21st CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: ‘Your Online AI Boyfriend:’ Influencer Creates A Fake Him … For The Ladies.

UPDATE (FROM GLENN): Related: AI and the Screwfly Succession.

OKAY, GROOMERS: Proposed California bill would brand parents abusive if they refuse to affirm their transgender children’s identity — and let social workers take youngsters into care.

QUESTION ASKED: Missing: Where Are America’s Urban Kids?

Since May 1, there has been a quiet epidemic of missing kids in America’s large urban areas. In Cleveland alone there are — as of the publication of this article — currently 45 kids listed as missing on the City of Cleveland’s Police webpage. That number includes kids just from the city of Cleveland proper, so the number of missing in surrounding areas is likely much higher still.

In addition, on the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s (NCMEC) website, there are three more missing Cleveland kids. That’s 48 kids missing in just a little over five weeks. What the heck is happening in Cleveland?

It’s not just Cleveland; read the whole thing.

MK-ULTRA: Did Ted Kaczynski’s Transformation Into the Unabomber Start at Harvard?

Yes. Next question?

WELL, BYE: Boris Johnson’s shock exit reverberates through British ruling party.

Old rifts resurfaced in Britain’s ruling Conservative Party on Saturday following former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s abrupt resignation from parliament, while the opposition Labour Party sensed opportunity ahead of a general election next year.

Johnson quit late on Friday in protest against an investigation by lawmakers into his conduct as prime minister during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when lockdown-breaking parties were held in Downing Street.

In his resignation statement, Johnson railed against the inquiry that examined whether he misled the House of Commons about the gatherings, saying it had not found “a shred of evidence” against him. He also took aim at current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Flashback: Boris Johnson Missed His Churchill Moment: The pandemic was Boris’s biggest test. He failed.

CIA HARDEST HIT: Taliban successfully eradicates poppy cultivation: Report. Afghan poppy cultivation, which long provided most of the world’s heroin supply, flourished for decades due to US intervention in the country.

RAVING AND DROOLING: US weighs in on Roger Waters antisemitism debate, says artist has long history of denigrating Jews.

QUESTION ASKED: Do You Remember 2005?

That was 18 years ago.

Back then, the very same ideas, expressed the very same way, earned RFK Jr. a friendly, measured spot on the nation’s hottest television program. Today, it brings him smug condescension and often vicious contempt, from The New York Times announcement of his run for president informing readers that his campaign would be “built on re-litigating Covid-19 shutdowns and shaking Americans’ faith in science” to the Center for Countering Digital Hate placing him on its “Disinformation Dozen” list and demanding that his social media accounts be blocked. “He’s a crazy conspiracy theorist,” Times opinion columnist Farhad Manjoo shot back at someone on Twitter who dared to wonder why RFK Jr. might deserve attention, the smear rolling off Manjoo’s keyboard with the ease of someone receiving talking points from the Politburo instead of doing the work of having thoughts of his own.

HILLARY CLINTON COULD NOT BE REACHED FOR COMMENT: Unabomber Ted Kaczynski found dead in prison cell.

AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD: Dylan Mulvaney Now Blackmailing Corporations By Threatening To Endorse Their Products.

OUT ON A LIMB: Elliot Page’s Rapid Transformation Looks Like An Alarming Cry For Help.

QED: Ellen Page was violently punching herself in the face and hearing voices in her head. A few weeks later a doctor approved her for transgender surgery.

21st CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: The pet I’ll never forget: I was so proud of my Sea-Monkeys – until their orgies repulsed me.

THE POWER LINE WEEK IN PICTURES: Blowing Smoke Everywhere Edition.

AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD: Trump Indicted For Keeping Classified Documents In Mar-A-Lago Instead Of Somewhere Secure Like The Trunk Of A Corvette.

Related:

BIDEN VOTERS POSTING THEIR L’S ONLINE: “Liberal Woman” Complains That It’s Hard To Find Masculine Men Who Aren’t Conservative.

@ms_petch shares something on TikTok that has made dating very difficult lately. She calls it “one of the saddest realizations” she has had recently. “As a liberal woman, it is really hard to find a man who’s willing to play the more traditional masculine role in the relationship in today’s day and age who is not a conservative,” she admits. She attributes certain characteristics to a traditional, masculine man: paying for the first date, opening the door for the woman, caring for and providing for the woman. She wants all of this in a man—as long as he’s not conservative.

“Obviously as a liberal woman, I do want to be respected for my independence and I do want to have my own autonomy in the relationship and not be conformed to the traditional female homemaker, childbearing role,” she continues. “And most of the men that I dated who do have that more natural provider masculinity about them are normally conservative.”

She is at a loss because she wants to be with a masculine man but doesn’t want to compromise her morals and values. She asks her followers if she is asking for too much when she requests a man she can be “equal” with while he still provides for her.

Smash the cultural norms! Well, maybe not that far.

JOSH HAMMER: We Are Jews Against Soros.

