REGULATOR CAPTURE: The AI ‘Pause’ Might Not Be What You Think it Is.
Author Archive: Stephen Green
September 14, 2026
SPACE: SpaceX Says Next Starship Flight Will Be Its First Revenue-Generating Mission. “Previous Starship test flights have focused primarily on demonstrating launch, reentry, recovery and deployment capabilities. Carrying operational Starlink spacecraft would mark a significant shift toward commercial utilization of the system.”
Not bad for a rocket still under development.
RABBI MICHAEL BARCLAY: ‘May You Be Sealed for Goodness.’
DEMOCRATS HAD JUST TWO YEARS UNDER BIDEN TO JACK UP SPENDING, AND AFTER FOUR YEARS, THE GOP STILL LACKS THE GUTS TO FIGHT THE RATCHET EFFECT: Congress mum on federal deficit hitting $2 trillion milestone, again.
The federal government has collected $4.8 trillion and spent $6.8 trillion, generating a deficit already higher than last year’s with still a month of borrowing to go.
“Such extraordinarily high deficits are just one piece of our fiscal situation that is falling apart,” Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, said.
“The gross national debt recently hit the sobering milestone of $40 trillion; we’re now spending more on yearly interest costs than on our national defense; debt held by the public exceeds the size of our entire economy; and trust funds for programs that tens of millions of Americans rely on face insolvency in less than a decade.”
As of Thursday afternoon, however, even the so-called Republican “deficit hawks” in Congress haven’t responded to the news, following a pattern of lawmakers largely disregarding soaring deficit spending.
“If something cannot go on forever, it will stop,” the wise man once said.
OUCH: Brent Hits $108 as Saudi Pipeline Shutdown Deepens Supply Fears.
Related: Saudi Arabia’s crude output falls to lowest level since 1990. “Riyadh informed OPEC’s secretariat that its output fell by 1.9 million barrels per day to 6.238 million barrels per day. The figure marks an even sharper decline than the previous low reached in April, which was the lowest production level reported by Saudi Arabia since the start of the Gulf War.”
EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT OPEN BORDERS*:
70% of people with a non European background voted for the left wing bloc in the Swedish election today according to exit poll by Valu.
Now you know why the left supports open borders.
— PeterSweden (@PeterSweden7) September 13, 2026
*And why the Left loves them.
THIS MATTERS:
Anthropic’s Head of Personality Alignment, Amanda Askell, argued that discrimination against white students “may be desirable” as a way of correcting historical injustice.
This is coming from one of the most prominent people working on AI alignment.
Let that sink in. pic.twitter.com/FL8OxbzJjV
— Ryan (@teslaxryan) September 13, 2026
And from the replies: “This is the same psycho clam who gave a ted talk about consensus mattering more than truth when she was (mis)managing wikipedia.”
CHANGE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO BELIEVE IN: Begun, the Bari Weiss Era at 60 Minutes Has… But for How Long?
LAWRENCE PERSON: Updates On The Murder Of Andrew Wimsatt. Here’s the high level summary of corrections:
In the original post, I said Andrew was a CHL/LTC holder who “likely would have survived his assault had he been carrying that day.”
The early reports I was relying on didn’t make clear that he was sitting on a park bench when his assailant snuck up behind him and stabbed him in the neck.* I had the impression he was still walking when the attack occurred. Obviously, in such a situation Andrew wouldn’t have had time to draw his weapon to stave off the attack.
I originally wrote that Benedict Ogbodiegwu, Andrew’s alleged attacker, “does not appear to have been released on bail for previous offenses in Travis County.” This may technically be true, but I didn’t think to search the Williamson County judicial database, where it shows he has had one felony and multiple misdemeanors dismissed.
But evidence has emerged that his attacker wasn’t just known as a crime risk, but a mental health risk as well.
Full details at the link.
THE OIL IS NO GOOD AT THE PUMP IF YOU CAN’T REFINE IT INTO GAS OR DIESEL:
This might be. But you need to understand where the bottleneck is.
It's not feedstocks. The US can get all the crude oil it needs in this hemisphere; supply chain disruption at Hormuz mainly affects the Europeans and China. (The Iran War isn't about oil, it's about preventing…
— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) September 14, 2026
“Who in their right mind would commit the huge lump of capital it takes to build a new refinery just to have it shut down by anti-CO2 nutballs the next time the Democrats are running the federal government?”
CRICKETS FROM THE LEFT: Turkish police detain dozens in raids on gay bars and homes of LGBTQ+ activists.
DISUNITED KINGDOM: Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales leaders to meet tomorrow to plan breakup of UK.
First Ministers John Swinney of Scotland, Rhun ap Iowerth of Wales, and Michelle O’Neill of Northern Ireland are expected to sign a joint declaration demanding the right to hold referendums on breaking away from the UK. For the first time, the three constituent nations of the UK are held by pro-separation parties.
