James “Doc” Scaminaci III

[Roy "Deacon" Qualls @RoyDeaconQualls]

I think we now have a clear picture.

It was inspiring. It was bad-ass. And it was a mistake.

While we might never be privy to exactly what happened in his cockpit, something clearly went wrong, and the pilot accepted responsibility for what the commanding officer called an "unsafe situation."

He was deeply affected by what happened and needed time to process it. That speaks to his professionalism—and is exactly what I’d expect from a Blue Angel and require from any professional aviator.

Elite organizations aren't defined by never making mistakes. They're defined by how they respond when they do.

The Blues acknowledged what happened, debriefed it, learned from it, and got back to flying.

That's the culture we should want in every military squadron.

Well ... that'll just about cover the flybys.

[𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 🇮🇷 ✡︎ @NiohBerg]

One of the greatest films ever made is Apocalypto.

Filmed with a 100% Native American cast, and spoken entirely in the Mayan language. It's a masterpiece because it respects the region and the time period.

Had it been made with English speaking actors from all over the world, it wouldn't have worked at all.

Try again, Claire.

[I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 @ImMeme0]

Today, AOC is campaigning for Michigan Muslim Abdul El-Sayed, pushing the same “healthcare for all” fantasy, while his psychiatrist wife, Sarah Jukaku, refuses Medicare or any insurance and demands cash upfront.

And where's this revolutionary pitch happening?

Detroit, Democrat-run for 64 years, famous for sky-high violent crime and multiple bankruptcies.

Truly the best argument for their policies, just look at the results.

[Cary Kelly @CaryKelly11]

Want quality, half price ground beef from a single animal with no pink slime or weird additives?

You can even pick it out.

Shop the sales and when you see roasts on sale, you can take them home and grind them up in your food processor or if you ask nicely, your meat department guy or butcher might grind it up for you.

This BOGO sale makes freshly cut London broil costs exactly half the price of this 85% lean prepacked stuff that probably originated in Brazil.

The London Broil is also certified Angus and that means it must pass 10 strict specifications, including must have been harvested from an animal less than 30 months old, had fair to decent marbling and no deep bruising.

You can also do this with chuck roasts, bottom round or sirloin. Just remember this for fat ratios:

Chuck = 80% lean
Top or bottom round (aka London) = 85%
Sirloin = 90%

If you don't have a grinding attachment for your food processor, simply cut your roast up into nickel sized pieces and grind them in your food processor in small amounts. It totally works! I've even done this with deboned short ribs.

[Tomáš Zdechovský @TomasZdechovsky]

Dokud Rusko vraždí na Ukrajině, nesmí jeho sportovci na olympijské hry.

Souhlasíte?

[James “Doc” Scaminaci III @DocScaminaci]

@HistoryFeed_7 In grade school I had to memorize and recite the address.

[The History Feed @HistoryFeed_7]

On November 19, 1863, just months after the Battle of Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln delivered a speech that lasted only about two minutes. In just 272 words, he honored the fallen, reaffirmed the ideals on which the United States was founded, and gave the nation a renewed sense of purpose. Today, it remains one of the most influential speeches in history.

"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us. From these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion. We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

[Amy Mek @AmyMek]

YOU DID IT ARKANSAS PATRIOTS!

Because Arkansans are speaking out and demanding accountability, our reports have reached your leaders.

Your clear stand - “We will not allow it [SHARIA]. Period.” - sends a powerful message to every state. We appreciate your leadership.

RAIR will continue this vital work to defend our Constitution and sovereignty.

@SarahHuckabee thank you for taking notice of our reporting and speaking out so forcefully against replacing American law with Sharia.

Over recent months, RAIR Foundation has exposed the accelerating Islamization of Arkansas:

The Muslim Brotherhood-linked Islamic Center of Little Rock building a massive 10-acre Sharia-compliant campus (school, mosque, gym, fields) while receiving state vouchers.

Properties transferred to NAIT, Al-Azhar-trained leadership, and non-assimilation goals at Huda Academy.

Mass Eid prayers conquering War Memorial Stadium.

Church takeovers, the “New Africa” Sharia residential enclave with enforceable Quranic rules, voter harvesting at mosques, and youth trips to radical hubs like EPIC in Texas.

WE THANK YOU FOR TAKING A STRONG STAND!

[Roberto Vaquero @RobertoVaquero_]

Expulsan a tres mujeres de una piscina de Burgos por utilizar burkini.

Así debería ser siempre, las culturas retrógradas no deben adueñarse de los espacios comunes.

Ni un paso atrás.

[M2 @Amer1can_Barbie]

Good morning 😃

[Joni Askola @joni_askola]

Tulsi Gabbard's choice to single out Ukraine and spread debunked fabrications about its biological research labs is pathetic.

Her last actions as DNI solidified her reputation as a traitor who actively uses her platform to validate Russian propaganda.

