DECOUPLING: Google Pulls Every Last Pixel Product Out of China. “Google is cutting Beijing out of its hardware supply chain entirely. Starting in 2027, every Pixel phone, watch, and earbud will be manufactured in Vietnam and India, eliminating China’s decade-long foothold in the company’s manufacturing. Only Samsung has made a cleaner break among global smartphone brands.”
Author Archive: Stephen Green
August 24, 2026
NEXT DEMAND, ANDALUSIA?
Ah, so it WAS an invasion. Got it. https://t.co/dCUhtkO2PY
— Gavin McInnes (@Gavin_McInnes) August 23, 2026
NOT THE BEE: Pennsylvania court case declared mistrial because none of the jurors would own up to smoking a doobie in the jury room. “The prosecution and the defense both agreed that if the juror had a prescription it was fine, and the judge said no one would be in trouble for the incident, but all the jurors also swore that they were not taking any medications that could affect their judgment in the case, so the judge needed to figure out who it was.”
That would be fine, really?
WE DO NOT:
America … we do not want this. https://t.co/9RsnQ9UOIh
— The🐰FOO (@PolitiBunny) August 24, 2026
Full text:
“If 2 Arab boys need to be taken care of, I’m not sending two girls in. As soon as certain surnames come up, we bring in the police.”
She speaks about the problems with clan members:
“It usually doesn’t take long for 20, 30, 40 family members to show up in front of the hospital. They have special Telegram groups where they alert each other, and they want to make their presence felt in a way that’s often aggressive: ‘We’re here; we stand by our people—and you can expect trouble if anything happens to them.’
“In these circles, it’s common for the mothers and women to scream loudly and in high drama. This high noise level is a stress factor for the staff and also for the patients.”
That’s no way to run a hospital. Or a Western nation.
“FIRED FOR CAUSE” IS NO REASON NOT TO FORCE A COMPANY TO HIRE HER BACK, APPARENTLY:
Yes and none of these articles include that information. Unbelievably corrupt.
— Gregg Re (@gregg_re) August 24, 2026
CHANGE: Trump’s bill prompts steep SNAP enrollment decline — including over 50% in one state. “Proponents of welfare reform hope the roll reductions are driven by people earning too much to keep qualifying — a sign that policy changes are behaving as intended for a program they assert is riddled with fraud.”
HASAN PIKER AND HASAN PIKER ALLIES BADLY DENYING THE THINGS HASAN PIKER CLEARLY SAID IS NOW A COTTAGE INDUSTRY:
And you can tell by his demeanor he didn't even actually mean it. https://t.co/CI1EjaEqR7
— RBe (@RBPundit) August 24, 2026
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: Why Did Israel Declare 2026 ‘The Year of Latin America’?
CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Gun rights lawsuit aims at Colorado’s state & local carry restrictions.
The complaint marks the latest in a line of recent legal challenges, brought by both gun rights groups and the Trump administration, targeting restrictive gun laws in Colorado.
The two out-of-state residents, Greg Howeth of Hawaii and Zackary Dougherty of South Carolina, both regularly visit Denver and would like to carry for self defense, but are not permitted because of the local and state laws, according to the lawsuit.
Colorado requires concealed handgun permit holders to be residents, while open carry is generally allowed statewide without a permit unless a local government has banned the practice, which Denver has done.
Howeth, who has permits to carry in Hawaii and Utah, regularly flies to Denver because he has a second home in Weld County, but Colorado doesn’t recognize either of his permits. Dougherty previously lived in Loveland, where his current employer is located, so he regularly travels through Denver on work trips.
Neither can lawfully carry – whether concealed or openly – while in Denver, despite being otherwise qualified and trained, they argue in the lawsuit.
More:
As Complete Colorado previously reported, Colorado is also facing a lawsuit from the Colorado State Shooting Association (CSSA) challenging Senate Bill 25-003, the state’s new permit-to-purchase scheme for semiautomatic rifles, shotguns and handguns that went into effect on August 1.
CSSA, an NRA affiliate, is also suing over state and local magazine capacity restrictions, which are additionally being challenged by the U.S. Department of Justice.
If Colorado’s gun laws aren’t the worst in the nation, they’re close.
NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG:
Interesting correction from @IrishTimes.
Turns out the flotilla supposedly “bringing aid to Gaza” wasn’t actually bringing aid to Gaza.
Oops.
So much for the brave humanitarian mission.
No aid. No mystery. Just another floating publicity stunt aimed at breaching Israel’s… pic.twitter.com/wQ9TH7dyoH
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) August 24, 2026
SARAH ANDERSON FILLING IN ON KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Why Is Everything So Upside Down? “You can even buy ‘I stand with Lindsay’ merch. It’s one thing to want to call attention to postpartum mental health issues, but this is disgusting. I actually saw a video on X the other day of a ‘Lindsay supporter’ throwing water over her crying baby’s head in solidarity. I refuse to post it.”
GUY MILLIÈRE: Europe in Free Fall.
Economically, Europe is in ghastly shape.
For nearly five decades, the European Union’s economic growth and productivity rates have lagged behind those of the United States.
European Union countries have established welfare states that have steadily expanded since 1980 and stifle economic growth.
