Do not try to eat this post. It's not healthy.

August 26, 2026 Peter Cullen, voice actor, Optimus Prime, age 85
Fifteen NY Sheriffs Sue Kathy Hochul Over New Anti-ICE Law
August 27, 2026

□ [“Trump Signs Executive Order Renaming Lake Ontario to 'Lake America'”]

Ok, this is funny and for whatever reason I like it better than renaming the Gulf of Mexico.  I don't think he's that serious with either renamings, I think it's more about proving a point.  We do all the work and pay all the costs to maintain these waters but other countries get benefits, so let's just call it what it is.  There may also be legal reasons for the name change, perhaps some treaties or contracts need to be redone if some part gets a name change.

This is part of the trade arguments going on since the Great Lakes are customarily considered how goods get moved between the countries.  I also wonder if it's part of Trump's push for nationalism, reminding Canada that they need to justify their own existence.  If you're on stolen land anyway (or lake) then we'll just take it.  What's the difference?

□ [“Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Speaks Out – PM Carney’s US Threat is Suicide for Canadian Economy"]

There have been some hints that at least a few Canadians understand this.  Without US companies, Canada wouldn't exist, so maybe they should cut us a little slack.  They've always been about pushing the *woke* agenda before it ever had that name but at some point it runs out of gas.  Or at least Canada does, that's the economic disaster Smith is referring to here.  They mine the oil, we refine it so if they make it more expensive, we just use our own, or Venezuela or someone else's.  They'd lose jobs, money and gasoline.  It's not like Europe would jump in to help them.  That only leaves China.

So as I said, I don't think Trump is that determined to rename the waters, it's more of a tactic to prove his point.  I haven't bothered to check in on how leftists are whining about this but I doubt none of them are asking why he isn't picking "Lake Trump."  And if he's so delusional, why doesn't he change the bodies just because he can?  Lake Ontario is now the "Gulf of Trump" and the Gulf of Mexico America is now "Lake Trump."  That sounds like something he do, right?  So why isn't he doing it?

France Bans Use of ‘Black Friday,’ English Expressions From Government Communications and Online Ads
August 27, 2026

□ [“Russia Hammers Multiple Ukrainian Cities in One Night — US Envoy Kellogg Backs Drafting Women"]

Another "final" resistance is ready to be defeated in this last part of the region Russia was ready to take ages ago.  And of course they're hitting cities all over.  It's been a while since we've heard anything about Europe wanting to join in.  It's like they've realized that they'd need an actual military if they want any chance of winning and without the US, they have nothing to work with.  Four and a half years of supporting this war and they haven't even considered that yet.

I'm actually surprised anybody suggested drafting women.  There's the obvious point that they can't be treated equally to men but it's also relevant that what men does Ukraine have left?  Doesn't look like Russia is remotely interested in drafting women.  Maybe this would be a good time to show how great women are in difficult situations like this.

This has already been suggested by a former Defense Minister but also already rejected by parliamentary National Security Committee who have already stated that this “is not being carried out, prepared, or considered.”  For women, military service will remain voluntary.  Suddenly leftists are totally against women bringing peace.  As always, the beliefs they want to impose on the rest of us get ignored whenever it's convenient.

Gavin Newsom Claims He Didn’t Know About the 5,000 Bottle Wine Cellar in His Own Home
August 27, 2026

□ [“Police Raid Apartment of Ilhan Omar’s Son, Seize Firearms and Ammunition"]

I'd like to think they've got all the evidence for all the connections and are moving in.  That's probably too optimistic but it's a nice idea.  He's had quite a few arrests over the years and he's only 22 years old.  Leftist defenders say *most* of those arrests were misdemeanors.  Oh really?  His roommate was also arrested.

Like I say, it's probably just too hopeful to think he'll need to turn on his mother to save himself, or that she'll do something obviously tyrannical to save him.  But Omar is the most obvious target of the "Squad" and they're all tied to DSA and foreign enemies so it is possible this could go somewhere.  I'd like to think every day or two for the next month, we'll keep seeing another big step forward that finally reveals what our elites have been up to for so long.

Otherwise, as much as I'd like to believe otherwise, I'm coming to the conclusion that at best, we'll get to see who the enemy is by the time Trump leaves office.  Maybe if Republicans can overcome the voter fraud this November, maybe if actual MAGA gets elected, something can be done, but I'm not optimistic at this point.  It's more like Trump is just doing the ground work and younger men will have to handle the next step when he's gone.  But it would be nice to be proven wrong about that.

OK Senate Candidate Storms Into Bedroom, Shrieks, Cuts Up Pic of GOP Senator, Pastes Into ‘Burn Book’
August 27, 2026

□ [“For Midterms, Democrats Will Make an Extreme Effort to Sound Like Normal People"]

It's not an easy problem to fix.  It's probably not that hard for Democrats to talk like normal people although on an individual level, that doesn't mean they'll be convincing.  Even if they are convincing, there's still no reason to believe them.  That means every big name Democrat is out of luck.  It's even worse if they have to do more than talk, they have to *act* normal.  No one tried to eat the hamburger Chuck Schumer had barbequed.

This is several different things coalescing in one spot.  As politicians, they're used to their own buzzwords.  It's similar to military-speak, I've probably forgotten most of what I used to know but there was a lot of it which wouldn't remotely be comprehensible to anyone outside the bubble.  Then there's leftists going for their own "educated" words, or just following the latest trend.  All of this already existed but was multiplied a thousand-fold when we got internet access because we could focus all our thoughts on those 'like us,' meaning they all talked the same way.

