Bullet Points:
** Claudio rode the VM Wayback Machine to 2021 to review Arizona’s voting behavior and mentioned it to me. Hanging was not too good for the state officials involved. Nor was public flogging, tar and feathers, or imprisonment at hard labor until they died. Though the appropriate remedies were not applied, I think that many of the ghosts in Arizona’s voting machines and in the process have been exorcised.
** Actor – and one of my very favorites – Sam Neill (Sir Nigel John Dermot Neill) passed away today, July 13, 2026, in Sydney, Australia, at the age of 78. Though he played many roles, my personal favorite was “Major Chester Campbell” in The Peaky Blinders. RIP.
** While on the subject of elections (above), there is this in a far more contemporary setting. The Texas Tribune reports that James Talarico, the deeply weird democrat nominee for Senator in Texas, raised a second-quarter record of $30 million, more than triple the amount taken in by his Republican opponent, Ken Paxton. Our Texas-based writers say that they must explain all the commercials they’re being subjected to, depicting Talarico as a normal, small-government, anti-tax moderate instead of a far-left, no-borders, gun-grabbing, meat-hating wacko who loves “trans kids” and thinks there are six genders and God is non-binary. While this is a worrisome story on the face of it and a great example of the dangers of outside money giving non-resident inordinate sway over local elections, such as letting socialist billionaires in California attempt to destroy Texas by turning it blue (there’s a reason why that term sounds like it’s describing suffocation), there could also be an upside. The last time outside leftists tried to buy a Texas Senate seat for a phony leftist Senate candidate, it was for “Beto” O’Rourke. They showered millions of dollars on him that could have been used in races that they had a chance to win, only to find that most Texans have enough common sense not to vote to destroy their successful state. O’Rourke not only didn’t turn a Texas Senate seat blue, but the money wasted on him didn’t help turn any other seats blue.
** Charles Schwab held half a billion bucks in escrow for Donald Trump until last August, when judges defenestrated Tish James’s bogus lawsuit. Schwab used an automated trading program that executed 21,000 trades in 11 months and generated a pile of money for Trump. The president should thank New York’s attorney general for making all this possible.
** On Wednesday, England and Argentina will re-litigate the Falklands War on the soccer pitch in Atlanta as the World Cup draws to a close.
** Peterson on the difference between peace and capitulation.
** I’m going to see YOUNG WASHINGTON at the theater today. I’ll report back with my impressions.
** WD 1856 b was an accidental discovery.
** Which is the bigger hoax? That’s quite a question these days. Carolla and Dr. Drew discuss it. I’d add the Clinton-generated Russia Hoax and COVID to the list.
** While Iran keeps trying to choke off the Strait of Hormuz with strikes on commercial ships, the Trump administration is preparing to unveil a deal that makes that leverage worthless. Iraq and Syria are reviving a historic 𝟓𝟎𝟎-𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 running from Kirkuk in northern Iraq to Baniyas on Syria’s Mediterranean coast — a route that was completed all the way back in 1952 and has sat damaged and out of service since the 2003 Iraq War. The agreement is expected to be unveiled when Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi meets President Trump at the White House, with American firms 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐯𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐈 leading the reconstruction alongside a Qatari partner. The project needs two to three years to rebuild, but the strategic message is immediate.
SIDS
The following information is from Children’s Health Defense.
A former police detective who investigated roughly 250 sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) cases says about half involved infants who died within 48 hours of receiving a vaccination. She also estimated that a “pretty decent number” of additional cases occurred within a week of vaccination.
The detective, identified only as “Jennifer,” said she and her husband investigated SIDS cases in a major US city from roughly 2003 to 2010. She said the pattern became apparent as she reviewed police reports and noticed one recurring detail.
“What is the main thing that is true with all of these, the recurring theme with all of these babies? … They were recently vaccinated.”
— “Jennifer,” former police detective
Jennifer said what concerned her most was that although police reports documented recent vaccinations, that information was not included in county coroner autopsy reports or death certificates. She said she later learned coroners generally were not trained to record vaccination history on autopsy reports.
The article notes that Oklahoma and Louisiana recently passed laws requiring coroners to document vaccines administered within 90 days before the unexplained death of a child under age 15 on autopsy reports.
Jennifer said her experience prompted her to research vaccines and discuss her concerns with a pediatrician while seeking care for her own children. According to Jennifer, the physician acknowledged vaccine risks, respected her family’s decision not to vaccinate and shared concerns about SIDS and vaccine reactions.
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For the historical record, I am not anti-vaccination, but at this point in my life, my healthcare provider would like to stick me with COVID shots, hotshot COVID boosters, and a lot of other “medically approved” drugs that I refuse. If it leads to my death, I’ll see you all in Odin’s corpse hall if you’re smart enough to die with a weapon in hand on your way out. I hear that the supply of democrat skulls for drinking is nearly inexhaustible. You don’t want to end up like Biorn.
In Arizona
Yes, it is a VERY new sign – no bullet holes in it (yet).
