TO BE FAIR, MARK KELLY IS THE VERY WORST AND MOST SELF-SERVING KIND OF POLITICIAN:
— 🇺🇸Keith E. Roberts 🇺🇸 (@BIGHAAS15) August 12, 2026
August 12, 2026
CHANGE (IT BACK): Pentagon’s top policy official outlines new ‘realism’ approach to China.
Elbridge Colby, undersecretary of defense for policy, said during a speech in the Philippines that U.S. defense leaders will not call out states engaged in efforts to bully regional allies or seeking to control large areas of the region.
Instead, the new Pentagon policy calls for quiet and respectful relations — while also bolstering American military defenses along a chain of islands off the coast of China known as the first island chain.
Mr. Colby’s 4,000-word speech to a think tank in Manila made no specific reference to China, but it was clear from the context of the speech and earlier comments that he was referring to Beijing.
The new policy will seek to be strong and clear but quiet, Mr. Colby said, noting it reflects President Theodore Roosevelt’s maxim of speaking softly and carrying a big stick.
That was obvious by the second graf, but these days, even an undersecretary of defense for policy has to whack people over the head with the point.
I’M LOSING MY APPETITE: Move Over, Thanksgiving: Francesca Hong Hosted ‘Feast of the Feminine,’ a ‘6 Course Dinner Inspired By Menstruation.’
It’s too bad Saturday Night Live doesn’t exist anymore; they could have had a lot of fun with this.
I WOULDN’T WORRY ABOUT IT THOUGH; IT’S NOT LIKE DETROIT IS A BIG NFL TOWN:
It's not just that that makes him sound anti-American.
It makes him sound beta. https://t.co/xU8k6QOBem
— Northern Barbarian (@xnoesbueno) August 12, 2026
(Classical allusion in headline.)
I’VE BEEN SAYING THIS ALL ALONG:
Strategically there's no rush. The Islamic Republic makes a new enemy with each passing day. My guess is they're under orders from Moscow, Beijing or both to suck in the US at all costs. Washington is responding with a proxy coalition. https://t.co/KJA4IkI4x3
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) August 12, 2026
TAPPER, LOL II:
The right move, obviously, was to alert everyone, compromising sources and methods, and then have them wait however long for alternate transportation to be secured while keeping them safe in an area already determined to be a possible target https://t.co/jK60ULZtUk
— Aelfred The Great (@aelfred_D) August 11, 2026
UNDERCOVER VIDEO: DSA on Illegals: ‘You Don’t Have to Have Papers to Have Power.’
20 MINUTES INTO THE FUTURE:
She's running for president and can't be in a relationship with a white dude.
That's points off in the Woke Olympics https://t.co/0FB0PNufm7
— Shawn Farash (@Shawn_Farash) August 11, 2026
The DNC-MSM will absolutely love her:
The media wants to make Ocasio-Cortez the Taylor Swift of American Politics.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) August 11, 2026
LIMITED TIME DEAL: BAMBOO COOL Men’s Underwear Breathable Boxer Briefs. #CommissionEarned
TRUE BUT THAT’S PROBABLY WORSE: Fauci was not a mad scientist, but a mere bureaucrat granted unlimited power.
UNITED IN THEIR HATE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION:
Again, if you don’t see the Red-Green-Green alliance—you’re blind. https://t.co/IfSYMtXUWq
— cdrsalamander (@cdrsalamander) August 11, 2026
THE 2020 PROJECT:
The people who talk about slavery as if it happened yesterday are trying to act like 2020 is ancient history. https://t.co/PN1PK17MhK
— Wokal Distance (@wokal_distance) August 11, 2026
SCOTT PINSKER: The Cunning Genius of AOC’s ‘Woke’ Reboot. “Tread carefully, Republicans: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is still America’s most dangerous Democrat — and still the odds-on favorite to win her party’s 2028 presidential nomination.”
FROM CEDAR SANDERSON:Â Â Fen Dead (The Groundskeeper Book 6).
In the misty fen on the edge of town, a murdered man refuses to stay buried.
Chloe Brandt, groundskeeper of Belleview cemetery and reluctant apprentice mediator to the dead, has been called in to help. The deeper she digs into the strange killing, the more she realizes some bindings run deeper than any grave.
Armed with a glowing jar of restless oil, a crew of sectretive gnomes, and more confidence than caution, Chloe must navigate deceptions and dangerous liminal spaces before the fen claims another soul. In a world where even the dead keep secrets, the only way forward is to get your hands dirty.
AND HE DESERVES WORSE THAN THAT: The Euro Mean Girls Are Ganging Up on Pedro Sanchez.
MYSTERY OF THE SERVICE & INVESTIGATIONS STAFF: Remember that concluding scene in the first Indiana Jones flick in which the lone bureaucrat in a huge government warehouse pushes a cart loaded with stuff never likely to be seen again?
Well, there is a real-life instance akin to that scene playing out now regarding the once-mighty Service & Investigations staff of the House Appropriations Committee. It’s mostly lefty public administration types agitating about it now, but there are good and solid reasons for libertarians and conservatives to take notice as well, as I explain in today’s column on “Mark Tapscott’s Copy Desk.” And don’t miss the neat illustration, courtesy of chatGPT.
EVERYONE IN THE GAME:Â Â Vietnamese satellite company signs launch deal with SpaceX.
SHE TURNED ON THEM MONTHS AGO:Â Â Virginians Are Turning on Abigail Spanberger.
SECRECY GOT THEM INTO THIS HOLE AND FILLING IT WITH HORSE[BLEEP] WON’T GET THEM OUT:Â Â The Education System Needs Fixing, Not Secrecy.
THEY DON’T SEEMT TO HAVE THE KIND OF NONSENSE WE HAVE HERE:Â Â Data on Foreigners Facing Deportation in Japan Shared By Immigration Agency With Local Governments.
