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What parts of VDH's frank analysis do you most/least agree with? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Iran Is Losing This War, and the Global Balance of Power Is Shifting We're approaching 60 days of the so-called Iran war, and we're still getting these loud voices that Donald Trump has failed, that the war's not going well. It's completely nonempirical. It's antithetical to the evidence. Here we are at 60 days, and [...] https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/04/30/iran-war-global-power-shifting/

The Left's Disturbing Reaction to a Would-Be Assassin This assassination attempt feels different. Following the previous attempts on the president's life, progressives briefly acknowledged that their false and ugly depiction of Donald Trump as a modern-day Hitler with a penchant for rape may have inspired the violence. One might hope for deeper soul searching this time, considering that the would-be assassin at last Saturday's White House Correspondents' Dinner specifically echoed left-wing talking points about the "traitor" and "pedophile" in the White House. Instead of experiencing a come-to-Jesus moment, progressives have denied, deflected, and explained away their complicity. Some give-no-quarter lefties claimed that Trump had staged the incident to make himself the victim, while many others blamed Trump for poisoning the nation – i.e., he had it coming. In a disturbing interview with Trump after the shooting, CBS's Norah O'Donnell asked the president to comment on the gunman's unhinged insults in a tone that indicated he has a point, doesn't he? [...] https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/01/the_lefts_disturbing_reaction_to_a_would-be_assassin.html

Woo-hoo!

Keep the faith -- it WILL happen.

Yes -- great news!

1. How much does it cost to renew? 2. How long would the new card take to reach you? 3. How hard would it be to renew it later if you don't do it this time?

Thrilling Friday non-ES report, see man: One of worst nights ever for zzz after the hail, no zzz we man. Doc's insisted-upon HSM is bleeping useless, we man. Belatedly found phone attempt from ex-Mrs.-T-B. around hail time, discover we man. She was terrified, thought casa was falling apart man. She awoke Mini-B., who by daylight had no recollection of the awakening or the hail, comatose wee man man. Cute orange mini-miu was undisturbed by hail, hail fellow well-miu'd man. Got on ES trail a bit later than preferred, oh well man. Pretty soon, it began to rain fairly hard, just as predicted man. As we left first ES (in favorite medium-sized town), it began to monsoon, holy mackerel man. Everyone without umbrellas got soaked, unsoaked we man. Breakfast/lunch/din-din was at Chinese buffet in FMST, convenient man. We consumed Many (2+1) plates piled with beef & chicken, ingest we man. Best deal anywhere on a non-weekend, F$WM. After second ES, headed for FST, grocery we man. It was still monsooning like an illegitimate male child, build an Ark man. We found Powerade Zero grape on sale for $1, get all they had F$WM man. It continued to monsoon throughout the last Many (2+1) ESs, holy mackerel man. All the baked-on bug splotches on the T-B.-mobile windshield had no prayer, man. Returned to casa to service indignant miu, Where Were You Daddy And Where's My Meal Service miu man. Mama T-B. aysheep because her cell phone isn't continuously charging, aysheep senior she man man. In short, our road trip of Many00 + 2 miles yielded a good Chinese buffet + Powerade Zero, oh well man. Attempted siesta lasted only a few minutes, hip pain man. It continued to monsoon like an illegitimate male child, enough already man. Back yard has 2 lagoons in it, no waterfowl yet man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. We have itineraried 2 highly proximal ESs for Saturday, itinerary we man. We must visit Mama T-B. on Saturday, caddy weekly pills we man. And that was/is our thrilling Friday, report we man.

Friday ES report, see man: We went to all Many (2+2+1) ESs, dependable we man. The Many'rd was phantom, decided to postpone till Saturday because of weather*, infernal wimps man. *q.v. Thrilling Friday non-ES report, q.v. man The other Many (2+2) yielded nothing, skunked we man. Total = $0

There are so many P-Math infractions in your posts that you're right about having been wrong, si and see and Bro G man. Bad P-Math-infractionating Bro G man! Bad, BAD P-Math-infractionating P-MATH-INFRACTIONATING Bro G man!

It is shortly after midnight Friday as we write this, si man. It hailed like an absolute illegitimate male child outside just now for Many minutes, wow man. We have experienced briefer hail with smaller stones before, but not like this, si and no man. It set off neighbors' car alarms, T-B.-mobile fortunately garaged man. We wonder whether it cracked windshields, wonder we man. Hard to measure because stones not spherical, flatter and more oblong man. Poor miu was terrified-aysheep from the noise, try to calm miu we man. It continues to monsoon like aforementioned illegitimate male child, build an Ark man.

That's not as far-fetched an idea as it sounds. Uncoupled men who feel trapped need an outlet. Read the old but still-germane book Naked Nomads by George Gilder (yes, the economist) for depth.

Just wow. ~~~~~~~ You Are Not The One - Chinese Dating Dystopia [...] This is where we start: with a man who cannot be found in his own name. Wang Wei is 28. He works at the Foxconn facility in Zhengzhou assembling logic boards that will become iPhones for people in countries where his monthly salary is a dinner out. He lives in a dormitory with seven other men, four of whom are also named Wang Wei. He sends money home to his parents in Henan. He has a phone. He has a Douyin account. He has not, in three years of trying, found a girlfriend. This is not because he is ugly or unkind. It is because the price of being considered eligible in his home province requires a car (minimum 80,000 RMB), an apartment (minimum 200,000 RMB down payment), and a caili, a bride price, that in rural Henan currently averages around 188,000 RMB. His annual salary is approximately 42,000 RMB. He did the math once. Then he stopped doing the math. Instead, every night after his shift, [...] https://terminaldrift.substack.com/p/you-are-not-the-one-chinese-dating

You're welcome, and of course it's frustrating -- "so near, yet so far." Makes celebrating even sweeter. See? Doubtlessly you're next.

Chatty Thursday repartee, finally and wonder what's in the water man. ------- Thrilling Thursday report, see man: Almost zzz'd until alarm, stinking hip pain man. Breakfast/lunch was one-Many'rd of a tub of Sam's chicken salad, perhaps tastier than Costco's and certainly in a more wieldy-sized tub ingest we man. Visited Mama T-B., general maintenance man. We and senior she man each too tired to yell much, be thankful for small boons man. A siesta was moderately successful, moderately zzz we man. Mama T-B.'s CPA sent his bill for this year's efforts, efficient CPA he man man. It is lower than was last year's bill, not drastically but substantially man. Some tax data were more complex than were last year's, in addition man. This means that our organizational system beats Mama T-B.'s aysheep-obsessive system, so there man. Din-din was onecan of sliced carrots, onetin of sardines-in-oil*, and naked-&-then-salsa'd Fritos Scoops, ingest we man. *absolutely and undeniably scrumptious, see and si and so there Bro G man Miu remained zzz-ing on nearby sofa during sardine-ingestion, mirabile visu man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. We have itineraried Many (2+2+1) ESs for Friday, itinerary we man. Two are in FMST (favorite medium-sized town), and we shall pass through FST on return, wonderful man. However, it is supposed to monsoon like an illegitimate male child most of the day, enough of this man. We shall report on whether we T-B.-mobile, build an Ark, or flush the whole thing, intrepid we man. And that was/is our thrilling Thursday, report we man.

, Bro G man. LPoP and unread, but, if we were to guess, the prices that you mentioned -- perhaps $Many.Many -- were roadside, si man.