February 12, 2026
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- Why the economics of orbital AI datacenters are so brutal. (Tech Crunch)
It doesn't make much sense unless you're both a major AI company and the world leader in orbital launch capacity, which narrows it down to slightly less than one company.
Even for SpaceX it's not viable until Starship goes into volume production. So far, as the article notes, the rocket hasn't yet achieved orbital flight.
The other major problem is the lifespan of the datacenters. If SpaceX uses cheap silicon solar panels, those will degrade fairly quickly in space. But the current economics of AI chips limits the useful lifetime of the hardware to a similar period to the solar panels - about five years.
But then what? Drop entire datacenters into the ocean? Do the fish need that much compute capacity?
- Meanwhile SpaceX's SuperHeavy booster - used to launch Starship - has passed the latest round of testing with flying colours. (Ars Technica)
The company may be ready for a test of its updated Starship V3 by the end of March.
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February 11, 2026
Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - February 11, 2026 [Doof]
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Buonasera Cafe
Lago di Braies, in the Dolemites, South Tyrol, Italy
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Lago di Braies, in the Dolemites, South Tyrol, Italy
More pics and a short video here.
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No Surprise: The Insurrectionist Left is Being Funded by Foreign Communists (Besides George Soros, Of Course)
I don't imagine many of you will be surprised.
But say, do you remember how the media and left-wing bureaucracy freaked the hell out over the mere unsubstantiated rumor that Russia might be influencing American politics to get Trump elected? NGOs were created to push hardcore censorship and coordinated with the FBI and social media monopolies to strip Americans of their right to free speech. Do you think they will react similarly now, now that we know that Code Pink and the various ICE-tracking antifa groups are paid by communist China? Because I sure don't. Fox:Strangely enough, Tucker Carlson began aligning his views with the China-funded Code Pink the moment he got fired. Interesting!
At 10 a.m. on Tuesday, House Committee on Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith will oversee a hearing, "Foreign Influence in American Non-profits: Unmasking Threats from Beijing and Beyond." The hearing will be broadcast online at the committee's website. ... In a press release, the committee said the hearing will focus on the "ways foreign actors have funneled millions of dollars through networks of tax-exempt organizations to create, support, and fuel disruption and illegal activity across the country." The hearing is expected to examine a network of nonprofits, including organizations funded by Neville Roy Singham, an American-born tech tycoon and self-styled Marxist-Leninist, living in Shanghai. Singham has funded nonprofit groups, including the People's Forum, CodePink, BreakThrough BT Media, the ANSWER Coalition and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, which have worked closely with Democratic Socialists of America in dispatching socialist, Marxist-Leninist and communist foot soldiers into the streets to disrupt federal immigration law enforcement agents and stoke chaos. "For too long, foreign actors have gotten away with abusing our tax-exempt sector to [sow] division and chaos in our country," Smith posted on X on Tuesday morning. "Today, we're putting them on notice. Going to be a late night in China for Shanghai Singham!" Over the past year, Fox News Digital has documented a pattern of coordinated protests by socialist, communist and Marxist groups, revealing a synchronized ecosystem of funding, media amplification, ideological framing and street-level mobilization that aligns with the strategic interests of hostile foreign governments, including the People's Republic of China. "Tax-exempt status is a privilege not a right," Smith told Fox News Digital. "Nonprofits must remain accountable and refuse to act as instruments of hostile foreign governments." ... Hours before the hearing, Fox News Digital reported that Smith escalated his investigation into Singham, who has allegedly been "sowing chaos and spreading Chinese propaganda, possibly in coordination with a foreign government."
In separate letters, Smith demanded records from BreakThrough and Tricontinental, warning that both tax-exempt organizations may be operating outside their lawful purpose as possible unregistered foreign agents, while helping to fuel domestic unrest under the guise of journalism and academic research. Congressional investigators say the Singham network sits at the center of a malign foreign influence operation that allegedly exploits U.S. nonprofit laws to inject anti-American propaganda into domestic protest movements and sow discord from within the United States.
The State Department transmitted a report to Congress Tuesday linking lefty nonprofits Code Pink and the People's Forum to Chinese influence operations. "Partisan hacks spent years peddling the phony Russia collusion hoax while turning a blind eye to the sprawling web of far-left activist organizations who push the agendas of the Chinese Communist Party," Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Sarah Rogers said in a statement provided to The Post. "Organizations like Code Pink and the People's Forum denigrate the United States, whitewash the violence of Marxist regimes, and run cover for China while enjoying an influx of cash from a donor network with connections to the Chinese Communist Party," Rogers added. "The State Department will pursue complete transparency for the donor and NGO networks that lobby for our adversaries and seek to weaken the resolve of the United States."
The report on "Countering Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference" alleges that China "spreads propaganda through influence campaigns run by nonprofit organizations like Code Pink, the People's Forum and groups linked with the notorious Singham network." The so-called "Singham network" are nonprofits funded by tech mogul Neville Roy Singham, whose wife is a co-founder of Code Pink. Singham, an American expat living in China, "works closely with the Chinese government media machine and is financing its propaganda worldwide," the New York Times reported in 2023. "Chinese diplomats, state media, and pro-China influencers use social media, content-sharing agreements, and local partnerships to publish pro-CCP propaganda," the report continues. "China invests in [public diplomacy], exchanges, reporting tours, and educational and cultural initiatives to boost its image." "The Department assesses that China, Iran, and Russia aggressively use state media, proxies, and digital platforms to spread propaganda and falsehoods, undermine U.S. credibility and policies, and expand their influence."
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Politico: Judges Are Furious That ICE is Ignoring Their Lawless, Quickly-Overturned Demands to Release Criminal Illegal Aliens
Meanwhile, CBS "News" whines that Trump must be lying when he says he's targeting the criminal illegal aliens first, because only 14% of the detained and deported are violent criminal offenders. But wait -- doesn't that mean that there are others who, while not "violent criminals" per se, are still serious criminal offenders? Why yes. Yes that's exactly what it means. In fact, of those deported, a whopping 60% are wanted for other serious crimes, apart from the obvious crime of being present in the country illegally.