Then there's still the problem of getting people to believe it.  The brand-new candidates have a chance, they have no record to look back at.  But there's still leftist voters who will be offended by not hearing what they want to hear.  I can't think of any Democrat since Bill Clinton who was really able to sell that to the public.  Top-of-my-head guess, Obama was a distant second and only in the primaries and the campaign.  And they surrounded themselves with leftists who built this problem Democrats are now facing.

Just the fact that they're becoming open about this problem shows how big it is and how hard it'll be to solve.  They've spent decades pandering to the left, everything they do is based on that.  They'd have to tear down the whole system and start rebuilding, which is what the left is demanding anyway.  And this isn't even considering what the donors want.  'I want to seize your money so give me money!' isn't a good argument, and that's before getting into the candidates running for Senate who want to remove the Senate.  Then there's the desperate need for voter fraud, the problems just keep building on each other.

DHS Secretary Mullin Orders Mandatory Random Paper Ballot Audits for 2026 Midterms — Chinese-Made Voting Machines Pose “Significant Security Risks”
August 27, 2026

133-Year-Old Church in Grand Rapids Burns Down
August 27, 2026

This post will not stop a house fire. Please call the fire department instead. I never thought I'd have to write that.

August 25, 2026 Tim Curry, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Duckman, actor, age 80
Massive Flash Floods in Nepal – Hundreds Missing, Untold Number Feared Dead
August 26, 2026

□ [“Obama Judge Lifts Nationwide Injunction Blocking Trump’s Mail-In Ballot Safeguards After Supreme Court Rebuke"]

Trump did an executive order in March, making it so the Post Office didn't have to take ballots to people who weren't confirmed US voters.  District Judge Indira Talwani issued a stay on this.  The Supreme Court overruled her so she overruled the Supreme Court.  Now she's decided to back down.

I've got several articles open on this and none of them are clear.  Partially it's the legal language - is "stay" the right term or was that what the Supreme Court issued? - and partially it's because this judge has already had to obey the Supremes against a different Trump executive order.  Nobody writes this stuff in a sensible straightforward manner so it's really not clear which ruling is being referred to paragraph-by paragraph.  It's also not clear if it was the SCOTUS or the Justice Department who convinced her to retreat.

I don't like covering these judicial stories because they're so confusing.  This is why nobody likes dealing with the legal system.  But whatever the problem is, it's building.  This chick was defying the Supreme Court and even when she reversed, her statement made it clear that it wasn't because of the law, she just had no other options.  That's not how you should run a courtroom.

Yet that's how the left wants its courts to be run.  They've been installing these people around the country for decades.  At least this district judge probably saw a reason to eventually comply, if she doesn't obey the judges above her, the same standard can be applied to her.  But we're getting to a point where there's no reason to rely on judges either.  The whole field is just too far away from normal people for us to see any point in dealing with them, even if that way leads to chaos.

Canadian PM Carney To Address European Parliament in Search of Deeper, Closer Globalist Ties
August 26, 2026

□ [“Democrats Urge Kamala Harris to Stay Away From Their State Ahead of Midterms"]

Not many but it's a governor candidate and Senate candidate in Iowa and another Senate candidate in Alaska.  What sticks out to me is that these are rural states.  They don't want the "help" from these globalist leftists, even if they share the same goals.  The left wants to ignore the states and just focus on getting the most people on their side, which is always in cities.  They really don't like people who don't live in cities so they can't help these politicians.

And especially Harris.  There's a reason Clinton and Obama never made a big point of endorsing candidates around the country and at least they had something to offer.  Harris doesn't even have that.  Notice that she hasn't found anything useful to do with her life in the last two years except try to see if she can get elected anywhere.  There was a brief moment where she considered running for California governor and then that ended quickly.  Don't recall any explanation so it's clear the party didn't want her there either.

The polls can't be trusted of course but "officially" she's still at the top of the list for potential candidates.  Her own fellow Democrats don't want anything to do with her but somehow she's popular and nobody ever says what she's popular for.  She fits all the check-boxes of DEI requirements?  Not a good way to win elections, at least not fairly, and at least some candidates know that.

So this is an indication of the internal conflict the party is facing.  They keep it private so we have no way of knowing how many just don't like Harris, how many don't see her as an asset professionally, how many are jealous of the attention she gets, how many actually support her and the *woke* agenda she was supposed to install.  The race-based DEI policies that got her this far haven't gone away.

Massachusetts State Rep. Arrested on Covid Relief Fraud Charges — Second Lawrence Bust This Month
August 26, 2026

□ [“Soros-Backed Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner Threatens to Blow Up White House Ballroom"]

We see this all over, people are just going off the rails.  Just the fact that these leftists got installed in such high positions is starting to show the scope of the conspiracy against us.  He's backed by Soros which shows a lot of what's going on - because leftists love billionaires who tell them what they want to hear - but if Soros wasn't there, others would be doing the same thing.  The goal is to destroy everything and they aren't even bothering to hide it anymore.

Trump 2.0 obviously has a plan to deal with this but there's just no way to measure how it's working.  We really would like to see some actual victories at some point but so far it looks like we'll be lucky to even have a clear definition of who the enemy is by the time he leaves office.  Maybe they'll all just flip out and run around bonkers but I wouldn't bet on that.

