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Mr. Abrego Garcia Wins Partial Dismissal Of Tangerine 2.0’s Appeal — Re His Maryland Freedom…

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As we’ve said repeatedly before, the goofy government lawyers for Tangerine cannot simply tell a USDC Judge she isn’t doing what they want “fast enough” — and appeal upstairs, speciously alleging a “constructive denial” [BTW, there is no such thing, at federal habeas law, in the US, as to the federal government actors].

I D I O T S.

So now the case returns to the capable USDC Judge Xinis — likely to grant Mr. Abrego Garcia a permanent habeas order — and dismiss the government outright. We shall see:

…O R D E R

Upon consideration of submissions relative to appellees’ motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction the portion of the government’s appeal that purports to challenge the “constructive denial” of two motions to dissolve an injunction, the court grants the motion….

Yep. Onward, grinning — even as tornadoes are touching down within five miles of here.

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Riot: Needing Perhaps Multiple Billions Yet — In New Financing, All To Build A Very Low Margin, Commoditized Compute Center Footprint?!

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There will be no appreciable revenue from this “marquee” AI/compute center purported “deal” for two years, and then it is likely to lose money for years — if it ever breaks even. And it will take at least two decades to reach full fruition. What?!

Then… there is the fact that Anthropic hasn’t even made a public offering yet — and may suffer the same flash crash that SpaceX has, post IPO. And Texas state regulators are finally ending the corporate welfare paid to Riot, as it effectively forces all regular residential Texas electricity customers to subsidize its vast power load/needs.

Go ahead and bet new money on a company that has lost about ~$770 million in the first half of 2026, if you like — it is a five dollar stock, fairly evaluated. But it is trading around $20.60 this mornin’.

H I L A R I O U S.

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What An Idiotic Clown Tangerine 2.0 Is… He Will Doubtless Get American Kids Killed.

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Obviously, the likelihood that all three childhood vaccines are administered is enhanced if they can be given in one appointment. Obviously.

His executive order (to the extent that any clinician actually decides to fecklessly follow it)… will cause excess deaths from preventible diseases in America, to a certainty. Of kids. Damn him — here’s that:

…President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations that promote his long-held but discredited theory that childhood shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits.

The order advocates separating the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three different single-disease shots and administering all childhood immunizations at separate appointments whenever possible. It also directs the nation’s health department to improve research on vaccines, which are already extensively studied, and present a plan to offer separate measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines for children, since that is not currently an option in the United States….

I strongly suspect Merck will keep on making and selling MMR stock (it will remain FDA approved as a combo) — and let the clinicians decide. Trump cannot prevent that. Nor can he stop responsible parents from following the clear science here. Onward, resolutely.

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Marathon Digital (From Last Week) Is Likely A Solid Proxy For What Riot Platforms Will Post In Losses Tonight…

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After a completely inexplicable one week unscheduled delay in loss results… finally, the tale will be told by tonight.

But just as its ’34 Act company peer Marathon posted a hideous Q2 a few days ago, Riot will likely post the worst quarter in its hapless history, this evening.

It will likely have lost more money this quarter than last quarter — its prior all-time worst quarter. The stock is off almost 5% on the morning — and trading with a $19-something handle, now. [Didn’t TaTech predict a… $50 handle, before it ever hits $10, again?! Heh.] Remind me: is $20 closer to $10… than it is to… $50?

Hilarious. See you this evening.

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Bill Glahn Is An Odious And Malevolent Putz. Full Stop.

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This morning, he would suggest that whyte Afrikaners — who’d benefited unjustifiably for generations, from apartheid… are somehow more deserving of US free immigration policies than people who’ve actually been… oppressed for generations. [See legacy graphic about real oppression, being relieved in Minnesota — at right.]

Uh-huh. Cool story bro.

This of course is a Tangerine 2.0 talking point: “…we only want refugees from the good countries….”

I will just stop there — and note that Bill will soon tire of his new compatriots in Minnesota — as these entitled whytes demand to see the manager, at the Wal-Mart, and at Taco Bell.

Welcome to the party, Billy boy.

O U T.

Why It Is Going To Be Tough To Arrest This Current Bundibugyo Outbreak Of Ebola In DRC… Second Worst On Record In Africa.

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Ebola is no one virus — it is actually a whole host of similar but distict viral agents.

And this Bundibugyo outbreak was both recognized very late, and in a very difficult remote rural geography — where endemic armed factional conflict rages. So a perfect storm of sorts. Here’s STAT+ — with the latest:

…Vaccines provide perhaps the clearest illustration of both the strengths and the limitations of current Ebola preparedness. The licensed rVSV-ZEBOV vaccine (Ervebo) transformed the response to outbreaks caused by EBOV remains one of the greatest achievements in infectious disease research. Because it targets the glycoprotein of EBOV, its effectiveness against Bundibugyo virus has long been uncertain. . . .

[But in the last few weeks…] emerging laboratory, immunologic, and animal data suggest that Ervebo may provide at least partial cross-protection against Bundibugyo virus. Although these findings remain preliminary and cannot establish clinical effectiveness, they raise important questions about whether Ervebo’s role should be reconsidered.

The new data prompted the WHO TAG-CVP to reassess the evidence on July 31. Given Ervebo’s extensive safety record, the group recommended evaluating it in a Phase 3 trial during the current outbreak without a preceding Phase 2 study. Important uncertainties remain, as much of the evidence is preliminary and Ervebo may offer greater protection against death than against symptomatic disease or transmission.. . .

