and contributes NOTHING.
It all started when she said America spends more on bombs than on social programs.
Hammer shut that claim down instantly, then delivered the reality check she never saw coming.
CALEB HAMMER: "Are you not patriotic?"
VIOLET: "With blue hair? Do you think I'm patriotic?"
HAMMER: "You can still be patriotic and be wrong about economics."
VIOLET: "Why would I be patriotic when we're spending more money on bombs than we are for like social programs."
HAMMER: "We spend 50% of the federal spending on social programs."
VIOLET: "Like what?""
HAMMER: "Medicare, Medicaid, mandatory spending, SNAP benefits, veteran benefits... Our military spending is 10 to 20%. The bombs you're freaking out about, 10 to 20%. We spend 50% on social programs."
VIOLET: "I'm a military kid and I can tell you that is not needed."
HAMMER: "Girl, you literally just got the information that you were just wrong and yet you're still doubling down. We don't spend the majority on bombs."
VIOLET: "Okay, maybe it's not the majority, but--"
HAMMER: "It's not even close to the majority. It's not even a quarter."
VIOLET: "It's far too much."
HAMMER: "Okay, you could advocate for that, but you just said we don't spend anything on social. That's where like more than half of our money goes. What are you talking about? You're uninformed about everything!"
"I love when people have no idea what they do and then they're just not patriotic. It's like, dude, you're literally not a contributor. You should be the most patriotic person. You contribute nothing."
[Violet winces]
HAMMER: "You contribute literally nothing. You've only been a taker, yet you're the one that doesn't like the country?"
The people who take the most from this country always seem to like it the least.
Caleb Hammer tells a blue-haired liberal to her face that she should be the most patriotic person alive because she's been a TAKER her whole life and contributes NOTHING.
It all started when she said America spends more on bombs than on social programs.
Marcus Coleman, the father of a 5-year-old girl who was severly disabled in a car accident caused by an illegal alien driving an 18-wheeler, goes OFF on Democrats for their fake sympathy. pic.twitter.com/Z89Fxvu5wE "I reject your guys' sympathy to be honest with you. There’s no way…
Finally: Milo Yiannopolis is back in the UK positioning himself for his next Grifter Flip.
He complains he was "terrified" by his arrest by ICE, and says he previously supported ICE only because he did not know that arrests can be scary and the cuffs they put on you can hurt.
He's a changed man, and I'm sure he'll put up a GoFundMe to collect money to fund his further evolutions.
Gotta keep it interesting. This isn't politics, this is a personality-based soap opera, and you have to give the audience a new dramatic storyline every year.
Trump: We Shot Down All Eight Ballsitic Missiles Iran Shot at Our Base in Jordan, and Are Now Hitting Them Very Hard
—Disinformation Expert Ace
The United States is, as we speak, striking Iranian Targets near the Strait of Hormuz. The strikes are large and powerful, and in retaliation for the Iranians' failed attempt at adding sea mines to the Strait, which currently has no mines (They have been completely removed or detonated!), and the Iranians shooting eight missiles, all successfully knocked down, at our Military Base in Jordan. If the failed Nation of Iran retaliates for this very justified attack, they will be hit again at a much harder and higher level, but it will not be the biggest attack of them all, that is waiting in the wings and, when it is over, there will be very little left of the Islamic Republic of Iran!
President DONALD J. TRUMP
Here is video of a failed ICBM launch in Khomein, Iran. I'm guessing we had nothing to do with bringing it down. Just more crap technology Iran bought from China or Russia.
Here's an alternate view of the failed launch or, possibly, a different failed launch. This one can be seen blowing up on the ground in Iran.
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 JUST IN: President Trump announces the Islamic Republic of Iran will be hit back "AT A MUCH HARDER AND HIGHER LEVEL" if they retaliate for the current US strikes around Hormuz
ALL Iranian missiles launched at American assets were shot down 🇺🇸
47 then threatens to LEVEL the country:
"But it will not be the biggest attack of them all, that is waiting in the wings and, when it is over, there will be very little left of the Islamic Republic of Iran!"
"The United States is, as we speak, striking Iranian Targets near the Strait of Hormuz."
