As we unwind from Europe, can we go ahead and end our involvement with the UN now?

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Surrender: gradually, then suddenly.

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singapore was just a warm-up exercise

Britain and western Europe have opened their borders of the Third World, destroyed their cultures and their energy infrastructures, and are now incapable of defending themselves even if they had the willpower to do so.

British General Admits [Again] That It Can't Deploy a Division Abroad

How pathetic is the British Army?

How about this: it cannot actually deploy a heavy (armored) division to Europe if required. 

It has no navy, it’s sole aircraft carrier has no planes, it’s air force is a weak joke, and the country has no willingness to do anything about those deficiencies. In fact, it’s joined its disarming friends, Germany, France and Spain in denying the United States’s to use their otherwise-unused bases and airfields, and even, in France’s and Spain’s case, fly through their airspace.

I read an article yesterday (somehere — can’t lay my hands on it now) by a European writer warning that the United States was withdrawing from Europe and creating it’s own sphere of interest — if it served our interests to go somewhere or do someting, we would; otherwise, the Europeans and the island lime eaters will be left to defend themselves as they see it and are capable of doing. That does indeed seem to be the case, and it’s a move long overdue.

This is hardly new news. A 2015 review of Britain’s military preparedness noted the country's inability to meet its basic NATO obligation to defend its allies; in 2026, the country still cannot deploy a fighting force. It’s in even worse shape, if possible, than it was in 2021, when the weakling still claimed it’d be capable of sending … something abroad to fight, if necessary:

Military Balance Blog

8th January 2021

British Army heavy division comes up light 

An ongoing House of Commons Defence Committee inquiry into British armoured-vehicle programmes has made the British Army’s shortfall in modern armour evident. The army’s war-fighting division, which it previously aimed to field by 2025, will be smaller, less ‘heavy’ and have less armour than set out in the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review.

The British Army will be capable of fielding a war-fighting division by 2025. However, it will be smaller, less ‘heavy’ and have less modern armour than originally planned. The shortfall in armour is the result of procurement problems compounded by inadequate funding: the outcome is that the army will deliver considerably less near-term capability than was the goal.

Just how short the British Army will fall of the divisional target established by the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) has been made apparent during an ongoing House of Commons Defence Committee inquiry into British armoured-vehicle programmes. During hearings, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) acknowledged it would not meet the aim of the 2015 SDSR. Rather than being able to field a division with three brigades – two armoured infantry brigades and a strike brigade – the division would only consist of two: a single armoured infantry brigade and an ‘interim manoeuvre support brigade’, the latter with some new Ajax vehicles and infantry travelling in Boxer and Foxhound armoured personnel carriers (APCs).

Missing the goal

The MoD said it was unable to meet the 2015 SDSR target because its budget ‘did not fully resource the army to achieve this output within this timeframe’. More simply put, it did not have enough money to fund what it said it was going to do. Development delays to the new Ajax medium armoured fighting vehicle and a very slow delivery rate for new Boxer APCs have further compounded the issue. There are also indications that the stockpiles of spares and ammunition needed to deploy more than one armoured infantry brigade have not been funded.

The army currently has one single heavy division: the 3rd Division. It is declared to NATO, but could also be employed on other missions, including with the United States. It is made up of three armoured infantry brigades, each with a single regiment (battalion sized) of Challenger 2 tanks and two armoured infantry battalions with Warrior infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs). Three armoured cavalry regiments are currently equipped with Scimitar light-armoured reconnaissance vehicles. The Scimitars are obsolescent, while the Challenger tanks and Warrior IFVs have undergone only limited upgrades and are approaching obsolescence by the army’s admission. Both require improvements to their firepower, including new guns, ammunition and turrets. Research and development work has been funded, but the Warrior upgrade has been greatly delayed. The MoD, army and the companies involved say some of the delay with Ajax and Warrior has resulted from weaknesses in managing the programmes. Both the Warrior and Challenger programmes are yet to receive ‘main gate’ approval – they must do so if they are to be fully funded. And even if approval is forthcoming, it is unlikely that the first modernised vehicles will enter service before 2025.

