THE FIRST ONE IS RECOMMENDED READING FROM SOMEONE I TRUST, SHE MENTIONS HOW MUCH IT REMINDS HER OF CARTELS:  Books I Have Read So Far This Year.

IT’S GOING TO BE A CRAPSHOOT:  Trump’s Upcoming Vegas Visit Tells Us a Lot About the Midterms.

UNDER BIDEN AND OBAMA THE DEMS HAVE FILLED JUDGESHIPS WITH RELIABLE PARTY HACKS:  Oh, So Get a Load of the Judge Who Tossed Trump’s NJ Lawsuit Over Its Voter Database.

JOE MANCHIN DIDN’T PLAY THAT [CRAP] WHILE IN OFFICE AND AIN’T PLAYING IT IN RETIREMENT:  Former West Virginia Senator Wasn’t Playing These Games With a CBS News Host Over Socialism.

FINGERS CROSSED:  If it is happening, we now have a rough timetable when SpaceX will announce its new spaceport facility in Louisiana.

EUROPE STILL HAS STOPPING POINTS?  The Ceuta invasion as a tipping point.

BEHOLD MY SHOCKED FACE:  Inside New York’s medical fraud capital where often empty senior centers bill Medicaid $100M-a-year for patients.

OF COURSE THE LEFT WANTS TO MANIPULATE AI, BUT IT WILL TRULY ESCAPE THEM:  Digital indoctrination.

LORD LOVE A DUCK. THAT AGAIN?  Maryland Democrats begin advancing redistricting constitutional amendment.

THESE THINGS TAKE TIME, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE IMPATIENCE:  Time for Covid prosecutions and nothing less.

SURE THING. I BELIEVE THEM. LIKE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US WASN’T AFRAID OF DEBANKING UNDER THE AUTO PEN:  Trump accounts were closed in 2021 due to concerns over possible money laundering, Capital One says.

NO LIES DETECTED:  When I was young, I used to think it was important for smart people to have grand visions about the future in order to plan well for it and avoid disasters. Now, I think many disasters are caused by smart people trying to think too much about the future, especially the far future, getting lost in mazes of their own imagination, and pushing the gullible (including themselves) towards bad decisions on the basis of false certainties.

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WE NEED TO FIND A LOT MORE:  BREAKING: JD Vance Announces Task Force Has Uncovered $230 Billion in Fraud.

ON SUNDAYS I RUN A PROMO POST FOR (MOSTLY) INDIE AUTHORS:  Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.

There’s also a fun vignette challenge.

UH: Italian Super Volcano Earthquake Rattles Naples.

TELL ME THE CALIFORNIA POLLS SHOWING TALARICO LEADING ARE INVALID WITHOUT SAYING THEY’RE BS:  Texas Democrat Johnny Garcia Hides James Talarico’s Endorsement From His Campaign Website.

YOU VOTED FOR IT, NOW BEND OVER AND TAKE IT, GOOD AND HARD:  Liberal Podcaster Breaks With Mamdani After Finding Himself a Victim of His Socialist Policies.

THE WAR TO REDEFINE NORMALCY RECOGNIZES NO CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS:  Why Can’t You Be Normal?! The Dems Are Nominating Total Freaks for Office.

AS FROM THE RISE AND FALL OF ROME WE SHOULD TAKE LESSONS:  The Rise and Fall of Anthony Fauci.

The main lesson is that when such world-upending measures are being proposed each and every one of us should check the numbers and the facts. The reason I was the voice crying in the desert (with a few others, Roger among them, is that I looked at the numbers and the facts from the Diamond Princess and concluded “it’s a flu. Maybe a bad flu at most”. When I brought this up, people tried to make up reasons I was wrong which boiled down to “But the experts say”. Bah. Experts are corruptible and in this case corrupt. And probably engineering a psy-ops to cover a color revolution. But I read Heinlein in my formative years. I wish more people had.

“What are the facts? Again and again and again – what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore divine revelation, forget what “the stars foretell,” avoid opinion, care not what the neighbors think, never mind the unguessable “verdict of history” – what are the facts, and to how many decimal places? You pilot always into an unknown future; facts are your single clue. Get the facts!” ― Robert Heinlein

GIVEN HOW MUCH CHINA ALONE PAID THEM, ONE WONDERS HOW THEY SPENT IT ALL:   ‘My Family Doesn’t Have Any Money’: Hunter Biden Says He’s Too Broke To Own a Car or Phone in Deposition Over Unpaid Legal Fees.

A LOT OF FRANCE’S VOTES HAVE BEEN SCANDALOUS OVER THE YEARS:  “Europe’s Suicide”: French Podcast — The War in Iran Compared with the War in Ukraine ; “France’s votes at the UN are scandalous” .

WHY ARE WE PLAYING THIS STUPID GAME AGAIN?  Trump Calls Off Strike, Says Framework Deal Reached – Iran Denies.

ONLY FANS IS A STUNT, BUT THEY’RE GETTING MONEY FROM OTHER THAN THE GOVERNMENT, SO…  Cash-strapped UCLA researchers turn to OnlyFans — with a wild twist.

FEAR NOT THE RADIATION:  Hello there, boys and girls! Today we’re going to learn about one of nature’s most fascinating phenomena! Radiation!

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STOP DEMANDING THAT REPUBLICANS BE PERFECT. THIS IS THE ALTERNATIVE:  Let’s take it from the top again. Here’s the Democrat lineup going into the midterms.

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