UH. ARE THEY IN DANGER OF BEING DISEN-FRENCHISED FOR THIS? French Media Outlet: “Today, Donald Trump is the most rational and the most Cartesian national leader on the planet”.
April 13, 2026
ALWAYS WAS: DEI Is Illegal.
IF YOU LOOK IN THE DICTIONARY UNDER CHUTZPAH, THEIR NAMES ARE ALL LISTED: Rep. Jamie Raskin and Other Dems Laughably Demand Cognitive Assessment of Trump.
AND IT’S BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE: ‘Intersectionality’ – The Destructive Ideology Balkanizing the Country.
IT’S GETTING SPICY OUT THERE: The People of Ireland have had enough.
THIS HAS BEEN OBVIOUS FOR SOME TIME: Borrowed Capital. Secular humanism is Christianity with the load-bearing wall removed.
ON SUNDAYS I RUN A PROMO POST FOR (MOSTLY) INDIE AUTHORS BRAVE ENOUGH TO BE SEEN ON MY BLOG: Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike.
April 12, 2026
THE LEFT WILL RALLY AROUND ANYONE THEY SEE AS CURRENTLY USEFUL:
It's crazy watching the moderate left defend Piker. This guy is basically Nick Fuentes of the left but he gets invited to Oscar parties, is objectively evil in very obvious ways, and is not very smart
Why circle the wagons for this guy? https://t.co/QufwFs06Of
— PoIiMath (@politicalmath) April 13, 2026
On the other hand, anyone is disposable once they aren’t anymore.
NOT WITH A FANG FANG, BUT WITH A WHIMPER: Eric Swalwell drops bid for California governor after sexual misconduct allegations.
One more resignation to go?
If you’re not fit to run for governor, you’re not fit to serve in Congress. https://t.co/CVEL4ULR8V
— Sunny (@sunnyright) April 13, 2026
Earlier: “The Democrats are doing to Swalwell what they did to Clarence Thomas. And Donald Trump. And Brett Kavanaugh. And who knows how many others. In other words, they may have fabricated another Christine Blasey Ford to come at Swalwell. Don’t put it past them—the California governor’s seat is important enough to throw one of their own under the bus.”
UPDATE:
— Rothmus 🏴 (@Rothmus) April 12, 2026
OPEN THREAD: Ring out the weekend.
WE’RE BLOCKADING IRAN, NOT THE STRAIT:
In the short term, China will have an incentive to lean on whoever is left in the regime to open the Strait. In the meantime, we aren’t destroying Iran’s petroleum infrastructure, merely preventing it from selling any oil. That means that Iran’s supply will be added to the global total before long, one way or another, and if the Iranian people are able to throw off the yoke of Islamic tyranny, they will take over an intact oil infrastructure.
And Trump is making the IRGC “play by their own rules:”
"I don't understand the blockade? Why is Trump doing this, isn't it going to harm him?"
Answer: The IRGC believes they are the only ones who can threaten with extortion, and Trump is showing them two can play this game.
He's playing by their own rules. pic.twitter.com/QOaxTchVE4
— 𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 🇮🇷 ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) April 12, 2026
Meanwhile, the man who wrote the “Axis of Evil” speech for GWB has strange newfound respect for the CCP:
Possibly one of the more obtuse, ill-informed things he's said. And that's a high bar https://t.co/5RbkleqVLo
— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) April 13, 2026
THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF SACRAMENTO’S “TRAVEL BANS” TO THE RED STATES:
Last year, Justin Trudeau set the tone of nationwide fear, telling Canadians not to travel to the US.
Now, he's on vacation in California.
I wonder how long it will take Canadians to realize that the anti-American fear campaign was just a way to score cheap political points. pic.twitter.com/EKx6j598B6
— Fake Mark Carney (@MarkCarney_Ego) April 12, 2026
ORBÁN CONCEDES DEFEAT IN HUNGARIAN ELECTION:
Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s pro-Russian prime minister, conceded defeat on Sunday, bringing an end to his authoritarian 16-year rule after an election seen as the Europe’s most consequential election this year.
Peter Magyar, the 45-year-old leader of the centre-Right Tisza party, won a landslide victory and promised to repair relations with the EU and Nato, which were badly strained by Mr Orbán’s blocking of policies helpful to Ukraine.
