"On June 22, 2025, the United States executed Operation Midnight Hammer — the first combat use of the GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator, a 30,000-pound bunker buster engineered for fifteen years against a single target: Iran's Fordow uranium enrichment plant, buried 90 meters under a mountain near Qom. "This isn't the story of whether Fordow fell. That story was told within hours of the strike. "This is the story of how six bombs were sequenced down one ventilation shaft to collapse a facility Iran spent two decades and billions of dollars hardening against exactly this kind of attack — starting with a kinetic "key" bomb that stripped the concrete cap, followed by penetrators with staggered fuze delays that walked detonations deeper into the mountain, backed by a flex weapon held in reserve, and ending with blast overpressure ripping through the tunnels Iranian engineers had cut themselves. "Inside: the fifteen-year DTRA obsession, the supercomputer modeling, the full-scale Fordow replica built on American soil, and the asymmetric math of what happens when one adversary studies your mountain longer than you spent building it. 🕒 CHAPTERS 00:00 — Hook: The Vault That Couldn't Be Reached 01:15 — Act 1: The Mountain Iran Built 04:30 — Act 2: The Hunters Who Opened a File in 2009 09:00 — Act 3: The Chain — How Six Bombs Were Sequenced 14:30 — Act 4: Inside the Collapse 18:30 — Act 5: The Math of a Miscalculation
Friday, April 17, 2026
In-N-Out Burger
A hark back to the day when California produced excellence. Let's hark together. TD
In-N-Out Just Made a Big Announcement
Plus, the employees are always efficient and genuinely friendly, and I can’t say that you’d have anywhere near the same experience with a bag of burgers sitting on a shelf after ordering them online.
Why In-N-Out always asks customers this seemingly head-scratching question
"In-N-Out actually pioneered drive-thrus at a time when drive-ins, like the iconic California restaurant featured in "American Graffiti," were starting their ascent on the American cultural landscape. The chain's growth and popularity have led to some fairly distinct characteristics associated with these car lines today, specifically their length and wait time. It's true that In-N-Out's drive-thru lines can sometimes wrap around the street corners, while people are willing to sit there for 30-plus minutes to get their high-quality, always-fresh fast food. But perhaps the long lines are simply a product of people taking a beat to consider this head-scratcher, asked at the speaker: Will you be eating in your car? As strange an inquiry as that might seem, it actually concerns how the workers will pack up your basic Flying Dutchman sandwich and fries." . . .
Billy Idol - Mony Mony (Live In New York 2001)
" "Mony Mony" is a 1968 single by Tommy James & the Shondells, that reached nº1 in the UK charts. "Mony Mony" was credited to Tommy James, Bo Gentry, Ritchie Cordell, and Bobby Bloom. The hook in the song is said to have been inspired by James' view of a MONY sign atop the Mutual of New York Building in the New York City skyline from his Manhattan apartment. As Tommy James says in a 1995 interview in Hitch magazine: True story: I had the track done before I had a title. I wanted something catchy like "Sloopy" or "Bony Maroney," but everything sounded so stupid. So Ritchie Cordell and I were writing it in New York City, and we were about to throw in the towel when I went out onto the terrace, looked up and saw the Mutual of New York building (which has its initials illuminated in red at its top). I said, "That's gotta be it! Ritchie, come here, you've gotta see this!" It's almost as if God Himself had said, "Here's the title." I've always thought that if I had looked the other way, it might have been called "Hotel Taft." "Mony Mony" was the only song by the group to reach the top 20 in the United Kingdom; it reached nº1 in the UK, and nº3 in the USA. A music video of it was made at the time, dated in showing love beads, but a decade and half later would receive some play on MTV. The song "Mony Mony" has been covered by many artists, including Billy Idol, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Amazulu, Status Quo, The Scenics and The Beach Boys. In a peculiar twist, in 1987 Billy Idol's version of the song replaced another Tommy James hit at nº1 on Billboard Hot 100 — "I Think We're Alone Now", covered by Tiffany. "Weird Al" Yankovic wrote a parody of this song from his album, Even Worse, entitled "Alimony" (based on the Billy Idol version). It was about a recently divorced man complaining about his ex-wife taking everything he owns away from him in alimony payments. Album : Vital Idol." . . .
Making Cars Fun To Drive Again
"We are grateful the Trump administration listened and is terminating what was nothing more than another ambush in the Democrats’ war on cars."
"Has there ever been an automobile feature as widely despised as the stop-start system that the Obama administration forced on the country? Unlikely. Which is why new federal action that kills the requirement is cause for celebration.
