Author Archive: Stephen Green
March 17, 2026
MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: Something Just Happened in Minnesota That Completely Altered My View of Reality.
SAIL ON: Aircraft carrier Nimitz service life extended until 2027.
Amid the strain of extended deployments, the Navy told Breaking Defense it has officially decided to keep its oldest active aircraft carrier in the water a little longer, prolonging the service life of the USS Nimitz to March 2027.
A service official revealed the change late Friday, pushing back previous plans to mothball the ship this May.
Extending the Nimitz’s service life means that the Navy could maintain its fleet of 11 carriers. The service is awaiting its newest aircraft carrier, the second Ford-class John F. Kennedy, which is currently slated for delivery in March 2027.
The Nimitz departed Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Washington on March 7 to head to Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia as part of a scheduled homeport shift for the remainder of its service life. It will then undergo its inactivation and defueling of the reactor at HII in Newport News.
Nimitz was the first of the class of 10 carriers that basically defined American power projection for five decades.
I POSTED SOMETHING ON THIS YESTERDAY, BEFORE WE KNEW THE REST OF THE STORY:
A major Reddit scandal is blowing up.
A moderator tied to some of the platform’s largest trans subreddits was exposed as a convicted child sex offender.
But here’s the part that’s really raising eyebrows…
Users claim other moderators knew.
And instead of removing him, they…
— Revolver News (@RevolverNewsUSA) March 17, 2026
ISN’T THAT THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF CHIPMAKING? AI Chips Becoming Cheaper, More Powerful, More Efficient, Leading to an ‘Inference Inflection Point.’
MEANWHILE, OVER AT X…:
I’ve read the poetry of Jim Morrison; the columns of Maureen Dowd; the backs of countless boxes of Boo Berry Cereal; the 1988 Libertarian, Republican and Democrat political platforms in their entireties; the works of various Brontë sisters; particularly heartfelt lines from love…
— Stephen Green (@VodkaPundit) March 17, 2026
Full text:
I’ve read the poetry of Jim Morrison; the columns of Maureen Dowd; the backs of countless boxes of Boo Berry Cereal; the 1988 Libertarian, Republican and Democrat political platforms in their entireties; the works of various Brontë sisters; particularly heartfelt lines from love letters I wrote to my high school sweetheart; I even read George Friedman’s The Coming War with Japan — which he wrote in 1991.
These are the credentials you need to know when I tell you: In the 54 years since I learned to read, I have read some really stupid shit.
But I have never read anything quite so stupid as your post.
And since BBC “presenter” John Simpson chose to delete the post rather than defend it, here it is:
SO FAR, SO GOOD: The US-Israeli strategy against Iran is working. Here is why.
Two weeks into Operation Epic Fury, the dominant narrative has settled into a comfortable groove: The United States and Israel stumbled into a war without a plan. Iran is retaliating across the region. Oil prices are surging, and the world is facing another Middle Eastern quagmire. US senators have called it a blunder. Cable news has tallied the crises. Commentators have warned of a long war.
The chorus is loud and, in some respects, understandable. War is ugly, and this one has imposed real costs on millions of people across the Middle East, including the city I live in.
But this narrative is wrong. Not because the costs are imaginary, but because the critics are measuring the wrong things. They are cataloguing the price of the campaign while ignoring the strategic ledger.
When you look at what has actually happened to Iran’s principal instruments of power – its ballistic missile arsenal, its nuclear infrastructure, its air defences, its navy and its proxy command architecture – the picture is not one of US failure. It is one of systematic, phased degradation of a threat that previous administrations allowed to grow for four decades.
I write this from Doha, where Iranian missiles have triggered alerts for residents to take shelter and Qatar Airways has started operating evacuation flights. I lived through four years of war in Baghdad.
I have worked for the US Department of State and advised defence and intelligence agencies in multiple countries. I have no interest in cheerleading for war.
But I have spent my academic career studying how states authorise the use of force through intelligence institutions, and what I see in the current campaign is a recognisable military operation proceeding through identifiable phases against an adversary whose capacity to project power is collapsing in real time.
Much more at the link, but here’s the kicker: This piece was published by Al Jazeera.