Whether Ervebo ultimately proves to provide clinically meaningful protection against Bundibugyo virus is almost beside the point. The broader lesson is that these questions should have been asked and answered before a crisis — not during one of the largest Ebola outbreaks ever recorded. Preparedness cannot depend on assumptions about cross-protection between related viruses. It requires generating the evidence needed to guide vaccine policy before the next outbreak begins, not while lives hang in the balance.

The encouraging news is that science has responded with remarkable speed. Multiple Bundibugyo-specific vaccine candidates are now advancing through development, including monovalent and multivalent approaches intended to broaden protection across Ebola virus species.

The University of Oxford and the Serum Institute of India have launched the world’s first Phase 1 trial of a Bundibugyo-specific vaccine, while Moderna has begun a Phase 1 trial of an mRNA vaccine candidate. Together these efforts demonstrate how rapidly modern vaccine science can respond when sustained financing and political commitment exist. They also expose the cost of waiting for an emergency before asking whether our vaccines can confront the pathogen causing it….

Now you know — onward, resolutely.

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Mapping Polar Heat Emissions, Across The Seasons — Wisconsin Badger / Earth Sciences Climate Study…

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The data is from NASA, but the analysis was all done by cheddar-head Earth sciences geeks — up in Madison.

Here’s the story — and a cool animation of the findings, at the bottom:

…Earth’s frozen poles are releasing an enormous flow of invisible heat—and NASA can finally measure it.

And at the top and bottom of the planet, the seasons arrive on a schedule all their own. Satellite data from a mission measuring infrared energy reveal just how differently — and how dramatically — surface temperatures swing across two full years at the poles….

In this animation, surface temperatures across the Arctic and Antarctic pulse between cold (dark blue) and milder to warm (lighter blue to red). Data for the animation come from NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) satellites. The mission’s twin CubeSats began collecting science data in July 2024 and have now captured two complete seasonal cycles at each pole.

For two years, NASA’s twin PREFIRE satellites have observed seasonal temperature changes across the Arctic and Antarctic. Their instruments detect far-infrared radiation: an invisible form of energy responsible for nearly 60 percent of the heat Earth loses to space.

By revealing how energy moves through the planet’s coldest regions, PREFIRE could improve predictions of weather, climate, sea ice and ice-sheet stability.

The invisible is finally becoming visible….

Now you know. Onward — and, thanks — you Badgers!

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The People Still Being Arrested & Harassed By ICE In Chicago Will Have A Hearing On Their Motions To Sanction Tangerine 2.0 Agents, This Coming Wed…

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I will likely attend in person, or at least listen in on the live-stream — other commitments permitting.

This pungent Manchurian Cantaloupe needs to be brought to heel. He agreed in Trump 1.0 that he could not do these things, now he is directly violating his own settled orders. Here’s the latest — before the capable USDC Judge Cummings at the Dirksen Building:

…MINUTE entry before the Honorable Jeffrey I Cummings:

Telephonic motion hearing set for 8/12/26 at 2:30 p.m. on plaintiffs’ motion for reconsideration [462] and plaintiffs’ 7/29/26 motion to enforce consent decree [474].

The call-in number for the hearing is (855) 244-8681 and the access code is 2311 121 8062. Members of the public and media will be able to call in to listen to the hearing.

Persons granted remote access to proceedings are reminded of the general prohibition against photographing, recording, and rebroadcasting of court proceedings. Violation of these prohibitions may result in sanctions, including removal of court issued media credentials, restricted entry to future hearings, denial of entry to future hearings, or any other sanctions deemed necessary by the Court….

Yep — now you know — with a quiet Sunday ahead — then baby grrls back from Costa Rica! Woot!

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Hinderaker Thinks Today’s Youth Are… Callow And Feckless. But Why?!

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This is a standard embittered old guy lament. But with a twist.

Hinderaker couples his disdain for “entitled” mediocre youngsters (exactly what he was, from about 1968 — until at least 2000 — after which he regressed, to be less capable than even the most mediocre lawyers of his day) to… wait for it! — the idea that too many kids are putting their faith in college educations!

R-i-i-i-i-i-ght.

While I might agree that the price of a college degree is out of line now, it is not the college experience itself that is creating these “useless kids” (in John’s estimation).

But he advises trade schools, like plumbing programs, as his salve.

I think it is much more about how poorly Hinderaker and his fellow MAGAts have raised this generation: these kids think that simply by accident of birth — being born in America — that they are entitled to treat the rest of the world like garbage — and demand anything they want… and get it.

Hinderaker did not work for his riches.

He inherited them from his bank-owning/lawyer father, in the Dakotas. So too, his admissions to Ivy league schools — and thus his avoidance of the Vietnam draft.

But in John’s silly world-view, it is college itself that has created all the spoiled brats — like him, in the USA.

Irony — thy name is… Hinderaker.

Out.

Merck Seeks Approval To Build Two New Buildings — At Its West Point Campus In Upper Gwynedd, Montgomery County…Price Tag? ~$2.9 Billion.

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The campus houses some of the oldest facilities Merck has continuously operated, in the Eastern US. This expansion makes sense, since there are already over 10,000 people working daily for Merck on the sprawling campus — and most live nearby. [It also houses one of the few remaining union shops Mr. Davis presides over.]

To be sure, the local talent pool is deep — and considerable. The space is available — and Montgomery County’s schools and roads could certainly use the additional local tax revenue. So I expect it will clear the zoning review rather easily. Here’s all that from the local papers (subs. req.):

…The pharmaceutical giant wants to add two new buildings at its sprawling Montgomery County campus, where it employs 12,000 people….

Now you know — with a dear old friend’s (shh! surprise) b-day party this evening at a local brew pub… smile.

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