Most Bone-Headed Move in World History...

I'm done.  Fuck Israel!  Fuck Trump!

The Neocon Forever Wars that Began as he WoT Continue...

Democrats Raid Maryland Green Energy Fund... AGAIN!

 

Audrey Dtreeb, "Maryland Democrats Look To Raid Green Energy Fund To Balance Ballooning Budget"

Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore hopes to raid millions from a green program to offset the state’s budget woes.

Moore’s 2027 budget proposal would transfer roughly $300 million from the Strategic Energy Investment Fund (SEIF) to help close the state’s $1.5 billion cash shortfall. The proposal would shrink the fund from more than $800 million to “$164 million in a targeted fashion” for some other green initiatives. Moore raided the fund in 2025, transferring $200 million for electricity bill rebates as affordability emerged as a political headache for Republicans and Democrats alike.

The stated goal of the SEIF fund is to “support local communities as they adopt clean energy policies. Communities benefit from sustained reduction of energy usage, cost savings, and opportunities for renewable energy development.”

SEIF receives a significant portion of its funding from alternative compliance payments — a fee utilities pay when they fail to meet certain green energy standards. Given that utilities turn to ratepayers to make up for compliance costs, some critics are concerned that Marylanders are shouldering the burden for the state’s green energy policies.

“Under Wes Moore’s proposal, Maryland’s working families are billed twice,” Communications Director for Power The Future Larry Behrens told the Daily Caller News Foundation. They pay first through their taxes and again through their utility bills, just so Governor Moore can prop up a bloated bureaucracy. It’s clear his focus on fiscal common sense seems about as razor sharp as his attention to sewer pipes on the Potomac.”

“As costs have skyrocketed on nearly everything under the Trump administration, Governor Moore remains laser-focused on making the state more affordable for families, investing in the priorities they care about, and balancing the budget for the fourth year in a row,” a spokesperson for Moore told the DCNF. “He believes we can walk and chew gum at the same time, which includes making historic investments in clean energy and climate action while delivering direct relief to everyday people.”

Moore is up for reelection in 2026, while Maryland and several other Democratic states are suffering from high electricity rates. Maryland’s grid operator, known as PJM Interconnection, is drawing criticism as residents flag concerns about rising electricity costs. PJM helps provide power to all or parts of 13 states and the District of Columbia, according to its website.

Electricity rates and grid instability have been on the rise in the East Coast for years, particularly in the states that rely on green energy resources and have aimed to phase out dispatchable power sources like coal. Costs have climbed in states along PJM like Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania — all of which are states that have made net-zero pledges or plan to phase out coal plants to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

Notably, Democrat-led states generally have higher energy costs, according to a December report from the Institute for Energy Research.

“SEIF money makes Maryland’s energy more affordable, cleaner and reliable through programs offered by MEA and other state agencies,” state materials on SEIF claim. “These programs address: consumer energy costs, global climate change concerns, job creation, energy resilience, economic development, business retention, and energy freedom.”

Prominent environmental organizations like the Sierra Club are reportedly fighting to preserve SEIF, with one spokesperson for the green group telling Maryland Matters that “to pull it back from its intended purposes and to use it to cover budget gaps is just unacceptable.”

Senate Minority Leader Steve Hershey also criticized the move to use SEIF to balance the budget, telling the local publication that “at the end of the day, this is a hidden energy tax: Marylanders are overpaying because of Democratic mandates, and instead of giving that money back or fixing the policies that caused the problem, the Governor is using it to fund government operations. … That is not energy relief — it’s a shell game.”

A Woke Wake-Up Call...

h/t - Woodsterman

The Rise of Eurasia: The BRICS Golden Corridor

The Mackinder Doctrine in Action!

from Google AI:

Counters to Halford Mackinder’s Heartland Theory (1904)—which asserts that control of Eastern Europe and the Eurasian interior ("Heartland") rules the world—focus on the supremacy of maritime power, the vital importance of the "Rimland" coastal zones, and modern technological advancements that make land-based control less decisive.

Key counters and alternative theories include:

Nicholas Spykman's Rimland Theory (1942): Spykman argued that the key to global power is not the inaccessible Heartland, but the "Rimland" (the coastal fringes of Eurasia, including Western Europe, the Middle East, India, and East Asia). He famously stated, "Who controls the Rimland rules Eurasia; who rules Eurasia controls the destinies of the world".

Alfred Thayer Mahan's Sea Power Theory: Pre-dating and contradicting Mackinder, Mahan emphasized that command of the sea, maritime trade routes, and naval choke points (like the Suez Canal or Strait of Malacca) are the true determinants of global supremacy, not land-based resources.

Technological Advancements: Critics argue that in the modern era, airpower, long-range missiles, and cyber-warfare allow for the projection of power without the need for physical, territorial control of the Eurasian landmass.

Economic Interdependence and Constraints: The development of global supply chains and the inefficiencies of land transport compared to maritime shipping mean that controlling the land interior does not automatically equate to global dominance. Furthermore, land powers face immense challenges in maintaining security over such a vast, resource-intensive area.