The Telegraph reported sources as saying that the summit’s purpose is to pile more pressure on Prime Minister Andy Burnham after he said in the parliament on Wednesday that he would back another Scottish independence referendum if public opinion backed one.
A source close to Swinney told the newspaper that Burnham “fucked up” by making the comment and unionists should be very worried.
Unionists might be right to worry, but you’d have a hard time convincing me that Burnham didn’t know what he was doing.
WE KNEW IT WASN’T TRUE BECAUSE BILL CLINTON:
What Bill Clinton just told a New York radio audience about bin Laden is not true. I know, because I reported this out in detail for my 2003 book, "Why America Slept: The Failure to Prevent 9/11."
On WABC, Clinton said: "I had authorized the CIA to try to take him out. But they… pic.twitter.com/28e4ZaU21v
— Gerald Posner (@geraldposner) September 14, 2026
“We were just incensed after we learned there would be no action on our recommendation. We had clear and convincing proof of what bin Laden had done, and it would have been easy to bring him in.”
BECAUSE OF COURSE: Vandals Damage Charlie Kirk Statue in Arizona With Ghoulish Paint Job.
LOOKS FUN: The Theme Park at the Heart of France’s Culture War.
In a historical theme park set among the wheat fields of rural western France, Viking boats and pianos emerge from ponds, and knights ride on horseback. Now France’s most popular theme park after Disneyland’s sites near Paris, it has opened an outpost in Spain and aims to build one in England soon.
But many in France hate the park, called the Puy du Fou.
Critics have called it a peddler of “far-right propaganda,” an accusation that has gained in resonance as ultraconservatives edge closer to power for the first time since World War II. The critics accuse it of weaponizing history to popularize the values of its founder, Philippe de Villiers, a former lawmaker who supports far-right politicians and has long campaigned against the European Union, Islam, gay marriage and immigration.
He recently wrote that the park is part of a larger “cultural battle” for the country’s soul, and that “cultural victories precede political victories.” But his son Nicolas, who has run the park since 2012, said his only ambition is “to create shows that make people love France,” adding, “For me, that is my only cultural battle.”
Is all the fun stuff “right wing” now? Sure seems like it.
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: The Left’s Favorite Minority — Quiet and Compliant. “Democrats want power. They want to tell you how to live your life, and you better not go against ‘the rules.’ That was as evident on Friday as it was in the 19th century. The plantation may be metaphorical now, but it’s alive and well.”
Sarah Anderson is filling in for Kruiser this morning.
WHAT WENT ON DURING JURY SELECTION?
She’s admitting that she came into this trial with an agenda, which is far worse than anything the holdout may have done. https://t.co/8whaACLgUw
— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) September 13, 2026
ALL IN THE FAMILY: Guess Who Helped Doxx the Holdout Juror in the Lindsay Clancy Case.
Here’s a GiveSendGo for the legendary holdout.
MORE “COME SEE THE VIOLENCE INHERENT IN THE LEFTISM”:
They didn’t even hide it.
A year after they murdered Charlie Kirk, an account asks “Who should get Kirked next?” and puts JD Vance on the list, right next to Scott Presler and Nick Shirley.
That’s not a joke. That’s a hit list with a question mark.
Protect the VP. Investigate… https://t.co/OHQ1tKpDyn
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) September 13, 2026
A few prosecutions might help.
THAT’S NOT INCREDIBLE. NARRATIVE-ENFORCEMENT IS MADDOW’S JOB:
Incredible. Rachel Maddow didn’t push back on Karen Bass AT ALL as she calls the Palisades Fire investigation a waste of time & resources. Lady…6K homes burned, hundreds of people died, and you illegally deleted all of your messages. Integrity is dead. pic.twitter.com/y9Z5K22EZh
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) September 13, 2026
ROBERT SPENCER: What Happens When We Elect People Who Hate America to Congress? This. “Yeah, elections sure do have consequences. Given the moribund state of the Republican Party in New York City, two socialists, Darializa Avila-Chevalier and Claire Valdez, are virtually certain to enter the House of Representatives next January, and they’re already excitedly making plans for the damage they’re going to do to the nation’s largest city, and the nation as a whole, once they get there.”
September 13, 2026
CLEARLY, YES:
Shouldn't you be called Birthing Person Jones? https://t.co/nIphm1AXEu
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) September 12, 2026
September 12, 2026
A WORTHY CAUSE:
**Decided to launch it. This guy might have his problems, but the hysterical MSM doxxing makes this a WORTHY CAUSE!
Let's see if a working guy who showed up for a major trial and did what 78% of people think is the right thing can outpace Karmelo…Luigi…and Clancy herself.…
— Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) September 12, 2026
Here’s here’s the GiveSendGo link.