A GOOD MAN WITH A GUN ROLL OF DUCT TAPE: NJ gun shop owner ID’d as hero who duct-taped unruly airline passenger — and his clapback to the lunatic was brilliant.
September 8, 2026
NO. IT’S BAD SCIENCE FICTION. NEXT? Is the New HIGH Climate Scenario Plausible? Good news and bad news from a close look at the new CMIP7 scenarios.
NEVER FORGET, NEVER FORGIVE: American Heroes of 9/11: Todd Beamer and the Passengers of Flight 93.
SO, ANOTHER DAY ENDING IN “Y”: This Liberal Writer Got Slapped With a Brutal Community Note.
THAT’S WHO THE LEFT IS: Very Clever, Washington Democrats! Screwing the Public Employee Unions who support your Income Tax!
They’re the “Hyenas eating people’s faces party.” You vote for them, sooner or later your face gets eaten.
SANDERS DANCES WITH THE ONES WHO BRUNG HIM, I.E. RUSSIA AND CHINA: Sanders’ Bill Threatens US AI Developers With ‘Corporate Death Penalty,’ Prison Time.
ALL THE EUROPEAN POLITICIANS… Who emits the most CO₂?
I’D READ STUDIES TO THE EFFECT IT MIGHT BE CHILDHOOD LACK OF EXPOSURE BEFORE: On the Origins of Peanut Allergy. Before 1980, peanut allergy was so rare that the idea of someone dying from it was preposterous. So what changed?
I don’t believe it’s peanut butter, btw. Husband and his family are addicted to it, and none of the kids have peanut allergies. (Mind you, they seem to prefer natural, home blended. Uh.)
OH YES? NOT SINCE THE NINETIES, WHEN I CANCELLED MY SUBSCRIPTION FOR BLATANT LEFT-WING TILT: Scientific American used to be a respected science publication.
A MESSY POST FOR A MESSY SUBJECT: Labor.
AW, POOR WIDDLE GOVERNOR: NY forced to fire Salvadoran, Haitian govt workers. Govno Hochul unhappy.
September 7, 2026
OPEN THREAD: Monday, Monday.
JONATHAN TURLEY: The Clancy Trial: When “Twelve Angry Men” Becomes One Angry Man.
“I hope that guy can sleep well at night.”
Those words from Kevin Reddington on the steps of the Plymouth, Massachusetts Courthouse were part of a diatribe against the “guy” who was reportedly the sole holdout in the Lindsay Clancy trial. The scene was a fitting end to a visceral trial, but it added a vindictive element that should prompt Judge William Sullivan to call out the seasoned defense attorney.
After declaring that the 11-1 mistrial was “no time to gloat,” Reddington bragged repeatedly about “crushing” District Attorney Tim Cruz, whom he also attacked. He insisted that, in the trial, no one said a single negative thing about his client as a mother — ignoring that little matter of the three young children whom she had strangled to death, one by one.
But it was his attack on the holdout juror that was a breathtaking abandonment of restraint and decency. Reddington knows it is very likely that the name of this juror (he has already been identified as one of only three males on the jury) will eventually be uncovered by Internet sleuths. He effectively put a target on the back of a juror who committed the unpardonable sin of not being convinced by his arguments.
The fact that this is one of the three male jurors only ramped up the rage. This case prompted a striking gender divide between men and women, with many women expressing sympathy for Clancy and anger at the system for failing her.
Yes, I’m pretty sure the holdout juror is sleeping just fine at night: The Postmodern Defense of Lindsay Clancy. O.J. Simpson for middle-class white women.
THAT WAS THE DECADE THAT WAS: Conspiracies Everywhere; What to Do?
I keep coming back in my mind to all of the “conspiracy theories” that have come true since 2016.
I have told friends in the past: “The more you see, the more you see.”
It’s a delicate balance to be distrusting of most things without wandering into paranoia. I often believe the biggest damage that has been done to the country since 2016 is that anyone who is even slightly politically aware is now distrustful of everything, and I cannot say I blame them.
The problem is, not everything is a conspiracy. Some things are the result of mere incompetence. Other things actually are what they appear to be. Some other things are, in fact, deep, dark government conspiracies.
Having said that, I know that our nation’s recent history does warrant a sense of paranoia. Consider the things we now know to be true; below is a list of former “conspiracy theories” that we were right about all along:
Read the whole thing.
BEGUN, THE CLONE WARS HAVE:
Okay, this is the best way to explain why AI Slop is not what you think.
By using AI Denzel Washington to explain it all. This is actually really good. Well written, directed and generated.
It's about you not needing the studios anymore.pic.twitter.com/hp3WUznXrJ
— Grummz (@Grummz) September 7, 2026
I’m not sure how well MiniMax H3’s digital Denzel would look projected onto a 50-foot movie screen, but digitally recreating actors has come a long way from the complexity of Industrial Light and Magic recreating Peter Cushing and Carrie Fisher for 2016’s Star Wars: Rogue One:
UM:
Tucker Carlson asks why algebra puts letters into numbers.
Jess Elofson explains: "I think just to fuck with you."
They discuss how they've never met anyone in their life who uses algebra, which is "fake math" for people "in the matrix."
They conclude that caring about algebra… pic.twitter.com/p6VKLrgrLd
— Max 📟 (@MaxNordau) September 7, 2026
That exit quote is… wow.
MY NEW YORK POST COLUMN: Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer bashed America’s juries — and battered another pillar of justice.
MAGNESIUM IS GOOD: Taking Magnesium? This Is the Most Important Thing to Remember.
PAST PERFORMANCE IS REALLY NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS: Volkswagen car plant to become Israeli weapons factory.
