Jul 9, 2026 – All last fall, Europeans were in a frenzy over a European Union communications monitoring proposal designed using the worst excuse of all time and every wanna-be tyrant's favorite:FOR THE CHILDRENNo chats, texts, videos, or messaging apps would be safe from the program, initially put forth by the Danes and dubbed...

Jul 9, 2026 – At the beginning of April, I did a little roundup of the current waste-disposal difficulties renewables were facing, both in solar and in the wind industry.The solar nightmare is incoming...Millions (it could be billions) of solar panels are already hitting their end-of-life cycles.The world is completely unprepared for this coming...

Jul 13, 2026 – It might take a while for these holier-than-thou, former crusaders for the betterment of all mankind organizations to go off the rails, and dent their brass haloes, but it does inevitably happen.Inevitably.The stench arrives long before the public actually gets to see the putrification behind the glistening, sacred walls, though. Much...

Jul 13, 2026 – You know, being a 'boss' is often a thankless and tedious job - just ask Ed since he hired David and me...well. Mostly David, but I will admit to causing the occasional bout of heartburn, though not at prima-donna levels.Probably because I am a knuckledragger and not an academic.But even...

Jul 13, 2026 – Well, I did not see this verbal intercontinental ballistic missile fired at one of the most egregious and lawless organizations operating under the guise of 'international law' coming.For a month now, I've been chronicling what I hope is the end-stage of the career of the International Criminal Court's (ICC) chief...

Jul 14, 2026 – There's a mouthful, huh?What I'm referring to are the 'hosepipe' or garden hose bans recently put into place across much of Southern England in the areas surrounding London, as they experience a triple whammy of warm weather - three successive heatwaves that rolled across the country in the late spring.Britain...

Jul 9, 2026 – Okay. So you know I like rabbit holes, and this turned into one that is kind of cool.As regular CBS Evening News watchers, we've been pretty happy with the gentle but persistent metamorphosis of the program since Weiss took over. It's a pleasant blend of real news, only the occasional...

Jul 10, 2026 – Offshoring and H1B visas, the oft nebulous concepts where our anti-immigrant-taking-American-jobs in speeches government then turns around and hands the good-paying jobs to foreigners, kind of sort of makes some folks' radar. But honestly, most of the time foreign 'replacement' workers only ping if it's you getting hosed or someone...

Jul 10, 2026 – You know, sometimes the Democratic Party and its totally whacked-out membership are just too cartoonish for their own good. Honest to God, it seems as if we are going on a string of literally years where they could not get out of their own way if they had all the...

Jul 10, 2026 – There was a pretty meaningful number that came out during the week of the Great American State Fair, and I didn't get to it with everything else going on. But with today's great discussion in the comments over on the earlier H1B visa post, it seemed like a perfect opportunity...

Jul 10, 2026 – Almost exactly a month ago, I told you the tale of the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, a revolting and hubris-enrobed individual named Karim Khan (whom you may remember from this most memorable of his stunts)...Awwww, the ICC has a background and a podium and serious faces, almost like they’re...

Jul 15, 2026 – While acknowledging that we still have ourselves a spending problem here in the United States, at least I can say we also have an economy that is clawing its way out of the doldrums, thanks to the reversal of fortune in the correct direction we suffered thanks to 5 November...

Jul 15, 2026 – Okay, OKAY.Lemme just get my initial reaction to reading this - The Atlantic and 'masculinity' in the same sentence - out of the way.  Alright, alright. I feel better. And now I can share this with you with a straig...no, I can't.The Democratic manly man is back, @russellberman reports, with the party...

Jul 16, 2026 – The situation with the Trump administration and being able to appoint the U.S. Attorneys for some districts has been an ongoing imbroglio. Nothing has reached the heights of absurdity that the Alina Habba wrangle had in New Jersey, but then she wasn't the only U.S. Attorney dogfight they were in,...

Jul 8, 2026 – Currently, Democrats appear to be divided into two camps over their Maine U.S. Senate candidate, Graham 'Would You Prefer to Visit Mein Kampf or Yours?' Platner. He's the nepo baby, phony baloney Oysterführer with the roguish twinkle in his eye, the Totenkopf tattoo emblazoned on his hairy chest, and noted...

Jul 8, 2026 – [Cue: The Party's Over]🚨 BREAKING — Democratic Nominee Graham Platner Drops Out in Maine Senate Race.pic.twitter.com/aGyigcV6LN— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) July 9, 2026Okay, this is a lenghty and weepy bravura performance, and frankly, given the ego on display (hopefully for the last time), I really, REALLY did not expect this to happen....

Jul 13, 2026 – Time will tell if this horrific, brutal crime is going to be excused with the recent UK pablum of 'mental disabilities,' but, in the meantime, police are already being exposed for what they didn't want people to speculate on.A very well-known British lady in her formidable years was found in...

Jul 14, 2026 – This reversal almost makes your head spin like you were Linda Blair's double in The Exorcist or something.OUCHThe Head of Counter Terrorism Policing has now confirmed Ann Widdecombe was murdered in a targeted attack.It is also being investigated as terrorism and politically motivated.The police initially got it wrong by dismissing...

Jul 14, 2026 – This is one of those Chicago stories that are so chef's kiss...Chefs Kiss French Chef GIFfrom Chefs Kiss GIFs...that you can't help but savor every morsel of it, containing, as it does, all the elements of Illinois' wretched social stew.And all on the Fourth of July.Cook County, Chicago, has a...

Jul 14, 2026 – One of the many incredibly talented people among the stable of superstars that President Trump has seen fit to ask to join his administration, whom I admire so much, is Harmeet Dhillon, now the Assistant Attorney General leading the Civil Rights Division. She has always been a fearless proponent of...

Jul 15, 2026 – Wind farms, particularly the massive towers and enormous blades used in offshore projects, can have 'significant effects' on radar signatures. Our National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists have had to 'learn to work' with the radar signature produced by wind fields in their watch areas, as if they needed another thing to...

Jul 15, 2026 – Once upon a time, in a far-out blue land called 'New Jersey,' in the Kingdom of Point Pleasant Beach, there lived a young MAGA princess.As filled with progressives, AWFL ogres as the once verdant and friendly forests of New Jersey are now known to be, the princess would still boldly...

Jul 16, 2026 – It wasn't long ago that Elvis's city, sleepy old Memphis on the Mississippi, was a raging, crime-ridden hellhole.Last fall, as Trump was starting to push his safe cities agenda, to the Memphis mayor's credit, when a National Guard deployment and task force were...well, let's say 'offered'? The young man admitted...

Jul 16, 2026 – Okay. I am someone who's been lucky enough to see the Blue Angels almost every year since 1981.  For the last 30 years, we have been especially blessed to be here in Pensacola, watching the Blues practicing over our house at least twice a week and then on Sundays, overhead one...

Jul 16, 2026 – All inevitable Los Angeles-inspired 'pee on the sidewalks' jokes aside, this is the sort of thing that is pretty terrifying.A 100-year-old, 36-inch water main under storied Sunset Boulevard ruptured very early this morning. LADWP crews are working on repairs to the large 36-inch water pipe break in West Hollywood reported at...