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		By: TJ		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2026/08/11/open-thread-8-11-2026/#comment-2860813</link>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thanks for the notice, Barry — and your links.

The Instapundit one is on widespread distrust because of vote insecurity.

Down in the Comments,a couple by one “Don Reynolds” — Glenn Reynolds historian-brother I presume?

Here’s th3 second one and my reply:

DonReynolds  G6LøQ*
14 hours ago
I will just wedge this tidbit into the convo, ?right here......

During the 2020 election, ?142,000 votes were cast by persons who were NOT ?on the voter registration list in the Detroit vicinity. ?

When the governor was confronted with this fact, ?she said &quot;it cannot be explained, but there was ?definitely no voter fraud.&quot;

To DonReynolds
YEAH. We are fucked without real voting legitimacy.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the notice, Barry — and your links.</p>
<p>The Instapundit one is on widespread distrust because of vote insecurity.</p>
<p>Down in the Comments,a couple by one “Don Reynolds” — Glenn Reynolds historian-brother I presume?</p>
<p>Here’s th3 second one and my reply:</p>
<p>DonReynolds  G6LøQ*<br />
14 hours ago<br />
I will just wedge this tidbit into the convo, ?right here&#8230;&#8230;</p>
<p>During the 2020 election, ?142,000 votes were cast by persons who were NOT ?on the voter registration list in the Detroit vicinity. ?</p>
<p>When the governor was confronted with this fact, ?she said &#8220;it cannot be explained, but there was ?definitely no voter fraud.&#8221;</p>
<p>To DonReynolds<br />
YEAH. We are fucked without real voting legitimacy.</p>
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		By: AesopFan		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 05:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Good post from Sasha Stone.
She flays the Democrats&#039; hypocrisy without ever quite saying the only principles they have are double ones: the ones for them, and the ones for the rest of us.

Always worth reading in full, but this is the money quote:

https://www.sashastone.com/p/democrats-shocked-by-the-cancel-culture
&lt;blockquote&gt;We’ll hear it every time someone brings up Hasan Piker: “We have to get over cancel culture.”

I almost fell off my chair. Now they’re noticing cancel culture? Now they want to end it just so they can snuggle up to one of the most vile people in the influencer lane because he has a lot of followers?
...
I would love it if cancel culture was really over, but it isn’t. These Democratic Socialists are lying. They aren’t giving up their most powerful weapon against the Right: that they own everything and run everything in most of our culture and our institutions.

They have been abusing that power for ten years. I, for one, am happy to see it splash back on their faces like toilet water. They deserve it.

&lt;b&gt;If cancel culture is over, let it be over. Give up your power over all of us to decide who can say what and what people have to believe. &lt;/b&gt;Let’s all be one country again. Every person who voted for Trump knows how they’re treated by most of our cultural overlords every single day for ten years.

&lt;b&gt;End it, and then we’ll stop talking about Hasan Piker.&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Well, maybe not stop, because they are still going to be supporting him.
And they started &quot;getting over cancel culture&quot; with Graham Plattner.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good post from Sasha Stone.<br />
She flays the Democrats&#8217; hypocrisy without ever quite saying the only principles they have are double ones: the ones for them, and the ones for the rest of us.</p>
<p>Always worth reading in full, but this is the money quote:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.sashastone.com/p/democrats-shocked-by-the-cancel-culture" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.sashastone.com/p/democrats-shocked-by-the-cancel-culture</a></p>
<blockquote><p>We’ll hear it every time someone brings up Hasan Piker: “We have to get over cancel culture.”</p>
<p>I almost fell off my chair. Now they’re noticing cancel culture? Now they want to end it just so they can snuggle up to one of the most vile people in the influencer lane because he has a lot of followers?<br />
&#8230;<br />
I would love it if cancel culture was really over, but it isn’t. These Democratic Socialists are lying. They aren’t giving up their most powerful weapon against the Right: that they own everything and run everything in most of our culture and our institutions.</p>
<p>They have been abusing that power for ten years. I, for one, am happy to see it splash back on their faces like toilet water. They deserve it.</p>
<p><b>If cancel culture is over, let it be over. Give up your power over all of us to decide who can say what and what people have to believe. </b>Let’s all be one country again. Every person who voted for Trump knows how they’re treated by most of our cultural overlords every single day for ten years.</p>
<p><b>End it, and then we’ll stop talking about Hasan Piker.</b>
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<p>Well, maybe not stop, because they are still going to be supporting him.<br />
And they started &#8220;getting over cancel culture&#8221; with Graham Plattner.</p>
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		By: Barry Meislin		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2026/08/11/open-thread-8-11-2026/#comment-2860758</link>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 01:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This should be rather interesting…if it comes to anything (which seems very doubtful):

