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IGNORE THE NAYSAYERS, FULL SPEED AHEAD:  Do Your Mad Beautiful Thing Anyway.

DEVELOPING: Emergency declared at South Carolina nuclear site after fire erupts at lab.

OPEN THREAD: Hump Day.

SPACEX COULD USE SOME COMPETITION: Cowboy Space raises $275 million to launch AI data centers on brand-new rocket.

21ST CENTURY HEADLINES: Nose Spray Made From Toad Venom Compound Quickly Eases Depression For Weeks in Clinical Trial.

THREE DAYS IS ROOKIE NUMBERS, BUT IT’S TROUBLING THAT GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD ARE ALL DOING THIS AT ONCE:

"Japan's government plans to ask all citizens to stockpile at least three days' worth of food and water in preparation for disasters such as major earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The aim is to encourage households to prepare self-help measures, given the possibility that…

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) October 28, 2026

IGNORE THE NARRATIVE AND JUST DO IT:

This is EXACTLY what I’ve been talking about.

The Dems/MSM are preemptively establishing the narrative that the Trump DOJ/FBI are going to “interfere” in the election.

What they really mean is, they believe Trump is going to hold them accountable and not let them get away with… https://t.co/xJzviS8QB1

— Clandestine (@WarClandestine) October 28, 2026

BUT WOULD YOU WANT TO KNOW IN ADVANCE? A Routine Blood Test Could Predict Dementia Risk 15 Years in Advance.

HE’S NOT BACKING DOWN:

Flávio Bolsonaro’s Statement in English on His Stolen Presidential Victory

I address the Brazilian people and the international community as Brazil’s leader.

First and foremost, I would like to thank President Milei for his courage, sense of justice, and respect for the law,… https://t.co/a1VkZV57od pic.twitter.com/KQK22S6yLK

— Roger Stone (@RogerJStoneJr) October 28, 2026

WATCH YOUR PET: Furbo Mini 360° Pet Camera w/ AI Alerts. #CommissionEarned

WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING? Go Figure: Arrests, Prosecutions and Deportations Fuel Record Drop in Crime.

CHRISTIAN TOTO: Adam Carolla Reveals More Proof of Hollywood Blacklist 2.0.

Adam Carolla isn’t a conservative, per se.

He’s pro choice, pro legal marijuana and you won’t catch him sporting a red MAGA hat.

He’s just not a doctrinaire progressive, and he knows hypocrisy when he sees it. That means he’s watched artists and crew members speak out on the latest political issues, both on camera and behind the scenes.

More importantly, he’s noticed who doesn’t say a syllable.

The silence is… enlightening.

THEY TOLD ME IF TRUMP WERE PRESIDENT WE’D HAVE OPENLY RACIST JUDGES ON THE BENCH. AND THEY WERE RIGHT!

“I think what’s happening here, quite candidly, is you are very intimidated for some reason, Mr. Young, with Black excellence, in light of your White mediocrity. Yeah. Right?,” Brown said, adding that he looked White.

“I’m not White, Your Honor,” the lawyer said. He’s Latino.

— Jacqueline Thomsen (@jacq_thomsen) October 28, 2026

Related: The Bigger Problem With Judge Ada Brown’s Woke Tirade: She Said The Quiet Part Out Loud About “White Saviors.” Many lawyers and judges harbor the “anti-racist” views that Judge Brown spewed, but have the mental faculties to keep it private. “There seems to be something seriously wrong with Judge Brown. Her behavior in court that has been reported in the press is extremely troubling. Her refusal to decide cases seems to be an abdication of her responsibility as a federal judge. And her unwillingness to participate in any disciplinary proceedings suggests something is amiss. I will hold off on opining on these issues in more depth, as I suspect more facts will come out.”

In a sane nation this would lead to impeachment.

But there is some comic relief: “The implication of Young’s defense is that a Latino person cannot be racist against African Americans. That claim is wrong on its face, even under the misguided intersectionality pyramid. The bigger problem is that Young, a lifelong liberal, is unaccustomed to being called a racist.”

