THERE YOU GO: High Hopes Never Die: Buttigieg Surges to 1 Percent With Black Voters.

PUTIN’S QUAGMIRE IN UKRAINE, AND THE DEMONSTRATED COMPETENCE OF U.S. FORCES IN IRAN, MAY GIVE THEM PAUSE: Chances of Chinese Attack on Taiwan in the Near Term Seem to Be Diminishing.

HARSH BUT FAIR: Norway’s Vidkun Quisling again defines the country’s character.

Norwegians may believe that they, too, have turned their back on the age of Quisling and assert that he was an aberration rather than an archetype, but Norway never had a true reckoning. Norwegians were allowed the conceit that responsibility for the deaths of more than one-third of Norway’s Jews lay with Quisling, and not broader Norwegian society. Current events show the danger of lessons unlearned.

As Norway promotes a self-image of progressive virtue, its leadership fans antisemitism by denying its links to anti-Zionism and pro-Hamas activism. While Norway prides itself on initiating the Oslo Accords in which Israel agreed to negotiate a path to Palestinian statehood in exchange for the Palestinian leadership’s abandonment of terrorism, in 2024, Norway both recognized Palestinian independence absent any negotiated agreement. In effect, while Oslo lectures on the primacy of diplomacy, it signaled forswearing terrorism was a commitment no one needed to keep so long as the victims were Jews.

Norway later joined the Qatar-funded International Criminal Court case against Israel that made a mockery of international law and smeared Israel with a “genocide” blood libel that rests on polemic rather than fact. Completing the moral inversion is the fact that the Norwegian government simultaneously seeks to normalize Hamas, a group whose covenant calls for genocide.

Now, Oslo appears to take its Jew-hatred a step further. It seeks to criminalize any financial dealings with Jews in the West Bank or the Old City of Jerusalem. In effect, Norway’s position is that Israel must embrace anyone claiming Palestinian heritage, yet a future Palestinian state should be Judenrein. Historically, this is ignorant for two reasons.

At least.

ORBIT IS STILL ORBIT:

Accurate analysis https://t.co/VKT3t7noqL

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 30, 2026

JOSH BLACKMAN: Somehow the N.Y. Times Made Me Sympathetic To Chief Justice Roberts: Jodi Kantor’s latest expose tells us nothing about the Court’s decision but does destroy John Roberts’s last refuge from scoundrels like me. “What happens of Hupper Island stays on Hupper Island. Until the New York Times got to it. Jodi Kantor wrote a lengthy expose about how the neighbors feel. She interviews a few of Roberts’s friends and far more of his foes. We learn nothing about the Court, or Roberts’s decision. Unlike the silly story about Martha Ann Alito’s flags, there is no allegation that Roberts did anything wrong. The sole effect, and indeed purpose, of this article, is to show how Roberts is alienated in his family summer home. We learn nothing about Roberts, but learn lots about the awful liberals of Hupper Island.”

IF YOU WONDERED IF THE CORNELL THING WAS A POLITICAL OP: Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case.

I’D WATCH THAT:

I love this guy. Invite him to speak to our Canadian parliament. When our PM deigns to be present. https://t.co/4x1DkRvZHa

— Barbara Kay (@BarbaraRKay) September 30, 2026

OPEN THREAD: You know what to do.

PEOPLE KEEP SAYING ELON CAN’T DO THINGS, BUT THEIR TRACK RECORD IS POOR: AT&T CEO says Elon Musk’s SpaceX phone strategy not “viable.”

PEOPLE I KNOW IN THE BOOZE INDUSTRY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THIS: Ozempic-Like Drugs Could Have a Surprising Effect on Alcohol Cravings.

WELL, GOOD: A Simple Pill Could Treat Diabetic Eye Damage Before Vision Is Lost.

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Taking Vitamin C? This Is the Most Important Thing to Remember.

HOW OBSESSED CAN THEY BE? How Ford’s ‘Obsession With Details’ Aims to Fix Years of Reliability Struggles.

IF THEIR POLICIES ARE SO SOUND, WHY DO THEY HAVE TO LIE SO MUCH? Violent Crime May Be at Historic Lows, but Guess Where Anti-Gun Orgs Still Point the Finger of Blame.

TIME TRAVELING: This man died more than 700 years ago—so why does he look like he got hit by a car?

A SPACE-SHATTERING KABOOM: Cold War Spy Satellite FARRAH III Breaks Apart in Orbit, Cause Unknown. “There is currently no public evidence that USA-32 was intentionally destroyed or targeted by an anti-satellite weapon.”

IT’S NOT JUST FOR BROS: Creatine helps over 45s build muscles and strength, study suggests.

UM: Sardinemaxxing Is Still Trending — Should You Try It?

HOW ABOUT THAT? Minority enrollment has increased since Supreme Court decision banning affirmative action, stats show.

THE REAL QUESTION IS WHY THIS GUY WORKS AT A CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY: How A Creepy Academic Shows What’s Wrong With American Religious Colleges. “There are many such chairs at American universities, paid for by Saudis, Qataris and Omanis. Although these nations have a scornful view of democracy and Western civilization, this might be justifiable at a state university. How though is it defensible at a Catholic one?”

SEDUCTIVE AI: ‘If students continue to use AI to elide cognitive friction, they will fail to master the material and enhance their skill sets.’

GOOD NEWS:

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— Daniel Frank (@boisechampion) September 30, 2026

CAMILLE PAGLIA WEIGHS IN:

The eternally-validated Camille Paglia on the Cornell case.

"The sexual revolution must be undone because middle-class women can't handle it. They cannot take responsibility for their own actions."
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— Suffragent (@Suffragent_) October 1, 2026

THE WNBA THESE DAYS LOOKS LIKE IT WAS PURPOSELY DESIGNED TO SERVE AS RIGHT-WING AGITPROP:

She bulldozed over Sophie Cunningham like a Mack truck, the refs gifted her with a foul on Sophie, the fan pointed at her and say "that was on you," and then she ran into the stands screaming at him like a toddler having a tantrum. Hope that helps https://t.co/wBKDV4YvIX

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) September 30, 2026

COLOR ME UNSURPRISED: 47 Democrats Refuse to Vote to Ban Insider Trading.