The "Rimland" as a Buffer: Instead of a vulnerable periphery, the Rimland acts as a containment zone that prevents the Heartland power from accessing the sea, effectively bottlenecking land-based expansion.

Regional Resistance: Historical and contemporary examples, such as the resistance in Eastern Europe, demonstrate that populations within the "pivot area" often act independently, undermining the notion that the Heartland is a monolith easily controlled by a single power.

How Democrats Crushed the Hunter Biden Laptop Story

War Gaming Laptop Leak Counter-Strategies at the Aspen Institute...

from Google AI:

The Mackinder Doctrine, or Heartland Theory, is a 1904 geopolitical concept by Sir Halford Mackinder positing that control of Eastern Europe and Central Asia (the "Heartland" or "Pivot Area") allows command of the "World-Island" (Eurasia and Africa), eventually leading to global domination. It prioritizes land power over maritime power, warning that a dominant power in this region could threaten world freedom.

Key Aspects of the Heartland Theory:

• The Geographic Formula: "Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland; who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island; and who rules the World-Island commands the world".
• Heartland (Pivot Area): The largely inaccessible, resource-rich, and land-locked region of Eurasia, protected from naval power by ice, mountains, and deserts.
• World-Island: The combined landmass of Europe, Asia, and Africa, which contained two-thirds of the world's land and seven-eighths of its population.
• Shift from Sea to Land: Mackinder argued that, with the rise of railways, land-based powers could out-compete traditional maritime powers (like Britain) in mobility and resource accumulation.
• Strategic Objective: To warn Britain of the danger of a Eurasian power, such as Russia or Germany, establishing hegemony and to suggest preventing this by ensuring control over Eastern Europe as a buffer zone.

Evolution of the Theory:

• 1904 ("The Geographical Pivot of History"): Introduced the "Pivot Area" concept.
• 1919 ("Democratic Ideals and Reality"): Refined the theory post-WWI, focusing on Eastern Europe as the crucial, vulnerable gate to the Heartland.
• 1943 ("The Round World and the Winning of the Peace"): Modified to include the "Midland Ocean" (North Atlantic) as a counterbalance to a potential Soviet-dominated Heartland.

Relevance in Modern Geopolitics:

The theory is often cited in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, viewing control of Ukraine as a step toward dominating the Heartland. It is also seen as a precursor to modern strategic thinking regarding land-based Eurasian infrastructure (e.g., China's Belt and Road Initiative

Why they Want to Cancel Tucker and Candace on the Right...

“World War III will be a guerrilla information war with no division between military and civilian participation.”

- Marshall McLuhan

What Use is a Non-Representative Supra-Democracy (aka: 'Muh' Democracy)

It's No Use at All!

Trumpism = A Return to Representation within a Representative Democracy

Wes Moore: "Live by the Race Card, Die by the Truth Card..."

Democrats Run Amock in People's Republic Of Maryland, Attack LEOs

Free Speech: The Right, Nay Duty, to Offend

Catherine Liu

Speaking Truth to ALL, Not Just "Power"!

Empowering Self and ALL, Not Just the Oppressed Or Powerful!

Mind Your Information Filter: Slow & Deliberative True/ False (Theoretical/ Empirical) Or Rapid & Intuitive Me/ I (Right/ Wrong: Moral) or Us/ Them (Good/ Evil: Ethical)?

Acta non Verba!

Gavin Newsome Cops to Being Unintelligent/ Illiterate

Gov. Newsom to a black crowd in GA: "I am like you. I'm a 960 SAT guy. I can't read." pic.twitter.com/4Gk0WKbIYz

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) February 23, 2026

He's in Good Company

Scoop: DNC officials working on secret report found Gaza stance cost Harris votes https://t.co/rb08u5ojTB

— Axios (@axios) February 22, 2026

Democrats certainly are not sending their best to DC...

Democrats to America:  "We're Stupid Like You, so Vote for US!"

2 Christian Zionists Debate "The Problem of Tucker Carlson"

Tucker Doesn't Believe in the Essential American Need to Promote and Affirm Israel!  He's for Crazy Sh*t Like "America First" and Letting Israel Fight Their Own Wars!  He's the Problem, Not Us!  G_d Blesses Those Who Praise Israel!

Anti-Semitism isn't a Universal Principle like Race, Sex, or Religious Non-Essentialism, It's a Very Partisan One that Essentializes and then Privileges One Particular Major Semitic (Abrahamic) Religion (and NOT ALL 3).

Maryland County Sheriffs Tell Governor Wes Moore to Pound Sand!

...So much for the "Sanctuary State" Maryland Anti-ICE Rebellion

 

Moore Proof that Law Enforcement is White Supremacy!

The Covid Vaccine is Still Killing Americans

from Google AI:

Fibrinogen (Factor I) is a vital liver-produced plasma protein (normal range–) that plays a key role in blood clotting (hemostasis) and wound healing. It is converted by thrombin into insoluble fibrin, creating a mesh network to stabilize platelet plugs and stop bleeding. Low levels (hypofibrinogenemia) can cause excessive bleeding, while high levels are linked to inflammation and thrombosis.

