Archive for 2025
December 1, 2025
HOW COULD A JUDICIARY WITH MORE THAN TWO CENTURIES OF PUBLIC TRUST BEHIND IT EVER THROW ALL THAT AWAY? LIKE THIS:
Every time we indict the Deep State, it never gets to a jury.
Corrupt judges throw out the case.
How many Trump admin & J6 cases did they throw out?
Zero.
How many Deep State cases tossed?
100%.
First it was abuse of the national injunctions, now it’s this.
We are… https://t.co/IDt4IE4FoA
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) December 1, 2025
ICYMI: Oops, Russia Has a Teensy Little Rocket Problem — and So Do We. “Tight-lipped as ever, Moscow hasn’t said who screwed up or what went wrong.”
REDUCE PAIN: Shoulder-Heating-Pad-Heated-Wrap – 3 Heat Settings. #CommissionEarned
THIS IS A FUN ONE TO WATCH, AND EVEN MORE FUN IF I CAN FIND THE TIME TO FINISH THE WHOLE THING: Ian McCollum And Brandon Herrera Go Deep Gun Geeking. “In a self-described “Most Autistic Episode Ever,” Ian McCollum of Forgotten Weapons joins Brandon Herrera, Cody Garrett (AKA Donut Operator) and Eli Cuevas (AKA Eli Doubletap) on their Unsubscribe podcast.”
CYBER MONDAY DEAL: 5 Precision Adjust Knife Sharpener. #CommissionEarned
WATCHDOG EXPOSED BIDEN’S AFGHAN IMMIGRANT FAILURE IN 2022: Richard Pollock devotes his latest Substack contribution to the 2022 report by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector-General (IG) that left no doubt the Biden administration’s “screening” of Afghan refugees following the U.S. withdrawal was a sick joke.
Among so much else, consider just this damning paragraph from the IG:
“CBP’s Concept of Operations for Operation Allies Refugees allowed its officers to admit or parole evacuees into the country without presenting proper identification documents at a POE (Point of Entry) if they had no derogatory information. However, during the audit, when we requested a list of individuals admitted or paroled without proper identification, CBP officials responded that they did not maintain such a list.”
As Glenn says, just keep scrolling.
YES: We Need an Updated, More Muscular Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. “The anti-gun blue states and rich disarmament financiers like Michael Bloomberg are trying to price us out of our rights while suing gun companies into oblivion. The original PLCAA is no longer enough.”
OH, TO BE IN ENGLAND: IT consultant arrested after posing with shotgun on LinkedIn.
An IT consultant was arrested by police in Britain after he posted a picture online of himself posing with a gun in the US.
Jon Richelieu-Booth said he was shocked by the “Orwellian” decision by West Yorkshire Police (WYP) to prosecute him over the social media post.
The 50-year-old said that on Aug 13 he had posted a picture of himself on LinkedIn holding a shotgun while on a private homestead with friends during a holiday in Florida.
Mr Richelieu-Booth claims the LinkedIn message contained nothing he considered threatening, with the picture attached to a lengthy post about his day and work activities.
However, he said that a police officer later visited his home to warn him that concerns had been raised about the post.
“I was told to be careful what I say online and I need to understand how it makes people feel,” he said.
Mr Richelieu-Booth said he offered to provide officers with proof that the picture of the firearm had been taken while he was in the US but the officers said that was not necessary.
More here: “Richelieu-Booth said the investigation left him unable to work as his phone and computers were seized by police. The incident drew international attention after Elon Musk commented on the case online. His post referenced coverage of the arrest and contrasted the situation with legal protections in the United States. Musk’s response amplified debate around the policing of social media posts and the scope of public order laws in the UK.”
And this is why we have the first and second amendments in America https://t.co/fKXW3zFzMx
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 30, 2025
AREA CATS ORGANIZING TO PREVENT COMPETITION: City raccoons near humans show early signs of domestication.
IN NEW YORK, SCRAPPY LOCAL NEWSPAPER STRUGGLES FOR SURVIVAL:
The New York Times beat us on the Zohran scoop, but we beat the New York Times on the Somali fraud scoop. Make no mistake: although we have significantly fewer resources, this is a competition between peer institutions and, more often than not, we're beating them to the story. https://t.co/SSOw62Hnxa
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@christopherrufo) December 1, 2025
Earlier: New York Times Struggles to Explain Why It Reported News to Traumatized Readers.
(Classical reference in headline.)
CYBER MONDAY DEAL: New Balance Men’s 608 V5 Casual Comfort Cross Trainer. #CommissionEarned
CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATION, BUT . . .
IF YOU DON’T WANT YOUR STUFF BLOWN UP, TRY NOT STARTING STUPID WARS: Kremlin Says Ukrainian Strike on CPC Terminal Was Outrageous Given its International Importance.
WHOOPS: Guy Pearce apologizes to Jewish News after sharing antisemitic conspiracy posts.
