R.I.P. RICHARD POSNER.
November 11, 2026
OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.
WISHING HIM WELL: ESPN says that “Actor and race car driver Frankie Muniz was hospitalized Wednesday following a practice lap crash at Daytona International Speedway, according to his racing team.”
Normally when TV stars or business celebs get into racing it’s egotistical gibberish but a pal who raced small formula cars against Munoz says he’s the real deal. Not a young Jackie Stewart, mind you, but when one racer refers to another saying “oh yeah, he’s quick” that’s a sign of mad props.
Get well soon, Frankie!
SEE THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE STUDENT SPACE TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION TEST FIRE ITS “BIG LIQUID” ROCKET ENGINE:
NEWS YOU CAN USE: 7 habits proven to make you more likeable, according to science.
CHRISTIAN TOTO: Pop Culture Proves It: The Left Loves Political Violence.
Sam Morril created an entire bit around a dead baby.
The comic found bleak humor in the reaction to an alligator killing an infant. He focused more on a comedy club patron’s outrage, expanding the bit in the process.
Dark? Yes. Funny? For some.
Morril wasn’t gleeful that a child had died, but he used it to explore the boundaries of humor and why we get outraged by select jokes and not others. Plus, black comedy allows us to process grief. It’s called gallows humor.
Dave Chappelle’s latest rant is different. And, sadly, it suggest a cultural rot that cannot be ignored.
The Left, not center-Left souls or classical liberals, crave political violence. Sound hyperbolic? Consider the evidence. There’s too much of it now to ignore.
The Left has always loved political violence, but it’s a big tell when open admission of it goes mainstream.
AI WAR: PLA-linked Chinese university bought Nvidia H200 chips despite US blacklist, records show. “The findings come as Nvidia and its CEO Jensen Huang face mounting scrutiny in Washington over his lobbying for looser restrictions on sales of AI chips to China, following reports alleging he was targeted by a Chinese spying operation.”
THOSE NARRATIVES DON’T MAINTAIN THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW:
Hamas & Islamic Jihad have now themselves, in their own martyr notices, admitted that SIXTY-TWO "innocent Gazan journalists" were in fact combatants killed in action. Despite obsessive interest in the Gaza war, not one major mainstream media outlet has covered this story. https://t.co/bhPXr6sJ78
— Aizenberg (@Aizenberg55) November 11, 2026
UPGRADE YOUR PILLOW: C CUSHION LAB Deep Sleep Pillow. #CommissionEarned
RIGHT’S 119TH HAIL MARY: House Freedom Caucus (HFC) members delivered three clear messages during a Capitol Hill news conference earlier today that featured a frankness and candor one almost never encounters in Congress.
WHEN SECONDS COUNT, THE POLICE ARE ONLY HOURS AWAY: Chicago PD: Four-Hour Response To Multiple Home Invasion & Sexual Assault 911 Calls.
WELL, COMMIES STICK TOGETHER: NPR Celebrates Activist Whose Data Center Campaign had Ties to China-Linked Socialist Group. “The release aligns with my assessments that China is gutting our artificial intelligence infrastructure using our own environmental law. Reports say 21 PSL campaigns in 14 states blocked $23.6B in AI investment.”
HEY, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE AFFORDABILITY ELECTION?
NEW: Washington gears up for a new era of congressional investigations with the White House adding 15 staff to its counsel’s office as Democrats prepare to take control of Congress
— Katherine Doyle (@katiadoyl) November 11, 2026
Run on affordability, govern on TDS and socialism.
ERIC FLORACK: Veteran’s Day, and the Bidens, and the Long Knives.
CLEAN FOR THE HOLIDAYS: roborock Qrevo Curv 2 Flow 2026 New Robot Vacuum and Mop. #CommissionEarned
THAT CAN’T HELP THE F-35’S READINESS ISSUES: Pentagon can’t track millions of F-35 spare parts, watchdog finds.
The government watchdog described the DoD’s records for F-35 parts as “outdated, inaccurate, and incomplete” and said “DoD has made minimal progress in attaining and maintaining accountability for F-35 parts” since issues were first brought to light seven years ago.
The report follows several audits since 2019 by the GAO and the Department of Defense Inspector General, which revealed numerous problems.
Unlike most aircraft, the F-35 program largely relies on a joint pool of spares – such as engines and tires – for the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, as well as international customers.
Maybe making the pool of spares “joint” leads to a lack of accountability.
BOYS NEED BOOKS FOR BOYS:
Boys do not need to be socialized. They do not need to be taught the “right way” to read or the “right POVs” to enjoy. They do not need lectures or preaching. They do not need “the message.”
Boys need dragons to slay and princesses to save (and ones who want to be saved, natch).… https://t.co/rQekGqZ7sq pic.twitter.com/cV2YH3xYFs
— Blake Carpenter (@BCarpenterBooks) November 11, 2026
Takeaway: “Boys are not broken girls; they should not be treated as such.”