Oh no. No no no.
No!Because left-wingers have venue-shopped for leftwing judges who will deliver lawless opinions. These opinions tend to be overruled when they're ultimately reviewed by actual judges who rule on the law and who aren't just communist agents of the Democrat Socialist Antifa Party.
Courts across the country have overwhelmingly rejected the Trump administration's effort to round up thousands of immigrants and lock them up without a chance for bond -- even if they have no criminal records and have lived in the United States for years.
But the Trump administration has slow-walked or outright defied judges' orders demanding the release of people scooped up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at an increasingly rapid clip.Oh no. It sounds like two co-equal branches have a dispute. Except... it's not a dispute between the Executive and the Judiciary Branch. The Judiciary Branch's power is invested in a Supreme Court, whose powers are delegated to inferior judges, whose rulings they can and often do overturn. So this is not a fight between the united power of the Executive and the united power of the Judiciary -- it's a fight between the united power of the Executive and minor functionaries of another branch who do not possess but 1/1000th of its power, and that only a temporary, provisional basis.
... A POLITICO review of hundreds of cases brought by ICE detainees across the country shows judges increasingly furious and exhausted by the Trump administration's tactics. "There has been an undeniable move by the Government in the past month to defy court orders or at least to stretch the legal process to the breaking point in an attempt to deny noncitizens their due process rights," U.S. District Judge Michael Davis, a Clinton appointee from Minnesota, said in a recent order. As a result, judges have issued more detailed and prescriptive orders to head off potential loopholes or hair-splitting results. And when all else fails, they threaten to hold administration officials in contempt. Asked about the deepening conflict with courts, Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin reissued previous statements criticizing "activist judges" for trying to "thwart President Trump from fulfilling the American people's mandate for mass deportations." The statement didn't directly address judges' complaints about their orders being violated. ... In recent days, judges in Minnesota have expressed frustration that even when complying with their orders, ICE has been doing so in bad faith. Detainees that the agency had whisked to Texas, for example, were being released far from home with no way to contact loved ones or lawyers, and sometimes without their phones, documents or other possessions.They don't have which documents? Their falsified papers? I feel so bad this is happening to you.
Enguerrand VII de Coucy
@ingelramdecoucy Perhaps federal judges would do better to have some self-reflection as to why their orders continue to get overturned by higher courts, and how that might feed into a perception that their orders aren't necessarily something that should be taken seriously
Meanwhile, CBS "News" whines that Trump must be lying when he says he's targeting the criminal illegal aliens first, because only 14% of the detained and deported are violent criminal offenders. But wait -- doesn't that mean that there are others who, while not "violent criminals" per se, are still serious criminal offenders? Why yes. Yes that's exactly what it means. In fact, of those deported, a whopping 60% are wanted for other serious crimes, apart from the obvious crime of being present in the country illegally.
Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows - CBS News.The "non-violent crimes" these Maryland Men are being deported for include child molestation, child pornography, human trafficking, drug dealing, and of course membership in a "Foreign Terrorist Organization" like Tren de Aragua and MS-13. All very "non-violent" stuff. Practically speeding tickets. But there's another trick they're playing, streiff notes. Because many of these "non-violent" criminals are actually wanted in their home countries for crimes that are very definitely violent -- like multiple counts of murder.It goes on to say, "The internal DHS figures undermine frequent assertions by the Trump administration that its crackdown on illegal immigration is primarily targeting dangerous and violent criminals living in the U.S. illegally, people Mr. Trump and his lieutenants have regularly called the 'worst of the worst.'" Even at this, CBS makes this admission, so perhaps Weiss has had an impact: "Nearly 60% of ICE arrestees over the past year had criminal charges or convictions, the document indicates. But among that population, the majority of the criminal charges or convictions are not for violent crimes."
Less than 14% of nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in President Trump's first year back in the White House had charges or convictions for violent criminal offenses, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security document obtained by CBS News....
Even by CBS's own numbers, the data show conclusively that ICE is primarily targeting charged and convicted criminals. Somehow, they've decided that "non-violent" felons violate President Trump's policy statement, but that is a bizarre reading of his words.
The other part of the puzzle is how many of the remaining third without any criminal offenses in the U.S. were guilty of some heinous crap back home. Take the case of Edward Hernandez, an illegal from El Salvador. While his record has been squeaky clean, emphasize the word "record," because we can't know about his unrevealed activities, according to the Department of Homeland Security, "he is an MS-13 member & confessed to murdering 5 people in El Salvador through shooting, torturing, stabbing, and dismemberment (including one victim who was alive)." How about this guy, whose only offense in the U.S. was driving without a license? Well, like the "Maryland Dad," he's a bad actor.
Homeland SecurityWait until you see this Maryland Man.
@DHSgov Horrendous crimes such as the distribution of child pornography, drug trafficking, burglary, fraud, human smuggling, even being in a gang like MS13 or Tren de Aragua or being a known or suspected terrorist are considered "non-violent crimes" by the media. Take Antonio Israel Lazo-Quintanilla who was wanted back in El Salvador for aggravated HOMICIDE, extortion, possession of drugs, and a litany of other felonies. However, his only crime in the U.S. was driving without a license. It is absurd to quantify Lazo-Quintanilla as "nonviolent" when he is a confirmed member of the 18th Street Gang, a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), and was on El Salvador's most wanted gang members list. He was a public safety threat that we were fortunate to apprehend BEFORE he could victimize Americans.
