July 31, 2026

BRENDAN O’NEILL: The invasion of Ceuta must be the final nail in the coffin of globalism. “For make no mistake – our rulers’ abandonment of our borders is a direct attack on us. They’re essentially saying there is nothing about the Spanish way of life or the British way of life that is worth defending. Your country, your communities, your history, your citizenship, your welfare state – it is all so spectacularly worthless that it isn’t even worth putting a fence around it to protect it from people from foreign lands. What the globalist elites depict as kindness to foreigners is in truth a savage assault on the rights and dignity of citizens. Enough is enough. Stop the boats. Fortify the borders. Save nationhood from these nihilists disguised as altruists.”

They are not spineless, they are complicit. They are not surrendering, they are cooperating.

Posted at 12:38 pm by Glenn Reynolds

DEAR DIARY:

Posted at 12:32 pm by Stephen Green

M FOR VENDETTA: BBC calls Guy Fawkes an ‘astonishing activist’ similar to Mandela.

The BBC has called Guy Fawkes an “astonishing activist” and likened him to Nelson Mandela.

In history resources for children, the plotter who tried to blow up Parliament and King James I is counted among civil rights activists “who wanted to change the world”.

The BBC Bitesize material for primary schools ranks Fawkes alongside Rosa Parks, the civil rights activist, Emmeline Pankhurst, the suffragette, and Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader.

The material takes the form of an educational game titled “Back in time with… Astonishing Activists”, which invites children into the world of the campaigners, including the would-be regicide.

Isn’t this more of a Reuters exercise? As Stephen Jukes, global news editor for Reuters infamously instructed his contributors after September 11th, “We all know that one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter and that Reuters upholds the principle that we do not use the word terrorist. To be frank, it adds little to call the attack on the World Trade Center a terrorist attack.”

Posted at 12:30 pm by Ed Driscoll

MEANWHILE, OVER AT VODKAPUNDIT: Alex, I’ll Take ‘Peace Deals That Ain’t Gonna Happen’ for $400. “When I read that Hamas has agreed to lay down arms, I automatically presume it’s only because they’ve found better places to stash them. Still, let’s look at the deal and see if there’s anything in there that might work.”

Posted at 12:15 pm by Stephen Green

BACK WHEN THE “SMART PEOPLE” WERE IN CHARGE:

Posted at 12:00 pm by Glenn Reynolds

COOL… BUT THAT NAME: Amazon’s Zoox wins first US approval for paid robotaxis without human controls. “The exemption granted by the agency from federal rules requiring human controls, first reported by Reuters, marks a milestone for companies developing robotaxis from the ground up, ​rather than modifying conventional cars under safety regulations written long before self-driving technology emerged.”

Posted at 11:44 am by Stephen Green

FLASHBACK:

Posted at 11:28 am by Stephen Green

SPACE: Actually, Starliner might fly into space this year. “An official confirmed to Ars that this is indeed the case, that the primary factor now for when Starliner launches is port availability on the space station. It is therefore possible that Starliner launches this year. If this cargo test flight goes well, and modifications to Starliner address the vehicle’s propulsion concerns, a crewed mission is possible in late 2027.”

Posted at 10:42 am by Stephen Green

THIS LEVEL OF STUPIDITY MUST BE ON PURPOSE, RIGHT? RIGHT???

Posted at 10:26 am by Stephen Green

CHANGE: UNC, Virginia Tech replace Harvard in Army fellowship. “The announcement follows a February directive from the Office of the Secretary of War restructuring the SSC Fellowship program to align military education with ‘American values.’ The DoW said it would replace previous partner schools with ‘a revised list of elite institutions offering equivalent programs’ while eliminating partnerships that no longer met the department’s objectives.”

Posted at 10:00 am by Glenn Reynolds

NOVEMBER PREVIEW: Democrat Mandela Barnes drops out of Winconsin governor’s race.

He said in a video posted on X that the decision was the result of a “difficult conversation” with his staff.

“We’re incredibly proud of all the things that we’ve accomplished and all the resources that we have raised to spread our message. But it’s become very clear who our nominee is going to be,” Barnes said.

The statement is likely a reference to Rep. Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist, whose lead in the poll has widened ahead of the August primary, NBC News reported.

“Gooder and harder” posts inbound for 2027.

Posted at 9:40 am by Stephen Green

DISPATCHES FROM THE OCCUPIED ZONES:

The socialists just proved they can make people jump through a whole new set of hoops for no good reason.

Get used to it.

Posted at 9:24 am by Stephen Green

JOHN ONDRASIK IS AN AMERICAN TREASURE:

Posted at 9:21 am by Glenn Reynolds

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: The Dems Are a Trainwreck Swirling Down a Toilet in a Clown Car. “Their biggest problem right now is that the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) have brought the Dems’ deep-rooted commie leanings out in the open. The party elders would like to put the hammer and sickle cat back in the bag before the midterms and pretend that none of this ever happened, but the pesky nouveau Stalin kids in the DSA are just getting louder.”

Posted at 9:09 am by Stephen Green

I HAVE WARNED ABOUT THIS TOO:

Posted at 9:02 am by Glenn Reynolds