June 15, 2026

I’M EXPECTING AN EARTH-SHATTERING… NOPE, NEVER MIND: NASA X-59 Flies At Mach 1.4 ‘Mission Conditions.’ “The latest flight, the 19th for the Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works-built aircraft since it took to the air for the first time on Oct. 28, marks a key milestone for the program as it works through the initial phase of envelope expansion flight testing. The aircraft is next due to begin an acoustic validation phase to confirm its slender shape and long nose work as designed to produce a low intensity, sine-wave-shaped sonic boom.”

Posted at 12:42 pm by Stephen Green

YOU WILL BE MADE TO CARE: On Pride Night, some Giants add reference to Bible verse to hat.

On Pride Night at Oracle Park, with the San Francisco Giants wearing special edition hats to represent the LGBTQ+ community, multiple players wrote Bible verses next to the team’s rainbow logo, while one chose to forgo wearing the cap entirely.

Starting pitcher Landen Roupp and reliever JT Brubaker wrote the Bible verse Genesis 9:12-16 on the caps they wore Friday night, the same passage that has been displayed by other players on their Pride Night hats during games.

“Kind of what the verse says, the rainbow is a symbol of God’s covenant to us and us as believers stand firm in that,” Roupp said.

Former Giants shortstop Nick Ahmed wrote the verse on his hat in 2024, while retired Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw inscribed the same verse on his hat last year.

On Friday, reliever Sam Hentges opted out of wearing the pride hat, instead donning San Francisco’s usual black and orange cap.

You don’t want to wear the ribbon? You must wear the ribbon!

UPDATE:

Posted at 12:30 pm by Ed Driscoll

LEFTIST TEARS:

Well, suck it, lefties.

He’s right about the US left having zero brain power, though, I gotta give him that.

UPDATE: Take the W, people.

Posted at 12:02 pm by Glenn Reynolds

OLD AND BUSTED: The Roku Box.

The New Hotness? The Roku-Fox: Fox to buy streaming pioneer Roku in a $22 billion deal.

Fox Corp. has agreed to buy the streaming pioneer Roku in a cash-and-stock deal valued at approximately $22 billion, including debt.

Roku will continue to be run as an open, partner-friendly platform, the companies said Monday, and there appears to be no immediate changes that customers will see. Fox and Roku said that the combined company will become the third-largest player in U.S. television by share of viewing.

Media reports had surfaced on Friday that Roku was looking at its strategic options, including a possible sale. Speculation was rampant as to which companies might be interested in an acquisition. Aside from Fox, names being tossed about as potential buyers included Netflix, Amazon, Comcast and Disney.

The deal will give Fox access to more than 100 million global households, along with the Roku channel and its first-party data. Fox oversees a massive sports, news and entertainment network, as well as Tubi, which it acquired in 2020.

Roku founder Anthony Wood had initially worked within Netflix in the early 2000s as that company attempted to make the seismic shift from renting DVDs, to streaming.

While technologically inevitable, that’s worked out about as well for Hollywood as the death of CDs did for the music industry: The death of DVDs and how it has damaged Hollywood.

Posted at 12:00 pm by Ed Driscoll

IT SHOULDN’T BE DIFFICULT TO SAY, “I’M AGAINST GIRLS GETTING RAPED”:

Posted at 11:55 am by Stephen Green

THANKS, FELLAS: IDF says it killed Hezbollah commander tied to 2007 murder of US soldiers.

The IDF said Sunday that it killed senior Hezbollah commander Ali Musa Daqduq in a precise strike south of the Litani River in southern Lebanon over the weekend.

According to the military, Daqduq was a senior Hezbollah commander and a veteran source of operational knowledge within the terrorist organization, having held a series of senior posts over the years.

The IDF said that in recent years, Daqduq played a central role in advancing terrorist attacks and combat operations against Israel and IDF soldiers, including operational planning along the Lebanon border.

Israel can’t afford to slack off against Hezbollah now.

Posted at 11:40 am by Stephen Green

PARTY OF YOUTH UPDATE:

I’m so old, I still remember when Bette could carry a tune — even a good one.

