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- Matt Ridley: How dangerous is the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak?

- Jonathan Turley: Former prosecutor accused of stealing Smith report files and hiding them as cake recipes.

- Don Surber: Why Democrats embrace Graham "Cracker" Platner.

- Flock and the Future of Safety in American Cities.

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- Now I have a new thing to worry about.

- From the archives: Paul Graham on how people get rich now.

- Interesting theory. If true I'd like to see some charges.

- Base defense: how many more warning?

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- 25 Blogs guaranteed to make you smarter. An honor.

- Why did it take the FBI so long to arrest the J6 pipe bomber?

- The first trailer for Supergirl was released.

- Dark chocolate compound linked to slower aging. Also found in coffee.

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- Is Google collecting data on you using AI? Had visions of South Park's Human Centipede episode after reading that. (HT Borepatch)

- DOJ filed charges against Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilius-McCormick (D-FL) for stealing $5 million from FEMA.

- The FBI's investigation into Thomas Crooks - a bungled job or a coverup? Time for a new investigation.

- Why Rep Clay Higgins may be right to vote against the release of the Epstein files.

The FBI, the NBA, and the Mafia

The FBI today announced the arrests of over 30 people many mafia related in a gambling investigation that was spread over 11 states and involved tens of millions of dollars. The NBA was far from unscathed in the investigation highlighted by the arrests of Chauncy Billups and Terry Rozier.

Have a new post up on Substack about the story that exploded today and will only grow larger with time.

Spying on GOP Senators

It was announced that first the FBI under Christopher Wray and then White House "Special Counsel" Jack Smith under "Artic Frost" spied on eight sitting GOP Senators and one GOP Congressman.  (I put "Special Counsel" in scare quotes because Smith was NEVER confirmed by the Congress.)

Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino and Director Kash Patel felt it was important to brief the senators "as soon as possible" after discovery of the record. The timing of the revelation of the spying may not be optimal but the FBI has pledged to transparent as possible and holding back information would defeat that purpose. Guessing GOP Senators are much less likely to be willing to deal with Democrats on reopening the government now. Can you blame them?

Have a post up on Substack about the situation.

James Comey and the Charges to Come?

Comey famously said, "There are costs to standing up to Donald Trump." Would have been more true that he's paying the costs now for not standing up to Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama when Hillary was clearly breaking the law and his job as FBI Director was to arrest those people.

Have a new post up on Substack about the tangled web diva Comey tried to weave when he aimed to deceive.

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- Chris Wray lied under oath. Pride goeth before a fall - or in this case hopefully an indictment.

- Soros poured $80M into pro-terror groups, says non-profit watchdog. Could George Soros and his son Alex be among the next indictments we see?

- What if the NIH had been 40% smaller? Interesting but do cuts have to be in grants? What about administration or staffing? What does DOGE say?

- Does Tylenol cause autism? What the evidence says. I'm also skeptical because the article does not mention either vaccines or the Amish.

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- FBI had 274 plain clothes agents embedded in Jan 6th crowd. If this wasn't premeditated how would the FBI know to deploy that many agents on that specific day?

- VDH: The crudity of the obsessive-compulsive left.

- Nuclear power generation by country. Surprisingly the US is way in the lead.

- Trump's Epic UN Address.

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- We've never seen anything like this. I want to see charges filed against those who authorized Artic Frost.

- More on Jimmy Kimmel being fired by ABC.

- Get politics out of the FBI.

- You should be aware of this if you have any Apple products.

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- Psilocybin reschedule petition now with HHS.  

- Micah Parsons scrubs social media of all mentions of Cowboys. Hope Parsons files his retirement papers and says he'd consider returning to play if he's traded to a team that's owner or GM isn't a drama queen.

- This explanation of why the FBI would raid John Bolton's home makes sense. If he kept secret information in order to publish a book and get paid it's really no different from someone robbing a convenience store to get money.

- Jonathan Turley: Judge Ergoron's half billion dollar miscalculation. Now Trump should sue to get the interest paid on his huge bond back plus maybe some criminal charges.

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- Dying to set a good example. He's not wrong.

- Jonathan Turley: Democrats face costly calls on Texas redistricting bluffs. He's not wrong.

- Newly released FBI files uncover Comey's plot against Trump. There needs to be jail time.

- Is the left learning the error of its woke ways? For people who say they're "woke" they never seem to "wake" up to how wrong they are.

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- Jonathan Turley: Gerrymandering makes hypocrisy a political punchline.

- Love these weekly updates from Dan Bongino what the FBI accomplished this week.

- Put me in the camp that 100% believes that dropping the A-bombs in WW II was the right move. Ask any vet serving in the Pacific at the time if they agree.

- Things are not looking good for Letitia James. And if anyone should know fraud it's Crazy Eddie.

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- Sweet Deals, Bitter Costs. Sugar protectionism is an issue I've long been well aware of. Central Mass has a number of candy manufacturers who might be able to stay in business or even increase the workforce if sugar prices came down because of international competition.

- FBI cleaning house.

- VDH: Why DEI was already dying. He's not wrong.

- From the archives: Richard Feynman and the pleasure of finding things out.

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- Former FBI Director Wray hit with criminal referral for lying to Congress. So it begins.

- From the archives: The Mets losing Tom Seaver to the Reds. I grew up only knowing Seaver with Cincinnati.

- Iran should abandon its nuclear program. He has a point.

- The great Texas walk-out. "Elections have consequences." - Barack Obama.

Some Memes I Hope You May Enjoy

Many a truth is said in jest.

- Is this funny or sad.

- The Epstein client list in a nutshell

- Always makes me laugh. 

- Heh Heh

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- Two very good weeks for President Trump. USA! USA! USA!

- Dan Bongino on the NY Times attempt to smear him and the FBI. Punch back twice as hard.

- She married her brother!

- Peter Attia with research worth sharing.

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- CBS to pay Trump massive sum in election interference case. One of my favorite parts is that settlement will help fund the Trump Presidential Library.

- From the archives: The Buffett Formula - going to bed smarter than when you woke up. A rule of thumb I try to follow every day.

- Jonathan Turley: Why NYC's Zohran Mamdani looks more and more like a hardcore Marxist.

- You're seeing this more and more every day. Good for the FBI - bad for China,

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- Michael Wade with some novels for the young (not so young).

- Rep Wesley Hunt from Texas gave a master class on Bill Maher's show.

- Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino gives another update on the progress and arrests the men and women of the FBI made. 

- Peter Attia: Are inflammatory molecules in the blood the link between diabetes and dementia? 

FBI May Have Interfered in 2020 Election

New documents show FBI Director Christopher Wray in August 2020 had documents showing the Chinese communists created fake ID's to cast fake mail in ballots for Joe Biden and hid the fact. Wray then testified that he knew of no plots of foreign interference in the election.

Reminder Christopher Wray did not receive a Presidential pardon on Joe Biden's way out the door. Throw the book at him!