The words “open range” have different meanings for different people.
Two-Part Question of the Day: Combined with the sign, does it mean open season and no bag limit on aliens found in the open range? If you don’t clean up your kills and a coyote or vulture eats a dead illegal alien, and it gets sick, are you somehow liable?
Should American Clinical Trials be Conducted in Red China
The following information is from Children’s Health Defense. For more information, read the full article here.
Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Select Committee on China, has launched an investigation into clinical trial sites in China used by several major pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer, Merck, Bristol Myers Squibb, AbbVie and Eli Lilly. Late last month, Moolenaar sent letters to the companies requesting information about their research activities in China. The letters focus on clinical trials conducted at Chinese military hospitals and in China’s Xinjiang region. The committee says it is examining national security safeguards, ethical standards, and informed consent procedures at those trial sites. Read the committee letters here.
The companies have until July 17 to respond. The letters also request information on clinical trials conducted at military-affiliated hospitals or laboratories in Xinjiang, data protection practices, compliance with global Good Clinical Practice standards, and collaborations with Chinese biotechnology companies since 2020.
The committee said publicly available records show some companies conducted clinical trials at Chinese military hospitals and in Xinjiang. TrialSite News said the investigation centers on potential national security and ethical risks rather than allegations of wrongdoing.
“The central issue is not wrongdoing — it is exposure to risk.”— TrialSite News
Merck said patient safety and ethical integrity remain priorities and that it follows global clinical trial guidelines. Eli Lilly said it is reviewing the committee’s letter. Pfizer, Bristol Myers Squibb, and AbbVie did not provide additional comment. China’s embassy in the US disputed the allegations, according to Reuters.
The article also highlights HHS’s recently announced “Operation TrailBlazer,” an initiative designed to bring more clinical trials back to the US and strengthen the nation’s clinical research system.
H/T Frank Ask not for whom the bell tolls.
Missteps
The Royal Air Force (RAF) officially retired its entire Tornado fleet, including the GR4 variant, from active front-line service in March 2019 after nearly 40 years of operation. They replaced it with the F-35B (the worst of the Lightnings because of their short legs), which didn’t replace its mission. Sure, the Eurofighter Typhoon is still in service, and the production line will remain open for another decade, but the UK has been retiring its older models. The first thirty are gone, and there will be no more Typhoons for the UK. The talk of a sixth-generation Eurofighter (Tempest?) is currently vaporware, and the Brits can’t afford them.
Other European nations held onto their Toronados, particularly the GR-4. No, it’s not a dogfighter and isn’t a peer to the F-15, but sometimes numbers have a perfume all their own, and it’s not a bad Cold War interceptor and bomber in some environments.
Identify the Aircraft
1
100 built – Influenced by the B-29
2
865 built
3
1,169 built
Parting Shot
End
Identify the Aircraft
1 – Junkers Ju 388 Störtebeker
2 – Henschel Hs 129
3 – He 177 Greif
Excellent
I didn’t realize that the Nazis built almost 1200 He-177s. That’s kind of amazing
considering their small aircraft output, and the fact that the plane never really
worked right.
– Kle.
2 is Henschel Hs 129. The one shown is in USA post WW2
Yes it is – still an LL favorite.
Mrs. F. Hubert drug me to young Washington last Saturday. It was tastefully done on a limited budget. The French and British were presented as insufferable and arrogant. The native tribes were presented in a positive light. Overall theme was leaders are not appointed, but earn their respect by getting back up after failing. Not the best movie I’ve ever seen but I’m glad I went.
We liked it, but it surprised me when he saved Braddock’s retreat.
Identify the Aircraft:
1. Junkers Ju 388
2. Henschel Hs 129
3. Heinkel He 177 Greif
With this, I’ll soon be offline for a few days and off to Door County in Wisconsin, the land of fish boils and cherries.
Fair winds and following seas. Enjoy a well deserved vacation.
Wisconsin Brats are the best!
“deeply weird democrat nominee for Senator in Texas”
All that money and we keep hearing hos the DNC is broke.
This is a problem laid at the feet of the 17th amendment.
I think that the DNC has funding problems, but there are a lot of very wealth democrats who can write a check for $30 million the way you’d buy a hamburger at a drive-through.
This out of state money to sway local elections needs to stop, regardless what you cite in D’s spending money in Texas and losing there…that is an after the fact effect no one can predict. The root problem needs to be eradicated; you get to spend money from in state supporters, period. Same goes for voting in person, ID presented, paper ballots, etc…in a local election precinct…and voter roles being reviewed and revised yearly.
Federalist # 62?
Exactly.
“Two-Part Question of the Day”
The upper sign means that the spaceship is landing aliens disguised as cattle (have we been eating aliens for how many years?).
“Open Range” is “alien”, which, when translated into English, simply means that the ship is landing its passengers in careful, controlled descent. but as many are first-timers, they are very nervous and lose control of the exit to their digestive systems, IOW: it means “Beware: look up and keep your mouth closed.”
