I could get no satisfaction but I choose not to.

Trump Announces 100% Tariffs on China
October 10, 2025

Day ten without a federal government.  I think the joke has kind of worn off now, where's our federal government?  No one's telling me what to do or punishing me for using the wrong pronouns, no one can live like that.  Ok, for the first couple days we all thought it was fun but my welfare check hasn't showed up yet and I'm starting to get worried.

What am I supposed to do, find a job?  I'll have you know that I paid $750 thousand dollars to get a PhD, I'm an official doctor of I Hate Trump-ology!  I don't have to look for jobs, they have to look for me!  And I don't come cheap.  So bring back the federal government and I'll stop complaining, at least until next week's riots.  Those are going to be awesome, I can't wait.

Macron Appoints Lecornu as French Prime Minister Again, He Just Resigned A Few Days Ago After Less Than a Month in Office
October 10, 2025

□ [“Trump Ended Eight Wars, Still Doesn't Get Nobel Peace Prize"]

To the extent I cared one way or the other, I just wanted him to win so we could watch the left explode.  It felt a little embarrassing to be checking if the results had come out yet, wtf would I care who wins one of these?  Obama won one and he did nothing but vote 'present,' both before and after.  I say this as someone who deployed to war zones three times under Obama and didn't see any anti-war protestors.

Keep in mind, January 31 is the deadline for nominations, so to the extent the Nobel people have any integrity, they can point to that.  Trump hadn't done much.  Since then, he's intervened in Armenia and Azerbaijan, Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, Israel and Iran, India and Pakistan, Cambodia and Thailand, Hamas and Israel and in his first term, Egypt and Ethiopia, Serbia and Kosovo.  Maybe people who genuinely oppose war really need more people like him.  Of course these countries are mostly non-white, so the left doesn't care if they kill each other.

Trump is very egotistical so I don't doubt that he genuinely wanted a Nobel, although I can't imagine why he would care about that.  That said, being Trump, and only taking office eleven days before the deadline, it sounds like he's had a back-up plan.  This year's Nobel is going to a token female revolutionary in Venezuela.  Her immediate response was to dedicate it to Trump and thank him for his support.  So the left will have to ignore the non-white female they're celebrating for defeating the guy she dedicates her victory to.

But there's more, you may have noticed that Trump has been building up forces next to Venezuela for a while now and it looked like where his next strike would happen.  Well this could be it.  This chick gets a push to overthrow the regime with the backing of Trump and the US military.  The Hugo Chávez regime could finally be destroyed and it wouldn't even take a war to do it.  It's iffy, like everything else, but it would be hilarious if Trump makes this happen around the time this year's Nobel is officially awarded in a big ceremony.  Better yet, have him attend the ceremony and hand over the Nobel to this lady.

If Trump really wanted this award, sucks to be him, but otherwise it's a win for Trump supporters and the left is too busy laughing to realize it.  They'd just be attacking the Nobel for degrading itself and Trump would have to tie himself to this leftist committee for the rest of his life.

New Zealand Pays $3,5M to Samoa After Lesbian Navy Captain Crashes Into a Reef, Causing Deadly Oil Spill
October 10, 2025

□ [“Layoffs of Federal Workers Begin Today"]

Not just a "furlough."  To the extent that they hadn't already been working on it all year, the executive branch has been looking into which people they can do without.  Because the government is shut down, there aren't many others who can make the decision, that's what the POTUS is for.  So now, when (or if) Congress ever starts again, the Republicans will have written reports on how to simplify or remove the laws that made this happen in the first place.

That's all well and good, if maybe a trifle optimistic, but there's also the legitimate question of what these people are going to do.  It sounds like the expected the government to do everything for them for the rest of their lives, now they have to face earning a living like the rest of us.  Difference is, most of us have actual skills people will pay for.  We had to learn them just to keep our parents from being stuck with us forever.

There will be plenty of "learn to code" jokes.  Maybe some of these people have enough savings that they'll get by, or they may even have useful abilities like a trade school would provide.  It's been pointed out that nobody cares who the fifth-best politician or athlete in town is, but the fifth-best plumber is never at a loss for income.

Slightly more-worrisome is that these people will want to fight against the government they spent all these years sucking.  Not sure if they'll be useful but they will be easily-manipulated and completely disposable.  This could be a potential big problem because the enemy will know how to use them.  It's also possible these people might see the error of their ways and start coming back to sanity, but I wouldn't count on that.

Belgium Police Foils Islamic Terrorist Plot Targeting Prime Minister Bart De Wever With Drone Attack
October 10, 2025

□ [“Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker Complains Democrats Aren’t Standing With Him Against Trump"]

Don't you have all of Chicago standing with you?  Isn't that enough?  Well how about Illinois as a whole state?  You'd think that would have the federal government cringing on its knees.  Ok, what about similar rebellions going on in California, New York, Portland, DC and wherever else?  At some point, you need to accept that you have enough troops, you just need to figure out what to do with them.  You could have done that first but you go to war with the enemy you have, not the enemy you wish you had.

A bigger problem is that he just comes off as a sissy who doesn't realize what he's gotten himself into.  He's putting out the usual leftist rhetoric about how Trump is going to mess with the elections that are almost thirteen months away.  Tyrants don't need elections so just take that off the board of what to think about, at least if you expect people to believe that you're fighting a tyrant.

They're planning for another day of protests, not sure if it's tomorrow or a week from tomorrow.  Doesn't really matter, a bunch of old white people doing the same thing they've done for months.  At least it's starting to get cooler but then they'll need to stay home for the winter.  Confederacy 1.0 had some problems - population, economy, lack of unifying government - but they at least knew how to put up a fight.  Assuming Democrats manage to survive the next ten years, they're going to be very embarrassed to be reminded of stunts like this.

War Secretary Pete Hegseth to Investigate Pentagon Funded Animal Testing Using Aborted Fetal Tissue
October 10, 2025

DC to finally let Swamp Thing meet Jesus Christ in new four-part restoration of a cancelled controversial 1989 storyline
October 9, 2025

Massive Explosion at Nashville Military Explosives Facility – Multiple People Dead or Missing
October 10, 2025

I don't know why we're calling this war "civil."

Embattled EU Commissioner Ursula von Der Leyen Survives Another Two No-Confidence Votes
October 9, 2025

Day nine without a federal government.  Just relaxing and chilling, it's nice to not have to deal with all that hassle.  But then you realize that there's a transgender gay child somewhere in another country who's not getting Obamacare subsidies all because there's no federal government!  It's horrible, I *am* that child!  And so are you.  So are your neighbors, unless they voted for Trump because that's evil.  What can we do to reduce the population of these people?

No, gotta chill!  Be cool, be cool.  Maybe I should find a way to pass the time, like watching Star Wars.  Yeah, that sounds great.  Not the sequels though, they suck.  And not the prequels, they suck too.  Wow, it's amazing how little this franchise really has going for it.  But we'll always have those movies where you can stare at Mark Hamill for six hours.  He'll tell us what to do, now more than ever!

Irish Government Informs European Union That It Will Not Introduce Globalist ‘Hate Speech’ Laws
October 9, 2025

□ [“Chicago Mayor Declares Rebellion – Vows to 'Lead a Resistance' Against Federal Authorities"]

Who's making him do this?  If he was smart enough to earn the mayorship and knew what he was doing, he'd be getting the hell away from this, so someone is telling him what to say.  I know, blame Obama, but really it could be anybody.  WTF does he think this will end?

Trump would have known this would happen, which is why he's been talking about the Insurrection Act lately.  For all we know, this is where Johnson got the idea to declare himself the leader of the resistance.  Problem is, this isn't what a mayor is there for so it's not likely that people are going to be standing up with him, much less defending him from attacks.  You don't think they have drones and secret agents going around his office already to keep tabs on everything?

Some judge has just declared that deploying the National Guard to Chicago is illegal.  Apparently the Insurrection Act has a little-known clause that some random judge in Chicago can overrule it.  But that will probably get shot down in the next day or two.  I'm guessing this is why the Supreme Court hasn't spoken out all that much for the last few months and probably why Congress conveniently shut the government down.

