Turns out “links” is an old Anglo-Saxon word, so technically this is the old English way of saying… Wednesday Morning Links! I dunno. you gotta have a schtick. This ain’t my best, but Sloopy and Banjos are on that little island that isn’t burning government housing abutting the Irish Sea, so I’ve got what I’ve got here. Its bad, you deserve better, but with SF laid up (but out of the hospital, which, as my mother points out, is where people go to die) you’ve got the B Gentleman’s C team here, no matter how much of Gentleman Tonio is.
To be clear, Tonio is A+ as is Swiss, I am the Gentleman’s C.
Okay, enough banter, let’s get us some linkin’ done.
I’m surprised it wasn’t Dave Burge who coined this… “Oystergruppenfuhrer Platner” has issues with Luttrell’s account of Lone Survivor. As an aside, reminding me that I knew Dave (online) back in the Iowahawk blog days, I was talking with our Swiss Servator about him rubbing elbows with blog royalty once upon a time… in his 30s. He celebrated a birthday recently. Not 39. Wish him well if you missed him.
Orphan asks for trust fund access after being accused of murdering parents, pleading his new status has left him impoverished.
I spent at least 20 nights discussing how to draw “fair” Congressional districts with a couple of guys who had advanced degrees in Geography. Its not quite this simple. For instance, even if you were trying to draw an unbiased map, where you start, and which (if any) geological features you follow can land you +/- 1-2 seats in 50/50 state with 12 or more House seats.
If anyone is looking for Father’s Day presents for guys like me… I’ll take one of these. Those fuckin’ tree rats will never know what hit ’em.
Here’s a mellow little song about stalking for your Wednesday.
I am the Gentleman’s C.
You’re a gentleman’s club?
You are too humble, Brett. But thanks for the compliment and the links.
Anglesey? The poor bastards are in Wales?
I used to think of Wales as the setting for the Chronicles of Prydain.
The Beeb has informed me that it’s really the setting for Torchwood.
The BBC did a lot of filming in Wales because it was cheaper. It’s like Hollywood and Vancouver.
It’s also OK to film their now since the native population has so intermingled with the Anglo-Saxon/Norman population that most of the Welsh don’t even have tails anymore.
Torchwood taught me that most Welsh are some combination of dark skinned and homo.
And that the correct response to a government conspiracy that threatens the existence of all life on earth (or potentially the afterlife) is to obey the government.
I am good with burning down government housing.
Welsh rarebit deep dish? With pineapple?
Welsh rarebit deep dish (or pizza or khachapuri or naan or…) sounds pretty awesome.
In re congressional districts – I’ve come to the opinion that the rules should be:
– The only features you are permitted to follow are the external boundaries of the state.
– No straight line may be drawn which is able to cross the boundaries of the district in more than two places excepting crossings which also cross the external border of the state.
Electoral districts are a political matter, so I think the baseline rule should be to follow political boundaries – town, county, etc. To the extent you need to tweak those to get equal populations in each district, the shortest total boundary for the district wins. Big cities with multiple districts may be an exception, but for the foreseeable future those are all Dem districts anyway, so it’s pretty much an intramural fight.
The only people who should count for districting are, of course, citizens. I also think there should be a fudge factor on population per district, say, 5%.
This strikes me as something AI could do, BTW.
AI couldn’t even tell me when the correct number of games the Spurs have played against the Knicks last night in the NBA finals. I have my doubts about it’s ability to draw up legislative districts.
Drainages, rivers without bridges, mountain ranges, major roads and highways.
County and precinct lines take precedence, but their boundaries should follow the above.
+/- 1-2 seats in a 50/50 state is a far cry better than 10-1 or 4-0 or whatever they are going to do in California that will ensure a large 40 percent republican state gets zero represenation.
Republicans don’t deserve representation. /Democrats
Its not quite this simple.
Paywalled, but the two or so paragraphs you can read show the writer to be a smug asshole.
He’s is. However, the points he makes appear work completely in the opposite way he intended if you view many of NJ’s districts.
Because the state is so small, relative to other states, the gerrymandering of most of the northern districts for Team Blue are something to behold.
From that map you (?) posted the other day it looks like they’re purely race based. Anyone challenging that?
Not that I’m aware. Even if they did it would take years to get it out of NJ. It would be stalled and dragged on as long as possible.
It’s the Atlantic.
There is a site somewhere that lets you choose your own gerrymandering adventure. It was pretty cool, you could dial the knobs to get any kind of result you want.
I still maintain that districts are too big.
^SOOO much this
I maintain that the US is too big and that there should be multiple waves of secession.
Archive link
“Nick loved his parents, and he is devastated by their deaths. But the facts about what did and did not happen to them are not at issue in this Trust litigation,” the petition says. “Like anyone accused of a crime, Nick is presumed innocent, and he is entitled to mount his defense with the resources that are lawfully his own.”
Take pity on him, he’s an orphan! To anybody who understands the trusts and the legal system this isn’t exactly a big surprise.