But I do think Trump has hit them in a way that's making them snap.  We see a lot of this now, from famous people or posts on social media.  They're showing that they aren't the type of person you'd want to be around when things get rough but according to them, things are rough now.  The rest of us have seen tensions get higher and higher over the last decade or two but we haven't gone over the cliff yet.  I'm also wondering how military policies might have been put to use here, thinking specifically of Basic Training where some people really couldn't handle the new policies we lived under.  The Drill Sergeants were able to identify that and step in, usually before something bad happened.  Perhaps that's what the Trump administration is doing here.

New CBC Memo Tells Journalists Not to Refer to 9/11 As a Terrorist Attack
August 26, 2026

□ [“Iran Insiders:  Mojtaba Khamenei Either Dead or Brain Dead"]

At least Mitch McConnell was seen in public once or twice before he vanished, what's this guy's excuse?  Everybody knows he'll be hit if he goes out in public but there's a level of leadership where you need to let people know you're still alive and Iran is big enough that you can't just give a speech to a few people.  McConnell's in the Senate so he's not as important as the head mullah to Iran.

Haven't heard anything about negotiations for a while.  If there's anything going on, it might just be a way to keep track of whoever might be in charge at this point.  It's possible that our attacks have broken the Iranian government down into factions who are just pulling for whatever control they can get.  This is definitely the weirdest war I've ever seen.  No way to know but all the pro-Iranian forces might just be wandering around with no idea what to do.

That even lines up here in the US.  What happened to all the protests?  Last year there were thousands of anti-Trump protests every month, and that was before the war with Iran started.  It's like there's a lot more Trump supporters than the left is willing to admit or there's just a lot fewer people being paid to have protests.  It's almost certainly the latter but the point I'm making here is that these people are opposed to the war and anti-war protests would get a lot of publicity.  Whether they realize it or not, these people are siding with Iran yet they're just staying on the internet to complain about the war.  How much of that money was coming from Iran?

Girl Scouts of America Now Offers ‘Muslim Badges’ Girls Can Earn by Learning the ‘Pillars of Islam’
August 26, 2026

I can't apologize for this post until I've finished writing it so get off my case! I'm sorry, that was harsh.

August 25, 2026 Dolly Parton, busty country singer/songwriter, age 80
US Air Force Major Hit With UCMJ Charges After Calling for Trump’s Impeachment While in Uniform
August 25, 2026

□ [“Gary, Indiana Have Been Without Power for Two Weeks – Of Course Left Cries 'Racism!'"]

There were storms a couple weeks ago, it shut down the power.  Electric company sent in people to fix it and they got shot at so the electric company didn't come back.  For some reason no one in this mostly-black town is capable of fixing generators or electric plants.  Maybe they're just too lazy.

Unusually, I've heard about this for several days, this is the first time I've seen any reports on news sites, at least any of the ones I go to.  The left couldn't say much, there was nothing to point to about Orange Man Bad!!!  They also needed to hold off to get the blacks to suffer enough, that way they could cry 'racism!'  Wouldn't help Democrats if some rich Democrat sent in food and an electric crew to fix things on day three of the crisis.

But now a crew with security is finally able to start fixing things so the mayor can start bitching about how bad whity is for making this happen.  The state government has promised to investigate the electric company for being racist.  None of them lifted a finger to fix the problem, they just want to find someone else to blame.  Which is just what the residents are now doing on social media after someone else provided them electricity.  Not a good look but that's how they want it.

ICE Quietly Nabs 1,328 Illegal Aliens in Just 14 Days in Democrat Sanctuary Suburbs Around D.C.
August 25, 2026

□ [“DSA Member Explains That Their Takeover of the Country Will be a ‘Violent Process’"]

“We have seen that the Democratic Party establishment that we have has to be ripped out. We can actually start to grab hold of the ship of state and steer it in our direction, but it’s going to be a, you know, violent process.”

This guy's a streamer, Michael Beyer, not someone who seems used to violence.  This is why I keep saying those who are not on his side need to start putting groups together in their neighborhood and town.  Particularly those with military or police experience, they'll at least know how such an organization works.  At least by their looks, the people in these videos really don't comprehend what they're getting themselves into.

This is one of those things that really look like they could go either way.  The most likely option would be that these people have no clue what's going to happen.  They're a vast minority with no training or understanding of what's going on so of course they want to seize power and are willing to do anything to get it.  Or rather, they'll order others to do anything to get it.  I am very slowly becoming confident that this is what the results will be.

The problem is that there's still a significant chance that they'll be capable of something.  Either they can handle a real attack themselves or they're such a large number that they're basically unstoppable.  Or most likely they're pawns used by China or Iran or whoever, bringing in nukes or bioweapons that'll take the rest of us down quickly.  That's the real danger and I just don't see any way most people can defend against it.

So keep both possibilities in mind but I gotta admit, these people do look ridiculous.  They have barely any power but they're already proclaiming violent intent against the rest of us.  That's just a stupid way to go.  A couple grenades at their rallies would basically end the problem there.  Even if they steal every election by some miracle - apparently there are some going on tonight - that doesn't mean anyone's going to obey them.

