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Wednesday, April 1. 2026

The Secrets of Publishing

It’s Hard To Become a Mexican Resident

Birthright citizenship

The Napkin Controlling Colorado Nanny-Staters

NHS Discovers How to Reduce Waitlists: Deny Care

Democrats keep choosing illegal immigrants over Americans

FBI confirms hack of Director Patel's personal email inbox

Full mask off moment for British politics.

President Trump Tells Europe and Gulf States to Fix the Strait of Hormuz
Themselves Amid Reports That He is Willing to End War Without Reopening
Strait

Iran President Says 'Prepared To End War' If Security Guarantees Offered, Oil Plunges

Why Europe is wrong to think Iran is ‘not our war’

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What is Killing Jordan Peterson?

FWIW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDtTNbnCiVY

34 minute video.

#1 feeblemind on 2026-04-01 10:21 (Reply)

It would be entirely just for us to tell Europe to fix the situation in the strait itself, and it might have the good long-range effect of enabling them to find themselves again. Yet I wonder whether it is wise to do so. Just desserts might be satisfying, but American interests should be paramount.

#2 Assistant Village Idiot on 2026-04-01 10:30 (Reply)

AV: How is it "entirely just" that those who had no direct role in initiating this special military operation of bombings and assassinations , should now "fix " what our master of disaster and his furniture salesman handler have begun and apparently are unable to finish? I'm sure there will be "just desserts" for some.

#2.1 Ulithi on 2026-04-01 12:48 (Reply)

Biased much?

#2.1.1 Zachinoff on 2026-04-01 23:14 (Reply)

Iran spends millions, perhaps billions funding terrorism worldwide. It is their intent to have a religious war and kill or enslave every non-Muslim. How could you not know this??? They have an atom bomb program for one reason and that is to build them and use them to kill non-Muslims. This isn't even debatable. They were approaching that point where their competence in enriching uranium was sufficient to make fissionable bomb quality uranium and this "can" could no longer be kicked down the road. Israel was going to have to use nukes to destroy Iran's nuclear capability. Trump, like any intelligent human wants to prevent any nuclear war even one of self defense if possible. To do that it had to be a massive and complete bombing mission on all of Iran's military capability AND bunker busters on their nuclear capability to negate the need for Israel to resort to nukes. Again that fact is unarguable. Trump's decision will stand the test of time and history will support the need. I am not saying that those with TDS will agree, but those whose mind and intelligence is still normal will understand that this destruction of Iran's nuclear capability was both long overdue and had now reached the point where it could not be avoided any longer. Simple as that!

As for England and Spain's decision to throw a hissy fit all you need to know is that it is TDS and not leadership behind their decision. They are both happy that the U.S. fixed this mess AND that they could use the situation to spread their mindless TDS craziness too. For this incredible level of stupidity of putting their ego ahead of world peace they deserve to deal with that part of this mess that they created.

I think the European and the EU leaders are making a big mistake believing that this is an opportunity to free their inner TDS and not understanding that by doing so they are breaking an alliance that is essential to their countries safety. With very few exceptions the European and EU leaders are a bunch of highly educated but barely capable elites posturing as leaders. They had their feeling hurt when Trump and his administration spoke truth to their faces and now they cannot let go of that and in their inexperienced mind think it will play out good for them to stick their finger in the eye of the United States because their swollen ego hurts. Let's see how that works out for them.

#2.1.2 OneGuy on 2026-04-02 17:09 (Reply)

Re: Birthright citizenship

It’s amazing to me that this seems to be the first judicial review of the important clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, “and subject to the jurisdiction.” Up until now, anybody born in the US was considered a US citizen as though that clause had no meaning at all.

It’s clear that the Fourteenth Amendment didn’t grant citizenship to any and all born in the US since that would have been codified by not including that clause in the first place. And that is before investigating the original intent of the clause at the time of the amendment’s adoption.

#3 mudbug on 2026-04-01 10:41 (Reply)

mudbug: Up until now, anybody born in the US was considered a US citizen as though that clause had no meaning at all.

That is incorrect. Diplomats and their families are not under the jurisdiction of the United States, so their children are not citizens of the United States by birth. Other categories include Indians not taxed (until the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924), and invading armies.

mudbug: It’s clear that the Fourteenth Amendment didn’t grant citizenship to any and all born in the US since that would have been codified by not including that clause in the first place.

It's clear your argument is without foundation, as the clause was and still is relevant.

#3.1 Zachriel on 2026-04-01 15:31 (Reply)

Z: It's clear your argument is without foundation, as the clause was and still is relevant.

The text of the amendment reads:
“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States…”

The argument for unlimited birthright citizenship is that any child born in the US is that “all persons born (or naturalized) in the US are citizens of the US.”

By deleting the “jurisdiction” clause, the birthright argument (and current situation) is described (except for some exceptions, some of which you mentioned). The expressed meaning of the clause was to exclude those who hold no allegiance or formal connection to the US such as tourists and other foreigners but not slaves or their children which was the purpose of the amendment.

#3.1.1 mudbug on 2026-04-02 10:25 (Reply)

mudbug: The argument for unlimited birthright citizenship is that any child born in the US is that “all persons born (or naturalized) in the US are citizens of the US.”

