Europe May Never Be Cool, but It Can Be Air Conditioned

Source: Reason
by JD Tuccille

“If you really want to get a European politician wound up, try suggesting that, in the 21st century, human civilization has progressed to the point that we need not be at the mercy of the elements; if the temperature outside is uncomfortable, we can adjust the climate in our homes and businesses to our taste. That will get you a stuffy lecture about the virtues of suffering for the good of the planet. Well, unless powerful people are being inconvenienced; then the air conditioning comes on.” (07/06/26)

https://reason.com/2026/07/06/europe-may-never-be-cool-but-it-can-be-air-conditioned/

Thomas L. Knapp

Iran: Huge crowds fill Tehran streets for Khamenei’s funeral procession

Source: BBC News [UK State Media]

“Huge crowds have lined the streets of Tehran for the funeral procession of Iran’s late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on the first day of the war with the US and Israel. Footage from Iranian state TV showed many tens of thousands of mourners gathered to watch Khamenei’s flag-draped coffin being transported by a lorry along a 10km (6-mile) route that passed through the capital’s landmark Enghelab Square. The procession took place after his body lay in state for two days at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla mosque. Three of Khamenei’s sons prayed beside his coffin there on Sunday. But Mojtaba, the son who succeeded him as supreme leader, did not make an appearance. He has not been seen in public since reporting being seriously wounded in the same Israeli air strike in Tehran on 28 February that killed his father and his wife.” (07/06/26)

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdejj44kl70o

Steve Trinward

Rolling Stone and the Making of a Counterculture Capitalist Success Story

Source: The Daily Economy
by Paul McDonnold

“In ‘The Rise of Hip Capitalism,’ author Joseph de León traces how Rolling Stone fused countercultural rebellion with entrepreneurial ambition, turning cultural dissent into a media empire.” (07/06/26)

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/rolling-stone-and-the-making-of-a-counterculture-capitalist-success-story/

Thomas L. Knapp

Philippines: Senate opens Duterte impeachment trial

Source: ABC News

“The Philippine Senate, acting as an impeachment court, opened the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday in a politically volatile event that will unfold with the backdrop of her bitter political feud with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. More than 6,000 police officers, including anti-riot squads, were deployed to secure the Senate, where about 400 anti-Duterte demonstrators converged, chanting ‘convict Sara now.’ Duterte did not appear but was represented by her lawyers at the start of the trial, which will run for 92 days, according to a pretrial plan seen by The Associated Press. If convicted of the charges, which include amassing unexplained wealth and publicly threatening to have Marcos assassinated, Duterte may be permanently disqualified from holding public office. She denies the charges.” (07/06/26)

https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/philippine-senate-opening-politically-volatile-impeachment-trial-vice-134505996

Thomas L. Knapp

What’s Trump’s Beef with Communism?

Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger

“How can Trump condemn socialism and communism in the run-up to the mid-terms, given that he fell in love with the brutal communist dictator of North Korea and is now partnering with the brutal socialist-communist regime in Venezuela? Or is that Trump is only prejudiced against Democratic Party socialists and communists but has nothing against foreign socialists and communists?” (07/06/26)

https://www.fff.org/2026/07/06/whats-trumps-beef-with-communism/

Thomas L. Knapp

Shapiro could’ve been a contender, but he caved to the loons

Source: Fox News
by Jonathan Turley

“Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has finally reached his Terry Malloy moment. In the classic movie ‘On the Waterfront’, the character tells his brother of losing it all; his shot to be a champion and a person of respect: ‘You don’t understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could’ve been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let’s face it.’ Shapiro decided to deliver his defining moment on MS NOW’s ‘Morning Joe’ when he abandoned all principle and decided to join other Democratic establishment leaders in offering up the Supreme Court to the radical left. Shapiro used the common coded reference to court packing, calling for ‘radical reform of the court’. The only ‘radical’ reform being seriously discussed is packing the institution with an immediate liberal majority to reverse a series of recent decisions and to greenlight an equally radical agenda for changes to our political system.” (07/05/26)

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/jonathan-turley-shapiro-couldve-been-contender-caved-loons

Steve Trinward