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Lisa Murkowski Will Oppose SAVE Act; Grandstanding Flake Thomas Massie Is the Only "Republican" In the House to Vote Against It
I mentioned yesterday that House staffers were accusing the Luciferian Mitch McConnell of scheming to block the SAVE Act out of simple political malice against Trump
Let it be noted for the record that Lisa Murkowski has always been one of McConnell's closest allies.Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski is once again breaking with Republicans -- this time by kneecapping voter ID legislation backed by President Trump and conservatives who argue the country desperately needs stronger election integrity laws. In a post Tuesday on X, Murkowski announced she will oppose the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility Act, known as the SAVE Act, along with the Make Elections Great Again Act -- two GOP-backed proposals aimed at tightening voter ID requirements and restoring confidence in federal elections. Her opposition gives Democrats exactly what they need: another Republican willing to block the bill in a Senate where the 60-vote filibuster threshold already makes passage an uphill climb. Rather than engaging with the substance of voter ID -- a policy supported by a strong majority of Americans -- Murkowski recycled familiar talking points about "federalizing elections," comparing the SAVE Act to Democrat power grabs Republicans fought during the Biden years.Her excuse is that she doesn't want federal law making rules for federal elections? Straight-up McConnellism -- they only start talking Muh Princibuhls as they slip the knife between your ribs. Massie just voted against it, citing "Muh Libbratarianisms."
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In the UK, Two Boys Stabbed in a London School by Muslim Infiltrator;
A 12-Year-Old Girl Was Violently Raped by an Afgan Migrant
A 12-Year-Old Girl Was Violently Raped by an Afgan Migrant
Two Boys Stabbed in Kingsbury High School ClassroomThis reporter from TalkTV says he shouted the usual terrorist cry.
Last updated 40 seconds ago On February 10 around 12:40 p.m., a 13-year-old former pupil at Kingsbury High School allegedly entered disguised in uniform, sprayed a non-noxious substance, and stabbed a 13-year-old boy before attacking a 12-year-old as he fled. Both victims remain in stable condition. Counter Terrorism Policing is investigating due to the circumstances, though no motive is confirmed and it's not deemed a terrorist incident; the suspect acted alone and is in custody after police recovered a weapon. Witnesses described children screaming and banging on windows, with the school closed the next day as headteacher Alex Thomas called it a deeply traumatic event for traumatised pupils and families.
Julia Hartley-Brewer
@JuliaHB1 19h Witnesses claim 13 year old attacker 'shouted "Allahu Akbar" during stabbing rampage at London school' that left boys, aged 12 and 13, seriously injured. How can anyone seriously still pretend we don't have an Islamist extremism problem?
alkA 12-year-old girl was raped by another Cultural Enricher:
@TalkTV 6h 🚨 'Far too many of the mosques in Britain are teaching Islamism. It's being normalised and not being called out.' Julia Hartley-Brewer says a 13-year-old child, allegedly shouting "Allahu Akbar" whilst stabbing two other kids, should serve as a wake-up call.
Afghan Asylum Seeker Convicted of Abducting and Raping 12-Year-Old Girl in Nuneaton 2 hours ago Ahmad Mulakhil, a 23-year-old Afghan who arrived in the UK by small boat last year, was unanimously convicted at Warwick Crown Court on February 10 of raping the girl under 13, child abduction, sexual assaults, and taking indecent photos after the July 22, 2025 attack. His co-defendant Mohammad Kabir was acquitted of related charges. The case has fueled public anger over immigration vetting and child safety, with Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe calling it emblematic of cultural issues and Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch pledging tougher deportations and leaving the European Convention on Human Rights.
Rupert Lowe MP
@RupertLowe10 9h Reading how this Afghan illegal migrant approached the 12 year old whilst she was playing on the swings. Playing on the swings. Think about that. During the sex attack, she told the Afghan to stop. The man apparently laughed, and carried on. "Extremely horrific sexual offences." A 12 year old. Politicians need to have the courage to finally say what we all know is true. Men from these cultures where this evil is accepted should not be welcome in Britain. We need to not only stop the flow, but also remove the barbarians already within the gates. I could not give a single shit about whatever lies they tell to remain in Britain. It doesn't matter. If they hate our way of life so very much? Deport them all.
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Real Axios Headline: "Crime Plunges In Major Cities Despite Trump's Crackdown Rhetoric"
You mean, despite his rhetoric calling for a crime crackdown followed by a genuine crackdown?
As you probably know, the left-wing treasonous press has a long history of headlines of this kind. Fox Butterfield of the New York Times would routinely write this same headline, again and again, during the fall in crime during the nineties: Crime Falls Despite Increases in Incarceration It never occurred to Fox Butterfield, or his many layers of editors at the New York Times, that crime was falling precisely because of increases in the incarceration of criminals. And the spirit of Fox Butterfield now lives on at Politico for Kidz, Axios. Axios deleted the headline because conservatives Seized on it (and also, there was reportedly some pouncing), but people did get screencaps:Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:10 PM | Comments (332) | Trackbacks (Suck)
Unexpectedly, January Job Creation Numbers Double Expectations
In January, we created 172,000 non-farm jobs while eliminating 42,000 government jobs.
The stats subtract that 42,000 from the 172,000 to say we created 130,000 net jobs, but to me... um, I feel like adding those "lost" jobs into the "created" column because we want to reduce government "employment." It's a waste that drags down the productive sector of the economy. BTW, "Biden's Miracle Economy" counted on an exploding government sector to make job "growth" look good in the statistics. Oh, and most of the non-government jobs "created" went to literal foreigners.January’s jobs report didn’t just beat expectations — it smashed them. New data released Wednesday and highlighted by the White House shows private-sector hiring roaring past forecasts, wages climbing, and federal payrolls shrinking to levels not seen since the 1960s -- a combination the administration says underscores the defining traits of President Trump’s second-term economy: more workers in productive industries, fewer in government. The economy added 172,000 private-sector jobs in January while shedding 42,000 government positions, pushing the unemployment rate down to 4.3%. Overall nonfarm job growth came in at 130,000 — more than double the projections from many economists surveyed ahead of the release. The strength was concentrated squarely in the private sector, particularly construction, where employment jumped by 33,000 jobs. Of those, 25,000 were in nonresidential specialty trades -- the largest monthly gain in five years -- as factory projects, energy investments, and data center construction continue accelerating. Since the start of Trump’s second term, the White House says 615,000 private-sector jobs have been added, while federal employment has fallen to its lowest level since 1966 --and to the smallest share of the total workforce in recorded history. The contrast is deliberate: expansion driven by builders, manufacturers, and tradesmen rather than by bureaucratic growth in Washington. Paychecks are moving in the right direction as well. Average weekly earnings for private-sector workers rose 0.7% in January alone. Since Trump returned to office, average weekly earnings have increased 4.3%, with hourly earnings up 3.7%. Prime-age labor force participation has climbed to its highest level since 2001, suggesting more Americans in their core working years are reentering the job market.Now that Biden has been thrown out of office and is despised by the Democrat Party as well as all patriotic Americans, BLS no longer feels the need to pretend he created a lot of jobs. They continue "revising" his job numbers downward.
