SPEAKING TO HER HUSBAND IS AN HAZARDOUS OCCUPATION*:  The Charon 2.0. Technology comes to the River Styx, and not everyone’s happy about it (*Grumbles in “Made the mistake ended up writing Deep Pink.”-SAH)

REMINDER:

It’s not hypocrisy, it’s hierarchy. Spoiled rich kids become socialists because they hate themselves for not being as successful and worthy as their parents, so they seize the power they couldn’t obtain. It’s all just self-loathing being projected onto society. Scammers. https://t.co/yerbnboh6s

— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) August 21, 2026

IF YOU’RE CONTEMPLATING A CROSSCULTURAL MARRIAGE, READ THIS:  Cross Culture.

And for the record, my husband waited till the kids were adults, and then got them to join him in the revolution of “No more bacalhau for Christmas eve.” Sigh.

HEED THE SPEAKER TO ODDS:  Many people think social rituals are pointless and seem proud that they’ve discovered that small talk and other courtesies are inane. This feels particularly strange to me because many of the same people understand concepts like control channels for data, metadata, and headers. How can you not see that human communication also needs similar framing? Small talk is a negotiation protocol. If it bores you, imagine a modem noise. You can’t send the packets until you’ve established a channel that decodes them properly.

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ARE CNN HOSTS ALLOWED TO SAY THAT?  CNN Legal Analyst: Anyone Who Cheered Trump’s Hush Money Prosecution Has Nothing Left to Stand On.

VOTER FRAUD? SHE’S NOT INTERESTED IN BLOCKING VOTER FRAUD!  Lisa Murkowski Was Not Amused by James O’Keefe’s Latest Video.

GOOD:  Trump Cyber Strategy Taps Private Firms to Fight Foreign Hackers.

CALIFORNIA NO LONGER CARES ABOUT CALIFORNIANS:  A Suspected Arsonist, a Wildfire, and California’s Failure to Protect the Public.

SURE, BUT ONE STILL MUST ASK “STUPIDITY OR MALICE?”:  More evidence that Washington State is encouraging forest fires, rather than preventing them.

And “Yes” might be a sufficient answer.

JUST DON’T:  Don’t go to John Oliver for news.

IT’S NOT GENOCIDE:  There Is No Genocide in Honduras. And more importantly, no one is arguing about it.

ANOTHER GRANDSTANDING DEMOCRAT PRIORITIZING INVADERS OVER AMERICANS AND BREAKING HER WORD:  Prior to the visit, the Congresswoman signed ICE’s Facility Visitation Agreement form, indicating she would abide by all processes and policies governing personal conduct at ICE facilities. One of these policies is that meetings with detainees must be scheduled in advance, both for the privacy of detainees and the safety of visitors.

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OKAY, BUT IF THEY MAKE PEANUT BUTTER TASTE FUNNY, MY HUSBAND WILL HAVE WORDS:  New hypoallergenic peanuts could bring the salty snacks back to airplanes and school cafeterias.

TENSIONS ESCALATE:  Russia Conducts Missile Test Off Japan-claimed Islands.

1984 WAS NOT A HOW TO BOOK, YOU ABSOLUTE RADISHES:  UK introduces ‘Catch and Release’ for wrongthink. The UK plod are still acting as thought police, but leaving no paper trail.

THE PROBLEM IS GASOLINE TAXES. NEVADA GETS GAS FROM CALIFORNIA, NO PIPELINE DIRECT:  INTRODUCING FUC-EES I have a business plan and I would like investors. Six locations. Every one sits four hundred yards past the California state line on Interstate 15, Interstate 40, Interstate 10, Interstate 8 and Interstate 80. Arizona and Nevada. You will see the sign before you see the border.

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OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

WE’VE KNOWN THIS FOR DECADES: Microbes from Earth may survive on the moon, scientists find.

THEY’RE ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: Scientists Discover a New Organ Hiding in The Skull.

THE E.U.’S MAIN FUNCTION IS TO ENABLE AND DEFEND ESTABLISHMENT WRONGDOING: Arday Affair Erupts Into U.S.-Belgium Diplomatic Dispute.

It’s a big deal that the U.S. is objecting:

This may seem like small ball but you need to grasp what a seismic shift this is

No previous GOP administration would have ever touched Cofnas with a ten foot poll but the Trump admin is offering a full throated defense in the name of free speech

In politics this is a pitch you… https://t.co/Iq0jpiA4sq

— Auron MacIntyre (@AuronMacintyre) August 21, 2026

MICROBIOME NEWS: This Natural Gut Compound Could Point to Better Treatments for IBD.

CRAZY WHITE LIBERAL WOMEN ARE A TOXIN TO SOCIETY: White, liberal female Lindsay Clancy supporters are proving why men are right to want to remain single.

READER FAVORITE: ForestLeaf Berberine Supplement. #CommissionEarned

HMM: Internet-based treatment for young people with depression outperforms usual care, trial finds.

DEM VOTER REGISTRATIONS DECLINING: From the “Maybe There Is Justice” file – Democratic voter registration is down in 93 percent of the 1,400+ counties in states that allow partisan filings, even as the GOP’s are up in 77 percent of them. And in several states, Colorado most notably, the Independent/Minor Party line is now bigger than either of the two major parties.