"The strikes are large and powerful, and in retaliation for the Iranians' failed attempt at adding sea mines to the Strait, which currently has no mines (They have been completely removed or detonated!), and the Iranians shooting eight missiles, all successfully knocked down, at our Military Base in Jordan."
"If the failed Nation of Iran retaliates for this very justified attack, they will be hit again at a much harder and higher level."
Trump is no longer calling for ceasefires and negotiations. He allows that negotiations are happening, but also says he doesn't take them seriously.
I guess he's in it to win it now. Though the new strategy is a long siege and strangulation.
Space Force is reportedly watching Iran's boats and missile launchers:
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 NOW: US SPACE FORCE WATCHED IRAN MOVE AROUND THE STRAIT. Now they've been STRUCK.
President Trump has been clear that Space Force is watching the mullahs' EVERY MOVEMENT before they can even begin to launch mines and disrupt the Strait of Hormuz
CENTCOM just confirmed strikes were carried out at noon. FAFO.
YINGST: "They've been watching using Space Force and also the U.S. Navy that is positioned there at that blockade line in the Gulf of Oman whenever any of the Iranian forces try to move air defense systems or radars."
"They are watching very closely and likely these are the targets that are being hit right now as we speak."
"These appear to be relatively widespread strikes, not just targeting that southern city of Bandar Abbas, but also initial reports of explosions on Qeshm Island and areas even further south of this area next to the Gulf of Oman."
"It's an indication that once again the United States is trying to send a message to the Iranian regime that threats against this international waterway will not be tolerated." @TreyYingst
I don't understand why Iran acts like this isn't always going to be the end result.
Time to bury the head of the snake.
Scott Bessent made an even more menacing threat. He says he knows the offshore (Virgin Islands) accounts where the mullahs have stored their stolen money, and he says the US might just seize it:
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Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
BREAKING: Scott Bessent just sent shivers down the spine of Iranian regime leaders. What a bad*ss...
"I will say it on worldwide TV: we KNOW WHERE in the British Virgin Islands your accounts are, at these trust companies. We know the hundred million dollar houses you have around the world. WE ARE GOING TO CLOSE ALL THAT DOWN."
"We are going after the regime's assets they have stolen from the Iranian people."
BREAKING: U.S. forces are striking Iranian targets right now as tensions flare again around the Strait of Hormuz.@TreyYingst reports the strikes appear to be relatively widespread across southwestern Iran, with explosions reported beyond Bandar Abbas and in areas near the Gulf… pic.twitter.com/1co4Lzpl7G
In one of the largest operation against Iran, 50+ US fighter jets are bombing IRGC positions across Iran. Missile launch sites, ammunition depot, radar, underground drone & missile sites hit by at least 100 missiles in Qeshm, Chabahar, Bandar Abbas, Konarak, Jask, Sirik & Minab pic.twitter.com/LipqXX6Qo1
🚨 JUST IN: President Trump announces the Islamic Republic of Iran will be hit back "AT A MUCH HARDER AND HIGHER LEVEL" if they retaliate for the current US strikes around Hormuz
ALL Iranian missiles launched at American assets were shot down 🇺🇸
🚨 BREAKING: Scott Bessent just sent shivers down the spine of Iranian regime leaders. What a bad*ss...
"I will say it on worldwide TV: we KNOW WHERE in the British Virgin Islands your accounts are, at these trust companies. We know the hundred million dollar houses you have… pic.twitter.com/iOu1jZ3Y8H
In 2020 forum, James Talarico said Texas oil was 'not gonna last,' called capitalism 'oppressive'
Six years before becoming Texas Democrats' US Senate nominee, James Talarico described capitalism as an "oppressive system" during a Sierra Club event, grouping it with White supremacy and climate change and saying ending the ways all three worked together was necessary to begin the process of "dismantling them."
During the Sierra Club event from September 2020, Talarico participated in a virtual climate candidate forum in which he also compared Texas' leadership in the oil and gas industry to "being the leader in cassette tapes in the 1980s," declaring "that industry is not gonna last."
The previously unreported comments come at a time when Talarico is trying to broaden his appeal as he's faced attacks from Republicans trying to paint him as too progressive for Texas. Talarico has raised significantly more money than his GOP opponent Ken Paxton, but remains locked in a tight race against the scandal-plagued Texas attorney general.
