I scanned the blogs today oh boy

US Seizes Fleeing Sanctioned Tanker Marinera Despite the Presence of Russian Military Vessels and Submarine
January 7, 2026

□ [“Woman Fatally Shot by ICE in Minneapolis For Attempting to Run Over Agent Identified"]

All these months of waiting for someone to be shot must have been driving them nuts.  'Can't call them tyrants if they don't shot you, start attacking them more and more.'  Finally some stupid woman was willing to do that and got late-term aborted and immediately everybody was ready to scream on so-called outrage over the atrocity.  I saw the video, she's actively trying to kill someone and gets killed in response.

Tim Walz' comment stuck out the most to me, partially for its incoherence and partially because he must be thrilled to finally have attention on someone else.  For a day or two he'll be able to enjoy the Somali fraud in peace.  They're trying to start actual fights, now that they finally have an excuse.  They even find time to burn American flags because how else do you show whose side you're on?

I'm guessing the woman will be forgotten soon.  Someone else ran up immediately to self-identify as her wife, no way to know how accurate that is but it does suggest the sort of lunatics we have here.  Hopefully the police and NG will be able to protect themselves and attack others as needed.  The protestors are hoping they'll find more people willing to die for the cause.  Not sure how far this will really go, you don't really deserve to live if you're actively trying to drive over people you don't like.

Biden Admin. Owes Trump a $25 Million Bounty for Capturing Maduro
January 7, 2026

□ [“Mamdani Boasts Over ‘Briefing’ on Maduro, Then Admits He Doesn’t Have Federal Security Clearance"]

I've tried to avoid paying any attention to this, mostly out of disgust of what's happening to one of the greatest cities in history.  To the extent I've been following this, it does look increasingly like, not sure how to put it, college students who spend all their energy trying to pretend they're smart.  Someone made that comment about Mamdani's inauguration speech that this wasn't remotely for ordinary people, it was throwing in all the buzzwords that college students focus on.

We see that here as he rants about how horrible Trump is for capturing Maduro and everything that's wrong about that which he got from the briefing.  Then someone asked him if he actually had the clearance to get such a briefing and he had to admit he didn't.  But at least the lies served their purpose.

Someone else getting attention is his "Tenant Advocate," a 37-year old self-identifies-as-female who hates white people and private property, even though she's white and comes from a very expensive home in Nashville, owned by her mother.  A reporter asked her about that and all she could do was start crying and run away.  Is this not standard marxist behavior, inability to handle any straightforward questions, especially pointing out their own hypocrisy.  This is why they stay in rich people's neighborhoods and send out men-with-guns to impose their will.

The rest are all generic communists.  Mandami's inauguration also said "We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism."  These people don't even know what individuality is but they think they can erase it.  We can already see this is guaranteed to fail soon, it's just a question of when and how.  Other appointees support Muslim terrorists, the governor's office already wants to copy their 'free' childcare.  The disaster just keeps getting bigger.

House Votes to Advance Democrats’ Obamacare Subsidies – 9 Republicans Voted with Dems
January 7, 2026

□ [“Iranians Are Getting Stronger and Pushing Back Against the Iranian Regime"]

Of course there's no way to know if this is real, we can only hope it's true.  It's probably another reason the left has really really need to pull its stunt in Minneapolis today, trying to claim they have something in common with Iranian protestors.  The delusion never ends with these people.

With Iran, I'm sure we have special forces on the ground.  I'm also sure we have drones, I'm not sure if we have actual aircraft overhead.  I can't remember if we had actually taken control of the air after Trump's attack last summer.  If we did take over the sky and didn't give up after the attack, then we have the mullahs.  It's just a matter of how long it takes and how peacefully they can be overthrown.  If we don't have the air, well, I still assume we're doing what we can.  Hopefully that will be enough.

Gotta admit, I'm not really sure what will change if the mullahs flee.  The regime has been around long enough to at least *seem* permanent and Persia is just so foreign to our perceptions anyway.  Then there's the rest of their connections to the Muslim world.  Getting rid of the mullahs isn't going to fix everything no matter how happy we might be at first.

