THE INFLUENCE PEDDLING OPERATION IS NO LONGER WORKING:  Hunter Biden: “Hey, I’m Broke … and So Is My Old Man.”

BETTER THAN SPAIN!  Reconquista.

HE’S NOT WRONG:  Fauci the murderer.

HERMETICALLY SEALED:  Life in the bubble.

THIS HEADLINE IS AMAZING AND I’M HERE FOR IT:  Karelian Bear Dogs Take on Tahoe’s Bear Invasion.

IT’S JUST WHAT GREW OUT OF THE FACT THAT HUMANS TRADE NATURALLY:  Nobody “designed” capitalism.

GOOD:  Sisters, diocese sue NY State over assisted suicide law.

THIS IS FAIR: I’m sorry Roon, I have great respect for you, but in both of the incident reports in question, even if we take them on face value, which I have a great deal of difficulty doing, the description is one of raging incompetence, with no real IDS logging in place, with terrible sandboxing far worse than normal industry standards, with no one actually paying attention to what is going on, with no compensating controls.

X-cancel.

WRITING ALSO DOESN’T DO THAT, IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING:  Money for Nothing and Your Chicks for Free. Neither surrendering to collectivism nor playing the guitar on the MTV is a realistic solution.

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

IT’S FUNNY BECAUSE IT’S TRUE:

Spaniards Horrified To See Their Country Turning Into Minnesota https://t.co/5mxIQrf5h0

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) July 31, 2026

NAME IT CERBERUS: 1st three-headed asteroid found in our solar system — and it has a little moon.

JUST IN TIME: For The First Time, The Large Hadron Collider May Have Detected Hints of Dark Matter.

WELCOME TO THE 21ST CENTURY:

Starlink filming Starship??

This is the future right here.

Flight 13 looking insane. pic.twitter.com/hHoQegLnRh

— The Omobible (@theomobible) July 31, 2026

ARE THERE DEEP SEVENS THERE TOO? Something Is Still Moving Beneath Venus’s Scorching Surface.

IT’S ARGININE: This Amino Acid May Help the Body Fight Tumors and Viral Infections.

CARS HAVE GOTTEN COMPLICATED: 2027 Slate Pickup First Drive: Simplicity Might Be Its Superpower.

DISPATCHES FROM THE OCCUPIED ZONES: Mamdani admin blasted for tone-deaf victory lap over deadly Legionnaire’s outbreak: ‘We’re just left to die.’

CAN’T FIGHT CITY HALL:

Ah. Well, then. pic.twitter.com/QHEIwvQcnl

— Brad Hargreaves (@bhargreaves) July 31, 2026

Mamdani seems to have adopted the GoodFellas method of tax collection.

FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: What Is it With His Terrible Escape Vehicle Decisions? “It’s time for your much-needed break from the serious news, and this week, we’ll learn how to make a lame escape, a true tale of Flock camera heroism, and the best possible vehicle for joyriding in New Jersey.”

TREAT DRY EYES: Complete Preservative Free Dry Eye Drops, 0.33 Fl Oz, 2 Pack. #CommissionEarned I use this when my eyes get dry from using the computer after my eye doc recommended it. It works well.

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: The DOJ Backs Down: What the Post Office Carry Victory Actually Means For You.

THIS KEEPS HAPPENING: Anthropic’s Claude AI escapes to hack into three organisations.

CNN’S “EXTREMISM REPORTER” ONLY SEES EXTREMISTS TO HER RIGHT, WHICH IS MOST EVERYBODY:

CNN's extremism reporter – "The DSA isn't extreme like praising China, Mao, and celebrating executions and calling for the death of capitalists and all of that other stuff they themselves have endorsed. They are more like wool sweaters and healthcare." https://t.co/28cTizlLPm

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 31, 2026

IT’S TIME FOR VICTORIA TAFT’S West Coast, Messed Coast™—Seattle: Commie Mayors and Outta Town Police Chiefs Are Deadly. “Honestly, dear readers, how long will it take for woke, untested, cop-hating mayors along the West Coast, Messed Coast™ to catch a clue? It’s a rhetorical question, but I do solemnly swear I just heard a chorus of ‘never.'”