AS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE, NO? Hegseth Puts Warfighting Skills at the Center of Military Promotions.
October 10, 2026
SERIOUSLY? CONSIDERING HOW MUCH THE LATEST WAVES OF ILLEGALS WERE DRAWING ON THE SYSTEM THEY NEVER PAID INTO: because they were being signed on for disability and other benefits at the border, this is highly improbable: NEW REPORT: Trump’s Mass Deportation Agenda Could Cut Social Security Retiree Benefits by $2,152 a Year, Economists Find.
And if you dig to find who these economists are… A brand new firm this year that is apparently all about enforcing immigration is bad for the economy?
All 3 (three) of them? I’d bet money they’re ex-government employees!
There are days when I love the internet. Back in the eighties you just had to assume that whatever the press was quoting was an actual professional whatever.
YEP. THE SECOND AMENDMENT KEEPS THE FIRST: No Statistical Threshold.
The article reenforces what we already knew. The anti-gun groups are opposed to the First Amendment too. The truth interferes with their agenda. All Falsehoods Have a Price and the price for their lies has been paid for with the lives of people who would have been able to save themselves had they not been legally prevented from using the best tools available to defend themselves.
“Shall not be infringed has no statistical threshold.”
SO MANY WORDS TO SAY “TUCKER IS NUTS”: Conrad Black on Tucker Carlson.
I CAN DISTINGUISH. THEY MADE ME STUDY IT IN HIGH SCHOOL. I KNOW THE THEORY. FOR THE PRACTICE, DATAREPUBLICAN IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT: Up front, here are the definitions (plus bonus Leninism definition): Communists = Strive for a classless society with common ownership of production. Marxists = Communists who believe in a classless society as the end of history. Leninists = Those who idolize the man who operationalized Marxism to its logical conclusion. Socialists = Fake meaning (Berniebros): Kids who like free stuff. Real meaning (PSL, DSA): Communists who pretend to tolerate dissent.
October 9, 2026
I GET IT:
I'm opposed to the death penalty, because I want to allow governments as few pretexts for murdering people as possible. Criminals should be executed by their intended victims at the time of the intended crime.
On the other hand, I'm hearing so much butthurt screaming about the…
— Eric S. Raymond (@esrtweet) October 10, 2026
OPEN THREAD: Ring in the weekend.
CRUNCH ALL YOU WANT, WE’LL MAKE MORE: ELON CAN LITERALLY LAUNCH THEM FASTER THAN PUTIN CAN SHOOT THEM DOWN:
SpaceX satellites to "drop like flies" should they interfere with Russia says Medvedev.https://t.co/STfWIlvrgy
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) October 9, 2026
IS THAT THE ONE WHERE THE NAZIS AND ALIENS HAVE THEIR SECRET BASE? NASA’s hunting for a secret underground cave on the moon.
Bret Stephens’ Righteous Anger: Zohran Mamdani’s Moral Obscenity.
THE 21ST CENTURY ISN’T TURNING OUT AS I HAD HOPED: Sexually Transmitted Diarrhea Is Exploding in The US. And It’s Growing Resistant to Medicine.
“LIFE OF BRIAN” FROM MONTY PYTHON WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SATIRE: Decades later, John Cleese has been reported to Britain’s counterterrorism program for criticizing religion. Andrew Doyle writes in The Washington Post about what happens when taking offense becomes grounds for reporting someone as a potential extremist.
THEY’RE ALWAYS IN THE LAST PLACE YOU LOOK: A Giant Diplodocus Just Turned Up Where Scientists Never Expected.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: 7 Stroke Warning Signs People Often Mistake for Something Else.
IT’S TIME FOR VICTORIA TAFT’S West Coast, Messed Coast™: A Foolproof Test to Confirm If Elected Leaders Are Unserious Boobs. “We get an election update! And we are reminded that Democrats have stolen the pot money in Cali, and the Washington State Community Reinvestment Act pot of gold appears to have been plundered by greedy ‘nonprofit’ CEOs.”
COLOR ME UNSURPRISED: ChatGPT for Teens has special safeguards. A watchdog group finds most don’t work.
JOHN CLEESE HAS BEEN REPORTED TO COUNTERTERRORISM AUTHORITIES: The Monty Python legend, who has spent decades mocking religious dogma, was reported to Britain’s Prevent program for criticizing Islam. Andrew Doyle explains in The Washington Post why confusing offensive speech with a terrorist threat is a dangerous road to go down.
BE PREPARED:
Lineman are pre-positioned and ready to roll once the storm passes.
Semper Paratus! https://t.co/rJn95v6Lix
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) October 9, 2026
IT’S DEJA COVID ALL OVER AGAIN: New York airport monitoring Russian arrivals over fears researcher died from plague.
FLORIDA MAN FRIDAY [VIP]: Would You Give This Man Your Passwords? “It’s time for your much-needed break from the serious news, and this week, we’ll learn the absolute last person to call for tech support, the proper etiquette for being hauled drunk out of a canal, and more about Shrek than you ever wanted to know.”
STAY OUT OF THE RAIN: Windproof Travel Umbrella – Compact & Withstands Winds up to 100MPH. #CommisisonEarned
AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD:
Experts Fear Terrorist Activity In Minneapolis Could Spread To America Next https://t.co/jXE3McVvqu
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) October 8, 2026
