Tuesday Links - 6 October

Not the Bee starts us off with State Department revokes a QUARTER MILLION visas in immigration crackdown

We're kicking out criminals, kicking out anti-American activists, fraudsters, and birth-tourists trying to mint American citizens.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 3 October 2026: Kleene-Belnap Jailbreak Edition

Hey, FBI. This company right here. OpenAI has alerted more than a hundred companies and other groups that it may had inadvertently hacked their systems. (Reuters)

AI safety isn't about AI being too smart. It's about humans not being sent to prison.

Not the Bee - Democrat confuses 'Mein Kampf' and 'Communist Manifesto' during attack on Republican opponent

Brandon Herrera is a viral GunTuber who is running for Congress in Texas.

And while the moniker "GunTuber" may be used as slander by some, here it is clearly a badge of honor, because Herrera is obviously far more intelligent (and well read!) than his Democratic opponent, Katy.

Wombat-socho - FMJRA 2.0: No Grandeur This Week Just Misery

Another bad week to be a Senators fan. The week started off well enough with a 2-1 series against the Tribe, but then we came home to RFK and got swept by the Red Sox.

The Other McCain - The Wrong Matthew Ingalls, the Correct ‘Jane Doe’ and the Cornell 7 Case

The Ivy League Is Decadent and Depraved, as I have been saying for years, and recent events at Cornell University confirm my judgment.

Irons in the Fire - Yeah, the special relationship with (formerly Great)Britain is done for

And barring massive change in their government*, it'll stay done for. Because nobody in their right mind will trust the bastards in charge.

Juvat at Chant du Départ - What a week!

The horses are getting closer to release from "horse jail" and moved to their new home.

Stephen Green, the Vodka Pundit, at PJ Media - You'll Never Believe How L.A.'s 'Ambitious Effort' to Fix Homelessness Totally Failed

Sometimes, a simple I-told-you-so just won't do. Some failures are so massive and utterly predictable that they call for an I-told-you-so dance, or better yet, an entire I-told-you-so song-and-dance number from a 1950s Hollywood Technicolor musical, complete with a chorus line, water skiers, and possibly an elephant in a tutu.

New Orleans Home Invader Shot

How would you respond to a home invader at 7 a.m.? Man shoots, kills attempted home intruder on Harrison Avenue, NOPD says

That is when New Orleans PD was called to home in the Gentilly neighborhood. They found a man with a gunshot wound. He was declared dead at the scene.

On Friday afternoon, NOPD officials confirmed that the man who opened fire did so because the person was trying to break into his house. Officers believe he was defending himself and others during the incident.

Self-defense is a human right.

Federal Judge Calls Flock Unconstitutional

404 Media has the news. Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional

A federal judge in Oklahoma ruled Thursday that a police officer violated the Fourth Amendment rights of a woman accused of meth trafficking when he searched her license plate in Flock’s automated license plate reader system simply because her license plate was from California, then used her travel history as part of the reason to search her car. The judge’s opinion is one of the first times a federal judge has decided Flock searches can be unconstitutional, and suggested that Flock’s network is “a type of indiscriminate mass surveillance.”

Gee... Flock, indiscriminate? You don't say?

I don't expect this to stand. Flock has too many fans and too much money.

In this case, Judge Sara Hill said the deputy should have obtained a warrant before searching the Flock database for the woman’s license plate, as he had “no apparent reason” for the search “other than the fact that [the woman’s vehicle] had a California license plate.”

It is a start. (Hat tip to TechCrunch: Federal judge calls Flock ‘indiscriminate mass surveillance’)

College Grade Inflation Leaves Grades Meaning Nothing

On Monday I had a post about the economics of college collapsing. One of the reasons for that is grade inflation. Ivy League’s Big Three 'A'rms race leaves top grades increasingly meaningless

If everyone gets an "A," why bother working hard?

Yale awarded more than 80 percent of its undergraduate grades in the A range in 2024-25, while Harvard reported an even higher share and Princeton approached two-thirds.

If everyone in a class gets an "A," and professors who remain committed to minimum standards are fired, what does that grade even mean?

