OIL PUMPING OPERATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN IMMINENTLY:  Stunning turnaround for California’s oil industry after Trump’s surprise executive order to help ease gas prices.

WHY WOULD THEY ANTAGONIZE THEIR BASE?  The Government has the powers to crack down on Islamic extremism – so why the pretence it hasn’t?

HE DOESN’T THINK DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO GET ILLEGALS IN TO TURN THEM INTO VOTERS?  This Quote From Gov. Stitt Is NOT Good News Regarding Who He’d Pick to Replace Markwayne Mullin.

WHAT ARE THESE UNNATURAL PRACTICES?  Self Care. Sunlight, fresh air, and exercise — oh, my.

DON’T FIGHT THEM IN TERRAIN OF THEIR CHOOSING:  “Bludgeonspeak”.

IT FEELS LIKE THAT:  Real Change is Coming.

APPARENTLY IT TAKES FOUR ACTS OF TERRORISM:  Democrat Senator Suddenly Open to DHS Funding After Michigan Synagogue Attack.

AMAZON SALES REPORTING HAS BEEN… WEIRD. I DON’T KNOW HOW ANYTHING ELSE IS:  Amazon Implements 90-Day Code Safety Reset after AI-Related Incidents with “High Blast Radius”.

I’M ALWAYS SHOCKED TO FIND MYSELF QUOTED:  When Vigorous Assertions are Their Native Language.

A MUCH NEEDED DATAREPUBLICAN HELLO:  You pre-emptively blocked me here on 𝕏, so I am forced to make this “Hello” a standalone post. You are a retired Army infantry officer. You served in Iraq and Afghanistan. You graduated from the National War College in 2018. You are now an Assistant Professor at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

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INDEED:  Delayed Reaction. Islamic Terror Attacks in the United States.

SERIOUSLY?  Two tales of Covid Tyranny, which still exists six years later.

ALL SENSIBLE PEOPLE GET KICKED OUT OF POLITE SOCIETY. BUT CONSIDERING WHERE POLITE SOCIETY HAS GOT US, MAYBE WE SHOULD KICK IT OUT:  If the post below doesn’t get me banned from polite society… this one will.

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WE ARE DEFINITELY NOT THE WORLD’S SOCIAL WORKER:  Another Failed State.

INTERESTING:  Meta spent $26.3 million lobbying for “age verification” bills in 45 states. But the bills don’t regulate social media. They regulate your operating system. Someone traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and lobbying records. Here’s what they found.

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THE MEMES, THE MEMES:  Memeing while the world burns.

CUTE:  Messaging and Mirror. Everyone should make time for reflection.

A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO AVOID REALITY:  Norfolk’s Soros-Backed DA Blames GOP’s ‘Gun Absolutism’ for Old Dominion Shooting.

DO INVESTIGATE, AS SOME PEOPLE ARE REALLY RILED UP AND LIKELY TO BOOM:  Ground Stop Issued at Three DC Airports as FAA Investigates ‘Strong Chemical Smell’.

THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULDN’T LET BUREAUCRACIES EVEN NEAR HEALTH:  Box-ticking won’t fix the NHS maternity care crisis.

 OUR CONSTITUTION IS DESIGNED TO PROTECT FREEDOM AND LIMIT DEMOCRACY:  Peter Thiel and the inexorable rise of the technocrats.

CIVILIZATIONS BEING SACRIFICED ON THE ALTAR OF CLIMATE CHANGE:  The climate scaremongers: Ed’s mad objection to North Sea gas.

EVEN THE NON-PAYWALLED PART IS FASCINATING:  Theory of Power.

IT IS INDEED, BUT ON BALANCE I’M HOPEFUL:  A Random Assortment of Jigsaw Puzzle Pieces.

SO IT ALWAYS IS:  San Francisco’s urban revival is in danger. If the Board of Supervisors falls to the Progressives, the old dysfunction will return.