EITHER DEMOCRATS ARE INSANE OR THE POLLS AREN’T TRUSTWORTHY: 39% of Democratic Voters Think Restaurant Industry “Should Be Publicly Owned and Operated.”

THE AMEN CHORUS OF NON-THINKERS IS THE REAL PROBLEM:

Kamala Harris, seemingly 4 vodka sodas deep, goes on a bizarre rant about how "attacks on DEI" are an "attack on maternal care": pic.twitter.com/Ygve8L6WWG

— Will Hild (@WillHild) September 22, 2026

TWENTY MINUTES INTO THE FUTURE: What a Limited Russian Incursion Into Estonia Might Look Like: A Narva Scenario.

Too much of the European defense discourse today focuses on options that would amount to escalation, particularly long-range strike, rather than on rapidly developing the kinds of symmetrical capabilities that Ukrainian forces have, although there are European efforts along those lines, to be sure.  NATO member states must internalize the reality that, unattractive as escalation scenarios are to Putin, they are likely to be much more challenging for NATO states themselves from a political perspective.  Russian cognitive warfare efforts will go all out to dissuade one or more states from voting to support long-range strikes into or air campaigns against Russian territory in such a scenario, and NATO should not rely on winning those fights in every member capital.  The ability to defend against low-level scenarios such as those described above with tactical capabilities whose use does not require either the mobilization or the permission of the entire alliance is an essential component of deterrence as well as of defeat mechanisms.

But NATO must also internalize the challenges of moving such tactical capabilities to forward positions after the Russians have initiated attacks at a moment of their choosing.  Russian drone units are highly effective at interdicting ground lines of communication unless their own operators can be regularly and rapidly located and eliminated.  Front line states must not only rapidly field their own drone and counter-drone capabilities, but must also deploy them to their borders even in the face of the inevitable Russian accusations of NATO aggression and threat.

NATO must deter and, if necessary, defeat a limited Russian incursion such as this one at both the political and the military levels.  If military conditions are properly set and necessary preparations are made in advance, then success in the political arena becomes much more likely.  Clear statements that NATO will honor its defense commitments even against such limited attacks are needed, but so are clear preparations to do so at levels that do not impose massive political costs and risks on the alliance.

Earlier: Uh-Oh: BBC features white male soldier in warning about impending war.

NAILED IT:

From the top rope, @charlescwcooke @NRO: pic.twitter.com/OazOPbIQXB

— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) September 22, 2026

ROBERT SPENCER: At the UN, Trump Gives Iran’s ‘Vile Regime’ a Stark Choice.

POSSESSORS OF MALE GAZE MOST AFFECTED:  Having disproportionately big boobs linked to a surprising health issue: study.

WHEN I WROTE MY PAPER ON MILITARY COUPS IN THE UNITED STATES, I NEVER EXPECTED IT TO BECOME SO RELEVANT:

60% of Democrats would welcome a … (checks notes) … MILITARY COUP to remove Donald Trump from office.

Please don’t tell me these people care a whit about democracy or democratic norms https://t.co/iyRVVIwvDI

— Marc Thiessen (@marcthiessen) September 22, 2026

WTH ARE THEY STILL WEARING MASKS FOR?  Massachusetts lesbian bar nearly bullied out of town after lifting mask mandate — for one night a week.

ERIC SWALWELL REMAINS THE GRIFT THAT KEEPS ON GRIFTING:  Democratic megadonor who gave to Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris linked to murky honeypot spy saga.

AS USUAL, BRITISH POLICED THE PEACEFUL PROTEST MARCH:  Crowborough: Peaceful, Polite And Cruelly Ignored. A year into the Crowborough camp saga, the marches go on, peaceful and unheard.

IN CONTEMPORARY BRITAIN THE POLICE WILL SHOW UP TO HANDLE COUNTER-PROTESTS:  John Cleese Refused to Back Down Despite Islamists Threatening His Birmingham Show.

