THE EXTENT IS EXTENSIVE: To Nvidia and Beyond: Measuring the Extent of China’s Infiltration.
November 15, 2026
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OUR RULING CLASS: Ex-CIA Director John Brennan’s Son Arrested On Child Porn Charges.
“ALL THESE PEOPLE, PLAYING WITH FIRE:”
Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it.
(But believe me, you don’t want that in your neighborhood. All these people, playing with fire. Father, forgive them, they know not what they do)
“Let's have a war
Jack up the Dow Jones
Let's have a war
It can start in New Jersey
Let's have…— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) November 15, 2026
LIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY:
We are finally getting the science-fiction future I was promised as a kid in the 1960s, and I'm here for it. https://t.co/FK8uq3mvWE
— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) November 14, 2026
Today, SpaceX permanently altered the balance of global economics, politics, and modern warfare.
After deploying 26 next-gen Starlink V3 satellites across 14 orbits, Ship 42 survived Mach 25+ reentry and landed cleanly inside Mechazilla’s arms at Starbase.
Here is why every… https://t.co/WmmAxhv0dB
— Kekius Maximus (@Kekius_Sage) November 14, 2026
November 14, 2026
12:30 AM TOMORROW MORNING, EST: Rocket Lab launching 100th space mission early on Nov. 14: Watch it live.
OPEN THREAD: Party on.
NEWS FROM 1945: NASA’s moon rocket was built under a former Nazi scientist who developed Hitler’s V-2 missiles. Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down? That’s not my department, says Wernher von Braun.. (Says Tom Lehrer.)
Of course, I remember Freeman Dyson saying that the V-2 was seriously damaging to the Germans. It cost more to build than a bomber, was less accurate, and unlike a bomber wasn’t good for more than one mission.
WOW: Study of 26,000 Men Links Low Testosterone to 18% Higher Risk of Dying From Cancer.. “Interestingly, testosterone levels were not linked to prostate cancer.”
XI’S GOTTA HAVE IT! The Great AI Con: The Nvidia Sex Scandal Isn’t a Sex Scandal — It’s a Chinese Psyop.
84% of Chinese people say they’re excited about AI. In America, it’s now just 38%.
This has all the telltale signs of not just a Chinese psyop, but a dedicated, multiyear plan to defeat America in the AI race.
Look at what’s happened in the past two years:
- AI and data centers have been thoroughly (and, possibly, permanently) demonized in America. Especially after the midterms, very few politicians will approve new large-scale data centers.
- The U.S. AI industry is currently being destabilized. “Someone” is spreading unsubstantiated rumors (and/or leaking classified information) about the private lives of top U.S. tech CEOs.
- The “vast Chinese spying machine” continues to Hoover up our tech secrets.
- The media keeps pushing anti-AI propaganda into the political discourse, even though it’s a 1% issue.
- The Democrats in Congress are prioritizing AI slowdowns, guardrails, moratoriums, hearings, and regulations. (Reuters calls it a “flood of AI bills.”)
Everything China wanted is coming true!
The Jensen Huang/sexy Chinese spy story was fun. Call it a honeypot, a honeytrap, or anything you want.
But I seriously doubt that story is the real story. Too many coincidences. Too many pro-Chinese, anti-American outcomes in a row. Including outcomes FAR better than what you’d get from a one-off honeypot operation and ChiCom shell companies.
Sorry, but this isn’t a story about honeypots or sexy spies. It’s way bigger than that.
Given how the CCP intertwines itself with Chinese corporations, I’m not sure if I’d fully discard the honeypot aspect of the story just yet:
● Megaspeed’s vacant offices raise questions about ties to Nvidia and China.
● To Nvidia and Beyond: Measuring the Extent of China’s Infiltration.
THE PURPOSE OF A SYSTEM IS WHAT IT DOES: Medicare for All Would Limit Family Health Choices.
LIMITED TIME DEAL: Yufawow Men Winter Jacket Skiing Jacket Insulated Fleece Lined. #CommissionEarned
SPENCER PRATT: We need to start a doomsday panic scorecard.
Every time someone declares a civil war, or climate apocalypse, or nuclear armageddon & WW3 for the 9,000th time, it never comes to pass, but we just move on, so 5 months later they do it again, and people fall for it, again.
The apocalypse isn’t happening in your lifetime, folks. The real shit is some overpaid bureaucrat in your municipal water district is gonna get lazy with their emails, and your reservoir is gonna be empty when some other overpaid state park bureaucrat forgets to monitor a smoldering plant for an entire week, then your entire town burns up in a wildfire, your grandma burns alive and then 400 more people die from accelerated cancers from the toxic smoke.
Buying into these theatrical fantasies of global catastrophe only serves our corrupt government, distracting you from the true menace in your life. It’s so exhausting. I used to indulge in these catastrophic conspiracy theories, but I had to learn the hard way that it’s just plain old government incompetence that’s the biggest threat to your daily life.
Read the whole thing. Perhaps the reason why people who’ve grown up in the 1970s tune these sort of doomsday scenarios is that we’ve seen them repeated in various forms over and over again.
Besides, aren’t we all dead today? According to a 1960 study, overpopulation was going to end the world on Friday.
BEAT THE RAIN: Windproof Travel Umbrella – Compact & Withstands Winds up to 100MPH. #CommissionEarned
DO NOT TRUST CHINA; CHINA IS ASSHOE:
The biggest issue flying under the radar is the huge purge taking place in China.
Over 100 senior officers (generals and lieutenant generals) were purged or are missing since 2022. Roughly 87% of three-star officers who held rank in 2022 or were promoted later have been…
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) November 13, 2026
21ST CENTURY PROBLEMS: Customer busted for using AI image of burnt pizza to scam restaurant.
SUCKING IN THE ’70s: New House Democrats Can Be Today’s ‘Watergate Babies.’
Having lived through all of that once, I’m not looking forward to a return of double-digit inflation, unemployment and interest rates, impeachment hearings, and 21st century equivalents of bugging out of Vietnam, and the Iranian Hostage Crisis.
AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD:
All Of Nation’s Technology Fails After One Asian Guy Fired https://t.co/pfnD3L3c1A
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) November 14, 2026
THE GERMANS CALL IT A FARTWALK: I Walked After Every Meal for Two Months, and My Digestion Has Been Changed Forever.
LOST IN A GALLUP:
There were, collectively, some striking #poll misses in 2026 midterms, including:
· Texas Senate: off by 9.5 points
· Texas Governor: off by 9.4 points (pointed to wrong winner)
· Georgia Senate: off by 9.4 points
· North Carolina Senate: off by 8.7 points
· Georgia Governor:…— W. Joseph Campbell (@wjosephcampbell) November 14, 2026
(Classical reference in headline.)
IT’S BEEN A HECK OF A WEEK, HASN’T IT? Memes of the Apocalypse.
