EXCEPT GOVERNMENT, WHERE THE INTELLIGENCE IS OFTEN LACKING:  Intelligence of All Sorts.

So, one form of intelligence is knowing what’s going on elsewhere, before expressing your ignorance. For example, my cousin was talking about how her house, having multiplied many times in value, is taxed based on that value as if she had sold it that year… instead of based on how much she paid for it, and was basically railing about property taxes in general.

This earned her the typical “Concerned, uninformed neophyte: Troll” (CunT) wanting to know how she proposes to fund things like roads and schools.

SO MUCH ECO FREAKING, SO LITTLE MIND:   EU Ship Recycling Fight Escalates Over Indian Beaching Yards.

A fight over whether Indian shipbreaking yards using the controversial beaching method should qualify under European environmental rules is widening, with steelmakers, recyclers, trade unions and environmental groups now urging the European Commission to withdraw its proposal.

GOVERNMENTS HAVE ONLY ONE ANSWER: KILL THEIR OWN PEOPLE IN BATCH LOTS:  The Problem of Suffering.

OPEN THREAD: It’s all you.

THE NEW SPACE RACE: SpaceX stacks massive Starship rocket ahead of 1st orbital launch attempt (video).

BEWARE OF CAT: The ‘Mind Control’ Cat Parasite Manipulating You May Have a Simple Explanation.

MAYBE THE REAL MATHEMATICS IS THE FRIENDS WE MADE ALONG THE WAY: “This month, 27 Fields medalists — winners of mathematics’ highest honor — have signed a joint declaration stating that solving famous open problems is not, in itself, the goal.”

HMM: Ozempic’s Active Ingredient Shows Surprising Anti-Aging Effects.

ICYMI: Lovin’ It? Check Out McDonald’s $13.5 BILLION Modernization Plan.

COLOR ME UNSURPRISED: Decades of aerobic exercise may help older adults age with more resilience.

WHAT A MESS:

Unsurprising to find out the demonic "it's not her fault" jury loons were rigging the system and breaking rules while they accused the lone sane voice of doing that https://t.co/jYdasXu2Y3

— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) September 24, 2026

ICYMI [VIP]: Let’s Talk About the REAL ’80s.

THIS HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE RETHINKING A FEW THINGS, OR AT LEAST SHOULD:

I expected the Trump tariffs to be a disaster. I'm puzzled by what I'm not seeing.

They don't seem to have harmed the US economy in any way I can notice with my eyeballs or in the statistics. Business activity is booming, unemployment seems to be low, household consumption is…

— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) September 24, 2026

HOW ABOUT EXPANDED SCHOOL CHOICE FOR MOMS WHO CAN’T AFFORD IT? A black mother’s choice for her son: It will be private school.

I’m sending my black son to private school, writes Jenisha Watts in The Atlantic. Growing up in Lexington, Kentucky, she “received an abysmal education” at the sort of mostly black, low-income public school that failed Nikole Hannah-Jones’ daughter. She worked hard to catch up, but is still coping with her educational deficits. She will not put her son at risk.

What’s interesting is that Watts considers Hannah-Jones a friend and confidant. She admires her courage. “I’ve always believed that I have a responsibility, especially as a Black woman who comes from a difficult background, to care about all kids in need,” she writes. “I fear I am betraying that when I choose what is best for my son and my son alone.”

Why does doing the right thing for you kid have to be accompanied by all the public handwringing?

SHE’S JUST NOT THAT BRIGHT:

Say that again… slowly. https://t.co/Tw79ecLjwM

— Kevin Sorbo (@ksorbs) September 23, 2026

Plus also sometimes impaired.

THAT’S RIGHT: We’re Shooting Down Enemy Drones With Fricken Laser Beams.

LIMITED TIME DEAL: 4K Night Vision Binoculars for Adults. #CommissionEarned

THE GOP SHOULD LISTEN TO RANDO:

This is the winning midterm message.

But the GOP at large won’t pick it up because too many of their candidates’ donors want to replace American workers with cheap foreign labor. https://t.co/z6jO9Gt5YA

— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) September 24, 2026

GUN NATION: What Really Matters in Terms of Self-Defense…By the Numbers.

TOUGH JOB, BEING A BUREAUCRAT. SOMEONE MIGHT MOCK YOU. Australia’s top public servants want Parliament to rein in social media clips that subject officials to ridicule. But making fun of powerful government officials isn’t a bug in democratic debate. It’s one of the features.

SPOILER: HE IS THE MOST UNAWARE WHITE LIB IN HISTORY.

And for an encore, our crazy orange president red-pilled Matthew Yglesias

— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) September 24, 2026

LIVING (WELL…) HISTORY: ‘Paging Hezbollah’ Goes Inside One of the Most Daring Anti-Terror Operations of All Time.

IRAN SIEGE UPDATE (VIP): Siege: Nothing Happens Until It All Happens.

VOTE LIKE YOUR LIFE, LIBERTY, AND PROPERTY DEPEND UPON IT:

100% – and the doomer grifters are doing everything possible to get Democrats elected because Trump called them out and bruised their fragile, little egos. https://t.co/gzF2Y7opNW

— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) September 24, 2026

Earlier: “Before you speak of rifles, use the piece of paper men once crossed oceans and battlefields to earn. If you curse the Republic as dead, make damn sure you showed up while it was still breathing.”

GET RID OF PESTS: Dr. Killigan’s Premium Clothing Moth Traps with Pheromones. #CommissionEarned