FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE REASON WAS ALWAYS OBVIOUS:  Isn’t It Time to Gut the 26th Amendment? (The Marxist Undertones of “Old Enough to Fight, Old Enough to Vote” Exposed).

OH, HAY, THERE’S MY SHOCKED FACE AGAIN:  BOMBSHELL:  Undercover Video Shows Non-U.S. Citizens from Iran Allowed to Vote in Michigan Primary Without ID.

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THE SLOW COLLAPSE OF THE RULE OF LAW IN BLUE TOWNS AND CITIES:  On becoming Karen, destroyer of worlds. I left a polite note on the windshield of a vehicle stored illegally in front of my home. Then the police came—to my door.

IT’S BEEN LIKE THAT FOR AT LEAST FIFTEEN YEARS, WHEN KIDS WERE TEENS:  Teenagers are shooting out over 50 applications and getting ghosted even for volunteer jobs: ‘I’ll take anything at this point’.

IDEAS YOU CAN USE:  Larry Correia’s A to Z Guide to Anti-Gun Vulture Talking Points.

WE’RE LIVING IN AN ABSURDIST PLAY:  Illegal alien students demand U. California system comply with court ruling, hire them for campus jobs.

WHAT A LONG, STRANGE TRIP IT’S BEEN: Thoughts on the 25th Anniversary of InstaPundit.

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OPEN THREAD: Ring out the weekend.

21ST CENTURY HEADLINES: How AI is changing spacecraft and satellite operations.

SCIENCE: ‘Exceeded Our Expectations’: One Antioxidant Could Be Key to Keeping Aging Muscles Strong.

PROBABLY GOES WITH THE INTERBREEDING: Cave Discovery Suggests Neanderthals and Modern Humans May Have Shared Culture.

BREAKTHROUGH: Omega-3 plus low-dose aspirin produces antibiotic-like results against severe periodontitis.

DOWNFALL:

A Vice-Chancellor reacts to allegations of plagiarism… @NeilThin, @drianpace pic.twitter.com/Gxl2hKzUgS

— Jimmy Jim (@yeatskeats) August 9, 2026

I’m actually surprised it took this long for Hitler to hear the news of Arday.

WELL, ORDINARY CARS ARE SO GOOD NOWADAYS: Nearly 1 in 3 Luxury SUV Buyers Are Switching to Mainstream Brands.

SUNDAY SMILES:

Writing the diary vs hearing back what you wrote in the diary pic.twitter.com/Nj7adbfyrX

— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) July 29, 2026

TREAT YOUR HAIR: Nizoral Anti-Dandruff Shampoo with 1% Ketoconazole. #CommissionEarned

AOC DECLARES MISSION ACCOMPLISHED ON THE GREEN NEW DEAL: AOC starts process of freezing her eggs, hints at 2028 mindset: ‘I think it’s badass.’

The New York City congresswoman noted that she had a scheduled interview Sunday on ABC News’ “This Week” and planned on taking hormonal shots in its waiting room before going on air to discuss politics.

“I want you all to see that. And because women can do anything, and I think it’s badass that I’m going to be giving myself shots in the green room [as I] get my glam on,” she said.

Egg-harvesting allows women to have some of their unfertilized eggs taken from their ovaries when younger and then store them at subzero temperatures till they are ready to have them implanted either in themselves or a surrogate.

The process increases their chances of a successful pregnancy later in life, as women’s egg quality often declines rapidly in their mid-30s.

So in other words, after 2031: AOC: No, Seriously, We Only Have 12 Years Left.

—Jim Treacher, PJ Media, May 29th, 2019.

#JOURNALISM: Journalists Never Seem to Ask Gun-Grabbers Why Their Predictions of Blood and Death Never Come True.

POSTMODERN FEMINISM IS JUST MARXIST GRIEVANCE CULTURE:

Modern feminism can't agree on what a woman is. It's defended violent male predators in women's prisons and stayed silent on UK rape gangs to avoid being called racist.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali: "I will always defend the rights of women—and therefore I cannot call myself a feminist."

By… pic.twitter.com/nyrtuCroGn

— Restoring the West (@RestoringWest) August 9, 2026

KEEP YOUR MACHINE CLEAN: Affresh Washing Machine Cleaner. #CommissionEarned

THIS SEEMS RIGHT:

The WNBA is what the entire country would be like if run by white liberal women.

— One Bad Dude (@OneBadDude_) August 9, 2026

IMPORTANT NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF SCIENCE: Nursing babies spit backwash into the breast—and that’s a good thing.

A PROFESSOR INVESTIGATED FOR SAYING “WORD SALAD” Hofstra investigated a professor over a phrase that belongs in roughly every faculty meeting in America. When ordinary criticism can trigger a harassment process, the policy has become the problem. More in this week’s Free Speech Update.

STEADY WORK: SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites to orbit from California.

MAKING YOUR LIFE WORSE IS THEIR CHIEF GOAL: California’s smart inverter push prompts fears home backup could be sidelined when blackouts hit. “Under these newer requirements, inverters are built to help stabilize voltage and frequency and to adjust their output automatically as solar production rises and falls. Comparable concepts are appearing in the national IEEE 1547 standard from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and in interconnection rules adopted in other states. If approved-equipment lists increasingly favor grid-focused designs over older inverters built for backup or off-grid use, households may have a harder time replacing the systems they depend. This can affect refrigerators, medical devices, and internet service during outages.”