At Yale University, an A officially means “excellent.” But in the 2024-25 academic year, more than four out of every five undergraduate grades fell in the A range.

There is a chart about Yale. The increase in grades over COVID is astonishing. Not that inflation wasn't underway before that. Click thru for more on the COVID-era insanity.

When the overwhelming majority of students at America’s most historically selective universities receive grades intended to signify exceptional performance, the distinction those grades are supposed to convey becomes increasingly difficult to preserve.

Hat tip to Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit.

Sasameyuki

A recent song out of Japan reminded me that I had not featured Wagakki Band in a very long time. A lot of their work reminds me of the music that you would find in Anime. I hear their music in playlists from various music streaming platforms, but I don't usually go looking for it. (I did go looking for the purposes of this post.)

Wagakki Band (和楽器バンド) is a Japanese Rock/Metal band that uses a lot of traditional Japanese instruments in their music. Wagakki means "traditional insturments" or something similar in Japanese, at least as far as I can tell.

This song is "Sasameyuki" (細雪) by Wagakki Band from their 2018 album Otonoe. The song title translates to "Light Snowfall." I wasn't going to put this on Monday, for Metal for Mondays, but it has too much energy for first thing on a Wednesday morning.

Don't Bring a Machete to a Gunfight

He was "upset" about a cross, and other religious items on display. Machete-wielding man shot after forcing way into apartment, residents say

One of those residents was 74-year-old Ms. Brown, who said she was awakened around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday by loud banging on her door.

“A mad man had a machete,” Brown said.

Mrs. Brown was the one who had displayed the cross. She was forced to push her sofa in front of the door in an effort to keep him out.

Residents say the man moved through the building, kicking several doors and attempting to force his way inside apartments.

Eventually he did break into an apartment, where he encountered an armed resident.

The wounded suspect was transported to a hospital with injuries that investigators described as non-life-threatening.

DeKalb County, Georgia, is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area, with the county line being about 3 miles east of downtown Atlanta.

Mrs. Brown, who is obviously a charitable, Christian woman, thinks the guy is insane. I believe he was completely sane, and was just mad that someone followed a religion different from his own. But I'm cynical as hell.

Still, it is mostly a happy ending. Good Guys 1, Bad Guys 0.

The Higher-Education Bubble Might Be Bursting

From Issues & Insights, we get an article about the collapse of job prospects for the whiny class. Reality Slaps College Graduates In The Face

The job market is booming for young people – but not those with college degrees. Are employers finally coming to realize that colleges these days mainly produce coddled, know-nothing, whiny, entitled brats?

A recent analysis from Burning Glass Institute found that unemployment among those 22-34 years old without a college degree is lower than it’s been in decades, but those with college diplomas are having a much harder time finding work than before.

Between the indoctrination of the hard Left, the dumbing down of classes that are "too hard," even though the material hasn't changed in decades, and the complete lack of work ethic. (Why study if everyone will get an A?)

Some of this article is based on something from the Wall Street Journal, which has been behind a paywall, since forever.

The Journal says that AI is contributing to this unprecedented education divergence in job prospects, because companies are replacing entry-level white-collar jobs with AI just as colleges churn out more graduates than ever. At the same time, the shortage of skilled workers is making it hard to replace the many who are now retiring.

The skills gap has been coming for decades. They mention the work of John Ratzenberger, but not Mike Rowe, in raising awareness. I guess they think Rowe doesn't have the correct politics.

And they get extra points for mentioning this insanity.

A Columbia University professor recently won a national book award for a volume arguing that white paint is racist. We kid you not.

Hat tip to Glenn Reynolds (author of The Higher Education Bubble) at Instapundit.

So kids today go to college, and end up with 10's of thousands (sometimes many 10s of thousands) of dollars in student loan debt, and then they cannot find a job based on that "education." In the meantime, employers are struggling to fill good jobs requiring actual skills, not a degree in ... What are the kids getting degrees in, these days?

Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira Bridge collapse in Brazil

I haven't had an Infrastructure post since July. I thought it was time for another.

This bridge in question collapsed on 22 December 2024. The start of the collapse was caught on video, though slightly grainy video.

The Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira Bridge crossed the Tocantins River. It connected the cities of Estreito, Maranhão, and Aguiarnópolis, Tocantins, Brazil. The Tocantins River is one of the largest rivers in South America. The clear span at the center of the bridge, the section that collapsed, was 140 meters or 460 feet. It was an important route for cargo transportation in Brazil. 140 meters was record-setting long, at least for a post-stressed, poured in place, concrete bridge.

The bridge opened in January 1961, and was named for the outgoing president of Brazil. Like many bridges built in the 1960s, the load it ended up carrying was significantly higher than that envisioned by the engineering team.

Maintenance was also an issue, and in May of 2024, the Brazilian National Department of Transport Infrastructure started a bidding process to have contractors correct some issues with the bridge.

Ten vehicles fell into the river, on 22 December 2024, killing 13 people. A vehicle carrying 76 metric tons of sulfuric acid and 22,000 to 25,000 liters of pesticide also fell into the river, causing concerns about contamination, but the truck's cargo was found and recovered intact by divers after the disaster.

This is the Plainly Difficult video Moment Of Disaster Caught On Camera

Humans do a pretty good job with Infrastructure when it is new, and we often rebuild after disasters even better than new. The problem is that every piece of infrastructure has an expiration date, and no one wants to save for replacement. Maintenance of existing bridges, dams, whatever, also doesn't offer any politician a chance to put his name on something. That is, unfortunately, why we tend to clean up after disasters.

This story put me in mind of the The Morandi Bridge Collapse, in Genoa Italy. That was also a bridge, designed and built in the 1960s, that was carrying more load than it did when it was new, and it was known to need repair.

A Sunday Musical Interlude from Miguel G

Miguel Gonzalez has a musical interlude every Sunday. Sunday Repose

Click thru for Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers playing "Moanin'." It is the title song to the 1959 album.

Before striking out with his own band, Blakey worked with people like Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie. Once The Jazz Messengers was established, Blakey became known for encouraging young talent, and he helped launch the careers of people like Chick Correa, Wynton Marsalis, Wayne Shorter, and Chuck Mangione.

And you should be reading Miguel Gonzalez's writing.

What Would You Do If a Bear Broke Into Your Home?

It is the time of the year when bears are trying to gain a lot of weight before winter. Bear euthanized after Steamboat Springs homeowner shoots it in self-defense: CPW

The bear entered the home Monday and the resident tried to get the bear to leave before it charged toward them, according to a spokesperson with Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

Officials said the resident then shot the bear in self-defense and the bear left alive but injured. CPW officers euthanized the bear when they arrived at the scene, the spokesperson said.

When I first read the headline, I thought this was going to be a "poor bear, mean gun owner" story, but it is actually a fairly good article. It includes some stuff from the state wildlife department on being safe from bears during this time of year.

As bears begin to enter hyperphagia — an instinctive, metabolic change resulting in an almost constant feeding frenzy as the bears prepare for winter hibernation — bear activity is expected to increase while they search for 20,000 calories per day before denning.

Steamboat Springs is a town, and a ski area, about 100 miles northwest of Denver, though the drive will be longer.

Be careful out there.

The Gun-Hating Part of the Left and 18-Year-Old Adults

Gun Control groups want to control guns. It is what their reason for existing. From Townhall: Gun Control Advocates Really Don’t Think There Is Any Age at Which People Should Own Guns

The usual suspects are upset that the Justice Department has decided to stop enforcing the 1968 ban on "law-abiding 18-, 19-, and 20-year-olds" buying firearms from a licensed dealer. (Please note that the law-breaking part of the demographic doesn't have any trouble getting firearms.)

My focus on guns has been only defensive, for the past 30 years or so. Which is why I appreciated this statement.

It is true that young people commit crime at relatively high rates, but they are also more likely to be victims of crime. A 20-year-old woman facing a stalker needs protection as much as a 21-year-old woman does. Young adults also face substantial risks of becoming victims: Reported rapes are 32 percent more likely for ages 18 to 20 than for people ages 21 to 23, and the younger group’s homicide rate is 7 percent higher.

