MARK JUDGE: J.D. Vance is Both Right and Wrong about Kids and Cat Ladies.

Hurricane Ernesto Plunges 50% of Puerto Rico into Darkness:  As hurricanes go, Ernesto is pretty weak right now–just a Category 1.  That could change, of course.  But Puerto Rico’s electrical grid goes down easily.

Will Joe Biden be blamed for Puerto Rico’s problem?  I ask because, in 2017, a massively stronger hurricane–Maria–struck Puerto Rico and wreaked much greater havoc.  A report by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights tried to blame it on Donald Trump (just as the mainstream media had blamed George W. Bush for Hurricane Katrina).  (My individual part of the hurricane report opposed that effort to blame Trump and can be found here.)  All in all, I found the hurricane project pretty interesting.

HEADLINES FROM 1950-2024, INCLUSIVE: Russia ready to execute nuclear attacks on NATO targets, according to leaked documents.

Western sources have reportedly leaked Russian plans drawn up between 2008 and 2014 for “a series of overwhelming strikes across Western Europe,” the Financial Times reported.

Citing documents from Western security sources, Putin allegedly sought to enable the Russian navy to execute nuclear strikes within NATO territory were a conflict with the alliance to emerge.

Targets would not be solely military. According to William Alberque, a former NATO official, “There could be hundreds, if not thousands, of targets mapped across Europe, including military and infrastructure targets.”

Russia is also evidently still capable of transporting nuclear weapons on surface ships, which experts say carries a significant risk of escalation or accident. The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I), signed by the U.S. and Russia in 1991, was supposed to have eliminated this possibility, although many have often questioned Moscow’s adherence to it.

Possible targets presented by the FT included the west coast of France, military installations in Norway, Germany, and Estonia, as well as the British port town of Barrow-in-Furness, known for its production of nuclear submarines.

None of this is exactly news and hardly required any leaks. For whatever reason — I can think of a couple — those “Western sources” wanted to use the press to issue a reminder.

THE GENTRY CLASS BUREAUCRATS ARE TRYING TO FORTIFY THEIR POSITIONS HERE AND ABROAD: America is turning into the EU: Democrats are steering the US towards European-style censorship, technocratic rule and economic decline.

HAHA:

Why wouldn’t a press conference help Kamala win?

After all, she has a flawless record, superb and wide-ranging policy, a sophisticated understanding of geopolitics, a profound comprehension of economics,

And wit, charm, intelligence and charisma

Am I missing something? https://t.co/0XI5Ppmzhb

— Winston Marshall (@MrWinMarshall) August 14, 2024

Related: Biden Answers More Questions Than Kamala – His Response Gives You a Clue About Who’s Running Things.

BLUE ON BLUE: Ouch! The White House Just Threw Kamala Harris Under the Bidenomics Bus.

RECENTLY A PROMETHEUS AWARD FINALIST, DEVON ERIKSEN’S HARD SCIFI THEFT OF FIRE IS NOW ON THE BALLOT FOR THE DRAGON AWARDS: Theft of Fire: Orbital Space #1.

#CommissionEarned

Recently a Prometheus Award finalist, Devon Eriksen’s hard scifi Theft of Fire is now on the ballot for the Dragon Awards, so not all of the Dragon awards has gone funny.

Readers looking for a breath-of-fresh-air, non-”woke” scifi can find a 3-chapter preview at http://www.DevonEriksen.com, get a copy of the book, and grab a ballot to vote.  Voting for the Dragon Awards is free, if a bit convoluted. [Request your ballot here], (https://application.dragoncon.net/dc\_fan\_awards\_signup.php), and use this post (https://x.com/Devon_Eriksen_/status/1822052517150146843/photo/1) to help answer any questions you have about voting.

AS SHOULD ALL AMERICANS: Gun Owners Should Be Worried That Tulsi Gabbard Was Put on a Secret Government Watchlist.

BEING INTERVIEWED USED TO BE A ROUTINE PART OF RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT:

Serious advice for Kamala: Do the presser/live interview. The longer it's pushed off, the more anxious she will become & the more weight will be attached to it b/c of all the avoidance. Speaking of pushing off, her body language is all "Back off, stay away." Not a good look. pic.twitter.com/dHn1gUUa3f

— Elizabeth Scalia (@TheAnchoress) August 14, 2024

BEAUTY IS ESSENTIAL:  Who Murdered Beauty?

OH, THE USUAL RIGHT WING COWARDS WHO, AFTER THE ELECTION IS FRAUDED FOR KAMALA WILL SAY “WELL, THE POLLS WERE CLOSE AND SHE WAS SO POPULAR, AND NO ONE LIKES TRUMP, AND THERE WAS NO FRAUD.” THAT’S PROBABLY IT:  Whom Are They Fooling?

I HAVE THE STRANGE IMPRESSION THAT LIBERALS HAVE NEVER ACTUALLY SEEN A MAN WITH A MODICUM OF TESTOSTERONE:  Coming For Your Guns – Tim Walz’s Terrifying Manliness.

VERY GOOD:  Pushback: Former police chief who illegally raided local Kansas newspaper charged.

GOOD:  California Sheriff Blasts Harris For Using His Image in ‘Misleading’ Campaign Ad, Says He Supports Trump.

SHE’S RUNNING ON “BEHOLD, I CAN TAN”:  The Rorschach candidate.

THERE ARE STILL FREE MEN IN GREAT BRITAIN:  61-Year-Old Brit Gets 18 Month Prison Sentence For Chanting “Who The F**k Is Allah”.

IF YOU WANT THE COUNTRY — NAY HUMANITY — TO HAVE A FUTURE, IT IS IMPORTANT:  Yeah, homeschooling may be that important.

NO, REALLY? BEHOLD MY SHOCKED FACE:  Hackers found vulnerabilities in voting machines — but it’s too late to do anything about it.

NZ CHARITY UNKNOWINGLY DISTRIBUTES METH-LACED SWEETS. THIS IS BIZARRE BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF METH IN EACH SWEET IS ABOUT 300X WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT FOR A SINGLE DOSE HIT:  NZ charity unknowingly distributes meth-laced sweets.

WAIT. HE WANTS JOURNALISTS TO LIE MORE?  Biden Snaps at Reporter: ‘My Policies are Working. Start Writing That Way, Okay?’.

THEY WOULDN’T BE CREATING AI CROWDS FOR HARRIS IF THEY HAD REAL ONES:  Operation Demoralize – Shake Out of It and Get Yourself Together.

I just don’t know how to get around the fraud.

SOUNDS WAY TOO PLAUSIBLE:   Trump: Harris is ‘Waiting for Me to Announce My’ Economic Plan ‘So She Can Copy It’.

RIP: Gena Rowlands, a luminous leading lady of independent film, has died, age 94.

SADLY, THIS IS BELIEVABLE:

"Allegedly, the American delegation presented a list with the names of ten Mossad agents within Iran whom the Americans believed were involved in the assassination, directly or indirectly."
If this is true, if the Biden-Harris administration did this, then Israel should withdraw…

— Caroline Glick (@CarolineGlick) August 14, 2024

Wrecking intelligence cooperation with Israel, in order to suck up to the Iranians, while in consequence leaving the U.S. more vulnerable to a terror attack, sounds par for the course for this administration.

OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.