Talarico's remarks offer a window into the more explicitly progressive language he used before launching a statewide campaign built around affordability, faith and taking on wealthy interests.
It's not just "language," Andrew Kaczinsky. That's the Democrat Socialists' spin, that their past comments are about "cringey" language only. Their spin is that this is a language problem, not a policies or ideology or beliefs problem, and you concede this spin to them by repeating the spin uncritically.
He said he wants to "dismantle capitalism." This isn't just language -- this is a program. If he's claiming that the only problem here was language, the obvious follow-up question is "What language would you prefer to use instead of 'dismantle capitalism,' then?"
Woke 1 was cringey, man.
When asked what lawmakers could do to address the disproportionate effects of climate change on communities of color, Talarico thanked the moderator for the question and the young activists at the club for the way they had framed the issue.
"I am so thankful that you asked this question and also thankful that young activists have really drawn the link between climate change and White supremacy and capitalism in our country," Talarico said. "And I think only ending the ways that all three of those oppressive systems work together are we gonna be able to begin the process of dismantling them."
Later, when asked how he explains climate policy to voters in a district President Donald Trump carried in 2016, Talarico said he focused on values, jobs and whether Texas would lead the industries of the future -- a future he suggested would not include oil and gas.
"We all know that Texas has been a leader in oil and gas, but in many ways that's like being the leader in cassette tapes in the 1980s," Talarico later said responding to another question. "That industry is not gonna last. And if we wanna ensure we have an economy that's gonna work for our children and our children's children, we gotta be ahead of the curve and Texas has to lead instead of follow on this issue."
On his current campaign website, Talarico says Texas is "the energy leader of the world -- and as senator, I will work tirelessly to ensure our state not only maintains, but extends that innovative leadership for generations to come so that Texans always have access to reliable, affordable energy."
JT Ennis, a spokesperson for the campaign, told CNN that Talarico has already acknowledged some of his past comments "missed the mark" and attacked Paxton, Talarico's opponent.
"James is a proud capitalist and agrees with the majority of Texans that racism, natural disasters, and a billionaire-controlled economy are all problems we need to address," said Ennis in a statement. "James supports the oil and gas industry and believes in an all of the above energy strategy that protects Texas oil and gas jobs."
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Previously, in 2021, Talarico suggested during a legislative session that modern science asserts there are six biological sexes -- which spurred the nickname "Six-Gender Jimmy" from Paxton and his supporters.
Talarico has since addressed some of his past comments, calling them "cringey." He said that he knows there are two sexes, men and women, and "a very small percentage of people who have these chromosomal abnormalities" who deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.
After the state's massive power grid failure in 2021 killed hundreds of Texans, Talarico introduced a bill in the state house to combat climate change by requiring the state to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 90 percent below 1990 levels by 2050 and at least 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. The bill died in committee.
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Texas oil and gas production has increased since Talarico's 2020 remarks and meets or exceeds pre-pandemic levels.
Like Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed and Francesca Hong and AOC, his response is just to distance himself from his old phrasing while keeping all of the policies that "phrasing" accurately described.
Andrew Kaczynski
@KFILE
Talarico campaign tells CNN his "cringey," past comments "missed the mark," and he's a capitalist who supports oil and gas.
The Dem playbook for the foreseeable future is going to be to say whatever they want in a primary or before they're running for statewide office, and then spend their time in the general pretending that's not who they really are or what they really believe. https://t.co/xkquAonNNp
Massachusetts "Man" Who Speaks Only Portuguese Arrested for Strangling a Woman After She Refused to Have Sex With Him; He Says He Strangled Her "by Accident" after Going "Crazy"
A man is being held without bail in connection with a woman found dead at her home in Framingham on Thursday. Framingham police said the suspect, 43-year-old Flavio Dias, called 911 stating he killed the victim by mistake and strangled her.
Boy is his face red!
Dias is being charged with assault and battery causing serious bodily harm. He's also facing one count of possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card.
The family of the victim, identified as 33-year-old Brianna Connolly, could be seen getting emotional as they heard the details of the case in the courtroom.
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"He states very clearly, 'Can I have police? A homicide just happened here right now,'" Brandt stated.
Brandt said Dias was speaking in Portuguese.
"He then states, 'I ended up killing a woman by mistake.' He says, 'I went crazy and suffocated her later on, says that he strangled her,' Brandt stated.
