A REVIEW:  REVIEW:  Battleborn Magazine #1. The boys at Iron Age Media are keeping the flame alive.

I HAVE NO LOVE FOR SWALWELL, BUT THIS WAS JUST THE PARTY GETTING RID OF HIM:  Some unkind thoughts on Swalwell!  … And his Accusers

THE MEMES HAVE DROPPED. HAPPY WEEKEND:  Laissez Faire, Laissez Memer.

WHO’S AFRAID OF TEMU OBAMA?  It Sure Sounds Like Hakeem Jeffries Just Tried to Threaten the VA Supreme Court.

FROM JEFF DUNTEMANN:  Whale Meat.

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Two 700-year-old witches in modern-day Chicago must confront a demand from the community of whales living in Earth’s oceans, that the witches’ unborn son join with them in their effort to heal the broken soul of humankind–with death the outcome should the child fail. Homeless, hungry, and mostly without hope, Yonnie and Mara find help in some unlikely places, including a young mathematics student struggling with calculus, and an alcoholic bum who is much more than he seems.

I ENDORSE THIS:  I recently bought a couple of books from a lovely artist I happen to know. I’ve meant to buy her book for a while, then learned she has a second one, so, you know, it was time to get them both!

NOT MY FAVORITE, BUT AGAIN MOST HEINLEIN CRITICS HAVE NEVER READ HIM:  Defending Heinlein and his most controversial novel – Farnham’s Freehold.

I HOPE THE CEASEFIRE IS JUST TO LET THE ECONOMY CRUMBLE AND THE INFIGHTING OVER THE REMNANTS CULL THE LEFTOVER LEADERSHIP:  It’s hard for Iran to keep a ceasefire when it has no leadership.

SAY WHAT YOU WILL, IT SURE SERVES POUR ENCOURAGER LES AUTRES:   The Department of Justice Announces It’s Bringing Back Death by Firing Squad in Capital Punishment Cases.

OOH, OOOH, HAND UP! I’VE SUGGESTIONS ABOUT WHERE THEY CAN STORE THE OIL:  Iran Activates Retired 30-Year-Old Super Tanker As They Run Out of Places to Store Oil.

WELL… THEY WOULD:  India Denies Ship Made Crypto Payments to Iran for Strait of Hormuz Passage.

THE LEFT ALWAYS USES THE SAME TACTICS:  SPLC False Flag Operations Reminiscent of Tactics Used Against Tea Party.

IS UNFAIR, UNJUST, IMMORAL AND IN ANY HONEST LIGHT UNCONSTITUTIONAL:  Connecticut House Bill 5468.

INDEED:  The Mailbox Test.

WHAT HE SAID:  This Isn’t Politics. It’s a Clinical Disorder.

UNFORTUNATELY:  Woke Mathematics in Education- Part 1. While the last few years have witnessed growing “fatigue” regarding woke and DEI policies, they are still prominent fixtures in our society, especially (and unfortunately) in our STEM fields.

FROM SARAH A. HOYT, NOW OUT:  Witch’s Daughter (Empires of Magic Book 2).

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Some letters come from the living. Some come from the dead. This one comes with a formula that turns a rowboat into a miracle.

Seventeen-year-old Lord Michael Ainsling — youngest brother of the Duke of Darkwater, builder of mechanical marvels, survivor of fairyland — receives a letter from a man sixteen years dead. The inventor Tristram Blakley has not perished; he has been imprisoned by his own genius and begs the one mind in all of Avalon brilliant enough to understand his work to set him free. All Michael has to do is find seven missing brothers first and walk a magical path..

Fifteen-year-old Albinia Blakley has spent her whole life under her mother’s iron thumb — and her mother is a witch. The day Al finally escapes down a rope of knotted sheets, she lands in a world she doesn’t recognize, with no money, no magic kit, and no idea that the stranger who catches her is about to become her greatest ally.

Together, a girl with more secrets than she knows and a boy who builds machines that try to murder him must outwit a sorceress, navigate the treacherous courts of Fairyland, and unravel an enchantment years in the making — before a family is lost for good.

Witch’s Daughter is a gaslamp fantasy brimming with wit, warmth, and wonder, for readers who love their magic wrapped in velvet and their adventures served with morning tea.

WARNING, SPOILERS:  A Hero’s Tale for a New Space Age- A Review of Project Hail Mary. The film Project Hail Mary is doing well at the box office, at least in part because the film returns to a more traditional story and hero’s journey.

IT’S A MIRACLE! THE WINE TURNED TO WATER!  Remember Ilhan Omar’s Winery? Something Very Peculiar Just Happened to It.

SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED. THIS IS MY SHOCKED FACE:  Undercover Videos Expose Biden Admin Manipulating UAC Reports to Protect ‘Reputation’.

BECAUSE IT’S GLARINGLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL:   Appeals Court Just Smacked Down CA’s New Anti-ICE law for a Simple Reason.

SOME DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE:  Isaacman before Congress: Speaking the truth to power.

SO, A FRIEND OF A FRIEND:  I don’t know if anyone here is familiar with Kat Ainsworth Stevens, but she’s fighting breast cancer. She had a double mastectomy earlier this week. A friend set up a Give Send Go fundraiser, and Foxtrot Mike via Firearms Insider has added a giveaway to help encourage donations.  KAT’s Fundraiser. Donated by Foxtrot Mike Products.

THE US NEEDS TO MAKE ITS OWN RUBBER GLOVES:  Exclusive: Blue Star NBR CEO Calls on Trump Admin to Help Critical Glove Industry — or Rely on China.