Incroyable!  French Court Punishes 10 for Insulting First Lady Brigitte Macron
January 7, 2026

□ [“Walz Says Minnesota is at 'War with Our Federal Government' After Fatal ICE-Involved Shooting"]

There are times where I could easily fanaticize someone in the room with him tired of listening to this gibberish.  Pull out your gun and point it at him, 'so what do you think should be done in this war?  We really going to shoot the enemy?'  It wouldn't work for Walz because he's surrounded by men-with-guns but with more-generic leftists who don't know any better and could only rely on each other for protection so they're screwed.  'I don't think you know what a war really is so here, let me show you.'

Clearly they're trying to get something started with this but it just doesn't seem thought threw very well.  They want to feel connected to Iranians fighting a real tyranny, they're glad they finally got ICE to shoot someone after all this time so maybe now they can get more people to run over federal agents.  And they'll try to use this to distract from Somalipop because that just keeps getting worse.

There's basic information coming out, 54% of Somalis are on food stamps, 73% on Medicaid and 81% on welfare after living in Minnesota for 10 years.  They've had no incentive to become competent workers like the actual Americans who have to pay for them.  Somalis and their supporters self-identify as being at war but they aren't going to like how this works out.  And who do they think will do the fighting for their side?

Somali Gangs Indicted for Child Sex Trafficking Rings in Three States – Kids as Young as 14
January 7, 2026

I worry that the cat is trying to overthrow me.

Transgender Plays With His Penis in California Planet Fitness Women's Restroom as Horrified Female Looks On
January 6, 2026

Craigslist Ad From a Minneapolis Daycare Center Seeks to Hire 20 Child Actors
January 5, 2026

□ [“Denmark Warns NATO Is Over If US Moves on Greenland"]

Just think, I didn't care in the slightest about Greenland and thought Trump's comments on Greenland were weird at best and disturbing at worst, but now I really really want Greenland.  Let's start conquering it immediately.  Now it is true that someone used autopen in 2023 or so to sign a treaty that the US can't just leave NATO but I'm guessing NATO can still leave the US so let's go with that.

It would be funny if that really was the reason Trump made those comments about Greenland, just to get kicked out.  I'm sure he's also seeing Greenland as a strategic asset.  There's also asking the EU how serious they're really going to be on this.  If you get to go without setting up your own militaries and the only price is giving up Greenland, maybe a lot of Europeans would go along with that.

Slightly more seriously, I don't know what Trump's main goal is with Greenland but I think he's making the point to other NATO members that we don't really need them with as little as they're providing to the partnership.  We can't officially pack up and leave just because Trump says so but there are many options to not doing everything we've done for decades.  I think the real point is to actually get Europe to stand up for itself against the invaders and the leftists but, failing that, we can at least charge them more for our protection.  Greenland's a convenient price, at least for the time being.

Newsom Defies Trump, Extends Migrant Trucker Licenses in Violation of Federal Immigration Law
January 6, 2026

□ [“Tim Walz Admits Guilt in Explosive Somali Fraud Scandal"]

I keep wondering if his behavior is, "hoax" may not be the right word but I can't think of a better one.  It's like when they promised to support Joe Biden but then he showed how brainless he really was so they had to ditch him, but they couldn't be outright hostile about it, "we want you out now!" because they still needed to pretend he was POTUS despite being so mentally incompetent that he could never be allowed to campaign again.  Something about the situation Walz is in now looks similar.  He needs to accept the blame but he can't actually leave for another year although he's certainly not going to do anything about the Somali fraud.

DHS is now knocking on doors for daycare centers in Minneapolis, citing how much federal money they've received and asking for evidence of what was done with that money.  Sounds like a good step to take with a lot of potential for finding all the connections these people have.  This is probably why Walz seems so defeated, I think he's effectively out of a job, at least for the time being.  Since he wasn't going to investigate these scams, the federal government used its authority to take over and do his job for him.