MAKING NYC UNLIVABLE AGAIN:  Mamdani Announces Plan to Make NYC Traffic More Congested and Dangerous.

SHE’S MADE THE DECISION, SHE’S JUST WAITING FOR THE SPHERES TO ALIGN OR IF YOU PREFER FOR THE FRAUD MACHINERY TO BE REBUILT:  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Reveals When She’ll Make Her 2028 Decision.

Also, dear Bob, that woman is all teeth! Anyone else hear “the better to eat you with” when she smiles like that? Wolf in disguise, socialist… same, same.

THAT THING THAT NEVER HAPPENS KEEPS HAPPENING:  Immigrant from the Philippines Pleads Guilty to Illegally Voting in 2024 US Presidential Election.

SOUNDS PROVABLE:  Lawsuit Alleges Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google Made Illegal Agreement for AI ‘Pacing’.

NOW IMAGINE WHAT THE USE VOTE BY MAIL HAS OPENED ITSELF TO:  Spain is in shock. The opposition stunned. Spain, 2023, General Elections. The head of PSOE Argentina created a voting circuit with fake mail-in votes to rig the CERA vote. Audio leaks have surfaced. It’s extremely serious, pay attention. It calls into question Pedro Sánchez’s legitimacy for the past 3 years.

(And because X cancel is still not working, here’s the rest of the tweet:

WHO WAS SHE? Lorena Suárez, general secretary of PSOE in Argentina. The country with the most Spaniards abroad on the planet. She devised something criminal and immoral. Her audio has leaked. She talks about how she would have set up “a whole circuit of comrades who go out to collect votes.” A fake voting circuit. With other people’s passports. In Argentina… For Spain’s Elections. Total chaos. WHY WAS IT POSSIBLE? Because a year earlier, in 2022, PSOE eliminated the “requested vote.” Remember that. Since then, the ballot arrives automatically for Spaniards abroad, without them asking for it. And in 2021, PSOE had written in an official document that removing that control allowed them to “recover the lost political space.” They wrote it. They removed it. And in the next elections, the audio exposing them appeared and is going viral today. No known investigation into how many votes went through that circuit. Ten, a thousand, ten thousand, maybe more? No one knows, and no one will. Lorena has already been expelled. AND TODAY, IT ALL GETS WORSE The State Attorney’s Office has told the Supreme Court that it’s impossible to review the 170,000 files of new voters under the Grandchildren’s Law before the 2027 elections. You know. The Grandchildren’s Law. The ace up sanchismo’s sleeve to win by foul means. And they could rise to 2 million just in Argentina. Add in the Cuban dictatorship, Venezuela, Colombia… the chaos would be absolute. The question is… how many more circuits were there. How many will there be in 2027? And who’s going to check? If the State itself says it can’t keep up, no one can. And the fraud is served up on a platter. Everything is coming to light. But no one reacts. Spain is in a deep coma. We’re already 8,500 dissidents. YOU’RE MISSING: https://capitanbitcoin.net/comunidad The dissident manual arrives in your first email. Nothing else to do.)

IDEALLY BOTH THESE COMPANIES WOULD LOSE:  Texas jury hits Bambu Lab with $27.6M verdict in Stratasys patent fight — X1, P1, and A1 printers found to infringe prime tower and bed-leveling tech.

If we are forced to choose one or the other then Stratys delenda est. They are the very definition of everything that is wrong with the patent system. Invent something, use your government granted privileges to minimize the spread of the technology and dedicate your entire business model to ensuring it has as little impact as possible. Advancements in 3d printing technology are measured directly in stratys patent expirations. For example a few years ago when their heated chamber patent expired. In comparison the evil behavior of Bambu Labs is a rounding error.

