WHAT AN AIRFRAME: The F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter Is Getting So Many Upgrades It Will Now Fly Until 2060.
I mean, it’s no B-52, but still…
Archive for 2026
January 12, 2026
HOW IT STARTED:
Los Angeles 2013 as imagined by Syd Mead in 1988. pic.twitter.com/OrmNtt7COA
— Sci-Fi Archives (@SciFiArchives) January 12, 2026
How it’s going: Los Angeles Is Spending Over $1 Billion To House the Homeless. It’s Failing.
Los Angeles’ last Republican mayor left office in 2001.
SAY, I’M BEGINNING TO HAVE MY DOUBTS THAT THIS MAMDANI FELLA’S INTENTIONS ARE HONORABLE: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani quietly makes it harder for feds to monitor Tren de Aragua gang at Rikers.
Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani has quietly made it harder for federal agents to monitor Tren de Aragua and other brutal gangs in Rikers Island.
Mamdani revoked Executive Order 50 on his first day in office — which gave federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, the ability to monitor the brutal Venezuelan gangbangers inside the city jail.
Hizzoner killed the initiative as part of a broad directive that repealed all executive orders issued by his predecessor, Mayor Eric Adams, between Sept. 26 and Dec. 31.
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Federal agents are worried because this is the first time the gang’s thugs in the US are just 15 miles apart from their leader, Venezuelan strongman Nicholas Maduro, who’s locked up in a federal jail in Brooklyn.
“Zoran kills exec order No 50 just as we should be more focused on the Venezuelan gang in Rikers — did he know that? Does he think that the gang should have one less pair of eyes,” the source said.
I’d say that’s an exceedingly safe bet, alas:
Zohran Mamdani’s crime advisor Tamika Malory: "I don't give a damn if they burn Target, we learned all vioIence from you"
— Mamdani Watch (@MamdaniWatch) January 12, 2026
Why, it’s as if: Mamdani’s appointees are as mad as you’d expect.
UPDATE:
Tamika Mallory is also a follower of the noted Jew hater and anti-semite Louis Farrakhan who refused to condemn Farrakhan on the view when she was asked about it by @MeghanMcCain https://t.co/SEOiZc0jGf pic.twitter.com/05qqI0Tp2O
— Wokal Distance (@wokal_distance) January 12, 2026
MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: America’s Political Parties Are Dying — What’s Next?
At a Tea Party-era CPAC conference in Washington, my PJTV colleague Bill Whittle joked at an event he hosted, “It’s nice to see so many young faces at a conservative event. The average age at these things is usually ‘deceased.'”
Jokes aside, attendance at youth-oriented CPAC is down significantly since 2009, but if you want to see just how badly both parties do with younger voters these days, look no further than Gallup’s new Political Party Identification numbers.
Much more at the link.
NAILED IT:
Democrats Fear Iranian Love Of Freedom Could Spread To America https://t.co/aOwQ63xh3n pic.twitter.com/yVO1eKug0r
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) January 12, 2026
CHRIS BRAY: The Fall of Soygon. “Minneapolis is [Current Thing], and a significant part of the population is for that.”
Whatever gets the Cluster B loonies excited this week.
CHIVALRY WAS A CODE THAT MADE BEHAVIORAL DEMANDS ON WOMEN AS WELL AS MEN.
Notice a woman physically attacked a man, and when he grabbed her mask, another man (maybe with the woman) expressed outrage that he “hit a woman.”
Weaponized chivalry.
Part of the reason women are taking the lead at these protests is that they consider themselves untouchable. https://t.co/pbttvTWBnb
— Laura Powell (@LauraPowellEsq) January 12, 2026
WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Navy F-35 pilots train to wield drones with touchscreen tablets. “The tactical exercise saw the F-35 pilots use the tablets to control multiple Collaborative Combat Aircraft at once. These autonomous unmanned systems, operating with artificial intelligence, can be used as ‘loyal wingmen’ by aviators.”
TANKER SEIZURE UPDATES: More Details Emerge About U.S. Interdiction of Russian-flagged Ship. “As a sidenote, it is worth pointing out that two of these [C-17] aircraft – 23648 and 25359 – were involved in the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, immortalized in the film Black Hawk Down. 23648 flew as STAR 41 and was the first unit able to respond to the downing of SUPER 61, landing nearby and recovering the two Delta snipers who had survived the crash. One would later succumb to his injuries.”
CHRISTIAN TOTO: Hollywood Honors Renee Good, Ignores Hundreds Killed in Iran.
The Iranian people could use a hand right about now.
Thousands are protesting their cruel, dictatorial government, a brave stance that has stunned the world.
Well, most of the world.
The tiny sliver of land known as Hollywood couldn’t bother to address the matter at Sunday’s Golden Globes telecast. Some predicted that sorry state of affairs.
Tomorrow at the Golden Globes:
Zero mentions of Iranian protests
Tons of F*** ICE rants
— Christian Toto (@HollywoodInToto) January 11, 2026
Still though, points to Hollywood for their epic bravery at times like this:
The bravery of Judd Apatow here in calling out the Trump Dictatorship on live television, knowing full well that he’ll be disappeared by the State within hours for speaking out. I’m in awe https://t.co/WrvmaGA4yy
— Enguerrand VII de Coucy (@ingelramdecoucy) January 12, 2026
Evergreen: “Hollywood has the best moral compass, because it has compassion.”
