FROM TIMOTHY WITCHAZEL:  Noah and the Great Flood: A Poem in Alliterative Verse.

From author and poet Timothy V. Witchazel comes a retelling of the story of Noah and the Ark in the alliterative verse, the style of poetry used in Beowulf, Piers Plowman, and other Anglo-Saxon works.

MATT TAIBBI: Kudos to the New York Times: Credit where credit is due. “Jeffrey Epstein signed a non-prosecution agreement on September 24, 2007, pleading guilty to two charges. The first was for solicitation of a 19-year-old. The second, for “solicitation of minors to engage of prostitution,” involved a 17-year-old. He was never convicted of anything involving a 14-year-old. I wrote to reporter Debra Kamin, who helped restore my faith in journalism today by replying.”

The bar is low now.

THIS IS NOT QUITE THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY I WAS PROMISED, BUT IT IS GETTING CLOSER:  Academia makes its first comprehensive attempt to plan science missions to Mars using Starship.

ASSUME THAT YOU ARE. FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WANT:  How can you tell if you’re being manipulated?

HE’S NOT YET TAKEN OFFICE AND ALREADY HE’S UNIFYING US!: … Against him.  Mamdani’s DSA Comrade Calla Walsh Is Back and Calling for the Dismantling of the United States.

WELL, WE ALL KNOW WHAT TIM WALZ IS:  Tim Walz Gets Testy With a Reporter Who Asked About Jailing Fraudsters.

MANY SUCH CASES:  Nick Fuentes Seems Popular—Until You See Where His Clicks Come From.

SUBSTACK? YOU’RE NOT ENDEARING YOURSELF TO A LARGE SET OF YOUR READERS:   Substack is doing the Brit boot-licking thing?

Could you please remember you’re Americans.

QUELLE SURPRISE!  The Somali Grift Isn’t Just for Minnesota Anymore.

KEEP YOUR CLOTHES AND WEAPONS WHERE YOU CAN FIND THEM IN THE DARK:  A Holiday Warning. Troubling Clouds…

KANSAS? REALLY?  K-State textbook appears to violate the state’s DEI ban in higher education.

IN ADDITION TO IMMIGRATION FRAUD? NIIIIICE!  WHEN DO WE SEND HER BACK?   Did Ilhan Omar Rake in More Campaign Cash From More ‘Feeding Our Future’ Scandal Fraudsters Than Has Been Reported? Campaign finance records indicate “Yes.” And there’s more to investigate regarding her nexus to the scandal.

WAIT? THIS STORY IS TRUE?   Navy pilot who took out 4 Soviet jets in covered-up mission may get Medal of Honor. After-action inspections found 263 bullet holes in his F9F-5 Panther.

IT’S AN AVERSION RITUAL FOR THEIR OWN SIDE: they’re trying to turn away thinking:  The “Racism” Invective: How the Left’s Mindset Works.

GOOD:  Israel Hits Hezbollah-Radwan Force’s Terrorist Training Camp, Other Targets in South Lebanon.

PINCHES BRIDGE OF NOSE BETWEEN THUMB AND FOREFINGER. INCLINES HEAD: In what universe did these idiots think doing this was all right? What was it even supposed to symbolize? “Fraud, yay?” Guys I think at this point the lefty crazies aren’t even thinking. They’re just going on limbic activity. Faced with any stimulus, they choose the response that their deranged idea of the world tells them will upset the right. And never seem to realize what they’re doing is utterly stupid:  Vermont School District Faces Backlash After Raising Somali Flag.

NOTHING NEW HERE, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE SAID EVERY SO OFTEN:  Bring them Down as Soon as Possible.

THE TOLL OF BIDEN’S OPEN BORDER WAS WORSE THAN YOU THINK. PERHAPS WORSE THAN YOU CAN THINK:  Trump Administration Rescued Over 62,000 Migrant Children From Human Trafficking.

OPEN THREAD: Tuesday’s Groovy.

THE LONELY LIVES OF SCIENTISTS: Scientists sent a menstrual cup to space. This is how it went.

OUT TODAY: Kurt Schlichter’s latest Kelly Turnbull novel, Panama Red.

HARD TIMES FOR THE NARRATIVE:

Turning: New Trump Approval polling
Harvard Harris +5
Daily Mail +2
Rasmussen +1
Economist YouGov +1
RCP Aggregate +1.4 Disapproval drops 3

— @SHEPMJS (@shepmjs) December 9, 2025

Down again, going down every day:

AAA: National average gas prices
Current Avg. $2.945
Week Ago Avg.$2.998
Highest $5.0166 14/22

— @SHEPMJS (@shepmjs) December 9, 2025

This is the point I have been making and many are glossing over.

The work Trump is doing internationally is boosting wealth and prosperity domestically.

People will fully realize this in 2026. https://t.co/RYjdvKSm9e

— The Reckoning 💥 (@sethjlevy) December 9, 2025

SCIENCE: Study Reveals Surprisingly Obvious Reason Why Exercise Reduces Cancer Risk.

SEEMS LIKE IT’S THE JUDGES WHO SHOULD BE TAKING THE HEAT: Congressman Ogles Taking Heat for Criticizing Judges Who Repeatedly Released Dangerous Somalian Man. Shades of Tim Walz, the judges are now saying his criticism is “putting them at risk.”

EVERYTHING I DON’T APPROVE OF IS GENOCIDE: Members of a right-wing Israeli party wore pins shaped like nooses to advocate the death penalty for terrorists convicted of murder. Naturally, this is genocide.