THE OUTRAGE IS DESERVED:  Outrage is erupting after a 22-year-old who runs into BURNING BUILDINGS as a volunteer firefighter was told he isn’t qualified to be a paid firefighter… …because he was HOMESCHOOLED. Then the city changed the job posting to cover it up. His name is Andrew Coates. He’s 22 years old, in Nebraska. Right now, today, he runs into burning buildings as a volunteer firefighter for Cedar Bluffs Fire. He is a state-licensed EMT. He is doing the job. For free. All he wanted was to get PAID to do it. In his words: “Make a career out of it would be the goal. To get paid to do what you love.”

AND I FOUND AN ARTICLE ABOUT IT, SINCE X-CANCEL IS STILL DOWN:  Neb. volunteer firefighter’s homeschool diploma rejected when applying for career firefighter position. Volunteer Firefighter/EMT Andrew Coates is challenging Fremont’s decision to reject his firefighter application because his homeschool diploma did not come from an accredited high school.

HATTIP TO THE INIMITABLE KIM DU TOIT, FOR THE LINK:  Tough Love For Blue Cities?

Should we let the blue cities experience the total collapse their filthy love for communism has earned them?

I HATE TO REVISIT  THE CLANCY THING AGAIN, BUT OTHER WOMEN ARE DRIVING THEMSELVES TRULY CRAZY IN ANOTHER WAY:  The Tree of Knowledge.

Or, if you prefer: the mommy blogs and books can be and often are a blight upon the land.

WORSE THAN MERE BIRTH TOURISM:  Meet the US Army vet running a California baby factory for Chinese nationals to have American kids. 

GREAT MOMENTS IN SCHADENFREUDE: CNN Mood ‘Like a Funeral’ as Paramount’s Warner Bros. Win Casts New Haze on Next Steps.

A new corporate parent, Paramount Skydance is set to take the reins of CNN in October, and with that change of control could come entirely new goals — and means of executing them.

Even Mark Thompson, chairman and CEO of CNN, seemed to not know much about next steps. “Over the coming days you’ll hear much more about what this means for CNN, including the date of the close,” he told staffers Monday.

The mood at CNN is “like a funeral,” says one person familiar with the operation.

CNN personnel have reason to worry. Paramount’s management of CBS News has been controversial, and has not been good for the business of the news unit. Changes made under Bari Weiss, installed last year as editor in chief, have brought unnecessary scrutiny to news reports, and anchors have made public entreaties on Instagram when people post notes suggesting that Weiss’ background as a digital entrepreneur and provocative opinion writer have muddied the newsgathering at the network. Tweaks made at “CBS Mornings” and “CBS Evening News” are still too nascent to make final judgement, but both shows continue to lag their rivals in the ratings, with the morning show suffering significant erosion. Weiss’ decision to overhaul “60 Minutes,” widely considered the jewel of CBS and of TV-news overall, has left the venerable newsmagazine open to criticism and backlash.

Gentlemen, this is the newsroom— how dare you expose us to scrutiny, criticism, and backlash! And note that this report is in Variety, the Hollywood trade paper, which has its own axes to grind.

And while CNN and Variety are melting down over this news, a big portion of the country is thinking:

UPDATE:

It’s the end of CNN as we know it. https://t.co/0uAscN0dGW pic.twitter.com/ntygUtcg9r

— Ajit Pai (@AjitPai) September 22, 2026

OPEN THREAD: Tuesday’s groovy — and so are you.

GOOD: Samsung to invest up to $100 million in Oak Ridge nuclear plant. “Kairos broke ground on the Hermes 2 plant in April. It is the first power-producing Generation IV reactor to get a United States construction permit. In August, Kairos announced a deal with Google and the Tennessee Valley Authority as well as plans to train East Tennesseans to join the nuclear workforce.”

Faster, please.

I’M A BIG FAN OF ROCKET LAB, BUT THEY’RE NOWHERE NEAR BEING ABLE TO SCALE TO SPACEX’S DIMENSIONS: Rocket Lab Poised to Become “Only Viable Alternative” to SpaceX, Says Cantor Fitzgerald. Here, though, they’re talking about stock value.