YOUR DAILY DOSE OF SCHADENFREUDE:
The best part of this is obviously the return of our soldiers
The second best part is watching the Arab world mock the IRGC relentlessly https://t.co/5cRgJQn8cd
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) April 5, 2026
Author Archive: Stephen Green
April 5, 2026
AN IMPORTANT REMINDER:
In the 1970’s, the KGB put together an operational plan for undermining America via informational warfare and ideological subversion:
“To change the perception of reality of every American to such an extent that no one is able to come to sensible conclusions in the interest of… https://t.co/ScCSYXqaie
— AG (@AGHamilton29) April 5, 2026
Exit quote: “Our enemies have spent decades creating an environment to try to bring about the destruction of America. Now they have a bunch of allies in America actively trying to assist, whether because they don’t like the current administration or because they want to undermine our current system. But what they are doing is obvious and no one should forget who is playing a role in it.”
IMPRESSIVE… MOST IMPRESSIVE:
It isn't so much that Iranians are that bad, it is just that Americans are that good. https://t.co/Tgrq2RqVcs
— cdrsalamander (@cdrsalamander) April 5, 2026
Related:
U.S. engineers were repairing and even building new airfields on Okinawa while the battle for the island was still ongoing. https://t.co/qlV1bOm2ra
— Stephen Green (@VodkaPundit) April 5, 2026
It’s how our guys have done things for a long time, and it’s great to see that they’ve still got it.
COVID IS SO OVER: ‘Humiliating’: Pfizer cancels COVID vaccine trial for lack of interest as global scrutiny mounts.
Five years after their wide deployment, first on a voluntary basis, then under threat of firing for nearly 100 million Americans at the direction of the White House, COVID-19 vaccines for at least low-risk groups may be on the way out amid higher regulatory requirements and indifference to the jabs by the vast majority of Americans.
Pfizer and its COVID mRNA vaccine partner BioNTech abruptly pulled the plug on their trial for healthy 50-64 year-olds, telling trial investigators in a March 30 letter they were coming up short on the 25,000-30,000 enrollment needed to generate enough data to evaluate the jabs, Reuters reported, citing a letter it viewed.
Friday was the last day that Pfizer was scheduled to monitor trial participants for signs of COVID illness, the letter reportedly said. “Two sources from companies” that manage 9% of trial sites told the wire service that Pfizer told them in writing weeks earlier to stop recruitment.
“This study is not ending as a result of any safety or benefit-risk concerns,” Pfizer and BioNTech told the wire service, citing their “inability to generate relevant post-marketing data” with lagging enrollment.
And yet there are still people wearing cloth masks.
THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN IRAN:
It doesn't get more straightforward than this from President Trump.
The gloves come off tomorrow against the Ayatollahs. pic.twitter.com/SXjk3fKnWj— Jim Hanson (@JimHansonDC) April 5, 2026
April 4, 2026
BREAKING:
Good news for once.
F-15 WSO recovered alive. Was escaping and evading. Massive fire fight on tgt. Iranians were actively looking for him in the area.
— Jack Murphy (@JackMurphyRGR) April 4, 2026
Murphy is a reliable source.
HEH:
Remember when Jimmy Kimmel made fun of plumbers and then literal rocket scientists couldn’t fix the toilet https://t.co/bn8HJqF0cA
— Matt’s Idea Shop (@MattsIdeaShop) April 4, 2026
LET THE NAVY COLLECT TOLLS FOR SAFE PASSAGE, JUST LARGE ENOUGH TO FUND A 600-SHIP NAVY:
Everybody is already blaming the USA for the Strait of Hormuz being closed. Therefore, I propose that we mine the strait just for fun. It wouldn’t change anyone’s opinion of us, we don’t need the oil, Iran would immediately beg to open the strait, and it would be very funny.
— Roman Helmet Guy (@romanhelmetguy) April 3, 2026
PERSPECTIVE:
We survived this.
And now Democrats are complaining about 2.4% inflation.
Child, be serious. pic.twitter.com/XbumwZeTa0
— Mila Joy (@Milajoy) April 4, 2026
PAST PERFORMANCE IS MORE OR LESS A PERFECT INDICATOR OF FUTURE RESULTS:
When the US will have to deal with China—and even Russia—the Europeans would react in exactly the same predictable way. “We don’t like Trump” might fly in 2026, but it’s just a rerun of Reagan and Bush.
Europe has no problems justifying and going to war (ex, Libya 2011); it… https://t.co/Bnc9xNcitO
— David Reaboi, Late Republic Nonsense (@davereaboi) April 4, 2026
April 3, 2026
SOCIALISM IN ONE LESSON:
🇪🇸🇪🇺 Spain passes Romania and becomes the EU country with the highest risk of child poverty. pic.twitter.com/YxDpbfdJnU
— Azat (@AzatAlsalim) April 3, 2026
HEY, BIG SPENDER: Tech Media Propaganda Operation Makes It Official, Goes In-House At OpenAI. “On Thursday, OpenAI announced that it had acquired the Technology Business Programming Network (TBPN) show. The Financial Times reports that the recently de-Sorafied AI giant paid somewhere in the “low hundreds of millions of dollars” for the purchase. The deal immediately prompted a great deal of online handwringing about a nominal media operation selling out to one of the biggest companies in Silicon Valley, which is understandable but unwarranted. Nothing will have to change, as even the independent version of TBPN was already so dedicated to cheerleading for the rich and powerful people in tech as to have been indistinguishable from marketing.”