□ [“Portland Police Association Chief Wants Federal Help Despite City Leaders' Anti-Police Rhetoric"]

This is going on in several places - all longtime-leftist big cities - but even there, not everybody is going on along with it.  They're going to need to purge the people who work for them - like Trump did - and then they'll have to face the rest of the populous, almost none of whom wanted this in the first place.  Even those who support these mayors and governors are going to demand perks for doing anything.  Basically they'd have to form a new government out of the ruins of the old government, and street gangs, while trying to fight the US military and protect illegal immigrants.

“Columbus Day, We’re back, Italians!” – Trump Signs Proclamation for “the Original American Hero”
October 9, 2025

□ [“Letitia James Indicted by Federal Grand Jury in Eastern District of Virginia – One Count of Bank Fraud and False Statements"]

This is still not really giving a sign that the Trump administration is trying to punish these leftist tyrants.  One charge for marrying her father and picking different residences and misrepresenting her properties to get better mortgages?  I'm not that bothered by her only getting one charge, she's small potatoes, but it's been almost nine months without any big potatoes being fried.

Of course her judge was appointed by Biden.  Of course she sees that she's done nothing wrong.  Of course this directly contradicts public statement's she's made about people needing to be punished for lying to get a mortgage and insisting the law applies to everyone.  She has very little chance of being found guilty, virtually no chance of actually being punished and even then the punishment will be as small as possible.  These people can ignore the laws.  The Senior Prosecutor in this district even specifically refused to go after her.

She even ran for re-election promising to convict Trump for whatever she could find.  We see this across the Democratic Party, they are all going after whoever their current targets are.  They want more victims to blame and punish, whatever it takes to find them.  They achieve positions of authority this way because they can be installed by older, more experienced people who think the same way.  As many reasons as there are to criticize Trump, he's willing to stand and fight all these people for a long time.  So WTF aren't we seeing more of this?

Maine School Board Protestors Undress to Show How Girls in Locker Rooms Feel Being Exposed to Males
October 9, 2025

□ [“Stephen A. Smith Tells Democrats to 'Shut the H*ll Up' Over 'Threat to Democracy' Rhetoric"]

He's black and probably gay, I can't think of any other reason an ESPN commentor gets to talk about this stuff, but that's what he's doing.  Nothing brilliant but the novelty probably stands out.  He's trying to be a dedicated leftist - because ESPN needs more of those - but they're pushing away anybody with an ounce of sense.  Like everyone else, he can see the uniparty openly want violence against anyone they disagree with.

□ [“North Carolina Congressional Candidate Richard Ojeda Openly Wants to Commit Violence"]
□ [“North Carolina Democrat State Rep. Cecil Brockman Arrested for Child Sex Crimes"]

They're upfront about going after others, as are others like Jay Jones.  They're showing that this is what their party wants, and expects to get all the power for doing this.  Then there's the number of news articles about who they support and use against ordinary citizens.

□ [“Illegal Alien Harbored in Chicago Indicted for Running Ohio Human and Sex-Trafficking Ring"]
□ [“64-Year-Old Man Beaten to Death on NYC Subway by 25-Year-Old Black Man With 33 Prior Arrests"]
□ [“Illegal From El Salvador Gets One Year in Prison For Killing University of South Carolina Student"]
□ [“Virginia Lib Arrested Over Assassination Messages to GOP Rep and His Kids"]
□ [“Detroit Man Pleads Guilty to Concealing Cryptocurrency Donations to ISIS"]

They're all protected by the leftist government and judiciary.  They have free reign to do whatever they want and are genuinely surprised that anybody is trying to stop them.  These people had to get through their harsh home nations to get to a place where they were given free money, food, phones.  Then they had to survive the transportation across US borders.  They're military-age males, the roughest and toughest of the lot.  They're not here to adapt to our ways, they get what they want.  And leftists just adore that.

So my point is that more than anything, I think that's what Stephen A. Smith and his ilk are trying to get to here.  If this is what leftism is - and that's what we've been pointing out all these years - then no sane person wants anything to do with it.  I think this is what's happening across the country en mass, and hopefully around the whole world.  People like Smith are trying to put out a message that basically comes down to 'stop.  Get help.'  But the left doesn't want that.

Italian PM Meloni Sends Bill to Parliament Banning Burkas and Niqabs in Public Spaces
October 9, 2025

I seized the day! Six years ago. It's still packed up in one of my boxes but I got it!

October 8, 2025 Joan Bennett Kennedy, Mrs. Ted Kennedy, age 89
Greta Thunberg Posts Palestinian ‘Suffering,’ Uses Photo of Emaciated Israeli Hostage Tortured By Hamas
October 8, 2025

Day eight without a federal government.  I just know Trump is begging us to come back but not for a million gazillion dollars!  Not until he spends a gazillion dollars on the things we want!  Like health care and sunny days and that girl who smiles at me.  Give me that and maybe we'll think about re-opening the government.  Well, I won't, I'll be busy living out my fantasies with that girl, teaching her how socialism and DEI really works, but you get my point.

But I'm trying to figure out what the federal government did for us.  We're surrounded by men-with-guns and we're attacking those evil government workers and anybody else who gets in our way.  Frankly we're having more fun than we did when there was a federal government.  But don't tell anybody.  If Trump supporters find out we're enjoying this, they'll want to join us and that would just be too much.

Prince Harry’s Controversial African Charity Expelled From Chad for ‘Arrogance and Financial Misconduct’
October 8, 2025

□ [“DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Threatens Portland Mayor and Police Chief She’ll Quadruple Federal Agents If They Don’t Immediately Crush Antifa Outside ICE Facility"]

Trump's given us reason to not trust his appointees and I'm sexist anyway, but I do still try to be optimistic when I hear things like this.  The Insurrection Act is hovering directly above these people and they've had a week or so to show what Antifa is capable of.  They haven't put up much of a fight so far and I'm sure everything possible has been done to determine how much they have in back-ups.  Quite likely we've sent drones out to track whoever's in charge.

Sure, they have the gangs on their side but that's not a solid alliance.  The gangs will just go for chaos and victims, turning against anyone else.  That's the nature of gangs, they run their territory as a tribe and that means it's tough to get them to connect with anyone else.  Ooooh, the mayor wants help fighting the feds!!!  Maybe the gangs can be bribed, they're disposable anyway, but it seems iffy at best and not something you can do repeatedly.  This applies to Chicago as well as Portland.

Meanwhile, the federal government just has a lot more people they can send in.  I'm not saying it'll be completely effective, there will always be a level of resistance, but these are liberals so even that will be pretty flimsy.  It also looks like more and more people are supporting the Trump administration, given that this is clearly connected to the government shutdown.  As a revolution, this is a complete failure, as a Civil War, they're very badly outnumbered, and as a political strategy, it's going to be tough to find enough votes to steal to win anything for this.

Appeals Court Lifts Judge’s Order Blocking Trump From Mobilizing Oregon National Guard Troops
October 8, 2025

□ [“ABC, CBS, NBC And PBS Completely Ignore Virginia Democrat Jay Jones' Scandal"]

Of course they are.  As media, they are inherently leftist, especially those owned by giant corporations.  If they started telling their viewers what's going on, they'd basically have to shut down tomorrow.  That's why they're comfortable to stick with an ever-decreasing audience.  They're not going to change their policies until they feel pain personally.

Fortunately for them, this lines up with Jones' sudden absence from the public eye.  I think it's likely that he'll be kicked out of the election sooner or later but there's still a chance he'll stay in.  Since the media's not covering him, the party might just expect the D after his name to handle things with the voters.  They've got a lot of experience to think that'll work for them.

It's not like Democrats themselves are willing to speak out.  Checking leftist messageboards, they're basically the same as the media.  To the extent they acknowledge what Jones said at all, they just say 'that's bad' and then go back to ranting about the tyrant Trump and how we're all being put in camps and there's mass 'population reduction' and whatever.  Not that long ago, they were terrified about the upcoming war with Iran, now they've forgotten all about it.  The people in charge of the Democrat party know how to handle these people and assume everybody else is as easy to control, as long as they keep the media subordinate.