Key Fibrinogen Functions and Role 

• Blood Clotting: Acts as the primary structural component of blood clots, providing strength to the initial platelet plug.   

• Wound Healing: Mediates cell spreading and facilitates tissue repair.   

• Inflammation Marker: Levels often rise in response to infection, inflammation, or tissue trauma   

• Antithrombin Activity: Helps regulate clotting by binding to and limiting thrombin activity.

Normal Range and Clinical Significance

Normal Levels: 200 to 400 mg/dL (adults). 

Critical Low Levels: <100 mg/dl 

High Levels (>400 mg/dl): Generally indicate inflammation, infection, pregnancy, or increased risk of cardiovascular disease/stroke.

 Causes of Low Fibrinogen (Hypofibrinogenemia)

• Inherited/Congenital: Rare genetic disorders (afibrinogenemia).  

• Acquired: Severe liver disease, malnutrition, DIC (disseminated intravascular coagulation), or severe bleeding/trauma (consumption of clotting factors).

Symptoms of Low Fibrinogen

• Prolonged or abnormal bleeding, particularly after trauma or surgery.
• Easy bruising.
• Mucous membrane bleeding (e.g., nosebleeds, gum bleeding).
• In severe, cases, risk of intracerebral hemorrhage.

Diagnostic Tests

Fibrinogen Activity Test (Clauss Method): Measures how well fibrinogen functions in creating a clot. 

Antigen Test: Measures the total amount of fibrinogen present.

Time to Recall Huckabee. This was Disgraceful. The US Embassy in Israel is Compromised.

You Missed One, Donald

from Google AI:

In December 2025, the Trump administration ordered the abrupt recall of nearly 30 career U.S. ambassadors worldwide, signaling a push to align foreign policy with "America First" priorities and bypassing traditional, nonpartisan diplomatic norms. This move was described as a "chilling signal" to foreign service, potentially undermining U.S. credibility.

Key details regarding the recall:

• The Signal: The action signals that political loyalty is being prioritized over career experience. It represents a swift change to remove appointees from the previous administration, affecting countries across Africa, Asia, and Europe.
• Scope: Approximately 30 career diplomats, including high-ranking officials in nations like Nigeria, the Philippines, Egypt, and others, were recalled without standard notice.
• Impact: The American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) stated this disrupts diplomatic continuity and reduces morale, as 98% of foreign service members reported poor morale in 2025.
• Context: While new presidents often replace political ambassadors, this targeted removal of career diplomats is considered unusual.

The administration indicated this is part of a standard process to ensure ambassadors reflect the current administration's agenda

On Guilt-Pride and Post-Colonialist Identity Performance Art

"Those MAGA People Need Shaming for Their Culpability for  White History.  I'm Against White Colonialist History (Except for New Colour Revolutions in Places like 2014 Ukraine or 2011 Tahrir Square).  The Guilt of Colonization and Slavery is Theirs, Not Mine!  I'm Proud to Discriminate Against Them in Favour of You Brown People!  Trust Me, I'll NEVER Criticize Brown People (Unless They Support the White Colonizers) and I'll NEVER Criticize Your Culture, ONLY My Own!  I am AUTHENTICALLY SINCERE (aka - Genuinely Pretending)!  MUH!  Democracy!  I AM YOUR WHITE SAVIOUR and YOU are MY MAGICAL NEGROES!"

"Woke Guilt-Pride.  Take a Stand FOR Anti-White Racial Discrimination Against the Evil Colonizers!  Maintaining Your Brown Races Is Essential and Therefore Your Culture(s) Must be Restored and Maintained!  White Colonialist Culture(s) OUT!  Decolonize Education!  Decolonize Gaza!  Decolonize ALL White and Brown Minds!"

“Postcolonialism is the invention of rich Indian guys who wanted to make a good career in the west by playing on the guilt of white liberals”

― Slavoj Žižek

“There is no such thing as collective guilt or collective innocence; guilt and innocence make sense only if applied to individuals.”

–Hannah Arendt, "Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship"

1863 - When America Gelded the Guilds

DEI Hocks Up Another Stinky Hairball

Another Race Essentialism Grift Gift from the DNC Patronage PMC Toadies

....

Daniel Greenfield, "Did DEI Cause D.C. Sewage Disaster?:

DC Water may have “delivered equity” by filling a less diverse area with sewage.

After complaining about a water industry that was terrible because it “had too many white men at the top”, DC Water CEO David Gadis bragged that, “My executive team, you know, looks exactly like the community… people of color.”

7 out of 9 members of the DC Water leadership team are black. 5 are women.

This hasn’t done anything to get the sewage back in the pipe. Or decontaminate the Potomac.

The DC Water 2023 report was titled ‘Water Equity for All’ and had Gadis bragging that “in recent years, DC Water has established itself as the national gold standard when it comes to delivering water equity.”

DC Water is now at the epicenter of the massive Potomac sewage spill in which hundreds of millions of gallons of wastewater poured into the river in one of the worst sewage spills in American history. But at least the D.C. Water’s executive team “looks exactly like the community” whose lives they’re wrecking.

Or do they?

