AND FOR ALL THAT I THINK PRIVATE SPACE IS BETTER, I STILL HOPE THIS WORKS OUT:  Lunar Flyby. For the first time in 50 years NASA will (possibly this week) leave Earth’s low-orbit and attempt a 10-day manned flyby mission to the moon.

FROM MARY CATELLI:  Madeleine and the Mist.

Enchanted pools, shadowy dragons, wolves that spring from the mists and vanish into them again, paths that are longer, or shorter, than they should be, given where they went. . . the Misty Hills were filled with marvels. Madeleine still left the hills, years ago, to marry against her father’s will. If her husband’s family is less than welcoming, she still is glad she married him, and they have a son, two years old. But her husband’s overlord has fallen afoul of the king. And all his men fall with him, including her husband. She sets out, to seek the queen and try to bypass the king — and the Misty Hills. Some things are not so easily evaded.

WELL, NO. ACTUALLY YOU DO:  Guest Post: Tropes? We Don’ t Need No Stinkin’ Tropes!

OR INVEST IN NUCLEAR POWER DEVELOPERS:  Beat global warming – go out and buy things.

SELLING OUT YOUR COUNTRY IS RARELY PROFITABLE:  Starmer’s China jolly has achieved nothing except alienating the US and EU.

SURE, THEY DON’T HAVE TO FEAR FOR THEIR JOBS BEING TAKEN BY ILLEGALS, NOR ABOUT GETTING KILLED TAKING THE BUS TO WORK:  The Grammys Were One Giant Anti-ICE Rally.

REPLACEMENT THEORY JOINS THE “FIRST IT’S A CONSPIRACY THEORY THEN IT’S …” CLASS:  Spanish Socialist Has Confirmed *This* Narrative Isn’t a Right-Wing Hoax.

TIP OF THE ICEBERG:  The Havoc Wrought By Illegal Aliens.

I UNDERSTAND HER NAME IS NOW AMELIA ROSE ALBION:  Turning The Tables.

And it’s delicious.

NOT SETTLED:  Sunspot update: Maybe solar maximum isn’t over?

ARE THEY OUT OF THEIR LITTLE MINDS:  Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Asks Police to Surveil ICE, Report Them For Prosecution.

INTERESTING:  DCA Almost Final.

UH UH:  Trump administration sued over pause on immigrant visa processing.

NEWS YOU HOPEFULLY WON’T NEED TO USE:  The Reactionary Gap. Learn it, live it, love it.

SANCTUARY CUTS BOTH WAYS:  Still a Sanctuary County.

FINALLY AMAZON GOT IT TOGETHER:  NOW It’s properly up.

ODDLY CHARMING:  Climber and Goddess. Very literally on high.

LIKE ALL INSTITUTIONS RUN BY DEMOCRATs, MAINTENANCE HAD BEEN SKIMPED:  Trump announces two-year closure of Trump Kennedy Center for major renovations.

THE MARGIN IS CLOSE AND DEMS IMAGINE THEY PAY NO PRICE FOR THEIR EXTREMISM:  Mike Johnson ‘confident’ gov’t shutdown will end Tuesday – as he shoots down Dem demands.

KEIR WAS IMPRESSED BY CZECHOSLAVAKIA DURING A “EDUCATIONAL” TRIP IN 1986:  Project Starmer: The making of a Marxist stooge.

ALL THE BEST PEOPLE ARE:  Beware, we at TCW are a ‘far right terror threat’.

HAMASS ARE NEOLITHIC SAVAGES:  Kidnapped, stabbed, shot, entombed – Hamas captives’ horrific ordeal.

NEWS YOU WON’T SEE IN THE MSM DEPT.:  Homeland Security Sees Record Number of Applicants.

INSTEAD OF PROVIDING ROOM & BOARD FOR 4 YEARS WHY NOT DEPORT HIM WITH THE SENTENCE SUSPENDED SO LONG AS HE STAYS THE F— OUT OF THE US?  23-Year-Old Illegal Immigrant Gets 4 Years for Firebomb Attack Amid Anti-Immigration Enforcement Riot.

A GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING:  Kamala Harris Is Still Destroying the Democrat Party’s Election Hopes.