Global Organizations Ignore Over One Million Dead and Displaced in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region
October 8, 2025

□ [“Trump Announces Phase One of Peace Deal Between Israel and Hamas is Signed"]

Because Hamas is so trustworthy.  There's no reason to think they're going to go along with this for real, they'd lose their status in the Muslim world if they did that.  If nothing else, they'd lose the next election in Gaza.  They've always been about wiping Israel off the face of the earth and aren't going to change their minds just because some paper has been signed somewhere.

Hopefully Trump and his staff know this is going to fail and they have plans ready when it does.  There's really no other positive result here I can see, just more delusion that somehow peace is possible here.  I will admit it's funny that the next Nobel Peace Prize should be announced any day and now they have even more to ignore to ensure Trump's not the winner.

□ [“US to Reportedly Provide Ukraine With Intel for Long-Range Missile Strikes Deep Inside Russia"]

Then there's stuff like this.  This article came out several days ago but since then it's reported that Trump will send/has sent tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.  Not that it'll change the outcome of the war, just that now it really is the US at war with Russia, which the EU always wanted.  As far as I'm concerned, things like this just wipe away any credit Trump gets for his accomplishments.  It's not what he was elected for.  At least with Israel it's the same delusion every POTUS has about finally fixing things.

But of course more things are going on to make this extra-complicated.  Zelensky is going back and forth on whether he would run for reelection or quit the job now if it would mean peace.  It's also rumored that Russia is ready to release info on the bribes Hunter Biden took from Ukraine that started this war.  The CIA was ready to report this but Biden stopped it.  Not sure who's less trustworthy, the Biden family or Russia.  And Hunter worked for Russian companies too, didn't they give him any bribes?  And behind all this, there is still China expanding its influence across the world.

29-Year-Old Jonathan Rinderknecht Arrested for Deliberately Starting Deadly Palisades Fires
October 8, 2025

It's unfair that the government isn't buying me a ticket to the upcoming tour by Rush. It's so oppressive.

Trump Reportedly Orders a Stop to All Diplomatic Talks With Venezuela
October 7, 2025

Day seven without a federal government.  This is great, we're running full speed to take down that tyrant Trump.  He thinks he's so powerful just because he's the only one in the government still working.  He doesn't have any idea what it's like to fire people but if government workers ever get their jobs back, he'll learn.  Or maybe they won't come back at all, hunh?  What about that, you orange man?

We're the ones with all the great ideas and we don't need any sissy government to do things for us.  You might as well give up now and let us have the government doing everything we want.  And make it quick because my former co-workers are applying for the same job at Starbucks that I applied for and some of them were actually better at making coffee than I ever was.

No Prison Time For Man Who Pulled Knife on State Trooper at Trump’s Motorcade in North Carolina
October 6, 2025

Trump Trolls Mark Carney at Oval Office Meeting, Suggests “Merger of Canada and the United States”
October 7, 2025

□ [“Senator John Kennedy Makes Prediction on What Will End the Schumer Shutdown"]

He suspects Schumer will get several Democrats to vote with Republicans as a favor to him.  He'll owe them but it needs to be done quietly, so he'll complain in public.  No idea if that's true, I never met Schumer, but it's certainly believable as standard Senatorial behavior.  You've got the leftists demanding the shut-down because it's the only way to win bigger, more powerful government, and then there's everyone else who's asking wtf are we doing this for?

I can't trust polls so there's no evidence, but I do get the impression that people are increasingly sick-and-tired of what the left is pushing everywhere and it's coming to a head with this shutdown.  Kennedy put out a list of all the ridiculous spending Democrats want to restore if they get their way on this shutdown and the more attention that gets, the more people will ask 'seriously?  That's what's more important to you than a functioning government?'  Basically they're increasingly looking like losers every day.

Then there's the way Trump gets to use this as an excuse to cut the government even more as long as the shut-down lasts.  He's willing to take all the blame although Congress could do something any time they want.  He also gets to handle the increasing wars without interference.  Then there's the fact that, as usual, most people don't even notice the government is absent.  That's just not a good position to be in but Democrats insisted on it.

I'm not even going to try to guess how long until Democrats cave in [although I will estimate that within three days, I'll completely reverse myself and make a guess anyway.]  Otherwise they don't have many options other than joining antifa and declaring a new Confederacy, separate from this country forever.  The only way that could work is if they've already spoken to China and are ready to let it take over on Day One.

‘Lame Duck’ Macron Clings to Power After Another Government Collapse; a Top Ally Demands He Resign
October 7, 2025

□ [“Trump Says He’s Ready to Invoke the Insurrection Act If Necessary"]

Assuming he hasn't done it already and just hasn't told the public.  By now I think it's pretty clear that this was the reason for the government shut-down, to give him free reign to fight the left.  The only question is if the Democrats and the uniparty knew about this in advance.  I think so, at least their leaders did.  I'm pretty sure they'd need to be notified of executive plans like this, the targets and the overall goal if not every specific detail.

Democrat state and city leaders are going to need to answer for why they support these criminals.  Maybe put them in these neighborhoods without bodyguards.  As a prominent Democrat once said, "only when people feel pain personally do they move on policy."  Just think of how many Democrats would be won over if we put that into action.  Chicago gangs are already offering money to kill government agents or provide information leading to their murder, something else Democrats can make use of anywhere they want.

□ [“Oregon Governor Tina Kotek Claims Federal Agents in Portland Are Antagonizing Protesters"]

Yes, the government is indeed antagonizing and people want less of it.  Problem is, the left never applies that to themselves.  Which is arguably what this war is really about.  There's an amusing video from Portland of a group of very old, very white people who think singing "This Land is Our Land" means anything.  Tell that to the Chinooks you took it from.  They must know that nobody is seeing this and is suddenly won over to their side and I'm not sure they even expect any attention for this.  If there's only one way to make these people change their policy, well, that's what we have to do.

Kurdish and Government Forces Clash in Syria, More Violence Likely
October 7, 2025

□ [“Democrat AG Nominee Jay Jones Abruptly Cancels Fundraiser"]

Sounds like he's going to need to make some people change their policies and there's only one way to do that.   They aren't cancelling the fundraiser because the party is dumping him, although that may eventually happen.  They're just going quiet because the whole party agrees with him but don't want the public to know about it until it's too late.

They're trying to cover for him.  From the media to Hillary's veep choice, they just say it was an inappropriate comment but he's apologized so just forget about it.  They don't realize that this is the same sociopathic behavior that Jones demonstrated, that they should just get what they want and that's that.  If anyone disagrees, well, find a way to make them change policy.

In January 2022, several months before his comments on August 8, Jones was arrested for drunk driving.  As a Democrat, he was only punished with a few hours of 'community service,' and he carried that out by working for his own campaign.  The judicial system and the guy who wants to be in charge agreed that this was the right way to go.  No word on if they punished anybody else the same way, because "equality."  For driving 116 mph.

His line about "only when people feel pain personally do they move on policy" sticks out because it's a very simple explanation of what they're doing and why.  At no point is there a question on if hurting people is wrong, it's all about changing them.  This is sort whom the masters pick to oversee the other slaves, i.e. the rest of us.  All we need to do is treat them with the exact same viewpoint and they'd be wiped out.  We have the majority and the guns.

I *think* some of them are starting to realize that but no idea how many.  It's typical for leftists to just sneak away in the dark instead of publicly stating that they disagree.  Until they're willing to do that, I don't think they should get any pass.  As far as I'm concerned, they all agree with Jones and should be treated accordingly.

Schumer Shutdown Day 7:  Senate Will Not Vote on Dueling Funding Bills Today as Airports Go Dark
October 7, 2025

□ [“Geddy and Alex Send a Message to Rush Fans"]

I'm not a big Rush fan and even if I was, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't qualify to be as devoted as the *real* Rush fans are.  I do respect them, I've heard all their albums, although I have to check to make sure they didn't release anything else.  If they're playing close enough to me, I'll buy a ticket, but it would be more to say I got to see them than a major urge to hear them live.

But I'm glad they're doing it.  There's the obvious excuses, they're old, they could use the money from one last tour, doesn't sound like they have the slightest interest in doing another album.  The replacement drummer is female, of course.  I'm not one of those people who think Neil Peart was the center of the band.  One of my favorite Rush songs is "Working Man" from the album before he even joined.