Perhaps most politically consequential were the revisions to prior data. According to the White House, updated figures show job growth during the final two years of the Biden administration was overstated by 1.9 million jobs from initial releases to current estimates.
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Another Trans Terrorist Kills Ten, Wounds 35;
Media Honors Mass Murderer's Wishes; Refer to Him as a "Female in a Dress;" Woke Politicians and Police Call Him a "Gunperson" Rather Than a "Gunman"
Media Honors Mass Murderer's Wishes; Refer to Him as a "Female in a Dress;" Woke Politicians and Police Call Him a "Gunperson" Rather Than a "Gunman"
Gays Against Groomers
@againstgrmrs 38m 🚨BREAKING: Another heartbreaking tragedy fueled by the radical gender ideology pushed on our youth. Trans-identified teen, Jesse Strang, has been named as the shooter in the horrific massacre at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia. 10 dead and 35 injured. This disturbed individual posed with rifles, flaunted trans flags online, and spiraled into unthinkable violence. We grieve for every victim and their families. We cannot ignore the pattern: when vulnerable, often autistic or mentally ill youth are rushed into "transition" as the answer to their pain, the results can be catastrophic. Rest in peace to the victims. Gender ideology must be utterly decimated before it continues to destroy more innocent souls.
Jennifer SeyIndeed. They're already starting to frame this as an understandable response to "bullying." This writer notes that in Canada -- and in the US, too -- psychiatrists are instructed to only "affirm" a Gender Deluded person of their delusions, and to never investigate other mental illnesses that might be a cause or consequence of the gender delusions. Trish Wood:
@JenniferSey A psychotic & probably always sadistic young man decides the answer to all of his problems and mental distress is that he's actually a woman. He's pumped full of prescribed drugs based on a wide range of diagnoses none of which include batshit crazy. He pumps himself full of street drugs on top of that. The world sends him the message that he's being genocided because he's "trans." He takes up arms, because his thinks the world wants him dead. A lie fed to him by the entire culture and media machine. He kills his family and school children in one of the worst massacres in Canada's history. The media calls him "woman in a brown dress" then stops talking about him then shifts to "gunperson" because we need to respect his pronouns, in death. This is the state of things. Now Canadians will blame his actions on all the awful anti-trans-ness in the world. Not the fact that he was a drug addicted psycho unleashed and made worse by the trans/medical/industrial complex.
Doctors in Canada must affirm gender identity as the issue for patients who are sometimes gravely mentally ill. This includes teenagers who've been exposed to the digital and viral contagion of the trans movement online and in school and as a result, adopt a trans persona seeking relief from other serious problems. It seems this might be the case with the Tumbler Ridge shooter who became trans two years ago, at age fifteen. Fully understand -- mental health professionals in this country are prevented from investigating what might really be going on -- including murderous impulses brought about by personality disorders and perhaps even puberty blocker and hormones. Not to mention SSRIs. Here is Bill C-4. I am obviously against actual conversion therapy for children who are gay -- but C-4 includes a gender clause that prohibits therapeutic investigation once someone has self-diagnosed gender dysphoria. Jesse Strang, the 17-year-old trans teenager can't tell us why he opened fire -- because he killed himself. (Some reporting now that he was eighteen) It is being reported by an outfit I trust, that he had serious issues, concurrent with whatever his gender problems were. Key phrase: violent tendencies from a very young age. Was Strang seeing a therapist? If so -- was he being treated for his other issues or was it -- affirming care, all the time?Her piece begins by noting that Charlie Kirk was asked how many trans mass-murderers we've seen lately -- his answer, "Too many" -- moments before gay furry tranny-lover put a bullet through his throat and murdered him.
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Wednesday Morning Rant
Embarrassing Overlap
At work last week, I found myself at an awkward intersection of meme and idiom. I used an idiom - not a hugely popular one, but not a particularly unusual one, either (or so I thought) - and got a very weird reaction from my colleagues. It turns out that the idiom is somewhat close to a particular TikTok meme. My colleagues' reaction was basically, "why the heck are you not only referencing that meme, why are you using it so strangely?" I then got to explain that it was quite a lot older than 2025.
The meme in question is referred to, as near as I can tell, the "6-7 meme." It originated on TikTok and has, if Wikipedia is to believed, no meaning in particular. As they put it in the article:
6-7 (pronounced "six seven"; also spelt 67 or 6 7) is an Internet meme and slang term that emerged in 2025 on TikTok and Instagram Reels and later spread to YouTube Shorts. It has no fixed meaning.I've heard of it, but that's about as far as it goes. That is apparently because I am far too old for it.
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Mid-Morning Art Thread
Dance to the Music of Time
Nicolas Poussin
Dance to the Music of Time
Nicolas Poussin
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The Morning Report — 2/11/26
Turning to the immigration front and the attempt to nullify federal law and foment insurrection, there's this infuriating link:
BEGGING?! How about rolling up in a few Bradley fighting vehicles and deploying a platoon of soldiers, shove a few M-16s in the Asheville flunkies' faces, demand the animal be handed over forthwith and shoot anyone who even raises an eyebrow in opposition. And then there's vermin like Markwayne Mullin . . .