There is more. Click thru for a discussion of how "[gun] bans consistently produce more crimes." (Hat tip to MaddMedic at Freedom Is Just Another Word…)

Porsche Brings Back Gas Engines

People who want a premium auto or SUV, don't want an EV. Porsche bets on return to gas engines as EV sales and China deliveries slump

Porsche went through an Initial Public Offering in 2022. The stock price is down 50% since the all-time high, which came in April of 2023.

Current CEO Michael Leiters has been in place at the German automaker since January and is slowly rolling out his turnaround plan. Part of that is betting a return to gas engines for the luxury brand will cure what ails Stuttgart-based Porsche.

Porsche dropped gas engines for their Macan compact luxury crossover SUV. They have seen a "lack of demand" for the all electric vehicle.

Leiters plans to bring back the combustion-engine Macan to sell alongside the electric version while ruling out a fully electric 911 sports car, something Porsche has said in the past it is unwilling to do. He told the FT that calling him an EV skeptic is "unfair."

He is just trying to keep the company in business.

The gas Macan will apparently be out of production for an entire model year, which is a not a good thing, for one of the higher-selling vehicles in their lineup.

The sales in China have apparently also collapsed.

At least they kept the gas-engine in Porsche 911.

Saturday Roundup of Link Roundups - 3 October

We start with The Right Way - Top of the News

The Mailbox: 09.28.26 - The Other McCain
Storm reveals possible 1884 shipwreck on Nantucket Beach - Boston25 News

Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 09.30.26

First Street Journal: Duke Lacrosse Rape Case 2.0
Flopping Aces: The Terrorists’ Real Victory Wasn’t The Towers; It Was Much Worse

EBL - Co Pilot Attacks Pilot on Dubai Tel Aviv Flight

Instapundit: Attempted Hijack Terror Attack, Russian and Ukrainian to rescue, and "Altercation"
Definitely a 9/11 vibe to this attempt.

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 1 October 2026: Siamese New Year Edition

Speaking of the Pentagon, hackers stole millions of personnel record during a months-long data breach. (Tech Crunch)
Good work, guys.

Gates of Vienna - News Feed 10/1/2026

U.S Economy Smashes Expectations With Stronger-Than-Expected Growth
The U.S. economy blew past economists’ expectations during the second quarter, expanding at a substantially faster rate than the experts had predicted.

Political Hat - Quick Takes – Towards Genetically Engineered Catgirls: A.I. Wetlabs; Gene-Editing Embryos; Xenocortication

Xenocortication using human-derived organoids in non-human species. Could this lead to catgirls? Perhaps…

Again from Wombat-socho - In The Mailbox: 10.02.26 (Afternoon Edition)

Vox Popoli: They Never Stop Lying, also, The Education of a Population Geneticist
The Bugscuffle Gazette: A little too esoteric
Defending the Wood Perilous: From Here To Eternity

The Glibertarians - Victory Friday Afternoon Links

A jug of water does not need a special name.
I ain’t ‘fraid of no ICE.
In great Polish inventions.

Vlad Tepes - The application of law as it concerns state apparatus and more: Links post 1 for Oct. 2, 2026

1. One of the most difficult aspects of trying to explain to people that Canada is a communist country, is that people have a fictional and imaginary concept of what communism is.

Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog - LinkSwarm For October 2, 2026

“Ilsky Oil Refinery in Krasnodar Hit By Drones: Big Damage.”
Follow-up: “Satellite Imagery Shows Huge Damage to Azov Mechanical Plant.”

Flopping Aces - The Week in Radical Leftism, 10/02/2026 – More Crazy from The Nation!

Trump Is Destroying Public Health. Democrats Need to Fight Back.
Yep, the Left is now fighting for Big Pharma using Americans as unpaid beta testers and for the government to subsidize junk food. Sounds like a winning issue!0

Wombat-socho again - In The Mailbox: 10.02.26 (Evening Edition)

Victory Girls: Secretary Of War Hegseth Is Right, Generals And Admirals Need To Be Culled, also, Ms. Rachel – Education Or Indoctrination?
Watts Up With That: When All Else Fails, Start a War

A View from the Beach - Flotsam and Jetsam - Passengers Avert Hijack 9/11 Style Attack in Mideast

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair calls it Shades of 9/11: FlyDubai Pilot Attempts Hijacking, Mass Destruction. At Twitchy, Flydubai Co-Pilot Stabs Captain Midair — Israeli Passengers Subdue Him Before the Plane Can Crash.

