Ivanhoe

The governments (and academia) of both Canada and the US are riddled with PRC agents, no doubt.

https://nypost.com/2025/05/21/us-news/2-people-with-israeli-embassy-ties-shot-near-dcs-capital-jewish-museum-sources/ Some reporting that a suspect is in custody, but as usual facts are thin. Also reports of 3 wounded, again coverage is flimsy so far.

F-8J Crusader, 1975;

https://www.ntd.com/top-fda-official-says-she-never-received-a-covid-19-vaccine_1067794.html Safe and effective, unless you work for the FDA or NIH.

https://mosaicmagazine.com/response/jewish-world/2023/07/anti-semitism-and-the-battle-for-the-american-right-with-douglas-murray-samuel-goldman-and-tamara-berens/ Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_and_Fate) Written in 1959, all the more true today.

Somebody wrote that diplomacy is saying "nice doggy" while you are reaching for a rock.

I figure certain parties were entranced by the power of the autopen, and convinced Biden to bluff his way to the end of his term. Constitutional lawyers are going to have fun with the prospect of executive orders and legislative bills being signed by autopen without Biden's knowledge or understanding. https://x.com/megynkelly/status/1924580504818384934

Take it with a grain of salt, but Ray Dalio is talking about Treasury trying to print itself out of debt; https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/19/ray-dalio-says-risk-to-us-treasuries-greater-than-what-moodys-says.html

With Team Halfwit in the WH, it is a miracle the nation survived;

https://shipwreckedcrew.substack.com/p/the-long-overdue-decriminalization THIS is what I voted for.

Given that the PSA test is simply a blood test that can be piggybacked onto routine blood draws, even if Biden refused the test (purportedly) a doctor with decency would be looking at it. And given Biden's age, and the importance of his position, it should have been done semi-annually. Unless we leverage the "turbo cancer" mechanism proposed by mRNA opponents, either Biden was not getting professional care, or something unseemly was afoot.

Be advised that the guy spends the last half of the video defending the villain in the story, but the first 10-12 minutes are worthwhile.

How to read news articles 101; Extrapolating one data point in southwest England to all of Europe is a bit of a stretch, but then to be expected from the Guardian. Likewise, An alternative form of the journalistic "some say" without providing names.

If you are asserting that Saxons were black, that would explain the region of Germany called the Black Forest. As for your "cute idea" that reads like a strawman, used to construct a false dichotomy.

Its to the point where America should have a convo about outlawing post-retirement jobs for FOGOs (and SES-level civilian employees). My proposal for both classes of federal employee is: take a paid job (including equities) after retirement, lose all retirement benefits. I'm tempted to include O-6s, because COLs/CAPTs are often in a position to heavily influenced contracting and procurement. If an O-7 can't live on the standard retirement pay, he/she isn't competent enough to deserve that pay grade.

FB caption; "Soviet WW2 riverine armoured boats of 1124 project and S-40 type - using a T-34 turret"

OTOH, I was presented this pic of an airplane I didn't know existed; E15K Shiun

It would seem that I have angered the Sky Gods, since my FB feed has vanishingly few milplane pics any more. When FB does show me such pics, it is of misshapen birds like this;