They'll certainly find evidence that he could have done something to prevent all this fraud, your mileage may vary on how much he knowingly profited off of looting the taxpayers.  But you'd think every state would now have enough incentive to start checking these frauds out before the federal government comes in to do the work for them.  If you oppose fraud, why are you so willing to support the fraudsters and oppose those who are exposing the fraud?

That is something where I'm ambivalent on how fast or slow it should go.  If we start exposing all the other fraud going on - and at this point most of us think every city and state is full of fraud like this - then it might be overwhelming just to find out about all of it.  But if we focus on the daycare center fraud then we could be missing a lot more of what's going on.  I don't have an answer for that, just wanted to make a note.

What’s He Got to Hide? — Eric Swalwell Blurs His ‘Mortgage Fraud’ DC Home Out on Google Maps
January 6, 2026

□ [“One Day After Maduro Capture, Reports Say Iran’s Supreme Leader Prepared to Flee to Moscow"]

I hope that's true.  Can't trust reports about the protests but anecdotally they do seem to be growing.  The government forces are trying to shoot the protestors but Trump has already said 'don't do that' and has proven that he's willing to carry out his threats.  Iran already saw that last summer.  Ayatollah Khamenei has to be worried that if he doesn't flee early, it'll be too late.

At a guess, I don't think Trump is as willing to kidnap or kill the Ayatollah, doing that would probably have caused more problems than it was worth.  There's something odd about Maduro, how the Trump administration is insisting he was not the head of government.  Not sure if that's a trick or something to do with the 'new world order' or what, but I doubt that would apply to Iran.  You want to defeat the mullahs, ok, but they've been the government for half-a-century whether you agree with it or not.

Because of A.I. we can't even trust the pix and vids at these protests.  Maybe they look a little more real than those leftists post to show support for Venezuela against Trump - these protesters are mostly white and rarely dressed like you'd expect for early-January - but even if they're real, it's still anecdotal.  And there's far too large a chance that these vids aren't real.  So now we're just waiting to see what comes of this for Iran.

Gotta admit, I'm a big giddy at the idea that Trump could get rid of Maduro and the mullahs by mid-January.  Suddenly facing a world without those dangers would be amazing, then there's all the worry our other enemies would have.  We could do this to them too.  And they'd have similar problems knowing what's really going on.  Those fighting for control of Venezuela suddenly announced that there was no fighting, everything was fine, just go about your business.  Do they really know what they're talking about?

Trump Announces Venezuela Will Give US 30-50 million Barrels of Oil to Sell at Market Price
January 6, 2026

□ [“Kathleen Kennedy is Out!  Can Star Wars Be Saved?"]

An exaggeration, she's not out yet.  There's not even a given date when she's leaving.  It was reported that she wanted one more movie that had a chance of being successful to make up for the lack of successful movies while she's been in charge.  Her Star Wars movies made less and less money and could even be huge bombs.  The tv shows were very expensive failures and just got ignored.

So she wants to try something else again.  Whether or not she does anything relevant, I doubt she'll be leaving the studio before this year's movie comes out, May 22.  No idea if it'll be successful but the odds seem to be against it.  Think of it from a normal person's perspective, what about this would require the Star Wars logo?  Just change a couple names and details, why wouldn't this be a space adventure to stand or fall on its own.

Another problem is that her replacements all come from Lucasfilm, just promoting her own followers.  That's not going to solve the problem but there's also the fact that nobody wants to come in to fix things.  Anybody with the ability to handle a giant messed-up corporation like Lucasfilm would be smart enough to stay the hell away from it.  Then there's Disney which is really in charge, making everything worse.  No one would be convinced to work there.

Star Wars has driven away its audience.  So has Marvel but they've been spending so much money on the next movie that even if it's successful, there's no way it can turn a profit.  I've never followed Pixar so I don't know what they're doing but these three franchises, along with Disney as a whole, just looks like an enormous mess.  It's like the only chance they have to get anywhere is to get rid of all their leadership and then, I dunno, wait several years for people to forget about this stuff.  I don't know what else they could do.

