9+ million Muslim voters purged in 4 states Trump “SAVE” plan takes a test drive in India
Four states have purged Muslim voters by the millions. The states are West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and Kerala. Forgive me the ... READ MORE
CSotD: Etcetera, Etcetera, Etcetera
Etcetera Days are when I feature interesting political cartoons that don’t spark a full-throated rant.Today’s headline is a catch-phrase Yul Brynner had in The King and I, and while he…
The Joy of Six 1515
"We need to have the courage and vision to support the Jewish community without destroying a fundamental and necessary right. It is Jews who will ultimately be harmed too, as members of the UK…
MAY EIGHTH NEWS ROUNDUP
Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog ends this week with another current events roundup from an America where it’s no secret that Democrats have become so idiotic that they believe Donald…
Sometimes Resisting Means Recommitting Yourself To What You’re Already Doing
Over the last four years that I’ve been reading the statement, however, and especially since the beginning of Donald Trump’s second term, it has become an affirmation that gathering as we do every…
Could Mozilla Security Hot Air Fill Mythos Sails?
The Register asked for my opinion on the Mozilla blog post that pumps up Mythos. I gave them a short answer. Here’s the long form. As a disinformation historian, I see tell-tale signs in the…
Dirty Frag Gives Root Access on Every Major Linux Distribution
A new Linux zero-day called Dirty Frag gives any local user full root access on every major Linux distribution, and right now no distribution has a patched kernel available. The researcher planned to…
England is splitting apart
England’s local election results are revealing a dramatic political shift. Reform is making major gains across poorer regions, coastal towns, and former Labour heartlands, whilst Read the full…
2 more examples of news propagandists exploiting Gerry Conway's rejection of the Punisher for their own leftist agendas
It's been a week or so since veteran comics and screen writer Gerry Conway passed away, and here's 2 more examples of leftists exploiting his rejection of his own creation, Frank Castle, for the sake…
The most pleasant reward
“Oui, la récompense la plus agréable qu’on puisse recevoir des choses que l’on fait, c’est de les voir connues, de les voir caressées d’un applaudissement qui vous honore.” “Yes,…
Where are we now?
There is something raw and exciting about an election night. For someone who has been an eager election result observer since the 1970 general election, Read the full article...
Reading political analysis in the UK right now be like…
Can someone artistic come up with a graphic mashup of John Lydon & Nigel Farage? 😀 BTW, Lydon is actually a very bright and in many ways deeply admirable figure.
Front Range Rail: Expensive and Insignificant
The Colorado Department of Transportation says it will issue its detailed financial and operating plans for its Front Range rail proposal in June, but in the meantime it has published the service…
Israellycool AI Videos of the Week
This week's AI videos were solely focused on Flotilla participant and alleged sex pest Thiago Ávila. Because they bother him. Continue reading Israellycool AI Videos of the Week at Radical Truth…
Iran COVER-UP Falls Apart - The Truth Finally Coming Out
Owen Jones This is a catastrophe for US power. The West is falling, and this is accelerating that decline in a big way. US power is not going to recover from this. It's already suffered shattered…
Webcurios 08/05/26
Reading Time: 44 minutes   Well, even in its partially incomplete form that’s a, er, miserable-looking set of electoral results, isn’t it? Good to see, based on the extent to which the Reform…
Max Blumenthal EXPOSES “Antisemitic” Stabbing in UK
Katie Halper Grayzone editor and investigative journalist Max Blumenthal argues that a London stabbing fits a suspicious pattern of "antisemitic" attacks being used by Keir Starmer and pro-Israel…
TTAB Judge Elizabeth A. Dunn Has Retired
Administrative Trademark Judge Elizabeth A. Dunn has retired from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. She was appointed to the Board in 2019. Judge Dunn is, by my count, the tenth TTAB judge to…
Does Israel risk being economically isolated?
My monthly column in the UK outlet, Middle East Eye: Can a nation remain on a permanent war footing and survive, even thrive? Israel is trying to find out. Although it has been in various conflicts…
FBI Director Kash Patel Orders Polygraph Dragnet in Hunt for Journalists’ Sources
Carol Leonning and Ken Dilanian report for MS NOW. Excerpt: FBI Director Kash Patel ordered the polygraphing of more than two dozen former and current members of his security detail, as well as other…
Bringing Back the EV “Credit”
Since the Chinese are coming – more finely, Chinese EVs are coming – some are arguing for an American “industrial policy” that would include resurrecting federal tax credits…
Urgent: Robert Reich's site paywalled
Sad news: Robert Reich's site has become paywalled. As a result, access to an article there requires running nonfree JavaScript code (https://gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html) and requires…
Urgent: Executive order could label millions of Americans as domestic terrorists
US citizens: call on Congress to refuse to fund Trump’s executive order that could label millions of Americans as domestic terrorists, or in any fashion block it. See the instructions for how to sign…
Trade Court Sends Trump’s Section 122 Tariffs Down the Drain
Gee, I get another Tariff "I Told You So."