"The “feature,” which is the wrong word for what’s truly a nuisance, automatically shuts off a car’s internal-combustion engine when it is idling at a red light or stuck in traffic. It restarts the engine when either the foot comes off the brake pedal or the accelerator is pressed. The action is jerky — it too often feels like a minor collision — distracting and tiring, producing a driving experience that’s more wearisome than enjoyable.
"It’s also likely that the system increases wear on a car’s starter and battery, forcing owners to replace them sooner than they otherwise would — though its few supporters claim this isn’t so.
"The industry was coerced by the Obama administration to include the function in every new car to improve fuel efficiency and cut emissions. Automakers weren’t required to make it standard, but it became a mandate of sorts in 2012 because the government gave them a credit if they added the confounded gadget to their lineups.
"To the relief of many, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin eliminated the credit in February as part of the Trump administration’s unwinding of useless and counterproductive Obama-era environmental rules.
"Last week Zeldin followed up with an announcement that the Trump EPA had removed “the ridiculous climate participation trophy the Obama” White House “created to get this hated feature installed. The incentives for manufacturers to make your car die at every red light and stop sign have now been ELIMINATED!”
"It “is arguably one of the most annoying features of any new car,” says Motor1.com. Slashgear reports that the frustration caused by the function “is so severe that you can find ‘Autostop Eliminators’ selling online.” . . .
Mr. and Mrs. Dweller actually met one person who claims to have saved a good deal with this feature, but the TDs just had to replace a $400 Honda Pilot battery which wore out too soon.
DNI Tulsi Gabbard Outlines Reason for Criminal Referral of Trump Impeachment Collaborators
I am thankful that people are now starting to use the new information to review past timelines. [SEE HERE] What they will discover is that Michael Atkinson’s work with Mary McCord and the Lawfare network are not isolated events. This is a continuum of targeting against Donald Trump using all of the intelligence levers at their disposal.
"Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, appears for an interview with Katie Pavlich to outline the importance of bringing all of the information about the Intelligence Community targeting of President Trump to the public."Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and We the People want to see accountability for the Machiavellian conduct. The intelligence community targeted President Trump and people within the CIA ran an operation to remove him. These people have names and titles that have remained hidden, DNI Tulsi Gabbard is putting those names, specific names into the public psyche so we can have a full understanding of what took place.
"Now, for many here this may seem like information we have all known about; however, Gabbard is providing the receipts, the actual evidence, of how these IC operations took place. Watch:" . . .
Biden's Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal Is About to Get a Full Reckoning, Sean Parnell Reveals
"Department of War spokesperson Sean Parnell issued a rather lengthy social media update Thursday detailing the progress being made by the Afghanistan Withdrawal Special Review Panel, which was formed by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth – at the direction of President Trump – in May of 2025 to study the Biden administration's botched and "chaotic" withdrawal of U.S. military forces on August 26, 2021.
(The entirety of Parnell's tweet is included here.)
"At the time the panel was formed, Secretary Hegseth wrote, "President Trump and I have formally pledged full transparency for what transpired during our military withdrawal from Afghanistan. The Department of Defense has an obligation, both to the American people and to the warfighters who sacrificed their youth in Afghanistan, to get to the facts. This remains an important step toward regaining faith and trust with the American people and all those who wear the uniform and is prudent based on the number of casualties and equipment lost during the execution of this withdrawal operation."
"Parnell revealed Thursday that the panel had interviewed "key figures involved in the planning and execution of the withdrawal," reviewed more than 9 million documents related to the event, and concluded that a previous Department-wide review conducted by former SecDef Lloyd Austin was far too "narrow in scope."
"He also said that the panel expects to have a final report ready in the coming months as part of the Trump administration's effort to deliver to the American people "a full and unflinching examination of the systemic, institutional, and leadership factors that contributed to the collapse."
"Thirteen U.S. troops were killed during botched withdrawal that occurred under Joe Biden's watch."
This Memorial Day let’s honor the 13 servicemembers who were kiIIed during Biden’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal.
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 27, 2024
Johanny Rosario Pichardo
Nicole L. Gee
Darin T. Hoover
Hunter Lopez
Daegan W. Page
Humberto A. Sanchez
David L. Espinoza
Jared M. Schmitz
Rylee J. McCollum
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READ MORE: Hegseth Wants Answers on Biden's Disastrous Afghanistan Withdrawal, Makes Major Announcement
Principle over politics.: Justice Thomas Stands Up for the Declaration and Constitution
The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
"Yet without question, the Justice is widely admired by millions of his fellow Americans because he is unafraid to stand up for the Declaration and the Constitution As well he should be admired."
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| PragerU |
Progressivism seeks to replace the basic premises of the Declaration of Independence, and hence our form of government.It holds that our rights and our dignities come not from God, but from the government. It requires of the people a subservience and a weakness incompatible with a Constitution premised on the transcendent origin of our rights.
