AUTOPSY OF THE PROGRESSIVE “CONTRIBUTOR COVENANT” WHICH ATTACHED ITSELF TO OPEN SOURCE: The Covenant Years. A structural autopsy, now that the principals have moved on.
September 19, 2026
ANY IDEOLOGY THAT WOULD CONSIDER A COMMUNIST NOBILITY BECAUSE OF HIS BLOODLINE IS ANTI-AMERICAN: Why the “Heritage American” Movement is Harming MAGA.
THE CATGIRL IS RIGHT: America Needs Better Xenophobia.
September 18, 2026
OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.
I BLAME CLIMATE CHANGE: Africa Is Breaking Apart Faster Than We Thought, Forming a New Ocean.
MEN LIKE TEAM SPORTS: Sperm Teamwork Is Far More Common Than Scientists Realized.
THE AVERAGE WOULD BE LOWER IF NOT FOR BLUE STATE PRICES:
Y’all were quiet at $5.02 a gallon and 9.1% inflation. Now gas is $4.06 and inflation is 3.4% and suddenly it’s a crisis. The numbers didn’t change sides. You did. pic.twitter.com/t6GrskAh0B
— Mike Bales 🫡🇺🇸 (@MikeBales) September 18, 2026
HMM: TikTokers are checking for ‘ferritin face.’ Doctors say there’s something to it. “Social media has offered us all plenty of things to be insecure about when it comes to our faces — Instagram face, Ozempic face, cortisol face, runner’s face, pillow face and so on — but with ‘ferritin face,’ there may be something to the trend. The term refers to the appearance of dark circles under the eyes and sallow skin, which could be signs of low ferritin, a blood protein that stores iron. Low ferritin often means there isn’t enough iron in the body and can be a sign of iron deficiency, the most common nutrient deficiency on the planet.”
CHIVALRY WAS A CODE THAT MADE BEHAVIORAL DEMANDS ON WOMEN AS WELL AS MEN:
What, precisely, obligates men to perform physical tasks at the behest of woman in our vicinity?
In turn, what tasks should we expect women to perform for us on our behalf, when we deem it necessary?
— El Jacobo (@eljacoboaqui) September 18, 2026
HMM: Volkswagen Mission Efficiency Concept First Look: The Most Efficient EV Yet. “Efficiency is an unheard of 9 miles per kWh, and with a 54.9-kWh battery, range comes in at 514.5 miles for a battery slightly more than half the size of the EQXX’s and and a zero to 62 mph time of 9 seconds. (Doubling the size of the battery would not necessarily double the range as it would also increase the weight substantially, and likely the size of the vehicle.) Production EVs today struggle to exceed 4 miles per kWh, with EV maker Lucid publicly declaring its goal of a 5-miles-per-kWh production car in the future.”
THEY CONFIRMED THIS AT JURASSIC PARK MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO: Scientists Discover T. Rex Blood Was As Hot As Human Blood, Suggesting They Were Fast-Running Predators.
MARK JUDGE: Jazz Fans Stunned by Cassandra Wilson’s MAGA Views.
Jazz great Cassandra Wilson passed away at 70 recently. Wilson was praised for her voice and talent. John Horhn, mayor of her hometown, Jackson, Mississippi, called her an “extraordinary native daughter.” He said Wilson carried “the sound, spirit and history of Mississippi” everywhere. “With a low and smoky voice,” The New York Times noted, “she brought suave romance to standards from the Great American Songbook, but she also embraced covers of artists including Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Neil Young and the Mississippi bluesman Robert Johnson. She wrote the words and music for original compositions on albums like Blue Light ’Til Dawn (1993) and New Moon Daughter (1995), the second of which received a Grammy for best jazz vocal performance and sold more than 400,000 copies.”
However, a sour note soon entered the chorus. It turns out that Cassandra Wilson had conservative views.
Lefties will tolerate anything but dissenting views.
LIMITED TIME DEAL: Seat Cushion for Tailbone & Sciatica Pain Relief. #CommissionEarned
WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, CONFORMITY IS DIVERSITY:
Princeton is the latest university to achieve academic nirvana: not a single faculty member contributes to a Republican candidate or campaign. Conversely, 98% of political donations went to Democrats or Democrat-affiliated groups…https://t.co/FRLOSWGEHb
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) September 18, 2026
ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Is the ODS-1775 Rifle the Gold Standard of AKs?
HMM: Army has enough drones for each unit, now it needs to train soldiers to use them. “It’s unclear just how many drones the Pentagon has sent directly to Army units, but as of today, the Drone Dominance Leaderboard shows that units have accepted 12,080 drones from Gauntlet 1 of the program. As Breaking Defense previously reported, 11 companies have received deals to provide a total of 24,320 small drones through the first gauntlet.”
Those aren’t even rookie numbers.
I HAD BEEN ASSURED THAT BIOLOGICAL SEX WAS MEANINGLESS AND GENDER WAS JUST A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT:
Different islands. Same conditions.
The men built a camp and got down to the business of survival.
The women built a crisis.
Turns out Mother Nature doesn’t grade on a curve. https://t.co/PYKEI905A6— Texas Darlin' 🎀 (@TexitDarling) September 18, 2026
FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: Sir, Monday Is Not ‘Naked Shopping Day.’ “It’s time for your much-needed break from the serious news, and this week, we’ll learn why they need a ready-to-wear aisle at HomeGoods, how to do the perfect meet-cute at McDonald’s with just the one assault charge, and what’s up with that Golf Digest mugshot from Kansas.”
THIS WEEK’S SKY CANDY (VIP): Restful Sky Candy.
ASKING (AND ANSWERING) THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Is Taking a Waymo or a Cybercab to the Range a Good Idea? “The kneejerk response [to two people being arrested in California for having an AR in a Waymo] — ‘This is the surveillance industrial complex run amok’ — misses that these youths would have had the same result whether it was a human or an AI driving their taxi. Waving a gun around in the back seat of someone else’s car has always been a fast way to get the driver to end the trip.”
REMEMBER THE STAKES…:
Gas can come back down.
A communist government does not.
I’m voting Republican.
— Jack (@jackunheard) September 18, 2026
…If you think gas is expensive, try a nuclear-armed Islamic Republic.
WHERE DID IT COME FROM? Third malaria death in Germany from outbreak tied to Frankfurt airport.
IT’S TIME FOR VICTORIA TAFT’S West Coast, Messed Coast™: That’s the Smell of Corruption at Karen Bass’s LA Homeless Authority. “Your correspondent of the weekly West Coast, Messed Coast™ knows it’s not very nice to take glee in the panic of others, but when it comes to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), ladies and gentlemen, may I please indulge in a little schadenfreude in my cup? Strong and black. No leche.”