The basis of your previous argument was that the "clause had no meaning at all", which is simply incorrect. No one argues that the children born of diplomats or invading armies are citizens (or that Indians not taxed were originally included). Hence, the jurisdiction clause had and still has effect.

mudbug: The expressed meaning of the clause was to exclude those who hold no allegiance or formal connection to the US such as tourists and other foreigners but not slaves or their children which was the purpose of the amendment.

Your "foreigners" is doing a lot of work. The framers of the Fourteenth Amendment were clear that they intended to include the children of immigrants. Otherwise, most of them wouldn't have been citizens either—or their own children. In particular, the Supreme Court ruled on that in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 1898. Wong was a citizen by birth, even though his parents didn't stay in the United States, but returned to China; in other words, his parents didn't have "allegiance" to the United States.

#3.1.2 Zachriel on 2026-04-02 12:32 (Reply)

The Strait of Hormuz is open to traffic to and from any country friendly to Iran, as long as the ship owners pay a passage fee in yuan of approximately $2 million. So, only American, Israeli, and European and their friends shipping is actually blocked.

#4 Bob Sykes on 2026-04-01 10:48 (Reply)

Birthright citizenship may be the single most important issue to the U.S. in it's entire 250 years. Right now 1,000,000 Chinese children that were born in the U.S. and are thus "citizens" are living in China. I am guessing that everyone of them is being trained to become influential in American politics, law and industry after they become adults and are brought back to the U.S. by the CCP. This is just one of the time bombs that birthright citizenship presents to our country. My cynical self predicts the Supremes will rule 5-4 on this issue, but honestly I don't know if that is 5-4 for it or against it. Our Supremes are grossly compromised the court has been stacked with 3 1/2 lefties and 3 unpredictable law nerds. The phrase "the law is an ass" really refers to lawyers and judges arguing the nuances of a law without regard or acknowledgement of the damage a technical decision creates. THAT is our Supreme Court today; 3 unqualified left wing biased judges, 3 lawyers who only want to "lawyer, 1 confused individual and two actual Supreme Court Judges who are self aware and aware of the real world. We are so fucked!

#5 OneGuy on 2026-04-01 10:55 (Reply)

I am listening live to the Supreme Court 14th Amendment arguments. Putting aside my genuine concern and fear of what the court may decide... it occurs to me that either we should never have microphones and/or cameras in court or we should always have them and in every single court in our country. I am aghast at the stupidity of these arguments; the stupidity of the judges. I have not heard a single question or statement that gives me any confidence that these people are smart enough to make such a decision. One the one hand I am sure if we made all, 100% of all court actions available to our citizens in in real time, audio and video, that we would have long ago realized we need to do better in selecting judges. The judges and lawyers as played by actors on TV and the big screen are soooo much better than those in real life. I am pretty sure this decision will be based on TDS and nothing else...

#6 OneGuy on 2026-04-01 11:15 (Reply)

re Full mask off moment for British politics.

related: Justice Jackson Warns Against Unbridled Free Speech

Just wait until we have four more just like her.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/no-one-knows-what-will-happen-now-justice-jackson-warns-against-unbridled-free-speech

#7 feeblemind on 2026-04-01 13:23 (Reply)

Wakanda, baby!!!

#7.1 Mark Matis on 2026-04-01 13:36 (Reply)

Iran President Says 'Prepared To End War' If Security Guarantees Offered, Oil Plunges

"Security guarantees" while Iran continues to 1) commit numerous human rights against its population, 2) fund terrorist organizations outside the borders of Iran, such as Hamas and Hezbollah, 3) keeps on trying to produce a nuclear bomb and produce missiles that can be target places thousands of kilometers from Iran.

Yeah, right.

#8 Gringo on 2026-04-01 15:30 (Reply)

Gringo: "Security guarantees" while Iran continues to 1) commit numerous human rights against its population, 2) fund terrorist organizations outside the borders of Iran, such as Hamas and Hezbollah, 3) keeps on trying to produce a nuclear bomb and produce missiles that can be target places thousands of kilometers from Iran.

1) It is a fundamental of international law that borders and systems can't be forced on other nations without cause. Indeed, wars of aggression was the fundamental crime held against the fascists after WWII. What the United States can do is what they did with the Soviet Union, containment and providing a vision of a better society. The United States is failing at this, devolving into autocracy.

2) Terrorism is illegal and must be resisted, but the best response is not necessarily to shoot yourself in the foot.

3) Iran is more industrially and technologically advanced than North Korea which has nuclear weapons. Iran has had the capability of producing a nuclear weapon for decades—but they didn't. The military hardliners wanted a nuclear weapon for deterrence. The theocracy was against it, even issuing a fatwa against it. The compromise was break-out capability. Now, of course, that restraint is gone.

#8.1 Zachriel on 2026-04-01 16:10 (Reply)

QUOTE:

The theocracy was against it, even issuing a fatwa against it.

Anyone, like yourself, who actually takes that seriously, is a naïve fool.

#8.1.1 Anon on 2026-04-02 00:41 (Reply)

Birth Tourism. What is it, kiddieZ?

#8.1.1.1 Zachinoff on 2026-04-03 10:53 (Reply)

Anon: Anyone, like yourself, who actually takes that seriously, is a naïve fool.

It's supported by the fact that Iran had the capability of developing a nuclear weapon, but did not. (Nuclear weapons are 1940s technology, and even North Korea was able to develop one.)

#8.1.2 Zachriel on 2026-04-02 08:45 (Reply)

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