Keith Ellison Tries Diplomacy by Negotiating With Somali Gangs On the Upcoming State Fair
August 25, 2026

□ [“Trump Links a Report Suggesting ICE is Investigating Ilhan Omar for Immigration Crimes"]

ICE was given an FOIA request about Omar's immigration status and refused to answer because it would interfere with "enforcement proceedings."  This means they're investigating her so they won't answer.  The implication is that they're checking if she's still married to her brother and what's up with that?  I doubt that's all, she has to provide marital duties to her brother, that's just the way things go in Congress.

I think it's more likely they'll be looking into the Somali connections in Minnesota.  Haven't heard much about it for several months but it was the most prominent example of colonization outside of the Texas border which Trump shut down last year.  I don't know if it's the biggest example but Omar is the reason they got all the attention.  Most notably there were the federally-funded childcare services although I'm sure DOGE found plenty of other examples in the region.

Omar is also the most obvious target of AOC's "Squad" so connections to her will probably be connections to the others.  From there we see the connections to the whole DSA movement.  I only just found out she was a long-time member.  It's one of those things you don't pay attention to because they obviously agree on everything whether or not you actually join the club, but she's the star of this group and this was obviously about installing her into a position of power.  So with Omar as the other prominent member - I can't even name any others - we can glimpse the organization and its goals.

We can safely assume China and Iran are the main supporters of their movement although any number of other leftists are also tied in.  This is why it's a big deal that ICE is investigating Omar.  As a member of Congress she gets a lot of immunity for things that the rest of us would be punished for because the laws don't apply to everybody.  I am very tired of waiting for anybody to get punished and am not impressed by these hints that *something* is being done.  That said, for the time being I'm optimistic that we're on the edge of something big in the next two weeks.

WNBA Store Blocks “Jesus Christ” on Custom Jersey — “Muhammad” and “Allahu Akbar” Clear Initial Filter
August 25, 2026

□ [“Lucasfilm President Dave Filoni’s Star Wars Strategy Divides the Fanbase (Again)"]

The corporations are trying to figure out how to make their IPs into whatever they want at the moment, deliberately ignoring what made them popular.  This may just be trying to develop a standard corporate policy.  First you make something that everybody likes, then you aim at different target audiences and for blockbusters like this, try to include some piece that will appeal to each.  Then when that fails, figure out how to redefine your IP in numerous different ways.

This is just propaganda that they're going to appeal to everybody.  They couldn't do that with a Han Solo movie which had a bigger audience than this year's failure.  They don't have any characters that attract people and at this point, the story is the last thing they bother with.  Talk about this or that spin-off or something in other media is just the edge of a tree branch when they're trying to cut down the trunk.

I'm wondering if Disney really has specific knowledge of how to establish a cult and their purchase of Star Wars, Marvel and Pixar was about expanding that.  There's been a slow release of reports about people who visit Disneyland many times a year and everything about them seems mentally like they're four year olds.  People who live as close to Disneyland as possible, not because they work there or one of the related companies, but as the center of their lives.  Germany, Russia, China, North Korea and probably the US has conducted massive experiments on how to control their population and good or bad, that research was shared with others.  That might explain what Disney is doing here with Star Wars.

That's why this release comes off so empty.  You could make the argument that Kathleen Kennedy is still calling all the shots and it wouldn't make a difference, this is what the company is after.  Whether for the last decade or for the last century, this is what they've always been working towards.  It just seems guaranteed to fail but it's startling how many people have automatically been won over with no hesitation.  If I paid more attention to current Star Wars, it might explain a lot about how the current definitions of the light and dark sides of the force, which was definitely a replacement for religion.

Separate Mobs Storm Pharmacy, Fast-Food Restaurant in LA ‘Street Takeovers’
August 25, 2026

Despite what I said yesterday, I never contradict myself.

Supreme Court 6-3 Upholds Trump’s Executive Order Restricting Mail-in Voting
August 24, 2026

□ [“Norway Will Drill for Oil and Gas in the Barents Sea Despite European Union’s Objections"]

The EU forbids drilling in the Arctic, Norway is going to ignore that.  My guess is that they see how much longer their current supplies will last and need to start working on this before it runs out and Russia is the only one they can turn to.  I'm also guessing the EU won't throw much of a fit about this, at least not for a while.

But this is another crack in the regime, their laws are just going to be ignored when convenient.  It's understandable, they need energy and the invasion is much more important to deal with right now.  Morocco has declared its ownership of Ceuta, not Spain.  That's why they sent their military age males to attack.  Switzerland has admitted that most of the Africans applying for asylum are committing crimes even now.  Other nations are dealing with similar problems, "global warming" isn't an issue.

□ [“AfD Surges in German Polls, Vows to Close Borders, Lose the Euro, Return All Syrians"]

I'm skeptical of a female German in charge but otherwise, this is probably the biggest example of Europe finally going the right way.  They need to restore their nations and get rid of the invaders.  At some point I think the EU will realize they have no chance of surviving unless they side with actual Europeans.  Some might even try to turn against the EU, either to save themselves or to give the elites some cover.  This is not a problem that's going to be solved in our lifetime.  At best, we'll see that it's headed towards a solution.  But this doesn't look good.

Owner of San Francisco 49ers Arrested in Ohio Trailer Park in Prostitution Bust
August 24, 2026

□ [“Another Michigan Clerk Asks For Feds To Step In And Remove Non-Citizens From Voter Rolls"]

This also happened in Michigan a week ago.  Government clerks making videos pointing out how immigrants get registered to vote.  It's a more-or-less automatic process, they aren't able to stop it at their level and their superiors refuse to do anything, or even admit there's a problem.  So they're calling it out in public videos.

