Archive for 2025

“THE MD-11 IS *NOT* THE DC-10.”

DRUG WAR: Federal memo says cartels offering $10K for shooting at Border Patrol agents. “Additional reporting suggests that assailants may wear Mexican military uniforms to avoid raising suspicion while carrying long arms or machine guns,” the alert says. “While this threat specifically pertains to the RGV [Rio Grande Valley] Sector, it reflects heightened cartel frustrations that could extend across the southwest border.”

WHY ARE WOMEN SO MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE WITH SOMEONE WHO WISHES VIOLENT DEATH UPON CHILDREN?

Or maybe just think of women as the Left’s ideological enforcers — Orwell certainly did — and it all makes sense.

NOT A GREAT SIGN OF CONFIDENCE: Yum Brands to review strategic options for Pizza Hut, opening the door to a sale. “The company has not set a deadline or definitive timetable for the review process. While Yum did not specify what the review’s ‘range of strategic options’ include, potential outcomes could be an outright divestiture, a joint venture or the sale of a stake in the chain.”

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Brutal Night for Republicans…Or Was It? “The Dems’ flying monkeys in the mainstream media will have a field day with this, loudly proclaiming a huge repudiation of President Trump. There’s no basis in reality for that. I am not at all surprised that things went poorly for Republicans in four states that voted for Kamala Harris last year. Voting Democrat wasn’t very popular last year, and it hasn’t gotten any cooler this year. My stomach isn’t going to be twisted into knots because people who voted to send the country down the leftist toilet last year are continuing to do so.”

YOU GET MORE OF WHAT YOU TOLERATE:

And even more of what wins.

ALLIES: Hegseth says South Korea will take larger role in defense against North Korean aggression.

Hegseth said he is “greatly encouraged” by South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back’s commitment to increase defense spending and make “greater” investments in the country’s military ability, including “critical” missile defense and space capabilities that “our forces need to preserve the peace and prevail, God forbid, in war.”

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said in early October that South Korea will increase its defense spending by 8.2 percent next year in order to produce autonomous drones, precision-guided missiles and combat robots.

The U.S. Defense secretary said the alliance between Washington and Seoul is “stronger than ever before” and touted the agreement to have American ships maintained and repaired in South Korea.

Seoul had already stepped up in recent years — nice to see them doing even more.

SETH BARRETT TILLMAN: The Silence of the Criminal Defense Bar. “[O]ne reason you have this silence is that many know Trump is right on this particular issue, but they are afraid of becoming unpopular by saying it out loud.”

This is what happens when you have a monoculture.

WITH MALICE AFORETHOUGHT: How The UN Discarded Israeli Intel To Downplay UNRWA’s Ties To Hamas.

Investigators with the U.N. Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) looked into 19 U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) employees’ ties to Hamas based on Israeli intelligence and produced a report, which the United Nations has not released publicly and which the Free Beacon reviewed. It portrays the intelligence as likely authentic yet deems it “insufficient” to support the firings of 10 UNRWA staffers. This was the case with an alleged “Hamas platoon commander” and a second “Hamas operative,” both of whom Israel identified through intercepted phone calls and text messages.

The revelation suggests UNRWA may still employ Hamas terrorists who could play a role on the ground if the international organization is allowed to participate in aid distribution in Gaza. As the Free Beacon has reported, at least one senior U.N. official who wishes to restore UNRWA’s control of aid has angled for a prominent position in President Donald Trump’s plans for the territory. UNRWA staffers with ties to Hamas who remain in good standing with the international organization, meanwhile, could transfer to other U.N. agencies.

The United Nations cited this investigation in August when it announced it would not fire 10 of the employees Israel identified. U.N. bodies have used the results to claim reports of UNRWA involvement with Hamas are “not substantiated,” as the International Court of Justice did when it ruled late last month that UNRWA should reassume control of humanitarian aid deliveries in post-war Gaza, over Israel’s objections.

The report includes multiple instances in which the United Nations waved off Israeli intelligence with few—if any—attempts to corroborate the evidence, undermining the United Nations’ announcement and its attempts to play down the relationship between UNRWA and Hamas.

The UN is objectively pro-terror.

NOT TOO MUCH FOR ME: Trump Was Right Again: Too Much Winning. “Is it possible that “too much winning” is not just a rallying cry but, in practice, a bad thing? Any Psychology 101 course will teach you that change is the chief cause of stress, and Trump 2.0 has one indisputable characteristic – unrelenting, unyielding, unprecedented change. Starting on Jan. 20, when the president signed 26 executive orders in less than half a day, it has been nonstop experimentation and overhaul.”

Trump’s hit the government like a wrecking ball. And that’s a good thing; in fact, I called for him to move fast and break things. But yeah, I get that it scares and disorients some people. I just think that on net, that’s probably for the best.