Oh, he went crazy? I'm sure the Lindsay Clancy Legions will defend his right to strangle a woman to death.
Brandt claimed Dias then stated on the 911 call that he was at the victim's home on Waverly Street in Framingham, and they were doing drugs. He said Dias stated they got into an argument because he wanted to have sex, but she did not.
This sure is a Mystery. We'll probably never solve the crime of the Massachusetts Man.
Oh wait, no, turns out it was easy:
Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
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BREAKING: I'm told by multiple federal sources that the suspect in custody for strangling a woman to death in her home in Framingham, MA on Thursday is a Brazilian illegal alien w/ prior arrests for DUI & aggravated assault w/ a weapon who is believed to have entered the U.S. illegally as a gotaway in 2019.
Sources confirm that ICE has now placed a detainer on 43-year-old Flavio Diaz with law enforcement in Middlesex County, MA.
And Massachusetts, of course, will not honor that detainer.
Jury Deadlocked and Can't Decide if It's a Crime for a Mother to Murder Her Children
—Disinformation Expert Ace
I'm half-joking with that headline because I know the issue is whether she is guilty, or not guilty by reason of insanity. She did do some insane things --beyond bringing her children into the basement to strangle them one by one. She slashed her wrists and jumped out a window to kill herself or, perhaps, to pretend to kill herself.
On the other hand she both planned the crime -- googling how to murder children, and sending her husband out on an errand so she could kill them undisturbed -- and took actions after the murders to conceal them.
The judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial has ordered the jury to return to deliberations after it informed him that they could not reach a unanimous verdict.
"I brought you back out because I know that this was a long trial," the judge said. "Because of this, I'm going to ask you to go back out, keeping in mind all the instructions that I gave you, to go out and continue your deliberations."
Jonathan Turley
@JonathanTurley
The Clancy jury has told the court that it is deadlocked. As expected, Judge Sullivan is now sending them back. That is a common response to push a jury further. Not surprising given the intense divisions in the country, the jury appears to be manifesting those same divisions...
...The prosecution finished strongly with a narrative that emphasized the timeline and the actions taken by Clancy to carry out the murders. Some jurors may find the "not guilty" part of a "by reason of insanity" verdict to be too high a hurdle, given the death of three young children by strangulation...
Legal insanity is -- or is supposed to be -- a difficult thing to prove. To be legally insane and not culpable of a crime, you have to be so disturbed that you cannot tell right from wrong. An age-old way of disproving such inability to tell right from wrong is to show the criminal planned the crime in secret and then took steps to cover it up.
So we may be talking about the unofficial, non-legal "definition" of insanity, which is just that the criminal has some mental illness and so poof, all culpability is out the window. Almost all killers have something wrong in their brains, from having no moral compass at all, to having low impulse control, to being actual psychopaths. This is not supposed to excuse them, but juries can be persuaded to ignore the law if they feel sympathy for the murderer.
Or murderess -- women get the benefit of this fake definition of insanity more than men do.
So what do you think: Mistrial where the jury never delivers a verdict, in which case we have to do this all again, or let off the hook on the fake definition of inanity? I doubt the jurors in favor of conviction can persuade the pro-Lindsay jurors to flip. As you know, she's become quite the Misunderstood Hero to some.
INSANE! Kaitlin Bennett interviewed Lindsay Clancy supporters, with some even admitting they would hurt their own children. Others said they get all their news from TikTok. pic.twitter.com/JDfdIwyOUj
Selective outrage. We've seen it countless times. Difficult to predict, but very clear when it happens.
Often times results in "Whataboutism"
Whataboutism often serves to reduce the perceived plausibility or seriousness of the original accusation or question by suggesting that the person advancing it is hypocritical or that the responder’s misbehavior is not unique or unprecedented.
That is from britannica.com
A great recent example comes from the golf world. Well known equipment and apparel manufacturer Callaway found them selves in hot water over an ad produces by a partner company of theirs called Good Good Golf. The backlash was strong. The outrage seems -- selective.
Good Good Golf has taken the brunt of the immediate criticism and consequences. Callaway - for now at least - not so much.