The legal system routinely denies criminal defendants access to the alleged proceeds of crime unless and until they are convicted.
Make that, acquitted.
To be specific, I meant that he wanted access to them. Not that he was going to get them.
Once there was a joke about a double parricide who asked for mercy because he was an orphan. Re-file this one under “Real Life”.
I think this is the current definition of “chutzpah”.
Early OT
U.S. Launches Strikes on Iran in Response to Downed Apache Helicopter
Jet fighters used precision munitions to hit Iranian radar sites and ground control stations in an attack that lasted several hours, U.S. Central Command said
But the ceasefire is still in effect!
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/apache-helicopter-crash-coast-oman-4de26c6d?st=q2K1EN&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Two things will continue to remain true:
– Iran will never honor any agreement, even a ceasefire.
– Trump still thinks he can make a deal.
They never broke the JCPOA.
You mean Obama’s pallets of cash and keep doing what you’ve been doing?
Yes. Obama returning piles of frozen Iranian funds that belonged to them.
Just like how Trump will release something like $20 billion in frozen assets if he gets a deal with Iran (that will look exactly like the JCPOA).
Those funds are not the property of the Islamic Republic.
And they did everything except honor their side of the agreement.
Please be more specific. There were literally IAEA inspectors there until bombs starting dropping last year.
Who were never allowed to inspect anything or anywhere that hadn’t already been emptied well before they got a guided tour of the areas the Iranians let them see.
That’s the propaganda, not the story from the inspectors.
Iran is an technologically advanced country. If they wanted nuclear weapons at any point in the last 25 years, they’d have them. And like North Korea, we’d probably just leave them alone at that point. Building basic atom bombs isn’t that hard if you have good engineers and scientists.
And the UN claim UNRWA aren’t in cahoots with Hamas.
Except it was the story from the Inspectors – their own complaints about the Iranians’ treatment of them.
You mistake “has the money to buy foreign technology” with “being technologically advanced”. There are some significant gaps in their capabilities. They don’t actually have the good engineers and scientists, who have this nasty tendency to flee to other countries on them.
Iran isn’t Arab. They have plenty of internal capabilities to build what they want. We watched their homemade missiles dodge Patriots.
https://international-iq-test.com/en/test/IQ_by_country
Who said anything about Arab? Brain drain and decaying industrial base are not limited to one ethnic group.
Trump was counting on 2-3 weeks of bombing, then either the Iranian people would overthrow the government, or the Iranian leadership would cry uncle. That would have been a success.
But Iran has learned that all they need to do is hold on and keep being a pain in the ass, and they can drag this out forever. That’s the playbook they’ve been using for 50 years. They’ve never won any military engagement outright, they just keep absorbing punches and supporting sneaky shit when the opportunity arises.
Nobody. It’s a kneejerk technique to portray someone with differing opinions about Iran as stupid.
Was certain that song would be Bob Seger – Main Street.
Turn the Page
I was expecting “I’ll be Watching You” by The Police.
It is interesting to see how expectations are set by age cohort.
I would have gone with AC/DC Night Prowler.
I don’t know who this morrasy guy is.
Well that frees up some of my time in November.
https://www.foxcarolina.com/2026/06/10/lindsey-graham-seeks-5th-senate-term-face-annie-andrews-november/
Although you were probably all ready for that terrible result I am still very sorry Drake.
Gave it a try. I’m not sure who thinks he’s for the state or country. Boomers who watch Fox News maybe?
Or anyone who will vote for the less bad option in their eyes.
Fear of the worst option- Former Yertel the Turtle voter.
The gays elected him.
Such a huge voting block the get an entire month.
An AWFL running on a “for the children” platform. Barf. The only thing she can do for the The Children(tm) as a US Senator is to enact massive spending programs which are billed as helping the children but are actually vote-buying jobs programs.
How many voters though will actually be swayed by that? It shouldn’t even be one.
Rational voters? Zero. Emotional voters? Lots. Identity voters? Lots.
Well, perhaps she can also keep “the children” out of needless unnecessary wars? Graham’s a war-monger. On the other hand, this AWFL will declare war on U.S. taxpayers. Nice choices, South Carolina!
And every time people proclaim the need to get more turnout – all they get is more of the latter two (plus the apathetic).
whaddup doh’
So, I’ve been listening to a Perry Mason audiobook. Generall Gardener’s work is easy fare, butthe same problem cropps up. I know too much about courtroom procedure. Enough that the dialog related to direct examination riles me up. Example:
In book:
And no objection from Mason over leading his own witness. Thing is, listen to even a few trials, and the unique cadence of the start of direct examination becomes more familiar. It’s go more like:
I know the leading format is there for the sake of brevity, but it just sounds wrong.
Perry Mason, you say?
I would have gone two degrees of separation and linked “Godzilla”.
Or does that count as three?
I’d much rather watch the Japanese original.