One thing I do like about Rush is their integrity, virtually their entire career was based on the same three guys.  The two survivors shouldn't have to give everything up for that and I don't think the fans mind either.  Rock'n'roll is in its waning days because 'most everyone important is an old rich leftist, or they're dead.  So might as well get a last moment to appreciate what they brought, and gratitude for devoting their lives to this.  They're giving a 'thank you' to the fans, so it'll make a nice end of the story.

Leftist Arrested with 200 Explosives, Molotov Cocktails, and Manifesto in Tent Outside Supreme Court's Annual Red Mass
October 7, 2025

Any joke is funnier if it includes the word 'meme.'

Trump Signs Executive Order Reopening Ambler Road Project in Alaska After Biden Killed Project
October 6, 2025

Day five without a federal government.  Or day seven, who can keep track?  What, at this point, difference does it make?

Now we're all surrounded by sombreros!  They're everywhere we go, make them stop!  Only Trump is able to avoid the sombrero, we never see him wearing one.  But maybe that's because he's racist!!!

Oh Lord, make the sombreros go away!  They're even worse than Trump!  Only he can save us from the sombreros!  You win, master, just make it stop!  Oops, gotta go.  Have a nice day, see you tomorrow.

Hungary’s Orbán Rejects Switching Currency to the Euro, Says the European Union Is ‘Disintegrating’
October 6, 2025

□ [“Senate Proposals to Reopen Government Fail Again"]

No idea what percentages but I get the impression that at least some Democrats are starting to see that they're the problem.  They want the government open.  The House has passed and Senate Republicans support a stopgap that would let the government stay open until some point in November.  If you want the government open, that would do it.  But Democrats insist on it being their way and that's final.  Meanwhile Republicans are happy with the government shut-down and Democrats are stuck claiming they don't want that even though they could have prevented it and could end it now.

They claim Trump is a dictator but it's only because he's the only working part of the government.  All they have to do to stop him is vote to open the rest of the government.  Until then, Trump will do what all dictators do and reduce the size of the government.  Who the hell do Democrats think they'll convince with this?

Given how violent their supporters are, and some of us realize that we're in Civil War 2.0, there's an interesting theory of how Trump is doing this, that there is an established plan to maintain the government during a catastrophe.  So this is a 'shadow war' going on and the members of Congress know that, at least those who pay attention.  They have to keep it hidden because otherwise they are openly the enemy beyond all doubt.  This was probably covered in Trump's meeting with the top military leaders.

So how long can Democrats go?  If and when they break, will that be the defeat or will it just be the next step?  Probably the latter, even if by some miracle this doesn't go kinetic, there will be something happening to show how close we are.  The problem Democrats will face because of how insane their policies are is realizing how many psychos they've attracted and given prominence to, the ones advocating murder who whoever they don't like.

Supreme Court Rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s Appeal for Her Criminal Conviction and 20-Year Sentence
October 6, 2025

□ [“The left’s deep-rooted violence is what insurrection really looks like"]

We see this with Antifa, with the attempted assassin of a Supreme Court justice getting a minimal sentence because he self-identifies as transgender.  Trump keeps getting shot at.  Then there's Charlie Kirk.  And Democrats keep applauding this and demanding more.

The Virginia AG candidate explained that “Only when people feel pain personally do they move on policy.”  That may be how he gets his wife to change policy but that's not how politics is supposed to work.  Only those who fundamentally abusers and bullies would think otherwise.  And these people are just that, it's why they're so successful with the Democratic Party and is probably how the uniparty works.  But most people don't want that.

The Charlie Kirk murder is probably where it became obvious to most people, seeing those who go on line and show off their pleasure.  Then get fired because sane people don't want to be around them and businesses see a problem with keeping them employed.  Yet leftist after leftist keeps doing this, especially celebrities who never get told 'no.'

Even weirder, they're immediately trying to figure out how to form a confederacy of leftist states.  All of a sudden they'll need to accept borders and start checking if people can come or go.  They're certainly not putting this up to a vote among their own people, they're just assuming everybody agrees with them and anybody who doesn't deserves to die.  That's not going to work very well.  I think the odds are that those in charge will realize that before they get too far, although I have no idea what they'll do next.

Otherwise they'll actually declare the new confederacy and have to put up with each other.  The Warsaw Pact had similar problems, as does the recent leftist replacement of twitter.  That's actually funny to think about, if they really got this going, would they fall apart immediately (probably) or try to stick it out for a few years?  This could become a bunch of entertaining books, movies, comics, video games, etc. about the disaster they're bringing on themselves.

French Prime Minister Lecornu Resigns Less Than a Month In, Just After Announcing the New Cabinet
October 6, 2025

□ [“Trump Ignores Lawless Ruling of District Court Judge and Sends Troops to Portland"]

All right, expanding where he's sending troops and ignoring the activist judge.  And what can they do?  Congress isn't going to impeach so what other options are there?  Meanwhile these activists on the streets, whether they're antifa or not, are clearly insurrectionists, as is the city and state government supporting them.

□ [“Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Announces Executive Order Creating 'ICE-Free' Zones"]

Meanwhile Chicago is in the same situation.  Antifa does have experience trying to create their own little 'zones,' sorta like street gangs.  There's also a bigger legal problem, the Chicago police have been ordered to not interfere with Antifa attacking ICE.  State law (720 ILCS 5/7-15 and 5/7-16) requires the police to intervene, to prevent harm and injury and to provide aid.  Ordering police officers to break the law is not a smart move.  The patrol chief was the one on the radio.

And far as an "ICE-free" zone, there's a precedent to kicking the federal government out of a local area, it's called Fort Sumter.  I don't think these people even realize what they're doing, they're so worked up on Trump Derangement and leftist insanity.  I'd have to check, I'm not sure the troops have been sent to NYC or anywhere else yet.  But notice how all the talk about them being in DC has been totally absent for weeks.  The Illinois governor is making noise but it doesn't sound like he'll be much use.  Governors can only use the National Guard for legal reasons and they refuse, so Trump stepped in to handle it.

□ [“Antifa Terrorist Author, Organizer, and Financier Mark Bray Flees US to Europe"]

Antifa units try to be as disconnected from each other as possible, but I'm guessing they do have some overall contacts.  Bray wrote the Antifa handbook - whose cover we've seen multiple times recently - and was an organizer for Occupy Wall Street which was probably where the seeds of Antifa were planted.  He makes it sound like he's running away like a sissy, too scare to fight the tyranny he spent all this time whining about.  I suspect it's more like the feds are ready to catch him permanently so he needs to escape.  Now we'll see who he links up with in the EU.  Spain is where he's rumored to be headed.

Transgender North Carolina School Bus Driver “Ms. Sharon” Sexually Abused Young Boys
October 6, 2025

New Jersey-Bound Plane Diverted After Unhinged Passenger in 12 Face Masks Screams “Gay People Are Giving Me Cancer” and “Trump is Here”
October 6, 2025

If you can read this, please tell the cat to stop eating my toes. They're not healthy for him.

Trump to Slash Refugee Admissions to 7,500 Annually — Most Reserved For Persecuted White South Africans
October 5, 2025

□ [“Gavin Newsom Flips Out Over Trump Ordering California National Guard Troops to Portland"]

Maybe people who are actually interested in chess have a better view of the strategy, but the rest of us are still seeing the moves being made.  A judge just blocked Trump from sending the Oregon National Guard to Portland so he sends the California National Guard.  I bet this sort of thing was discussed at the military meeting last week.  Newsom flat-out admits he has no authority to stop this and just babbles off with generic leftism.

'Oh, they'll sue Trump for this.'  For using his authority, the National Guard has been federalized and the Constitution Article VI Clause 2 says the federal law overrides state law.  In this case, government officials are being attacked and the state government refuses to enforce the law.  'Trump is doing it for his own ego.'  Uh, no, if you enforced the law, Trump wouldn't need to do this.

I've been saying this all year and will probably keep saying it, but for all the irritating things about Trump as POTUS, this really is the sort of thing his supporters voted for.  He's taking a hard attack on the illegal invaders, the leftists who support them and the elites who fund this.  He's also making a point of relying on basics found in the Constitution itself, as well as other long-established laws like the Insurrection Act.  I'll continue to criticize Trump when I see a reason, but the worst thing I have to say about this is 'why didn't you do this in your first term?' 'fer cryin out loud...