Not familiar with Good Good Golf? Allow Grok to summarize:
Founded in 2020 by Garrett Clark, Stephen Castaneda, and Matt Scharff (later joined by others including Micah Morris and Tom Broders). Channel created July 2020; first video September 2020. Based in Frisco, Texas (founders originally from the Kansas City area).
Concept: friends playing golf challenges, trick shots, and casual matches. Aimed at younger viewers rather than traditional golf TV.
Matt Kendrick (previously involved with YouTube fishing channel Googan Squad) became CEO and pushed the business side — apparel, merch, events, and brand deals.
Grew rapidly: main channel passed 1 million subscribers by the time of the Callaway deal and later exceeded 2 million. Expanded into hats/apparel (strong seller at Dick’s and Golf Galaxy), live events, a women’s-focused channel, and later a $45 million funding round (2025).
No let's get to the current situation
Callaway saw this dumb ad in collaboration with Good Good Golf (inspired by Obession), signed off on it, published it with GG & they receive no repercussions
GG is being cancelled while Callaway isn’t condemned by the PGA Tour & all of their products are still on the shelves. pic.twitter.com/z3DRGICLIz
The ad itself is said to be based on a movie called Obsession. From Wikipedia:
Obsession is a 2025/2026 supernatural horror movie written, directed, and edited by Curry Barker, a 26-year-old filmmaker who started with YouTube/TikTok shorts and a prior low-budget film (Milk & Serial). It premiered at TIFF in September 2025, then opened theatrically in the U.S. on May 15, 2026 (Focus Features / Blumhouse involvement). Shot for about $750,000–$1 million, it became a surprise hit, grossing hundreds of millions worldwide.
Bear (Michael Johnston), a shy music-store employee, has a long crush on his friend/coworker Nikki (Inde Navarrette) but can’t tell her. He uses a supernatural novelty item called the “One Wish Willow” to wish that she will fall in love with him. The wish works — but she becomes violently, unnaturally obsessed. It’s a modern “monkey’s paw / be careful what you wish for” story that starts like awkward romance and turns into horror.
The ad created a firestorm. It was said to promote violence against women. The tie-in to the movie was lost on most. From Grok (citing multiple sources):
CEO Matt Kendrick and Garrett Clark said the driver spot was meant as a parody of Obsession — Clark being “obsessed” with the new Callaway driver the way the movie’s characters get possessed by obsession, so anyone who touched the club would trigger that. In Clark’s later apology video he called the concept “super dumb” and “the worst ad known to man” once he saw the finished product. The connection was loose: the movie is about romantic/supernatural obsession turning dangerous, not a guy shoving someone over a golf club. Critics of the ad said the execution didn’t read as parody of that film.
It really was a bad ad. But was the backlash warranted?
Here's where some "whataboutism" abounds.
Snickers
So It’s OK for Snickers to put out a commercial where an old lady gets smashed running up the middle, but it’s not OK for Callaway golf to put out a commercial where a woman gets pushed? What the fuck is going on in our society right now.#Callaway@SNICKERS@CallawayGolfpic.twitter.com/b8DzENtqa6
I agree that the Callaway / Good Good commercial was genuinely bad, but Michelob was WAY ahead of them and put a much better comedic twist on theirs years ago 😂😭 pic.twitter.com/o2zVwS4FeY
We’ve gone from Terry Tate office linebacker wrecking everyone, women too, in the office to people losing their minds over a golf satire commercial of a woman getting tackled. (They should bring this campaign back, btw. So good). pic.twitter.com/FCWrzETOHz
2. The full 60 second ad clearly shows that it's a skit mimicking the film Obsession, not an endorsement for violence
Would I have run the ad? No, it's a bad ad.
Do they deserve to have their company destroyed? Absolutely not.
I agree with him completely. This is selective outrage in 2 ways - the previous ads weren't met with that kind of reaction, and Callaway isn't facing anywhere near that kind of heat.
Although time will tell about the long term consequences to Callaway. Perhaps "get woke, go broke" will apply. I was a big fan of Callaway products before this situation. I spent a lot of money on Callaway irons earlier this year. I use their golf balls and have several hats and shirts of theirs. The irons are too expensive for me to get rid of. But I won't be wearing their apparel any longer. And I will be switching to a different golf ball manufacturer as well.