CEO Gadis had pitched his focus on contracting with “minority and women-owned businesses”. The report promised that “infrastructure decisions” would be made “equitably” so that rather than just analyzing “the risks of infrastructure failures”, the Authority would be looking at them within the context of social and environmental vulnerabilities” and would “protect the needs of the most vulnerable communities from impacts such as flooding and sewage overflows.”

Did DC Water let the Potomac disaster happen because it prioritized sewage management around equity and the ‘Interceptor’ that dumped massive amounts of sewage may have been seen as a risk, but not a sufficient risk to a sufficiently diverse “vulnerable community”?

The areas affected by the sewage spill are primarily in Montgomery County which are less ‘diverse’ than D.C. itself with only a 18% black population and nearly half white population.

Did DC Water prioritize infrastructure risks to more properly ‘diverse’ areas leading to this disaster? Even with the disaster underway, DC Water has been accused of stonewalling and refusing to cooperate with other agencies, including the Potomac riverkeeper, trying to figure out the magnitude of the disaster. That is highly suspicious behavior for an innocent organization.

As federal investigators look for answers, they may want to consider starting with that question.

DC Water described its mission not as delivering water, but as “delivering equity”. Now DC Water may have “delivered equity” by filling a less diverse area with sewage.

But it’s not as if the DC Water leadership doesn’t have some experience with that sort of thing.

David Gadis, the first black CEO of a “major water utility”, had last been in the news during his tenure with Veolia Water. During that time, Veolia was accused of helping cover up the water disaster in Flint, Michigan in that city’s water crisis.

Veolia later paid out $78 million to tens of thousands of Flint residents.

“We are honored to support your community with our technical expertise so that together we can ensure water quality for the people of the city of Flint,” Gadis had promised Flint residents.

Gadis had assured Flint residents that the water was safe even as emails mentioned the presence of lead. Why, after that disaster, did D.C. Water choose him out of 100 candidates?

One might think that the priority would be picking a CEO who wasn’t at the center of the most notorious tainted urban water crisis (including one involving minorities) in the whole country.

But as the DC Water press release mentioned, Gadis “was the first African American CEO to lead a major utility in Indianapolis.” And really, who cares about anything else?

Perhaps taking a man who had a basketball scholarship to Southern Methodist and had been “entirely focused on the prospect of a basketball career” before losing the NCAA National Tournament and then being lucky “that the abilities he developed on the basketball court—such as leadership, responsibility, and preparation—also applied well to the… water industry” was not a great plan. Even if Gadis had the supreme virtue of looking “exactly like the community.”

DC Water, like many cities, had badly aged infrastructure. Instead of focusing on that, Gadis bragged about his commitment to meaningless buzzwords like “sustainability” and “equity”.

The ‘Authority’ would have done better to focus on functionality and safety instead.

While DC Water focused on its “first-ever appearances at the Capital Pride Block Party”, the “Women of Water” (WOW) program and celebrating “the many cultures, languages, and ethnicities represented at the Authority”, a disaster was approaching that could not be met with DEI, but with real-world hard work before the Potomac river was full of sewage.

Rather than discuss the magnitude of its actual tasks, DC Water’s reports redefined everything as equity. When DC Water described its water hookups, it rebranded this system as “one of the most direct ways DC Water delivers equity to customers is through the service lines that connect the water mains in the street to their homes and businesses.” This cultlike Marxist language fundamentally shifted away from its actual mission to a symbolic ideological one.

And ideology, as the Soviet Union could have told the DEIrs, is no substitute for results.

DC Water may have had “82% BIPOC representation”, but what it didn’t have was a plan to safely move around water and sewage through a badly aging system that needed thorough overhauls and close monitoring. And sadly enough it’s not at all unique in that regard.

Many government and private organizations have developed a leadership class that neglects its actual responsibilities and spends all of its time babbling about its commitments to environmental sustainability and equity to the exclusion of doing anything that might be useful.

Political virtue signaling is often a convenient cover for incompetence in failing organizations.

This politicization of everything is a systemic threat to the economy and to public safety and lives. Americans deserve organizations that prioritize their jobs, not their own politics.

Areas whose organizations drown in political sewage will eventually drown in real sewage.

Best of Woodsterman Memes

 

The Art of the Deal: How DJT Convinced Nearly 2 Million Illegal Immigrants to Self-Deport.

from Google AI:

Based on reports from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in late 2025 and early 2026, officials estimated that approximately 1.6 million to 1.9 million illegal immigrants "voluntarily self-deported" during the first year of President Trump's second term (2025).

Total Departures: 

• By December 2025, the administration claimed that a total of 2.5 million illegal aliens had left the U.S., a figure that includes both formal deportations (over 600,000) and self-departures.
• Incentives: The administration encouraged this trend through "Project Homecoming," which included the use of the "CBP Home" app, offering free flights and a stipend ($1,000 to $2,600) for voluntarily returning to their home countries.
• Context: The administration described these actions as "self-deportations," resulting from a "hardline" approach to enforcement that created fear of detention or deportation among undocumented immigrants.