And fuck MST3K and similar outfits for making the original versions of bad movies tougher to find. I’d rather watch and draw my own conclusions about how bad a movie is.
Ted – I was talking about the song “Godzilla” by Blue Oyster Cult, which originally came out in English.
I was talking about Raymond Burr parachuted into the Americanization of the original Godzilla movie.
Remember, unlike the rest of you, I have good taste in music.
🤣
“I’d much rather watch the Japanese original.”
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Perry Masumoto?
*generally not generall, as far as I know, Erle did not attain flag rank in the military.
Probably done to shorten the “trial” for tv. Maybe a lot of real trials could be accomplished in less time (with less billable hours) if more “leading the witness” were allowed so the court could cut to the chase. One thing about Perry Mason that always seemed strange: people to be called as witnesses were allowed to sit in the courtroom and hear the testimony of others. I always thought that wasn’t allowed as it might bias their testimony?
You are correct, witnesses are not permitted to observe proceedings, for exactly that reason.
From the first-linked article:
That’s some fine journalisming there, AP. Makes it sound like the student (Henry Nowak) had the knife. Also noteworthy that they don’t say his name until several paragraphs further in.
For some values of British. Also, nice cherry-picking. I’m sure that many of the protesters feel that mass third-world migration, legal or otherwise, is the problem.
I’m legitimately impressed with the paramilitary’s willingness to fight, but I fear they’re hitting the wrong targets.
there really need to be more police administrators, judges, and MPs hanging from lampposts.
Exactly. Burning out a couple of third-worlder tenements and vape shops probably felt pretty good in the moment, but what good did it do? The regime will just rebuild them using your tax dollars.
Sheldon nailed it. Direct action against immigrants looks bad, and will only result in a few self-deportations. It’s not like they can charter a plane and start pushing immigrants on-board. Only when government officials feel/fear personal consequence will something happen. Those government officials depend on those immigrant voters to keep them in power.
Oddly, the archetypal government official’s combination of massive entitlement and moral perfidy makes them a conceptually difficult target. If government officials get attacked, even ineffectively, they freak out and retaliate all out of proportion to the offense. J6 was one example of this, DOGE was another.
It’s like fighting a schoolyard bully who’s daddy is the chief of police.
The only solution is to do so much damage that it changes their capability, not just their behavior, and you have to do it without being identified. The Irish paras seem to be doing very well on this last point, but we’ll see how it shakes out in a few weeks.
It’s a matter of pace and scale. Burn out enough tenements and money-laundering fronts, and the immigrants will start self-deporting (which doesn’t require chartered flights and official involvement).
The problem will attacking government officials is that, while they will defend the constituency that provides them votes and kickbacks, their response to direct attacks is much more ferocious.
I just don’t see (a) a revolutionary overthrow of the current UK government (which would be required; they ain’t voting their way out of this) followed by (b) ethnic cleansing. Britain is lost.
I expect a time that resembles “The Troubles” to start up, with a goodly number of attacks on the CCTV infrastructure by people who wouldn’t go so far as to bomb or kill themselves, but want to help the cause.
It will be bloody and decentralized.
That happens sometimes, but not always and not everywhere.
Third-world migrants might not be the smartest cookies, but they’re generally rational actors by their standards. They’re not going to pick up and move unless staying in the west becomes worse for them than returning to the third world. That’s not going to happen while an entire bureaucracy exists to cosset them with tax money and victim-praise.
Most non-Muslims don’t want to bomb themselves.
Speaking of Troubles:
https://unherd.com/2026/06/belfast-after-the-beheading/?set_edition=us&tl_inbound=1&tl_groups%5B0%5D=18743&tl_period_type=3&utm_source=UnHerd+Today&utm_campaign=7895739f20-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_06_10_01_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_79fd0df946-7895739f20-34937002
Paywalled.
Teds, who wants everyones to enact his labors.
ES/Tonio:
I’ve at least seen some promise, including black Brits telling rioters to stand behind them, “Cause the Bobbies won’t touch me mate.”
The not far-left are “exploiting” this case, but nobody exploited the George Floyd case.
Ding, ding, ding. Folks, we have a winner…
No problems. Move along…
Inflation Heated Up to 4.2% in May, as Energy Costs Continued to Bite
Consumer prices accelerated from 3.8% the previous month and were in line with expectations
https://www.wsj.com/economy/cpi-inflation-report-may-2026-60db25fe?st=SM6cwM&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
It’s not the illegal migration that is destroying their civilization. Illegal migration is easily converted to (technically) legal migration.
It’s the migration, period.
I would contend that there is no empathy in suicidal empathy.
Last week Mr. Pelley showed up at a staff meeting and complained about the unexplained firing of the show’s executive producer. He now admits he rejected outreach to brief him on the changes before the replacement hire’s first day. He adopts colorful characterizations in classic begging-the-question fashion. He makes recurring use of “murder” and “murdering” for the removal of an executive, though this happens every day in American business. He attacked the qualifications of her replacement and told him he wasn’t welcome in a way that could only indicate insubordination. Yet now he excuses himself by saying it wasn’t a staff meeting, it was a family meeting—because that’s how he feels about his colleagues.