I assume that most government employees support the voter fraud because why wouldn't they?  So these people had to go public because there was no other way to expose it.  This gives the federal government another reason to look into the state - not only in Michigan - to see stunts like this.  It's yet-another step the Trump administration is taking to fight voter fraud and if there's a chance to beat the left in November, I think this is where it will come from.  They're getting rid of illegals, cut funding for NGOs, undoubtedly have worked to stop other options.  The Democrats will still try to steal elections but they'll have to work out new ways and they aren't used to this.

The clerks are also making a point that they tried to do something about this and the whole system wouldn't let them.  I'm really not someone who uses phrases like "the whole system" but there you go, it's clear that politicians have found ways to keep themselves in power as long as they want.  Really, I'm surprised that there any clerks who spoke out against this.

Trump Confirms ICE Enforcement Proceedings Underway Against Ilhan Omar Over Immigration Fraud
August 24, 2026

□ [“Treasury Secretary Bessent Unveils Economic Sanctions Against Iran"]

I seem to go back and forth from positive to negative on my reactions to these reports.  I've chosen positive today, at least until the medication kicks in and my ex-girlfriend begs me to forgive her and take her back.  Wait, did I write that?  Better not jinx it.  Anyway...

Bessent says “Treasury has mapped every node, every facilitator, and every network that Iran has used to smuggle oil and evade sanctions.”  So my reaction is that this is what we spent the last six months doing, indentifying how Iran has connected itself around the world to pursue its goals.  We've destroyed their military so they can't do anything about it by force.  We've destroyed their economy already, one US dollar is now worth about 2 million rials.

So Iran itself is basically helpless, all it can rely on is allies and they're the ones who will be hit by these new sanctions.  They'll be exposed as laundering money for "drug/human/sex/arms/dark web networks" that have been built over the decades.  That's probably half the liberal *woke* agenda right there.  And then there's China, they haven't been able to get oil from Iran for a while now.  Russia produces a lot but they've already got their customers and can't really handle China right away.

I've seen "two weeks" mentioned in a number of articles on this.  Most people are thinking of the 25th anniversary of 9/11 which, you know, deserves to be thought about.  And it deserves to be hitting the enemy where they live they way they hit us.  But that wasn't even what I was thinking about when I started this paragraph, I had noted that this will have been roughly 90 days since Trump said gas prices would be lower in 90 days.  I still don't think it has anything to do with the war, it's about the drilling deals Trump made in early 2025 but just look at the timing and the planning it would take to make this happen.

So now we're going to see how the enemy reacts in the next "two weeks."  [and now I'm going to have that scene from "Total Recall" in my head.]  Democrats have been mostly silent about Iran for a while, now we'll see how their servants react.  This may explain why DSA has suddenly exploded and taken over, Congress knew this would happen.  I'm also wondering if this explains why we've suddenly been told Bill Clinton is getting close to death, that way he can't be blamed for anything.  I'm probably being over-optimistic but this could be a big show ready to start.

Antifa Mob Storms Los Angeles Catholic Church, Chases Conservative Activist While Screaming “Nazi!”
August 24, 2026

□ [“WNBA Says Former NBA Stars Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White Are Ineligible"]

I probably guessed this would happen but I really thought they would delay it for a while.  I guess they hoped to end the fuss as quickly as possible.  I don't think that's going to happen.  At best, the WNBA will lose all the publicity it's gotten for the past few weeks and it's not a profitable business.  It's a charity for the NBA, good luck without that.

One of the aspiring players has already commented on this bigotry and discrimination.  The player might well be looking into legal options to fight the transphobes.  The public statement was generally entertaining in its babbling but if you take it seriously, it's indistinguishable from any other male who's decided to be female, so what's the problem?  This isn't a problem the league will solve just be deciding it can determine who someone's gender is.

I do think it'll go silent at this point.  Hopefully these two will sue so that means they'll have to go quiet.  This season's draft is probably close enough that nobody else will be able to step up and give it a shot so the league has a little leeway.  But they want this to end, hopefully as the winner but if it keeps going, they're going to lose.  So we'll see if this comes back next year but unless something surprising happens, I assume it's over for the time being.

Ontario Premier Threatens to Cut Electricity to U.S. — Trump Warns Consequences for Canada Will Be ‘Far Worse’
August 24, 2026

If I didn't have this blog, I'd probably be back on the circuit as a rodeo clown.

German Media TAZ Calls for Violence to Prevent AfD From Winning Elections
August 23, 2026

□ [“Rep Brandon Gill (R-TX) 'Absolutely a Legitimate Case That We Ought to Test These Autopen Pardons'”]

He specifically talking about Fauci as the most obvious example.  That's totally fair and I hope something is done about it but (a) I don't think there's much chance of success and (b) I don't think anything can be done about it.  Fauci's old, he'll be dead long before this is a relevant issue to him.  If we're lucky, the state governments will make him miserable but I just don't see a big chance of winning on that.

To me the issue is more about determining the policies of using the autopen.  I'm pretty sure Trump has used it meaning there's a legitimate question on when or how it should be an option for the POTUS.  It was used during Trump's 4-year vacation but that's a separate issue.  It must be looked into and is what they're talking about here with Fauci but we are talking about the POTUS using it.  I don't recall any mention of it during Obama's term and I'm not sure this would have been an issue earlier.