Spanish Socialists Now Want to ‘Enshrine’ Abortion in Kingdom’s Constitution
October 5, 2025

Day five without a federal government.  You kids don't know how lucky you are.  Back in my day there was a federal government everywhere.  We couldn't start a business or buy a gun without them sticking their noses into everything.  And they demanded to be paid for it.  Now you just think everything is fine, of course there's no federal government.  Well we had to work for it, sonny!

Now I know some of you are thinking 'hey, maybe a federal government isn't that bad.  Maybe we should try one.'  I'm telling you now, don't start.  And if you have started, stop now.

Ilhan Omar Donor Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Join ISIS
October 5, 2025

That moment when you realize that 1994 is the halfway point of the Rolling Stones' career.  You can quibble on the specific dates but they've only done four albums since Voodoo Lounge.  Everything else came before then.20251005

□ [“Trump Calls for Virginia Attorney General Nominee Jay Jones to Drop Out of Race"]

All he wants to do is kill people he doesn't like.  And their children.  He says so in public.  What Democrat would be opposed to that?  Do you think they've been totally ignoring the guy since his 2022 post?  They knew all about it.  If any Democrat sees anything wrong with this, they should ask why no one else in their party complained.

But they didn't so now they have to stand up to defend an aspiring murderer because he agrees with them about Trump.  And then they have to tell the public that either you go with this guy or, well, you won't like what his reaction.  Just obey Democrats, that's the best way to go.  That's why you have an attorney general in the first place.

“Well again, I am so deeply, deeply, sorry, for what I said, and I wish that it hadn’t happened and I would take it back if I could.”  He was almost smiling when he said this.  There's certainly no shame.  He doesn't even bother to explain how, exactly, he decided children must be murdered.  Voters need to know his decision-making process.  I get the impression he sees no negative consequences for him.

I'm guessing the party will quietly push him into the background and pick someone else just like him.  Might want to check his posts first, just in case.  The party mostly appeals to this sort of sociopath so it'll be tough to find any other alternatives.  The important thing is that they don't get caught.

Pope Leo Over Deportations — Catholics Must Embrace Open Borders Under ‘New Missionary Age’
October 5, 2025

□ [“CNN’s Abby Phillip Chokes, Admits Trump’s Middle East Policy May Be ‘Major Victory for Him’"]

Trump is far less obsessed with himself than these people are.  He's actually trying to think of what's best for this region and the people there.  I have a lot of complaints about how Trump is handling these foreign wars but I limit that to what he actually does or is trying to do.  As we've seen countless times in just the last several months, these people would rather see death than accept Trump did anything to help.

I go back-and-forth on what the Nobel Prize people will do.  Trump has stopped more wars than anybody else and put more effort into stopping the wars he hasn't stopped, so just based on the requirements for the award, it's a guaranteed win.  But the Nobel people are totally leftist, so that guarantees they'll avoid giving him the prize.  Notice that the wars Trump has stopped were all among non-white countries, how can you possibly give him applause for that?  The Nobel people would just have to explain that to their fellow leftists and... Just skip Trump.  Mass death is better than giving him positive credit for anything.

I really don't expect any success with this Israel policy, but for some reason these people on CNN think it has potential.  That's why they're so upset, Trump might be succeeding yet-again.  And that itself is entertaining.  Not sure how it qualifies as "news" but that's CNN for you.

Build-A-Bear Refuses Teen Girl’s Request to Name Her Teddy After Charlie Kirk
October 5, 2025

Mississippi and Louisiana Go Back to Teaching the Basics in School – Now Lead State in Literacy
September 26, 2025

FBI Fires More Than 15 Agents Photographed Kneeling During George Floyd Protests and DC Riots
September 27, 2025

Poland Makes Stepan Bandera Cult Illegal – Ukrainian National Hero Was Nazi Collaborator and War Criminal
October 1, 2025

Harvard Law Professor on Leave After Firing Pellet Rifle at Boston Synagogue — Told Police He Was ‘Hunting Rats’
October 5, 2025

□ [“Elvis As Han Solo - A.I."]

A.I. is getting better very quickly.  I'm not the best judge of these things but I only saw a couple obvious mistakes, mostly Leia and Luke's appearance and one scene where Elvis had the wrong color pants.  But beyond that, Elvis' voice was good, his physical behavior was mostly good.  There were a few bits where he's looking at the camera, which is believable because he's Elvis, but I get the impression A.I. would have had anyone else do the same thing, which doesn't work.  But it's surprising how close to real a lot of it was, chatting with the film crew and drinking coffee.

Hollywood is definitely looking in the same direction.  They just announced an A.I.-generated actress.  I have no interest in looking at any clips but examples like this show that they could get much more believable very quickly.  And then what will these obnoxious wealthy celebrities do?  Or anyone else?

I have certainly enjoyed the surge of actual musicians doing actual music, covering songs from decades ago.  To an extent, that will probably make a comeback, especially for people who really don't want to deal with A.I.  But if A.I. is capable of doing the actual song - instead of pasting the lyrics over generic melody - people might use it to hear a Beatles album played like a slow blues band, then tomorrow hear the same album by a grunge rock band.  People with very limited musical abilities might still try to write their own songs and then give it to a competent A.I. band to hear it done for real.

Soon you could do the same thing with movies or animated cartoons, deciding camera angles and visual effects for each shot.  Tell the A.I. actors to perform in a different way and do another shot.  I come from the comic book-perspective and am anticipating a time when I could get my comics drawn and lettered competently.  Every few months I'm looking to see if there's any breakthrough, haven't found one yet, but I have the finished pages, I just need them done well, i.e. by someone else.

I've even started working on a new comic, having written and laid-out 24 pages in the last few days.  At the rate things are going, by the time I get around to finishing the planned book, we may be at a point where I can just scan my finished art into the computer and give instructions on how it should be reproduced.  These are very spooky times and this is looming over our heads, but might as well try to be creative about something.

Chicago Cops Told Not to Respond When Federal Agents Were Surrounded
October 5, 2025

I couldn't do it but apparently the cat is capable of driving 55.

US Tightens the Siege Around Venezuela – Military Reportedly ‘Preparing To Seize Ports and Airfields’
October 4, 2025

Day four without a federal government.  I think something happened.  But who knows, there's no longer any official media to tell us everything.  Where are we supposed to learn about the rumors from some anonymous bureaucrat about how Trump's going to shoot us all and use our skin as window curtains at Mar-a-Lago?  I'll die without hearing more of that!

Even worse, people aren't out rioting and burning everything down.  What kind of hope is there for our children?  We used to have people paid to riot and burn, that's really what we need a government to do.  I swear, when I take over, there will be riots every day.  But Trump won't let that happen because he's a tyrant.

Japan's First Female Prime Minister — a Former Heavy Metal Drummer Touted as Staunch Conservative
October 4, 2025

□ [“Illinois Governor Whines That Trump Gave Him an Ultimatum, Will Now Federalize the NG"]

It's deliberately vague which cities Trump has sent troops into by now but Chicago is definitely happening.  And at least some people are going to fight back, although it's not clear if they're actually from Chicago.  Several DHS agents were ambushed in a vehicle and boxed in.  This does qualify as open rebellion, the sort of thing Republicans should have been doing for the last four years, which I specifically called for.

“Whenever the President considers that unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages, or rebellion against the authority of the United States, make it impracticable to enforce the laws of the United States in any State by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, he may call into Federal service such of the militia of any State, and use such of the armed forces, as he considers necessary to enforce those laws or to suppress the rebellion.”

The state of Illinois isn't going to do anything about this, nor will Democrats in general, other than supporting the Antifa rebels.  But this just doesn't seem workable for them.  First of all, they don't have the forces to really fight back.  Second of all, how much of Chicago would really be on their side?  Probably not as many as they expect.  Then there's the question of how any other liberal city would send any troops or supplies.

I suspect one goal here is to show that the left really doesn't have as much support as they believe they do.  Even where they actually hold the majority, most people won't actually stand up to help them.  Then there's the people who aren't on their side but live there for other reasons.  I'm thinking foreign bioweapons but they have no chance of winning this without *something* most people wouldn't expect.

