PUT IT ON DARTBOARDS AND SELL THEM IN BARS, THERE’S NO NEED TO TAG TAXPAYERS:  Gavin Newsom’s last state budget includes $33K portrait of himself.

THAT SEEMS TO EXPLAINS KRISTOF’S RECENT CALUMNY:  Israel supporters slam Harvard’s appointment of controversial NY Times columnist Nicholas Kristof’s wife.

GO AHEAD, JOE, DEPLETE HUNTER’S INHERITANCE:  Trump slams ‘crooked’ Biden after ex-prez sues DOJ to halt release of audio, transcripts from special counsel probe.

EVEN DEAD THE IRON LADY IS NO​T TO BE TRIFLED WITH:  Zohran Mamdani Took a Swing at Margaret Thatcher. Now It’s Coming Back to Haunt Him.

IS SHE TOO FAR LEFT FOR DEMS OR JUST FOR TEXAS DEMS?  Sex therapist who vowed to put ‘American Zionists’ into ‘castration’ centers loses Texas Democratic primary.

THEY’RE GOING TO HANG THOSE BOMBS ON SOMEBODY:  So, About That Ex-Capitol Police Officer Initially Identified as the J6 Pipe Bomber…

MOSTLY, YES:  Am I a Libertarian?

Just an OWL (Older, Wiser Libertarian.)

YAWN. COMMIES HAVE ONE SCRIPT:  Inside Mamdani’s Plan to Seize ‘Neglected’ Properties, Redistribute to ‘Responsible Stewards’.

HOW SOON WILL THE LAPD BE SUED FOR THIS?  LAPD Clears Homeless Encampment Overrun by Rats Near Residential Neighborhood.

CIA BE CRAZY. AND WHAT IN WASHINGTON’S AND JEFFERSON’S HOLY NAMES ARE THEY DOING WITH THEIR BUDGET?  Former CIA official arrested after feds find $40M worth of gold bars stashed at his home: report.

THE GREAT AMERICAN-EUROPEAN FOOFARAW CONTINUES ON X:  Really, the Europeans goofed by invoking tornadoes in their ongoing stupid-off with the USAians over air conditioning, simply because it perfectly illustrates the differences in cultures.

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A VERY AMERICAN SOLUTION, STILL WORKING OVER A CENTURY LATER:  How Promises Made in the Attic Are Doing.

ON THE DATA CENTER PSYOPS, BUT THE REST IS INTERESTING TOO:  Useful Idiots.

AS I’VE BEEN SAYING:  The Problem Isn’t Kids These Days. It’s Childhood These Days.  Why the capacities adults demand are built from the experiences modern life keeps taking away.

THERE IS A REASON BELGIUM IS A SWEARWORD:  Belgian court convicts nationalist activist for lecture that would be protected in the US.  The case stemmed from a two-hour lecture organised by the Nationalistische Studentenvereniging Leuven on the topic of “regenerative agriculture”.

APPARENTLY I CAN’T LEAVE THE CLANKERS ALONE. THE SOUND TRACK FOR NO MAN’S LAND RESUMES:  Clanker Song.

At least I’m at the end of volume 2 now!

THEY TAKE LONG ENOUGH, ELON’S  COLONISTS WILL ORGANIZE EXPEDITIONS TO WATCH THEM LAND, FROM THE MOON:  NASA outlines new program of unmanned missions to Moon.

I’M STARTING TO SUSPECT ALL OF THEM ARE:  Peter Murrell, another ideological puritan with his fingers in the till.

AND VOTERS SHOULD OBLIGE:  By Sabotaging Redistricting, South Carolina Republicans Beg Voters To Hand Them The Pink Slip.

BECAUSE OTHERWISE EVERYONE IS AT RISK:  The Supreme Court Should Strike Down the E. Jean Carroll Verdict.

IT’S ALL A PSY-OP:  Israel-Hating ‘TrackAIPAC’ Attack Account Used To Be Elizabeth Warren-Boosting ‘California for Warren,’ Raising Money for Her Presidential Bid .

THE PROBLEM WITH EUROPEAN IS THAT THEY KNOW SO MANY THINGS THAT JUST AIN’T SO:  It hit below zero – below zero *Fahrenheit* – for a week straight last winter where I live in Michigan, which is about the same latitude as England. Deeply unserious clowns. These are the people who sneer about Americans not being able to find countries on maps.

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WHAT HE SAID:  Castro’s Cuban Imperialists: As with Nicaragua’s Maduro in 2026, So, in 1973, with Chile’s Allende.

YEAH, THAT:  When Data Disrupts Narratives: Europe’s Heat Deaths in Focus.

AGREED:  Opinion: Treasury is Rightly Focused on Nonprofit Transparency.