Posted at 10:53 am by Stephen Green

WELL, THIS IS THE 21st CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Coming Soon: Humanity’s First Outpost in Deep Space.

What once seemed like science fiction is now within reach, as NASA looks to establish an enduring human presence on the Moon in the next decade.

NASA’s Moon Base is on track to become the first permanent human settlement in the solar system by the early 2030s.

“This will be humanity’s first outpost in deep space,” Carlos García-Galán, program executive of Moon Base, told National Review. “It is a huge step forward in our capabilities to live and work and basically be able to push the boundaries in space.”

Located 238,855 miles from Earth, Moon Base will serve as a center for scientific research and technological development. The mission’s initial all-robot crew could launch as soon as fall 2026.

García-Galán sees the base as a critical step toward developing the technology required for missions to other planets, notably to Mars.

“I’ve helped build the Space Station. I’ve helped design the Orion spacecraft,” he said. “But this will take us to the next level.”

NASA’s plans for Moon Base were first announced on March 24, presented as an effort to establish the country’s leadership in space and pursue President Trump’s National Space Policy. In his December 18, 2025 executive order, the president said that taking the lead in space exploration was a vital symbol of “national vision and willpower” and a way to better promote America’s security and longevity. A lunar outpost was the top objective listed in the order.

The Moon Base mission focuses specifically on the South Pole of the moon because it is best for NASA’s specific scientific objectives. Beyond simply illustrating American achievement, these goals include testing advanced space exploration technologies, working with unique natural resources, establishing a center for scientific research, creating a permanent location for human settlement, and preparing to send a crew to Mars.

This is much more like the 21st century I was promised as a kid. Speaking of which, whatever you do, don’t put Martin Landau in charge of the base, if you want to keep it around:

Posted at 10:45 am by Ed Driscoll

THE COPE MUST HURT:

And all the way down at #34: “Do I need to go on? There are about 100 more domestic policy issues I could list…”

Posted at 10:23 am by Stephen Green

USA! USA! USA!

Canada certainly doesn’t: Snowbirds aerobatic team grounded until early 2030s while new planes purchased.

Posted at 10:22 am by Ed Driscoll

THE LEFT WANTS HIM DEAD, AND THEY AREN’T SHY ABOUT TELLING EVERY TRIGGER-ABLE NUTCASE OUT THERE:

UPDATE (FROM GLENN): Then there’s the once-apparently-sane Ken White:

Posted at 10:14 am by Stephen Green

METAPHOR ALERT: Obama Presidential Center’s $470M safety net under scrutiny as subcontractors say they’re owed millions.

Concern is mounting that taxpayers could be left holding the bag if the Obama Presidential Center runs into financial trouble, as the foundation behind it has yet to establish a promised $470 million safety net to guard against a public bailout.

The scrutiny comes as a Fox News Digital investigation found multiple contractors and subcontractors claiming losses ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars to millions on the project, with some alleging they remain locked in payment disputes and face financial ruin just days before the center’s grand opening.

Under its agreement with the city, the Obama Foundation pledged to create the fund, known as an endowment, as part of its 99-year deal to take control of the publicly owned 19.3-acre section of Jackson Park for a one-time payment of just $10.

Fox News Digital previously reported that the foundation had deposited just $1 million into the reserve fund in 2021 and that the balance remained largely unchanged in its most recent publicly available filings.

Exit quote: “Grogan said reports that contractors remain unpaid only reinforce the need for closer scrutiny and called for an investigation if allegations that subcontractors were left holding the bag prove accurate.”

Posted at 9:36 am by Stephen Green

DISPATCHES FROM AIRSTRIP ONE:

Posted at 9:20 am by Stephen Green

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: Sane People Aren’t Triggered by Elon Musk’s Wealth. “Their hatred isn’t distributed evenly among the super-rich, of course. No one in the Democratic Party is upset with George Soros, for example. We don’t hear many complaints about Bill Gates from them either. It’s more than Musk’s money that sends them spiraling though. They’re harboring a lot of resentment because Musk broke the stranglehold they had on the social media false narrative machine when he purchased Twitter. His work with DOGE at the beginning of President Trump’s current term was a direct attack on their god: the federal government.”

Posted at 9:05 am by Stephen Green