“Florida Seeks NY Times Internal Documents Over Errors In Israel-Hamas War Coverage”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/florida-seeks-ny-times-internal-documents-over-errors-israel-hamas-war-coverage]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This should be rather interesting…if it comes to anything (which seems very doubtful):</p>
<p>“Florida Seeks NY Times Internal Documents Over Errors In Israel-Hamas War Coverage”—<br />
<a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/florida-seeks-ny-times-internal-documents-over-errors-israel-hamas-war-coverage" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.zerohedge.com/political/florida-seeks-ny-times-internal-documents-over-errors-israel-hamas-war-coverage</a></p>
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		By: Barry Meislin		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2026/08/11/open-thread-8-11-2026/#comment-2860753</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Meislin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 01:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thanks TJ. 
The Cambridge Jive…reincarnated…
A great scoop.
Yes, she really got screwed by sleazebag Stefan Halper et al. 

For more “Now it can be told” true confessions, there’s this not terribly surprising tid-bit:


THAT THING THAT NEVER HAPPENS HAPPENED AGAIN

https://instapundit.com/816077/]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks TJ.<br />
The Cambridge Jive…reincarnated…<br />
A great scoop.<br />
Yes, she really got screwed by sleazebag Stefan Halper et al. </p>
<p>For more “Now it can be told” true confessions, there’s this not terribly surprising tid-bit:</p>
<p>THAT THING THAT NEVER HAPPENS HAPPENED AGAIN</p>
<p><a href="https://instapundit.com/816077/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://instapundit.com/816077/</a></p>
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		By: TJ		</title>
		<link>https://thenewneo.com/2026/08/11/open-thread-8-11-2026/#comment-2860752</link>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 01:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I MISSED THIS GREAT ANNOUNCEMENT from almost a week ago. But a comment at Instapundit pointed me to X.com.

The Cambridge University historian of Cold War spying who had her life and career destroyed by ObamaGate, has a new book coming out, “The Grand Conspiracy.” And this road leads to President Obama.

https://x.com/RealSLokhova/status/2084996631796281658
Svetlana Lakhova announces her new NEW BOOK: 

…“the Grand Conspiracy,” all the fake &quot;intelligence&quot; against Donald Trump was manufactured at Cambridge University in England by a bunch of CIA and MI6 spies, paid by Obama, she writes on X.com.

Lakhova continues: &quot;Genius&quot; Andy McCabe, who opened the investigation against the President, thought it was funny to call it Oxford and misspell it to hide it. 

In reply to John Solomon, below on X.com, announcing that newly declassified FBI documents about an op code named “Oxferd C0mma” — in order to defeat FOIA oversight detection — was now released

These documents reveal a wide ranging criminal conspiracy to investigate President Trump from May of 2017, on the false premise that somehow Trump was a Russian-Putin agent.

I’ve been eager to read Svetlana’s findings. I think her story cries out for a movie treatment! If the prosecution fails or remains paltry, we need a new and revised version of “All The President’s Men” to hound Obama with an evil and deserved reputation for crime lasting a century.