The biological lab conspiracy theory is one of Russia’s most aggressive disinformation campaigns, and Gabbard has been one of its primary Western drivers. She is well aware that Ukraine’s facilities are strictly rated Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3). These are ordinary diagnostic labs found in almost every country to manage local infectious diseases through controlled air currents and basic containment. The defining characteristic of a BSL-3 lab is that it handles microbes that can cause serious harm, but for which medical science has already developed functional vaccines or therapeutic treatments.

Because Ukraine has no BSL-4 labs, her claims that these facilities pose a global biological threat are entirely fabricated. BSL-4 facilities require absolute, maximum isolation to handle lethal, exotic pathogens that have no known cure or treatment whatsoever. They are heavily fortified environments where scientists must wear pressurized, oxygen-fed suits to survive. By pretending Ukraine's basic BSL-3 labs are equivalent to these maximum-risk bioweapons centers, she provided the Kremlin with a vital propaganda victory to distract from its war crimes and divide the international community.

Providing aid and comfort to a hostile foreign regime (Russia) by legitimizing their wartime deception is an egregious violation of national trust. Gabbard’s deliberate attempt to undermine the West from within means she should not just be condemned, she deserves to face the full legal consequences of her actions, including jail time for treason

[Eva Vlaardingerbroek @EvaVlaar]

Not only has @elonmusk saved X, but he has also saved freedom of speech in Europe.

We are lucky to have a giant like him on our side. No ifs, no buts.

He could be doing a LOT of other things with his time, energy and money.

[🇨🇦 Antonio Tweets @AntonioTweets2]

🚨Brits are reporting that officers are ordering them to stop walking their dogs on certain streets and near marches, claiming it could offend the local Muslim community because dogs are considered impure in Islam. This isn’t ancient history — it’s happening now in parts of England. Public spaces, once open to everyone, are being quietly surrendered in the name of “community cohesion.” Europe isn’t being invaded by foreign armies. It’s being given away, culturally replaced, and subordinated by its own governments and elites who value imported sensitivities over their own citizens’ traditions and freedoms. The UK is the canary in the coal mine. How much more of this will Europeans tolerate before they push back?

Canadians pay attention! This will likely happen here.

[B1B_Lancer @B1B_Lancer]

We do have this, for whatever you think it's worth.

"Florida State Representative Michelle Salzman shared in a social media post tonight that she had the opportunity to speak “heart to heart” with the Blue Angels pilot at the center of this week’s flyover. She wrote that she expected “a conversation about aviation,” but instead found “something much more human.”

According to Rep. Salzman, the pilot “didn’t make excuses” or “try to shift blame.” Instead, he spoke about the “weight he’s been carrying” since the miscalculated turn and shared that he was “shaken by what happened” and deeply disappointed.

Rep. Salzman wrote that what impressed her most was not the mistake itself, but “the humility, accountability, and professionalism” with which he has responded, adding that the Blue Angels “strive for perfection, but they’re still human.”

I hope he knows he has an incredible fan base behind him. The Blue Angels mean so much to Pensacola and to people across the country. I think it’s safe to say there are a lot of people rooting for him and the entire Blue Angels team."

[Krzysztof Szczawinski 🇵🇱 @Kristof_Poland]

Gladiator – what a fantastic movie that was.
They don’t do them like that anymore.
We watch it every year.

1. The film opens with the best emperor Rome ever produced choosing a general over his own son. Not from cruelty – from clarity. Marcus Aurelius knows exactly what Commodus is, and knows exactly what Rome needs. He chooses merit over bloodline. Commodus kills him for it. This is the whole film in three scenes – and the whole history of civilizational decline in three sentences.

2. Maximus is Hector in Roman armor. A man who didn’t want the war, didn’t start it, and fights anyway because someone has to and he won’t send anyone else. Commodus is Achilles without the courage – all the wounded pride, none of the battlefield merit. He cannot beat Maximus in the arena, in the Senate, or in the hearts of the crowd. He can only stab him before the fight – and even then, barely wins. This is negative selection made imperial: the system that elevates Commodus over Maximus is not just unjust – it is suicidal. The Iliad called this three thousand years ago, and every institution that has ever promoted loyalty over competence has been running the same experiment with the same result.

3. “What we do in life echoes in eternity.” Maximus doesn’t want glory. He wants to go home – to his farm, his wife, his son. He is also Odysseus in Roman armor: a man dragged into someone else’s catastrophe, fighting his way back to the particular, the irreplaceable, the real. The empire can use his virtue. It cannot give him what he actually wants. He dies without seeing his farm again. That is not a detail. That is the point.

4. The Colosseum is bread and circuses – Juvenal’s formula for managing a population that has already surrendered its political power. Give them food and spectacle and they will not notice they no longer govern themselves. Commodus understands this instinctively: the crowd that cheers in the arena is the crowd not asking questions in the Senate. The algorithm is two thousand years old.

5. “Are you not entertained?” Maximus screams it at the crowd after a slaughter – with contempt, not triumph. He is pointing at the mechanism, naming it, daring the audience to feel ashamed of what they are enjoying. They cheer louder. Network, 180 AD.