Good morning kids. Wow, welcome to September, but am I alone in being confused in that today is not Labor Day? Alas, for some bizarre reason it was moved to the second week in September. But be that as it may, there's lots of ground to cover, so Lez-be-on our way...
A Las Vegas jury found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of first-degree murder on Monday in the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, bringing an end to one of the most infamous unsolved murders in hip hop.
Was on the FBI’s Most Wanted List in the early 1970, Murdered NJ State Trooper Werner Foerster in 1973, Escaped from prison in 1979, Had been a fugitive in Cuba since 1984 * Icon of the Black Lives Matter movement. . .Shakur was the godmother and step-aunt of the famed rapper Tupac Shakur, who was killed in a 1996 drive-by shooting. Assata Shakur died on September 25, 2025 in Havana, Cuba. According to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, her death was due to “health conditions and advanced age.”
Angie Nixon, a Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member who is vying to be the next senator of Florida, is still pulling quotes from Marxist cop killer Assata Shakur, although conveniently leaving out the origins of her words now that she secured her nomination and is trying to appeal to general election voters. . . “I’m gonna open this up for questions, but I’m gonna leave y’all with these words of a famous freedom fighter before we open it up: Assata Shakur,” Nixon said of the Marxist cop killer who at one time appeared on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s list of “most wanted” terrorists.“‘It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love and protect one another. We have nothing to lose but our chains,’” Nixon continued.
And so are there enough spawn of Beelzebub and Pazuzu in Florida to actually drag this freak over the finish line?
“The Democrat Party is becoming the party of socialism. Fifty-eight percent view socialism positively. 50 percent view capitalism negatively. I’m a proud free market capitalist. This is lunacy,” posted Senator Fetterman (D-PA) on X (formerly Twitter) earlier this month in reference to a similar poll, which revealed that Democrats have a more positive view of socialism than capitalism. . . However, while it is clear that support for socialism and communism has grown within the Democratic Party, far-left ideologies remain widely unpopular. For instance, despite New York City’s election of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who is a member of the DSA, a poll published earlier this month found that only 30 percent of people in New York state support the organization.
There is something redolent here of the seeming takeover of the Democrat Party half a century ago by a younger generation of voters and activists opposed to the Vietnam War that resulted in the nomination of George McGovern in 1972 and had a continual influence on elected Democrats and policymakers through most of the 1970s and 1980s. That came from a protest movement incubated on college and university campuses, centered on Vietnam but also influenced by tomes such as Charles Reich’s 1970 “The Greening of America.”
Similarly, the great motivating cause of DSA-adjacent Democrats seems to be statehood for Gaza, opposition to Israel, and, in very many cases, hostility toward Jews.
HE'S RUNNING: "They believe in defunding the police, letting prisoners out of prisons, opening the borders, eliminating the Pentagon," former Barack Obama advisor and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said on Fox News Sunday, denouncing his party's Democratic Socialist rivals. Emanuel continues testing the waters for a presumed 2028 presidential run.
For those unaware, not only is Rahm a Jew - by birth since his entire life is wholly unholy and antithetical to Judaism, America and civilization, but I believe his lineage is Israeli so you can multiply no shot in hell by orders of magnitude right there!
A maniac was shot dead by police in the heart of Times Square Monday after she stabbed two people, one fatally, and confronted cops while wildly waving two knives and threatening to kill them, the NYPD said. The caught-on-camera mayhem erupted in the Crossroads of the World after Pamela Cisneros, 49, randomly knifed a man and a woman in a 20-second span near West 41st Street and Seventh Avenue just before 4:30 p.m., cops said. . . Cops spoke to the woman for four minutes and gave her “numerous commands” to drop the knives, but she refused, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a press conference on Monday night. “I’m not dropping anything, I would rather kill both of you. I will kill you,” Cisneros told cops during the encounter, Tisch said. Officers discharged several tasers at Cisneros, but they “proved to be ineffective,” and she continued charging toward officers with the knives, according to Tisch. . . Two officers then opened fire, striking the Cisneros, who had a known history of mental illness with the department. She was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital.
Well, too bad that Rahm lost a potential voter!!! Not that being dead is a deterrent to ever casting a ballot for a Democrat, as we know all to well...But sadly and frighteningly there are thousands more just like this now mercifully ventilated psychopath who will go after any and all of us at the drop of a hat, because we're Trump voters, Jews or just normal Americans... And with that I bid you all to...
