FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN:

⚡️When global maritime flows evacuate without formal blockade, it confirms operators now price in kinetic action as near-term probable.

This is where capital, cargo, and risk converge to front-run escalation. It is not theory. It is energy in motion.

Five core implications… https://t.co/77CFLqtyWj

— SightBringer (@_The_Prophet__) January 14, 2026

Related:

We no longer need the U.S. base in Qatar.

It was built for Afghanistan and Iraq logistics support – that role is over.

We can't use it to attack Iran's proxies attacking Americans in Iraq, Syria, and Jordan.

We can't use it to defend Israel against Iran's missiles.…

— Michael P Pregent (@MPPregent) January 14, 2026

UPDATE (From Ed): Let’s Engage in Baseless Speculation for a Moment, Shall We? The Skies Over Iran Have Emptied.

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE #RESISTANCE:

Yes. https://t.co/ZDTuBoNOXT

— Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) January 14, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.

WELL, THAT POINT SEEMS INARGUABLE: The US really wants a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030. ‘Achieving this future requires harnessing nuclear power,’ NASA chief says.

IT’S BEEN GOING ON SINCE LUNCHTIME: Verizon still working to resolve network issue snarling cellphone service. Mine was out for a while; I know some people who still don’t have service.

UPDATE: My phone just got a bunch of texts from around 2 pm which suggests to me that they’ve fixed the outage, or at least a major chunk of it, just now.

OH, THAT’S A SHAME: Leftist Woman Tries Doxxing ICE Agent Who Shot Renee Good, Instead Doxes Herself Creating Nightmare Scenario.

SPACE NEWS: Crew-11 astronauts undock in 1st-ever medical evacuation from the International Space Station.

GOOD NEWS: More Americans are surviving cancer — even the deadliest ones.

EVERYTHING IS PROBLEMATIC: ‘Dry January’ Offers a Shot of Stigma — It’s meant to celebrate abstinence, but it also adds to substance use judgement.

I MEAN, IT’S TRUE:

“in the UK, they revoke your visa if you defend free speech but they fly you in and offer free housing if you rape girls” https://t.co/VxBM4hKwCL pic.twitter.com/OycqgIroJT

— vittorio (@IterIntellectus) January 14, 2026

21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Influencer who went viral for marrying her HS teacher nearly 40 years her senior claps back at haters.

21ST CENTURY HEADLINES: The Great Sensor War Behind Self-Driving Cars Just Got Way More Interesting.

INSURRECTION! More Voices Openly Calling for Armed Insurrection, Civil War After Minneapolis ICE Shooting.

BOB GRABOYES IS BACK: 2026 and the Return of Bastiat’s Window. Just a taste:

BAVARIAN SOVIET REPUBLIC 2026: In 1919, a group of young, angry, incompetent communists and anarchists established the Bavarian Soviet Republic in southern Germany and, in doing so, created one of the most unhinged and economically illiterate political entities of the 20th century. Among other things, they:

promised free money for everyone;

declared war on Switzerland;

decreed that no house could have more than three rooms (with a legal mandate that the living room must always be above the bedroom and kitchen);

formed a cabinet that included at least one convicted criminal (moral turpitude) and one mental patient; and

sent telegrams informing Vladimir Lenin and Pope Benedict XV that the ousted leader of Bavaria had stolen the key to the restroom when he fled.

In 2026, New York City voters have decided to replicate the Bavarian experience by electing Zohran Mamdani as mayor. Only time will tell whether Mamdani and his friends outdo the Bavarians in their lunacy.

History repeating.

THEY’RE ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: Medieval plague victims likely found in mass grave in Germany.

ALL THE BEST PEOPLE TOLD ME THE TARIFFS WOULD CAUSE INFLATION: Inflation rate held steady in December at 2.7% compared to same time last year.

#JOURNALISM:

How CNN frames 6% inflation under Joe Biden vs. 2.7% inflation under Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/aei8JnQEl5

— Cabot Phillips (@cabot_phillips) January 13, 2026

LIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY: You can now reserve a hotel room on the Moon for $250,000.

RULE OF LAW:

HUGE! Almost every 2020 election fraud lawsuit was dismissed by corrupt courts b/c the plaintiffs lacked “standing”.

None of the evidence was able to even be introduced.

Now SCOTUS has ruled that candidates have standing to sue for election fraud.

The Democrat scam machine… https://t.co/Lmn6azh7iN

— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) January 14, 2026

HIGH RISK: Female sex and higher education linked to escalating prevalence of obesity and overweight in Africa. “Women’s odds of obesity in Africa are five times greater than those of men’s, while obesity is three times more likely in those with tertiary level education than in those with lower levels, the findings indicate.”

DO NOT TRUST CONTENT FROM JACOB FREY:

.@MayorFrey would you like to correct your earlier statement that the ICE officer agent "walked away with a hip injury that he might as well have gotten from closing a refrigerator door with his hips" … ? https://t.co/bhNcUgPxXt

— Jennie Taer (@JennieSTaer) January 14, 2026

A STORY RIPPED FROM TODAY’S HEADLINES: The Trafficker: A Novel. This is by Scott Gerber, who’s been mentioned on this blog many times. I haven’t read it yet, but I bought it and have high expectations.

#WINNING: ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ is Back: Federal Oil, Gas Permits Soar Under Trump: This policy has contributed to the lowest gas prices in years in most of the nation. Laughably, California faces prices much high than the average.

California was once a major oil production center, and still has very large reserves.

EVERYTHING? I fled Maduro’s Venezuela. Here’s what U.S. academics get wrong about intervention.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: State lawmakers slashing budget of some universities, redirecting funds to trade schools.