LIFE DOESN’T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE EXCITING: Getting Stuck in a ‘Boring’ Conversation Could Have a Surprising Benefit.
April 19, 2026
ARTICLE III CONTINUES ITS SWAN SONG: “Unserious Leaders Are Unsafe,” Opines a Federal Judge About RFK, Jr. ‘That’s the opening line from yesterday’s Oregon v. Kennedy, by Judge Mustafa Kasubhai (D. Or.) (the only federal judge I’ve seen who includes pronouns.)”
Plus: “My tentative sense is that, whatever one might personally think about Kennedy’s seriousness, judges’ decisions are more credible when those decisions focus solely on the law, rather than deciding which of our leaders are serious.”
It’s theater kids all the way down.
UNEXPECTED HEADLINES: More Brave Cruise Ships Just Thumbed Their Noses at the IRGC in the Strait of Hormuz.
GET IN SHAPE: YOLEO Adjustable Weight Bench for Home Gym. #CommissionEarned
LIFTING WEIGHTS CAN HELP: Osteopenia: Loss of bone mineral density affects millions of people. Here’s what you need to know.
BLOCKADE: Trump says US has ‘full custody’ of Iranian-flagged ship, ‘seeing what’s on board.’
“Today, an Iranian-flagged cargo ship named TOUSKA, nearly 900 feet long and weighing almost as much as an aircraft carrier, tried to get past our Naval Blockade, and it did not go well for them. The U.S. Navy Guided Missile Destroyer USS SPRUANCE intercepted the TOUSKA in the Gulf of Oman, and gave them fair warning to stop,” he wrote on social media.
“The Iranian crew refused to listen, so our Navy ship stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engineroom. Right now, U.S. Marines have custody of the vessel. The TOUSKA is under U.S. Treasury Sanctions because of their prior history of illegal activity. We have full custody of the ship, and are seeing what’s on board!” he added.
Developing…
INNOVATION, PALESTINIAN-STYLE:
I thought this was a joke, but it isn't. https://t.co/DnTdTW2XwA
— Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) April 19, 2026
NOW THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY I WAS PROMISED: GM Uses AI to Turn Hand Sketches Into Car Designs in Minutes Instead of Months: GM’s car designers are using AI to help them accelerate new car designs and visions.
GET NEW JEANS: Levi’s Men’s 501 Original Fit Jeans (Also Available in Big & Tall). #CommissionEarned
I OFTEN WONDER ABOUT THE HISTORICAL IGNORANCE OF PEOPLE IN THE UK WHEN THEY SUGGEST THEIR COUNTRY IS A PACIFISTIC MODEL OF HOW ISRAEL SHOULD BEHAVE WHEN CONFRONTED WITH ROCKET FIRE ON CIVILIANS:
STANDING UP FOR CIVIL RIGHTS: The DOJ Has Warned Virginia About Its Anti-Gun Jihad.
OOPS: AST Spacemobile BlueBird 7 Satellite Lost. “ASTS admits the satellite is too low and cannot be saved. Based on what the orbit appears to be. 20kg of fuel they can only raise it part of the way. During the New Glenn 3 mission, BlueBird 7 was placed into a lower than planned orbit by the upper stage of the launch vehicle. While the satellite separated from the launch vehicle and powered on, the altitude is too low to sustain operations with its on-board thruster technology and will de-orbited. The cost of the satellite is expected to be recovered under the company’s insurance policy.”
LIMITED TIME DEAL: OLANLY Bathroom Rugs 30×20, Extra Soft Absorbent Chenille Bath Rugs. #CommissionEarned
THEY HELPED OFFSET THE MORONICITY OF HEALTH POLICIES: Why private gardens mattered so much during the first COVID-19 lockdown.
SPEAKING OF IRAN: Richard Pollock recounts the multiple ways in which leading Senate Democrats, including especially Schumer, have been proven wrong in their assessments of Trump’s military aims, negotiating tactics and mental condition.
FAITH SIDE OF IRAN CONFLICT: Rod Martin, a key leader in the anti-woke movement within the Southern Baptist Convention, opens his Substack column to a Baptist Report analysis that finds the fall of the mullahs could open the way to “the most significant spiritual shift in the region in centuries.”
I’M HONESTLY FLABBERGASTED THE ECONOMIST REPORTED A TRUTH:
The Economist went from condemning Trump’s Venezuela policy to praising it in 3 months.
January 10: “THE DONROE DELUSION.”
April 16: “Donald Trump has made Venezuela a better place.” pic.twitter.com/Py9hVaC6Ym
— Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@DrewPavlou) April 19, 2026
Particularly when it comes with credit to Donald Trump.
I SUSPECT THERE MAY BE A THIRD FORCE BEHIND THIS:
It's still astonishing that the establishment (on both sides of the Atlantic) didn't follow "the most basic theory of how to respond to a populist era: Move to the cultural right, especially on immigration."
What were Obama and Hillary thinking? https://t.co/1G5IFZ3Ude
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 19, 2026
Of course, that force may simply be deep idiocy.
ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Can Swapping Out Your Plasma Slow the Aging Process?
THE ENEMY WITHIN:
When I interviewed David Cameron after he became Prime Minister he said the thing that shocked him most was “the scale of the domestic Islamist terrorist threat”.
An RAF cadet has been suspended for seeming to make the same point.
@RAFCRANWELL https://t.co/2DOoeE7H4x— Allison Pearson (@AllisonPearson) April 19, 2026
It’s pretty clear who’s in charge of the UK, or nearly so.
THIS IS WHAT THE MEDIA SQUANDERED IN PURSUIT OF THE NARRATIVE:
Trust in Legacy Media has tanked pic.twitter.com/ukvHEl1guh
— The Rabbit Hole (@TheRabbitHole) April 18, 2026
Related:
The intellectual and moral collapse of the NY Times as "the paper of record." A play in two acts:
Act 1: In 2020, more than 800 reporters, editors, and staff at NY Times revolt and protest the publication of op-ed by Senator Tom Cotton arguing that troops should be deployed,… pic.twitter.com/WMZ3VMZqP3
— Adam Mossoff (@AdamMossoff) April 18, 2026
They still insist we take them seriously, however.