The European Union has also proliferated stifling regulations that place a heavy encumbrance on businesses. Restrictions on gas and electricity production, combined with a drive for a rapid and extremely costly transition to “renewable energy”, have resulted in natural gas prices in Europe that are now three to five times higher than in the US, and electricity prices that are 2 to 4 times higher than in the US. To survive, many European companies have relocated production outside Europe.
International investment is turning away from Europe. Nine of the world’s top ten tech companies are American; the tenth is Taiwanese.
Although heatwaves have been affecting Europe for more than two decades, the continent remains resistant to air conditioning, viewing it as an expensive luxury (AC consumes costly electricity)…. In 2003, a heatwave in Europe killed more than 20,000 people. Almost nothing was done to prevent a recurrence, so in 2026, another heatwave has already claimed 25,000 lives.
Pessimism about the future — fueled by the questionable narrative berating “man-made global warming” and the hyped-up fear that the planet may become uninhabitable — is on the rise in Europe.
Most new immigrants in Europe come from the Muslim world and appear to have no interest whatever in assimilating or becoming more westernized.
Even if the “migrants” were amenable to assimilation (they aren’t), given all the above, why would they?
Related, from Conrad Black: Britain’s grooming gangs scandal exposes a State afraid of facts.
IT’S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SOMETIMES IN THE WNBA THEY ALSO PLAY BASKETBALL:
Look at all the bigoted transphobes attacking her just for speaking her mind. She'll show all the haters in the WNBA next year https://t.co/8JMNB6EfpA
— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) August 24, 2026
Although to be fair, I can’t remember the last time I read anything about an actual game.
SHUT UP, THEY EXPLAINED: Hiding Much? Newsom Signs ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act.’ “Presumably, the Stop Nick Shirley Act will face legal challenges, given that it could raise serious First Amendment concerns, but it is not clear how long it might take to resolve those challenges. The case might go all the way to the Supreme Court, and meanwhile, will Commifornia’s Dems be arresting reporters?”
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Bad weather delays launch of China’s historic Chang’e 7 mission to moon’s south pole.
According to reports, the growth of Tropical Depression Narra in the Gulf of Tonkin has prompted China’s space agency to delay the liftoff of Chang’e 7 significantly — possibly until 2027.
“China’s Chang’e 7 lunar probe does not meet launch conditions, and its launch therefore cannot take place during the planned window this year,” the state-run Xinhua news agency reported today (Aug. 23), citing the China Manned Space Agency.
Chang’e 7 had originally been scheduled to launch today from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on the island of Hainan. But then Narra started brewing in the Gulf of Tonkin, just to the island’s west.
Launching a rocket into a howling gale is less than ideal.
You don’t say.
NOT IMPORTING CRIMINALS WAS NEVER CONSIDERED:
This is the UK right now. pic.twitter.com/2CilcbSoYW
— Matt Goodwin (@GoodwinMJ) August 22, 2026
HEADLINES FROM 1991-2026 INCLUSIVE: Hillary Reportedly Planning Bill Clinton’s Funeral, and I Have Questions.
August 22, 2026
STOP ANTIMALE DISCRIMINATION:
Men did not “ditch the workplace”
They were literally discriminated against and exiled by woke hiring standards under the Civil Rights Act
Also, notice how this language is indistinguishable from a growing cadre of neoconservative commentators https://t.co/rKyNDB7jVN
— Auron MacIntyre (@AuronMacintyre) August 21, 2026
TWO TIERS:
It’s been a year since DeCarlos Brown murdered Iryna Zarutska and he hasn’t even had a trial yet.
Shiloh Hendrix has already been tried, found guilty and sentenced for saying a word.
I never want to hear about white privilege ever again. pic.twitter.com/C2vvQtqr8S
— C3 (@C_3C_3) August 22, 2026
August 21, 2026
FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: Friends, Romans, Florida Man, Lend Me Your Ear. “It’s time for your much-needed break from the serious news, and this week, we’ll learn that the human body is not an ATM, what not to wave at the police, and that there is at least one cowboy left in California.”
ASTROTURF ALL THE WAY DOWN (COLORADO EDITION): Over $620K spent on signatures for Initiative 195 tax hike effort.
What has been billed as a “grassroots” movement to implement a progressive income tax in Colorado has proven one thing: the effort behind the signatures turned in to put Initiative 195 on the November ballot was definitely green. Greenbacks, that is.
A paid circulator report obtained by Complete Colorado from the secretary of state’s office shows that organizers behind the proposed ballot measure, who at first appeared to be leaning heavily on a volunteer effort, actually paid petition circulators more than $620,000 to help gather the over 150,000 signatures turned in just as the deadline was closing.
About 150 circulators came from as far away as California, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Florida, Georgia, Illinois and North Carolina.
They had to bring in more Californians?
IT’S TIME FOR VICTORIA TAFT’S West Coast, Messed Coast™: Harry and Meghan Think California Schools Suck Too. “Welcome to your weekly West Coast, Messed Coast™ update, where today we’ll cover yet another reason why Harry and Meghan are leaving California and booking it back to the British Empire. California Gov. Gavin Newsom appears to be shorting out before our very eyes — especially in response to a reporter’s question about the collapse of California schools.”