Note on Data: These figures represent internal DHS estimates and have been questioned by outside organizations, such as the Center for Migration Studies, which characterized the high number of self-deportations as a "self-serving fantasy" rather than a precise statistic.

Another New STD to Thank the Gays For...

from Google AI

Trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII (TMVII) is an emerging, highly contagious, and sexually transmitted fungal infection causing severe, itchy, and persistent rashes on the genitals, buttocks, or face. Primarily reported in men who have sex with men, it often requires 6-12 weeks of oral terbinafine, as it is resistant to many common, shorter-duration treatments. 

Key Aspects of TMVII (TM7) Infection: 

• Symptoms: Presents as inflamed, reddish, scaling plaques or pustules that may be mistaken for eczema or other rashes.
• Transmission: Spreads through close skin-to-skin contact, particularly during sexual activity.
• Treatment: Requires long-term oral antifungal medication (e.g., terbinafine) often lasting several months.
• Precautions:Do not use steroid creams, as they can worsen the infection. Wash clothing, bedding, and towels in high heat. Avoid sexual contact until cleared by a healthcare provider.
• Diagnosis: Requires specialized, in-depth skin culture testing for accurate identification.

Cases have been reported in the U.S., prompting health officials to increase awareness regarding this emerging STI.

Free Bahruz Samadov!

From Wikipedia:

Bahruz Samadov (Azerbaijani: Bəhruz Səmədov; 29 April 1995) is an Azerbaijani political scientist, researcher, peace activist and political prisoner. He was a regular author at OC Media. He is known for his critical writings about the Azerbaijani government and his peaceful position in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[1]

He was detained by Azerbaijani authorities in August 2024 and arrested under Article 274 (treason) of the Criminal Code.[1] His arrest was strongly criticized by a number of local and international institutions.[2][3][4] He is currently being held in the detention center of the Azerbaijani State Security Service (SSS). In June 2025, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison.[5]

Early life

Bahruz Valeh oghlu Samadov was born on 29 April 1995 in Baku, Azerbaijan. In 2001–2012, he studied at secondary school number 251 in Nizami District. In 2012, he was admitted to the Faculty of Philology of the Baku branch of Moscow State University [ru] named after M.V. Lomonosov and graduated with honors in 2016. In 2016–2018, he received a master's degree in philology at the same university, and in 2018–2019, he received a master's degree in international relations at the Central European University in Hungary.[6] Since 2019, he is a doctoral student of the political science department of the Prague Institute of Political Studies of Charles University, Czech Republic.[7]

In 2021–2022, he was an intern at the Institute of International Relations in Prague, and in 2023 he was a fellow at Friedrich Schiller University in Jena.[7]

Activism

Bahruz Samadov became a member of the Azerbaijani Popular Front Party in 2013, and during the presidential elections of that year, he actively participated in the campaign of the candidate of the National Council, Jamil Hasanli. In 2013–2020, he was a member of the NİDA Civic Movement, and in 2017–2018, he was represented in the Board of Directors of NİDA. On 1 November 2015, on the ballot paper used during the parliamentary elections, he wrote the names of political prisoners and "Freedom for political prisoners!". A day later, he was summoned to the Baku City General Police Department for writing the slogan. In the office, the police pressured Samadov to apologize for writing a slogan in the bulletin. He was released after being detained for almost 3 hours.[8]

Samadov has repeatedly participated in opposition rallies and civil society's protests. On 9 September 2020, he was detained by the police during the protests demanding for release of the political prisoner Tofig Yagublu.[9]

Research

Bahruz Samadov has been known as a researcher since 2016.[10] In his articles, Samadov criticized the power of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, which lasted for more than 20 years, and called his rule authoritarian.[11] His articles or translations are published in OC Media,[12] Eurasianet,[13] openDemocracy[14] independent news platforms,[13] Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR),[15] Baku Research Institute[16] and Institute for International Political Studies,[17] as well as International Journal of Politics,[18] New Eastern Europe[19] and Caucasus Edition journals. Samadov regularly appeared as a political commentator on Radio Liberty, BBC News, Nastoyashcheye vremya and TV Rain in Russia, and ČT24 in the Czech Republic.

In 2020, Bahruz Samadov spoke out against the military operations that took place during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh war, post-war period, Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis and 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[20] Samadov stated that he saw the solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in peace,[21] and criticized the war crimes that took place during the military operations. Samadov's articles on war and peace were repeatedly "targeted" by the pro-government media, and Samadov was insulted by being called a "traitor" and "pro-Armenian".[22]

In April 2021, in the article titled "Azerbaijani authoritarianism and Baku's Military Trophy Park" published on the Eurasianet independent news platform, Samadov called the display of helmets of dead Armenian soldiers in the Military Trophy Park as dehumanizing, criticizing the presentation of Armenians as enemies by the Azerbaijani authorities for decades. Also, he was framed by the pro-government news sites as a "traitor" and "pro-Armenian" because[23][24][25] he wrote that "Armenians receive a close attitude to fascism in Azerbaijan" in his 2023 article titled "Azerbaijan needs an alternative to nationalistic militarism" published in OC Media.[26]

In an interview with OC Media in April 2023, Samadov called what happened in the Lachin corridor "a siege" and stated that the main goal of this was to clear Nagorno-Karabakh of Armenians. Bahruz Samadov is a researcher on hegemony and political discourses in Azerbaijan, as well as issues of identity, political stability and populism based on post-structuralist and psychoanalytical theories.

