Author Archive: Stephen Green
November 26, 2025
November 25, 2025
The Ultra terminal is Amazon’s largest and fastest offering to date, designed for permanent installation at fixed sites. It measures roughly 20 by 30 inches with a chassis depth of 1.9 inches and is intended for pole-mounted outdoor use. Internally, the device incorporates Amazon silicon and a full-duplex phased-array system capable of simultaneous uplink and downlink, supporting download speeds of up to 1 Gbps and upload speeds of up to 400 Mbps.
Leo Ultra was one of three customer terminals shown as part of the new network push. Alongside it, Amazon previewed a mid-sized Leo Pro terminal designed for portable or vehicle-mounted use, and a compact 7-inch square Leo Nano unit rated for up to 100 Mbps. All three run on custom silicon developed by Amazon’s device teams and share the same core waveform and protocol stack.
The new hardware arrives as Amazon begins rolling out its constellation. As of November 2025, the company has launched more than 150 low-Earth orbit satellites under Project Kuiper, with multiple mass deployment launches completed since April.
Competition is great, but Leo has a lot of launches to go before it becomes truly competitive.
HEINLEIN ONCE JOKED THAT USING FACTS AND LOGIC IS AN UNCOUTH WAY TO ARGUE…:
When people tell you the measles outbreaks in the US are because of RFK Jr. and his "antivax" views, politely remind them that there have been 5,138 cases of measles in Canada this year and the cause is migration. pic.twitter.com/VrqCyYhNU8
— RAW EGG NATIONALIST (@Babygravy9) November 25, 2025
…but it’s an awful lot of fun.
WEAK HORSE: Iran loses control of the Houthis.
Iran has lost control of the Houthis in Yemen and is struggling to hold together what is left of its “axis of resistance” forces around the Middle East, Iranian officials say.
The officials have described how the rebels in Yemen, who regularly attack global shipping lanes, have stopped taking orders from Tehran.
“The Houthis have gone rogue for a while and are now really rebels,” a senior Iranian official told The Telegraph from Tehran. “They do not listen to Tehran as much as they used to.”
The official added: “It’s not just the Houthis – some groups in Iraq are also acting as if we never had any contact with them.”
The Houthis are Iran’s last remaining significant proxy force after Israel destroyed Hezbollah’s top command and what remains of Hamas was cut off by the siege of Gaza.
Oh, no… anyway.
PERSONNEL IS POLICY:
I am apparently the only person in the world who gives a shit about this, but Sarsour has associated with multiple *domestic* terrorists, including one who was the ringleader of a bombing group that murdered *multiple New Yorkers.* https://t.co/q4ussDPRrX
— David Hines (@hradzka) November 25, 2025
BUT THANKS TO MUSK, WE KNOW ABOUT IT: Foreign-Based Social Media Accounts Are Tearing America Apart.
THE THREE R’S WERE GOOD: High schools require too many subjects — and too little competence.
“UNITY”:
Tucker Carlson: “The Republican Party is almost to the point where it's just useless and I'm gonna have to oppose it. I hate them too much.”
I was told that “in-fighting” would be called out directly.
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) November 25, 2025
MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: Crazy Tennessee Dem Has Meltdown, Runs for Congress, Won’t Win, Will Blame Patriarchy.
SPACE: Rivals object to SpaceX’s Starship plans in Florida—who’s interfering with whom? “Launch companies with facilities near SpaceX’s Starship pads are not pleased. SpaceX’s two chief rivals, Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance, complained last year that SpaceX’s proposal of launching as many as 120 Starships per year from Florida’s Space Coast could force them to routinely clear personnel from their launch pads for safety reasons.”
CUE THE WORLD’S SMALLEST VIOLIN: Won’t Someone Think Of The Country Clubs? “It seems that WaPo thought the most natural way to elicit sympathy from their overwhelmingly liberal, overwhelmingly affluent and overwhelmingly white readership was to note that Trump’s illegal alien crackdown would directly impact the quality of service at country clubs.”
I don’t judge someone by the color of their skin, but by the content of their Bloody Mary.
SHE’S FINE:
The oppo avalanche in this race is incredible.
This woman is apparently the craziest person to ever live, and everyday there’s something new. https://t.co/4jBY0boyox
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) November 25, 2025
UPDATE (From Ed): Democrat Congressional Candidate Aftyn Behn Screams Hysterically As She Gets Booted From Legislature Session.
HEH:
🚨 TRUMP IS ON A ROLL 🤣
“The turkeys go by the names of Gobble & Waddle.”
“When I first saw the pictures I thought we should call them … CHUCK AND NANCY.”
“But then I realized I would be pardoning them. And I would NEVER pardon those two people.” 😂🔥 pic.twitter.com/NFSzMbaZJ2
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) November 25, 2025
UNDERREPORTED, BUT TRUE: Eliminated Hezbollah Chief’s Hands Were ‘Drenched’ in American Blood, Israel Says.
WOEING: Boeing’s next flight of Starliner will be allowed to carry cargo only.
NASA and Boeing are now targeting no earlier than April 2026 to fly the uncrewed Starliner-1 mission, the space agency said. Launching by next April will require completion of rigorous test, certification, and mission readiness activities, NASA added in a statement.