Further modernisation aims for the 3rd Division were set out in the 2015 SDSR. Two ‘strike brigades’ were to be formed to complement the retention of two of the three armoured infantry brigades. The new formations would include two mechanised infantry battalions equipped with new wheeled APCs (Boxer). An armoured cavalry regiment optimised for reconnaissance and a medium-armour regiment would both be equipped with the Ajax family of tracked scout vehicle, replacing the Scimitar. Ajax has been funded, with the first unit receiving its vehicles in 2020, albeit with production difficulties delaying delivery of the scout variant. Boxer is on contract, with the first vehicles to be delivered in 2023. However, delivery will be slow − spread over a decade. Although the United Kingdom’s Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has tasked the army with examining options to accelerate delivery of Boxer, there is no evidence that extra funds are being allocated to achieve this.

Five years on, Britain still can’t send a single armored brigade, let alone a division, onto a battlefield.

"British"

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welcome to america, mates

Here in its entirety is Maine Public Radio’s coverage of this latest border incident here in Vacation Land:

Border Patrol arrest 4 British men on the Golden Road for alleged illegal border crossing

Border Patrol agents arrested four British nationals last week on the Golden Road, after the men allegedly crossed the border illegally in a remote section of Somerset County.

According to court records, maple workers alerted agents at the St. Zacharie port of entry to four men walking on the Golden Road, which is primarily used by logging trucks.

Border Patrol agents found the men near the road and took them into custody for allegedly entering the U.S. without inspection.

Agents also took two U.S. citizens into custody on suspicion they were planning to pick up the British men. They were found on the Golden Road after their car ran out of gas, according to court records.

And now, courtesy of Paul Harvey’s ghost, is the rest of, and the real story:

NPR appears to have borrowed ABC News’ editor:

Hoist by his own peter(ard) (No one likes forced puns, Chris, except you)

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“If I said it, I’ didn’t mean it — c’mon, man!”

Having already determined that their former darling Eric Swalwell is not as desirable a gubernatorial candidate as some others in the race, and started a removal effort, the latest accusations of sexual misconduct have forced the Democrats to move swiftly to finish the job. Even though the current complainant seems to have had a serious problem with alcohol at the time — she admits she was in constant, repeated alcoholic blackouts during her sexual bouts with the Congressman — under the Democrat mantra of “believe all women”, they have no choice but to believe this one. Of course, they’d have found a way to evade or ignore that rule if they still considered Swalwell an asset rather than a liability, but they don’t, so he won’t last. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving pos.

Update: Matt Margolis explains further why Swalwell has to be booted from the governor’s race

Even though this is California, Swalwell’s problems could very well cost Democrats the election. California runs a jungle primary, where all candidates from all parties compete together and the top 2 vote-getters advance to the general election — regardless of party affiliation. With a historically crowded Democratic field splitting the liberal vote, two Republicans — former Fox News host Steve Hilton and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco — had been polling at the top of the field. Swalwell was running in third.

If he stays in the race, he keeps siphoning off a substantial share of Democratic votes. That risks producing something extraordinary: a November ballot with zero Democrats. A Republican-only general election for California governor would be catastrophic for the party — it would threaten Democratic turnout in the midterms and make competitive House races far more winnable for the GOP.

The calls to exit the governor's race are about one thing: political survival. Party leaders want the governorship to stay blue. Trust me, none of the Democrats calling for Swalwell to drop out care about the women who came forward. If Democrats actually cared about accountability, they would be demanding that Swalwell resign from Congress as well. Their silence on that front reveals the calculation beneath the outrage.

From back in the days when Swalwell was considered a useful idiot for the Democrat establishment:

How ruthlessly effective is the Democrat machine?

Eric Swalwell is asked to drop out of the race because a Republicans may actually win.

He refuses.

Party operatives tap into their pool of white liberal feminists and just like that, he's hit with not one...not two, but FOUR sexual assault accusations.

Of course, none of the victims can remember any details, just that it happened. The exact Blasey-Ford and E. Jean Carrol playbook.

Within an hour, the victim is being interviewed on @CNN.The email goes out.

Almost immediately, the teacher's union is condemning him and Schumer, Pelosi, Jeffries and every other Democrat on Twitter is calling for him to drop out of the race.

Keep in mind, when Tara Reade accused Biden of forcibly sexually abusing her, they called her a liar and nobody called for him to drop out.

This is all a coordinated attack because they've seen the internal polling that Steve Hilton may actually win this thing and they are sacrificing Swalwell because liberal idiots like him are a dime a dozen.

Says the billionaire who led the charge to block construction of the Keystone pipeline, close refineries, and curtail oil exploration

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(Cont) ... the usual Sacramento script.

