November 1, 2026

TUESDAY PREVIEW:

This, of course, is no cause for cockiness.

Posted at 6:05 pm by Stephen Green

THE CRISIS ABSOLUTELY EVERYBODY SAW COMING: Panic and Anger Spread as Europe’s Great Pension Covenant Unravels.

Concern about the sustainability of France’s welfare state has been a key driver of the protests that have shaken the country in recent weeks. It is also calling into question the tacit generational contract under which younger workers pay for their elders’ retirement.

After losing her finance job in December, Marie Caron, 61, is worried for the first time about how she will get by in old age. She can only start collecting retirement benefits at 63—or 66 to qualify for get a full pension—so she will have to find a new job before she retires, a difficult prospect in France’s rigid labor market where recruiters rarely hire older workers. Seven job interviews this year have produced nothing.

“I’ve paid a huge amount into the system and should be entitled to a decent pension,” Caron said. “Instead, I might end up on the streets.”

While American workers have long managed their own retirement portfolios to supplement a baseline Social Security check, continental Europeans were promised a comprehensive, state-guaranteed income for life.

“You f***ed up — you trusted us.”

Posted at 5:39 pm by Stephen Green

DON’T TAKE THE BLACK PILL:

Posted at 5:13 pm by Stephen Green

THIS IS WHO THE ENEMY IS: NY Violin Teacher Celebrates Israeli deaths from October 7th, Threatens Jewish Journalist.

When reached for comment by Mazelit’s Corner, he threatened us and claimed this reporter would end up in hell.

“Fighting Zionism is not antisemitism. The atrocities the IDF commit, perpetuated by people like you fighting the War of Words certainly earn you a place in hell, if it exists.”

“We will not have a conversation, do not mention me in your article by name or you will pay dearly. My legal team has been advised and has set alerts on you.”

Posted at 5:10 pm by Charlie Martin

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG:

Posted at 4:18 pm by Stephen Green

AT THE MERCY OF A SINGLE FUSE: What If Your Car’s Brakes Fail? Bosch Has a Touchscreen Solution. “Brake-by-wire isn’t some sci-fi fantasy anymore. It’s already here, with plenty of new cars ditching old-school cables and rods for sensors, computers, and electronic gizmos. Instead of a direct link between your foot and the brakes, the car now reads your pedal press and decides how hard to clamp down – all through electronics. However, this approach also raises an important question: What happens when the electronics responsible for stopping your car fail?”

Posted at 4:00 pm by Glenn Reynolds

ED MORRISSEY: Stevens Appears With Rogers After El-Sayed Snub. Haley Stevens “tried to get everyone off the Crazy Train this week, and the Democrat Party stiffed her in favor of antisemitism. That lesson won’t be lost on Michigan voters and maybe voters in every battleground this week. In Michigan, Jocelyn Benson may have to worry about the impact on her gubernatorial campaign with black voters, especially with John James as a credible alternative. Democrats have no one to blame but themselves for this mess. They went all-in on Hamas support this cycle, and they just blew up a relatively easy Senate hold over it. Stay tuned.”

UPDATE: Nothing to see here, just a New York Times contributor doing his best Bane impersonation:

Posted at 3:30 pm by Ed Driscoll

NOTHING TO SEE HERE, JUST THE AP EXCUSE-MONGERING BAD VOTER ROLLS AS NON-NEWS:

That is correct, yes.

Posted at 3:08 pm by Stephen Green

AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD:

Posted at 2:35 pm by Ed Driscoll

DISPATCHES FROM THE MUMMY STATE: Scottish Museum sending mummy’s remains back to Egypt.

A Scottish museum that removed a mummy from display because it didn’t have the deceased person’s “consent” will now return the remains to Egypt.

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow removed the coffin and mummified corpse of an ancient Egyptian priest known as Nekht to show him “respect”.

The council-controlled body which runs the museum, Glasgow Life, explained that it did not have “consent” for the display “from the deceased individual or their descendants”.

Other items removed include a a mummified male head and right foot and a hand recovered from the Valley of the Kings in Luxor.

The Telegraph has learnt that the mummy is to be returned to Egypt following a request for repatriation.

In response, “Scottish Conservative culture spokesman Murdo Fraser said: ‘This is woke madness at its most ridiculous. Even Egyptian mummies are now being cancelled by a society so obsessed with modern sensibilities that it has lost all sense of perspective.’”

Posted at 2:22 pm by Ed Driscoll

BUCKLE UP:

“He is by all meaningful accounts, effective at wielding the machine. And that is why they drool at the thought of removing him.”

Posted at 2:16 pm by Stephen Green

NOT SURE HOW SHOCKING THAT REALLY IS: First-Of-Its-Kind Poll Finds TDS Is Real, And It’s Shockingly Widespread.

Among the findings of this first-of-its-kind poll:

  • More than a third of the public (38%) and more than half of Democrats (53%) say they themselves have experienced TDS, when it’s described as “unusually intense negative emotional reactions to Donald Trump.”
  • 70% say they observed Trump-related emotional stress, anger, or agitation among people they know.
  • 62% say they have seen people change their behavior because of strong negative feelings toward Trump.
  • 41% know people who refuse to socialize with friends or family who support Trump.
  • 37% have seen obsessive attention to Trump combined with anger toward his supporters.
  • 22% say they have seen threats or aggressive or violent behavior tied to negative feelings about Trump.

    • But even those who can’t wait for Trump to be out of office should be deeply troubled by the poll’s findings.

    Because, left untreated, TDS sufferers won’t suddenly be cured when Trump leaves the White House. Their obsession will just transfer to a new tormentor.

    Spend a decade or so with the intel-media complex whipping up fear and hatred, and this is what you get.

    Posted at 1:49 pm by Stephen Green