Small Dead Animals - Thursday On Turtle Island

Davos Carney’s Canada: Tilt towards tyranny. Buy some shovels. Antisemitism. Message from the PM.
The Democratic Party’s America: The Islamic threat. Gillibrand visits a mosque. Racist paint.

Maggie's Farm - Wednesday morning links

Medical Conscience Is Under Assault at Home and Abroad
Tyler Cowen: Don’t Let AI Make You Dumber
For Some Reason, New York's Rent Regulations Don't Seem To Be Keeping Rents Low

J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 10/1 /26

The passengers did not simply wait for help.
How Headphones Became The Secret Weapon In Hijacked Plane Terror Attack

Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Best midterm strategy? Finish the job

Secretary of War Hegseth Plans to Fire 20% of Bloated Leadership, Engages Musk, Luckey for Tech Leadership Ace
Best midterm strategy? Finish the job Don Surber

I leave you with Wednesday Memes … from MaddMedic, Midweek Memes, Welcome To Another Libturd Thursday ~ Memes from Woodsterman, Your weekly politics and current events in memes from Wirecutter, and Bookworm Beat 10/2/26: The unhijackable Israelis meme edition from Bookworm Room.

Another Failure of the Victim-Selection Process

Indiana has a long history of recognizing the right to defend yourself. Indiana man shot, hospitalized after trying to enter home

This was not a random break-in. The police report that the two men, the homeowner and the guy who tried to break into the home, know one another.

Investigators said that shortly before 5 a.m. on Tuesday, a man tried to gain entry into a residence in the 25000 block of Chapel Road near Laurel. The homeowner was inside and fired at least one shot from a gun that struck the man attempting to enter the home.

Laurel, Indiana, is in the southeast portion of the state. It is about a 60 mile drive northwest of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio.

The guy who got shot was taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, which is the nearest trauma unit. He is expected to survive.

Self-defense is a human right.

Another Mother Kills Her Child

This is getting to be a worrisome trend. Vivian Savella killed: Mother accused of killing 4-year-old girl amid custody battle in Houston, police and attorney say - ABC7 Los Angeles

The whole murder/failed-suicide thing is too common. I usually see it about ex-husbands, ex-girlfriends, ex-whatever. But I may need to start looking for stories about parents and their children.

I think suicide is a bad idea, but if you are bent on killing yourself, go ahead. Leave you ex and your kids out of it.

The family's attorney said in a statement that her dad trusted the courts, followed every order, and waited for the process to work.

Sources close to the family told ABC Houston affiliate KTRK that a family court judge had just granted custody of Vivian to her father, and she was supposed to be turned over to him Tuesday night.

There is a story there, but since it took place in family court, we will probably never know what it was. I know two men, who received custody of their kids from a court, though I only knew one of the ex-wives who lost custody. She was batshit crazy. And I do know other fathers who got custody of their sons, when those sons were teenagers and rebelling against their mothers.

I think what I am saying is that it isn't common for a father to get custody of a young child.

This took place in Houston, though I hold out little hope that even in Houston she will see anything close to Justice.

Fire and Rain

I was reminded of this song when I was searching for something else. I have known this song since it was released, as it was on the radio quite a bit, back in the day. I had not heard it, or even thought about it many years.

The lyrics refer to a childhood friend of James Taylor, Suzanne Schnerr, who ended her own life. They did not tell him for 6 months, because he was recording his first album, and his family and/or friends didn't want to distract him. The lyrics also reference his first band, the Flying Machine, failing to take off, and the depression that caused.

This song is "Fire and Rain" by James Taylor from his 1970 album Sweet Baby James.

Not Even Tom Cruise Can Save a Woke Movie

The last movie star doesn't have enough box-office-draw to save a movie that is a lecture about climate change. Hard to believe that Hollywood couldn't see that. From Breitbart: Nolte: Tom Cruise’s Global Warming Propaganda ‘Digger’ About to Lose $100+ Million

When the teaser trailer was released, I thought this looked interesting. Cruise is a good actor, and before he became Hollywood's action star (and even after) he had a bit of comic timing. When the first full trailer came out I lost all interest. (I don't need a 2 hour lecture from people who live in huge homes, and fly in private jets.) John Nolte has the details on the development of the movie, and the current projections.

