ICYMI: THAT WAS THE WEEKEND THAT WAS:
Moonshot. Soldier rescued. NYT doesn’t know what NATO stands for.
Glorious few days we’ve had.
— Bryan O'Nolan (@BryanONolan) April 5, 2026
Archive for 2026
April 6, 2026
THE NUMBERS DON’T LIE:
Imaging losing 1 plane for every 13,000 strike missions and thinking that America is winning the war in Iran 😂😭
At this rate, Iran can absorb 52,000,000 strikes to down the remaining 4,000 US strike aircraft.
America will lose.
— Rabbi Linda Goldstein (🇵🇸🍉I/P Commentary) (@realrabbilinda) April 5, 2026
Also: Heh.
SKYNET, HAL, COLOSSUS, AND M-5 ARE ALL SMILING RIGHT NOW:
I am telling you, Anthropic is not building an AI that is here to protect humanity, but rather an AI that will turn against it
They're deep into the woke rabbit hole and they do not care about morality
Their AI safety team is a joke. Their moral guide for AI is literally a… https://t.co/stW1geiTsb
— X Freeze (@XFreeze) April 5, 2026
LIGHTNING DEAL: VATAN Men’s Belt Leather Ratchet Belt for Men Dress Casual. #CommissionEarned
OH, CANADA: Canada Going On Gun-Grabbing Spree.
Then-Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced legislation known as C-21 to freeze handgun purchases and a “buy back” of military-style semi-automatic firearms in May 2022, with the bill receiving Royal Assent in December 2023. Conservative Member of Parliament Dane Lloyd of Alberta questioned Minister of Public Safety Gary Anandasangaree about the apparent large-scale refusal to comply from gun owners.
“Minister, the declaration period for firearms owners is scheduled to end next week. So far, only 2.5 percent of the estimated two million effected firearms have been declared and 98 percent [of] firearms owners haven’t made a declaration,” Lloyd said. “So, if they’re not declaring by next week, what’s your plan, Minister?”
The legislation contained an Australia-style “buyback” of so-called “assault weapons” after Trudeau’s government banned over 2,500 types of modern semiautomatic firearms following a 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia.
“The plan we have is as of March 31st, the time to complete the enrollment, will be, will be done and then the RCMP and other agencies will be available throughout the spring and the summer to do the collection,” Anandasangaree responded.
“Collection.”
A FRIEND OF A FRIEND NEEDS HELP: Many of you have doubtless read articles in gun magazines and related publications by Kat Hel. Lately she’s written under her married name of Katherine Ainsworth Stevens. She’s a friend to most of us in the North Texas Troublemakers, and to my wife and I. She visited our home just a week ago.
I MEAN, HE’S NOT WRONG:
It's absolutely absurd that the American military can literally set up an entire military command post behind enemy lines just to rescue 1 pilot…
…but the GOP in Congress cannot muster a single ounce of courage whatsoever to pass the SAVE Act
Tells you all you need to know.
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) April 5, 2026
PIVOT!
Much of the “conscientious objector” Right and most of the Left seamlessly shifted from calling Trump a coward and chanting “TACO” at him to calling him a madman who has to be stopped at all costs with no acknowledgement at all that they’ve done a complete 180 https://t.co/4Iqm4zY7Um
— Enguerrand VII de Coucy (@ingelramdecoucy) April 6, 2026
CONSTITUENT SERVICE: Dem Senator Mourns Criminal ‘Asylum Seeker’ Who Caused Big Pileup While Fleeing ICE.
ICYMI: HOW “COMPASSIONATE” GOVERNMENT WORKS:
Why don't they just put the scammers in jail? pic.twitter.com/FnTab9DGXO
— Bill Brown (@billbrown) April 3, 2026
It’s not like there’s just some fraud in the system, which might be reduced by sharper management. The fraud is the purpose of the system, and the system is explicitly designed to facilitate it.
When you understand that, all sorts of things become clear.
ON SUNDAYS I RUN A PROMO POST FOR (MOSTLY) INDIE AUTHORS: Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.
There’s also a fun vignette challenge.
INTERESTING AND USEFUL: How Money Laundering Works In The Art World.
SOMEONE SHOULD: Trump Administration to Investigate Spain’s ‘Human Rights Failures’ After Euthanasia of Gang Rape Victim.
If Spain still had men they’d be up in arms.
I THINK OF THIS OFTEN: Imagine What a Fully Free Society Could Build.
INTERESTING FOR THE CROSS-CULTURAL INSIGHT: How to Work in a Well-Managed American Firm. A Direct Guide for International Professionals.
TEARING DOWN IS EASIER THAN BUILDING. IT’S ALSO EVIL: One of the stranger (and sadder) part of these latter days of the culture wars is the long-standing desire by some to tear down and trash Western Civilization. While none of those same people would admit that they desire barbarism instead, the problem is without commitment to maintaining a civilization’s guardrails, social entropy takes over and “things fall apart.”
AMERICAN LIVES MATTER: About that rescue of a downed pilot inside Iran. America Wins!
GRANTED GREEN CARDS BY THE BIDENTIA, AFTER BEING ADMITTED BY OBAMA, OF COURSE: Niece, grandniece of slain notorious Iranian Gen. Soleimani arrested by ICE while enjoying lavish lifestyles in LA.
SOME OF SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF REASONS: This is why NPR needs to be defunded.
But mostly because there is no legitimate function for them.
AS THEY (MOSTLY US MILITARY) SAY IN KOREA: OOPS-SAY-OH! Whoops! Sorry About That Chief.
BEHOLD MY SHOCKED FACE: California’s fraud problem is so bad the DOJ will ‘never have enough’ prosecutors to fight it.