Have a good day.
ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
Victor Davis Hanson: The West has mastered the technology of civilization but embraced the politics of barbarism, creating a modern medieval world where progress and regression coexist. Progressive Regression and the New Medievalism
The agencies are cracking down on fraud surrounding the illegal migrants receiving CDL’s, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced Monday. Sean Duffy: Feds Shut Down 270 Truck Driving Schools After 239 Deaths
America must not let legitimate political and social concerns reduce our access to the computing power of AI—and the enormous benefits it holds for humanity. What the Data-Center Backlash Could Cost Us
Today, according to Forbes, the tech oligarchs make up a remarkable nine of the world’s 10 richest people, most of them in California. But for all their money and technical skills, our state’s ultra-rich are peculiarly naïve about politics and public relations. The ‘progressive’ movement rebels against the tech oligarchs who funded it
“The Democrat Party is becoming the party of socialism. Fifty-eight percent view socialism positively. 50 percent view capitalism negatively. I’m a proud free market capitalist. This is lunacy,” posted Senator Fetterman (D-PA) on X (formerly Twitter) earlier this month in reference to a similar poll, which revealed that Democrats have a more positive view of socialism than capitalism.DATA: Majority of Voters Alarmed by Rise of Socialism and Communism in America.
"They believe in defunding the police, letting prisoners out of prisons, opening the borders, eliminating the Pentagon," former Barack Obama advisor and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said on Fox News Sunday, denouncing his party's Democratic Socialist rivals. Emanuel continues testing the waters for a presumed 2028 presidential run. HE'S RUNNING: This Obama Advisor Just Denounced the DSA
This revelation followed widespread reports that the Chinese government had censored some of the most horrifying videos of mudslides destroying entire communities, roads, bridges, and other critical infrastructure in Nepal and Tibet, leading critics to accuse Beijing of trying to hide the scale of the devastation in occupied Tibet. China Starts Erasing Tibet Flood Videos, Punishing Citizens for Alleged ‘Misinformation’
The vote ends any immediate prospects of Iceland joining the EU, preserving its sovereignty. The EU demands that members surrender management of certain policy areas to central control, such as tariffs and fishing, with the latter being extremely important to Iceland. Icelanders. Prior to Brexit, EU management saw the British fishing industry contract significantly, as the bloc distributed quotas for a majority of Britain’s fisheries to foreign trawlers from countries such as France and Spain. Another European Country Has Voted Against EU Membership in a National Referendum.
Remembering the biggest American foreign policy disaster in a century. (Allowing China to go Communist and Iran fully Islamic were bigger disasters - jjs) The Biden Afghanistan Disaster’s Bitter Legacy
No cause-of-death evidence has ever been produced. The message blaming him was loaded before the evidence was in — poll-tested by two operations running on separate DARK-MONEY... Measles, Captain Ahab, and the White Whale
The new data follows a report from earlier this month that the parasite had spread to three more states: Georgia, Tennessee, and Texas. This represents an increase from the previously reported 11,458 cases. The report’s emphasis on Ohio suggests that the parasite has managed to gain a foothold in the wider Midwest. ‘Explosive Diarrhea’ Parasite Confirmed to Have Sickened 17,000 Americans, Over 500 Hospitalized.
Xylitol is a sugar alcohol that is commonly used as a low-calorie sweetener and sugar substitute, according to the National Institutes of Health. It is often used in higher amounts to sweeten foods, drinks, chewing gum and dental care products. Popular sugar substitute linked to increased heart attack and stroke risk
Has-been Rosie O'Donnell is making more claims that might just get her sent permanently to Ireland. Remember, Rosie. It's your friends in Hollywood who like trafficking kids. Hey, Rosie! Thought You Left For Ireland?!
ALSO: The Morning Report cross-posts at CutJibNewsletter.com usually within an hour or so of posting here, if you want to continue the conversation all day.
Database, programming language, standard library, extended library, and now another database.
Then the actual applications.
Not sure how much code I've "written" in the last couple of weeks, but I did build an entire new programming language and then create 42,000 lines of code in that new language.
Two weeks ago in the midst of writing my Monday ONT my old PC died. The admirable CBD filled in and completed my task. You owe him big time. Thanks CBD.
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The Quotes of The Day
Quote I
Voluntary ignorance is the American condition. In the form of a smartphone, a citizen carries in his pocket the complete Federalist, Madison’s notes on the Convention, every ratification debate, and all of Blackstone, and he uses the device to watch strangers dance. Cicero warned that to remain ignorant of what came before you were born is to remain forever a child. We have raised a nation of toddlers holding voter-registration cards. Joe Wolverton II, J.D.
Quote II
"It's been two weeks since he showed me his junk. You shouldn't have to be afraid in your own neighborhood to walk a trail. ... That's what they built it for." Jeanne Wolverton
Your Carry-On Might Be Too Big for the TSA’s New Scanners
In an effort to expedite the screening process, the TSA has spent the last several years installing new, highly advanced scanners at airports across the country. But for all the security benefits these machines offer, there’s a potential snag when it comes to carry-on luggage: The bag you’ve been traveling with for years may be too big for the new devices. Here’s what you need to know to avoid this possible headache.
The convention is also being held just a few weeks after Abdul El-Sayed, a vocal critic of Israel who describes their military actions as "genocide," narrowly edged Stevens to win the Democratic Senate nomination for a crucial seat the Democrats must hold in the midterm elections.
So Jewish lesbians aren't secure. What about indigenous lands?
If you are going to blow wet sloppy meaningless kisses at least pronounce their tribes correctly.
L’Osteria Mondello in Cheyenne had been having an especially busy Friday when someone placed an order for 18 pizzas.
“We had like over 40 pizzas in the same time,” owner Dave Agovic told Cowboy State Daily.
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Although they were totally out of control, we should all be happy that they are safe. Perhaps they will learn the error of their ways. Or should I say the bear-or of their ways. No I probably shouldn't say that and neither should you.
And why were the cyclists there? Cyclists should mind their own business and keep their noses out of everything. Probably selling drugs!!!
Dolly Parton tells the story of the supposedly real-life Jolene As Andrew Branca says, can we see this Jolene, finally? Who was this hottie that was a genuine sexual threat to Dolly Parton? I think this is Fake News personally. When a magician claims he learned a trick from a Himalayan wise man, I don't believe him either.
Podcast: Dolly Parton...an American classic, Michigan's El Sayed is part of our future destruction, More Global Warming nonsense, mail-in balloting restrictions, Darline Graham? Get rid of family dynasties...and more!
1977 interview shows that Barbara Walters has always been a seaward and Dolly Parton always had "country class" Walters actually asks Dolly Parton if she knows that people think she's a joke. This because Walters can't get over the fact that a show-woman has 1, big breasts, and 2, dresses a bit outrageously because, get this, she's an entertainer. A stage performer. You know, someone people pay money to see live and expect them to put on a show. She never would attack Liberace for wearing glitter-tuxedos. But she's mad that Dolly Parton makes Barbara Walters look bad through association (by being a woman). Babs, you wish people associated the two of you. Believe me, we can tell the difference.
Dude trolls a city council meeting about permitting yet another mosque by promising the mosque will destroy the Constitution "All women who are overweight or obese will have to wear burka. 10,000 steps per day, low carb."
Podcast: Will Cuba fall without a fight? More Iran confusion, gun rights for felons isn't a crazy idea, wetbacks are voting! And are data centers of the devil? Nope!
Months ago, I reported that the final Zodiac cypher had been cracked and the name of the killer revealed. And the name of the killer turned out to be someone suspected in the unsolved Black Dahlia murder. The general tone of my mention of this was "serious you guys, this is real."
Well, it's not real. It's total bullshit.
Sorry about that. I did two things: 1, I bought into something, a conspiracy theory really, because it was new and exciting. And 2, I allowed a self-declared "expert" to snow me over with his "expert" claims about solving ciphers, an alleged expertise I could not challenge because I know practically nothing about codebreaking. I remember being similarly swindled by self-declared "experts" babbling about "chromatic aberrations." (Although I didn't really buy into that, but I found it "interesting" and I wasn't strongly skeptical about it. Hey they said they're "experts," they must know that they're talking about, right?)
I screwed up. It won't be the last time, I'm sure.
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