□ [“Judge Blocks Trump’s National Guard Deployment to Portland, Warns of Constitutional Crisis"]

Meanwhile the activist judges are still trying to ignore the laws and dictate how they want things to be.  Antifa is trying to run the streets and they think this is sufficient.  Thinking about it, this may be why the Supreme Court isn't really getting involved, the same reason Congress doesn't do anything.  It's up to the Chief Executive to handle this stuff and, unlike the rest of us, they specifically know what's going on.

Hegseth Abruptly Fires Chief of Staff to the Secretary of the Navy
October 4, 2025

Biden’s ‘Disinformation Czar’ Nina Jankowicz Furious That Fox News Has Defeated Her in Court
September 18, 2025

Obamas spotted on Steven Spielberg’s $250M superyacht off Italian coast
September 22, 2025

Soros-Linked Howard Rubin Arrested for Sex Trafficking – Former Financier Accused of Torturing Playboy Models in Soundproof Sex Dungeon
September 26, 2025

Pastor Speaks Out After Muslims Take Over Chapel at Dallas Airport and Block Him from Entering
October 3, 2025

□ [“Church of England Appoints Pro-Abortion Feminist as Archbishop of Canterbury"]

Announce to the world that your country and religion are over without using those specific words.  You just have to wonder if the Muslim majority will entertain themselves by leaving her around or will they do to her what Muslims are doing to women in England?

Where are the protestors?  Not just about this stupid decision but in general?  Since the English don't have weapons as an option, my guess is they're going to withdraw altogether.  The church might be the most obvious sight of this but the female-in-charge won't care how small attendance gets.  But as noted, this is exactly the sort of thing happening with the Catholic Church, meaning organized Christianity is now largely past-tense.  Wonder how the Russian Orthodox Church is doing these days.

But it's still depressing to see how deeply the *woke* agenda has infected society.  I always assume it's all just leftism in various ways.  China is the most obvious part, using it as a weapon across the world, but before that was Russia.  Back when the modern world was just getting started, and all we were told was how great everything was in Russia.

Before that, leftism was essentially a fantasy because few people could even try it unless they wanted to starve to death in a few weeks.  Only the perverted elites could even give it more than the slightest thought.  But now they've infiltrated the civilized world.  Really, it's the sort of thing religion is there for because if you think about it, who could possibly be higher than these tyrannical elites in charge of the world?

□ [“Amazon Prime Video Digitally Erases Guns from Iconic James Bond Posters"]

Not entirely related, other than it's English and has had a lot of fans for a long time, but here's another example.  For some stupid reason, the left has suddenly gotten loud about banning guns again.  Amazon has acquired the property so they think they're allowed to rewrite history.  The internet does not define reality and all they're going to do is destroy their own IP, which they didn't even bother to create or make popular.

Malibu Fire Rebuilding Official Resigns in Frustration of Slow Pace of Reconstruction and Lack of Permits
October 3, 2025

Trump Administration Offers Illegal Alien Children 14 and over $2,500 to Voluntarily Self Deport
October 4, 2025

□ [“Leftists in Portland, Oregon Planning ‘Emergency’ Naked Bike Ride to Protest Trump and ICE"]

I mentioned this a couple days ago but they're still doing this.  Because the best way to protest Trump is to show off your genitals to the public.  Hopefully they bring their children to watch, a totally leftist desire for everyone.  This is not going to win over any supporters.

For that matter, I have to wonder if it's actually going to hurt their own side.  The troops on the ground probably aren't going to be taking part in this, so what will they think?  If attacking DHS agents on the streets isn't literally combat, it's close enough for those that actually go through it.  They're the ones in actual danger and could probably start being pissed that others are just doing... this.

Meanwhile, the naked people on bikes are in no danger which, as leftists, would make them feel more entitled to applause than the troops on the ground.  If they have a united chain-of-command, those in charge will need to appease both sides and if they don't, it's likely they'll turn on each other before too long.  'If you're not with us, you're against us' is standard leftism for a reason.

Netflix Baby-Sitters Club and Strawberry Shortcake Kids Shows Feature Young ‘Transgender’ Characters and Themes
October 4, 2025

□ [“Aimlessly Drifting Democrats Launch Ads Criticizing Republicans for Government Shutdown"]

Oh come on, this is just laziness.  They're only running these ads in 13 districts because they think this will matter in the 2026 elections.  10 of those districts are already Democrat, you really think running an ad now will matter a year from now?  Who thought this was a good idea?  I can't even find where these ads will be running, on local tv networks?

This is where memes are useful.  This is an internet age and A.I.-created images, how hard would it be to think of a funny picture that illustrates a point?  Chuck Schumer wearing a sombrero isn't that difficult, or all that amusing, but the way the left is so insulted by it is hilarious.  It's easy to find images of Donald Trump as a diaper-wearing baby, the left wasn't offended by that, so what's the problem?

I think it's becoming more evident that those in charge of the left really don't have any good ideas.  They have an enormous amount of influence and can hold their people together a lot more than you might expect - a lot more than any rational person could - but their ability to do anything meaningful is very limited.  More importantly, they can't really convince people, at most they can brainwash them at an early age.

Apple and Google Remove ICE Agent Tracking Apps That Help Illegal Aliens Evade Arrest
October 4, 2025

Why didn't anyone tell me there were going to be consequences for doing this? I nearly saw a hateful meme! Why didn't the government stop it? I need help!

Day Three without a government.  It's all so icky that I just don't know what to do anymore.  It's like when you've got this date with a hot chick, but you have to ditch your best friends to go out and buy some new clothes, but the credit card machine isn't working so you start screaming and crying and breaking things, so then you get arrested and sent to jail where your cellmate is this big black guy named Earl, who thinks he's the boss of this ward, but then he gets killed by someone three cells down who was arrested for tax fraud of all things, and child-molesting, so you start regretting the fact that you never became an accountant.

Yeah, it's exactly like that.  Trump did this.  Wow, is there anything he can't do?

Competing Proposals Fail in the Senate as Schumer Shutdown Drags On
October 3, 2025

□ [“Virginia AG Nominee Texts His Fantasies About Killing Prominent GOP State Politician"]

Lots of news today, not sure I'll even be able to cover everything.  This guy posted this in August 2022 and it's just being noticed?  He's running for election now and this hasn't been brought up, fantasizing that he had three bullets and was with Hitler, Pol Pot and then Speaker of the Virginian House, whom he said would get two of the bullets.  And this is clearly the sort of person the Uniparty is trying to promote to higher ranks.

□ [“Russ Vought Freezes $2.1 Billion in Chicago Infrastructure Projects in Chicago – Specifically Projects Using Race-Based Hiring"]

Vought is the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, overseeing resources and funding.  And now they're hitting Chicago.  This will be interesting because these projects, as well as NYC and other Democrat-run states, are used to funnel money to their own people.  Just because of the locations, these probably have the most funding, and will be the hardest hit by suddenly having to pay for things themselves if they really want it.  Portland is also an obvious target.

□ [“David Hogg’s PAC Spends Millions on Consultants While Candidates They Back Come Up Short"]

It's mostly hidden from the public but we're also seeing infighting among the left.  The hustlers and grifters are being noticed, or rather, exposed by Democrats who are sick of these people, or just want to eliminate a rival.  Hogg's not even being smart about it, yet somehow he made it to a high position at the DNC, at least briefly.  BLM is also suing George Soros, something about not giving them all the money they're entitled to.

But these are at least slightly giving us a sense of who is on which team and what they are doing.  There's still no specific division between the sides but I think most people recognize that we have started Civil War 2.0.

6-3 Supreme Court Allows Trump to End Biden-Era Protections for Thousands of Venezuelans
October 3, 2025

Secret Service SUV Parked Outside White House Catches Fire
September 29, 2025

□ [“Trump Declares Drug Cartels Are ‘Unlawful Combatants,’ US is in Armed Conflict With Them"]

This is interesting.  I haven't really paid attention to the cartels but they could largely be seen as foreign allies for the war we're fighting here.  Or to put it another way, global contacts for the war around the world.  Someone, not sure who, recently posted an interesting summarization of what we're facing here: [Note, I'm simplifying the quote for my own convenience]

For the Democrat party, SPLC is the targeting wing, Soros is the financial wing, Antifa is the military wing, legacy Media is the propaganda wing.