Hollywood actor Guy Pearce has apologised to Jewish News after admitting he had shared “misinformation and falsehoods” in a series of social media posts promoting the Palestinian cause.
It follows revelations that Pearce, nominated this year for both an Oscar and a Golden Globe for The Brutalist, had circulated material featuring America’s most notorious white supremacist, Nick Fuentes, as well as posts claiming that the “top three pornography companies are owned by Jewish people”, that Israel was behind 9/11, and that Israeli officials ordered the murder of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Pearce told Jewish News: “It has been brought to my attention that, in my support of Palestine, I have inadvertently re-posted articles, and/or statements, that have contained misinformation and falsehoods. I am aware how sharing inaccurate content can cause confusion and distress; for this I am deeply sorry. I will certainly endeavour to be more diligent in future to verify anything I share online.”
Pearce, whose film credits also include The King’s Speech, The Hurt Locker, LA Confidential, Memento and Iron Man 3, also shared Instagram posts via Twitter earlier this month from an account calling itself “Corefitnessbynaz2”. The posts read: “Remember, when Zionists tell you Islam will destroy America… While several major Las Vegas casinos/hotels that have caused gambling addictions, debt and prostitution were created and owned by Jewish Zionists… The Zionists (not Jews) want you to fear the people who stand against the corruption they are creating.”
Pearce is a longstanding pro-Palestine supporter, tweeting earlier this week: “I’ve never been so disgusted by a group of people in my life as I am by Israelis. Everyday I witness their utter disregard & disdain for Palestinian life. It is shameful & sets humanity further backwards with every vile act like this.”
Earlier this year he signed up to the Film Workers for Palestine boycott of Israeli film institutions considered complicit “in genocide and apartheid”.
In 2010’s The King’s Speech, Pearce played the Duke of Windsor. I had no idea how well-cast he was.
What he actually shared. His “apology” that he merely meant to show his support for Palestine but inadvertently spread antisemitic propaganda — is quite revealing. https://t.co/8U7pcqU8PZ https://t.co/XyAJ7Iczf0 pic.twitter.com/zGdY7YP6EZ
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) December 1, 2025
Exit quote from Jim Treacher, who tweets, “I suspect Guy Pearce is most worried about being associated with Nick Fuentes. It’s practically mandatory for a leftist in 2025 to hate Jews, but you can’t praise RIGHT-wing antisemites. That’s giving the whole game away.“
2025 IN A NUTSHELL:
MINNESOTA VICE:
“Hey, Somalis aren’t the only ones defrauding my state. That’s racist. My friends are too." https://t.co/7r52f9m5tZ pic.twitter.com/snRLD7iyoI
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) December 1, 2025
THEY’RE JUST SERVING THE TIME AMERICANS WON’T: Over 7,000 Criminal Illegals in New York Jails.
WHAT FOLLOWING THE SCIENCE ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE:
A reminder that the empirical evidence shows lockdowns failed to protect life and caused tremendous catastrophic harm. Let's hope the NYT never again has a say in public health policy. https://t.co/xp1EnZVKAW
— Jay Bhattacharya (@DrJBhattacharya) November 27, 2025
CYBER MONDAY DEAL: R8 Tire Inflator Portable Air Compressor. #CommissionEarned
ROBIN HANSON: The Male Gender-War Advantage.
Raising the status of some situation or action, and people will pay more to get it. Lower that status, and they’ll pay more to avoid it. For example, women can raise the price men pay for sex with women by lowering the status of promiscuous “sluts”, while men can raise the price women pay to “henpeck” men by lowering the status of such men.
However, men have a big advantage re this status strategy, as how much other men respect a man counts a lot more to women than how much other women respect a woman counts to men. (Data) So when men look down on hen-pecked men, those men look bad in both male and female eyes, while when women look down on a promiscuous woman, that woman doesn’t look so bad in male eyes.
Hmm.
SPACE: ULA aimed to launch up to 10 Vulcan rockets this year—it will fly just once.
Around this time last year, officials at United Launch Alliance projected 2025 would be their busiest year ever. Tory Bruno, ULA’s chief executive, told reporters the company would launch as many as 20 missions this year, with roughly an even split between the legacy Atlas V launcher and its replacement—the Vulcan rocket.
Now, it’s likely that ULA will close out 2025 with six flights—five with the Atlas V and just one with the Vulcan rocket the company is so eager accelerate into service. Six flights would make 2025 the busiest launch year for ULA since 2022, but it falls well short of the company’s forecast.
Last week, ULA announced its next launch is scheduled for December 15. An Atlas V will loft another batch of broadband satellites for the Amazon Leo network, formerly known as Project Kuiper, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. This will be ULA’s last launch of the year.
SpaceX is also a bit short of its goal for 2025, at “just” 155 out of a hoped-for 180 launches. But they do have a month to go.