IT WAS A SQUIB FROM THE GET GO, MORE LIKELY TO GO OFF IN THE HANDS OF THOSE WIELDING IT:  It Seems Like the Jeffrey Epstein Story Has Fizzled Out.

AS A GREAT FANTASY WRITER HAD HIS CHARACTER SAY, GREY IS JUST WHITE THAT’S GOT GRUBBY:  Between right and wrong, there’s less gray than some think.

IT’S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE, BUT MY GUESS IS IT WON’T WORK ANY BETTER THAN THE “BIRD FLU” FOOT STOMPING OR THE “MONKEYPOX” SCREAMING:   The new pending “plandemic” – is it scheduled for November? What it might involve and when it might be ‘declared’.

I suspect the left doesn’t realize this, partly because if they did it would panic them even more, but the lockdowns and covid panic is the sort of trick that works precisely once. The very act of performing it making it impossible for it to work again.

IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO BE MORE SO THAN I THOUGHT:  Russia! Adam Schiff Was Leakier And Shiftier Than We Thought.

THEY ALL SLEEP IN THE SAME BED:  Al Jazeera ‘Journalist’ Anas Al-Sharif Headed a Gaza Terror Cell and Received Hamas Salary.

NEWSOM CAN DEMAND ALL HE WANTS:  Newsom Demands Trump Halt Republican-Led Congressional Redistricting Efforts.

LANDS. IT’S ALL OF THE WEST:  The Land That Forgot About Wolves. Softness, and where it gets us.

A SCIENTIST WILLING TO ADMIT HE WAS WRONG ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING:  Why I Stopped Being a Climate Catastrophist. And why so many climate pragmatists can’t quit catastrophism.

SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED. BEHOLD MY SHOCKED FACE:  Sinaloa Cartel Factions Are Recruiting Minors from Across Mexico to Bolster Ranks. Authorities say Los Chapitos and La Mayiza are sending recruited youths to the front lines of their turf war in Sinaloa.

BE AWARE:  Cartel smugglers target US drivers on social media to move migrants.

THE DISEASE, BY DEFINITION, IS NOT THE CURE:  Tribalism.

I’M CURIOUS HOW FAR HE/THEY* CAN KEEP UP THE PUNS AND THE TRIVIA:  Spider and Fire.

*The style is uniform, but surely this can’t be the product of a single mind. Right?

SOME THOUGHTS WORTH THINKING IN ADVANCE:  Preparedness Pays: Advanced Directives.

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ARE ALL ACCOMPLICES IN THE NEOLITHIC BARBARISM OF HAMAS:  After IDF kills Al Jazeera reporter who also served as commander of Hamas terror cell, international media accuse Israel of killing journalists.

BECAUSE WE’RE NOT IN GREAT BRITAIN. YET:  Why No Demands for Knife Control?

IT’S NOT K-POP DEMON HUNTERS (YES, YES, YOUNGER SON, WE WILL EVENTUALLY WATCH IT) BUT IT IS A TAKE DOWN:   Takedown: ICE Nabs 350+ Gang Members With Violent Records In Texas.

HISTORICAL REVISIONISM IS EVIL:  That’s Nice, But Why Was There a War On, Hmm?

THERE WAS NEVER ANY DEMAND:  As Demand for Plant-Based Meat Weakens in the US, Beyond Disappoints Wall Street.

It was a subsidy driven industry.  During the shortages of 2020, the “plant based meat” shelves remained full. Even at half price. They couldn’t give it away.

THE PROBLEM WITH AI IS NOT AI. OR EVEN THE INHERENT LIMITATIONS OF AI. IT’S PEOPLE WHO ARE TREATING AI AS A MAGICAL PANACEA:  The AI Tangle. A follow up to earlier thoughts.

GOOD CALL:  A Nefarious Conspiracy.

BECAUSE THEY ARE!  DAILY ART FIX: Video – Why Left-Wing “Art” Looks so MENTALLY ILL.

IF YOU’RE IN THE AREA, VOTE FOR WINSOME SEARS:  DAMNING Thread on Fairfax County Public Schools’ Secret Abortions DEVASTATING Blow to Abigail Spanberger.

CHASER:  FCPS posts $140K bodyguard job to protect superintendent amid rising threats.

THE YOUNG HAVE BEEN SCAMMED:  College used to open doors—now even grads with master’s degrees are sending 60 job applications a month to no luck.

AREN’T GOOD FOR ANYONE, BUT STRANGERS SHOULD DEFINITELY BE AWARE OF THEM:  Family Quarrels.

HOW THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND FORFEITED ITS MORAL AUTHORITY:  A retired police officer’s view of the 1984 miners’ strike.