Imprisonment

Samadov was arrested in August 2024.[27] On 21 August, his friends reported in the social network that they could not hear anything from Bahruz Samadov for more than six hours. His friend, Aykhan Zayedzadeh, said that at around 16:25 (UTC+04:00), Samadov sent him a message on Telegram that he would be arrested.[28][29][30] After this message, nothing could be heard from him.[31] According to his grandmother, Zibeyda Osmanova, on 21 August, around 16:00, Samadov left the house to meet a friend of his.[32] About half an hour later, 5–6 people came to their house, introduced themselves as employees of the State Security Service (SSS) and said that there was a complaint about Samadov's illegal drug dealing.[32] During the search, they took Samadov's computer, documents, diplomas, and a book with Samadov's article written in English.[32][33] Later, a public defender named Vafa called Osmanova and said that Samadov was suspected of "high treason" because of his correspondence with Armenians and his articles written "with the order of Armenians".[32] Neither his family nor the lawyer Zibeyda Sadigova, hired by his family to protect his rights, were informed about Bahruz Samadov for 2 days.[34] On 23 August, Samadov was charged with Article 274 (treason) of the Criminal Code, and by the decision of the Sabail District Court, a preventive measure of 4 months was chosen.[35][36] Samadov denied the allegations against him and claimed that he was being subjected to psychological and physical abuse by the SSS.[37] Samadov was remanded to detention while awaiting sentencing.[38]

Samadov’s arrest was severely criticized by a number of local and international institutions. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic stated that it was concerned about his arrest and was closely monitoring the situation.[39] European Union Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Peter Stano expressed concern about Samadov’s detention and called on Azerbaijan to stop targeting dissidents with unjust arrests.

Freedom House called on the Azerbaijani government to end the criminal prosecution of Samadov, and to release him and other dissidents from prison.[40]

The administration of Charles University, where Samadov studied, expressed concern about his arrest and stated that it was monitoring the proceedings.[41]

Azerbaijani historian Altay Goyushov [az] stated that Samadov's arrest was part of a wider wave of repression aimed at "supporters of peace and good-neighborly relations during the conflict" between Azerbaijan and Armenia.[42]

On 23 June 2025, Samadov was sentenced to 15 years in prison.[43]

Reactions to the arrest and sentencing

International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) issued a statement condemning the imprisonment of both Igbal Abilov and Bahruz Samadov "in retaliation for their academic work and activism."[44] Other human rights and academic organisations also issued statements condemning the arrest and sentencing and calling for his release.[45][46]

Amnesty International issued a call to action describing his arrest and sentencing under “false charges" and "apparently part of a campaign to suppress criticism”, calling for his release.[47][48]

A joint statement was issued by European Parliament instances condemning the "harsh prison sentences" in "politically motivated cases".[49]

Friedrich Naumann Foundation described Bahruz as a prisoner of conscience.[50]

Human Rights Watch condemned the imprisonment and sentencing "on bogus high treason charges" in what it described as Azerbaijani authorities' "relentless crackdown on critics".[51]

United Nations experts called for his release, expressing deep concerns that "the arrests and trial of Abilov and Samadov have equated academic research, advocacy for peace and the promotion of a minority’s cultural identity with high treason,”[52]

Slavoj Žižek called on Ilham Aliyev to reconsider Samadov's sentence on 26 January 2026.[53]

Go Viral!

The Neo-Racist Villification of Race Non-Essentialists

"You're not Affirming All Minorities and Only Condemning White Western Cultures!  THAT Goes Against Our Post-Colonialist Unspoken Rules!"

"...and How DARE You Turn OUR Race Based DEI Privilege Cards Against US!"

MD Gov. Wes Moore Takes Steps to Protect Criminals and Ensure Increased Crime Victimization in Maryland

Rachel Morin: In Memorium

Maryland Governor Wes Moore commenting after the 2023 Rachel Morin murder, "we have an immigration policy that needed to have been dealt with and was not."  Is THIS what you meant by "dealing with it", Governor?  HYPOCRITE!

Hudson Crozier, "New Maryland Bill Means ‘More Victims’ Of Migrant Criminals, DHS Warns"

Maryland legislation cracking down on police cooperation with immigration officials will put violent aliens back on the streets, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) captured sex offenders, a murderer and an MS-13 gang member in Maryland while ICE partnerships were active, a DHS spokesperson said in a Monday statement. Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed his party’s bill on Tuesday, banning contracts known as 287(g) agreements, a once-obscure tool that the Trump administration used to build law enforcement alliances across the country. The change could make future ICE arrests of dangerous people harder, the department said.

“This legislation will make Maryland less safe,” the spokesperson said. “When politicians bar local law enforcement from working with DHS, our law enforcement officers have to have a more visible presence so that we can find and apprehend the criminals let out of jails and back into communities.”

