April 12, 2026

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?

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:

Posted at 10:20 pm by Ed Driscoll

OPEN THREAD: Ring out the weekend.

Posted at 9:30 pm by Glenn Reynolds

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:”

Meanwhile, the man who wrote the “Axis of Evil” speech for GWB has strange newfound respect for the CCP:

Posted at 9:14 pm by Ed Driscoll

THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF SACRAMENTO’S “TRAVEL BANS” TO THE RED STATES:

Posted at 8:35 pm by Ed Driscoll

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:

But is the globalist left celebrating a little too much and too early?

Posted at 8:14 pm by Ed Driscoll

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.

Posted at 7:00 pm by Glenn Reynolds

VOTE WITH YOUR FEET, EH:

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.

Posted at 6:29 pm by Stephen Green

ANALYSIS: TRUE.

Posted at 5:49 pm by Stephen Green

IF THE ISRAELIS WANTED A GENOCIDE, THERE’D BE NO GAZA. PERIOD:

And from the replies: “They want to exaggerate the crimes of Netanyahu, whilst simultaneously diminishing the crimes of the Nazis.”

Posted at 5:08 pm by Stephen Green

IF IT’S DAMAGING TO AMERICAN INTERESTS, THE SAFE DEFAULT IS TO BELIEVE OBAMA PROBABLY DID IT:

Posted at 4:37 pm by Stephen Green

YEAH, IT’S ALL BULLSHIT.

Posted at 3:56 pm by Glenn Reynolds

NEWS YOU CAN USE: The anti-ageing tools biohackers are counting on to live to 150. ““It’s interesting that despite all the developments in medical science in the past 30 years, that world record for human ageing hasn’t been beaten. . . .In fact, despite more people than ever celebrating their 100th birthday, there are still only 77 people known to have reached 115.”

Posted at 1:30 pm by Glenn Reynolds

GREAT TRAINING SHOES: I went to a training event recently and got to wear the new Brooks Women’s Glycerin Flex Neutral Running & Walking Shoe. The shoes are supposed to move with your feet and be more flexible and they were, but also provided stability. I bought a pair and am very happy with them Give them a try if you need a cross-purpose shoe.

Posted at 1:02 pm by Helen Smith

I DON’T THINK THE BIG BANG THEORY WAS INTENDED TO BE A HOW-TO GUIDE FOR HOSPITAL ROBOTICS:

Deploy the Shelbots!

To be fair, the Shelbots are brilliant tailors as well. They were the forerunners of the oversize suit craze of the 1980s:

 

Posted at 12:45 pm by Ed Driscoll