6. Gracchus says it plainly: the Senate is not afraid of Commodus. It is afraid of the mob. The captured institution always is – not of the tyrant above it, but of the crowd below it. That is why it never acts until it is too late. Still current.

7. They don’t make films like this anymore because films like this ask you to admire virtue, duty, and self-sacrifice without irony – and the current system cannot afford for you to find those things admirable. Maximus is the man the Last Man was designed to replace. The film is the annual reminder that the replacement is not an upgrade. But it doesn’t have to happen. The story of Maximus is not a eulogy – it is a template. Heroic times are still ahead.

(And as we noted in the Marcus Aurelius piece👇🏻 – the part about Commodus is historically accurate)

[Seth Frantzman @sfrantzman]

There is a lesson here for US policy and also for other countries. Don't try to "manage" the conflict and "contain" it too much. Let innovation run wild. Countries are better off when they feel pushback and need to do things on their own. Don't be afraid of the threats of adversaries, such as Moscow. US policy works best when it empowers and allows independence of allies/partners, not when there is management and too much bear-hug support...allies and partners are like people, you can't babysit them or micromanage them or treat them like kids...they have to leave the nest too...sometimes people think that "zero daylight" or complete embrace is the best, as in zero critique, but actually, an ally and partner becomes stronger when there is critique and pushback and they can hear it and choose what to accept or not.

It's important in war not to micro-manage and manage it; the lesson of Vietnam for instance, such as the endless regulations of US bombing missions over North Vietnam...endless managing every little detail, LBJ obsessing over Khe Sanh...it's not good...go for a win and bold moves...not incrementalism and endless tactics. Strategy requires tactics too, as does Clausewitz, but it needs to be a means to an end, not just war for war's sake.

[Seth Frantzman @sfrantzman]

What's fascinating is if you go back to the days before and after the Russian invasion; and basically the entire Biden admin, scenes like this were something Moscow assumed would not happen>

Let's all remember that Moscow basically openly telegraphed its intentions and the West warned about them...but nothing was done, in fact Western diplomats were de-camping from Kyiv to Lviv in the days before the invasion. It was assumed that Moscow might get to Kyiv...and there would be some Ukrainian rump state run from Lviv. I'm sure now some people will say "no way, no one thought that...ok."

After the initial invasion and Ukrainian counter-attacks there was some hope, and even into 2023 I recall all the claims of a counter-offensive and even claims Ukraine might re-take Crimea...but also the claim that if Ukraine were to strike deep into Russia, or even Russia at all...then "WWIII" might happen...and Ukraine needed to be told not to carry out strikes into Russia. Russia can invade Ukraine, but not the other way around...the war will be "managed"...and support will trickle in...to kind of "bleed the Russians"...and Moscow had the same view.... "bleed Ukraine white" like at Verdun...attrition war...and Moscow assumed the rules of the war were such, it would grind down Kyiv.

Then comes the October 7 attack, the world is distracted; and then come the election of President Trump and that very bad meeting in the White House (Feb. 2025)...and it's unclear what might happen...

But then things begin to change; Ukrainian drone attacks into Russia increase massively...there is Operation Spiderweb carried out by the Security Service of Ukraine deep inside Russia in June 2025...and by 2026 it's turning around, with the Iran war again distracting everyone; Ukraine ups the attacks, and then the attacks on vessels increase as well in July 2026.

Putin never expected this. Moscow, so far, has no clear answer. Ukraine has innovated, but also the concern in the West about these deep attacks shifted; and the US admin basically has said "let's see what you can do"...and this appearance of an arm length approach, as opposed to a "managed" conflict with the White House involved so much and talking about it all the time, has led Ukraine to extraordinary results. Necessity is the mother...and Ukraine is taking Moscow to the woodshed.

[DSA Watch @DSA_Watch]

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA): “Many Democrats now are campaigning with trash like Hasan Piker... he's proud to stand with Hamas...that's a testament to how things continue to slide within my party.”

[🇯🇵SAIGOU🇯🇵郷田剛士🇯🇵 @oidonhagouda]

Japanese pharmaceutical company Tsumura is introducing humanoid robots into its factory, planning to reduce night shift work by up to 70% by 2027.

This is the direction Japan should be heading.

Instead of depending on large-scale immigration to solve labor shortages, we can invest in robotics and automation. Japan has the technological capability to do this.

We don’t need to import foreign workers in massive numbers just because our population is aging.

If we seriously commit to developing and using these technologies, we can maintain our society, culture, and way of life without relying on demographic change.

Isn’t this the smarter and more independent path?

[Baba Banaras™ @RealBababanaras]

This is what the leftist media and ecosystem are hiding from you. Compare the lives of Muslims living in non-Muslim countries with the lives of non-Muslims living in Muslim countries

This video is from Syria, where radical Islamists are beating Christians before murdering them