I’m sure this will get just as much coverage as his firing.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/cbs-and-the-cost-of-not-apologizing-800f1193?st=ZrEztg&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Weird how a septuagenarian immediately adopts a zoomer regard for workplace decorum.
“In the new lawsuit, a child actor going by the pseudonym John Doe accuses the disgraced Bad Boy Entertainment founder of sexually assaulting him during a networking event in the Hollywood Hills in May 2007, according to ABC News….
he actor said that as he started to “feel the effects of the beverage” Combs had offered him, the “I’ll Be Missing You” rapper allegedly started touching him in a way that he stated was making him uncomfortable.
“Then, Defendant Combs pulled down Plaintiff’s pants and underwear and began to fondle Plaintiff’s genitalia all while Combs was simultaneously touching himself. Defendant Combs then performed oral copulation on the minor Plaintiff while continuing to touch himself,” the lawsuit alleged.
The suit did not give the actor’s exact age, only that he was under 18 at the time of the alleged encounter.”
https://nypost.com/2026/06/10/us-news/sean-diddy-combs-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-child-actor-in-new-lawsuit/
Anonymous accusations are bullshit.
They can withhold the name of an accuser who was a minor nineteen years ago? 🤔
Anonymous, 19 year old accusations are even more bullshit.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/10/us-news/mass-hs-graduation-ceremony-turns-chaotic-as-mom-hurls-explosive-tirade-at-mayor-in-front-of-seniors/
This is RC Dean’s surprised face.
GFY NYP.
Several federal agencies also typically sponsor Capital Pride’s annual activities, but all stepped back last year and haven’t returned, he said.
Of course they did.
https://www.wsj.com/cmo-today/pride-groups-plan-for-a-future-without-some-of-their-biggest-corporate-sponsors-b2589003?st=QrgWHU&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Because that is something the government needs to be pandering to.
JFC faggots, throw your own damn party. Nobody’s tax dollars should be feeding that.
Well, the url does say “corporate sponsors,” but I’m glad the corporations are finally tired of getting shaken down by the QUILTBAG++.
That too.
Good.
That BB gun looks pretty cool but has a couple of problems, first, it’s out of stock. Second, while it has full auto, and semi-auto, it does not have the coveted full-semi-auto.
Does it have the quarter-automatic setting?
Now I’m thinking of the coin-operated gun in that Libertarian Police Department parody thingy.
Although it’s difficult to shoot without putting a quarter downrange these days.
If I still had direct delivery, I’d try a box of the Magtech steel case before committing to a bulk purchase, but since each order requires a fee these days…
“As its national influence has risen, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) has simultaneously grown more extreme. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the group’s “Red Rabbits” initiative.
The Red Rabbits Security Commission, a subgroup within the DSA focused on “community defense” efforts, is, according to its authorizing resolution, preparing for a “national uprising against federal agents and police brutality.”
In practice, that means training cadres in tactics like armed and unarmed self-defense, blocking intersections, and fighting “fascists” with umbrellas.”
https://nypost.com/2026/06/09/opinion/socialist-red-rabbits-are-training-for-national-uprising-against-cops/
CWABOA
Oh, they will be the red rabbits alright. Bloody red.
I keep telling you all to not underestimate these people.
Actual training in direct action is a hell of a lot more than most U.S. ‘patriots’ do.
Sheldon is correct. I live in Richmond (VA). I saw those ppl in action during BLM riots and the occupation of Monument Avenue. The rumored patriot rollup never materialized.
Also, consider the demographics. Your average commie is young and mobile, and therefore cheap to support. The employed ones tend to be teachers who have lots of time off compared to other jobs, and nurses who work shifts.
Your typical patriot is older, has job or family obligations; many are senior citizens. This is a broad generalization, of course.
This.
History provides plenty of examples of where this is going to lead if it isn’t stopped. And I don’t think it will be.
The real underpinning of the left’s “direct action” isn’t their tactical capability (which shouldn’t be underestimated). It’s their collusion with state and local government. Without top-down support, they get rolled up muy pronto.
And they know it. Which is why you don’t see them acting up where they don’t have top-down support.
Mr. Dean nails it.
The climate protestors that attempted to shut down the road to Burning Man a couple of years back were not operating in a friendly jurisdiction, and they found out the hard way.
Apply this to our discussion about third-world migration above. The analysis is the same – find ways to disrupt their top-down support.
“Actual training in direct action is a hell of a lot more than most U.S. ‘patriots’ do.”
‘U.S. patriots’ would get the Waco or Ruby Ridge treatment the nanosecond they started direct action training.
There was a definite targeting of those trainers who were too embedded with militia movements post-Murrah. Will this apply to leftie militias after organized violence? No idea.