Congressional Dems Stage Candlelight Vigil for January 6 Anniversary While Never Condemning Left-Wing Riots and Political Violence
January 6, 2025

Don't tell me what TMI stands for, I don't want to know.

Leftwing Arsonist Leaves Berlin in the Cold and Dark in the Dead of Winter
January 5, 2026

□ [“Tim Walz Drops Out of Minnesota Governor’s Race Following Massive Somali Fraud Scandal"]

This isn't as big a deal as you might expect at first glance.  He's not leaving office, he's just not running for re-election.  He's voluntarily not going for a third term is less of a big deal when you put it like that.  Now it is true that he's only doing this because he might be asked questions about the Somali scandal and he's not going to answer any questions.

I'm assuming his problem is that he knows much more about the Somali scandal than he's admitting and since he did absolutely nothing to stop it, he couldn't possibly win an election now.  But unless he quits early, he still has over a year left in office so he can keep the money flowing.  Since he's not worried about being re-elected, nobody's going to stop him.  Not that anyone would try, they haven't so far.

Partially he's just a convenient sacrifice so Democrats look like they're doing something and partially because he probably knows a lot more of what's really going on so they need to ditch him immediately.  I still think that's what happened with Al Franken, it's not that his public actions were so horrible, it's that those who knew him also knew what those would lead to and needed to keep the public from seeing any of that.  I think that's the problem Walz is facing about how taxpayer money gets used.

HHS Ends Biden’s Massive Child Care Fraud Scheme Where States Pay Providers Without Verifying Attendance
January 5, 2026

□ [“UN Ambassador Mike Waltz Torches Security Council as Globalists Melt Down Over Maduro's Capture"]

The UN is only 10-11 miles from where Maduro is staying, why don't they just go visit him?  Might be that they don't have any authority outside the UN and it might be that Maduro knows too much about them.  Does he really have any reason to restrain himself at this point?  If he's going to be taken down, might as well take as many others with him as possible.

Somalia gets to have current leadership at the UN, that can't remotely be a coincidence.  BRICS is standing up to oppose this action of Maduro, as are their fellow leftists.  It's interesting that Waltz' point seems to be that Maduro wasn't a national leader, he was part of the narco-terrorist group Cartel de los Soles.  Is there a reason he can't be both?  Anyway, he also cites the last couple decades of UN reports on Venezuela pushing drugs and terrorism.

I'm guessing that one point to this is to make it clear to the UN that the US isn't going to put up with this anymore.  If they want to stay in NYC they have to be nicer to us and we're fine with them leaving NYC anyway.  I think the UN would cave in very quickly.  There's very few places they can go, even fewer that would be remotely decent and nothing else where they can have all the thrills of living here with none of the responsibility.  The US is the safest place to be if you want to fight the US.

Seattle’s New Communist Mayor Katie Wilson Orders Police to Stand Down on Open Drug Use
January 5, 2026

□ [“Coup D'état in Venezuela?  Heavy Gunfire in Caracas, Anti-Aircraft Artillery Firing Non-Stop – Armed Groups Moving Through the City, Clashing With Government"]

I expected this.  I was looking for an excuse to post that we hadn't heard about the Navy ships leaving.  That would be a real easy way to prove there's no actual war but they are going to be needed to see who else starts fighting.  It looks more like speculation than any real facts but that's understandable, this says that it's other high-ranking Venezuelans demanding their turn with full power.  But then they'll have to face others with the same demands.

Not sure our forces in the Caribbean have anything to work on but they'd need to keep a watch on what's going on.  But then Trump has also said that maybe they should go after Cuba or Colombia.  No way to know if he's serious or if that's just a threat he's pushing for whatever reason, at least at the moment.  In the long term, yes of course he intends to take them down.