The SPLC is the only part of that I haven't paid enough attention to really consider, but that's where it becomes clear what the cartel's role is.  Democrats are a convenient tool but it's not specifically for them.  Otherwise, you might quibble, but this is effectively a good summery of the enemy we face.  This is where we can start looking for their connections as individual groups, whether they're all tied to China or the *woke* agenda or whatever the central command is.

I get the impression people will start looking into the Southern Poverty Law Center.  The FBI has cut ties with them according to Kash Patel.  It's noted that they can point to who needs to be shot.  The 2017 shooting at a Congressional baseball practice was by an SPLC/Bernie Sanders fan.  They did identify Charlie Kirk's group as a target although it's not said if the shooter was a fan.  One of the difficult things to figure out is how subtle influence can get and still be responsible for what happens.

Teenage Lesbian Kiss in Netflix Kids’ Jurassic Park Cartoon Sparks Outrage and Subscription Cancellations
October 3, 2025

□ [“P. Diddy Combs Sentenced to More Than 4 Years in Prison"]

He brought prostitutes across state lines.  That's what he's being punished for.  WTF?  This just comes off as a skit to distract the public.  If that was all he did, however atrocious, why was he given any attention?  And whatever happened to the famous people who were supposed to be part of his 'parties'?  Something is being faked, either the publicity Diddy got for being prosecuted or the court verdict just pretending to care in the slightest.

□ [“Would-Be Kavanaugh Assassin Sentenced to Eight Years Due to His Transgender Struggles"]

And this comes out the same day.  Try to murder a Supreme Court justice and this is what you get.  The guy who made it into Nancy Pelosi's house should decide to change his gender, he'd get several decades taken off his sentence.  More than anything, it's that these judges are showing they've picked a side and it's not the law.

Gotta admit, I don't know what to do about this.  The judicial system is broken but there's no way to decide who is going to make this decision.  We can't trust them but how do we organize a resistance?  Or what is Trump supposed to do?  Even if he installs his own supporters, that's just a temporary solution and the left won't go with it either.  I dunno, I suppose I'm just annoyed to see that this is what all the P. Diddy nonsense was reduced to.

Vladimir Putin Praises Charlie Kirk Following His “Disgusting” Assassination by Radical Leftist
October 3, 2025

□ [“Hamas Moves Toward Peace:  Agrees to Hostage Release and Partial Backing of Trump’s Plan"]

Several days ago, Trump released a "20-point plan."  The fact that he started with insisting the hostages be released within 72 hours shows how pointless this is.  He keeps demanding this and it doesn't happen.  *IF* Hamas agreed, Israel would release thousands of prisoners, which also shouldn't happen.  Hamas would be required to be peaceful with Israel, not gonna happen, and then Gaza will be run by an unelected group, along with the UN and Trump.  That's just covering the first part of this plan and it sounds totally stupid.

Hamas may be willing to stop being in charge, at least officially, but that won't mean anything.  The Philistines voted for them and haven't seen any reason to regret that yet.  Hamas will pick their people to be on the committee and the UN still wants to help destroy Israel, so nothing will change.  I suspect Hamas is only going this far just because they realize they can be easily wiped out if the "oppressive" Israel ever decides to live up to their reputation.

Trump is getting things done around the world but things like this just look like total failures-waiting-to-happen.  I haven't even gotten around to his increasing support for Ukraine.  Then there's the negotiations with China which seem to be going somewhere but no idea where.  Bad enough what we've got going on here in the states but if you really want to be part of a global war, you need to declare it.  And don't support the enemy.

FBI Agent Fired For Refusing to Arrest and Perp Walk James Comey
October 3, 2025

Maybe I should start being naughty to make sure Santa Claus doesn't leave a federal government for me under the tree.

Day Two without a government.  The people who disagree with me are suffering through all the misery their politics have brought on them.  The people who agree with me are happy and go-lucky and not wearing a bra.  [hold on for a second.]

But life without a government is tough.  One of my shoelaces broke today.  The government is supposed to prevent that!  How can life go on when things like this happen?  I blame the people who disagree with me.  There's just too many of them.  Maybe we should get together and discuss how to eliminate them.  But we'll need someone in charge.  How many votes can I get?

Harvard hires drag queen named ‘LaWhore Vagistan’ as visiting professor
October 1, 2025

Immigration Judge Denies MS-13 Gang Member Kilmar Abrego Garcia Request For Asylum
October 2, 2025

□ [“Trump administration freezes $18 billion in New York City infrastructure projects"]

NYC is run by leftists and has a lot of rich people who leftists say aren't paying enough taxes.  Sounds like an easy solution.  What's their soon-to-be-installed leftist mayor going to do about it?  Otherwise the city's going to need to figure out some way to deal with two subway projects, one of which is a tunnel under the Hudson.  It's not something you can just stop.

I'm also curious what annoyances New Yorkers had to deal with with this going on, and whatever else was part of this $18 billion funding.  Not sure how subways have to deal with it but on the ground level, you have to deal with detours because construction has taken over the area for months.  It's New York so the suckers are probably used to it but this just seems very irritating.

□ [“Ten Months After the Fires, Only Two Reconstruction Permits Have Been Issued in Malibu"]

And across the country, leftism provides the same results.  It's rumored that this land is set aside to go to China or Muslims or something, so maybe that's it.  But it should be noted that the state government promised to speed up the process and here it is.  You can completely understand the response John Galt gave when asked what government could do for him, "Get out of my way!"

Two Delta Planes ‘Absolutely Smash’ into Each Other at LaGuardia Airport In New York City
October 2, 2025

□ [“Syrian British Citizen Named ‘Jihad’ Kills Two People at Manchester Synagogue on Yom Kippur"]

Partially Europe looks easier to identify the actual war as it starts.  There's the Muslims, there's the leftists, there's the increasing protests to the censorship and war-mongering.  But we aren't European so their media isn't as free as the US is supposed to be.  But to the extent any of it is understandable or believable, this is what we're looking at.  Western civilization, and perhaps the whole world, is in a 'war' mentality.

□ [“Pope Leo XIV Blesses a Block of Ice as Climate Activists Perform ‘Earth-Worshipping Ritual’"]

If there was any doubts about this guy, here you go.  There are times I wonder whether John Paul II was part of the *woke* or maybe it was that the point was that he would inspire leftists to complete their takeover of the church.  Either way, here they are.  It seems impossible to do but people like Leo and his predecessor give the impression is that their whole goal was to be in charge of something so they could destroy it.  It should be noted that we see that sort of thing happening in leftist American organizations.

□ [“German Left Party Calls for Assassination of AfD’s Alice Weidel After Justifying Kirk Killing"]

Then there's Germany, acting like, well, Germans.  And no one anywhere is telling these people to knock it off.  That's how we know they're all on the same side.  Even worse, they're obviously pushing this against their own people at the same time they're trying to get to war with Russia.  Nobody's going to fight this war for them and no one will defend them against attacks.  At least Russia has centuries of experience with this sort of insanity, what's Europe's excuse?  Oh, right.  Leftism.

□ [“Scottish Police and Immigration Officers Arrest Fake ‘African Tribe’ in the Woods"]

There was a news report a month or so ago of a black American single mother ditching everything to go join this fake tribe.  Deluding people to believe that they had a kingdom in Scotland four hundred years ago?  And it obviously fools some people.  Well, there were only three involved, one male, two females, but the fact that they were allowed to do this shows that something has gone very wrong.  These are the sort of people the rulers of Europe are counting on to achieve their goal.

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□ [“Female Reporter Violently Attacked by Antifa; Portland Police Refuse to Arrest Attacker"]

The American equivalent of what's going on in Europe.  You can physically attack a woman and the leftists in charge will support that as long as the victim is conservative.  Essentially all leftist rhetoric about 'fairness,' 'equality,' 'anti-violence' includes the unspoken phrase 'until we change our minds.'  Which they always will at some point.

But they must realize that this won't last long.  Too many people are armed and you do have the right to defend yourself.  Is this what the leftist elites are expecting to happen?  Especially if the attacker is black, this could cause more problems.  It's why civilized societies don't allow violent attacks in the first place, but that's not where we are anymore.