Leftie militias will have the MSM running interference for them.
There was some, but it was pretty ineffectual and it fizzled out in less than a year. Whereas nowadays, I can recommend three separate training groups that work within 90 minutes of my house in NoVA, each staffed up with exceptionally competent instructors with substantial skillsets, each specializing in a different area.
(The point I’m trying to get across here is: don’t be a flabby hick sitting on your couch. Go get some training on your own.)
Tonio:
Just look at the DataRepublican piece where she was showing how the rioters were being supported at community housing with full catering and riot bags prepped.
That last line might have sounded like I was calling someone out in particular, and that absolutely wasn’t my intent. I apologize if it came across that way – I could have worded it better.
But that said – go get some training. If you’re not one for the guns and the shooting and the fighting, get some medical training. Or secure comms training. Or study open source intel collection and work up some target decks. There’s a lot of useful knowledge out there if you’re willing to look around for it.
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/02/07/oregon-house-bill-2572-prevent-paramilitary-activity/
State legislature banned militia training to address some of that. Still have unorganized training of course. For now.
Each other?
That ditch ain’t going to fill itself.
I saw the Red Rabbits moniker last night. First thought went to the Dead Rabbits in Gangs of New York, film and IIRC that was one of the historic gang names there in the 1850s. I was hoping for the Plug Uglies.
Take out a third of that movie, and I fucking love it. Pretty much take away Diaz and it’s great. Take out most of DiCaprio, perhaps. So, how best to put it? I really like parts of that movie, but it can be just a bit much.
Aight, off to Receiving. Cheers to Muzzled at the (other place’s) deli. Today and tomorrow and then more days to dive into my Work Search. Have a neurology appt on Tues, my ever 6mo one. I took a 6hr Neuro test, with tasks to do and be measured and shit. Still not entirely sure ‘how I did.’ I’m mostly curious about the many memory games and more I played.
and fighting “fascists” with umbrellas.”
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Julie Andrews will be training them?
“Fascists” like Georgi Markov.
My enemies fighting?
And?
“Sydney Sweeney reveals true thoughts on ‘Euphoria’ character’s raunchy OnlyFans storyline”
https://pagesix.com/2026/06/09/entertainment/sydney-sweeney-reacts-to-euphoria-onlyfans-storyline/
https://www.dailymail.com/tvshowbiz/article-15887329/Sydney-Sweeney-reveals-join-OnlyFans-Euphoria-backlash.html
Thoughts are important.
https://www.vanityfair.com/story/sydney-sweeney-interview-euphoria
https://archive.ph/XC0S3
I’ve got more than the two obvious thoughts about her. She seems fun. A more ‘normal’ character, at least.
We’d get along swimmingly.
She seems keenly aware that she is the TOTM, willing to both enjoy that ride as long as it lasts, and also recognize it for what it is.
That is refreshing. Unlike, say former TOTM actresses like Jennifer Lawrence or Scarlet Johansen.
I don’t think they did, mate.
Racism shouldn’t be illegal.
And the reason they did that is because the killer knew to use the magical claim of a white guy being racist to him.
IIRC, they didn’t take him seriously until his corpse’s pupils no longer responded to light.
Mighty fine police work there Lou.
“Olivia Wilde strips to red lace lingerie and straddles a naked man while brandishing a whip in racy trailer for I Want Your Sex
The R-rated film is directed by Gregg Araki.”
https://www.dailymail.com/tvshowbiz/article-15888103/Olivia-Wilde-strips-red-lace-lingerie-straddles-naked-man-brandishing-whip-racy-trailer-Want-Sex.html
I doubt it will be like his early work.
Good?
I love his early work.
Doom Generation is my favorite.
I was previously unaware of actor Cooper Hoffman. I’ll be in my bunk.
Do we really need a George Michael biopic?
The George Michael biopic is titled “Wham! Me Up Before You Go-Go”
Speaking of a TOTM rapidly approaching her sell-by date . . . .
TW:TOS
“As passed, the budget plan imposes a tax on social media companies based on “the average number of monthly users of the platform located in the State of Illinois.” Platforms with 100,000 to 500,000 “Illinois users” will have to pay $0.10 per user each month; platforms with 500,000 to 1 million “shall pay $40,000, plus $0.25 per month” per user; and platforms with over 1 million users will pay $165,000, plus $0.50 per user, each month on the number of users over 1 million. A provision adjusts the tax for inflation starting in 2028. Companies that fail or refuse to pay will be punished with a fee of “an amount equal to 100% of the unpaid fee and any penalties each month until the fee is paid.””
https://reason.com/2026/06/10/illinois-just-adopted-a-half-baked-scheme-to-tax-social-media/
Totally unworkable.
Fuck you, cut spending.
If we cut spending we won’t get re-elected!
So a win-win solution then?
Are they even pretending this will be earmarked for “providing healthcare to poor people” or something? Or are they admitting this is just another bucket of money thrown into the trough?