As of April 2026:
• CA average: ~$5.89/gallon
• National average: ~$4.08/gallon
• Difference: +$1.81 that has ZERO to do with any war or “Big Oil.”

That premium has existed for decades — long before this conflict began.

Highest gas taxes & fees in America (~71¢ excise + sales + cap-and-trade + LCFS credits = nearly $1.80/gal in total state burden).CARB’s boutique “California-only” fuel blend that no other state can supply.

Decades of refinery closures, low-carbon mandates, and permitting hell that slashed in-state capacity while CA imported more crude from foreign sources.

Nevada imports 85-90% of its fuel from those same strangled California refineries. Arizona gets ~33%. Green ideology isn’t just screwing Californians — it’s pricing out your neighbors too. (Sound familiar, @AaronDFordNV?)

You and Governor Newsom keep blaming Trump and producers for the mess Sacramento engineered.

Meanwhile, the same CARB regs you cheered are now a national security issue for DoD bases on the West Coast. Trump’s Defense Production Act moves to fix what ideology broke. That’s not “Big Oil” — that’s basic energy security.

And while we’re on the topic of who really benefits: It is our understanding that you built your ~$2 billion fortune running Farallon Capital, a hedge fund that delivered big returns in part through investments in fossil fuels — including coal mines and power plants abroad. 

Then your fund pivoted to climate investing via Galvanize Climate Solutions, raising hundreds of millions for “decarbonization” plays and profiting handsomely from the subsidies, mandates, and regulations.

In political science terms this would be called rent-seeking.

Energy security isn’t optional.

American oil & gas delivers it — when Sacramento gets out of the way.

But it sounds like if elected you're not prepared to get out of the way.

At any rate, thank you for sharing your views on this important issue.

Steyer, who spent $250 million of his own money running for the Democrat presidential nomination in 2020 and garnered not one delegate, has turned his ambitions to the California governor’s seat this year and “in March 2026, Steyer's campaign petitioned the California Secretary of State to disqualify Eric Swalwell from running in the governor's race. Steyer argued that Swalwell is not a California resident and that he is domiciled in Washington, D.C.. Two days ago, we asked who was behind the sudden abandonment of Swalwell by Democrats; now we know.

Sales reported

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I’ve posted on all these previously, so here are just some basics: Photo, price, link.

341 Sound Beach Avenue, Listed at $2.8 million, sold for $3,007,000

182 Taconic Road, $6.325 million, originally listed at $6.850

10 Tomahawk Lane, $2.840 million. Originally listed at $2.395 in 2024, the owners pulled it in February ‘25, redid it, and put it back on the market at $3.250, so the money put into it probably paid off

12 wooddale road, $4.450 sold, $4.5 million asked

A rental concept that might swing in our Irish Quarter, but otherwise, “No sex, please, we’re WASPS”.

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“the home is sanitized thoroughly with “hospital-grade disinfectant” and a black light between each guest, according to Corpening.” I can’t even ….

This coastal Maine rental house is designed for sex 

Hidden Honey Homes, a company that outfits single-family homes into adult-only short-term rentals, opened its first Maine location on Dec. 1, 2025. It’s one of only four locations in the country owned by the Florida-based company. 

“We’re for modern couples who either are proactively preventing a rift in their relationship or may be experiencing that and want to spice things up,” said Erica Corpening, who co-founded Hidden Honey Homes with her husband. “Or maybe couples just need a getaway and need to know that it’s okay to have sex somewhere.” 

While other companies throughout the country have created similar adult-only rentals, this is the only known instance of one in Maine. It also adds a new competitor to the region’s expansive short-term rental market that can limit housing for year-round residents.

… The home sits on the bank of the Union River in Ellsworth and the exterior looks no different from others around it. The rental has a three night minimum and costs vary throughout the year. In the height of the summer, fees can be more than $1,300 per night, the booking website shows. 

Designed for two people, the home offers a standard kitchen, living space, one bedroom and one bathroom. The property’s other bedrooms, however, have been remodeled to be themed “play rooms” with restraints and specialized furniture that are designed for couples to be intimate. 

The company’s other locations are in Florida, where the founders live, and North Carolina. The owners sought out a coastal Northeast location because Corpening was raised in Massachusetts and “New England is near and dear to my heart,” she said. 

Sex among Protestants is never to be spoken of, and certainly, no proper couple would want to be seen checking into a house whose neighbors would know exactly what they intended to do in there! The horrors!