SHE WORKED THERE AS A MACHINIST FOR THREE DECADES.  Ignored a deportation order in 2003. Submitted an I9 in 1996 and again this year claiming that she is a citizen and using a naturalization number belonging to someone else. I don’t think she’s a victim:  Illegal migrant faked US citizenship to work at military contractor for 30 years.

HOW MUCH OF 2020’S SUMMER OF BURNING LOVE WAS PAID FOR OUT OF USAID?  A Quiet Summer.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS:  Murder Charges Dropped Because Travis County Missed Deadlines.

OBVIOUSLY:  Worrying about post-combat lawfare will crush initiative and morale.

SIGH. CLEAN THE VOTER ROLLS:  Hello, Citizens of Washington State. You can kiss your natural gas heating and appliances goodbye. Court victory for climate alarmists.

AUTOPSY OF THE PROGRESSIVE “CONTRIBUTOR COVENANT” WHICH ATTACHED ITSELF TO OPEN SOURCE:  The Covenant Years. A structural autopsy, now that the principals have moved on.

ANY IDEOLOGY THAT WOULD CONSIDER A COMMUNIST NOBILITY BECAUSE OF HIS BLOODLINE IS ANTI-AMERICAN:  Why the “Heritage American” Movement is Harming MAGA.

THE CATGIRL IS RIGHT:  America Needs Better Xenophobia.

OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX pushes next Starship launch back to Sept. 28, a 6-day delay for megarocket’s 1st orbital flight.

I BLAME CLIMATE CHANGE: Africa Is Breaking Apart Faster Than We Thought, Forming a New Ocean.

MEN LIKE TEAM SPORTS: Sperm Teamwork Is Far More Common Than Scientists Realized.

THE AVERAGE WOULD BE LOWER IF NOT FOR BLUE STATE PRICES:

Y’all were quiet at $5.02 a gallon and 9.1% inflation. Now gas is $4.06 and inflation is 3.4% and suddenly it’s a crisis. The numbers didn’t change sides. You did. pic.twitter.com/t6GrskAh0B

— Mike Bales 🫡🇺🇸 (@MikeBales) September 18, 2026

HMM: TikTokers are checking for ‘ferritin face.’ Doctors say there’s something to it. “Social media has offered us all plenty of things to be insecure about when it comes to our faces — Instagram face, Ozempic face, cortisol face, runner’s face, pillow face and so on — but with ‘ferritin face,’ there may be something to the trend. The term refers to the appearance of dark circles under the eyes and sallow skin, which could be signs of low ferritin, a blood protein that stores iron. Low ferritin often means there isn’t enough iron in the body and can be a sign of iron deficiency, the most common nutrient deficiency on the planet.”

CHIVALRY WAS A CODE THAT MADE BEHAVIORAL DEMANDS ON WOMEN AS WELL AS MEN:

What, precisely, obligates men to perform physical tasks at the behest of woman in our vicinity?

In turn, what tasks should we expect women to perform for us on our behalf, when we deem it necessary?

— El Jacobo (@eljacoboaqui) September 18, 2026

HMM: Volkswagen Mission Efficiency Concept First Look: The Most Efficient EV Yet. “Efficiency is an unheard of 9 miles per kWh, and with a 54.9-kWh battery, range comes in at 514.5 miles for a battery slightly more than half the size of the EQXX’s and and a zero to 62 mph time of 9 seconds. (Doubling the size of the battery would not necessarily double the range as it would also increase the weight substantially, and likely the size of the vehicle.) Production EVs today struggle to exceed 4 miles per kWh, with EV maker Lucid publicly declaring its goal of a 5-miles-per-kWh production car in the future.”

THEY CONFIRMED THIS AT JURASSIC PARK MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO: Scientists Discover T. Rex Blood Was As Hot As Human Blood, Suggesting They Were Fast-Running Predators.

MARK JUDGE: Jazz Fans Stunned by Cassandra Wilson’s MAGA Views.

Jazz great Cassandra Wilson passed away at 70 recently. Wilson was praised for her voice and talent. John Horhn, mayor of her hometown, Jackson, Mississippi, called her an “extraordinary native daughter.” He said Wilson carried “the sound, spirit and history of Mississippi” everywhere. “With a low and smoky voice,” The New York Times noted, “she brought suave romance to standards from the Great American Songbook, but she also embraced covers of artists including Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Neil Young and the Mississippi bluesman Robert Johnson. She wrote the words and music for original compositions on albums like Blue Light ’Til Dawn (1993) and New Moon Daughter (1995), the second of which received a Grammy for best jazz vocal performance and sold more than 400,000 copies.”

However, a sour note soon entered the chorus. It turns out that Cassandra Wilson had conservative views.

Lefties will tolerate anything but dissenting views.

LIMITED TIME DEAL: Seat Cushion for Tailbone & Sciatica Pain Relief. #CommissionEarned

WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, CONFORMITY IS DIVERSITY:

Princeton is the latest university to achieve academic nirvana: not a single faculty member contributes to a Republican candidate or campaign. Conversely, 98% of political donations went to Democrats or Democrat-affiliated groups…https://t.co/FRLOSWGEHb

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) September 18, 2026

ANSWERING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Is the ODS-1775 Rifle the Gold Standard of AKs?

HMM: Army has enough drones for each unit, now it needs to train soldiers to use them. “It’s unclear just how many drones the Pentagon has sent directly to Army units, but as of today, the Drone Dominance Leaderboard shows that units have accepted 12,080 drones from Gauntlet 1 of the program. As Breaking Defense previously reported, 11 companies have received deals to provide a total of 24,320 small drones through the first gauntlet.”

Those aren’t even rookie numbers.

I HAD BEEN ASSURED THAT BIOLOGICAL SEX WAS MEANINGLESS AND GENDER WAS JUST A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT:

Different islands. Same conditions.
The men built a camp and got down to the business of survival.
The women built a crisis.
Turns out Mother Nature doesn’t grade on a curve. https://t.co/PYKEI905A6

— Texas Darlin' 🎀 (@TexitDarling) September 18, 2026

FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: Sir, Monday Is Not ‘Naked Shopping Day.’ “It’s time for your much-needed break from the serious news, and this week, we’ll learn why they need a ready-to-wear aisle at HomeGoods, how to do the perfect meet-cute at McDonald’s with just the one assault charge, and what’s up with that Golf Digest mugshot from Kansas.”

THIS WEEK’S SKY CANDY (VIP): Restful Sky Candy.