FYTW
That BB gun looks pretty cool but has a couple of problems, first, it’s out of stock. Second, while it has full auto, and semi-auto, it does not have the coveted full-semi-auto.
Does the thing go up?
No, but it threads properly.
Wow – just look at the “huge” difference in volume for packing up for travel use.
https://www.theverge.com/tech/945549/logitech-mobi-fold-wireless-bluetooth-travel-mouse-hands-on
That said, it’s not super expensive compared to other higher quality wireless mice.
“Japanese anime and manga fans are urging Donald Trump to stop using their favourite characters in his social media posts.
About 20,000 people have signed a petition on Change.org entitled Protect Japanese Manga, protesting against the official White House X account posting videos featuring unauthorised use of imagery from the popular Dragon Ball, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Naruto series. Angry fans have also been posting on social media.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/10/japanese-manga-anime-fans-urge-trump-to-stop-using-characters-social-media-posts
That’s over 9000.
The Great Japanese Piracy Crashout of 2026
https://youtu.be/71VUNMl1u7U?si=bM7In5yyXgrWea9K
TLDW – Many in Japan have very different ideas of copyright holders’ rights on entertainment IP. Oddly fan made works “celebrating” the work are OK, but used in commercial or political ways is a big “no”.
In Local News
Three tourists injured by bears on Romania’s famous Transfăgărășan mountain road in one day
https://www.romania-insider.com/three-tourists-injured-bears-romania-transfagarasan-june-2026
The first victims were two Portuguese spouses, aged 62 and 53, who wanted to take a photograph with the wild animal. The woman reportedly opened the window and stuck her head out, while the man wanted to capture the image. In a fraction of a second, the bear attacked her. Desperate to save his wife, her partner intervened.
The same day, an 18-year-old woman from Ukraine was attacked in the same place. The bear bit her legs and caused deep wounds. While trying to escape, the girl fell and also injured one of her hands. After the attack, the girl was taken by her friends to the reception of a hotel. Although she did not speak Romanian or English, the employees immediately realized what had happened. Authorities suspect the woman broke the rules and tried to interact with the bear.
“Initially, she said that she was driving slowly with the window slightly open, eating an apple, and the bear rushed to take the apple. But the wounds she has do not appear to fit that sequence of events. Most likely, she had gotten out of the car. There is no way the bear could have bitten her leg if she had been sitting in the seat inside the car,” said Mihai Coman, a representative of the Vidraru Forestry District, cited by Stirileprotv.ro.
Nine victims of bear attacks have been recorded since the beginning of 2026, eight of whom were foreign tourists, according to the same media report. Some fed the wild animals, and others wanted to take photographs with them.
tourists…
They should have picked the man.
So the mountain is pretending to be a făgărășan?
This is an older mountain, so it is on the other side of the făgărășan.
“Some fed the wild animals, and others wanted to take photographs with them.”
That’s retarded.
Politics UK
@PolitlcsUK
🚨 NEW: The Government is being advised to ban sunbed salons due to the health impacts of radiation
https://x.com/PolitlcsUK/status/2064037542819717218
sure ban them. Let all English chicks get spray tans.
How many people are rich in France? How should the threshold be defined? To these highly charged and hotly debated questions, the Inequality Observatory offers an answer in its fourth report on the wealthy, published Tuesday, June 2. According to the independent non-profit organization, the wealthy are those in France who have a post-tax income of at least €4,292 per month for a single person, €6,438 for a childless couple, or €10,730 for a family with two teenagers over age 14.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2026/06/03/who-is-rich-in-france_6754083_19.html
Phew. I don’t quite hit the threshold for being “Rich”.
And? Why do you care, nosy buggers?
I find it interesting that Europe evaluates income and generally wages on a monthly basis. Japan does the same.
I always have to annualize the numbers to get a proper frame of reference.
I wonder if they have fewer weekly, biweekly, and semi-monthly pay-periods.
I never heard on anything but monthly pay
I think during communism pay was twice monthly but in the last 30 years or so it was always monthly.
So any wealthy French are basically middle class America.
Well, Europe is poorer than the United States.
There will always be someone who thinks a congressional map is unfair. There will always be a complaint that “my neighbor across the street is in a different district.” Unless the district is the whole state and the seats are then divided up proportionately to the votes each Party received. {Heck, maybe in a state with large number of seats, like California or Texas, the Libertarians with 3% of the vote might actually get a seat!}
There is garden variety unfair (seats are 10-8 in a 50/50 state) and then there is what is going on in places like Virginia.
What was attempted in Virginia.
Capture the regulation
Under the bill, if no union agreement is reached between newly organized workers and management within 90 days, it would be sent to mediation — and if that failed after 30 days, it would be referred to a three-person arbitration panel to secure an initial contract. Under current law, new union contracts often take years to secure.
