MYSTERY OF THE SERVICE & INVESTIGATIONS STAFF: Remember that concluding scene in the first Indiana Jones flick in which the lone bureaucrat in a huge government warehouse pushes a cart loaded with stuff never likely to be seen again?

Well, there is a real-life instance akin to that scene playing out now regarding the once-mighty Service & Investigations staff of the House Appropriations Committee. It’s mostly lefty public administration types agitating about it now, but there are good and solid reasons for libertarians and conservatives to take notice as well, as I explain in today’s column on “Mark Tapscott’s Copy Desk.” And don’t miss the neat illustration, courtesy of chatGPT.

EVERYONE IN THE GAME:  Vietnamese satellite company signs launch deal with SpaceX.

SHE TURNED ON THEM MONTHS AGO:  Virginians Are Turning on Abigail Spanberger.

GEE, YA THINK?  David Crowley Says Francesca Hong Is a Liability on Eve of Wisconsin Primary.

SECRECY GOT THEM INTO THIS HOLE AND FILLING IT WITH HORSE[BLEEP] WON’T GET THEM OUT:  The Education System Needs Fixing, Not Secrecy.

THEY DON’T SEEMT O HAVE THE KIND OF NONSENSE WE HAVE HERE:  Data on Foreigners Facing Deportation in Japan Shared By Immigration Agency With Local Governments.

REAL BANNED BOOKS:  The book “Easy Meat,” the best broad overview of the rape gangs in Britain, was banned from Amazon’s store in 2021, at the height of the closure of the Internet. It has not been reinstated.

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FIND THEM WHERE THEY ARE:  FAA’s Gamer Recruitment Campaign Scores Over 2,000+ Air Traffic Controller Candidates.

WEIRDLY, DEMOCRAT DISTRICTS HAVE MORE. “WEIRDLY”:  Map Shows H-1B Visa Filings in Democratic and Republican Districts.

FOLLOW HER. DEFINITELY FOLLOW HER:  You Can Follow the Racist, or You Can Follow Me. There is drama and this time I caused it.

OKAY, THEN:  Weapons Is a Modern-Day Allegory of the Boomer Menace..On the surface, the film seems like a typical example of the horror genre, but underneath is an argument about the elderly preying on the young.

THINGS ARE GOING TO GET OUT OF CONTROL:  Oh, I’ve seen this kind of crap before, now it involves Flock cameras.

NEWS YOU CAN USE:  It was just revealed, not a few weeks ago, that the ludicrous and lurid allegations against Activation-Blizzard software were completely bogus; and fake outrage generated from such is what gave the Californian state government power to *force* the company to do diversity hires – with the resulting propagandization and degradation of their product afterwards being inevitable.

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SOMETIMES THE INSIDE OF MY HEAD IS A VERY WEIRD PLACE:  The Cat’s Choice.

WARD CHURCHILL, CONTROVERSIAL FORMER UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO PROFESSOR, DIES AT 78.

Churchill was a longtime professor of ethnic studies at CU Boulder. He became a nationally controversial figure in higher education after an essay he wrote that referred to some of the victims of the 9/11 attacks as “little Eichmanns,” a characterization that prompted widespread condemnation and made Churchill a national figure.

The controversy soon expanded beyond his writings about the 9/11 attacks.

In 2005, the University of Colorado launched a formal investigation into allegations that Churchill had plagiarized portions of other people’s work, misused sources and fabricated material. University officials also investigated allegations that he had misrepresented his American Indian ancestry.

Churchill was the subject of many a blogpost at Instapundit back in the day if you wish to scroll through the archives.

OPEN THREAD: Tuesday’s groovy.

ROCKET SCIENCE PROCEEDS, EXPLOSION BY EXPLOSION: Chinese rocket explodes less than 90 seconds after liftoff (photos).

THAT THING THAT NEVER HAPPENS HAPPENED AGAIN:

BREAKING NEWS

I can’t believe they reported this — they just told on themselves.

👉“Allegheny County Elections Division Manager David Voye said Allegheny County does not have a system to verify citizenship for voters.”👈

The second-largest county in Pennsylvania DOES NOT… pic.twitter.com/lPC1ITPLyl

— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) August 11, 2026

LIVE RESULTS: Primaries in Alabama, South Carolina, Connecticut, Vermont, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

COLOR ME UNSURPRISED: ‘Hiding in The Shadows’: Discovery of 3 New Assyrian Kings Reveals a More Brutal History Than Records Suggest.

I mean, what about “Assyrian kings” suggests non-brutality?

SWITCH IT BACK ON: Cancer Cells Exploit a Hidden Immune “Off Switch.”

WELL, WHEN YOU PUT IT LIKE THAT…:

The terror-loving nepo baby who VERBATIM demanded the NYPD be defunded NOW demands that the same officers risk their lives by traveling with his selfie-obsessed wife so she can make a personal visit to a country for which the US maintains a Level 4: do not travel advisory. https://t.co/Ii9wtUtP54

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) August 11, 2026

I’m not exactly certain how the Zionists are to blame for Mamdani’s staff’s screwup, but they must be.

TRUMP ISN’T WRONG, BUT I WOULDN’T MIND SOME MORE “GOODER AND HARDER” FIRST: Trump Looks to Block New York City Pied-A-Terre Tax Before Certain Disaster.

HEH:

Ok, even I would start watching the WNBA!!!
Hahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/fNz9OBysjz

— Dan Franck 🇻🇦🇺🇲🪖🎲 (@GrampsToolshed) August 11, 2026

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