Illegal immigrants arrested in Maryland include a Salvadoran convicted of homicide and larceny, another Salvadoran convicted of assault and lewd or lascivious acts with a minor, a third convicted of incest with a minor and other sex offenses and a fourth linked to MS-13 and convicted on a weapon possession charge, the DHS said. A fifth arrestee was a Peruvian illegal immigrant with strongarm rape, rape with a weapon, sexual assault and sex offense convictions, according to the department.

In January, Prince George’s County also released a migrant convicted of stabbing someone in the back with a suspended sentence after ICE requested to retrieve him, the DCNF previously reported.

Nine Maryland law enforcement agencies signed 287(g) agreements with the first and second Trump administrations, allowing jails and other agencies to arrest, interrogate or transfer migrants to ICE custody depending on the specific contract, federal records show. Activists and Democratic politicians are catching on to ICE’s strategy, filing lawsuits or passing policies against the contracts despite some local support, even in liberal states, the DCNF previously reported.

“In Maryland, we defend Constitutional rights and Constitutional policing—and we will not allow untrained, unqualified, and unaccountable ICE agents to deputize our law enforcement officers,” Gov. Moore said in a statement about his ban. “This bill draws a clear line: we will continue to work with federal partners to hold violent offenders accountable, but we refuse to blur the lines between state and federal authority in ways that undermine the trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve.”

“Maryland is a community of immigrants, and that’s one of our greatest strengths because this country is incomplete without each and every one of us,” Moore said.

Moore’s office claimed that the law does not require “the release of criminals” or harm federal partnerships focused on “the removal of violent criminals who pose a risk to public safety.” The DHS disagrees.

“Instead of working with us, the Maryland Legislature is choosing to RELEASE violent criminals from jails directly into our communities to perpetrate more crimes and create more victims,” the DHS spokesperson told the DCNF.

“The Maryland Legislature is unfortunately following [a] dangerous path — already started by Governor [Kathy] Hochul in New York and Governor [Abigail] Spanberger in Virginia — of putting criminal illegal aliens over American citizens,” the spokesperson said.

Glenn Loury: The Civil Rights Movement is Over

...and race is non-essential in maintaining ever expanding national economic social networks as noted nearly fifty years ago (1978) in William Julius Wilson's "The Declining Significance of Race"

""Class Politics" (per the Old Left).  NOT "Identity Politics" (per the '68 New Left)

from Wikipedia:

"The Declining Significance of Race" is an article by William Julius Wilson, (reprinted from Society Jan./Feb. 1978) written in 1978. In this article he stresses that the economic sphere, class has become more important than race. He acknowledges that the traditional forms of racial segregation and discrimination still exist in contemporary America and that when the article was written blacks still were not welcomed into some private institutions and social arrangements like residential areas or private social clubs. Therefore, the black underclass still had the same problems, but privileged blacks came into a zone were the rules of economy were stronger than the rules of class.

Wilson therefore defines three stages of American class relations to explain how this was made possible. In those three stages the relationship of whites and blacks in America changed due to historical, political and economical events: The three stages of American class relations in short:

• 1, The Preindustrial Stage: This is the period of plantation economy and racial-caste oppression; it coincides with antebellum slavery and the early postbellum era. 

• 2. The Industrial Stage: This is the period of industrial expansion, class conflict, and racial oppression. It begins in the last quarter of the 19th century and lasts roughly until the New Deal Era. 

• 3. The Modern Industrial Stage: This is the period of progressive transition from race inequalities to class inequalities. It lasts during the modern, industrial, post–World War II era and really begins to crystallize during the 1960s and 1970s.^[22]

Criticism: According to Darryl Pinckney, this thesis that in the modern industrial system the economic position had much more influence on a black person's life than his race was not well received by black critics: it failed to address institutional racism and systemic inequality. The season of extreme black rhetoric may have coincided with the doubling of the size of white middle class, because of new laws mandating equal employment. Still in order to be considered middle class, black families needed two incomes compared to whites with one. Black women could enter white-collar jobs like secretarial and clerical work, since they were also jobs exclusively for women. A black man, to earn a comparable income to a white man, needed more education and needed also to be in a higher occupation than a white man.^[4

Notice how much of the criticism is out of date... like 1 vs 2 incomes and the systemic racism of DEI policies

Maryland State of the State w/o the Wes Moore Gaslighting

Free Palestine: AOC for TotUS in 2028!

AOC, still the teacher's pet.

...wouldn't you agree, Dr. Kissinger?  Dr. Kissinger?  Where are you Dr. Kissinger?

(next time I'm wearing the earphone!)

Against Soros Realism

The "Folk" Internet Influencer

On Jaibreaking the Internet and Escaping the Gatekeepers

SCP-055 (Wokism): The Anomalous Antimeme Inhabiting Dervish Sander's SuperEgo

"I Don't Have Any White Guilt!  Woke Guilt-Pride Doesn't Affect ME!"

