LOL:

Rest in wrongness, Paul.

THIS IS NO TIME TO GO WOBBLY:

IN HOLLYWOOD, HATING COMMUNISTS IS A MORTAL SIN; CHILD RAPE IS A PECCADILLO AT WORST.

LEFTIES PLAY THE LONG GAME: The Gun Control Push in Virginia is About More Than Just Banning ARs and 30-Round Magazines.

The response from gun owners was predictable: “LOL, Dems are so dumb! Don’t they know their bans just cause panic buying? Millions more guns and mags are sold than would have been without the ban!”

Here’s a hard truth, though: The gun-banners know all of that…and they don’t care.

This isn’t just about banning scary guns and magazines, it’s about destroying the gun culture in the long term. You will still have your guns and your mags, but those who aren’t yet into shooting (or who are too young right now) will be denied them.

And politics is downstream of the culture, as the wise man once said.

I HAD BEEN ASSURED BY ALL THE VERY BEST PEOPLE THAT EPIC FURY WOULD SHATTER OUR ALLIANCES:

Of course, some allies are more useful than others:

MAYBE WE NEED A “MADMAN” THEORY OF HISTORY:

The truth is that nobody expected the world’s only superpower ever to act like one again, defending its interests with appropriate force and enthusiasm.

ANOTHER REMINDER THAT THIRD-WAVE FEMINISM IS ABOUT THE REVOLUTION AND NOTHING ELSE:

HOMELESS, INC.:

If Gavin Newsom ever solved the homeless problem like he keeps saying he will, his cronies would never forgive him.

HOMELESS, INC.: DiNapoli Report Analyzes Increases in NYC’s Unsheltered Population and Spending.

But even as the city provided shelter for more people, street homelessness continued to rise from 3,588 in FY 2019 to 4,504 in FY 2025.

The city’s Department of Homeless Services (DHS) Street Homeless Solutions (SHS) division is tasked with overseeing outreach and related services to counter street homelessness. Spending on these efforts has more than tripled from $102 million in FY 2019 to $368 million in FY 2025, and is expected to reach $456 million in FY 2026, with planned spending declining to $442 million by FY 2029.

I wonder what the ratio is of administrators to actual homeless.

MEMORY-HOLED:

ICYMI: THEY WERE WARNED.

AUTOCRATS GOTTA AUTOCRAT: Russia Shuts Off Internet in Moscow as It Tests Nationwide Censorship System.

People in Moscow, a city of 13 million, have found themselves unable to pay online bills or message co-workers in recent days. Commuters stepping out of the city’s subway stations can’t order a cab to the office. Unable to access online maps, many are asking strangers for directions for the first time in years. Those who normally work from home are filling cafes as they seek a stable Wi-Fi connection.

In recent months, dozens of Russian regions have gone offline suddenly. The Kremlin has defended the shut-offs as necessary to protect Russians from attacks by Ukrainian drones, which can use local cellphone towers for navigation.

But analysts say what Russians are actually experiencing is the trial of a nationwide system Moscow has been honing to limit information and hobble connectivity in times of upheaval, inspired by lessons from Iran and other authoritarian states.

“This is a system they have wanted to build for years. Now the threat of Ukrainian drones is a perfect chance to test it nationwide,” said Alena Epifanova, an expert on Russia’s internet at the German Council on Foreign Relations. “They use it as a pretext, even in regions where there is no such danger.”

The drone threat is real, but the Kremlin loves having tight control — so who knows?