OPEN THREAD: It’s Saturday night, everybody’s having fun. I’m in the comment thread, tryin’ to get some comments done. Watching the blog go round, watching the blog go round.

FULLY OPERATIONAL? BAD NEWS FOR LEGO ALDERAAN: This fully operational 9,000-piece Lego Star Wars Death Star is the most expensive Lego set so far.

BOTTOM STORY OF THE DAY: Using your phone on the toilet raises your risk of hemorrhoids, study suggests.

PEOPLE HAVE HAD ENOUGH:

The biggest issue with Phillies Karen is how strongly the issue resonates across America.

My theory as to why that is has to do with teachers' unions and HR departments.

Most Americans are tired of being heckled by middle aged Democrat women with authority demanding that we all… pic.twitter.com/CmQOv5v9xA

— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) September 6, 2025

IT’S ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: Scientists Discover Mysterious Freshwater Reservoir Beneath the Ocean Floor. How Did It Get There?

YOU’D THINK HE’D KNOW BETTER. MAYBE HE DOES. John Roberts Invites Leftist Bullying Campaigns Against SCOTUS By Playing Politics On The Bench.

Related:

"Democratic presidents can let a million illegals stay in the country forever but Republican presidents can't do anything to remove them" is how you get Article III erased from the constitutional order. We're going to find out if John Roberts is okay with that outcome. https://t.co/ZLQFI5LVd6

— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) September 5, 2025

HOW MANY PEOPLE BUY THOSE? 2026 Toyota Highlander Base FWD Models Dropped.

FIRST LOOK: Taurus 66 Combat Revolver: Seven shots of .357 Magnum and optics-ready.

I’m always afraid of a .357 carry gun for fear of permanent hearing damage.

NOBODY’S PERFECT: Another Toyota Recall: Why the Most Reliable Brand Keeps Making Headlines.

MAHA: Campbell’s to eliminate synthetic food colors by 2026, warns of tariff hit.

THE AMERICA THAT STILL WORKS: SpaceX completes 500th booster landing in Starlink mission.

THAT’S BECAUSE THEY TASTE TERRIBLE: Few people using salt substitutes, despite blood pressure benefits.

HE TEACHES SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY, AND HE PERFORMED WELL: We spoke to professor who ‘canceled’ class because Taylor Swift got engaged.

He showed how to go viral.

“WESTERN.” Another Western university cuts ties with Israeli partners: The University of Galway has cut ties with Israeli researchers and institutions, becoming the third major school to do so following Hamas’ 2023 attack on Israel.

IT’S GRIFT ALL THE WAY DOWN: “In Maryland, there were a reported 6,126 so-called ghost students in 2019. These are students who are registered but cannot be found. That year, the taxpayers paid $15,000 per ghost student. The school systems were getting $92.9 million for students who were not even in the classrooms.”

JIM BENNETT, A LONGTIME FRIEND and one of the founders of The American Rocket Company, possibly the first serious effort at a commercial launch company, is writing a history of the commercial launch industry, and is asking for donations.

He’s a super smart guy (also the coiner of the term “Anglosphere”) and his book will be well worth reading.

LOSS OF TRUST:

Another big piece of this is that the midwit class of experts always go back to the airplane pilot analogy and refuse to understand why some of the technical fields do still have some credibility – it is because they are the last remaining institutions with skin in the game. If…

— hidewatchlaugh (@hidewatchlaugh) September 5, 2025

LEFTIST POLITICIANS ARE GARBAGE (CONT’D):

Little girls are not ‘poor white trash”
Little girls are not ‘child prostitutes’.
Little girls are not ‘white slags’ or ‘paki shaggers’.

They are children.

Despite what Labour politicians say, grooming gangs survivors were never at fault for the abuse they suffered. pic.twitter.com/rmuqeauDbt

— Samantha Smith (@SamanthaTaghoy) September 5, 2025

NOT AS BAD AS HE DESERVES: Keir Starmer Had a Bad Week.

YEAH, THINGS HAVE BASICALLY COME TO THIS:

#JOURNALISM:

The issue with this guy is not the "whiteface."

The issue is that while wearing it, he spit at genuine black men and called them "boy."

See, he thought if he went to a NASCAR race he would find a whole bunch of white racists, and finding none, he had to invent one himself.… https://t.co/ObLXmkFPqf

— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) September 5, 2025

Or whatever you call this racist mean-spirited wannabe-Borat schtick.

IT’S PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS THAT WAY:

You know how everyone says that you’re not allowed to criticize Israel?

It turns out, at American universities, you’re not allowed to criticize Qatar.

Every accusation is a confession. pic.twitter.com/bxKtPKup6y

— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) September 5, 2025

#JOURNALISM:

None of this was true, even at the time. https://t.co/XyZVYhGD9Z

— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) September 5, 2025

I DUNNO BUT WHY TAKE CHANCES? Can meat really protect against cancer-related deaths, as a new study indicates?

REPORT FROM THE BLUE ZONES: Minneapolis Dems: We Know Our Election Was Rigged But Let’s Keep The Results Anyway.