Maybe not all the interesting in itself, but OpenAI is expected to lose between $111 billion and $143 billion between 2024 and 2029 (OpenAI claims the lower figure, Deutsche Bank the higher one), and TBPN is believed to break even at the very best.
But what’s a few more hundred million between friends?
THIS LOOKS LIKE A JOB FOR AN A-10:
Extremely alarmed to see the scenes from Iran today of Iraqi proxy militias (PMF) entering Iran under the guise of “aid.”
These are forces that have a documented track record of slaughtering Iranians in the streets. The regime is literally importing foreign forces to kill… pic.twitter.com/rvzwIgGZ9N
— Emily Schrader – אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر (@emilykschrader) April 3, 2026
FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: He Tried to Steal… an Election? “It’s time for your much-needed break from the serious news, and this week, we’ll learn the importance of leaving the scene of the crime, the stupidest way to save money on gas, and how to party like a shark in the Bahamas.”
DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: Naked bike ride organizer slapped with child sex crime charges in WA.
Zachary Elisha Robertson, 42, of Bellingham, was taken into custody on March 10 on two felony counts of possession of child pornography. Investigators located approximately 25 nude images of prepubescent and pubescent girls on his laptop upon the execution of a search warrant. He later allegedly confessed to downloading nude images of girls between the ages of 5 and 7 years old, according to court documents.
Robertson, a nudist and homesteader, was reported to authorities by his wife, who allegedly walked in on Robertson pleasuring himself to the images on his laptop on March 6. Police obtained a search warrant and arrested Robertson at his home days later. He was quickly released from jail on $2,500 bail, records show.
The defendant is the author and illustrator of the children’s book Norma Normal, which centers on a little girl who “lives naked” in the outdoors. Roberston alleged to investigators that the pornographic images of kids on his laptop served as references for his 2020 book; however, detectives rejected his claim, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Good lord.
NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG:
France was the only Western country to vote 'NO' at the UN Security Council to authorize Arab nations to use force to open the strait.
France voted with China & Russia.
That was yesterday.
Today, French ships are passing through the strait.I don't believe in coincidences. https://t.co/DPxmBJXNJK
— David D. Chapman (@DavidD_Chapman) April 3, 2026
IT’S TIME FOR VICTORIA TAFT’S West Coast, Messed Coast™: Feds’ HUGE Bust in ‘Kingdom of Fraud’ Leaves King Gavin Big Mad “Welcome to your weekly West Coast, Messed Coast™ update, where this week the feds pulled the card, as we used to say, of Gov. Gavin Newsom. He was found wanting. And he was really quite cranky about it.”
CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Anti-Gun Swamp Creature Uses SAVE Act to Outlaw Private Gun Sales, Create a Universal Federal Paper Trail. “Coons’ Amendment 4655 would effectively outlaw nearly all private firearm sales and transfers in the United States. Under this proposal, you would no longer be free to sell, gift, or transfer a firearm to another law-abiding citizen without federal government involvement.”
TO BE FAIR, THAT’S BY DESIGN: Former Climate Activist Perfectly Explains Why Net-Zero Leads to Disaster.
JOANNE JACOBS: When disruption is normalized: What about the kids who want to learn? “Behaviors once considered unacceptable become tolerated, then normalized.” Eventually, “learning becomes secondary to managing chaos.”
PERSPECTIVE:
There is nothing catastrophic about one plane being shot down in 5 weeks of operations against a supposed regional powerhouse, with one member of the crew already rescued as the US has created such aerial dominance it can fly into Irans airspace and extract a downed pilot. pic.twitter.com/HKAWbjFamj
— WarMonitor🇺🇦🇬🇧 (@WarMonitor3) April 3, 2026
More:
US Air Force and Navy combat forces have flown more than 13,000 sorties in Epic Fury so far. Adding those flown by the IAF, we are looking at over 20,000 sorties over more than a month of combat operations. All aerial losses over Iran up to this point have been MQ-9s or Israeli… https://t.co/s2chQLrTUa
— Air-Power | MIL-STD (@AirPowerNEW1) April 3, 2026
There’s still supposed to one American on the ground somewhere, and I’m sure he’d appreciate thoughts and prayers for a quick rescue.
IRAN STRIKES: Two Kharg Island Videos.
Something a little different than the usual Iran roundup: Two videos about Kharg Island, one an after-action report on a U.S. attack run, the other a description of what makes taking the island difficult.
The caveat for the after-action video, a recreation of an actual U.S. attack run, is that it’s done a breathless, overly-dramatic fashion, like something from Most Shocking. But the detailed, blow-by-blow account suggests it was taken from actual after-action reports.
Informative stuff. The second one is from Simon Whistler, perhaps better known as “the Megaprojects guy.” I don’t watch many video podcasts, but I do try to stay up to date with his.
WAS IT OVER WHEN THE GERMANS BOMBED PEARL HARBOR?
Who wants to tell The Atlantic how many generals Lincoln went through? https://t.co/Z5d7Nx0FDh
— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) April 3, 2026
Nichols used to teach at the Naval War College and probably (?) knows better.
What a hack.