Having said that, there are already rules on doing this sort of signature, I dealt with that just from being a supply sergeant and seeing rule changes for my commander's signature, or dealing with teams on deployment.  I don't know what the rules are but they have clearly existed for a long time and a lot of thought has been put into this already.  At least as much thought would have gone into the POTUS using the autopen as the military so it's just a valid question of how unnamed White House staff got these signatures for Fauci and everyone else.  Did anybody know about it?

So I think this is a valid question that needs to be looked into.  I don't think the answers will be meaningful to the rest of us in any real sense but at least there should be a definite policy.  There are times when the POTUS can't sign by pen for whatever reason and autopen should be used but those occasions should be minimized and defined.  No idea how long it'll take to do that.  And yes, go after Fauci and the rest but don't expect any wins on that.

Sorry Dems, Puerto Ricans Don't Want to Become the 51st State
August 23, 2026

□ [“Hillary Clinton Reportedly Planning Bill’s Funeral as 80-Year-Old’s Health Concerns Mount"]

It's odd that this is coming out now.  Bill has been in bad health for a while but it's the sort of thing you'd expect them to stay silent about until it finally happens.  I guess there was a bit noise about Jimmy Carter before he died and he'd been mostly forgotten by then.  Bill is not in that category.  I expect he'll want a big funeral and probably wants a bunch of celebrities to visit before he dies, like Ozzy Osbourne did.

There's speculating that he's having his will redone and the beneficiaries will be a surprise.  With that much money, I'd think the laws would change often enough that the will has to change regularly anyway.  With DOGE and the Big Beautiful Bill cutting off a lot of options, there are probably reason to change who gets the money.  Taxes and regulations still apply to the Clinton Foundation (maybe) so they need to account for that.

Bill has been the center of a lot of conspiracies for the last thirty years so these must be getting close to an ending.  It seems unlikely that he built anything that will really survive beyond him.  The Clinton Foundation will probably exist at least long enough to support Hillary but Chelsea might need to sell it for scrap to maintain her lifestyle.  Beyond that, what has the family really brought to the world?

And just a note because I'm still surprised by this.  Many years ago I was shocked to learn that Jimmy Carter and George Bush Sr. had been born at close to the same time, October 1 and June 12, 1924 respectively.  It just never made sense that two POTUS would be so close in age.  But then I learned that Bush Jr. and Bill Clinton were born even closer in date, July 6 and August 19, 1946, then I learned Trump was born June 14.  Three two-term POTUS born within 66 days?

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□ [“Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) on the Takeover of the Democrat Party, 'This is Not Organic'”]

She is specifically aiming at China and cites Neville Roy Singham, a leftist billioniare who is clearly used as a tool to fund the left.  Just a brief look at his wikipedia page indicates that he's always pushed for globalism and has clearly always been used by China.  He became rich with a computer company in the late-80s-90s which seems to have made a lot of leftists rich.  He's fine as a target but if he weren't doing this, someone else would be.

He's been fine with a lot of leftist dictators and is rich enough that he was probably friends with them.  The way his wealth can be used probably helps demonstrate the use of NGOs and similar groups to funnel money around the world.  He's very opposed to the US support for Ukraine which does surprise me.  If he's a fan of China, he'd probably support Russia too but this does raise questions about how Ukraine launders money.  That was the only big thing that stuck out for me, otherwise he's totally leftists and has the wealth to back it up.

The Trump administration has been negotiating with China for a year+ now.  Not sure what they're talking about, probably a lot of things, but this might explain some of the decisions they've been making.  It does seem to be generally accepted now that China is the main enemy in this war, at least the 'big boss.'  It is strange how much of this is actually being handle at the bargaining table.

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□ [“Putin Says Kiev ‘Opened Pandora’s Box’ by Striking Russian ‌Economic Targets – Moscow To Hit Back At Ukraine’s ‘Most Sensitive Economic Sectors’"]

This war has really lost the script.  First of all, Ukraine has been hitting Russia with a lot of drones and presumably rockets or missiles.  Where did these all come from?  Who is supplying this?  It's not clear how much of this has been successful but even if it was, this is Russia.  You successfully hit a thousand places, they've still got fifty thousand more that are far out of range.

But this leads me to the second point, if these are such important targets in Kiev, why has Russia waited so long to strike?  You saying you could have hit them three years ago and the war would be over?  If not then they aren't that crucial to Ukraine.  Yes, there are stories about their grocery stores being empty.  That's bad and it would be nice if they surrender but Iran's in the same position and look how that's working out.

Ukraine is suffering other internsal struggles.  Zelensky's Deputy Chief of Staff is being busted for corruption.  The former Defense Minister is trying to get elections restarted so he can run against Zelensky who obviously has no incentive to allow that.  Obviously we don't know the facts on the ground but this does look like both sides are fine with the war being a regular thing, the new permanent.  If China really is behind all this, it makes me wonder if Trump negotiating with them has put both Ukraine and Russia without a clue what they're doing.  Even more than usual I mean.

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I don't understand why you think it doesn't make sense, what do you mean?

