WHAT ENERGY CEASEFIRE?
Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov, on repeated Russian strikes against Ukraine's energy sector:
"Trump's 'energy ceasefire' was not specified, so Russia is hitting Ukrainian energy sector." pic.twitter.com/LP1vtq8WEy
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) October 14, 2026
As I wrote yesterday, “I don’t even pretend to know what’s going on with the energy ceasefire. And I don’t see why I should, given that none of the principal actors seem to know, either.”
DOG BITES MAN: Leaked Call Exposes Environmentalists Trying To Deceive Congress And Kill Pro-Energy Agreement.
“We really have to have a pretty clear agreement by all parties that this is an effort to stop this bill, not to make it better,” Brett Hartl, government affairs director at the Center for Biological Diversity, said during the call.
The call, organized in part by the Sierra Club, drew 89 participants as environmental organizations debated how to respond to the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026. The legislation, introduced on September 30, was negotiated by Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) alongside Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
The bill would overhaul federal environmental review and permitting procedures, establish deadlines for reviews and legal challenges, and provide greater certainty for projects that have already secured permits and financing. Its supporters argue that the changes would reduce delays, expand energy infrastructure, and help lower costs while retaining environmental and historic preservation safeguards.
Well, Sierra can’t have that.
MAYBE THEY THINK BEIJING WILL HAVE A NEED FOR THESE:
Nothing to see here.
NORINCO (China North Industries Group Corporation) is training its Fuxi humanoid robots for riot control. pic.twitter.com/9NpKFtaAqP
— Mike Kalil (@mikekalilmfg) October 13, 2026
Related:
WATCH: Britain’s ITN has released ~4 hours of previously sealed 1989 Tiananmen footage — filmed by the team that smuggled the tapes out of China.
The material, archived for ~35 years, includes a 2-hour crackdown compilation and 90 minutes of secretly filmed raw rushes from the…
— Clash Report (@clashreport) October 10, 2026
For more than 30 years ITN sat on this footage?
DISPATCHES FROM THE BLUE ZONES: ‘Evil Sanctuary Policies’: Mullin Slams New York for Ignoring 16,000 ICE Detainers.
WHEN THEY SHOW YOU WHO THEY ARE, BELIEVE THEM: NYC First Lady Painted Portrait of Her ‘Inspiration’: A Jew-Hating Artist Who Said ‘Anne Frank’ Is a Hoax, Posted Hitler’s Paintings, and Celebrated Oct 7.
Sliman Mansour, a Palestinian artist, was also pleased when a warlike reinterpretation of one of his paintings was used as a backdrop for an angry press conference by future Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar, where he thanked Iran for funding Hamas.
Mansour died in August after spending decades propping up violent “resistance” movements against the State of Israel. Before that, Duwaji had animated a portrait of the painter and indicated he “inspired the work that I do.”
“Hi, I’m Rama, a Syrian illustrator and animator based in Brooklyn, and today I’m going to be animating a portrait of Sliman Mansour, who is a painter and sculptor that’s inspired the work that I do. Sliman is an artist of the Intifada,” said Houston-born Duwaji, the wife of Zohran Mamdani, in a video first posted online in April 2024.
Not quite three years ago? The press will dismiss this as youthful indiscretion, assuming the press acknowledges it at all.
DOUBLE STANDARDS ARE THE BEST BECAUSE YOU GET TWICE AS MANY:
Europe is lecturing the world about fossil fuels while continuing to buy Russian natural gas.
Now European leaders are criticizing President Trump for seeking lower fuel prices at home.
If buying Russian energy is wrong, shouldn’t the same standard apply to everyone? pic.twitter.com/Do9ibehxGF
— Stephen Moore (@StephenMoore) October 13, 2026
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Lawlessness Is the Dems’ Most Coherent and Consistent Policy Pitch. “In my four-plus decades of political activism, I have never seen a party that is supposed to steamroll an election be in the kind of disarray that the 2026 Democrats are in. Their candidate slate is a motley collection of communists and buffoons. They’re embroiled in a power struggle between the young, loud and proud commies, and the establishment, more subtle commies.”
BEEGE WELBORN: And Bye, Bye to Miss Kimberly’s Big Greek Slice of Pie.
This has been a sordid, classless, just ICK on the ICKter scale couple of days for a woman who was once nestled in the bosom of Republican power.
Kimberly Guilfoyle (whose good judgment could have been questioned years ago when she was Mrs. Gavin Newsom, but never was), the flashy former San Francisco prosecutor turned Fox News TV personality, Republican activist, former Donald Trump Jr. fiancée, and, lately, U.S. ambassador to Greece was the subject of an in-depth Wall Street Journal expose five days ago that was so appalling in the breathtaking avarice reported, you could hear the clock start ticking even in an administration known for flashy characters.
And it wasn’t simply the WSJ telling tales. They had the texts showing that, among other outrageous expectations, Ambassador Guilfoyle leaned on an extremely well-heeled Trump donor and former candidate to pay her American Express bill before her confirmation hearing, but hush-hush, you know? All so her financials would look tidy.
Now, there was a quid pro quo – she was nice enough to promise favors of the business-interests sort in return.
Full (and sordid) details at the link.
I’d just add that overall, Trump 47’s personnel choices are head and shoulders above Trump 45. Just a much smoother-sailing ship.
