Jul 7, 2026 – Today was the day that the hanging sword of French justice, which has been hovering over Marine Le Pen, leader of the French populist party National Rally (RN), was set to drop for the third and final time. A year ago, in March, Le Pen had been convicted of embezzlement in...

Aug 12, 2026 – Coral Gables, Florida, is a swell place to live, and I mean that in the old-fashioned sense of the term 'swell.'An old term for someone dressed in very fancy clothes.It's quite an exclusive, affluent, and much-desired city to live in, a few miles southwest of downtown Miami and still considered...

Aug 12, 2026 – I know, I know. Once we all had it in our heads that the Southern Poverty Law Center was started to fight evil doers. It was a noble enough beginning, long, long ago. But somehow, as those easily identified villains were vanquished and the dwindling remnants of an obviously racist cohort...

Aug 12, 2026 – Gosh, wonder why?Just kidding, just kidding!I know exactly why, and if you've read any of my tons of postings about those Net Zero noodleheads over there, you'll know, too.SOLAR DON'T MAKE JUICE WHEN THE SUN DON'T SHINEAnd when a country relies on such ungovernable, unreliable, non-dispatchable forms of power generation,...

Aug 10, 2026 – At 2:20 AM the morning of July 19th, Asheville, North Carolina, police officers responded to a call of 'shots fired' along with reports of multiple people with injuries in a block on Biltmore Avenue.Yes, that 'Biltmore' and that famous avenue, named one of the 'Best Main Streets' in America just...

Aug 12, 2026 – I have said this a million times, and I'll say it again right now, knowing I'm going to say it again soon.I am absolutely bonkers for the way the Trump cabinet, every last one of them, is so comfortable in their own accomplished skins, and are such naturally good-humored, confident...

Aug 13, 2026 – The German legislature is expected to do something that has everyone but the German legislature, or Bundestag as it's known, kind of upset.As if Germany weren't enough of a police state already, the coalition cabinet of Chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz came up with what they...

Aug 14, 2026 – Nigel Farage's whole exercise of resigning and running for reelection in Clacton was designed to prove that whatever scurrilous and, as Farage indignantly protested, unfounded accusations over the handouts he'd received from his wealthy benefactors were leveled against him, he'd broken no laws and the people of Clacton, not a...

Aug 14, 2026 – In April of 2025, President Trump signed an executive order that didn't make a big splash at the time, and that many on the Left side of the house thought was just more anti-immigrant grandstanding.I mean, how dare he demand someone speak English just to drive a truck?President Donald J....

Aug 14, 2026 – Jeez.BREAKING: Former Cambridge University professor Jason Arday found dead.The academic had resigned from the university last week following accusations of plagiarism🔗 pic.twitter.com/pOa7OO8zAB— Sky News (@SkyNews) August 14, 2026What a horrible ending to a fairy tale story that never should have been.Jason Arday, the former University of Cambridge professor, has...

Aug 14, 2026 – Plus je vois les hommes, plus j’aime les chiens!The more I see men, the more I love my dogs!~ Alphonse de Lamartine 1850Yeah. Whoo, boy.I drew the short straw on this one, but it has to be talked about. Only it's tough, because every last one of us here at...

Aug 17, 2026 – All the unfulfilled promises of a rational government won in the 2024 Dutch elections seem so long ago, especially concerning what farmers thought they had won.Farming, fishing, food security and natureThe coalition will do “all it can” to adapt European farming regulations with regard to nitrogen-based pollution and enriching Natura...

Aug 17, 2026 – Who would have ever thought that in today's ultra-regulated Europe it would be the French riding to the rescue of innerwebs freedom?But that's exactly what happened, and, even more amazingly, on something that was lame-canard French President Emmanuel Macron's personal baby - a social media ban for the under-15 set.These...

Aug 5, 2026 – This seems to have flown under the radar to a certain extent. Possibly on purpose, and possibly because so much else is going on both in the world, with the elections right now and candidates of questionable loyalties on the ballots, and in the immigration enforcement fights. Immigration and Customs...

Aug 5, 2026 – I have a feeling that the best man will win, and I'm pretty sure we all know who that is.But, as the unapologetic jihadi now nominated as Michigan's Democrat candidate for United States Senator would say, 'Inshallah!'Yeah, what? You didn't see it?Abdul El-Sayed, the Michigan U.S. Senate Democrat primary victor...

Aug 5, 2026 – You kinda sorta knew there would be ripple effects from the invasion of what has now been reported to be 72,000 North Africans into the tiny Spanish exclave of Ceuta last week. Not only were Europeans living in countries with their own out-of-control immigration issues watching in horrified fascination what...

Aug 4, 2026 – You had to know there was going to be money involved as soon as you saw the combination of 'migrants' and those lovely humanitarians from the non-governmental organizations (NGOs), alongside the town's women who were offering them water and treats as they successfully navigated their illegal crossing of the border...

Aug 4, 2026 – I read this yesterday, and it irked me to no end, but I had already published an AWFL post and thought this little ungrateful min deserved her own time in the broiling sunlight of public scorn.Remembering how when my Mum left, my Dad still didn't learn to cook or do...

Aug 5, 2026 – Sorry, guys. I cannot stay away from the self-perpetuating doom cycle that the Women's National Basketball Association is in right now.And you know I'm the sharing kind, so here's the latest heaping, stinking dumpster of diversity, equity, and inclusion hypocrisy, courtesy of the numbskulls at the WNBA who can't keep their...

Aug 7, 2026 – Secretary of State Marco Rubio has never shied away from calling out where the vast majority of terrorism worldwide springs from. And on July 15, his State Department announced that it would hold an international ministerial conference on the subject to foster knowledge of, and lines of communication between, countries for identifying...

Aug 7, 2026 – This was a bit of unexpected drama today.It was very much up in the air until the lame duck senator stepped to the microphone on the Senate floor. Two days ago, he was singing a different tune.SEN. BILL CASSIDY (R-LA): So, I've not made a decision regarding Mr. Blanche. I've...

Aug 18, 2026 – Another Outstanding Refugee making Minnesota better for all of us. This is a little note from the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Today, a DHS spokesperson sent me this statement: "Salman Elmi’s alleged actions are disturbing and do not reflect the goal of the Outstanding Refugee Awards. They also do not represent...

Aug 18, 2026 – This does seem like an odd thing for the New York Times to spazz about, but they're all in on a mid-term summer that isn't going the way they'd really like, so I guess we're grabbing at straws.Breaking News: Trump officials are moving to open nearly 45 million acres of...

Aug 18, 2026 – Kind of a rocky start for the amiable Andy Burnham in his first few weeks as prime minister.Besides all that's wrong with the world at large, at home, his nascent Labour cabinet just can't seem to get out of its own way on the housing issue for the unwelcome and...

Aug 18, 2026 – Is there any facet of your life from birth to death that the state of California does not feel it has a right to intrude upon and then dictate terms for?If you live in the formerly Golden State, I'm not sure this is purely a rhetorical question anymore.As purely an...