September 14, 2026

TO BE HONEST, I DON’T THINK ALBERT SPEER WOULD APPROVE OF SOMETHING THIS ROCOCO:

Posted at 10:45 am by Ed Driscoll

DISUNITED KINGDOM: Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales leaders to meet tomorrow to plan breakup of UK.

First Ministers John Swinney of Scotland, Rhun ap Iowerth of Wales, and Michelle O’Neill of Northern Ireland are expected to sign a joint declaration demanding the right to hold referendums on breaking away from the UK. For the first time, the three constituent nations of the UK are held by pro-separation parties.

The Telegraph reported sources as saying that the summit’s purpose is to pile more pressure on Prime Minister Andy Burnham after he said in the parliament on Wednesday that he would back another Scottish independence referendum if public opinion backed one.

A source close to Swinney told the newspaper that Burnham “fucked up” by making the comment and unionists should be very worried.

Unionists might be right to worry, but you’d have a hard time convincing me that Burnham didn’t know what he was doing.

Posted at 10:37 am by Stephen Green

WE KNEW IT WASN’T TRUE BECAUSE BILL CLINTON:

“We were just incensed after we learned there would be no action on our recommendation. We had clear and convincing proof of what bin Laden had done, and it would have been easy to bring him in.”

Posted at 10:22 am by Stephen Green

LOOKS FUN: The Theme Park at the Heart of France’s Culture War.

In a historical theme park set among the wheat fields of rural western France, Viking boats and pianos emerge from ponds, and knights ride on horseback. Now France’s most popular theme park after Disneyland’s sites near Paris, it has opened an outpost in Spain and aims to build one in England soon.

But many in France hate the park, called the Puy du Fou.

Critics have called it a peddler of “far-right propaganda,” an accusation that has gained in resonance as ultraconservatives edge closer to power for the first time since World War II. The critics accuse it of weaponizing history to popularize the values of its founder, Philippe de Villiers, a former lawmaker who supports far-right politicians and has long campaigned against the European Union, Islam, gay marriage and immigration.

He recently wrote that the park is part of a larger “cultural battle” for the country’s soul, and that “cultural victories precede political victories.” But his son Nicolas, who has run the park since 2012, said his only ambition is “to create shows that make people love France,” adding, “For me, that is my only cultural battle.”

Is all the fun stuff “right wing” now? Sure seems like it.

Posted at 9:35 am by Stephen Green

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: The Left’s Favorite Minority — Quiet and Compliant. “Democrats want power. They want to tell you how to live your life, and you better not go against ‘the rules.’ That was as evident on Friday as it was in the 19th century. The plantation may be metaphorical now, but it’s alive and well.”

Sarah Anderson is filling in for Kruiser this morning.

Posted at 9:05 am by Stephen Green

CLIMATE CHANGE:

Posted at 9:00 am by Glenn Reynolds

HMM: The ‘Anti-AI’ Panic Is Led by…AI Companies. “What we are seeing is a massive, pretty obviously coordinated campaign by AI researchers, companies, NGOs, and politicians to strangle competition in an industry and, as I will show, save the financial bacon of the top AI companies that are vastly overextended financially because they have made contractual commitments that they simply have no prospect of paying for.”

That sounds right.

Posted at 8:57 am by Glenn Reynolds

TRUE:

Posted at 8:30 am by Glenn Reynolds

WHAT WENT ON DURING JURY SELECTION?

Posted at 8:18 am by Stephen Green

MORE “COME SEE THE VIOLENCE INHERENT IN THE LEFTISM”:

A few prosecutions might help.

Posted at 7:32 am by Stephen Green

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE:

Posted at 7:30 am by Glenn Reynolds

JOSH HAMMER: America Has Not Learned the Right Lessons From Charlie Kirk’s Murder. “The assassination of Charlie Kirk — like the attempts on President Donald Trump’s life and the cold-blooded killing of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson — was welcomed with glee by many on the far Left. It was a grisly reminder of the leftist violent streak that goes back as far as the guillotine of revolutionary France.”

Related:

Posted at 7:16 am by Glenn Reynolds

THAT’S NOT INCREDIBLE. NARRATIVE-ENFORCEMENT IS MADDOW’S JOB:

Posted at 7:16 am by Stephen Green

DON’T GET COCKY:

Posted at 7:14 am by Ed Driscoll

ROBERT SPENCER: What Happens When We Elect People Who Hate America to Congress? This. “Yeah, elections sure do have consequences. Given the moribund state of the Republican Party in New York City, two socialists, Darializa Avila-Chevalier and Claire Valdez, are virtually certain to enter the House of Representatives next January, and they’re already excitedly making plans for the damage they’re going to do to the nation’s largest city, and the nation as a whole, once they get there.”

Posted at 7:01 am by Stephen Green