President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency this week will repeal an Obama-era rule called the “Endangerment Finding,” which categorized carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases as a threat to public health. This move would remove the legal framework for the EPA’s climate rules, which allowed the federal government to impose ever-increasing regulations on automobiles, appliances, and power plant emissions. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the new rule would amount “to the largest act of deregulation in the history of the United States.” . . . ‘Carbon dioxide, which is required for life on earth and also happens to result from every single bit of human and animal activity on the planet, is not a pollutant and never was.’
Turning to the immigration front and the attempt to nullify federal law and foment insurrection, there's this infuriating link:
He snuck across the border illegally and went undetected. Then, he went on to allegedly rape three young children in Asheville, North Carolina, authorities said. Now, federal immigration authorities are begging sanctuary officials to hand Mexican illegal immigrant Juan Ramon Juarez-Talamantes, 29, over to ICE before he has the opportunity to continue on with his violent rampage,
BEGGING?! How about rolling up in a few Bradley fighting vehicles and deploying a platoon of soldiers, shove a few M-16s in the Asheville flunkies' faces, demand the animal be handed over forthwith and shoot anyone who even raises an eyebrow in opposition. And then there's vermin like Markwayne Mullin . . .
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) said there is a possible conversation about legalization for people brought to the U.S. under the age of 18 by their parents or people who have been in the country for ten years or more, but not for anyone who came under the Biden junta and “it’s not an absolute nonstarter, but it is, if we talk anything about amnesty, at all.”. . . and Alaskan Snow Blower Lisa Murkowski, well it is the Grifting Oleaginous Party after all.
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced her opposition to two GOP-backed voter ID and election integrity bills, signaling significant challenges for the legislation in the Senate. . . Murkowski’s opposition, combined with the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster threshold, likely dooms the voter ID bills without significant bipartisan support—unless Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) moves to end the legislative filibuster.This cocaine addicted criminal shit-whore needs to be set off on an ice floe up in Valdez where a polar bear or two can chow down on her rancid carcass. And really, Downeasters up in Maine. Is there no one up there that can save us from this desiccated coprolite?
Collins was first elected to the Senate in 1996, and again in 2002, 2008, 2014, and 2020, according to her website: Senator Collins has earned a national reputation as an effective legislator who works across party lines to solve problems and deliver results for the people of Maine and America. She has repeatedly been ranked as the most bipartisan member of the U.S. Senate by the Lugar Center and Georgetown University. Throughout her Senate service, Senator Collins has worked with members of both parties to advance landmark legislation to improve the lives of all Americans. Her record demonstrates significant legislative accomplishments in such critical areas as health care, small business development and job creation, education, transportation, national defense, and issues of particular interest to our nation’s seniors.Translation: She spent her time stabbing Americans in the back by aiding and abetting the Satanic Democrats in the destruction of the republic. She too needs to go for a swim in the Kilauea lava field or Blofeld's piranha tank. Have a great day. Lastly, a quick shout-out and a huge thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know.
- ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS
- ‘Carbon dioxide, which is required for life on earth and also happens to result from every single bit of human and animal activity on the planet, is not a pollutant and never was.’
Heartland Institute Experts Applaud Trump’s Imminent Repeal of the Endangering Finding for CO2
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Daily Tech News 11 February 2026
Top Story
- The global memory market is set to hit $550 billion this year. (Trendforce)
Thanks a bunch, Sam Altman.
Speaking of which, two of the SSDs I ordered during the brief sale late last year seem to have disappeared into the Twilight Zone. Amazon gave me a refund without a fuss, but now I have to pay twice as much to replace them. Though, given the compression of SSD prices, that does give me much better drives - Crucial T710 vs. P310.
- And while the Big Three memory makers don't plan to do anything to alleviate the shortage - quite the opposite - TSMC is planning to invest $45 billion on new factories this year. (Tom's Hardware)
The company is also working on a 1nm process due around 2030.
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February 10, 2026
Tuesday Overnight Thread - February 10, 2026 [Not Doof]
Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the post-cafe overnight variety.
I know what you're thinking. Where's Doof? This Tuesday night ONT looks suspiciously like a Wednesday night ONT. If a Wednesday night ONT is posted on Tuesday night, is it still a Wednesday night ONT - just misplaced on the time-space continuum? or has the posting on Tuesday transformed the Wednesday ONT into a Tuesday ONT at a molecular level? So many questions. TRex is just a dinosaur with a small brain and short arms. All I know is that Doof is detailed elsewhere this evening, so it is you and me. Glad you stopped by and pleased you've chosen to patronize the ONT. Happy to spend a little interweb time with my favorite Morons. What will happen tomorrow night? Tune in tomorrow and find out! In the meantime, an ONT means another edition of very random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and sit a spell. Pants are optional regardless of the day. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. [Top photo: Matterhorn, Switzerland]Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM | Comments (387) | Trackbacks (Suck)
Playtime Cafe
"Pebble" the Turtle, aura-farming
"Pebble" the Turtle, aura-farming
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Email: Epstein Hid Cameras In Kleenex Boxes and All Around His Palm Beach Home
I know yesterday I said there was no evidence of an Epstein blackmail operation but I'm going to exercise the Democrat Denialist Maneuver of declaring "I never said that nor held that position."
