Author Archive: Stephen Green

ICYMI: Go East, Young SpaceX Millionaire! “Aside from fueling Elon Musk’s orbital data center ambitions, the recent SpaceX initial public offering minted thousands of new millionaires — and where they put their money will have ripple effects lasting a generation. Can you guess where that money won’t go?”

SHUT UP, THEY EXPLAINED:

Plus this reminder that Wikipedia seems to be just another lefty slush fund: “But make sure to donate! Time is running out! In case you missed it here’s a big notification that takes up the entire screen. Just ignore the fact that Wikipedia makes $200M a year and is sitting on $300M of assets, they need your money NOW. TIME IS RUNNING OUT! HURRY! (sarcasm)”

Where does the money go?

UGH: Judge Shuts Down Trump Admin Database Used To Remove Non-Citizens From Voter Rolls.

A Biden-appointed federal judge shut down a database used to remove noncitizens from voter rolls Monday.

The 75-page opinion, issued by Sparkle L. Sooknanan, follows a civil action suit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the state of Texas by parties including the League of Women Voters.

The decision set aside a modified version of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system, created following a Trump-signed executive order to “verify the citizenship or immigration status of registered voters or individuals registering to vote,” and put in place by the DHS and SSA.

Sooknanan justified vacating the SAVE system by citing “two fundamental rights that protect Americans from government overreach,” namely the right to privacy and the right to vote.

Every illegal vote effectively disenfranchises a legal voter, but we’re not supposed to look into that, I suppose.

Exit quote: “Sooknanan also blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust probe into Media Matters and barred the executive branch from deporting unaccompanied migrant minors and reunifying them with their families abroad.”

IMPRESSIVE, MOST IMPRESSIVE:

VIDEO: Russia’s Military: Thermoclines of Truth (And Endemic Corruption) All The Way Down. “Thermoclines of truth, where valid information can’t make it to the top of organizations because telling unpleasant truths is discouraged, has been an ongoing concern of the blog. Simon Whistler and his crew have taken a look at the Russian military, and it appears that it’s thermoclines of truth (and endemic corruption) all the way down.”

TRUMP: Make Washington Beautiful Again.

Lefties:

ICYMI: Meet the New Commie, Worse Than the Old Commie. “The U.K.’s most destructively feckless prime minister (since the last one) is history, but Keir Starmer’s likely successor could prove Britain’s final undoing — if the radical Liberian-born advisor who serves as Andy Burnham’s ‘brains’ gets her way.”

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG:

IF THERE’S JUST ONE THING THE NAZIS AND THE COMMIES AGREE ON, IT’S THIS: Graham Platner Endorsed Comment From ‘RevolutionaryCommie’ Calling America a ‘Disgraceful Country’: ‘I’m an American, and I Can’t Disagree.’

The remark from “RevolutionaryCommie” came in response to an original post highlighting President Donald Trump’s famous American flag tweet sent after the January 2020 strike killed Soleimani, then the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ elite Quds Force, who was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans during the Iraq war. The self-described communist Redditor took issue with the “responses to the tweet: the racism, the cheering death, the calling for more killings, the mocking of the dead,” calling it “the most ghoulish and disgusting thing I’ve ever seen. They are a disgraceful country.” Platner, using the alias “P-Hustle,” responded with his endorsement.

“I’m an American, and I can’t disagree with you tonight,” he wrote.

The comment, which has not been previously reported, is the latest in a series of remarks from Platner denigrating the United States and its military veterans.

The mainstream media will demand Democrats disown Platner starting never.

I CERTAINLY HOPE KURT IS CORRECT (GLENN, TOO):

Still, it’s odd that Vance is the public face of the MOU, while Rubio and Hegseth are largely MIA.

CHRIS QUEEN: A Father’s Day Tribute for a Tar Heel Whose Dad Never Got to See Him in Carolina Blue. “I serve at church in various ways every Sunday, including Father’s Day. I don’t think I’ve had to lead worship since my dad passed away, but this Father’s Day, I did security, which I think my dad would be proud to see me do. But I can’t imagine carrying the weight of Father’s Day that Erik Paulsen, Jr., did on Sunday at the College World Series in Omaha, Neb., on Sunday.”

ANALYSIS: TRUE. Never Mind Buc-ee’s, If This Message Spreads, the Entire World Cup Thing Will Have Been Worthwhile. “One of the things that’s become extremely apparent to me after spending a few days here with a group of Americans and other nationalities is how much of a fucking pussy English people are in general when it comes to arms, guns, and basically protecting their nation. We’ve been totally pacified in the UK and through removal of our arms, our right to bear arms, it’s caused a big problem for us.”

MOSCOW’S AIR DEFENSES AREN’T WHAT THEY ONCE WERE:

SAY ANYTHING:

“The View” is actually part of ABC’s news division, if you wanted to know about their standards and practices.

SAYONARA CALIFORNIA: Go East, Young SpaceX Millionaire! “Aside from fueling Elon Musk’s orbital data center ambitions, the recent SpaceX initial public offering minted thousands of new millionaires — and where they put their money will have ripple effects lasting a generation. Can you guess where that money won’t go?”

BEEGE: And We Won’t Have Keir Starmer to Kick Around Much Longer – Prime Minister Quits.

There are so many ‘don’t let the door hit you’ takes, I’ll only be able to share a few of the pithier ones.

He reopened closed investigations because he hated the British military, hounding some individual troops to the brink of repeated suicide attempts.

The little girls slaughtered at Southport, the Chagos (still hanging in the balance only because of US interference) and Gibraltar betrayals, the authoritarian loss of free speech and expression, crushing the rights of native British in favour of an illegal migrant flood of Third World cultures, Starmer’s personal culpability in the Rape Gang horror…

…and too much more to list, every one of them, Two Tier Keir’s rightful, truly ghastly legacy.

Much — much — more at the link.

Related:

IOWAHAWK ISN’T WRONG:

OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY:

M.O.U. UPDATE: Vance suggests US, Iran could ‘transform’ relationship but Tehran officials insist they’re not making friends: ‘Primary option is jihad.’

Vice President JD Vance floated the possibility Sunday that the US and Iran could “transform” their relationship through the negotiations in Switzerland— but officials in Tehran made clear they were not there to make friends, and instead were trying to use the negotiations to pry billions out of the US and its allies.

Iran’s president said Sunday that the Islamic Republic will not give up its right to enriched uranium as part of the peace deal with the US — while noting that a deal could save the country’s economy by unlocking sanctioned cash.

And this wasn’t a good look:

Vance has a great personal story, but he seems in over his head with this stuff.

UPDATE (FROM GLENN): My own opinion is that it’s all choreographed. This is the “nice doggie” part before the stick. We’ll see if I’m right.

PRIORITIES:

Not being a murder capital might be something to take “pride” in.