And just look, with all the problems in Venezuela, Trump can point to all the danger Maduro would be in if our troops hadn't gone into rescue him.  He's actually helping to protect Maduro but nobody gives him credit for that.  Even better, this might all be a distraction from what's going on over in Iran.  This could be like a line of dominos knocking 

“More to Come” – HHS Deputy Secretary Hints at Somali UN Ambassador’s Ties to Ohio Health Agency Convicted of Medicaid Fraud
January 5, 2026

□ [“Trump Deploys 2,000 Federal Agents to Minneapolis for a Immigration Crackdown on Somalis"]

They're from Homeland Security, not the military.  That's about it for a big change, they're headed in to do... something over the next month.  I will admit, this does seem extremely appealing that events and organizations are finally being tied together.  And what's the left going to do, demand to shoot DHS agents?  I'm sure they'll think of it but they'll probably chicken out.

And 2000?  That's more than they sent National Guard troops to most-if-not-all cities.  I'm sure there were more than that involved in the attack on Venezuela but you'd have to count all the people on the ships.  I am very curious what they're going to be doing but I suspect we'll find out soon.  Going after the Somalis and their connections, city, state and federal?  The potential makes me giddy.  Bad potential, stop that!

□ [“Georgia State Democrat Lawmaker Charged with Defrauding Federal Government During Covid"]

Still more of these stories are coming out as well.  This one doesn't seem to be connected.  She filed for unemployment during Covid even though her business was still open and she'd been in the Georgia House since 2013  It looks like she left the House today.  No reason to think she had any deliberate connections with others doing this, more like an atmosphere of getting away with anything, but it's possible that's why they hide these connections.  That would be what Homeland Security is looking for.

They've got Somali-Americans, they've got money laundering across the border, they've got the Somali head of the UN Security Council for more across-the-border shenanigans, the last year of investigation to see where all this is going.  It's not remotely going to be limited to Somalis.

Harvard Refuses to Admit White Men – Only Exception is if the White Man Is Gay or Transgender
January 5, 2026

I wouldn't mind the cat sitting on me as I write this so much if he at least helped fix the typos.

UK and France Fighter Jets Strike Underground ISIS Weapons Cache in Syria
January 4, 2026

□ [“92-Year-Old Clinton Judge Who Blocked Venezuelan Gang Deportations to Preside Over Maduro Case"]

I think a number of lines are being put together here, this judge has ruled against Trump several times.  I had to look up where Maduro was being stored - Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn - and if that was where Jeffrey Epstein died.  No, he died in Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, a whole five miles away.  Guess there's no connection there.

 But the SDNY is clearly biased against Trump and has been linked to a lot of the problems we've seen in the last several years.  There's an obvious question, why did they send Maduro here?  I think (hope) that he's connected to these people and that will be exposed.  New York City and state must have a lot of people worried about this now.

Of course the left is trying to insist it was evil to get rid of a tyrant and free Venezuelans from tyranny.  Apparently Maduro was totally safe, wouldn't hurt a fly.  They don't explain why the Biden administration issued a $25 million bounty for Maduro’s arrest, was this just a fake stunt to hide what they were really doing?  Of course not, it's Democrats, so it gets forgotten immediately.

□ [“Reports Suggest New Venezuela’s Interim President Negotiated Maduro's Removal With the US"]

Someone definitely turned on him, I'm sure the Special Forces didn't sneak/fight every step of the way to find him.  My guess it was either his guards - who came from Cuba - or some of his underlings, which might include this new chick-in-charge.  But the negotiations were supposedly in the United Arab Emirates.  Hunh?  That's one of those things that seems so unrealistic that it might well have happened that way just because we'd never suspect it.  But the UAE's connection shows even more lines that are being tied together here.

Scott Adams Says He Is ‘Converting to Christianity’ After Friends Witnessed to Him
January 4, 2026

□ [“Cuban Dictator Miguel Díaz-Canel Vows Cubans Will 'Give Our Blood' and Make the U.S. 'Pay a Very Heavy Price'"]

I've never known what Cuba and Venezuela's actual relationship was although obviously Cuba has been pumping out communist propaganda for decades.  I think it's that they're the ones supported by Venezuela, which they needed after the Soviet Union fell but I might be wrong about that.  Anyway, they are connected and Cuba must be very worried that they're next.  SoS Marco Rubio has said as much although he specifically stayed out of details precisely to avoid leaking anything.