If you contradict me I will call you a Far Right Extremist. NYT:Jeffrey Epstein directed one of his aides to obtain hidden video cameras, apparently to be set up in his home in Palm Beach, Fla., according to a recently released 2014 email. The purpose of the cameras was not clear, but a number of Mr. Epstein's victims have said they suspected they were being recorded. That has fueled speculation that he was collecting compromising information on his powerful acquaintances, though no evidence has emerged to prove those claims. "Lets get three motion detected hidden cameras, that record," Mr. Epstein wrote to Larry Visoski, his longtime pilot, who has said he at times set up audio and video equipment for Mr. Epstein in his residences. Mr. Visoski replied that he had already purchased two motion-sensor cameras from a store that sold surveillance equipment in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and was in the process of figuring out how they worked. "Its amazing how small they are," he wrote, adding that they could record for 64 hours. "I'm installing them into Kleenex boxes now. I'll bring them by later today." Mr. Visoski did not respond to a request for comment. The February 2014 email, which was previously reported by The Telegraph, is the latest indication that Mr. Epstein installed surveillance cameras inside his homes. Last summer, The New York Times published photos that showed a camera mounted in the corner of the master bedroom in his palatial Upper East Side townhouse. Another was nestled in the moldings of an adjoining room. The Times also reviewed a photo that showed a camera near a suite of bathrooms on the same floor as Mr. Epstein's bedroom. The presence of those cameras conflicts with what federal law enforcement officials have said in the past. Last March, for example, federal prosecutors in Manhattan provided top F.B.I. officials with a description of the video evidence that investigators had recovered from Mr. Epstein's properties. The email said that when F.B.I. agents raided his New York and U.S. Virgin Islands homes after he was charged with sex trafficking in July 2019, they searched for surveillance cameras. "My understanding from the case agent is that there were no cameras found inside any bedrooms or living areas of either residence," read the email, which was recently released by the Justice Department. The email added that the only cameras the F.B.I. found were near the residences' entryways.Uh, have you considered he might have taken them down?
... In 2005, as the police in Palm Beach were investigating Mr. Epstein for raping and sexually abusing girls, detectives searched his home. A police official later wrote in an incident report that he "located two covert (hidden) cameras." Both were stashed inside clocks, one in Mr. Epstein's garage and the other beside his desk.Note that the FBI didn't deny that there were videos of people in compromising situations. They said there were no videos of people in compromising situations except for Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. It's possible this pervert was making unconsented-to pornographic videos of people he was having sex with. It's also possible he was collecting, as Chuck Todd likes to say, kompromat. (At least he likes to say that when he's speculating about Trump involved in seedy sexual scenarios with Russian Pee-Prostitutes.) Relatedly, Ghislaine Maxwell has pled the fifth in a House Oversight Committee hearing, but she's trying to conjure herself a Get Out of Free Card by saying she will testify about what she knows if and only if Trump commutes her sentence. She says she will clear Trump -- um, the police records have already done that -- and also clear Bill Clinton. Pass. I know you're lying based on that last claim.
"I invoke my Fifth Amendment right to silence," Maxwell, speaking from prison, repeatedly stated more than a dozen times during Monday's closed-door virtual deposition, refusing to answer any questions on the panel's investigation into Epstein, the late sex offender. ... The video of the deposition shows Maxwell declining to answer if she was a close friend of Epstein. "I would like to answer your question, but on the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer this question and any related questions. My habeas petition is pending in the Southern District of New York. I therefore invoke my right to silence under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution," Maxwell responded. Maxwell refused to say if she was involved in trafficking of young women or girls and if she ever coerced any young women or girls to provide sexual favors to Epstein. She refused to provide the committee names of any additional co-conspirators, or to answer if she was aware that Epstein was sexually abusing minors and adult women, and whether she ever participated in sexual abuse of any minor or adult woman. Maxwell's lawyer, David Markus, said during the deposition, "If this committee and the American public truly want to hear the unfiltered truth about what happened, there is a straightforward path. Ms. Maxwell is prepared to speak fully and honestly if granted clemency by President Trump." "For example, both President Trump and President Clinton are innocent of any wrongdoing," the lawyer said. "Ms. Maxwell alone can explain why, and the public is entitled to hear that explanation."
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RINOs in Retreat: Conservatives Take Lead for Cornyn's, McConnell's Seats
Ken Paxton has moved ahead of lifetime liberal and backstabber John Cornyn for Senator from Texas.
Patrick SvitekLOL, Jasmine Ratchet is leading too.
@PatrickSvitek New #TXSEN poll from @HobbySchoolUH: Paxton 38
Cornyn 31
Hunt 17 Crockett 47
Talarico 39 (Jan. 20-31; each primary sample 550 LVs and +/-4.18%)
Paxton dominates on favorability inside the Republican electorate. Seventy-two percent of likely GOP primary voters say they view him favorably, compared to 22 percent unfavorable -- a margin that reflects his strong standing with the party's grassroots base. Hunt also posts solid personal numbers, with 70 percent favorable and just 10 percent unfavorable. Cornyn, however, lags well behind both challengers. Only 61 percent of respondents say they hold a favorable view of the incumbent senator, while 30 percent view him unfavorably -- a dangerous position in a primary environment that has grown increasingly hostile to long-tenured Senate leadership. The poll surveyed 550 likely Republican primary voters and 550 likely Democrat primary voters between January 20 and January 31, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.53 percentage points. Paxton seized on the results Monday, framing them as a referendum on Cornyn's weakening grip on the base.With McConnell retiring, we might finally have an actual conservative elected senator from Kentucky. (I don't consider Rand Paul a conservative and he self-defines as a not-conservative as well.) TPUSA and Elon Musk have both endorsed Nate Morris. He's not exactly winning, but he's in the hunt. Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron is winning in one poll, and a Google AI search for "conservative or not" claims he's also a MAGA, "Trump-aligned," America First conservative. But I'll just be honest with you guys, if either of these fellows turned out to be a Circus Bear wearing a Human Suit I wouldn't be over-surprised, because I just heard of them five minutes ago.
Andrew Surabian
@Surabees NEW: KY Senate Poll from Tony Fabrizio shows Charlie Kirk & @elonmusk backed @NateMorris surging DOUBLE DIGITS and more than tripling his position on the ballot 3 way ballot:
Cameron 31
Barr 24
Morris 21 With voters who have an opinion of all 3:
Morris 28
Cameron 26
Barr 25
A new survey shows Nate Morris gaining ground rapidly in the Republican Senate primary as voters learn who he is and where he stands, while his two better-known opponents -- both closely tied to McConnell's political network -- show signs of stalling.Is that true? I don't know. Again, if you told me he was actually a Circus Bear, I'd say "Neat, that will attract moderates. Does he have any military experience?"
