The voices in my head are thinking of going on vacation to my left thigh.

Italian Interior Ministry:  Foreign Nationals Linked to Half of Sexual-Violence Arrests Despite Being Only 9% of Population
November 24, 2025

□ [“Clinton Judge Dismisses Comey, Letitia James Cases – Rules US Attorney Was Illegally Appointed"]

An example of the problems we face in the legal system and I don't have a clue how to handle this.  In these two cases, the US Attorney hasn't had Senate approval yet so the judge just threw them out.  The suits can be re-filed but Comey's nearing the statute of limitations and neither one seems particularly relevant or obvious.  Comey and James have already come out to brag about getting away with their crimes.

One thing we don't consider is how deeply in the system these activist judges are.  And by extension everyone connected with them, and the fact that they're so centered around DC.  I'm pretty sure Trump is limited to where he can file court cases, at least in a professional sense, so any attempt he makes is surrounded by the 'deep state.'  Even worse, they don't even need to win, they just need to waste his time with pointless delays.

There are still some wins in the courtrooms but I just see an enormous problem and no way to solve it.  Unless they're all in Epstein's files or something like that.  In theory Trump and Congress could team up against the courts but there's no reason to think that would work out well and it would take a long time, unless the Supreme Court joins in on their side, which it won't.

Congress has to fight itself, the POTUS has to fight them and run the executive branch.  It's not clear what limits there are to the judiciary and whatever they are, few of us would really understand them.  I really hope Trump and his people have already worked out a plan here because I don't see any good options.

Christianity Today Hires Woke Black Female CEO Amid Continued Liberal Shift
November 24, 2025

□ [“Guns'n'Roses to Release New Songs 'Atlas' and 'Nothin'"]

Starting January 31, 2026, the release of Chinese Democracy will be closer to the release of the Use Your Illusions albums.  It's already been ten years since Slash and Duff agreed to be rehired as employees of the band, although they probably have extra rights that previous employees didn't get.  And this is all they have to show for it, along with tons of cash because the band actually started selling concert tickets when they came back.

This will make six tracks released since the reunion began, all of which were old songs from the early days of the Chinese Democracy sessions.  Slash and Duff recorded something over the pre-existing material, that's about all that's changed.  It's very unlikely that Axl recorded any new vocals.  All these tracks have already existed on bootlegs so the long-time fans have already heard them.  I'm pretty sure I've listened to all the new releases so far but I really don't know.  They aren't good, they aren't memorable and only "Hard Skool" [sic] even made me react 'that sounds like Guns'n'Roses!'

For reasons that surpasseth comprehension, Axl keeps renaming all these very-old tracks.  The two being released next week used to be called "Nothing" and "Atlas Shrugged."  I do assume he's spent the last few decades as either a cult leader or a cult follower.  Since he can no longer sing, his people are trying to figure out how to turn him into an existing IP without having to rely on what he's known for.  A month ago, it was announced that he would be starring in a comic book.  Listening to an interview with the guy who actually made the comic raises more questions than it answers.

It's clear that the guy never met Axl.  He said they had communicated on the phone or email, but didn't say how often these phone calls happened and there's no reason to think Axl had anything to do with sending emails.  Mostly it was Axl's people, the Brazilians he met as Stephanie Seymore's made and her son.  They've obviously been running the band for a long time.  And somehow they need to try to keep Axl popular since it's not like he'll do anything himself.

In the interview, the comics maker didn't have much to say about comics, he was more about how this would be used to expand the IP into movies, video games and the like.  Comics are basically a niche medium but they are very useful in underlining other mediums.  So now there's a comic about Axl the half-robot shooting people in "Paradise City."  Real imaginable.

To an extent, this is understandable.  Probably a lot of people trying to push stuff like this and comics are helpful.  The publishing company, Sumerian Comics, even mentions that most of their sales are from South America.  But there's a point where this just comes off as a hustle, trying to get some money from movie or video game companies who will do nothing with the property and then sell it again in several years.  I don't think that's going to last much longer as a business model.

But this comic is basically the equivalent of Chinese Democracy, a very short book - 106 pages - where the cheapest version is $40.  Looks like most of the expenses were the hard-covers.  No idea who this is supposed to appeal to and no reason to think it'll go anywhere, but that's what Axl has become after all these decades.

Over 30 years ago, he was talking about writing a book that would describe the band and be just as wild as the public image was, it would be out next year.  Over 20 years ago, he was talking about the trilogy of albums he'd be releasing soon, each one coming out as soon as Geffen got tired of promoting the previous one.  In one of the very few promotions he did for Chinese Democracy, he said the next album wouldn't take as long to come out.  He is not someone who actually does things.  He might give orders and criticism of what others do but that's about it.  At this point, I'm not even sure he does that much.  How different is he really from Joe Biden?

But nobody's going to care about these new tracks.  They'll probably be added to the list for their latest tour but that's about it.  They weren't even promoted, just mentioned several paragraphs in as the touring company announced when tickets would go on sale.  It's like they're deliberately doing things wrong and getting away with it because "it's so f*ckin easy."

Hakeem Jeffries Blames Trump for Extreme Weather
November 24, 2025

□ [“Senator Mark Kelly Faces Court-Martial After DoW Launches Review of Allegations of Misconduct"]

This is one of those things where I guess I support it but really don't see how this is a good idea.  He's one of those senators who babbled about 'disobeying illegal orders,' but he was a former Navy officer.  He can be recalled to duty and then court-martialed.  I'm fine with that part of it but he's the only one of the six leftists in that video who can be punished this way.  This is singling him out for no good reason.

These people will get a lot of support from others so that does qualify as "insurrection," that's something.  The media is already stepping in to support them.  Not sure the six of them would count as leaders although being in Congress, there are some rules for them.  This may be trying to push something, I just don't see many options.  Military judges might be useful but can the US really qualify as a place where they're needed for everybody?

And on a related note, today is, in theory, the first day that the left is going on strike.  They intend to keep it up for the rest of the month.  No showing up to work, no buying anything, none of that.  Arguably there were fewer people at the grocery story I went to this evening but with one day, it's not clear if that was the weather or just holiday week.  We'll see how this goes.

NYC Subway Rider Stabbed After Asking Attacker to Stop Talking Loudly on Cellphone
November 24, 2025

□ [“Chicago Teachers Union on Notice After Failing to Complete Financial Audits for Half a Decade"]

Safe to assume it's not just Chicago doing this and not just the teachers unions either.  This is one of the better tactics the Trump administration is using against these leftists-in-charge, checking out how they get all that money and what they do with it.  Chicago school officials were found to have spent $14.5 million in “excessive” travel expenses, money they got for fighting covid.  Probably not a coincidence.

But like so much else, there's no reason to think this will ever lead to any real punitive results.  About the only way that could happen is if the public actually reacts in the way they should, but what are the odds of that?  These government officials probably spent even more money on private security just so they won't be attacked for any of this.  And at least in Chicago, they probably have mob ties.

Maybe I'm just disappointed at the moment but I'm not seeing any real chance of victory here.  Maybe in the long term, if enough people get fed up with this, but that's essentially meaningless to us at the moment.  They'll just keep looting the money, hiding all the evidence, it'll take forever to prosecute them and even if they're found guilty, it's not like they'll ever have to repay the taxpayers.

UK Okays State Experiment With Puberty Blockers and Children
November 24, 2025