Doug Hanlon

Jake:

One shouldn’t presume to know how they swing just because they are willing to fight.

If they can pass muster with all the training told of in the article, they deserve all the support they can get.

However, I am disturbed that Israel has this obsession with Iron. Iron Dome. Iron Swords. ‘Arad’ doesn’t sound too strong either if it…[Read more]

Reg:

All that, ‘cept The Trump Phone doesn’t exist:

Reg:

Mushrooms and blue cheese vodka are part of the MAHA formulary, especially if the blue cheese is unpasteurized. Licking the Giant Gila Monster would also be a prescribed MAHA regimen. All of these make for vivid hallucinations.

“That was nice, but it didn’t help my legs!”

I think “mushrooms…and…blue cheese vodka”…have much to answer for 🙂

Reg:

Here is what the future of MAHA could mean for healthcare, although we have also experienced it too many times in the past. Fast forward to 49:45 and watch to 54:20:

Mystery Science Theater 3000 never got real deep into riffing on religion, but when they did, they really hit home! Joel and the Bots could…[Read more]

Yes Simon but I would treat “fundamental” and “thorough” differently. A model can be thorough by including many relevant factors, but that doesn’t make all those factors fundamental.

What I’m pushing back on is the physics habit of treating “fundamental” as meaning “smallest,” “indivisible,” or “basic ingredient.” I agree that something can…[Read more]

Reg:

Nudge theory was all about taking responsibility, but it allowed big business to look the other way. See also Book Club below.

First, a couple of definitions:

A Shareholder is someone who invests money or capital in a corporate venture and have a say in the running of the venture. The best shareholders who do well for themselves study…[Read more]

Jake:

OH MY GOD.

They found fossils of the original Palestinians. The genocidal Zionists in their diabolical ways formerly known as Australopithekike were trying to eradicate our cherished paradigms of goodness.

As it was in the beginning..

Just a bit of pedant punnery to add here for added annoyance, but ackshuyally, all of Ethiopia is Afar…[Read more]

Have a great week!!

I generally try to leave personal commentary out of the main page and just publish the linked headlines. But I am in no mood for any religious bigots or theist bullshit this week. 🙂

PopeBeanie:

I’m wondering it behavior like this is just not interesting to enough people any more? About 9 minutes:

It’s not that it’s not interesting, it’s just that every other fiasco from Trump and MAGA and the ineffectual opposition is also interesting. Everything is a distraction from everything else.

It’s like MAGA muse and W…[Read more]

Jake:

The real Nakba for the Arab people was the Al-Quran, Al-Hadith, and Al-Sunnah and, of course, the enemies they made along the way.

Fellow Unbelievers,

And here’s the other story:

Palantir wants to bring back the draft just as the Selective Service Preps for Automatic Registration
https://fortune.com/2026/04/20/palantir-military-draft-selective-service-automatic-registration/

An AI CEO throwing warm bodies at problems, let alone war, should be an automatic disqualifier

Fellow Unbelievers:

Welp, my dreams of Man-And Machine Co-Existence just got shattered by two stories

RFK Jr. Sits in on Open Heart Surgery in Bonkers Move
https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr-was-allowed-near-open-heart-surgery-patient-in-bonkers-move/

RFK Jr.’s filthy paws should be near hospital doorknobs without disinfectant…[Read more]

Fellow Unbelievers:

More rotten Ecumunism:

Leo XIV grants the Order of Pius IX to the Iranian ambassador to the Holy See
https://infovaticana.com/en/2026/05/13/leo-xiv-grants-the-order-of-pius-ix-to-the-iranian-ambassador-to-the-holy-see/

Hey, Leo! There’s a third Golden Mean between being a Crusader and being a D’himmi suck-up! And you don’t…[Read more]

Reg:

You won’t want Ezekiel 4:9 Bread™ after reading the full chapter. The least of the problems with it is that the author of the verse didn’t believe in commas.

Sprouted Grain Bread/Ezekiel Bread/Food For Life
https://www.foodforlife.com/about_us/ezekiel-49

The bread actually has to be refrigerated to prevent molding which would probably…[Read more]

I am forever in search of the perfect red lentil stew. I had one from Andhra Bhavan this evening that came close.

Then I heard about Genesis 25: 29-34 where Esau came home exhausted and hungry after hunting. Jacob was cooking a red stew — traditionally understood as lentil stew.

Esau said “Give me some of that red stew.” Jacob replied: “Sell…[Read more]

Fellow Unbelievers:

More rude virtue-signalling/publicly playing with food in the name of Jebus. Fortunately, most of the comments are antidotes for the viral contagion.

Eating Healthy? No, They’re Eating B…[Read more]