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But Republicans argued that the bill actually “erodes workers’ rights faster than we have ever seen before,” as Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.), chair of the House Education and Workforce Committee, said on the House floor, noting that “a government‑appointed arbitration panel” would impose a contract if the parties don’t reach an agreement under the bill’s timeline.
“Supporters of this bill assure businesses and workers that it is about worker empowerment and efficiency. I may be misremembering the definition of empowerment, but I can guarantee it does not mean taking away a worker’s right to vote on his or her own contract and giving that power to a Washington bureaucrat with no stake in the outcome,” Walberg said.
Who will gain control of the “arbitration process” and impose their will on the other side?My money is on the unions.
If any of you are looking for an excuse to go to Vegas this year, the Golden Knights are hosting the NHL Sled Classic this year, Nov. 5-8. Our team is planning on participating.
https://www.usahockey.com/2026sledclassic
Ya know…I might actually be going through Vegas around that time, on my way to/from PCSL 2-Gun Nats in St. George.
That would be fun! They usually post the actual schedule about a week before, but I would probably have at least one game each day.
I’m shooting on the 4th-5th, so would probably be back in Vegas on the 6th…keep us apprised. I don’t think we’ve ever done a Glibs get-together in Vegas, and that’s really a terrible oversight.
I’ll keep you up to date.
Something I had not expected when I moved here: The ground is not even vaguely stable. That undoubtedly explains why all houses have basements. My downslope fence has garnered about 2″ of soil/year.
New York is a swamp on the slopes of very old mountains. Everything is slowly moving towards the sea.
plant things to stabilize it?
I am always in the market for better ground cover. That particular soil is sandy and shaded.
Ice plant, that is what you want.
If he plants ice, he’s going to have leftist protesters besieging him 24/7.
The interwebs say it’s too rainy here:
Avoid traditional succulent ground covers—like the ice plants (Delosperma) or lamb’s ear (Stachys byzantina)—because frequent rainfall and heavy shade will cause them to rapidly rot, decay, and die.
Six in 10 Australian children still use social media in defiance of the ban. If Keir Starmer bans it here, he will teach a whole generation that the law can be ignored. What a risible legacy that would be, says Joanna Williams
https://x.com/spikedonline/status/2064263750031446292
worse! that the law can be ignored while white
Look on the bright side, those kids are learning valuable tech skills like how to use a VPN.
Good point. Technology ready teens.
“This wasn’t the only racial bloodlust on display outside the courthouse, as Black Panthers and supporters declared “THIS IS A WAR” and told the crowd, “We got to tell our kids the truth that this is a RACIST-ASS COUNTRY… Don’t NOBODY want to hear about what we do to each other. We talking about what they doing to US!””
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/06/disgusting-video-karmelo-anthony-supporter-declares-both-brothers/
Thanks, Obama
That could have been Obama’s son, if Obama was straight.
Charming, and totally unexpected. 🙄
Untethered
On April 30, 2026, Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) entered a statement into the Congressional Record by 36 physicians — including neurologists, psychiatrists, and specialists in cognitive disorders from Harvard, Tufts, Columbia, and George Washington University.
These doctors warned of President Trump’s “rapidly worsening, reality-untethered, increasingly dangerous decline.” They called him “mentally unfit” and said he must be removed “with the greatest urgency,” citing his “grandiose and delusional beliefs,” “reckless threats of violence,” “seemingly compulsive, manic-like late-night communications,” and “fixation on perceived enemies.” Citing his access to nuclear codes, they called for use of the 25th Amendment.
But the chances now seem more remote than ever.
Unlike during Trump’s first term, when the possibility of invoking the Constitution’s 25th Amendment was at least openly debated, no one in Trump’s close orbit will now speak truth to power. In this context, we must talk honestly about the compounding signs that the oldest-ever elected president is physically and mentally unfit for office.
Politically motivated armchair diagnosis from afar is completely reliable and authoritative. We adhere to the highest professional ethics.
And the worthless Republicans won’t go after their medical licenses. They should probably sue them personally as well since they aren’t some rando on the internet but a licensed professional entering their illegally rendered diagnosis into the Congressional Record.
Goldwater rule? What’s that?
That’s bi-partisan! Ultra-left and complete attention-whore — they both agree!!!
“The Michigan Court of Appeals on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a man who was found guilty of playing a role in a plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. Multiple people that were charged in the plot were acquitted after arguing entrapment from the FBI in the case.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/court-tosses-conviction-against-joseph-morrison-in-fbi-informant-fueled-gretchen-whitmer-kidnapping-plot
Although no one is asking whether Gretchen Whitmer should have been kidnapped in 2020.
Yes.
In February.
And not released until 3020 when archeologists dig up her mummy.
Royal Marines
@RoyalMarines
Goodbye 3 Commando Brigade, and we thank you. Welcome, UK Commando Force.
The name change – formally announced by HM The King while presenting the Royal Marines with new Colours – reflects a decade of transformation.
https://x.com/RoyalMarines/status/2064345710682583149
Transmarine?
