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IMAGINE NEW YORK AS THE BRITISH EMPIRE’S CAPITAL: That might have become a reality had there been more common sense and foresight among the ministers in King George III’s cabinet in the decade leading up to 1776, according to Brit historian Andrew Roberts

#WAR:

OPEN THREAD: Zombie see, and zombie do.

WHAT’S NEW IS THAT THIS IS A COMMERCIAL ENDEAVOR: A US Underwater Human Habitat Is Now Operational. Take a Look Inside. “Vanguard is a pilot for their much more ambitious project, Sentinel, which the company claims will enable ‘both short-term and semi-permanent deployments anywhere on the continental shelf’ by 2027.”

SEN. MARKEY PLEDGES FINAL TERM FOLLOWING DEBATE WITH REP. MOULTON IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS:

Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey pledged this will be his last term if re-elected following a debate with Rep. Seth Moulton on Wednesday.

This was Markey and Moulton’s first debate, which was held in Springfield.

“I need one more term to finish the agenda, this progressive agenda, and then I will step down, but we need to complete the agenda,” Markey said. “We need Medicare for all, we need the Green New Deal, we need to make sure we are fighting for every family who is out there who justifiably feels like they have been left behind.”

Moulton, who is 47, has made Markey’s age, 79, and time in office central to his campaign, saying that it’s time for a new generation of leadership.

Of course this is going to be Markey’s final term; he’s already announced the world will be coming to an end before he completes it:

A GEORGE, DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF, CANNOT STAND! The news feeds have been hijacked by endless memes of George Costanza. Here are the best ones. “I couldn’t possible understand the computing power that was about to be used to replace every record, photo, and person with George Costanza. I could have never predicted it. Everything was fine, and then, like a virus, George was everywhere. EVERYWHERE.”

Here’s the alpha and the omega, but just keep scrolling to see more than a few fistfuls of Costanza:

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WHAT WUSSES: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presented engraved revolvers – with bullets – to his guests in Ankara, causing security concerns. “The question asked over and over again: why such a gift? While it is very common for heads of state to exchange various gifts during meetings or summits, such exchanges rarely require these kinds of precautions.”

Plus: “An unnamed NATO official told Agence France-Presse the gift triggered “insane” responses behind the scenes from some of the delegations’ security teams.”

Gifts of firearms were a traditional thing between leaders until the feminization of the West. You can bet Teddy Roosevelt wouldn’t have panicked. Or LBJ. Or even GWB.

FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Gator-Infested Waters. “It’s time for your much-needed break from the serious news, and this week, we’ll learn not to go out of the frying pan and into the gator-infested waters, that ‘no contact’ means ‘no contact,’ and Indiana Man’s one weird trick for starting fires.”