If the police were ordered not to intervene - and 'I was only following orders' is not a great defense, jus' saying... - then citizens are going to start handling it themselves.  About all the left can do is try to form gangs and start doing the same thing, but most of them would be lacking the training and arms.  There would be chaos but it seems like it would be fairly short-lived, unless they have some foreign allies ready to step in.  And thinking about it, they're probably begging China to save them from the tyrant.

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October 1, 2025

□ [“CNN Cuts Off Speaker Johnson as He Says Democrats Demand Illegal Alien Healthcare Funding"]

This cannot be helping CNN's ratings.  Why would you pretend to be a "news" network if you deliberately shut people off like this?  And what is your audience supposed to think?  Do they just accept that you're going to prevent them from hearing anything you don't like?  If that audience was interested in what you were reporting, they will never consider going someplace else to look up what Johnson was saying on the same topic?

As it is, the obvious video clips are increasingly publicized.  The main one is probably the June 2019 Democrat primary debate where every single candidate raised their hands to show their support for funding healthcare for illegal immigrants and that was at least a dozen potential candidates.  Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders were among that group, yet Democrats are now claiming that they had never heard their party ever suggest support for such a thing.  Looking it up, I was surprised to see that the debate wasn't aired on CNN, it was NBC instead.

This just seems guaranteed to not win any support for Democrats or their pet media.  Frankly, you'd have to be extremely desperate and stupid to see that it'll just drive people away.  I'm sure it's a common analogy but the left traps people in a bubble.  Once a crack is formed and people start seeing the world outside the bubble, they start breaking through even more and soon have been freed from the bubble.  And doing things like censoring a politician on media - well, the left would call it "censorship" if it happened to them - is exactly the sort of thing that will encourage people to break free.

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October 2, 2025

Russia To Nationalize and Sell Foreign Assets if European Leaders Seize Russian Frozen Assets
October 2, 2025

For my sweety's birthday, I got rid of the federal government. Wow is she grateful! I need to stop posting now.

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October 1, 2025

□ [“Schumer Shutdown Day One:  Two Proposals to Reopen the Government Fail in the Senate"]

Day One:  Last night when I went to bed, we had a federal government.  We had hopes and dreams and those little candies that are crunchy on the outside but chewy inside.  Now we have none of that.  It's all gone, stolen from us by evil men.  Because they're trying to control us, that's why we'll never have a government again.

But they can't beat me!  I'll govern myself!  I'll campaign vigorously, and spend every penny I have on ads to win my vote.  The debates will be harsh.  The speeches will win over every one of my votes.  No one will even notice that I didn't have a primary, because Democracy is at stake!

That's why I don't need a federal government.  I can just go out and do it myself.  And I'm trustworthy, you'll never see me abandoning myself like that heartless wench!  I'm good!  I'm loyal!  I'll be there when I need me the most!  I'll never be so lonely again!  I'm not crying, you're crying!

October 1, 2025 Jane Goodall, chimpanzee researcher, age 91

I'm curious how long the House funding bill remains active.  This is all from memory but it's been a week or so since they passed it.  I'm pretty sure normal bills can stay until at least the end of the term, or end of the year, but funding would probably be held to different rules.  The Senate can pass their own bill which then needs to be merged with the House and then go up for a vote again.  Like I said, I don't remember the specifics and am not remotely interested in looking them up.

I don't see any patterns but it does look like Democrats are having trouble with their members.  One or two Senators have started voting with the Republican bill.  To Veep Vance, this is a sign that the shutdown won't last very long, they're breaking apart.  Can't we have both?

The central concern seems to be that the Big Beautiful Bill had eliminated the methods used to provide illegal immigrants with free health care.  The Democrat version of the bill that would re-open the government restores those methods.  There's other things like funding NPR and PBS but it looks like this is the main concern.  Why not just get leftist doctors to provide free healthcare for illegals and charge Americans more for their treatment?

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October 1, 2025

□ [“Pelosi is Agitated When Asked About AOC Telling GOP Senators to Directly Negotiate With Her"]

This is an subtle indicator of the problems the party is having.  AOC is presenting herself as the one to talk to and Nancy doesn't like that.  I hadn't heard about this so I don't know if it's true, but it sounds like Nancy doesn't either.  She makes the generic public statement about how wonderful AOC is but points out this isn't her job.  AOC is the one who decides that, Nancy.

It's also rumored that AOC is considering running for POTUS - as she's finally old enough - or Senator, where she'd be challenging Chuck Schumer in a primary.  And now she's calling the shots while Nancy Pelosi is babbling like an old woman.  She really didn't sound good in this video and probably wasn't even drunk.

For a long time, I've thought that leftists were aiming towards the modern equivalent of a "cultural revolution," what Mao had the young people do in his last decade.  They needed to purge out the old no matter how dedicated they'd been to Mao for decades.  Not sure if AOC has any authority or if she's just riding the waves but that's effectively what's going on here.  No matter how dedicated a Democrat you are, at some point you've got to be sick of looking at these old people.

This may be why old videos suddenly popped up of Bill and Hillary Clinton speaking out against illegal immigration and, in Hillary's case, specifically testifying to Congress against providing them free health care.  The party's not allowed to publicly ask them what changed their mind but they can at least put this out to remind the public that they're just saying whatever it takes to keep power.

University of Delaware TV Network Thanks “Charlie Kirk’s Killer” – Then Tries to Cover It Up

October 1, 2025

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September 30, 2025

Ireland rises:  10,000 Christians march in Dublin to defend faith, family, and tradition

September 30, 2025

□ [“White House Trolls Press and Hakeem Jeffries by Playing Sombrero Meme in Briefing Room"]

A few days ago, there was a meme of Jeffries wearing a sombrero, Mexican music playing, and so on.  It wasn't that interesting but Trump certainly thought it was.  But the Democrat reaction to this is definitely interesting.  You can argue that Trump should have better things to do and you would be right.  But leftists really need to find a better way to complain than just saying something is "racist."

They've thrown in a few others, with Trump's approval.  By the way, I don't think he's handling his social media posts.  The reason might be good or bad but I think the writing style has changed in the last several months, much more text than before.  But whoever's handling it at least has the right targets.

Anyway, stuff like this shows that Trump and his people think, probably correctly, that they have a handle on this.  *IF* going without a government is so horrifying and oppressive and all that stuff, why are Democrats so determined to make everybody suffer until illegals get free health care?  And who do they think they're going to convince?  Portland, Oregon is preparing a naked gay bicycle race to protest, what planet do you have to live on where you think this will help anybody?

They're really going to need Antifa or China or whoever's replaced Al-Qaida/ISIS to strike if they expect to go anywhere with this.  As with previous shutdowns, nobody cares.  The rest of us have our own lives to get to, which those obsessed with politics always ignore.  As usual, I didn't even notice Trump's meme until the left started complaining about it.  There's probably going to be more of this every few days, mocking the Democrat inability to do anything.

Multiple People Arrested After Feds Uncover Massive Immigration Fraud Scheme in Minnesota

October 1, 2025

□ [“JB Pritzker Claims it’s Dangerous to Call Democrats ‘Fascists’"]

You'll punish people for getting your fictional pronouns wrong and order the internet to silence people who say things you don't like.  "Fascist" is close-enough for government work to use on you.  As you've shown for the last several years without any punishment whatsoever from the government.

Pritzker is just trying to show off to the rest of the party.  IIRC they haven't had a nationally-successful state executive politician since Bill Clinton, and that was a long time ago.  He's also egotistical enough to want to challenge Gavin Newsom and isn't that interested in the truth.  A couple days ago he insisted the 25th amendment should be used on Trump, which means he hadn't paid attention to the last several years.  Who is really going to take him seriously?

He's doing it now for more than just the shutdown, the feds have moved into Chicago and arrested a couple dozen Tren de Aragua members.  They've also gone into Memphis and if they haven't entered Portland yet, they're ready to go.  It's unclear if these are just federal agents or if troops are included, they're probably being vague on this for a reason.  I was pretty sure Trump would use the shutdown to make this happen.

Now the states need to decide what they're going to do without a federal government.  Even worse, they claim to want the federal government back, which means they can be prosecuted for fighting it.  It's a trap whichever way you go, so whoever's making decisions for Pritzker better get ready for it to blow back on them.

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October 1, 2025