OUT: PUTIN RATTLES NUCLEAR SABER. IN: ‘There Can Be No Winner In A Nuclear War’: Russia Responds After Trump Dispatches Submarines: “… we believe everyone should be very careful about nuclear rhetoric.”

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Underrated story. This is what the reestablishment of deterrence gets you – respect, and hopefully, the avoidance of future hostilities. Waiting for the reply guy section to weigh in on how “si vis pacem, para bellum” is actually NeOcOn https://t.co/lPhfvPjoYL

— Inez Stepman ⚪️🔴⚪️ (@InezFeltscher) August 4, 2025

DON SURBER: August begins. Lies and TDS continue.

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: House Ethics Committee Slams AOC’s Manipulation of Rules To Shield ‘Spouse’s’ Financial Affairs From the Public.

HAHA: Trump Turns Judicial Corruption Into the Next MAGA Landslide.

I REMEMBER WHEN I THOUGHT THE BLS WAS A BUNCH OF HARDCORE WONKS WHO ONLY CARED ABOUT GETTING THE DATA RIGHT:

The May and June revisions were 7 times bigger than the final number 😂

I'm starting to think most people who work for the federal government are bad at their jobs. https://t.co/vDLB4SRN5t

— Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) August 4, 2025

Hard to believe I was ever that naive.

THE PREFERENCE CASCADE WILL COME, AND IF THERE’S JUSTICE POLITICIANS WILL HANG:

🚨BREAKING: 84% of Germans believe people have to hide their opinions out of fear for consequences

Germany needs the AfD party in power to restore free speech. pic.twitter.com/gmvRmC9lhc

— Inevitable West (@Inevitablewest) August 4, 2025

You can’t call it a democracy when 84% are scared to talk.
AfD scares the establishment because it speaks what the people already know .

— Emilia Henderson (@Emilia__writes) August 4, 2025

CONGRATULATIONS, BUT SUBORBITAL FLIGHTS AREN’T MUCH OF AN ACHIEVEMENT IN 2025: Blue Origin successfully completes another human flight.

10 or 15 years ago this would have been a big deal. I’d like to see Blue Origin going gangbusters, but . . .

OPEN THREAD: Monday, Monday.

WHAT ARE THE DEEP SEVENS UP TO NOW? Mysterious boost to Earth’s spin will make Aug. 5 one of the shortest days on record.

THE ETERNAL QUESTION: Why Are French Cars So Strange?

Update (From Ed): How weird can French cars get? This weird:

THAT SEEMS GOOD: The Mere Sight of a Sick Person Can Trigger Our Immune System.

THINGS YOU WEREN’T SUPPOSED TO WRITE ABOUT WHEN BIDEN WAS PRESIDENT: Dementia, Depression, and the Nuclear Button: The Shocking Reality of Mental Decline in Command.

WELL, GOOD: Brain might become target of new type 1 diabetes treatments.

HER IDEAS ARE TERRIBLE: If Kathy Hochul’s Plan for Doing Something About Crime Was Applied Nationwide . . .

THE TRUTH BREAKS THROUGH:

Funny thing is – if you were to ask Abdullah – the guy who stabbed a garda in a terrorist attack while screaming Allah Akbar – if he was Irish, he'd likely laugh in your face.

Lads – he's Pakistani.

I can't believe we even need to have this ridiculous conversation. https://t.co/7TcqEJZINt

— Rob Carry (@RobCarryBray) August 4, 2025

WHAT, NO SUPER POWERS? Radioactive wasp nest found at former nuclear weapons site.

AN EARTH-SHATTERING KABOOM: N6 (Hexanitrogen) Synthesized for the First Time – Twice As Energy Dense As TNT.

IT’S TRUE, EVEN THOUGH CNN IS SAYING IT: CNN: Let’s Face It, Trump Is the Most Influential President This Century — And More.

HMM: Season of birth shows slight association with depression in men but not women.

IT AWAKENS: Long dormant Russian volcano erupts, spews ash 4 miles high.

THEY’VE MADE THAT CLEAR: Housing Illegals Means More to the Starmer Govt Than Native Brits.

Throughout the West, the voters are overwhelmingly against massive immigration, and the leadership class is overwhelmingly for it and ignores the voters. Why, exactly?

THE LEGACY MEDIA BLACKOUT HASN’T KEPT PEOPLE FROM NOTICING:

FULL STORY: https://t.co/ZeYjyMLEku

— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) August 4, 2025

FREDDIE DE BOER RAINS ON THE AI PARADE: “I will not relent: this period of AI hype is built on twin pillars, one, a broad and deep contemporary dissatisfaction with modern life, and two, the natural human tendency to assume that we live in the most important time possible because we are in it. . . . Spare me. Every decade some pundit declares a synthetic apocalypse or utopia. Calling AI epoch‑making feels like marketing copy for venture capitalists crowing about ‘disruption.'”

MAKE THEM PAY: Florida ed. chief recommends sanctions against school board for expelling father from meeting.

AN IDEA SO CRAZY IT JUST MIGHT WORK: Declining test scores prompt red states to prioritize academic excellence.