The poll, conducted by Fabrizio Lee & Associates, finds former Attorney General Daniel Cameron leading the full three-way ballot with 31 percent, followed by Rep. Andy Barr at 24 percent and Morris at 21 percent. But the topline numbers don't tell the real story of the race. Among Republican primary voters who say they have an opinion of all three candidates -- a far more meaningful universe -- Morris moves into first place with 28 percent, edging Cameron at 26 percent and Barr at 25 percent. As voters get past name recognition and begin making an actual choice, support consolidates around Morris.I just want McConnell out. He is a sinister Satanic figure. He has fought conservatives for 40 years and won most of those battles. He has recruited and funded most of the other Democrat-aligned "Republican" Senators who plague us. How bad is the Luciferian McConnell? The Federalist reports he's scheming to block the SAVE Act from a vote to get vengeance on Trump.
As Sen. Mitch McConnell prepares to ride off into the congressional sunset, the Kentucky Republican is said to be sticking it to President Donald Trump one more time. And the sticking this time, not surprisingly, involves one of Trump's most urgent concerns: election integrity. "Oh, yeah, that's what McConnell is doing. Personally speaking, I think it still stems from Jan. 6 (2021 Capitol riots)," a top congressional aide told The Federalist on Thursday afternoon, as the battle over the SAVE Act ground down to trench warfare. "Of course, Trump hasn't had nice things to say about McConnell, and vice versa, but I think it's personal, no matter what (McConnell) says," the aide added. The 83-year-old former Majority Leader's latest trip to the hospital this week for "flu-like" symptoms has slowed the pace even more so on whatever version of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act) the listless GOP majority believes can squeak through. But McConnell's intransigence on a bill that humbly asks for proof of U.S. citizenship to vote in U.S. elections has been felt over the nearly 300 days since the Republican-controlled House passed the measure. To say House Republicans have had it, doesn't quite say enough. "I just sent a letter to Mitch McConnell asking his committee to stop stalling the SAVE Act," Texas Rep. Brandon Gill wrote on X earlier this week. "The House did its job. The Senate needs to do theirs."Meanwhile, the Democrat Party in Virginia is so pro-democracy and so pro-"representation" that they are passing a new gerrymandered congressional map that will make a state that went Democrat by only 53-47 send a single Republican to Congress, along with ten Democrats.
After weeks of buildup and a missed self-imposed Jan. 30 deadline, Virginia Democrats on Thursday evening finally released their long-awaited revised congressional map, proposing an aggressive 10--1 configuration that would tilt 10 of the state's 11 U.S. House districts toward their party. The proposed congressional map leaves several of Virginia's largest districts visually intact while concentrating most of its changes in Northern and central Virginia.Look at the proposed, soon-to-be-passed, 7th district. Why is it shaped so strangely? Because they took a chunk of highly-populated, ultra-left-wing northern DC-suburb Virginia and are using all of those AWFULs to overwhelm the conservative voters in more central, rural parts of the state. The pink color is appropriate:
House Speaker Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, echoed that message, saying the General Assembly has been working for weeks to prepare the maps for public release. "Virginia to the rescue," he said. A 10--1 map "levels the playing field, and we're ready to move forward," Scott said. "We'll get those maps released and put them out in the open and allow them to be debated the way they should be in a democracy." Republican leaders denounced the plan Thursday morning and said their counterparts aren't concentrating on solutions to the financial strain many Virginians are facing. "Democrats are focused on political gerrymandering instead of focusing on affordability," said Senate Minority Leader Ryan McDougle, R-Hanover. "The bills they are moving through the legislature are going to cost Virginians more money. It is taking money out of their pocket. But they're more worried about political gerrymandering games and not Virginians, not the struggles that they are going through."
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Trump Renews Call for SAVE Act to Keep Illegal Aliens (and Dead Citizens) from Voting as the Spanish Left Legalizes Illegal Alien Voting
In Spain, the socialists and communists felt their Phony-Baloney jobs in jeopardy, so they said the Quiet Part Out Loud and actually passed the Quiet Part into law -- the legalized voting for illegal aliens and foreigners in hopes that 500,000 foreign voters would save them. Apparently the socialist government offered citizenship to illegals... if they just showed up to vote. Which they did. In hordes, of course.
They still suffered a defeat in the regional elections.
With high-stakes midterms approaching, Trump has urged GOP lawmakers to stop dithering and move legislation he says is essential to securing U.S. elections. The president has called for mandatory voter ID, proof of citizenship, and a rollback of mass mail-in voting, arguing that states have failed to protect the integrity of federal elections. In recent remarks and social media posts, Trump said elections must be conducted "legally and honestly" -- and warned that if states can't do that, the federal government should step in. He has repeatedly pushed Congress to act, calling for passage of the SAVE America Act while demanding tighter standards for who can vote and how ballots are cast. The SAVE America Act would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. Acceptable documentation would include a passport, a REAL ID-compliant identification showing citizenship, a military ID with proof of U.S. birth, or a government-issued photo ID paired with a birth certificate or naturalization papers. The bill also directs states to ensure only citizens are registered and requires in-person verification for mail-in applicants. It does not ban mail-in voting outright, nor does it change who counts ballots -- points Democrats and voting-rights groups have seized on as Trump continues to call for broader reforms.
In Spain, the socialists and communists felt their Phony-Baloney jobs in jeopardy, so they said the Quiet Part Out Loud and actually passed the Quiet Part into law -- the legalized voting for illegal aliens and foreigners in hopes that 500,000 foreign voters would save them. Apparently the socialist government offered citizenship to illegals... if they just showed up to vote. Which they did. In hordes, of course.