Here’s a movie designed in a Woke Lab to hit the sweet spot of critics…

• Evil white men.
• Evil businessmen.
• Oil bad.

There is more in that list.

And now we have box office projections.

And now it’s about to open wide all across America and, per the professional estimates, humiliate itself and its star with an $8 million to $12 million opening. If these projections hold, a movie made for no Normal Person could lose more than $100 million.

There is more, including the current state of Hollywood. Click thru.

That $8 to $12 million projection is apparently from Box Office Theory and Shawn Robbins. As I type this on Thursday night, his projections are $7.5 million to $12 million, while the studio is looking for $12 to $15 million. Either way this is a disaster. The Numbers has the production budget at $125 million, not including marketing.

Since studios get about half of the take at the box office (it turns out movie theaters don't show movies for free), The movie would need to gross about $250 million just to cover the production budget. I have no idea what the advertising and marketing budget would be for a film like this, but I would think that $80 million would not be out of the question for a film staring Cruise.

The only way Hollywood is going to stop making Woke movies, is when they decide that they need to actually make money to survive. You would think that they are there, but apparently not quite.

Friday Links - 2 October

Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane is up first with Are You a Lumper or a Splitter?

Darwin divided scientists into “Lumpers” vs. “Splitters.” As Christakis summarizes this view in his book Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society, “Lumpers seek to group similar things together; splitters identify fine distinctions.”

Holly MathNerd - When Everything Is Racism

my review of Colin Kaepernick’s book

Chicago Contrarian - Leadership Vacuum in Chicago Creates Chaos on Parking Meters

The City Council made its original catastrophic parking-meter deal in 2008, when it foolishly leased the system to private investors for 75 years for a measly $1.15 billion after only three days of consideration.

Granite Grok - Morning Update: We’re Winning (Don’t You Dare Give Up Now)

Today, on the Morning Update, a reminder that normal people are winning. Republicans are winning. America is winning; the system is working, and we’ve got proof, but if you give in or give up, we’ll not just lose; we could lose everything.

William Teach at Pirate's Cove - Supreme Court Once Again Allows Deporting Illegals To 3rd Party Countries

This is deja vu all over again, after the Court ruled in 2025 that it was OK to send them to 3rd party countries

Chicago Contrarian - Only the Department of Justice Can Stop Chicago’s Outrageous Wrongful Conviction Payouts

The wrongful conviction racket could be the biggest scandal in modern Chicago history. It's time to bring it to an end

Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 30 September 2026: Underfrog Edition

Anthropic announced not long ago that it was paying SpaceX $1.25 billion per month to lease capacity in datacenters that actually existed. The number now looks to be closer to twice that. (WCCFTech)

The only way to win is to own the stadium.

Another Failure of the Victim-Selection Process

I suppose they thought folks at an Airbnb would not be armed. Airbnb Renter Shoots Man, 18, Who Allegedly Broke Into Home

So how would you respond to two armed men breaking into your vacation rental?

This incident took place in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The police department said that two armed men allegedly broke into an Airbnb and they got into an altercation with the renter. The renter then shot one of the suspects, who has since been identified as Dareon Pubien, in the chest.

Pubien, 18, then fled the scene on foot, and police later found him near his home.

Cops caught up with the other would-be bad guy, Sean Thompson, 25, and arrested him.

Both Thompson and Pubien have been charged with attempted murder and home invasion with a firearm.

Neighbors were shocked. Apparently because the Liberals in Broward County don't believe that crime can exist in the zip codes that cover Fort Lauderdale. Or maybe that is just the "Professional Journalist" behind the article.

The incident has left local residents in shock, while some even heard it happening in real time. Arthur Butler Jr. told CBS Miami that he heard “at least 10” gunshots coming from the house when the robbery was taking place.

Self-defense is a human right, and Florida has not morphed into Massachusetts.