MORE THAN I WANT TO KNOW:  Scott Bessent Estimates How Much Taxpayer Money is Lost to Fraud Each Year.

I just want it stopped. Knowing right now and being unable to do anything about it would just make it impossible to sleep.

EH. AND THIS IS WHY IRAN MUST FALL:  Chinese, Russian, Iranian Warships Gather Near South Africa for Multilateral Drill.

NOT SOMETHING AMERICANS NORMALLY THINK OF, BUT IT MAKES SENSE: Israel And Japan Ties Emphasized As Top Officials Meet.

ANYONE ELSE STILL REMEMBER THIS?  Somali Baloney. Media Madness in Minnesota.

I OFTEN SAY THE BEST PART OF MY BLOG IS THE GUEST POSTS:  Narrative Lock-In: When Belief Becomes Bulletproof – a guest post by Todd R. Maxwell.

ON SUNDAYS I RUN A PROMOTION POST FOR (MOSTLY, BUT NOT ONLY) INDIE AUTHORS: The authors, willing to associate with my blog are definitionally to the right of Lenin. Today I threatened people with cat girls. If you’re going to send me books to promote, please pay heed.  Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.

THE MULLAHS ARE GETTING DESPERATE:  ‘Massacre’ unfolding in Iran as protest death toll triples to over 500, rights group warns.

SOMETHING UNUSUAL MAKING YOU NOTICE YOUR SURROUNDINGS MAKES SENSE TO ME:  Scientists Found a Weird Way to Make People Kinder: Add Batman.

KURT VONNEGUT WARNED AGAINST THIS IN HARRISON BERGERON:  Knoxville Orchestra Plays Sour Notes of Racial Preference over Talent.

WHY THEY HATE HIM – HE’S DEFENDING WHAT THE OIKOPHOBES DESPISE:  My TCW week in review: Donald Trump, defender of the West.

WHERE’S THE FUNDING COMING FROM FOR THIS?  Minneapolis Radicals Begin Distributing Devices to Disable ICE Vehicles.

Also, in the long history of lefty astroturf, this is the most astroturf that ever astroturfed.

THIS IS RIGHT, YOU KNOW?  The Western liberal media is ignoring the Iranian uprising because explaining it would force an admission it is desperate to avoid: the Iranian people are rebelling against Islam itself, and that fact shatters the moral framework through which these institutions understand the world.

FOR THE LEFT, ‘FREEDOM OF THE PRESS’ MEANS FREEDOM TO ADVANCE THEIR DESIRED NARRATIVE:  Leftist Agitators Stalk and Threaten to Kill Journalist Covering Minneapolis Unrest.

THINK OF IT THIS WAY: The left used to always set up a pregnant female to get shot. These days the best they can do is a deranged lesbian who happens to be a mother. Reality Bites.

I JUST HOPE THIS TIME THE PEOPLE OF IRAN FREE THEMSELVES:  A Question Concerning Iran.

CLOUDFLARE TELLS ITALIANS WHERE TO PUT IT: We don’t know if they did the arm gesture thing.  Italy insists a shadowy, European media cabal should be able to dictate what is and is not allowed online.

AND FOR THE: eXiles

IT’S A COMMON STORY IN THE WEST:  A Government and a Church that hold their people in contempt.

WITH CARE:  How Do You Determine Truth from Falsity?

WELL, NOW THEN:  Let’s Call All Democrats Criminals.

BANSTURBATORS THWARTED:  Anti-alcohol academics smoked out.  An attempt to rig the US’s drinking guidelines has failed spectacularly.

‘MURICA!  Man who carried Pelosi’s lectern during Capitol riot runs for office.

THERE IS THIS:  Isaacman okays flying Artemis-2 manned, despite heat shield questions.

BUT THEN THERE IS THIS:  Former astronaut once again blasts NASA decision to fly Artemis-2 manned.

UH:  U-Haul plows into massive crowd at Iran protest in LA — as demonstrators attack driver, chaotic video shows.

THE MEMES HAVE LANDED:  MeMeing InTo Chaos.

FROM DAVID BREITENBECK:  The Wisdom of Walt Disney: The Themes, Ethics, and Ideas of His Greatest Films.

Develop a new appreciation for the legendary storyteller as we explore the themes behind the timeless films of Walt Disney. From the triumphs and failures of civilization to the inseparable bond of parent and child, Disney plumbed the simplest, yet most important elements of the human experience and presented them in terms the whole world could understand. In The Wisdom of Walt Disney, we look past the bright colors and songs in search of the ideas behind twelve of the master storyteller’s greatest films. Here you’ll discover why Pinocchio turns into a donkey, what is behind the Pastoral Symphony in Fantasia, and how Bambi relates to terror of war. You’ll learn the real message of Song of the South, explore the tortured soul of Captain Nemo, and uncover the profound piety of Sleeping Beauty. Above all, you’ll never watch these films the same way again.