COOL… BUT THAT NAME: Amazon’s Zoox wins first US approval for paid robotaxis without human controls. “The exemption granted by the agency from federal rules requiring human controls, first reported by Reuters, marks a milestone for companies developing robotaxis from the ground up, rather than modifying conventional cars under safety regulations written long before self-driving technology emerged.”
July 31, 2026
FLASHBACK:
I never want to live through the 'dumb ages' again pic.twitter.com/dwnO368V7h
— GrrrGraphics 🇺🇸- Ben & Tina Garrison Cartoons (@GrrrGraphics) July 31, 2026
THIS WOULD BE BIGGER NEWS WITH AN (R) AFTER HER NAME: Murdered Teen Found in Ayanna Pressley’s Hubbie’s Property Identified.
KEEP YOUR DISHES CLEAN: Finish Ultimate Quantum Infinity Shine Dishwasher Pods. #CommissionEarned
SPACE: Actually, Starliner might fly into space this year. “An official confirmed to Ars that this is indeed the case, that the primary factor now for when Starliner launches is port availability on the space station. It is therefore possible that Starliner launches this year. If this cargo test flight goes well, and modifications to Starliner address the vehicle’s propulsion concerns, a crewed mission is possible in late 2027.”
THIS LEVEL OF STUPIDITY MUST BE ON PURPOSE, RIGHT? RIGHT???
🚨 New York Democrats introduce bill requiring 10% discounts on all items at self-checkout. pic.twitter.com/VsPn8Sp9L9
— Democrats Deliver (@DemzDeliver) July 31, 2026
CHANGE: UNC, Virginia Tech replace Harvard in Army fellowship. “The announcement follows a February directive from the Office of the Secretary of War restructuring the SSC Fellowship program to align military education with ‘American values.’ The DoW said it would replace previous partner schools with ‘a revised list of elite institutions offering equivalent programs’ while eliminating partnerships that no longer met the department’s objectives.”
NOVEMBER PREVIEW: Democrat Mandela Barnes drops out of Winconsin governor’s race.
He said in a video posted on X that the decision was the result of a “difficult conversation” with his staff.
“We’re incredibly proud of all the things that we’ve accomplished and all the resources that we have raised to spread our message. But it’s become very clear who our nominee is going to be,” Barnes said.
The statement is likely a reference to Rep. Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist, whose lead in the poll has widened ahead of the August primary, NBC News reported.
“Gooder and harder” posts inbound for 2027.
DISPATCHES FROM THE OCCUPIED ZONES:
Yes. We don’t have a pied-a-terre and are wrongly on that list and have wasted way too much time on their crappy website trying to figure out how to get removed, gathering all kinds of documents to do so
Not really sure how this helps make a better NYC for anyone?! https://t.co/8EMA4LL0ZS
— Natalia Mehlman Petrzela (@nataliapetrzela) July 30, 2026
The socialists just proved they can make people jump through a whole new set of hoops for no good reason.
Get used to it.
JOHN ONDRASIK IS AN AMERICAN TREASURE:
I will be in NYC doing multiple performances recognizing the heroes and families who lost loved ones on this 25th anniversary of 9-11.
Details to come. 🇺🇸❤️ pic.twitter.com/l4V4CSCHsN
— John Ondrasik (@johnondrasik) July 30, 2026
KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: The Dems Are a Trainwreck Swirling Down a Toilet in a Clown Car. “Their biggest problem right now is that the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) have brought the Dems’ deep-rooted commie leanings out in the open. The party elders would like to put the hammer and sickle cat back in the bag before the midterms and pretend that none of this ever happened, but the pesky nouveau Stalin kids in the DSA are just getting louder.”
I HAVE WARNED ABOUT THIS TOO:
In 2017 I watched as members of the DSA picked off well liked, competent local Democrat office holders in Western PA in low turnout out primary contests where Republicans had zero chances of winning in a general; reporting their formula to take over was working & would spread. https://t.co/AqYPN8CTGR
— ZitoSalena (@ZitoSalena) July 31, 2026
IT’S AMAZING WHO’S BROKE SINCE USAID WAS SHUT DOWN: Don Surber: The DNC is broke: Its financial situation is as bankrupt as its communist ideas.
SHREK VS LITTLE OLD MAN YELLING AT CLOUDS: Things Got a Bit Nasty Between John Fetterman and Bernie Sanders
BEEGE WELBORN: The European Forest Fires.
It’s a really ghastly situation.
What makes it more unspeakably horrible is that so much of it didn’t have to happen.
In France, there have already been over 160 arrests for arson. Yesterday, the French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said nine out of ten fires were caused by humans.
The conditions have simply allowed arson or ‘carelessness’ to take off to devastating effect.
Like starting a campfire in a bone-dry clearing in the woods.
Funny, the campers don’t look French.
There’s plenty of blame to go around for Europe’s current situation, but if the video Beege posted is anything to go by, the “migrants” aren’t helping.
CHANGE:
Trump really made a difference on this. He deserves a lot of credit. https://t.co/a2xV7E5auj
— Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D. (@neoavatara) July 30, 2026
JUST ASSIGN HIM A BODYGUARD FROM THE SD: Jewish Democrat AG Won’t Attend Party’s Convention Due To Safety Concerns.
Why are any Jews still Democrats?
OUT ON A LIMB:
The central lesson of everything surrounding Covid is that the institutions are broken, all of them. Continuing to cite those same institutions as proof that their own claims were true is therefore either breathtakingly stupid or deliberately dishonest. I cannot tell whether this… https://t.co/H0jZVCZpLz
— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) July 31, 2026
IT’S NO BUSINESS OF COMMIES HOW MUCH MONEY PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS HAVE: Abdul El-Sayed, Who Said Trump Tax Bill Benefited ‘Folks Who Don’t Really Need More Money,’ Claimed $26,000 Trump Tax Deduction: The Senate hopeful took advantage of the qualified business income deduction, a provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that Republicans extended in 2025.
LIGHTNING DEAL: BAMBOO COOL Ultra Soft & breathable Mens Underwear. #CommissionEarned
MAN READS BLOFELD’S DIARY:
So just to be clear, Kamala Harris‘s team is now promoting Alex Jones https://t.co/z0kGfuzprb
— (((Aaron Walker))) (@AaronWorthing) July 30, 2026
ASKING (AND ANSWERING) THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Hormuz Is Disrupted, Saudi Oil Is Under Attack. So Why Is Oil Still Below $100?
The reason is not that the disruption has been minor. It is that several emergency measures have replaced enough lost supply to prevent a full scale supply shock from reaching the market.
The most important factor has been the U.S. military operation inside the Strait of Hormuz.
According to U.S. Central Command, American forces have helped approximately 1,000 vessels carrying 500 million barrels of crude transit the Strait since early May under Operation Project Freedom. Spread across approximately 86 days, that equals an average of about 5.8 million barrels of crude per day continuing to reach global markets under U.S. protection.
Before the conflict, roughly 15 million barrels of crude and condensate passed through Hormuz every day, while total petroleum flows approached 21 million barrels daily. The volume protected by CENTCOM therefore represents almost 40% of prewar crude flows through the Strait.
That does not mean Hormuz is operating normally. Independent shipping trackers continue to report substantially lower tanker traffic than before the war, and some vessels are likely transiting with AIS transponders turned off. Even so, millions of barrels continue reaching customers instead of remaining trapped inside the Gulf, preventing an even larger disruption.
Despite efforts by Iran and its proxies to close Hormuz and now the Red Sea, too, disruptions are much less severe than they were the last time around in March and April.