In the campaign, the Fidesz party leader accused Volodymyr Zelensky and Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, of plotting with Mr Magyar to drag Hungary into the war.
“Together we have freed Hungary,” Mr Magyar told a delirious crowd of supporters on the banks of the Danube, “My friends you have worked a miracle. Hungary has written history.”
Worst. Autocrat. Ever:
How did Orban’s ‘autocratic regime’ end?
He was… voted out? https://t.co/RaxBv9xLye
— Coddled Affluent Professional (@feelsdesperate) April 12, 2026
But is the globalist left celebrating a little too much and too early?
Because Orban is a known bad quantity and Magyar isn't yet.
— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) April 12, 2026
I gather Magyar is similarly anti-immigrant to Orban, possibly moreso. I think the lib victory lap is gonna be short lived
— Enguerrand VII de Coucy (@ingelramdecoucy) April 12, 2026
VITAMIN D UPDATE: Common Vitamin May Reduce Buildup of Alzheimer’s Proteins, Study Finds.
WHAT IF? What If Consciousness Exists Beyond Your Brain? “Is consciousness produced by the brain, or is it a deeper feature of reality? This question is a key focus of Christof Koch, one of today’s leading neuroscientists, in his presentation at the 15th ‘Behind and Beyond the Brain’ Symposium, organized by the Bial Foundation and held April 8 to 11 in Porto. . . . Koch outlines three major areas where current understanding struggles. First is the challenge of fully reducing conscious experience to physical processes in the brain. Second is the difficulty modern physics faces when trying to define what is truly ‘real.’ Third is the persistence of unusual experiences – including near-death experiences, mystical states, and episodes of terminal lucidity – that do not fit neatly within existing scientific explanations.”
Somewhat related, I was interested in the story of the woman who spent three weeks in a medically induced coma and dreamed an entire life, which seemed so real that upon awakening she grieved for her “lost” children.
VOTE WITH YOUR FEET, EH:
Your voting base stays but your tax base leaves?
Tells you something, eh?
— Hendrik Casimir – 'ihre Papiere, bitte' (@hendrik_casimir) April 12, 2026
It says that Canada is turning itself in a third-world nation.
If Alberta and Saskatchewan would like to put a stop to that, we could help.
WELL, FOR ONE THING THERE’S BEEN A 50-YEAR SOCIAL-MESSAGING CAMPAIGN TO PUT IT DOWN: Why Marriage, for So Many, Is Less Appealing Than Ever.
And yet according to the General Social Survey, the happiest people are married mothers and fathers.
ANALYSIS: TRUE.
Again… the press and the entire Democrat Party knew he was a rapist and a sexual predator and kept it a secret until he was in the way and needed removed. https://t.co/197MhysTln
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) April 12, 2026
IF THE ISRAELIS WANTED A GENOCIDE, THERE’D BE NO GAZA. PERIOD:
Hitler killed 66% of European Jews. Under Netanyahu’s entire premiership the Palestinian population has grown.
The fuck you mean he’s “surpassed that of Adolf Hitler.” https://t.co/VZtnYhcgjp
— 𝔼𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕠𝕥 𝕄𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕟 (@ElliotMalin) April 12, 2026
And from the replies: “They want to exaggerate the crimes of Netanyahu, whilst simultaneously diminishing the crimes of the Nazis.”
NEWS YOU CAN USE: 15 SUVs That Feel Rich Without Making You Broke. I dunno, pretty much all auto prices seem pretty high these days.
IF IT’S DAMAGING TO AMERICAN INTERESTS, THE SAFE DEFAULT IS TO BELIEVE OBAMA PROBABLY DID IT:
There used to be a rumor floating around among Iranians: that as part of the Nuclear Deal, Obama quietly handed out 3,500 green cards to regime officials and their families.
At the time I thought it sounded crazy.
But now with so many children of top regime figures, professors,… pic.twitter.com/4LfkY98gKC
— Sana Ebrahimi Ledene (@__Injaneb96) April 12, 2026
KEEP YOUR HOUSE CLEAN: OLANLY Dog Door Mat for Muddy Paws. #CommissionEarned