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□ [A.I. “Christopher Reeve’s Superman Meets Supergirl | The Meeting We Never Got"]

A.I. is slowly getting better at videos.  There's nothing flashy or interesting about the visuals but there's also nothing that stuck-out to me as a distraction.  The angles didn't suddenly change, the characters looked the same throughout.  The characters look right although their faces can seem a bit artificial at times.  The pacing is still too slow to be believable but it's slowly getting better, as is the characterization.  Clark offers to take Supergirl back to the Fortress, he adds "I should probably change" and she has a short startled laugh.  Just a brief second but it came across like people having a real conversation.

They're still very stiff so the rest of the chit-chat is slow and boring.  They mostly discuss events from the Supergirl movie and I'm very surprised to have recognized that.  I really don't remember the Helen Slater movie so I don't know how good this was but there is an immediate delight to seeing Christopher Reeve back in the costume.  There's little in the way of story or acting but despite that, it looks nice and probably gets some credits just because someone was able to make this.

I would like to know how much the real creator was involved in the design, the staging, the pacing, and how much was just telling the A.I. 'do this.'  It's not clear when these will be easier to make and how long it'll take to make them good but that will be the result sooner or later.  I can certainly see the appeal to doing these.  Soon people will be doing whatever they want with corporate IPs and there's no way to know how that's going to work out.  I'm definitely curious and I will probably wind up watching some that actually respect characters I used to care about.

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□ [“Florida Democrat Angie Nixon Now Desperately Trying to Distance Herself From the DSA"]

They needed to promote how leftist they were to the leftists who run the party to win the leftist primary votes, now they need to pretend they're not leftists to win actual votes.  By all rights there's no way that should work.  It's just one of those things where if they were smart enough to do that, they wouldn't be leftists.

But there is still massive reason to worry about voter fraud.  There's also the fact that they've been loading schools with leftist propaganda for generations and it's obviously worked out pretty well for them.  We've cut government funding and all the illegal immigrant votes.  I'm sure the Trump administration knows all the other scams that will be tried and will do what they can to prevent it but there's know way to know how effective that will be.

It would be nice to believe that sensible people will vote the right way.  The 2024 election went a long way towards letting us know that we really are the majority and there's no reason to think that's changed.  But that's one of the left's real abilities, making the individual see themselves as completely alone and outnumbered.  Social media and the internet doesn't help either.

Hopefully the left will be seriously defeated at the ballot box this November.  Even those who win will have a small majority and realize they're surrounded by a lot of people they hate.  We really can't stay together like this and the only way to change that is either if the left realizes what a bad situation they put themselves in or if we just wipe them out permanently.

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□ [“Starbucks Headquarters in Seattle Lays Off Hundreds as They Prepare to Send Jobs to Nashville"]

Strange how these people never give Trump any credit for promoting their socialism.  They couldn't be doing this without him.  And because he's such a tyrant, he's not even bothering to stop them.  All these rich leftists are thrilled to see big companies leave so they won't have to pay taxes or hire people.  They never realize this is why East Berlin had to build a wall, it wasn't to stop people from coming in.

I'm fine with these companies leaving, my worry is that the people in charge will bring their leftist values to red states.  We can see that with Hollywood as the big studios are getting ready to leave California.  These people are fine with hypocrisy and they certainly expect to keep their wealth so what is there to stop them?

There's also the worry about what A.I. is going to do to basic jobs.  That's going to hit the working class harder than most if robots are able to replace our jobs.  The economic system is going to be taking a huge hit no matter what and it's not clear what the results will be.  Another skill the left has is that their elites are good at surviving everything so unless they get purged by their own leaders, they'll still be pushing leftism no matter what.

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□ [“Trump’s Economic D-Day Threat on Iran Could Work if Coupled With Embargoes on Other Axis Nations"]

I'm sure there are plans for this but there's no way to know how well they're working.  We've heard almost nothing about Venezuela since the beginning of the year.  We're told China is having economic problems but there's no way to know that for sure.  Ditto Russia.  Iran is definitely having economic problems but it's the country where the rulers would be most likely to survive despite that.

Then there's Cuba which has hassled us longer than any of the others and has been a useful weapons for them to hit us with.  Reportedly their leaders have been surrendering economically so long as they get to stay in power.  As always, we don't know the real facts on the ground, this is just what I've heard.  I realized a day or so ago that Trump is effectively fighting BRICS himself and if he's not winning, he's at least doing a lot of damage to them.  South Africa is basically falling apart on its own and India seems to go with whoever they think will give them the best offer.

There is definitely a plan going on here.  If nothing else, just look at how Democrats in Congress have stayed almost totally silent about the war with Iran.  Their followers are ranting about how awful it is but those who get classified briefings know that there's more going on here.  That must be why they're pushing DSA but no clue who they really think that'll work for.

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Oh all right, let's get this over with...

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□ [“French Police Intercept Illegals on Inflatable Boat Trying to Cross the Channel Into the UK"]

They're just moving around as they choose.  It says there's been about a dozen recent incidents like this, the French usually just let them go anyway.  They usually avoid involvement because of the danger and risk to life.  Just shoot the boat!  These people won't be capable of swimming the channel so that will solve the problem.  For all these centuries, the French haven't been able to invade Britain but the people who conquered France are allowed to do that?  Although I guess I'm surprised they aren't just using the Channel Tunnel.