He never had a pet
In a recent blog post, Bob Priddy explains “why Donald Trump is Donald Trump.” [Shared here with Bob’s permission] I think I have figured out why Donald Trump is Donald Trump. He never had a…
Timeline of Ukraine Invasion: War In The Black Sea
**Regularly UPDATED**   Reflecting on the Russo-Ukraine War, I am putting together a timeline of the most relevant…
Ukrainian Surface Drone (USV) Found, Motor Running, In Greek Cave
 An armed uncrewed surface vessel (USV), almost certainly a Ukrainian example, has been discovered with its motor running, in a sea cave on the Greek…
Washington has been wrong about Iowa before. They’re wrong again
Jill Shudak is mayor of Council Bluffs. Every election cycle, the same thing happens. Washington insiders look at Iowa from 1,100 miles away, pick the candidate who looks best on paper to them, and…
Lessons from Ozone
In 1974, two chemists at the University of California published a paper predicting that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) would destroy the ozone layer in the stratosphere that shields Earth from…
Utopia, by John Lennon
Imagine there’s no countries It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace Bullshit. Alas. I remember our teachers from…
The Reach You Did Not Earn
LinkedIn 2002, 1.1 billion users in 2026. The reach algorithm penalises external links (~18.8 per cent reduction in van der Blom 2026, n = 1.3M), penalises thematic breadth via a topic fingerprint,…
PHOTO/VIDEO: A Tale of Two May Days
Federal agents and LAPD crashed multiple May Day protests in DTLA on May 1, 2026.
Canadian Alleges Legal Intimidation by U.S. Homeland Security Over Social Media Posts
Chris Iorfida, CBC News: A Canadian is fighting back in U.S. federal court over what he says is an attempt by the Department of Homeland Security, through Google, to seek “vast swaths of…
Net Zero Is Not a Policy; It Is a Brand
LNG Canada and Mark Carney’s “Low Carbon Oil”Those of you following the parallel track to my essays, the chapters of my memoirs I am also putting out on Substack and […]
Man arrested for allegedly assaulting Mayor Lurie’s bodyguard to be freed
Held on multiple charges, Tony Phillips will be released under electronic monitoring Friday
Update
I'm sorry, WHAT??? WE'RE TRUSTING THEM TO SELF ISOLATE? I'm sorry, no, but this is like the one thing that'll turn this anarchist full tanky. Lock them down. Give them chocolates or like pickled…
The shirt outlasted the Standards Authority
T he lettuce outlasted Liz Truss. And the T-shirt has outlasted the Standards Authority at which it poked the finger. In a move that sees this blog praise this Government twice in one week -- an…
May 7, 2026
May 7, 2026 But do you know what coreutils are a fertile ground for? Race conditions around file creation, deletion, permission setting, and so on. The original code accounted for decades of…
When You Trade Freedom For “The Greater Good”: Xi Van Fleet Ep. 482
Xi Van Fleet is an
The Day Civilization Runs Out Of Bread Will Not Feel Like Fiction
For nearly three decades, much of the modern world behaved as though the nuclear age had quietly expired sometime in the early 1990s. The collapse of the Soviet Union created the comforting illusion…
The Dangers of Postmillennialism and the Authoritarian Hangover of the Social Gospel Movement in Canada
Eschatology and MarxismOne of the most interesting things about The Communist Manifesto is the literary genre into which it falls. Unlike the other works of Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx, it is…
Fixed voice rules head for deregulation
The Commerce Commission will investigate deregulating PSTN interconnection. Ventia plan to grow beyond telecoms with datacentre builds. One NZ builds 29 new cell sites
Partisan stag hunts, everywhere
I'm seeing a lot of political actors and commentators advocating for hardball strategies right now, while lamenting that what they are advocating for isn't ideal. Here's Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI),…
THURSDAY: This is no country for serious people!
THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2026 Tarlov among the chimps: How fraudulent is much of the "cable news" discourse afflicting this failing nation? Thanks to Willa Pope Robbins of Mediaite , we can steer you to the…
A Government Debt Crisis?
What's the line in the sand on U.S. government debt? The post A Government Debt Crisis? appeared first on A Wealth of Common Sense. ...
America's Drug And Crime Policies In 2024 & 2025 Are Saving Lives
Overdose deaths, homicides, and traffic fatalities are falling sharply, suggesting America may be seeing one of its most important public-health reversals in years.
The Crazies ★★★★☆
Well whatever they’re here for, it’s turning into a riot. Maybe they are just here for control. If they can turn a campus protest into a shooting war…
May 1 in Chicago: A day of 'civic miseducation'
Public school students shouldn't be used as political foot soldiers.
Newsweek on John Roberts issues warning
John Roberts issues warning on Supreme Court overruling precedent Conservative Chief Justice John Roberts said at a Wednesday judicial conference that the Supreme Court must be cautious about…
Nasser Mashni Amplifies Blood Libel Disseminated By Antisemite
Nasser Mashni amplified David Miller’s Deir Yassin blood libel during Australia’s antisemitism inquiry, ignoring historical context and facts. Continue reading Nasser Mashni Amplifies Blood Libel…