COVERING THE NEWS. WITH A PILLOW:
The New York Times Hires Editor Who Reportedly Covered Up His Pal’s Child Porn Scandal
My story @Mediaite https://t.co/0dHj7QALwm
— Isaac Schorr (@isaac_schorr) March 17, 2026
CREDENTIALISM IS DEADLY:
Once you start seeing how credentialism has poisoned the military, you can't un-see it.
— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) March 17, 2026
SARAH HOYT’S SHOCKED FACE HAS TAKEN EARLY RETIREMENT: NYC’s smiling socialist mayor is VERY different behind the scenes, as progressives who crossed him allege tyrannical and ruthless behavior.
Known for his smiling and seemingly unflappable attitude, Mamdani attacked both Donald Trump and New York Governor Kathy Hochul, a fellow Democrat whom he deemed too centrist.
But sources inside Mamdani’s political circle have now alleged that the mayor wields his power for personal gain and has no qualms sidelining old friends or his ideologies to further his agenda, The New York Times reported.
He has been accused of snubbing friends, meddling in political campaigns and strong-arming liberal nonprofits to protect his own interests.
So… they’re saying he’s a socialist?
OUCH: Meta Planning Sweeping Layoffs as AI Costs Mount.
Meta is planning sweeping layoffs that could affect 20% or more of the company, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as Meta seeks to offset costly artificial intelligence infrastructure bets and prepare for greater efficiency brought about by AI-assisted workers.
No date has been set for the cuts and the magnitude has not been finalized, the people said.
Top executives have recently signaled the plans to other senior leaders at Meta and told them to begin planning how to pare back, two of the people said. The sources spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to disclose the cuts.
“This is speculative reporting about theoretical approaches,” Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said in response to questions about the plan.
If Meta settles on the 20% figure, the layoffs will be the company’s most significant since a restructuring in late 2022 and early 2023 that it dubbed the “year of efficiency.”
Previously: Meta boosts annual capex sharply on superintelligence push, shares surge.
Slightly More Previously: Zuckerberg Spends Big: $200M+ to Snag Apple’s AI Lead For Meta’s Superintelligence Team.
Just in case those getting laid off didn’t know where the money went.
GROOMING, STRAIGHT UP: Author Brags About Hiding LGBTQ Messaging in Children’s Book Cover.
EMBARRASSMENT CAN BE A GREAT MOTIVATOR:
Valid question: Did President Trump invite the NATO members to contribute Naval assets to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz in a real attempt to get their help, or simply to expose the fact that none of them have meaningful Naval assets to contribute anymore? pic.twitter.com/4Ru7tYQa8G
— ⚡️David Blackmon⚡️ (@EnergyAbsurdity) March 16, 2026
There’s also this:
Yes. We are an insecure nation that needs US to love us and pretend that we are equals. We're a high maintenance girlfriend who thinks she's a lot more attractive than she is.
— Chris Loblaw (@chrisloblaw) March 16, 2026
I’m reminded of what Harry told Sally: “You’re the worst kind. You’re high maintenance but you think you’re low maintenance.”
IDF INTEL: We destroyed Iran’s base for attacking satellites to keep space supremacy.
In an extremely rare public statement, an IDF Unit 9900 intelligence official said on Monday that Israel has destroyed an Iranian base which was focused on building technologies to shoot down Israeli satellites and other adversaries’ satellites.
According to the officer from the IDF’s clandestine satellite intelligence division, the goal of the attack was to maintain Israel’s supremacy in space, especially regarding satellite surveillance.
“We are leading many efforts to preserve the IDF’s freedom of action in the arena of space, and to harm the capabilities of Iran to act and to build such forces,” said the Unit 9900 official.
He complimented the Defense Ministry and the broader defense establishment – Israel Aerospace Industries is the lead Israeli satellite developer – to help “IDF intelligence to continue to operate surveillance satellites and to provide critical intelligence for the war, to provide warnings [of ballistic missile launches] and to” target adversaries throughout the Middle East.
Welcome to the 21st Century we were promised, when “space superiority” is a real thing.