THIS is the beginning of that end.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I MISSED THIS GREAT ANNOUNCEMENT from almost a week ago. But a comment at Instapundit pointed me to X.com.</p>
<p>The Cambridge University historian of Cold War spying who had her life and career destroyed by ObamaGate, has a new book coming out, “The Grand Conspiracy.” And this road leads to President Obama.</p>
<p><a href="https://x.com/RealSLokhova/status/2084996631796281658" rel="nofollow ugc">https://x.com/RealSLokhova/status/2084996631796281658</a><br />
Svetlana Lakhova announces her new NEW BOOK: </p>
<p>…“the Grand Conspiracy,” all the fake &#8220;intelligence&#8221; against Donald Trump was manufactured at Cambridge University in England by a bunch of CIA and MI6 spies, paid by Obama, she writes on X.com.</p>
<p>Lakhova continues: &#8220;Genius&#8221; Andy McCabe, who opened the investigation against the President, thought it was funny to call it Oxford and misspell it to hide it. </p>
<p>In reply to John Solomon, below on X.com, announcing that newly declassified FBI documents about an op code named “Oxferd C0mma” — in order to defeat FOIA oversight detection — was now released</p>
<p>These documents reveal a wide ranging criminal conspiracy to investigate President Trump from May of 2017, on the false premise that somehow Trump was a Russian-Putin agent.</p>
<p>I’ve been eager to read Svetlana’s findings. I think her story cries out for a movie treatment! If the prosecution fails or remains paltry, we need a new and revised version of “All The President’s Men” to hound Obama with an evil and deserved reputation for crime lasting a century.</p>
<p>THIS is the beginning of that end.</p>
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		By: F		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[F]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Buttons?  This guy thinks he can tell us about buttons?  This is the iPhone age, with us pushing buttons all day!  Just sayin&#039;. . .]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Buttons?  This guy thinks he can tell us about buttons?  This is the iPhone age, with us pushing buttons all day!  Just sayin&#8217;. . .</p>
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		By: SHIREHOME		</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Very fascinating. Please continue with the videos. 
I imagine that the period from about 500 to 1000 did have advancements, but very slowly. Communications of advancements wasn&#039;t very quick.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very fascinating. Please continue with the videos.<br />
I imagine that the period from about 500 to 1000 did have advancements, but very slowly. Communications of advancements wasn&#8217;t very quick.</p>
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		By: Cornhead		</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just saw Majority Leader Steve Scalise. Considering that he was nearly killed by a crazed Democrat, he looked and spoke well. Lots of energy. No limp or problem with his gait. 

Two armed agents with him. Good.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just saw Majority Leader Steve Scalise. Considering that he was nearly killed by a crazed Democrat, he looked and spoke well. Lots of energy. No limp or problem with his gait. </p>
<p>Two armed agents with him. Good.</p>
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		By: Barry Meislin		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barry Meislin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Right, but it sure makes ye’ wonder what kind of game they think they’re playing. 
(They’re not even trying to hide it anymore.)

“DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE…”
https://instapundit.com/815973/

File under: Nihilism (or should that be “Stupidity”?) über alles…though I suppose Occam would probably say, “They’ve most likely sold their soul (to the highest bidder)…]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Right, but it sure makes ye’ wonder what kind of game they think they’re playing.<br />
(They’re not even trying to hide it anymore.)</p>
<p>“DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE…”<br />
<a href="https://instapundit.com/815973/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://instapundit.com/815973/</a></p>
<p>File under: Nihilism (or should that be “Stupidity”?) über alles…though I suppose Occam would probably say, “They’ve most likely sold their soul (to the highest bidder)…</p>
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		By: Karmi		</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dailymail.com/sport/college-football/article-16044155/venomous-snake-football-helmet-arkansas.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow ugc&quot;&gt;Venomous snake uncovered in football player&#039;s helmet after he practiced for an hour with it next to his head&lt;/a&gt; YIKES!!]]></description>
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