Muted Mind

Activist: "Your cows are putting carbon into the atmosphere." Farmer: "Where did they get it?" Activist: "What?" Farmer: "The carbon. Where did the cow get it before it put it anywhere." Activist: "From... eating?" Farmer: "From eating grass. And where did the grass get it." Activist: "The soil?" Farmer: "The air. The grass pulled it out of the air last spring. The cow ate the grass. The cow breathed some of it back out. It went back into the air it came from." Activist: "But it's still going into the atmosphere." Farmer: "It's going back. There's a difference between a thing going somewhere and a thing going back. You've described a circle and you're frightened of it." Activist: "Then just don't have the cow." Farmer: "The grass still dies in autumn. It rots where it falls. The carbon goes back into the air either way, just without anyone getting fed in the middle." Activist: "It's not that simple." Farmer: "It's grass, cow, breath, grass. Or it's grass, rot, air, grass. Same circle, fewer dinners. If that's complicated for you I'd stay away from the water cycle. That one's got clouds in it."

Must be said over and over again: Things aren’t getting more expensive. Your dollar is worth less. Inflation is not the magical increase in general prices. It is the increase in money supply chasing the same number of goods, making your dollar worth less compared to goods.

The anti-Thomas Massie SuperPAC is funded by IGAS USA, an LLC owned in part by Zhejiang Juhua Chemical Corporation, a Chinese state-owned firm. Probably a coincidence that they are also aggressively lobbying the gov for EPA and tariff waivers.

This memo often doesn’t get talked about enough. Dr. David Smith, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Readiness Policy and Oversight) while Terry Adirim was the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, sent an action memo to her which stated, “the memorandum adds a statement that a Service member, after medical counseling, declines administration of the EUA-manufactured Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine but will accept the BLA-manufactured product. The Department of Defense health care providers should engage with their logistics chain to secure and administer the BLA-manufactured Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty® product prior to any punitive action being taken against the Service member.” This was an attempt to bring her memo, which unlawfully directed the EUA and FDA vaccines be used interchangeably, into legal compliance. It was ultimately shot down, and one of the non concur responses stated, “the memo states the vaccines can be used interchangeably; however, this paragraph would suggest DoD considers them different, and as different, cannot carry out punitive action against the Service member until they have the opportunity for a BLA-manufactured vaccine. **This subverts our current DAF vaccination mandate and may open up the Air Force for increased litigation from individuals who have been mandated since 24 August to be vaccinated.** If there is no difference that can otherwise be communicated, we recommend non-concur with this paragraph as it subverts current policy. We are all operating under the belief that the lot issue is a distinction without a difference from a health/safety/medical/legal perspective. As the services have taken action, possibly include adverse action, based on a belief that the distinction is one without meaningful difference, OSD retrenchment signifying that the distinction does matter would probably require significant remedial actions.” The Air Force was more concerned about the potential for increased litigation from service members than they were about following the law. This is one of the more glaring examples of the internal struggle most never saw as members within the DOD and government waged an internal war over the illegality of forcing service members to take EUA vaccines due to no FDA approved vaccines having been produced.

Senator Rick Scott and Reps. Elise Stefanik and Josh Gottheimer just introduced bipartisan bills to cut off federal R&D funding to universities for 5 years if they take research money from China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Qatar, Turkey, Cuba, or Venezuela

The State Department fired 200 experienced U.S. Foreign Service Officers today. No Administration has been more dismissive of our nonpartisan career diplomats. Shameful.

Spanish lesson of the day..."Trucha." In Border Patrol slang, it means "heads up," be alert, eyes open, danger ahead. When agents yell "¡Trucha!" they're not being polite. They're warning you about coyotes, smugglers, or the next group trying to game the system. So here's the updated version for 2026: Trucha RINO Because the real threat to the border isn't just coming from the south anymore. It's wearing a Republican jersey and whispering "comprehensive reform" while opening the gates. Same game, different uniform. Voters have been trained to fear the Democrats' chaos, but the bigger long-term risk is the RINOs who talk tough, then fold when it counts — amnesty lite, catch-and-release 2.0, or "we'll secure it later" delays. They don't just weaken enforcement. They train the public to accept the erosion. Real border security isn't a partisan slogan. It's a system that actually works. And it only works if the people who know the job (the agents, the commanders, the ones who've lived it) aren't undermined by the ones who just want the talking point. If you're tired of the cycle, the move is obvious: primary the RINOs hard. In fact, this is reason to have the largest turn out yet! Replace them with people who mean it. Because "Trucha" isn't just slang. It's survival. What say you, America? Ready to stay alert in the midterms?

Here it is: “Little Adolf” Nick Fuentes on Jan. 6—with a bullhorn, instructing people to overthrow the U.S. government and storm the Capitol. In other words: Out of the tens of thousands of Trump supporters present, the only two people—Nick Fuentes and Ray Epps—who were captured on videotape, no less, urging others to overthrow the U.S. government did not face solitary confinement, seditious conspiracy charges, or any charges at all. In fact, the January 6 Committee covered it up. 📝And don’t you fucking dare tell me Ray Epps was charged with a single misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct on restricted grounds.