They can no longer put ships to sea – what do they need marines for?
So what’s that really mean? One more unearned ribbon, medal, sash, or gold braid to drape on the King;s and his Mens’ uniforms?
You’d a thunk that after 1776 or so, they would have learned their lesson about parading around a battle field in red coats and flashy duds when fighting.
“The Mercer Island School District, located in one of Washington state’s wealthiest Seattle-area suburbs, has begun circulating official forms that allow students to request changes to their name and gender without parental consent, according to documents obtained exclusively by The Post Millennial….
A concerned parent with a student in the school district told The Post Millennial: “On the first day of 5th grade, my son was asked to declare his pronouns in front of the class at the teacher’s request. This slippery slope of woke indoctrination has led us to where we now sit. Public schools are now actively facilitating and encouraging children to change their identities and sexual orientation without knowledge or permission from parents.””
https://thepostmillennial.com/exclusive-mercer-island-school-district-instructs-wa-students-to-change-name-gender-without-parental-consent
The school to clinic pipeline continues.
Well, it’s Seattle, and one of the purposes of public schools is to inculcate community values into the tax calves.
Madness. Pull your kids out of that groomer bullshit.
You will address me as “Your Royal Highness.”
This is my favourite image of the riots so far
https://x.com/kunley_drukpa/status/2064461862058537308
Goldwater rule? What’s that?
“Medical ethics” is a lot like “military intelligence”.
Christmas is cancelled. I wonder why…
BBC cancels Doctor Who Christmas special and Russell T Davies announces exit
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c621ln7vx7qo
It’s about the birth of a Jew.
Nobody wants to watch more aliens invading.
They could set it in another time and place. Space and Time Travel is part of the show’s core mechanics.
Set it in the offices of a massive tax agency bureaucracy where people are stuck waiting for their turn to file paperwork.
Yawn.
Because viewership is down by 3/4 from the good old aughts?
Unprecedented abuse of the legal system
The Southern Poverty Law Center, which has fought racism and worked with law enforcement and others to bring violent white supremacists to justice since 1973, is drawing well-deserved support as it defends itself against Trump administration criminal charges and its CEO prepares to testify before Congress.
More than 400 civil rights, labor, environmental and other groups have signed an open letter to members of Congress criticizing the 11 charges of wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering that the Justice Department filed against the center in April.
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The letter to lawmakers says the indictment “has no basis — it is a naked attempt to weaponize the criminal justice system to silence speech and activities this administration dislikes.”
The center filed a motion on May 26 asking a judge to dismiss the baseless charges, which are part of a campaign by President Trump to punish those “deemed to be his political enemies.”
Without the SPLC there would be lynch mobs on every corner.
“which has fought racism”
Citation needed.
I think they meant “funded racism”.
And I’d like to see some examples of the “worked with law enforcement and others to bring violent white supremacists to justice”.
To me that’s the gist of the accusations. If they paid “informants” to do this, they should be able to point to charges filed, convictions, etc. If I were the prosecutor that’s the first thing I’d ask.
worked with law enforcement
Outsourcing to skirt the 4th & 5th Amendments?
More than 400 dependents on government funding?
“deemed to be his political enemies.”
Sure. But what if those enemies are, in fact, crooks and criminals? Are they to be let off the hook because they are fortunate in their choice of enemies? I know, I know, “that’s (D)ifferent.”
The letter to lawmakers says the indictment “has no basis — it is a naked attempt to weaponize the criminal justice system to silence speech and activities this administration dislikes.”
They did their own exhaustive investigation and found no wrongdoing.
Trump himself is the only convicted felon to ever serve as our nation’s president. He was convicted in 2024 of 34 counts of falsifying business records but received no penalties because he was reelected to a second term.
The nonpartisan fact-checking website Snopes concluded that the accusations against Southern Poverty Law Center “remain unproven” and are “not supported by the available evidence.”
Trump’s flimsy procedural “felonies” are ironclad. The SPLC is pure as the driven snow.
LOL
This looks like a rerun.
https://x.com/i/status/2064672738032136412
I was reading where the boats that the migrants use to cross to England are gathered up and sent back to France to bring another wave over the next day.
The migrant invasions over there and here were never organic. NGOs and governments facilitate every step of the way.
I also approve of the Sterlings and L2A1s. Haven’t seen any Armalites yet, but we live in hope…
TPTB: I have a post pending, and schedule it where you have a hole that needs filled, but I’ll note that I’ll likely be out of contact Saturday 13th through Tuesday 16th, so unable to engage in any comments.
Uffda.
It is a complete mystery why the Dems can’t connect to men.
Especially when you have people like this representing your views.
Or an even manlier representative if you need it.
These folx’ voices make NPR hosts sound like chain smoking hacks.
A three-ring circus.
It’s fun to watch old farts like Chuck Schumer try to keep up.
Daily Ray of Sunshine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsup5vVlelg
Democrats are fucking cringe.