Author Archive: Stephen Green

FUN IS CONTAGIOUS:

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: We’ve Finally Found Something That United America. Sort Of. “So, why do I say it’s the first thing to unite Americans in quite a while? Because every single person I know mentioned it to me this weekend. And I’m pretty sure even some people I don’t know mentioned it. I saw it all over social media. I saw it from Democrats and Republicans and Independents. I saw it from skeptics and believers. I saw it from X-Files-obsessed dads and conspiracy theorist grandmas and aviation nerds who spend all their time on Reddit and FlightRadar24.”

FRAUD ALL THE WAY DOWN: Ohio gov candidate Vivek Ramaswamy sounds alarm about Medicaid fraud — after 288 companies found registered to same address. “I think the right answer is any instance of waste, fraud, abuse … deserve[s] to be prosecuted, and we intend to investigate them aggressively, as well as to prosecute aggressively, to send a deterrent signal that our government is not a piggy bank, the taxpayer is not a piggy bank to be bilked.”

MEANWHILE, IN LOS ANGELES:

You don’t have to choose decline, L.A.

TRUMP: US Will Obtain Iran’s Enriched Uranium.

In an interview released Sunday on “Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson,” Trump said the U.S. is closely surveilling Iran’s nuclear facilities through capabilities developed under Space Force and warned Tehran that any movement involving the uranium would immediately trigger a response.

“We’ll get that at some point, whatever we want,” Trump said. “We have it surveilled. You know, I did a thing called Space Force, and they are watching.

“If somebody walked in, they can tell you his name, his address, the number of his badge.

“If anybody got near the place, we will know about it, and we’ll blow them up.”

After seeing what US/IDF forces were able to accomplish before the ceasefire, Tehran ought to believe him.

Still, Trump should have named it Starfleet.

THE NEW SPACE RACE:

No announcement yet from SpaceX, but the FAA still has launch slots listed for May 12 and 13.

A BIGGER PAYCHECK THAN HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN IN SOME SERVICE INDUSTRY, TOO:

PASSING THE SAVE AMERICA ACT WOULD HELP, TOO, SEN. THUNE:

BRYAN CRANSTON, EXPERT ON THE BLACK EXPERIENCE:

WHEN THEY TELL YOU WHO THEY ARE, BELIEVE THEM:

CHANGE:

Peaceful change, too, unlike what we’ve seen from some lefty groups.

FASTER? PLEASE! NASA Pushes Next-Gen Mars Helicopter Rotor Blades Past Mach 1. “The rotor blades that will carry NASA’s next-generation helicopters to new Martian heights broke the sound barrier during March tests at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Data from the tests, which took place in a special chamber that can simulate environmental conditions on the Red Planet, indicate that the fastest traveling part of the rotor blade, the tips, can be accelerated beyond Mach 1 without breaking apart. Data gathered from 137 test runs will enable engineers to design aircraft capable of carrying heavier payloads, including science instruments.”

YOU DON’T SAY: Wealth Tax Author Admits: Not a One-Time Tax.

“I’m not here to pretend that it’s once and never again.”

The main author of the California asset seizure ballot measure is a Marxist Berkeley professor from France who replied “so be it“ when asked about residents fleeing the tax.

And on Tuesday night he admitted it isn’t a “one-time tax” as proponents try to claim.

Wealth tax author and Berkeley professor Emmanuel Saez said: “I don’t think it’s going to be a one-time tax. Because you can’t surprise billionaires more than once.”

Make the tax permanent because billionaires won’t stick around to pay it? Is this guy drunk?

NOW THIS IS WHAT I VOTED FOR:

UNSUSTAINABLE: U.S. deficit projected to hit $2 trillion, double fiscal target.

Will McBride, the Tax Foundation’s chief economist, said the numbers show Congress isn’t taking action to address financial warnings about the U.S. debt.

“It indicates Congress and the administration are still ignoring the dangers of an unsustainable debt trajectory and actively making it worse rather than addressing it,” McBride told The Center Square. “The effect is to make a crisis more likely to happen sooner rather than later.”

The projections come from Treasury’s quarterly refunding presentation to the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee, a panel of bond market participants that advises the department on debt management, making them among the most closely watched fiscal disclosures in financial markets.

Milei showed the way, and it involves a chainsaw, not vague promises.

THEY AREN’T JOURNALISTS…:

…they’re narrative enforcers.

I hope this helps.

FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: Thrilla With a Drilla. “It’s time for your much-needed break from the serious news, and this week, we’ll learn which fashion accessory doesn’t go with speeding, which drill bit goes best with trespassing, and how they promote awareness in Britain these days.”

NO LAUGHING MATTER:

WELL, YEAH — HOURS BEHIND THE PRESS: