Gosh, Hinderaker… No Democratic Administration Ever Maimed Nearly 10,000 Iranians, Though….

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Tonight, John preposterously tries to blame Democratic administrations for prior increases in retail gasoline prices.

Yes, John — on and off over the last four decades, retail gasoline prices at the pump have risen — and occasionally fallen. Under both GOP, and Democratic leadership.

But Trump is the first president ever, Hinderaker — to choose a war in a remote corner of the world that anyone with the working forebrain would have known… would both kill close 4,000 and maim over 10,000 Iranians in a few weeks, while directly causing a shock leap / increase in retail gasoline prices.

Not due to peace-time policies.

And then, to not even achieve the functional end of whatever nukes program the Iranians had… as a result of the undeclared war-making?!

That is Trump’s unique and special “talent”, John. And you own it.

Out.

There Have Already Been 22 Mpox Cases In Western Australia So Far In 2026; With Seven In The Last Week…

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The rumblings continue — widely, across the globe — now into a third elapsed year. If you are in the high risk communities, do get both vaccine doses ASAP.

Here’s more on that, from the erstwhile Robert Herriman, a microbiologist, and editor in chief of the Outbreak News Today website on Substack:

…There have been 22 Mpox cases reported in Western Australia so far in 2026, compared with 27 cases for the whole year 2025 and 23 cases in 2024.

Nineteen cases were acquired-locally, and three were acquired-overseas. Two of the cases notified this year were cisgender women, a first in WA. Another two notifications were in heterosexual men.

Dr Paul Armstrong, Director Communicable Disease Control said the Department was working closely with affected individuals and contacts to help prevent further spread of the virus.

“Mpox is a viral infection that typically causes mild illness, including fever, headache, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes or fatigue, followed by a skin rash or lesions,” Dr Armstrong said….

Now you know — and with that, I’m mostly off-grid — until this coming Friday night, minimum. Smile.

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Again — Mirengoff Is Belatedly Correct: Trump Will Cause A Blue Tsunami, At November 2026 — But Paul Refuses To Admit His Own Willing Participation, In Lawlessness.

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All he says — about what people elected Trump 2.0 to “do” — is true. But it is woefully… incomplete. Hinderaker, Mirengoff and the lot of the Powerline / Ringside boys, and the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers… and the J6-ers and especially Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem — they ALL ALSO elected him to run a KKK-like shadow government.

Yes, they ALSO elected him to demonize brown people, and non-x-tians, and people who love people of their own gender… and to pretend that a vanishingly rare gender dysphoria condition is in fact a national epidemic created (they say!) by lying medical professionals. Paul and John particularly have written countless racist, misogynistic posts — in defense of Trump’s deplorable, lawless “policies”. And his endlessly-vast… corruption.

So it is a lil’ rich, that only now — as Trump gets ready to jump off his Adderall-deprived cliff — at almost 80 years of age — that Paul observes he has killed all attempts at a legitimate GOP re-branding / updated set of “values”. That is to say… do spare us with/from your fainting couch routine, man:

…The bottom line, in my opinion, is that Trump so far has blown the golden opportunities he had when he took office in January of last year. He blew the opportunity to bring inflation under control by imposing aggressive tariffs. He blew the opportunity to entrench the GOP as the party for “you” (i.e. “us”) — not “they/them” — through a series of egotistical and self-serving moves that make Republicans look like the party for “him.”

And he may blow the opportunity to prove himself a worthy protector of our national security [Ed. Note: Ahem, Paul, he already HAS!] by reaching a deal with Iran that leaves it free, in practice, to develop nuclear weapons….

Yes Paul — Trump has killed your hard right legacy — to the extent it ever had a chance in America’s New Millennium.

But you are responsible for all the dying of smallpox and mpox and ebola and HIV and flu — all due to your support of the opposite of science.

You are responsible for children kidnapped and held as adults — for weeks on end, away from their parents.

You are responsible… in sum, for the excess deaths — in Israel and Iran — and and yes, Ukraine.

You and Hinderaker… you well-knew you were voting for this. All of… this. Trump was clear from the go — that this is where he was going — and that this: this narcissistic, childishly whiny moron of a sociopath… was who he was — and is.

You own every bit of this Debacle.

You need to beg forgiveness — from us all, of good will — Republican or Democrat.

Out.

Flores Litigation Update: Holding A 12- And 14-Year Old — Against Their Will For Over 9 Days, Incommunicado, In Hotel Rooms (Without Outdoor Rec Time)… Amounts To Kidnapping — And Torture.

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It is once again the case, that the US government agents have been ommitting material facts from sworn filings related to children being retained on immigration matters, and then sent to the Dilley holding facility/prison. [Notably, were these ADULT criminal accuseds, they could not be held more than 48 hours, without right to a lawyers’ phone call, and/or formal charges. This was over nine DAYS — for children, on an entirely CIVIL matter. Sheesh.]

There will come a time, when all these agents will be cashiered — at a minimum — and some will face perjury charges. Lying to make Tangerine 2.0 look better, in his and Stephen Miller’s designed cruelty to children. . . is deplorable. Here’s the latest out of the class action that has persisted in LA, since the time of Ron Reagan:

…In their Notice, [Tangerine 2.0] Defendants disclose for the first time that “the Hotel Report shows all class members who stayed for over 72 hours in a hotel or hotels, including data of minors who were held consecutively in multiple hotels for over 72 hours, and for whom their entire stay in ICE custody was in hotels….”

Based on their filings, Defendants are, and have been, excluding children detained in hotels for over 72 hours from the Hotel Report and the Juvenile Coordinator’s analysis simply because the child was transferred to the Dilley family detention center or another ICE custodial placement….

The Corrected Hotel Report [Doc. # 1783-2] therefore still omits the nine-day hotel detention of 12-year-old M.M.S. and 14-year-old C.M.S, presumably because they were subsequently transferred to Dilley. Plaintiffs have raised this specific case with Defendants multiple times since early April, including in court filings, and Defendants have yet to provide either Plaintiffs or the Court with any explanation for holding these children nearly incommunicado in a hotel room for nine days without access to counsel or the outdoors. See Pls.’ Response at 13; Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Reconsider at 7, 9-10, May 1, 2026….

Defendants’ unilateral decision to withhold information regarding the prolonged hotel detention of class members because they were also detained at another ICE placement is plainly inconsistent with the Court’s April 3, 2026, order….

Damnation. Who… are these feckless losers?

[And as to a blogging forecast: I will be off grid in the high Rockies starting early manaña, until next Monday — with a push further westward, to watch more olympic tri- racing, on the weekend in the woods, about a half hour outside Eugene, Oregon. Keep it spinnin’ in good karma — one, and all!]

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Final Mirror Inspection Complete — For Nancy Grace Roman ‘Scope’s Coming Fall ’26 Launch: Per Goddard / NASA.

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At bottom, we’ve posted a YouTube video explainer of this last inspection event — before she becomes “humanity’s eyes” into the vast inky deep of the wide cosmos.

And at right is one of our dozens of legacy graphics — for this fine, long-planned mission space telescope. Here’s the latest on the final confirm, that her “eyes” are… 20/20 [or better, in fact]:

…The primary mirror for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has passed its final inspection. On May 20 and 21, engineers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., confirmed that no specks fell onto the mirrors during testing and that there are no defects in the coating or alignment. With this milestone complete, the primary mirror is ready for its next view: space….

“The Roman engineering team laid eyes on the telescope for the final time before it, in turn, becomes the eyes of humanity, revealing the wonders of the cosmos,” said J. Scott Smith, the Roman telescope manager at NASA Goddard. “It is a profoundly humbling moment to witness the culmination of hard work from so many dedicated individuals, teams, and partner organizations, including L3Harris.”

On May 20, engineers turned the Roman observatory onto its side and deployed the “hood” that will be stowed for launch to protect the mirror. Then the team conducted a meticulous visual inspection to ensure no specks fell onto the mirrors during testing and confirm there are no changes in the mirror path and alignment….

Onward, to a baby ice skating “recital”, this afternoon… smile.

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More Proof That ICE/CBP And DHS Agents Regularly Lie To Federal Judges, In Under Oath Filings And Live Testimony — USDC Judge Cummings Orders The Immediate Release Of “JCC”, Overnight.

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“JCC” is to be released without bail, bond or any other condition — by Monday. What a pack of a-holes these Noem-hired ICE/DHS agents are (just like Greg Bovino before them, last summer).

[While I have retained a full PDF of USDC Judge Cumming’s current order, here — I will not link it, as malign forces could glean enough detail about JCC so as to lawlessly re-arrest him, or even — in the case of some known private militias — maim or kill him. Trust me: that order from yesterday in Chicago… reads as below.] Consider this:

…JCC did not attempt to flee [contrary to the CBP agents’ statements, filed in court — and thus, under oath] as the CBP agents approached and the agents were not compelled to chase him to arrest him [the body cam footage of JCC’s “arrest” shows almost exactly the opposite]….

[P]laintiffs have shown that he is entitled to relief.

JCC was doing landscaping work on a valuable piece of equipment when the agents encountered him. Contrary to the I-213, JCC did not attempt to flee when the agents ran towards him. Instead, he was cooperative and answered the agents’ questions to their satisfaction. It is also clear that the agents were not worried that JCC (a 63-year-old) would escape because they uncuffed him to allow him to relieve himself. Moreover, as courts have consistently held, the fact that JCC is in the country without documentation to be here legally does not provide probable cause that he was an escape risk. Finally, the handwritten I-200 warrant states that it was served on JCC in Broadview, which is consistent with the I-213’s statement that JCC was arrested in a public place without a warrant and supportive of a finding that the I-200 did not exist at the time JCC was arrested. [Ed. Note: doing paid yard / landscaping work will never be probable cause, in the US to arrest someone on ANY immigration matter, ever. See, Arizona v. United States, 567 U.S. 387 (2012); and Margarito Castanon Nava v. DHS, here.]

For these reasons, the Court finds that plaintiffs have proven by a preponderance of the evidence that the CBP agents subjected JCC to a warrantless arrest without probable cause that he posed a risk of escape before a warrant could be obtained. Accordingly, JCC is entitled to relief under the Consent Decree, and he shall be released without bond and without conditions no later than noon on Monday, June 1, 2026. Defendants shall certify their compliance with the terms of this Order by Wednesday, June 3, 2026….

These miscreants are simply lying crooks, with badges — for the moment, only. This too will end — with many of these abusive agents on trial for perjury, before the Chicago federal courts. Onward, resolutely.

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Massachusetts, Generally — And Boston, Specifically — Sees An Uptick In Mpox Cases: Thus, Free Vaccines, At Pride Events Throughout June 2026.

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This is regrettable — but clearly needed. We need public outreach and on-site vaccination trucks — in Boston, Chicago, Houston, SF, LA and NYC among many other locales, this June….

Public awareness campaigns, from private NGOs, and state level agencies — are having to fill the gaps created by the Musk / DOGE / Tangerine 2.0 malfeasance and budget-cutting in federal public health resources.

Despite all of that, Pride Month is a particularly-apt moment, for these efforts, as the outbreaks rumble ever onward, through at-risk communities.

Here’s that, out of local TV News, in Boston overnight:

…Mpox vaccinations will be available at the Pride flag-raising at [Boston’s] City Hall on June 1 on the 3rd Floor Mezzanine from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Additional clinics will be hosted with city partners throughout the summer; dates will be available at boston.gov/vaccine as they are scheduled.

Mpox vaccinations are also currently available at Mass General Hospital, Boston Medical Center and Fenway Health. Recently, numerous pharmacies in Boston have also begun administering mpox vaccine….

And again, perhaps as many as 32 of 33 current cases are… undiagnosed — but circulating in secret, around the nation — due in no small part to Trump’s demonizing of the afflicted.

People are (reasonably) afraid to admit their viral status — sometimes, even at private clinics. Damnation — what a backwards time. [Not entirely unlike the early days of AIDS, under Ronnie Reagan — 1980-85.]

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Rigby Has Hinderaker, Pinned. Completely… Pinned.

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Here’s Rigby McGuire — let’s listen in:

“…John’s on a roll. [An eye-roll, that is.]

Yesterday, he perpetuated a vile lie about Jean Carroll, accusing her of perjury, and neglecting to disclose to his readers that the jury found that Trump sexually assaulted Carroll, and the judge clarified that Trump’s actions would be considered rape under today’s standards.

(His readers turned on him anyway, because he dared to disparage Trump.)

This disgusting display would be actionable, if John mattered enough for anyone to give a hoot about what he writes….”

Quite so.

John Has One Question… So Do I.

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Hinderaker closes his idiotic piece tonight by asking whether if a rookie quarterback for the New York Giants had introduced Barack Obama during his time in office — “would there have been such a uproar among the people of New York — and among his teammates?”

Hmm.

I would ask a simple question (or five) in retort:

“Hey John, was Mr. Obama ever convicted of 34 felonies? Was Mr. Obama ever found liable for sexually assaulting a woman in a high-end department store dressing room? Did Mr. Obama ever say on videotape that he could and would just “grab someone by the pussy”? Did Mr. Obama ever say no one “should trust a Black accountant?”

Did Mr. Obama ever try to engineer a corrupt $1.8 billion settlement fund to benefit himself and get him out of ever having to answer an IRS audit again, in his life?”

I guess that’s actually about four or five questions.

But you get the point. You get it — if you’re not the racist John Hinderaker, that is.

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Rocketry, At Interplanetary Scales… Is Hard. Very Hard. Sorry, Jeff Bezos.

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As many have already read — and watched — Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin suffered an on pad explosion yesterday — never clearing the tower.

I wish that effort no ill, but this is perhaps (along with Elon’s manifold launch / orbit failures)… a sobering lesson.

This is not any old school Estes model rocketry class. And these disasters spew toxic waste for many miles around. The race between Musk and Bezos, as to which of them will first put “commercial” boots on Mars… as we’ve said before — is largely a silly one.

There is simply very scant real reason to send humans to Barsoom — at all. The real science (almost every bit of it) may be more economically and safely done — with robotics and autonomous vehicles — and helicopters, out on Mars.

These are immutable facts. There will be no surreptitiously discovered — but to now, wholly-hidden “ruins” of a some long past sentient civilization to explore — that is an Edgar Rice Burroughs fantasy, exclusively.

Now, there may be evidence, already, in the Perseverance core samples — of past microbial life. But those tubes may be brought home with a robotic helicopter mission. Forgive me the vulgar turn of phrase, but in my opinion — this is (mostly) a pair of billionaires, in a pissing- / d!ck-waggling contest. Nothing more. Ugh.

And the failure / event has badly damaged US government / NASA launch facilities at Cape Kennedy. Damn — here’s that story, with the attending video snippet, below the pull quote:

…A New Glenn rocket exploded at Cape Canaveral during a launch pad test firing on Thursday, May 28, 2026. The U.S. Space Force said there were no injuries at the Florida space port following the incident.

The rocket was being prepared for a launch carrying a batch of satellites for Amazon’s Leo internet constellation. The satellites were not on rocket for the launch pad static fire.

The explosion at Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station caused extensive damage to the launch pad facility, toppling one of the 600-feet high lightning towers….

Dammit — guys, give it a rest. You may soon get several people killed, with this nonsense.

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