THAT CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE HIM:

Is this you @AbdulElSayed in Colombia in 2022? It’s a private retreat including Intuitive Solutions, the fundraising and contracting organization for at least five credibly accused Muslim Brotherhood offshoots and other terror-affiliates. Is that you grinning in a photo with the… pic.twitter.com/ANdQXnxLRh

— Peter Schweizer (@peterschweizer) October 28, 2026

THE MORE THINGS CHANGE… NAH, THEY HAVEN’T CHANGED AT ALL: Dem Candidates Lying to Rural Voters About Gun Control By Pissing On Their Legs and Telling Them It’s Raining.

I PREFER A GENERATOR, BUT THIS IS COOL: Ford Says Its New $30K Fathom EV Truck Will Make Bidirectional Backup Power Cheaper.

TOURISM: Luxury cruise passengers stranded in Cambodia due to soaring fuel costs.

The US-based operator of the Villa Vie Odyssey said it was working with passengers on disembarkation plans and “temporary living arrangements”.

It is unclear how many were on board but the nearly 200m (656ft) vessel can carry up to 650 passengers. It departed Belfast in October 2024 for a “continuous voyage around the world”.

Global fuel prices have soared since the Iran war started earlier this year. The ship’s operator said the monthly fuel cost per cabin in parts of Asia has risen to as much as $8,000 (£6,000) from $1,800.

Ouch.

DEVELOPING…

Relativity Space has kept quiet since the takeover by @ericschmidt, but I'm continuing to hear anecdotal, but good things about their progress. A viable Terran R solves a lot of problems for the US commercial space industry.

— Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) October 27, 2026

Slowly — and too quietly for the rocket-curious — but still developing.

ICYMI: How to Fight Back in the Surveillance Pricing Wars With This 1 Weird Trick.

GREAT FOR SENSITIVE SKIN: all free clear Laundry Detergent Pacs for Sensitive Skin. #CommissionEarned

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Your Defensive Gun Use Preparation Starts. . . Now.

HMM: How California Voters Could Surprise the Machine.

“Two measures—Proposition 41, the Prohibit Excluding New State Taxes from Spending Limit and Require Special Tax Audits Initiative and Proposition 42, the Prohibit New Taxes on Retirement Holdings, Personal Assets, and Savings Initiative—are also on the November 3 ballot in California and contain competing measure provisions that would nullify Proposition 40 [the wealth tax] if all the measures are approved, but Propositions 41 and 42 receive more votes than Proposition 40.”

And then there is Prop. 43, a citizen initiative championed by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, the organization that was founded during the state’s 1978 tax revolt. In that year, beleaguered voters approved the legendary Prop. 13. Approved by a 65–35 percent margin, it has given California one of the lowest property tax rates in the U.S., and it remains one of the only reasons many small businesses and retired homeowners still survive.

For nearly 50 years, Prop. 13 has been attacked by the insatiable tax-and-spend progressives running California. Prop. 43, if approved by voters, will restore the original provisions of Prop. 13, including the requirement for a two-thirds vote on local special tax initiatives.

Altogether, these four ballot initiatives are transformative.

Voters will have their say in less than a week. And — who knows? — in a month or so, we might even know all the results.

EVERY TIME I THINK MAYBE WE AREN’T IN A BUBBLE, I SEE FIGURES LIKE THESE:

The Broadcom deal landed the same day Anthropic filed its S-1, and the same day Meta launched its $95 billion offering (upside to $97.5 billion). Add SpaceX closing its $40 billion Nvidia chip lease with Apollo, and Monday's AI capital call came to roughly TWO HUNDRED BILLION… https://t.co/rrM0jq4PKK pic.twitter.com/5V9ODqu1tI

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) October 28, 2026

CAUTIONARY TALE: Pittsburgh Is What the Country Will Look Like Under DSA Rule.