Author Archive: Stephen Green

THE ENEMY WITHIN:

WELL, GOOD: 4 more states will add restrictions on SNAP purchases in April. “22 states have additional restrictions in effect or in the works for grocery items deemed “non-nutritious,” like soda and candy. Kansas, Nevada, Ohio and Wyoming have all moved to add new restrictions in the past month.”

MUSK NEEDS TO GET ON TOP OF THIS BEFORE X IS COMPLETELY BROKEN:

X is supposed to be a free-speech platform, not a foreign psy-op.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Too Bad Tiger Woods Can’t Drive a Car as Well as He Can a Golf Ball. “This is getting problematic, and many in Woods’s inner circle are expressing concern. We are all painfully aware that wealthy celebrities have no problem getting drugs prescribed to them, often with fatal consequences. The world doesn’t need to see that playing out again.”

THEY HATE YOU, THEY REALLY HATE YOU:

THE MODEL S IS A HANDSOME-LOOKING SEDAN, BUT HARDLY ANYBODY BUYS SEDANS NOW: Tesla officially begins sunset of Model S and Model X.

In the latest move to show Tesla is planning to eliminate the Model S and Model X from production, the company’s Korean arm has officially set a firm cutoff date of March 31, 2026, for new orders of both models.

This is the first time Tesla has announced a hard global deadline for the Model S and X, as after that date, only existing inventory will be available in South Korea.

The move to bring closure to the Model S and Model X aligns with CEO Elon Musk’s plans for Tesla moving forward. During the Q4 2025 Earnings Call in January, Musk said the two cars deserved an “honorable discharge” for what they have done for the company.

The long-running programs are primarily being removed so that manufacturing lines can be repurposed for high-volume manufacturing of the Optimus humanoid robot. Tesla is targeting a production rate of up to one million units each year.

Never had any desire to own an EV, but I can’t wait to put down a deposit on an Optimus or similar.

ALLIES:

We get it: Spain doesn’t have the will or the means to lead or even follow. Now they won’t even get out of the way.

CHANGE: E.U. to Tighten Borders, Increase Illegal Migrant Deportations.

The E.U. move to tighten migration policies comes after right-wing parties took power in some countries in 2024, taking office on a promise to closely monitor borders and those who would cross them illegally.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said the new measures will prevent a repeat of the 2015 crisis caused by Syria’s civil war, when about one million people arrived to seek asylum with Germany leading the way.

“We have learnt the lessons of the past. And today, we are better equipped,” von der Leyen has said.

The new policies, known as the Pact on Migration and Asylum, go into effect on June 12. AP reports Italy is providing the model.

Giorgia Meloni leads the way again.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG:

AS WELL-FUNDED AS THESE COMMIE GROUPS ARE, YOU’D THINK THEY COULD AFFORD TO HIRE SOME ACTUAL TALENT:

SICK:

“THE REAL DIVIDE IS APPROVAL-OPTIMIZED AI VERSUS REALITY-OPTIMIZED AI”:

Read the whole thing.

SARAH HOYT’S SHOCKED FACE WAS JUST SENT TO A REEDUCATION CAMP:

CHANGE:

FACE, MEET PALM:

FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: This Is Exactly What I Said Would Happen if They Shut Down TSA. “It’s time for your much-needed break from the serious news, and this week, we’ll learn the number airplanes you can break into in a single day, how to piss off an Airbnb owner, and what they think of modern art Down Under.”

WOULDN’T IT BE NICE IF NYC WERE AS CLEAN AND WELL-RUN AS [CHECKS NOTES] SAN SALVADOR?

UNEXPECTEDLY: Colleges drop remedial math, students drop math courses. “Starting all students in college-level math was supposed to speed their path to a degree, writes Katherine Mangan in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Instead of starting in no-credit remedial math, poorly prepared students are placed in college-level classes and offered a corequisite ‘math lab’ or extra catch-up class to learn missing skills. But the short cut is not working for many unprepared students, she writes. They end up taking longer because they keep flunking math.”

HMM:

We’ve seen the mullahs squash every other popular revolt, but there’s never been a popular revolt backed up by US/Israeli airpower.

Stay tuned.