August 26, 2026

NICE SAVE:

A floating treasure-trove of data.

Posted at 5:36 pm by Stephen Green

TESTED: Tested! The Tesla Model Y Offers Swift 0–60 MPH Speed, but Is It Fun? “The Model Y also has some of the least helpful door handles on the market. No proximity sensor senses your approach and pokes out the thin handle to make entering easier, like the Ioniq 5. Normal door handles may cost a bit in aerodynamic efficiency and don’t look futuristic, but they’re way easier to live with.”

A lot of cars have this problem. Bring back traditional handles.

Posted at 5:00 pm by Glenn Reynolds

THAT SEEMS ABOUT RIGHT:

Posted at 4:34 pm by Stephen Green

DEFLECTION, PRO-LEVEL:

Posted at 4:05 pm by Stephen Green

A WORTHY CAUSE REQUEST FROM LAUGHING WOLF: HTA, Travel Request. “I hate to ask, but I was just asked to attend Bill’s Celebration Of Life. I don’t have the funds, and it looks like a round-trip airfare and two nights in a hotel. If you can, please do hit the tip jar in the upper right, and anything not used for this goes to my seminary tuition and books. If I can’t go, I can either refund or put it towards seminary tuition and books. Thanks.”

Background here.

Posted at 3:02 pm by Stephen Green

AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD:

Posted at 2:35 pm by Ed Driscoll

THE GAME IS RIGGED:

Posted at 2:32 pm by Stephen Green

AMERICAN MEDINAS: Turning US Cities Into ‘Beachheads’ for Islam.

In June 2023, Paterson [NJ] Mayor Andre Sayegh signed a sister city agreement with the mayor of Ramallah, a city in the West Bank and the seat of power of the Palestinian Authority, which officially celebrates the killing of Israelis. And last year during a ceremony kicking off Ramadan, he declared his city the “capital of Palestine in the United States of America” and the “fourth-holiest city” in Islam. “We are 100% halal!” Sayegh gushed, meaning pure and lawful under Islam. The mayor even agreed to hang a sign at the city entrance that reads: “Welcome to Little Palestine.”

Paterson is just one of several American cities – which also includes Hamtramck and Dearborn in Michigan – now controlled by Muslims; followers of Islam also exert outsized influence in some larger cities such as Minneapolis and New York.

To varying degrees, the actions of Muslims in these communities echo those of immigrant groups who came before them – creating thriving communities that can feel more foreign than American, supporting one another to gain office and influence, renaming streets after their own heroes, giving recognition to their own holidays. But critics warn that communities such as Paterson also reflect the different challenges posed by Islam, which is now the nation’s fastest-growing religion.

As is also the case in Western Europe, assimilation is demonstrably rare in U.S. municipalities with heavy concentrations of Muslim migrants. In these areas, large influxes of Muslims from abroad have changed not only the complexion, culture, values and traditions of cities, but also the demographic makeup of city councils, school boards, police departments and courts. Muslim officials, in turn, have changed laws or how existing laws are enforced to conform to the tenets of Islam – an unwelcome trend for many non-Muslims and particularly Jews threatened by their militantly anti-Israel rhetoric and positions.

“Our number one and top priority is to protect and defend our community, it is not to assimilate,” asserted Linda Sarsour, a renowned Palestinian activist who lives in the Paterson area and has helped transform the city.

Read the whole thing.

Posted at 1:22 pm by Ed Driscoll

DON’T LEAVE OUT THEIR RINO ENABLERS:

If the GOP loses the Senate in November, it will be in no small part because just enough members cling to the 20% of the 80/20 SAVE America Act.

Posted at 12:59 pm by Stephen Green