—Harvey Weinstein, 2009.
Speaking of which: Melissa Gilbert Bought ‘Christmas Gifts’ for Husband Timothy Busfield’s Alleged Child Victims, Arrest Warrant States.
THANKS. I had well over 180K when I disabled my account back in the old, pre-Elon days. I had to build anew when I restarted. I haven’t tried super hard to build my numbers, but I’d appreciate a follow from whoever is on X.
It is akin to a sin against social media that @instapundit has only 23k followers after nuking his original account some time back.
This is an OG — in reality — of conservative political blogging.
There are a few still around who go back to the beginning of that blogosphere…
— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) January 12, 2026
HE’S BUSY: Trump’s Latest Deal? ‘We’re Talking to Cuba, and You’ll Find Out Pretty Soon.’
In the meantime, the memes go on.
Marco Rubio learns he'll run Cuba. pic.twitter.com/ebfz3ibT5D
— Stephen Green (@VodkaPundit) January 12, 2026
Earlier: Trump Says ‘You’ll Find Out Pretty Soon’ What He’ll Do for Iranian Protestors.
BLACK CHURCHES USED TO BE BURNED IN MISSISSIPPI, NOW IT’S SYNAGOGUES: Arrest made in alleged arson fire at historic Mississippi synagogue.
DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES:
He randomly attacked a man with a pipe in the Loop.
The victim suffered facial fractures, lost teeth, and required multiple reconstructive surgeries.
It was his 57th arrest.
But his plea deal will not require him to spend a single day in prison.https://t.co/0JZ1ME8aCi
— CWBChicago (@CWBChicago) January 12, 2026
Three strikes is plenty.
SUDDENLY, THE MAN WITH OPINIONS ON EVERYTHING DOESN’T HAVE ONE: If world events can’t be used to bash the US government or Israel, Glenn Greenwald suddenly has very meticulous criteria for offering an opinion. Not knowing Hebrew or Arabic certainly hasn’t stopped him from expressing (admittedly ignorant) opinions on the Gaza war. But he can’t even bring himself to give well-wishes to Iranians fighting their tyrannical theocracy, which hardly requires a degree in Persian politics.
SO THIS IS WHERE THE NATION IS TODAY: Liberals Think Antifa Isn’t Real. But It Is — and It Knows How to Win. “Despite these constant distortions, the truth about antifa—what it actually is, where it comes from, what it’s accomplished—is still spectacular. ‘Antifa,’ a shortening of the word ‘antifascist,’ refers to a decentralized, underground network of radical leftists dedicated to destroying the far right. Its activists are mostly anarchists, communists, and socialists, and, though they might differ in ideology, they all subscribe to a specific militant tradition of antifascism holding that fascists need to be fought ‘by any means necessary.'”
I suppose that’s as good a definition of domestic terrorism as any, but Antifa — and its supporters like The Nation’s Christopher Mathias, always lie about the group’s intentions.
Antifa might be antifascist, but they’re certainly pro-Communist.
“By any means necessary.”
QUESTIONS NOBODY IS ASKING: “What is queer food?”
The question “what is queer food?” is, we’re told by Professor Elias, “a question that’s coming up a lot lately.” If only among academics desperate for an angle, an excuse for claiming a salary and wasting other people’s time. Academics much like Professor Elias.
Elias said she does not have a definition for what “queer food” is, but wants “recognition” it exists.
Welcome to the bleeding edge of human mental activity.
David Thompson’s post is appropriately headlined: Issues Of Earth-Rumbling Import.
HOWEVER MUCH YOU DESPISE THE MEDIA…
Two years ago, Hamas falsely claimed Israel bombed a hospital—“500 killed.”
It was a Palestinian rocket, hit a parking lot, and fewer than 20 died.The media ran with it anyway.
Today: 2,000+ Iranians murdered, on video—Silence.
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) January 11, 2026
See also: US college campus protests against young people gunned down in the streets of Iran [crickets].
THIS COLORADO RESIDENT FEELS THEIR PAIN: Red State Residents Speak Out on the Blue State Invasion, Sparking Viral Videos.
HAHA. SAME.
“If Iran falls, Israel will have dominance in the Middle East.”
Me: https://t.co/IjhRaZGWIw pic.twitter.com/oS7ykgxfLk
— Nazi Hunters (@HuntersOfNazis) January 11, 2026
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE LEFT’S DEFINITION OF “DOING GOOD” IS PURELY “PROMOTING LEFTIST DOMINANCE.” There is no other.
Crazy how people will watch Elon Musk literally bypass authoritarian regimes to give people internet access during literal blackouts and uprisings, then turn around and say he’s done nothing good for humanity.
— Nicole Behnam نیکول شیرین (@NicoleBehnam) January 11, 2026
UPDATE: Yes.
Elon saved civilization. I don't think I am overstating his importance. We were headed down a dark path. The basic moral tenets that are the basis of civil society were being eroded. We are not free of the evil influences yet but we are at an inflection point. I have hope.
— Sharon (willow's apprentice) (@RinkusSharon) January 12, 2026