JUST THE NYT PLAYING NARRATIVE GAMES:
James Talarico vanishes for 13 days, 3 weeks before Election Day.
His proof he was home sick? Photos the New York Times agreed NOT to show you.
The NYT's message to voters: "Trust me, bro."
If Talarico has nothing to hide, why is the NYT hiding it for him?…
— Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) October 13, 2026
WHO’S CREDIBILITY STINKS: World Health Organizations says it’s still unsure what caused pneumonia that killed plague-lab worker from Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia.
As a reminder, there was substantial evidence of a novel disease outbreak in Wuhan in early 2020. The escalating epidemic emergency of 2020 became unmistakable when authorities quarantined Wuhan and extended restrictions to eight additional cities, while Beijing canceled major Chinese New Year celebrations to curb transmission.
In the age of social media and satellites, it would be difficult to hide a rapidly expanding outbreak of the airborne version of the bubonic plague.
Furthermore, WHO is still investigating and has officially noted that no case of plague had been registered in Russia.
Stay tuned.
But as little as I think of WHO these days, it is hard to hide a plague.
DISPATCHES FROM AL-BRIṬĀNIYĀ:
Somali jailed for raping FIVE women wins a case against the NHS because his painkillers were dispensed during Ramadan fasting hours with the court ruling that his ECHR rights had been breached.
Five rape victims, and he’s the one winning a human rights case. https://t.co/liG1tP03vp
— Driftwood (@buc97552) October 13, 2026
Madeline Grant adds: “This landed on the same day we learnt a migrant raped a dead homeless woman, before a judge deemed him too low IQ to enter a plea. Tragedies and scandals that would once have attracted days/weeks of national attention are instead memory-holed when the next appalling thing happens.”
NOVEMBER PREVIEW (PERHAPS): Why the Midterm Polling Is Absolutely, Positively, 100% Wrong. (Maybe.)
HMM: Ilhan Omar Was 37 When She Entered Congress. Soon, She Became 36. “Omar became a year younger, you see, because she has stated publicly that she entered the U.S. as a minor, under the guardianship of her father, but if she was actually 18 when she entered the country, she was not actually a minor at all.”
THAT’S THE SPIRIT: US unveils name for new mobile howitzer: ‘XM1776.’ “Speaking at a ceremony unveiling the weapon’s new name, Hanwha Defense USA President and Chief Operating Officer Michael Smith justified the name by harkening back to a decisive moment during the country’s founding, when the Continental Army rolled in mobile artillery batteries to overlook Boston Harbor in 1776, forcing the British fleet to withdraw. This marked the first strategic victory of what became U.S. forces, beginning a field artillery legacy that led to the XM1776’s unveiling 250 years later.”
IT’S RACISM TO NOTICE THE FRAUDULENT ACTS OF THE ACTUAL RACIST:
I think it’s because she lied during immigration, married her brother, and wants to hijack my country in the interest of her Somalian coethnics while demonizing white people https://t.co/Rwx1cOy5uI
— Auron MacIntyre (@AuronMacintyre) October 12, 2026
But you knew that already.
THIS JUST FEELS WRONG:
Four months ago we had the Texas Senate race at Paxton 45, Talarico 43, with 7 undecided and 4 going elsewhere. Today it’s 47.2 to 46.7, with 3.9 undecided and 2.2 for the Libertarian.
Talarico gained 3.7 points, Paxton 2.2. The undecided and third-party pool shrank from 11 to 6… https://t.co/ZCzkhwXBxg
— Jason Corley (@JasonCorley78) October 13, 2026
MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: Florida Woman Arrested After AI Tattlebot Reported Her, and It Isn’t Funny.
CHUTZPAH:
LMAO.
This is who is getting the Nobel Peace Prize.
Because leftism is brain rot. pic.twitter.com/gWEJKWpDAY
— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) October 12, 2026
AGING: Dementia cases are set to double by 2050 — as doctor calls it an ‘accelerating epidemic crisis.’
Researchers from UNSW Sydney’s Center for Healthy Brain Aging analyzed data from 22 studies and found that there were 11.4 million new dementia cases in 2023 — a number that’s projected to more than double to 24.7 million by 2050.
This means that every year, the equivalent of the population of Australia will develop dementia, according to geriatrician Dr. Liron Sinvani, the director of research and innovation for the Northwell Institute for Healthy Aging
“In terms of the scale, obviously, this number of new dementia cases is staggering,” Sinvani told The Post. “This is not a future problem. It’s an accelerating epidemic crisis that demands immediate attention.”
The new study focused on incidence — the rate at which people develop dementia or new cases per year — instead of prevalence, or the total number of people living with the condition at a given time.
The rapidly rising numbers are due to aging populations, with Sinvani noting that about 1 in 9 people have dementia after 65, “but after 85, it could be almost 1 in 3.”
Until there’s a treatment, we’ll need to invest heavily in android caretakers because there just won’t bet enough young people to go around.
EMBRACE THE HEALING POWER OF “AND”: The Real Crisis in Europe Isn’t Financial. It’s Generational Theft.
BATTLESWARM: County-By-County Soros Invasion Plans. “Call me a stickler for due process, but I don’t think immigration policy should be taken from the federal government and given to random businesses.”
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