Democrats in Congress are complaining that they weren't informed about this strike and it's clear why, they'd have leaked it if they could.  So would the 'deep state.'  I've been going through my coverage over the last year and noticing that Trump seemed to fire a lot of people he had just hired, so I keep wondering how many of those were also leakers.  However it worked, people with any common sense are impressed by how this mission was pulled off with nobody knowing until after it was over.

Democrats are yammering about the 'war powers act' all to avoid having to think about what connections might be revealed to them.  Cartels bringing in money and transferring it, Somalis also transferring money, a lot of Democrat politicians getting campaign donations.  Even a lot of judges are connected to this, such as those in SDNY which is where Maduro will be tried.  I'm probably just being overly-hopeful but it would be awesome if all of these lines were connected here to be exposed to the world.

ICE Agent Blasts ‘God Bless the USA’ from Car in Minneapolis, Triggers Epic Leftist Meltdown
January 4, 2026

□ [“‘Tyrannical War Criminal’ Bluesky Leftists Go Ballistic Over Trump and Maduro"]

If you've been paying any attention - and I can't blame you if you haven't - the left just keeps getting more and more batsh*t over everything.  A war has to last longer than a movie for there to be any crimes committed.  Obama put out a bounty for Maduro's arrest, Biden increased the bounty, Trump 2.0 carried it out, that's not a war.  But these people refuse to see that.

Of course they're posting vids of protests, reportedly around the world although most of them are officially in the US.  Lots of pre-printed signs that must have been ready to go.  Almost nobody wearing coats or jackets in early-January protests.  At least some A.I. is easy to spot the lack of reality.  Without that, we're left wondering why these people have nothing else to do in their lives.  It's like with Iran just a few months ago, there was no war so what are you protesting?

The leaders of Russia, China, Iran and more are also protesting the US raid on Venezuela.  It's one thing if you really are on the same side as Putin, Zi and the mullahs, but if you've spent last few years insisting you oppose them, you should be asking why you suddenly agree with them when it comes to [checks notes] getting rid of a dictator and giving a nation a chance for freedom.  Even Hamas has spoken out, they're opposed to just grabbing someone from another country and taking them prisoner.  Um...

No idea if it'll work out, I'll assume without bothering to check the US record in Central or South America isn't great, but at least it's yet-another chance.

Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan Resigns After Felony Conviction for Helping Illegal Alien Evade ICE
January 4, 2026

Eric Swalwell Vows to Arrest ICE Agents if Elected California Governor – “You Have to Go on Offense”
January 2, 2026

Niger Responds Harshly, Bans American Visas Following U.S. Restrictions in a New Phase of Global Tensions
December 30, 2025

□ [“Minnesota AG Keith Ellison's Son Collects Six-Figure City Salary Despite Being In Massachusetts"]

He's at Harvard on a fellowship but gets paid lots of taxpayer money by Minneapolis for some reason.  Just because there's a lot of attention suddenly given to Venezuela doesn't mean we've forgotten about all the taxpayer money being funneled out by leftists and their family members.  You can make the point that this is a distraction but which is the distraction, Venezuela or the money laundering, and which is really important?  And we still haven't gotten to the Epstein files yet, jus' saying is all.

I suspect that each of these things functions as a distraction from the other.  The money laundering might be the single biggest piece of the puzzle - the biggest piece of the puzzle so far! - and I would think that the Trump administration is trying to get through everything they can with the time they have.  The left can't protect Somalis if they're focused on restoring the Venezuelan dictator, priorities!  As we see with Ellison's son, they can't protect their own family members either.

That's why I think this will have the biggest effect because it will expose so many of our self-appointed leftist masters.  Every city and state can have people whose job is to launder taxpayer money and pass it along to their children.  Because what is leftism about if not making your blood relations rich from money they did nothing to earn?