The French prime minister is at least talking about the problems they have, drug gangs who bribe, blackmail or intimidate public officials and police.  Not that they're going to do anything about it but at least he's admitting it.  The implication is that upcoming French elections will be hit by right-wing candidates that actually promise to do something about this.  It sounds nice but this is still France so, well...

Even worse, this is where each of us has our own internal struggles as we watch France and Europe deal with this.  I think very few people are willing to outright say 'they're done, it's over.'  But at some point that's going to happen, anything that is not infinite comes to an end.  As always, the government is doing everything it can to fight the people so that means siding with the invaders.  And face it, other than massacuring all the Muslims and their leftist supporters, what exactly can be done to turn this around?

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□ [“James Gunn’s DC Farewell Is Already Written, Per Insiders"]

That should be expected.  The take-over of Warner Bros. going on might be delayed but it will happen.  If it does't, the company is too broken and the collapse will happen anyway, so they need to get rid of their high-paid producers who bring them little besides failure.  Even if they said they'd wait for Gunn's contract to be done, I don't know if he could believe them.

It's still strange to see how much attention I've been giving to DC products which I have no interest in seeing.  I've heard youtube commentary but otherwise haven't seen a DC product since Dark Knight in 2008.  Even the comics characters I used to care about are almost as far away from my interests these days.  But they're still part of my life and are very helpful in illustrating this disaster.

The new Green Lantern tv show has just started.  Reportedly the first episode had good ratings but we also heard Supergirl had a good opening weekend.  Apparently the show is completely *woke* and even Supergirl didn't have that problem.  At this point I have to think half the audience at the opening is there to make videos about how horrible it is, or paid studio shills.

But this is what Gunn has been reduced to.  He was supposed to make a ton of movies and tv shows, very few of which have ever come out.  Or even gotten started.  I don't get why they're bothering to let him get through another Superman movie before his contract is up, it sounds like the sort of thing he'd deliberately mess up just to prove he can.  We'll see how long it take to get rid of him, a lot probably depends on the ratings for the rest of Green Lantern.

It will also depend on how many secrets he has on the other people in charge and I'm sure has a lot.  Look at how defensive everyone was for him after his tweets about raping children came out.  That will help him a lot but there are limits.  It took years for Disney to get rid of Kathleen Kennedy, I doubt Gunn has that much to fall back on or so many high-ranking people willing to protect him to save themselves.

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□ [“Jill Biden Entertains the Possibility That Joe Was Drugged Before 2024 Debate"]

She's not really considering it, she's asked about it and answers "who knows?"  In theory she's a doctor but that doesn't mean she knows anything.  She just expresses how worried she was by Joe's performance, then dragged him to a campaign event after the debate instead of getting him checked out.  'Til death do us part' might need a little help.

The elites have seperate version of "marriage" than normal people and that lines up with leftists who seem to oppose the basic concept.  Or at least they want to apply it to everyone.  One man/one woman is Wrong, anything else is perfect.  So far they haven't figured out a way around that but not for lack of trying.  This is why they can enjoy adultery and going through multiple marriages.  It's probably why so many high-ranking liberal women marry men who are obviously gay, like Nancy Pelosi.  This also lets them get incredibly wealthy.

Women are less likely to want to deal with the public scrutiny of fame and power but they like the benefits.  Recently I've been noticing how many of these politicians seem to be doing what their wives want rather than what actually supports the voters.  I've also assumed that's why last year's protest motto was 'no kings' instead of 'no royalty whatsoever.'  No, the queens intend to keep their place, they'll just sacrifice the men to do it.

Of course the queens have to fight it out amongst themselves.  Hillary Clinton, Tipper Gore, whoever John Kerry's married to these days, Michelle Obama, just to name a few.  You could make a case that they've run the show and sent their husbands out to promote the new liberal ideology, abortion, global warming, race, complaining about rich people while being very rich themselves.  There's a reason the queen is the most powerful figure on the chessboard.

But they need to work out who the real queen is, they just don't want the public to know the details.  So here we see Joe is done so Jill has nothing else to fall back on.  Hillary never gets asked why she was so close to Harvey Weinstein, he was just doing his job as her servant, much like her husband does.  And as elitist women, they're always more than a little interested in witches.  Conspiracies build on each other the more you look into it, meanwhile their husbands have to do the actual work and take the blame because that's what men are there for.

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□ [“DNC Chair Ken Martin Insists Democrats Are United, Pushes ‘Big Tent’ Talking Point"]

Right, those people who insist on getting rid of the senate are right there with people trying to elect senators.  The depressing part is that they really are on the same side.  They don't give any real thought to what they're saying, no consideration of how they contradict each other, and they'll switch beliefs when they're told to.  Just look at how many rich people support this party.

Everything about Martin comes off as being a puppet but just the fact that everyone agreed to install him in this position indicates some ability.  Specifically that he's able to work with anybody.  Not saying he has any real character but it's gotten him this far and he doesn't need to convince any voters.  Essentially he's just *there* but at least they can rely on that.

To an extent he's just doing what Joe Biden was supposed to do, be a place-holder until they get a new leader of the proper gender and skin color.  It'll probably work out for Martin about the same.  If they can steal enough elections this November, he'll be able to retire as a victor or be pushed out by the 'new wave.'  If the party doesn't win, of course he's done.  The fact that he's going with this 'big tent' rhetoric shows how weak his position is and how much illusion the whole party is running on.  Election fraud is the only hope they have, soon we'll find out if it's enough.

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