I am a Jewish columnist, podcaster, and public speaker. As such, I routinely share my opinions as a basic feature of my job. I imagine some of those opinions are provocative—perhaps highly so—for a subset of the population, especially those of a left-of-center bent. Some (very) small percentage of my critics may hate me and hate my opinions because I am Jewish, but it is surely the case that the overwhelming majority of my critics disagree with me on the merits of my ideas and contributions to the public discourse. Unless I have a compelling reason to believe a specific critic is acting out of rank bigotry, I operate from a baseline presumption that the critic is not a Jew-hater, but simply disagrees with my position.

Again, this should be obvious. But for far too many, it is apparently not obvious—at least when it comes to criticism of George Soros.

Read the whole thing.

THE GRIFTERS: The SPLC Is Massively Overcounting ‘Hate’ Groups—and It’s Not Just Moms for Liberty.

But does it count itself as one? SPLC Lawyer Arrested in Atlanta Molotov Cocktail Riot, Faces Terrorism Charges.

JON GABRIEL INTERVIEWS JAMES LILEKS: Architecture & Morality (Video).

THIS IS THE WAY: National Health Service in Great Britain bans puberty blockers.

JEFF DUNETZ: How Biden Destroyed The U.S./Saudi Relationship.

A spokesperson with the National Security Council said, “we are not aware of such threats by Saudi Arabia.”

You’re kidding me. It was only five days ago when:

Saudi Arabia cut oil production again amid economic uncertainty OPEC+ countries also agreed to extend oil production cuts they announced in April through the end of 2024, reducing production by more than 1 million barrels per day. Per NPR.

Nice coincidence–extending the cuts through the end of 2024. Something else is happening near the end of 2024, like the beginning of November. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman thinks he was disrespected by Joe Biden before he was elected and after he entered the Oval Office, destroying a relationship with an important ally.

I’m so old, I can remember when America was energy independent.

GET WOKE GO…: Was Edward Enninful’s Vogue too ‘woke’ for Wintour?

When Enninful took over, advertisers were reportedly keen on the new direction. In 2017, “woke” paid. Marketing teams were scrambling for a chance to be associated with him and be seen to make deals with a diverse, inclusive range of talent. Under Enninful, the magazine attracted hundreds of millions of pounds in advertising from companies like BMW. Advertising money aside, PR moves, like the Forces for Change issue in September 2019, which was guest-edited by Meghan Markle, and having Greta Thunberg on the cover, sold out in a matter of days. After early success, Enninful saw himself as Wintour’s heir apparent, with sources telling the Mail that “there have been plenty of pretenders to the throne, but Edward considers himself her natural successor. He is the only person who appears to be a real threat.”

Six years later and a lot has changed. In 2017, when Enninful started, the magazine needed to get with the times. The Vogue look was out, and WASPy-women covers were old hat. But fashions change in politics as well as clothes, and with “wokeness” on the wane we emerge from the collective hysteria of the past few years, Enninful’s progressivism is proving to be too much. More importantly, he seems to have forgotten that his magazine’s success has relied on the fact that it has been a staple for wealthy, fashionable women. When asked about the Vogue reader a few years ago, Enninful said: “They are predominantly women but in this day and age can we really separate the sexes? I’m a man working in a woman’s publication. Femininity sounds old-fashioned.”

As one employee put it, “Nobody was ever going to make Vogue genderless while Anna Wintour was around. I’m not surprised he’s going; I’m surprised he ever lasted this long.”

Why would Condé Nast want British Vogue to be “genderless,” when they also publish the British edition of GQ for men?

WANT TO VOTE FOR A GOOD GUY?  No, not in any governmental election.

This is more like a popularity contest where the prize is having an article written about you.  A friend of ours is running for Mr. Health and Fitness. Some of you have seen mention of my wife here.  She’s been going to a trainer at our small local gym.  He’s one of the reasons Nina is it way better health in general than she was seven years ago. Sure, living out here in the country is less stressful than California. (You can’t chew the air here.)  And (most of) the politicians don’t give us heart palpitations. But Michael has really been a great asset. He’s not only (as you can see in the photos on the linked page) fit himself, he’s also truly a guy concerned with his clients’ mental and emotional fitness, not just physical fitness.  Although secretly I think Nina may help him as much as he helps her in some of those areas.

Anyway – if you have a mind to do so, please log in here and vote for a really good guy.  And you can buy more votes to support his chosen charity “Homes for Wounded Veterans” which is a great cause.

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BUT, BUT, YOU HAVE HIS “WORD AS A BIDEN:” Biden dishonestly smears Republicans who oppose his agenda.

WHEN THE HEADLINE DOESN’T MATCH THE STORY: Variety’s Stephen Rodrick: Without Fox News, Tucker Carlson Takes Man Cave Rants to Twitter Show — to Smaller Results.

Unmentioned in the article: Carlson’s first Twitter video currently has 108 million views. In contrast, according to the WaPo, “Carlson’s show on Fox averaged 3.27 million in his last four weeks as a host.”

Incidentally, Carlson’s next episode has dropped: Watch: Episode Two of Tucker Carlson on Twitter.

UPDATE: From tonight’s episode: Tucker: “By 2008, it was obvious to anybody who was paying attention that Barack Obama had a strange and highly creepy personal life.” 👀

VILE FROM NEW YORK, IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT: Abuse Scandal Rocks Saturday Night Live: Cast Members ‘CELEBRATE’ Toxic and ‘Silencing’ Culture, Claims Top Author.