They recast themselves as institutionalist, pragmatists or thoughtful moderates, all as a way of justifying their failures to themselves, their consciences, and their country." . . .
. . . "It is precisely because Justice Thomas is such a clear thinker about America, its future, and its past — added to the fact that he is both black and conservative — that caused his lefty opponents of the day, and even now, to go crazy when he expounds at length on America and its governing principles." . . .
Justice Clarence Thomas: Progressivism ‘Incompatible’ With America’s Founding Documents "U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas spoke at the University of Texas at Austin this week, and while his talk covered a number of topics, the segment on progressivism stands out in an extraordinary way.
"Thomas spoke extensively about the roots of progressivism, especially as it pertains to American politics, and made it clear that he believes it is a philosophy that is fundamentally incompatible with America’s founding documents and principles.
"Fans of history will absolutely love this." . . .
More on California v. Nick Shirley
Bear in mind this is the state that produces Democrats like Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell, Maxine Waters, Sen. Alex Padilla, Nancy Pelosi, Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, and, well, we could go on and on with this Hollywood cast of a political sitcom. TD
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California Targets Nick Shirley - American Thinker
. . . "The Supreme Court has long held that the First Amendment protects not merely the right to speak but the right to gather news and publish truthful information on matters of public concern, especially when taxpayer dollars are at stake. In New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964), the Court established that even harsh criticism of public programs and officials is shielded unless it involves provable falsehoods made with actual malice.
. . . "Sex scandals remain a lone shred of bipartisanship in politics. The ability of California progressives to bottle up sex scandals stems from a very different force. In a one-party state, where Democrats dominate government and media, investigations into sexual predators with a “D” next to their name tend not to go very far."Just last month, women accused Cesar Chavez, for whom California celebrated a state holiday until this year, of raping and molesting them during the 1960s and 1970s." . . .
Argus Hamilton posted: "Nancy Pelosi led a host of Democrat power players in Washington who denied ever knowing Eric Swalwell had a sexual misconduct problem, when it was common knowledge in D.C. To be fair, I did hear one Democrat concede Eric has a zipper problem. He didn't say if it was his mouth or his pants."
About the Orion Spacecraft
Thursday, April 16, 2026
HUNDREDS in Iran reportedly executed amid internet blackout [while useful idiots on campus protest "war of choice"]
Fox News
"Dr. Sheila Nazarian, a plastic surgeon who fled Iran as a child, discusses the regime's crackdown on protesters during 'America's Newsroom.'
California Introduces Stop Nick Shirley Act
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"Nick Shirley is a genuine journalist, in stark contrast to the incurious propagandists comprising the liberal establishment media. To learn what would happen to genuine journalists were Democrats to consolidate power, look to places where leftism has prevailed, like China, Cuba — or California.
"California State Assemblymember Carl DeMaio sounds the alarm:
DeMaio is slamming state Democrats for voting to advance a controversial new law (AB 2624) to silence citizen journalists and shield taxpayer-funded organizations from public scrutiny.
"What DeMaio calls the “Stop Nick Shirley Act,” Democrats bleat is all about protecting the put-upon colonists they have imported from the Third World to displace American voters:
AB 2624 claims to be about protecting immigrant organizations from “threats of violence,” when in fact the legislation would apply to any left-wing group that claims to provide any services to legal or illegal immigrants. For example, under AB 2624 entities like the Somali “Learing” Daycare centers would all be covered if they operated inside California.
"These phony daycare centers set up to facilitate the massive fraud permitted by Democrats like Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison were famously exposed by Shirley.
AB 2624 would allow activists and taxpayer-funded organizations to demand the removal of video evidence — even if it captures misconduct in plain view — and threatens journalists with massive financial penalties. . .. More...
Reasons to forgive [tone deaf] Trump his trespasses
Andrea Widburg - American Thinker
"Democrats have told us what they’re going to do: Pack the court, add two new states, open the borders completely, bow down to the Muslim world, escalate the lawfare they used to destroy their political opponents, double down on “transing our children,” make abortion unlimited, destroy Israel, etc."
Gaslight “Gaslighting” means “to psychologically manipulate someone over a period of time.” It can cause a person to second-guess their thoughts, memories, and even perception of reality. Say a friend promises to talk about an argument later, but when the time comes, they deny that the conversation or argument ever happened. This is an example of gaslighting; it can make you question your own memory of the event, which can be deeply upsetting if it happens repeatedly.
"In modern slang, people incorrectly apply this term to everyday disagreements, as in, “He said he didn’t like the movie. He’s gaslighting me!” True gaslighting distorts reality; it isn’t about differing opinions. The misuse of this term — and other therapy speak — can make it hard to determine whether the speaker is referring to the clinical or casual definition." . .