August 3, 2026

COMMUNITY NOTES FOR THE WIN:

If you’re on mobile — or like me, you sometimes forget your reading glasses — the Note reads, “The monument in this image is located in Zanzibar and depicts one of the country’s last slave markets, which was run by the Arabs and closed by the British in 1873.”

Posted at 2:28 pm by Stephen Green

AIR CONDITIONING FOR EVERYONE! German official calls for national heat action plan for 2027. Haha, just kidding. They seem more concerned with “tackling climate change,” which no doubt means further carbon emission reductions that will be a pimple on the ass of China’s increased emissions.

Posted at 2:00 pm by Glenn Reynolds

SUICIDAL EMPATHY: Taxpayer-Funded Islamic Commission Raises ‘Preferential Treatment’ Concerns.

Massachusetts lawmakers are taking steps toward using taxpayer dollars to prioritize the hiring of American Muslims for state government positions through a permanent so-called Islamic commission, sparking concerns that the Left is prioritizing a religion that contradicts its own political agenda.

If enacted, Bill S.2134, “An Act promoting the civil rights and inclusion of American Muslims in the commonwealth,” would create a “permanent” commission to help recommend Americans who practice Islam for appointed government positions in the New England state.

The commission, as stated in the bill, would consist of a panel of 11 Muslims appointed by Democrat Gov. Maura Healey and other state officials to represent the Islamic faith on issues such as business, the economy, health care, and other concerns.

It’s exactly the sort of move you’d expect from a collaborationist government.

Posted at 1:44 pm by Stephen Green

WHAT CLIMATE CRISIS?

Posted at 1:33 pm by Stephen Green

MILE MARKERS ON THE ROAD TO DETROIT: Longtime Bay Area tech conference is leaving San Francisco after a 50-year run.

One of the technology industry’s longest-running conferences is leaving San Francisco for Phoenix, a setback for a city that has promoted the return of conventions and visitors as evidence of its downtown recovery.

Semicon West, a major gathering for the global semiconductor industry, will make Phoenix its long-term home beginning in 2027, the trade association behind the event announced Thursday.

The conference will hold its final scheduled San Francisco edition on Oct. 13-15 at Moscone Center before moving to the Phoenix Convention Center for an event next spring. Conferences are also scheduled in Phoenix in 2028 and 2029.

The decision reverses an earlier plan to rotate the conference between the two cities and ends Semicon West’s more than 50-year association with the Bay Area.

Its departure comes as San Francisco seeks to rebuild a convention and tourism industry battered by the pandemic, remote work and the prolonged decline of its downtown business district.

Gooder and harder, San Fran.

Posted at 1:22 pm by Ed Driscoll

HOW IT STARTED: Rosie O’Donnell Confirms Move to Ireland, Will Return to U.S. ‘When It’s Safe for All Citizens to Have Equal Rights.’

—People Magazine, March 11, 2025.

How it’s going: Rosie O’Donnell confirms Season 30 return to The View.  

Rosie O’Donnell will be back on “The View” for Season 30.

The former co-host confirmed her return on Monday’s episode of the “Tangle With Kyle Ridley” podcast, saying she will take part in the show’s 30th-anniversary special.

The 64-year-old plans to take part “in whatever way they want” her “just as a guest.”

She added, “They’re bringing back all the hosts, I think. And, you know, I’m pretty proud of that show, what it’s become and how it really speaks to the people and to politics.”

O’Donnell, notably, co-hosted the ABC talk show for Seasons 10 and 18.

In addition to an infamous on-air spat with colleague Elisabeth Hasselbeck that led to her initial 2007 exit, the comedian had a “tense” dynamic with Whoopi Goldberg before her 2015 departure.

“I admired Whoopi, wanted to be on her team, had respect for her and I expected we would be like Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan passing the ball back and forth, shooting and leading the team to victory,” she recalled on Monday. “And that’s not exactly what happened.”

I’m looking forward this ABC News program returning to engaging in such intellectually stimulating conversations as fire not being able to melt steel and that the Holocaust “wasn’t originally about race.”

Posted at 12:30 pm by Ed Driscoll

CLAY TRAVIS DOUBLES DOWN:

More just a few items down.

Posted at 12:26 pm by Stephen Green

I LOVE THIS:

There’s no way they will accept, of course, which tells you all you need to know.

Posted at 12:13 pm by Glenn Reynolds

FAREWELL: US Navy retires first Ohio-class missile submarine USS Georgia and deepens massive cruise missile gap.

On July 27, 2026, the U.S. Navy guided-missile submarine USS Georgia (SSGN-729) returned to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia, to begin its official inactivation process after 42 years of active service. The arrival marks the beginning of the phased retirement of all four Ohio-class SSGN conversions, which will remove the largest single concentration of conventionally armed undersea missile payload from the active fleet. This operational drawdown precedes the full fielding of Virginia-class Block V submarines equipped with the Virginia Payload Module, creating an interim undersea strike capacity reduction for the U.S. Navy.

The four converted Ohio-class SSGNs provided the U.S. Navy with a collective theoretical capacity of 616 BGM-109 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles and dedicated facilities for up to 264 special operations personnel. Following USS Georgia’s retirement, starting on July 31, 2026, the subsequent inactivations of USS Ohio, USS Florida, and USS Michigan through FY2029 will require 22 Virginia Payload Module-equipped attack submarines to fully restore the lost vertical launch cell count.

We need more subs, destroyers, cruisers… well, more everything but admirals.

Posted at 11:40 am by Stephen Green

JUSTICE FOR FAUCI: Sooner or later, there will be an accounting and accountability, as World Tribune’s Christine Dolan explains. The many vaccine-injured to whom Fauci refuses to apologize will not be denied. And if you need more info on the vaccine-injured, Dolan provides it here.

 

Posted at 11:14 am by Mark Tapscott