The Self-Alienating Properties of Thanatos (Death Drive)

from Google AI:

In Lacanian psychoanalysis, das Ding (The Thing) represents an absolute, pre-symbolic, and lost object that constitutes a central, structural lack (manque) around which human subjectivity is organized. It is the "Real" that cannot be symbolized, often associated with the primordial, lost mother-object, acting as a "lethal abyss".

Das Ding (The Thing): Introduced via Freud and developed by Lacan, it is the void or the unrepresentable object that lies beyond the symbolic order. It is the goal of desire that can never be reached, only orbited.

Manque (Lack/Loss): The subject is constituted by this fundamental lack. The objet petit a (object-cause of desire) is what remains of das Ding after it has undergone symbolization, representing the "lost object" in everyday life.

Relationship: Das Ding is the ultimate, unattainable object, while manque is the experience of its absence, driving desire as a "metonymy" or "want-to-be" (manque-à-être).

Das Ding is often described as the "beyond-of-the-signified". It is the primordial outside of the subject, serving as the "structural a priori condition for memory

The Discontented Antimemes (Vanishing Mediators) Subverting Western Civilization

Charlie Kirk: Victim of the Anti-Semite Antimeme?

more

An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, discourages or prevents people from spreading it.

Antimemes are real. Think of any piece of information which you wouldn't share with anybody, like passwords, taboos and dirty secrets. Or any piece of information which would be difficult to share even if you tried: complex equations, very boring passages of text, large blocks of random numbers, and dreams…

Kabuki Racism? Or Streisand Effect Exploit?

....follow the Antimeme!

The Alchemy of a Reflexive Social Media Environment

How many hits did Trump's "viral" Video get?

#APEBAMA

Thanks for getting the word out and making Trump's otherwise boring and uninteresting video go viral, Democrats!

Why Epstein's Association with US and Foreign Intelligence is More Interesting to Me than his Association with Underage Girls...

Fortunately, Epstein's Science "Advisors" were Ignorant Hacks Chasing Maths through the Looking Glass!

 

"Jeffrey Epstein is what I would call 'an anti-interesting phenomena'", said Eric Weinstein (12:07)... somebody call the Anti-Mimetics Division of Secure, Contain, Protect (SCP) Foundation to Report the Epstein Antimeme!

...but how to describe it in the Report?  Paedophilia?  A Sex Scandal?  ...or an Intelligence Construct?  Few unfamiliar with the nature of antimemes and conspiracy theories (ie- The Conspiratorium) would describe it as the latter.

 

...kinda like the Pizzagate, a de/ pre-bunking antimeme! :)

Selected Notes on Puerto Rico's History: From Spanish Possession to US Commonwealth

from Google AI:

As a result of the Spanish-American War (1898) and the subsequent Treaty of Paris, the United States acquired control over the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Spain relinquished sovereignty over these territories, marking the U.S.'s rise as a global power with overseas possessions. While Cuba gained independence, it was under U.S. influence.

The U.S. Senate approved the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in 1952 to grant the island greater local autonomy—including the right to draft its own constitution—while maintaining U.S. sovereignty, aiming to neutralize rising independence movements and deflect international criticism of American "colonialism". This new status served to provide self-government by consent while keeping the island under the territorial clause of the U.S. Constitution.

Key reasons for the creation of the Commonwealth (Estado Libre Asociado) included:

Political Self-Determination: Championed by Puerto Rico's first elected governor, Luis Muñoz Marín, the arrangement allowed for a local constitution, a popularly elected governor, and a legislative assembly, fulfilling demands for self-rule without full statehood. 

International Image & Communism: The move provided a "convincing answer" to charges of imperialism and colonialism, bolstering the U.S. position in the United Nations during the Cold War by showing a, "non-self-governing territory" achieving self-government.

Economic Strategy: It helped manage the economic situation and allowed for continued, stable, and close economic relations with the United States.

Legal "Compact": Congress enacted Public Law 600 in 1950, which authorized the process, establishing a "compact" between the U.S. and the people of Puerto Rico.

While it granted a "full measure of self-government" in internal matters, it maintained the ultimate authority of Congress over the island.

In 1952, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico adopted the flag officially, changing the triangle's color from azul celeste (sky blue) to a dark navy blue to match the United States flag. This political move was intended to align the flag with the U.S. and strip it of its original association with revolutionary, pro-independence movements.

Key Reasons for the 1952 Puerto Rico Flag Color Change:

Political Alignment with the U.S.: The change to dark blue was designed to make the flag "resemble the U.S. flag," signaling a closer relationship with the United States. 

Removing Radical Symbolism: The original flag, featuring a light blue triangle, was designed in 1895 and associated with pro-independence, anti-colonialist sentiment, and was once illegal to fly.

Distancing from Past Conflict: By adopting a navy blue, the newly established Commonwealth government aimed to distance the flag from its rebellious history.

Flag Normalization: The 1952 adoption allowed the public to display the flag legally after decades of it being forbidden by the U.S. colonial government, but with the modified, darker color.

The original azul celeste (light blue) color, representing independence, continued to be used by pro-independence advocates, while the navy blue version was used by the government and those favoring statehood. In 1995, the Commonwealth government officially returned to a lighter shade of blue, though not as light as the original revolutionary, for official use.