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Gavin Newsom’s California Doesn’t Really Exist. “The once-great city of San Francisco — where Newsom used to be mayor — is in a financial doom spiral from which it is unlikely to fully recover. Hollywood isn’t Hollywood anymore; television production has mostly moved to Canada and Georgia. Incredibly wealthy tech bros and other billionaires are hot-footing it out of California before they can be taxed into oblivion. That upsets a lot of the state’s revenue generation plans.”
FRAUD ALL THE WAY DOWN:
🚨 Here is the full 40 minutes of my crew and I exposing California fraud, Minnesota was big but California is even bigger… We uncovered over $170,000,000 in fraud as these fraudsters live in luxury with no consequences. Like it and share it, the fraud must STOP.
We ALL work… pic.twitter.com/7nWX9jL6NI
— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) March 17, 2026
More to come — from Nick Shirley, who continues doing the press’s work for them.
UM, THAT’S NICE? OpenAI’s adult mode will reportedly be smutty, not pornographic.
OpenAI’s delayed “adult mode” for ChatGPT is expected to support saucy text conversations at launch, but not the chatbot’s ability to generate images, voice, or video. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, an unnamed OpenAI spokesperson described content that will be provided by the upcoming feature as smut rather than pornography, allowing ChatGPT users to generate textual chats with adult themes.
The feature was initially announced in October, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claiming that the company had managed to mitigate enough of the “serious mental health issues“ with its AI model to relax safety restrictions and introduce “erotica for verified adults.” ChatGPT’s adult mode was expected to launch sometime this quarter, but OpenAI said earlier this month that it was delaying the rollout to focus on higher-priority tasks. A new release timeline has yet to be announced.
The delay was also due to internal concerns and technical challenges around safeguards for the feature, according to The Wall Street Journal’s reporting. A council of advisers selected by OpenAI warned the company in January that ChatGPT’s adult mode may be accessible to children and foster unhealthy emotional dependence on the chatbot, with one unnamed council member saying OpenAI risked creating a “sexy suicide coach.”
So maybe not so nice then.
PROTECTING CHILD RAPISTS TO GET BACK AT TRUMP:
WATCH: Four weeks ago, a frustrated ICE agent in the sanctuary city of Boston contacted me, telling me a group of anti-ICE agitators had just blown their operation to arrest a Salvadoran fugitive who is wanted in his home country on an arrest warrant for child rape & had been… pic.twitter.com/NgOmjEWh6Q
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) March 16, 2026
NEXT!
Israel said it had killed Iranian security chief Ali Larijani, a central figure in Tehran’s aggressive military response to U.S.-Israeli airstrikes, as well as the commander of Iran’s Basij paramilitary force.
My comment: Larijani as head of the Basij militia supervised the…
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) March 17, 2026
CHANGE I CHOOSE TO BELIEVE IN: Trump says he thinks he will have the ‘honor’ of taking Cuba.
Here’s how much the Commie regime cracked on Monday: Cuba plans to open up to investment from nationals living in U.S., as Trump puts pressure on island.
“Cuba is open to having a fluid commercial relationship with U.S. companies [and] also with Cubans residing in the United States and their descendants,” Deputy Prime Minister Oscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga said in an interview with the outlet. He added that the country is open to “not only small investments, but also large investments, particularly in infrastructure.”
Fraga indicated that the new policy would be announced Monday night.
CBS News has reached out to the White House for comment.
It marks a notable shift for the country, which has had a largely state-controlled economy for decades and heavily restricted residents from starting private businesses until 2021.
Not only that, but Havana until viewed Cuban exiles like Stalin viewed Trotsky. Inviting them — and their money — back is probably the biggest concession we’ve yet seen. With more to come.
Fidel outlasted every president from JFK to GWB, and his Communists from Obama until… Trump 47?
March 16, 2026
BECAUSE OF COURSE SHE DID:
Ireland’s new president Catherine Connolly sends out a 60-second message ahead of tomorrow’s Saint Patrick’s Day celebrations:
"The story of Patrick's life serves as a reminder of the courage of migrants"
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) March 16, 2026
TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK HIM: 100 Years Ago, Robert Goddard Lit the Fuse for the Space Age.