My best guess is that Open Range means beware of meat eating, gun packing locals. They like aliens.
Never understood shooting at signs…my juvenile days were spent doing things not driving around at night drinking beer and looking for ‘fun’.
The wife and I went to see Young Washington on July 4th and thought it was GREAT! Hope you enjoy it!
Sam Neill…same here, always a strong screen presence and from what I have heard a really nice man and class act who didn’t take himself too seriously. Being local to where The Horse whisperer was filmed (Summer MrsPaulM was here doing a veterinary internship) I’ll have his role in that film front and center.
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WD 1856 b: And here I thought this was going to be about WD-40’s prior test formula not yet perfected.
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Used to be…somewhere in the wayback…there was a gentleman’s agreement within politics and any opposition was political rhetoric, not hoaxes. Nowadays finding a gentleman in politics is becoming rare and the cretins resort to all manner of smearing, even if it brings harm. Young Washington would be appalled, along with a host of others who set this country up to be a moral beacon. Yet another reason for Term Limits.
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Is Lindsey Graham chatting with Mitch? We can’t know. Someone posted a Proof of Life shot of a smiling McConnell with his Chinese wife at his hospital bedside…he’s holding a ‘Dewey Defeats Truman!’ newspaper. 🤣
“Beto” O’Rourke. Yes, we dodged a bullet with him, but is was scary how close it came. A shootin’ buddy and I were both inspired to buy one of these–
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https://athlonoutdoors.com/article/psa-no-beto-ar-15-lower/
On the way to Odin’s Hall. Be careful.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV5w262XvCU
ToT:
I watch the antics of ZIM (an Israeli container shipping firm) very closely.
Anyone else that watches charts may have noticed that ZIM gapped up >23% between 13 and 17 February earlier this year which was about two weeks prior to the US/Israeli military strikes on Iranian targets on 28 Feb – interesting that.
Going out on a limb I think it’ll probably drop back down to ~ 17.25 before this Strait of Hormuz kerfuffle has been settled (or Iran has been flattened).
Please note that I am a retired dentist with no background in economics, finance, or the market and am speaking with no knowledge of anything in particular; not that the market has anything to do with world events
I’m somewhat surprised that no one’s mentioned that it might be a passing wandering “brown star” or proto-star, or that it might originally have been part of a two-star/binary system.
I’d like to know its what particles in what amounts are emanating from it, as well as its spectrum.
I’m unable to dig this out from this short article.
sorry! somehow this was supposed to be a reply/question to the Paul M’s last comment
That’s an LL question. Although I enjoyed making a telescope as a kid and scanning the night skies, your question is far above my pay grade and knowledge base. Of course my WD-40 comment was juvenile humor oriented.
**Combined with the sign, does it mean open season and no bag limit on aliens found in the open range?**
I was thinking about this and quickly went to military aircraft shooting at UFOs… I wonder why they don’t shoot back?
Because we can’t hurt them?
Battle at the monongahela with General Braddock has some interesting side stories. First is Danielle Boone was there as wagon driver hired by Ben Franklin. He barely survived. Second is Ben Franklin arranged for the mules, horses and wagons for the trip as no one was willing to rent them to go off into the wilderness. Lastly Ben tried to explain to the General about how the French and Indians liked to do ambushes, use snipers, and not to wear the red uniforms, plus be sure to use scouts so forth. The General though was stuck in British military tradition. Last George W had been there the year before surrendering at Fort Necessity and was fully aware of the ambush issues yet his tactical info was ignored.
X2
SIDS
That makes sense to me. I’m a vaccine skeptic when it applies to young children. One son went from a bright toddler to a near zombie shortly after receiving the recommended childhood shots. Who thinks immune systems develop equally among all children?
The trust in Big Pharma and their [supposed] oversight admin’s, the FDA/NIH, is completely gone. I have alway thought it odd to dump a bunch of vaccines on babies shortly after birth…always sounded like bad science to me. We got, what, six vax’s, while kids today are subject to 50/60/70 vaccines. How any parent can think that’s okay is beyond me. Oh, a try and get a plain tetanus shot…can’t, it’s a T-Dap shot and everyone ai know who was coerced into one has had a sore muscle at the injection site ever since.
The Brits just continue to ‘dig’, when they should have stopped a long time ago… Their military is becoming/is a joke…sigh… And the folks we trained for their seedcorn to restart the MPA program with the P-8 are aging out, along with the maintainers that were trained by Pax River.
“If you don’t clean up your kills and a coyote or vulture eats a dead illegal alien, and it gets sick, are you somehow liable?”
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Only in Oregon would (503) lunatics sign 140k petition to answer this question as “yes”. My h/t to the V.M. commenter, ( sorry for my poor memory recall) of who posted this link to what will be on our ballot this fall.
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https://oregonhunters.org/final_test/
Hi GFW2. I sent you the ballot issue in Oregon.
There’s a push for something similar in Colorado!
Evil never sleeps…