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April 18, 2026
A LOT OF OLD CASES ARE FALLING APART:
The Proud Boys just went around beating up violent communist terrorists.
That’s it. They just beat up communist domestic terrorists.
And that made them public enemy number one, because Antifa’s whole organizing strategy fails if CIVILIANS bash them up instead of police. https://t.co/pDvcw6PnCS
— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) April 18, 2026
IT’S A CLOWN SHOW WITH THE IRGC, THOUGH A DEADLY ONE:
The Indian tanker captain in the Strait of Hormuz explodes in anger over the radio, confronting the Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats:
“You gave me clearance to pass!
My name is listed as number 2 in your papers!
Now you’re firing on me?!
Give me a chance to turn around and go… pic.twitter.com/hASNAxvFUM— سيف الدرعي| Saif alderei (@saif_aldareei) April 18, 2026
I HAVE TO PEE. Why You Keep Waking Up at 3 am According to Sleep Science.
A VERY NICE REVIEW OF RANDY BARNETT’S MEMOIR, FELONY REVIEW: TALES OF TRUE CRIME AND CORRUPTION IN CHICAGO.
It’s a great story. I read the book, liked it, and gave it a blurb, which you can read at the link.
SEEMS LIKE IT WAS OVERSOLD: Largest-Ever Study Finds Medicinal Cannabis Ineffective for Anxiety, Depression, PTSD.
TRIM YOUR NAILS: Ergonomic Long Handle Toenail Clippers with Catcher. #CommissionEarned
LEFTY LOVE BOAT: Greta Thunberg’s freedom flotilla rocked by sexual misconduct allegations.
They’re going to need a bigger boat!
Greta Thunberg’s freedom flotilla, which set sail from Barcelona Sunday for another anti-Israel voyage to Gaza, has been rocked by scandal after one of its woke leaders was accused of “sexual misconduct” with at least three volunteers.
“A senior leader within the flotilla — a member of the steering committee, the highest governing body of the organization — engaged in sexual relations with multiple activists while on the boat heading to Gaza. Not one person. Not two. Three different individuals,” claimed Palestinian group Heart of Falastin in a social media post earlier this week.
“To do it on the boat, while heading to a nation undergoing genocide, with volunteers who are under your authority . . . is a clear violation of ethics and power.”
One Brazilian group named the alleged horndog as activist Thiago Avila.
“On a ship carrying humanitarian aid, a Brazilian shows up with his d–k swinging and the only thing he manages to do is f–k and get arrested,” Anti Esquerda Esquerda Club, a group that describes itself as criticizing the left from the left, wrote on X Tuesday, pointing the finger at Avila — and referring to the Israeli Navy intercepting the flotilla and taking activists into custody.
It’s a shame that Saturday Night Live is no longer a comedy/satire show — a parody of the Love Boat with Greta Thunberg as “your cruise director,” alongside extras shouting “death to America” would be loads of fun.
MERCEDES GLS actually going off road.
HE HAD A PEN AND A PHONE:
This is an odd way of saying, “How the Obama administration gamed the appeals process to enact costly and illegal regulations on the energy sector.” https://t.co/OAE5Ug1pTw
— Conn Carroll (@conncarroll) April 18, 2026
THORNE Creatine – Micronized Creatine Monohydrate Powder. #CommissionEarned
RUNNING UNOPPOSED:
The judge who kept a criminal on the street — until he killed 26-year-old UT engineering grad Larissa Herold — was accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old Brazilian foreign exchange student living in her home.
In 2006, Chantal Eldridge gave the student alcohol and asked… https://t.co/JzJA02SEWM pic.twitter.com/Nl4qYvjSKv
— Austin Justice (@AustinJustice) April 18, 2026
SOUNDS LIKE A BILL OF ATTAINDER: Why California’s ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’ Should Worry Gun Owners. Also an absurd First Amendment violation.
CLEAN YOUR HOUSE: roborock Qrevo CurvX Robot Vacuum and Mop. #CommissionEarned
FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION REQUIRES A FRIENDLY HEGEMON:
— David J Manley (@DavidJManley3) April 18, 2026
The world would be a much different — and much poorer — place today if it weren’t the the US Navy and, before it, the Royal Navy.
SO, WE SHOULD HAVE A FORMAL DEFENSE TREATY WITH ISRAEL AND STATION THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS THERE: The latest meme among Democrats (and some Republicans) is that we should treat Israel “like every other ally,” i.e., no military aid. I think US aid to Israel is a mixed blessing for both countries, but I want to focus here on the underlying dishonesty. Yes, Israel officially gets “foreign military aid” and the others don’t. But that’s an artifact of budget shenanigans, in particular Democrats historically insisting that our military relationship with Israel be put in the foreign aid budget to help get the rest of the (unpopular) foreign aid budget passed. But the US provides massive in-kind subsidies to our other allies in the form of US soldiers stationed there and mutual defense pacts, allowing countries like Canada to freeload off US defense. And then they won’t even let the US use their bases when needed.
