AMEN TO THIS:   47 Years Is Long Enough: Finally — Donald Trump Brings the Carter Era to a Close.

YEP:  Jack Schlossberg: Temu Kennedy and Clown Prince.

ANTHROPIC IS GETTING STOLEN FROM A LOT:  Hackers Reportedly ‘Jailbroke’ Anthropic’s Chatbot, Stole Data From Mexico’s Government.

TELL ME YOU’RE IRRELEVANT WITHOUT SAYING YOU ARE IRRELEVANT:  Kamala Harris Did Not Just Say That About the Iran Strikes.

MANY PEOPLE THINK AMERICANS ARE ALL ALIKE:  The Great Miscalculation. Of Khameini, Winnie the Flu and others.

YEP:  Like the fiery hand of God.

X STILL HAS PROBLEMS:  Scratch that, X Suspended Me Again.

YEP:  The Rise of the Punitive Expedition & the Repudiation of the Era of Errors. punishment and pruning are perfectly valid…and often the best option.

STAY FROSTY, BUT DON’T PANIC:  Sepah-e Qods, The wild card.

A FASCINATING POST:  Day 3 of “Operation Roaring Lion”: insightful tweets, and a parallel with the Thirty-Years War.

USING THE LAW AGAINST THE YAKUZA:  How A Cheeseburger Made A Yakuza Boss Homeless.

CUTTING OFF YOUR NOSE TO SPITE YOUR FACE IS NEITHER SMART NOR A STRATEGY:  Delivering us Bound to Our Foes.

… much less empowering.

A VERY WORTHY CAUSE:  Help Out a Couple of Based Authors – and Their Daughter. Donate Directly, and Buy Some Great Books, Too!

TRULY FASCINATING:  Fascinating paper “…We find that narrow election of a Republican prosecutor reduces all-cause mortality rates among young men ages 20-29 by 6.6%. This decline is driven predominantly by reductions in firearm-related deaths.”

AND FOR THE : Cancelled of X.

THIS IS NOT SANE, BUT IT’S HIGHLY ENTERTAINING:  Reincarnation and Racing. Prayer and Fast… very Fast.

DISAPPROVAL OF THESE PEOPLE IS SUREST SIGN YOU’VE DONE THE RIGHT THING:  Mamdani, AOC, Omar among far lefties piling on Trump over Iran strikes.

INDEED:  Video shows moment missiles rained down on Iran Supreme Leader’s compound — as civilians laugh.

HIGHLY ENTERTAINING:  Tales of the Base Tour Guide –THAT Question.

KAMALA HARRIS’ HOT TAKE SEEMS LIKE THE SET-UP FOR A JOKE:  Kamala Harris doesn’t want regime change in Iran: ‘Dangerous and unnecessary’.

REMEMBERING WHEN THE BEEB WAS BRITISH:  The Lost BBC: Top of the Form.

THIS OFTEN MERELY REFLECTS A LOSS OF NAIVETE, WHICH IS WHY STUDYING HISTORY IS ENCOURAGED:  How innocent seems the country of my youth.

THEY ARE NOT EQUIVALENT; SAYING THEY ARE IS EVIDENCE OF SUPERFICIAL THINKING:  Why Rupert Lowe has it so wrong about halal and kosher.

THE ‘IN THIS TIME OF CRISIS’ CLAUS SEEMS GRATUITOUS:  Dems Are Proving to Be the Worst Partners in This Time of Crisis.

DIDN’T HE THOUGH? EVEN BETTER THAN OPERATION HUGELY OVERDUE A$$-KICKING:  President Trump Had the Perfect Name for the Operation Against the Iranian Regime.

I GUESS THOSE NATIONS HAVEN’T SACRIFICED ALL SELF-RESPECT ON PROGRESSIVISM’S ALTAR:  Canada and Australia Back U.S. Strikes Against Iran.