TO OUR LEFTY “FRIENDS” BE CAREFUL THE PRECEDENT YOU SET: Don’t Mugshots of MLK, Vaclav Havel, Solzhenitsyn, and Mandela Prove that Those Scoundrels — Convicted Felons All — Fully Deserved Their Fate?

FROM RACONTEUR PRESS ANTHOLOGIES:  Your Honor, I Can Explain.

#COMISSIONEARNED

Sometimes, things go wrong. Sometimes, they go very, very wrong. And then you’re explaining to the judge where the contraband came from, why the goat is covered in peanut butter, and why the courtroom suddenly smells like a freshly fertilized field.

Your Honor, I Can Explain is a collection of 10 stories about when things went wrong. Really, really wrong. With the added bonus of a specific character in each story. The authors were required to include Andrew Spurgle, in any capacity they cared to, and make him gloriously incompetent.

Some of the stories are funny, some of them are scary, all of them are worth enjoying.

THAT’S ALL? THEY MUSTN’T HAVE LOOKED VERY HARD: Scientists found over 1,000 AI bots on X stealing selfies to create fake accounts.

Now do facebook!  Oh, I see. It’s not owned by musk, and it’s completely controlled, so “scientists” aren’t interested.

HE’S GOT LOTS OF PRACTICE STICKING TO THE NARRATIVE:  Ex-NY Times CEO Mark Thompson leads field to run CNN after Chris Licht ouster: report.

THIS IS THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY WE WERE PROMISED:  Breakthrough AI implants let paralyzed woman ‘talk’ for first time in years.

NO HOUSE-PASSED BILL IS GOING TO BE TAKEN UP IN THE SENATE, SO INVESTIGATION IS WHAT THEY CAN DO:  McCarthy Hints Congressional Investigation of Federal Maui Response.

Turn on the lights. Expose the swamp.

AND GROWING:  Trump–Tucker Interview Reaches Nearly 200 Million Views.

MAUI IS THE STUFF OF NIGHTMARES:  Worse and Worse.

PARTICULARLY RIGHT NOW WHEN “AUTHORITIES” AND “EXPERTS” HATE OUR GUTS:  Obeying authority can be hazardous to your health.

THEY WANT YOU TO FREEZE IN THE DARK, EARTHBOUND:  Biden’s Justice Department sues SpaceX.

The left hates space exploration. It makes sense. The only people opposed to people leaving are slave masters afraid the slaves will escape.

AT LEAST THEY ADMIT THEY’RE POWERLESS:  Yale Police Union Distributes Campus Safety Flyers Featuring Grim Reaper to New Students Causing Outrage.

DO IT:  House Republicans Demand Fulton County DA Explain ‘Politically Motivated’ Trump Indictment.

Make her sweat.

GRAFT AND CORRUPTION:  Biden Admin Directs $1.4 Billion into New Covid Research, Vaccines, and Therapies.

FROM YOUR MOUTH TO G-D’S EARS PROFESSOR:  The Biden Clan’s Con Is Coming to an End.

GETS BUMPIER FROM HERE: Trump supporters, counter-protesters clash outside of Fulton County jail ahead of his arrival.

WELL, TO AN EXTENT THEY’RE RIGHT. TEACHING INDIGINOUS PEOPLE’S MARXISM IS THE WORST FORM OF COLONIALISM:  Rantz: Seattle Times column blames Maui fires on ‘colonization’, ‘Europeans’.

THE FULL VIDEO OF THE 2023 PROMETHEUS AWARD CEREMONY, IF YOU NEED SOMETHING TO CHEER YOU UP THIS MORNING:  Prometheus Award Ceremony.

Yes that is my real accent. Yes, it is Portuguese. No, I will not say moose and squirrel for you.

ABOUT TIME:  Rocket Lab launches a satellite reusing one rocket engine from previous flight.

UH: Burning Man is flooded thanks to tropical storm Hilary, attendees turned away.

You could say it’s fire and water….

BORDERING ON GASLIGHTING:  Friday Thoughts: Propaganda.

WELL, LOOKIT THAT, MY SHOCKED FACE:  Biden Admin Restores Obama-Era Restrictions on Offshore Drilling.

AS MY FRIEND, DAVE FREER, TOLD ME YEARS AGO, CHINA’S ECONOMY IS A BEAUTIFUL LACQUERED VASE, WITH THE LACQUER HIDING CRACKS AND ROT:  China’s Economy in Grave Danger as Growth Engines Stall, Options Dwindle.

PEOPLE IN HELL WANT ICE WATER:  House Republicans Want Answers From State Department About Suspended Iran Envoy Robert Malley.

THIS WAS A SURPRISE ONLY TO HIMSELF. OH, MAYBE THE OTHER 9 TOO:  Russian dissident Yevgeny Prigozhin dead after a plane crash outside Moscow: Wagner group.

TEACH WOMEN NOT TO MAKE DEATH THREATS:  Woman threatened to shoot Donald Trump, son Barron ‘straight in the face’: feds.