Yossi BenYakar
@YossiBenYakar
Chaos in Spain after the government approved the option to obtain citizenship in exchange for a vote in the elections. Crowds of migrants are heading there after hearing that all they need to do is vote for the far left to receive Spanish citizenship in return.
They still suffered a defeat in the regional elections.
[Brussels Signal EU:] Spain's ruling Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) suffered a crushing setback in the snap regional elections in Aragón. In the ballot yesterday, it slumped to one of its worst historical performance, losing ground amid a surge by the right-wing Vox party. Provisional results from the Government of Aragón and the National Electoral Commission, with more than 98 per cent of votes counted, show the centre-right People's Party (PP) emerging as the largest force with 26 seats in the 67-seat Cortes of Aragón. That is down two from its 2023 tally, despite topping the poll with around 34 per cent of the vote. The PSOE, led by former minister Pilar Alegría, collapsed to 18 seats, down five, equalling its all-time low from 2015. It secured 24.3 per cent of the vote in what analysts describe as a humiliating defeat for Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's party. Vox delivered the night's clearest winner, more than doubling its representation from seven to 14 seats and claiming nearly 18 per cent of the vote, a sharp rise that cements its role as kingmaker in any right-wing coalition.Note that a far-left government official admitted -- declared proudly -- that she "hopes for a replacement theory," whereby native Spanish "fascists and racists" are replaced by foreign migrants. She says this straight up. And Google's AI still claims "replacement theory" is a "white nationalist conspiracy theory," despite an actual government official in a left-wing government declaring for all to hear that that is precisely the left's master plan:
Spain's former Minister of Equality, Irene Montero, has publicly stated that she hopes for the "great replacement" theory to take place in Spain. During an event, Montero, a leader of the far-left Podemos party, stated: "Of course I hope for 'replacement theory,' I hope we can sweep this country of fascists and racists with immigrants. Whatever their skin color, whether 'Chinese, Black, or Brown'". The "great replacement" theory is a white nationalist conspiracy theory that claims white populations are being intentionally replaced by non-white immigrant populations, often through deliberate political action. Montero's statement has sparked significant debate, with critics warning against endorsing a conspiracy theory considered dangerous, while her supporters call for dialogue on the topic of population changes and political dynamics.Here's the video of this Spanish left-wing government official endorsing the "white nationalist conspiracy theory."
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Irish Illegal Alien Who Dodged Deportation for 20 Years Will Finally Be Kicked Out of Country;
Supposedly "anti-Racist" Libertarian Nick Gillespie Says We Shouldn't Deport Him, Because He's White Like Us
Remember yesterday, I mentioned the Fifth Circuit approving Trump's new policy of detailing deportable aliens until they exhaust their last legal challenge? But offering to let them out of detention if they agree to finally get on a plane and GTFO? Well, this poor poor man has the same standing offer. Supposedly, his ICE detention is an "absolute hell" -- but one he voluntarily agrees to remain in, instead of JUST GOING BACK TO HIS HOME COUNTRY. Boy Ireland must be like, Hell Squared or something. It's Gaza of the North Atlantic.
Supposedly "anti-Racist" Libertarian Nick Gillespie Says We Shouldn't Deport Him, Because He's White Like Us
Of course.
Nick Gillespie will claim that he made his racist plea of special privilege only because he assumes that we're the Real Racists Here and will keep this White Criminal in the country because he's white, but I don't know man, this attempt at Judo Reverse Racism just sounds like plain old racism to me. Libertarians are just nasty 1960s "Hey man" hippies with a strong streak of racism. Here are the facts, via Twitchy's JustMindy:His criminal record is 20 years long. 20 years of illegal visa overstaying plus the crimes we know he must have committed, including identity theft and illegally working under a fraudulent Social Security number. He was ordered to leave and said "F*** you."
The Irish Times
@IrishTimes Seamus Culleton was arrested on September 9th, 2025, and has been in an Ice detention facility in Texas for nearly five months, despite having no criminal record, "not even a parking ticket"
He overstayed a visa, was told to leave, refused to leave even when offered a trip back to his home country and so he was detained, but this apparently is communism or something.Susan Glasser, an egregious communist propagandist at the New Yorker and wife of nasty liberal Peter Baker of the New York Times, goes immediately into AWFUL Meltdown Mode:
Susan Glasser
@sbg1 Kafka meets ICE
Gerard BakerThe only argument in favor of keeping this guy around is that he 1, applied for a Green Card and is here provisionally while his case is considered and 2, he got married to a US citizen. But here's the thing: He only took those two steps when he was about to be deported. The left, and Nick Gillespie, are claiming "he has a valid work permit." But that was only issued on the basis of his sudden application for a green card. Which he only applied for in 2025, when Trump was about to deport him. What did he do for the 20 years prior as far as work or money? Did he work illegally using someone else's social security number? Did he just sit on welfare for 20 years? Did he, perhaps, engage in an actual criminal trade? But we have to pretend his entire record began exactly when he took two desperate, last minute steps to confabulate a fraudulent set of facts to avoid deportation.
@gerardtbaker Oh please. He was admitted on a 90 day visitor's visa 20 years ago and never left. He was offered instant deportation to Ireland last year and declined so he’s awaiting his case in a detention center. His choice. Kafka? You undermine your own argument with such hyperbole.
Remember yesterday, I mentioned the Fifth Circuit approving Trump's new policy of detailing deportable aliens until they exhaust their last legal challenge? But offering to let them out of detention if they agree to finally get on a plane and GTFO? Well, this poor poor man has the same standing offer. Supposedly, his ICE detention is an "absolute hell" -- but one he voluntarily agrees to remain in, instead of JUST GOING BACK TO HIS HOME COUNTRY. Boy Ireland must be like, Hell Squared or something. It's Gaza of the North Atlantic.
HoodlumDoodlum
@HoodlumDoodlum Also he has been in detention that long ONLY because he wants to fight his deportation. We would have been happy to deport him back months ago.
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