The better the technology gets, the worse the internet access gets.

FBI Raids Texas Home of 20-Year-Old Who Threw Molotov Cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s Home
April 13, 2026

□ [“Eric Swalwell Resigns From Congress as Another Accuser Comes Forward"]

I knew it, he wouldn't last much longer.  I wasn't convinced he'd be out of Congress too but the House Ethics Committee has already started an investigation.  I'm curious if resigning means that investigation will stop.  There's reasons to think it might but given that being in Congress is at least theoretically important, it might not be a job you can just up-and-quit.  So if the investigation actually happens, they'll need to look into his past, most notably to his Chinese spy girlfriend Fang Fang.  If they get that far, they'll have to look into what other congressmen were connected to China.  I'm thinking specifically of Dianne Feinstein who got very rich somehow before she died, but there are others.

Even without that, the media is still having problems.  Basically all their defenses are coming down to 'they weren't authorized to look into' what was common knowledge about Swalwell.  And Fiona Hill testified to Congress blaming Russia for everything Trump did even though the committee had nothing to do with that investigation but Nancy Pelosi insisted on doing it that way and the media reported it.  Woodward and Bernstein weren't appointed to investigate Nixon but look how that worked out for them.  We already know the media is protecting the politicians on their side, they can at least admit it.

I'm also noting that this is similar to what happened a couple years ago to noted writer Neil Gaiman.  He did a lot of cheating on his wife and suddenly got dumped in a similar way as allegations started coming out.  Everyone around him knew he treated a lot of women badly and suddenly that was it.  What made me think of this was the report that Swalwell made a lot of his women sign NDAs so they can't tell anyone how he treated them.  Gaiman did the same thing, at least with the most noteworthy accuser, the woman who'd get evicted from the home Gaiman owned if she didn't give him sexual favors.  He made her sign an NDA and is now suing her for breaking that NDA.  I suspect this all falls under why adultery is considered a sin but it's not my problem so I don't think about it that much.  But if Swalwell and Gaiman are in the same situation, there's probably a reason for that.

Spanish Socialist PM Sanchez Under Pressure as His Wife Is Charged With Corruption
April 13, 2026

□ [“Ireland Holding National Strike Today – 'We Are Shutting Down Hard!'"]

Will they be able to hold out, strong and united, or will they instead be more like the Irish?

I'll make fun of the Irish but only because they deserve it.  I really do want this to be successful.  So far I haven't heard much in the way of news.  About the biggest report I've seen were that hundreds of police officers were calling in sick today.  Ok, that's a start, but what about everyone else?  And will they all show up tomorrow?  For the last year, American leftists have claimed to be going on strike multiple times and no one has even noticed.  I don't want that to happen here.

Reportedly a lot of people did show up to today's protests.  The government is even willing to cut the fuel tax, at least a little bit.  Ireland gets its oil from Norway, not Iran, so the current Middle East problems aren't relevant.  We're also told that the government is fighting itself and may collapse any day.  I'll believe that when I see it and, more importantly, that it means something other than everybody switching seats and pushing the same policies.

The Irish haven't been able to get rid of the English for the last 900 years so there isn't much reason for optimism.  The IRA has provided a lot of inspiration for terrorism and we're at a point where people will support that.  I don't but if I'm not already in the minority, I might be very soon.  And there will still be the same tyrants in charge, bringing them to this point.

Syrian Christians Forced to Subdue Prayers Amid Persecution Threats
April 13, 2026

□ [“Viktor Orbán Concedes Defeat in Election – Globalist Péter Magyar Expected To Be Next PM"]

I haven't paid much attention to this election because I'm American so I don't care much about that stuf from other countries.  But all the leftists are so thrilled by this.  Orban is such a tyrant that he admitted losing and will leave office.  The left also sees no problem with elections where you have to guess who will be in charge of the winners.  That kinda destroys the point of voting.

I really don't get why but it's clear the EU was pushing this.  They're not going to get much help from the US but they're still desperate for war with Russia and Orban stood in their way so he has to get squashed.  And of course I assume the election was rigged but it's a European election so that's a given but there's no way to know how it works.

I'd like to think the Trump administration has this planned and worked with Orban on this but I've lost hope for that as well.  The worldwide elites are capable of stealing elections so here's another chance.  Hungary is also a Catholic nation so the new leftist pope has been very specifically political.  Mostly attacking Trump but everyone else too.  Trump and Leo XIV are arguing on the internet now, another leftist empire to take down?  Perhaps Orban was the sacrifice made for this?

Trump has been making a few strange religious comments lately.  There's already the Ukraine connection with Hungary opposed to be in the war.  There's all the money flying around, which the EU would be part of.  It's even being looked into how much taxpayer money goes to Catholic archdiocese, more laundering and pushing leftist ideology.  Not sure if there's any connection to all these but something seems to be growing here.  Obama-era officials just met with the Pope last week, is that a coincidence?

Obama Judge Dismisses Trump’s $10 Billion Defamation Lawsuit Against Wall Street Journal
April 13, 2026

□ [“Full U.S. Blockade of Ships Entering or Exiting Strait of Hormuz Begins Today at 10:00 A.M. ET"]

I'm guessing it's been fully scheduled and will be completed within 12 hours or however long it takes.  Might keep some ships there to make sure Iran can't do anything else.  I'm sure we've already negotiated this with every other relevant nation, particularly China.  It's not entirely clear what they would be doing other than clearing the strait of bombs.

Well, there is one other option.  This would be a perfect opportunity to send in special forces operatives on the beach.  Trump did say he'd be doing this like Venezuela.  Perfect opportunity to grab the mullahs or any other relevant person.  Or maybe just leave them a note or a dead bodyguard saying 'this could be you.'  Something dramatic to tell them it's over.

Of course the EU is siding with Iran.  They attack EU ships, they blocked the strait first, of course it's all Trump's fault.  But Iran has been funding European Muslims for a long time so the elites are dependent on them as voters and the only ones with a high birth-rate.  I still assume the Iranian regime will fall soon so the EU regime might be the next one to take down.  Soon the US will be shutting down the Mediterranean.

Florida Cops Pull Dozens of Truck Drivers from Roads – Illegal Aliens With ‘Literally No Name’
April 12, 2026

62-Year-Old With Hair in Pigtails, Michelle Obama Says America is in a ‘Janky’ Era Under Trump
April 11, 2026

Business Leaders in Blue Colorado Panic as Nearly 100 Companies Flee the State for Greener Pastures
April 10, 2026

CNN’s Brian Stelter Credits Journalists With Ending Eric Swalwell’s Bid for California Governor
April 13, 2026