“NASA and Boeing are continuing to rigorously test the Starliner propulsion system in preparation for two potential flights next year,” said Steve Stich, manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, in a statement.
NASA also said it has reached an agreement with Boeing to modify the Commercial Crew contract, signed in 2014, that called for six crewed flights to the space station following certification of the spacecraft. Now the plan is to fly Starliner-1 carrying cargo, and then up to three additional missions before the space station is retired.
“This modification allows NASA and Boeing to focus on safely certifying the system in 2026, execute Starliner’s first crew rotation when ready, and align our ongoing flight planning for future Starliner missions based on station’s operational needs through 2030,” Stich said.
That’s a big letdown for Boeing — but a big win for Commericial Crew, which ensured there would be at least two American-made spacecraft to service ISS.
GOODER AND HARDER, CALIFORNIA: Newsom’s War on Suburbia Enters the Tactical-Nuke Phase. “California has an inventive new solution to the state’s semi-permanent housing shortage: a state-sanctioned [shrug emoji] over what it might cost to build — or buy, or rent — new housing.”
2026 PREVIEW: The ‘ShamWow guy’ is running for Congress in Texas.
Offer Vince Shlomi, the once-prominent infomercial pitchman, is running for Congress in Texas, according to a filing with the state’s Republican Party.
Shlomi is running for the seat held by Republican Rep. John Carter, 84, who has served more than two decades in Congress. Carter announced earlier this month he’d run for re-election, so Shlomi has an uphill battle against an entrenched incumbent.
The former pitchman, best known for his role selling the “ShamWow” towel, told Fox News that he wants to “destroy wokeism” in Congress and that he’s been motivated by the “political infighting in the country” to run and “make America happy.”
Local businessman Raymond Hamden is also running for the nomination, so maybe Carter isn’t quite as entrenched as the story claims.
A RAYMOND IBRAHIM VIDEO PODCAST: Crusade Vs. Jihad: The Truth About Holy War.
HMM:
A simulation study by Chinese scientists shows how 🇨🇳 PLA could attempt to block Starlink across Taiwan.
Their findings — published on Nov 5 in the Chinese peer-reviewed journal Systems Engineering and Electronics — suggest that jamming Starlink across a region as large as… pic.twitter.com/M4bUjY4oMP
— Byron Wan (@Byron_Wan) November 23, 2025
TL;DR: It would be very difficult, but not impossible, to block Starlink over Taiwan. But Starlink engineers would almost certainly work in real-time to defeat any attempt.
Elon Musk really is our not-so-secret superweapon.
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Elissa Slotkin Is a Classic Study in Dem Doublespeak. “The 2025 Democrats are, as we’re all aware, the Borg now. Everyone must be assimilated, and that’s why we see Elissa Slotkin tacking hard left these days. She’ll probably be hosting drag queen bingo at elementary schools in the new year.”
PARTY LIKE IT’S 1939: Germany wants to build Europe’s strongest army – a new conscription bill is moving that closer.
The coalition government is hoping a new bill agreed upon last week will help make this a reality, bolstering Germany’s forces in the face of the perceived threat from Russia and a significant shift in US foreign policy.
The sweeping new reforms will see Germany attempt to boost its numbers to 260,000 soldiers, up from around 180,000 currently, in addition to an extra 200,000 reservists, by 2035.
In the first instance, the drive will focus on voluntary enlistment, with greater incentives for those who sign up, including a monthly starting salary of €2,600 ($3,000) – an increase of €450 from the current level.
If the new quotas are not met, the government will have the option of mandatory call-ups, where necessary.
From next year, all 18-year-olds will receive a questionnaire about their interest in serving. For men, answering this will be compulsory. From 2027, men aged 18 will also have to undergo mandatory medical examinations.
“1939” jokes aside, West Germany’s Cold War-era Bundeswehr was a large and capable force. There’s no reason, aside from will, a unified and richer Germany couldn’t do the same.
LAVISHLY: How Minnesota Welfare Dollars Support Somali Jihad Terrorism.
I’ve covered Al-Shabaab before.
As one confidential source put it: “The largest funder of Al-Shabaab is the Minnesota taxpayer.”
Our investigation shows what happens when a tribal mindset meets a bleeding-heart bureaucracy, when imported clan loyalties collide with a political class too timid to offend, and when accusations of racism are cynically deployed to shield criminal behavior. The predictable result is graft, with taxpayers left to foot the bill.
If you were to design a welfare program to facilitate fraud, it would probably look a lot like Minnesota’s Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services program. The HSS program, the first of its kind in the country, was launched with a noble goal: to help seniors, addicts, the disabled, and the mentally ill secure housing.
Those may have been its stated goals, but I assume the real goals were to line the pockets of leftwing activists and the homeless industrial complex.
Yes.
UPDATE (FROM GLENN): Related:
Understand the gameplan. They are desperate. They lost the shutdown. They have no leverage. Their effort to drive Trump's numbers down failed. They failed with MTG. Their hoax, the epstein files, failed. They might be losing their proxy war leverage as Ukraine and Russia… https://t.co/1AKGcBIe6J
— unseen1 (@unseen1_unseen) November 25, 2025