DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: Maryland Wokies Released MS-13 Member Charged With Attempted Murder, Defying ICE.

SECURITY & CIGARS ON THE SUPREME COURT’S RIFLE CASE: Common Use Comes to December: It isn’t about common use. It’s about what the Bill of Rights put beyond government’s reach.

ON SUNDAYS I RUN A PROMO POST FOR (MOSTLY) INDIE AUTHORS:  Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.

Look, I don’t personally know most of these people. And no, I don’t read most of the books (my reading tastes are weird, okay?) But they’re willing to associate with my blog, which tells you they’re probably not our political enemies. Which means if you read the blurb and the sample pages and get hooked, chances are you won’t be giving money to people who hate you.

JUST COMMUNISM WITH A GREEN COAT:  “Welcome to the wonderful world of carbon accounting”.

THEY DON’T READ THE TIMES TO LEARN ABOUT DEMOCRAT SCANDALS:  NYTimes Readers Aren’t Happy With the Peltola Piece.

They read it for their arrow of history fairytales.

THE MORE YOU BOW, THE MORE THEY SEE YOUR DERRIERE:  Last year, his head planted firmly in the sand, Macron decided to recognise a Palestinian state — unaware that Paris would become its capital.

THIS IS AS ORGANIC AS ASTROTURF, WHICH IN FACT, IT IS:  The Violent Unrest in France Is Spreading to Other European Countries.

The question is why. Is the left trying to wish their fantasy of world revolution into life?

IF YOU VOTE IN MICHIGAN, STOP LAUGHING AND GET OUT THE VOTE FOR ROGERS:  The El-Sayed-Haley Stevens Campaign Event Has Devolved Into Total Blood Sports.

I TOO AM BULLISH ON THE WEST. BUT WE CAN’T AFFORD LOSING THIS ELECTION:  Optimism about the west, despite current events.

LET’S TAX SOMETHING TO ALMOST DEATH AND THEN SUBSIDIZE THE ALMOST EXPIRED CORPSE SO IT DOESN’T ACTUALLY DIE. GREAT IDEA!   Refined Reversal. The Commission that tightened the screws on oil refiners now asks them to stay.

VOTE LIKE THE FUTURE DEPENDS ON IT. IT DOES:  Here’s how this will work if the Democrats retake the house: There will be a big push for AI regulations that lock out open-weight and open-source AI models. The lie that will be told is that they’re legislating for “safety”. The reality will be massive amounts of money flowing from the cloud AI providers and AI-doomer nonprofits in a move actually designed to put a regulatory moat around the cloud providers’ business models. They want to put off the day when they’re obsolescent as long as possible. Even if it means forfeiting the lead in the AI race to the Communist Chinese.

THE FRENCH LEFT HAS MANAGED A COMPLETELY NEW KIND OF STUPID:  Le Grand Jackpotting: Activists demonstrate use of new French “Gigabyte Tax” to add €1000s to individual French website costs.

JUST RECENTLY IT OCCURRED TO ME WE’D ALREADY CROSSED INTO THE SINGULARITY:  Hmmmm. What do you think?

WE ALL WARNED YOU ABOUT ALL THIS:  I warned you all about this. They will be lying. The actual goal of the big AI providers will be to outlaw open-source and open-weight AI in order to create a regulatory moat around their business, and have some hope of earning out their astronomical capital expenditures. The claims will be about safety and equity, the reality will be a money and power grab. Brace for the bullshit avalanche that’s coming.

UNTIL OUR ELECTIONS ARE CLEANED UP, WE’RE STUCK WITH THIS:  The Normal Way American Elections Are Run by which we mean absolutely nothing at all.

THE OBSESSION, EXPLAINED:  Anyone desiring color revolution needs control of the military. That’s color revolution 101. Is it starting to make sense yet? Now you see the obsession over him in particular. It’s not a coincidence. And it damn sure isn’t because of his culture war. It’s because by all objective metrics, he runs a military that snatches rogue leaders from their beds, destroys entire militaries, and successfully mobilizes assets to save one downed pilot in the middle of enemy territory by building an Air Force base… in the middle of enemy territory. Secures the border, dominates the hemisphere. Hunts drug cartels. The list goes on. He is by all meaningful accounts, effective at wielding the machine. And that is why they drool at the thought of removing him. In years past you’d be hard pressed to find a junior Soldier who knew the name of the cabinet secretary above them. Every one of them knows Pete Hegseth.

CULTURE NOT RACE:  I agree with a remarkable amount of what the author says here. Right up until this sentence:  “And yes, race has everything to do with this.” And that’s where he loses me.  Despite making that rather extraordinary declaration, the author provides absolutely ZERO evidence that race is the cause of the behaviors he’s describing. He provides statistics. He describes experiences. He identifies behaviors he finds objectionable, but then he makes an enormous logical leap from observing behavior to attributing that behavior to race.

TL/DR THE ANTI-2A SIDE ISN’T SENDING THEIR BEST MINDS:  ESR reads the amicus briefs in the Chicago AR-15 ban appeal.

Do they have best minds?

ABSOLUTELY TRUE. SLOPCORE (YES, IT’S THE NAME, DEAL) NAILED IT:  “America Innovates, Europe Regulates”.

It was always a tendency of Europe. Having lost the lead in the race to the future circa the early 20th century, Europe prided itself on being more considerate and careful. But the EU just tied them up in red tape and blindfolded them with stories of how much worse things were in America. (All of them BS.)

WHERE, OH WHERE IS MY SHOCKED FACE?  The effects of police presence on crime perpetration are basically universal. Whether you’re looking at Africa, Brazil, America, Japan, Sweden, Russia, China, or even El Salvador, more cops nearby means fewer crimes taking place.

UTTERLY AND COMPLETELY:   The Wrong Side of History.

From the comments:

“who can no longer enter a public place without checking for the exits.”

Shows a certain type of clueless mentality. I’ve been checking for exits in every public place I’ve entered since at least the 80s. Or has this special snowflake never heard of fires, earthquakes or tornados?

WHEN HUMAN CEMETERIES ARE INSUFFICIENT TO THE DEMOCRATS:  ‘Biscuit’ the dog is latest dead felon to get their voting rights back from Spanberger, confused owner says. Del Tom Garrett demands an independent audit of Abigail Spanberger’s restoration process before Election Day ballot measure.

OUTRAGEOUS:  University of Chicago Medical Students Get Travel and Housing Help If They Witness Enough Abortions.

NOW DO DEAD PEOPLE AND IMAGINARY ONES:  Mullin to Newsmax: Noncitizens on Voter Rolls Top 300,000.

NO, MAO WAS NOT ADMIRABLE, AND PEASANTS DID NOT HAVE A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE THAN WE HAVE TODAY:  Poverty Mao and Then. And lefty sorts who don’t get it.