But I still don't get what can be done about them.  This just includes tens of millions of people, it's not like we can jail or execute them all.  Then there's all the ways they can add even more people, my military paycheck bounced around for countless reasons, adding this money for this reason, subtracting that money for that reason, none of which I remotely understood and very quickly gave up on trying to follow.  Wouldn't be hard to include me or many others in moving the money around even though it has nothing to do with us?  That's why it's so hard to comprehend how deeply this goes and it's everywhere!

California-Based Indian Illegal Alien Truckers Caught With $7 Million in Cocaine At Indiana Traffic Stop
January 4, 2026

"Mr. Satan, there's a Mr. Maduro on line 3. He's asking for another favor." "Put him on hold, I'm still trying to figure out that new Sudoku puzzle the Orange Man sent me. Darn it, these things are so fascinating!"

Gov. Kathy Hochul Orders World Trade Center Replacement Building and Other New York Landmarks Lit in Green to ‘Celebrate’ Muslim American Heritage Month
January 3, 2026

□ [“Huge Explosions Heard Across Caracas, Venezuela – UPDATE: US Attack Is Underway"]

This is what we woke up to this morning.  Well, the news, we didn't have the explosions.  Special Forces was doing their thing.  I've heard Delta Force or Green Berets, nobody has mentioned Rangers.  Probably some or all, 7th Group handles South America.  Four sites in Venezuela were targeted, I'm not if they were hitting the military, other defenses or if they just weren't sure where Maduro was.  Might have been about just causing chaos.

But they grabbed Maduro and got out, he is now waiting to go to court on Monday at the Southern District of New York.  Um, I have a question.  Why SDNY?  It's not entirely clear why they're going about it this way, why not a military court?  My current theory is that the 'new world order' sees him as a leader of a country and have never bothered to make it official, so all he really does is oversee the cartels.  Narcoterrorism is what he's being charged with.  My other theory is that he has a lot of connections at SDNY and they will be exposed by this.

It's rumored that Maduro is spilling his guts, saying Colombia is the one that actually handles all the cocaine.  Trump has already spoken up that Colombia's leader had better 'watch his ass.'  And that includes others.  Any other enemy of the US has to be scared by this, seeing how quickly and easily the Trump administration handled this attack.  Colombia has already run to the UN Security Council, backed by Russia and China, but what are they really going to do?  As the old saying goes, it's better to offer apologies than to ask permission.  Don't know where this will go but it's a very big win for Trump to start this year off.

French Police Arrest British Citizens Slashing Illegal Migrants’ Rubber Boats To Keep Them From Crossing the Channel
January 3, 2026

U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Venezuelan and Iranian Companies Over Combat Drone Network Linked to the Maduro Regime
January 2, 2026

□ [“Trump Strikes Hugo Chavez’s Mausoleum as Venezuela’s Socialist Legacy Goes Up in Flames"]

It's been a while since I've had a reason to go 'bwah-hah-hah.'  This more than qualifies.  Now there is dealing with Venezuela itself, as well as the second- and third-order affects.  Maduro's sidekick, Diosdado Cabello, has made an appearance now that the planes are finally gone but he couldn't really say anything.  If it's anything like most dictatorships, Maduro didn't really have a line of succession so nobody knows who's in charge now, which means several people will claim they're in charge.  Trump has already endorsed the chick who kept him from getting a Nobel Peace Prize, we'll see if that goes anywhere.

Trump has also said we'll be running the country to help it recover.  We've done this many times south-of-the-border and it rarely works out well but he won so he gets this chance.  He also says we'll be handling the oil.  Guess we can expect prices to get even lower.  We'll also see how others are going to react.

One thing that's been mentioned is that just in the last day or so, China had promised Maduro they'd support him totally.  To me that doesn't sound like they've been startled by the attack, it sounds like the Chinese version of negotiation where they're telling Maduro to get his will ready.  I've been saying for the last few months he should grab whatever cash and jewels he can and run but he didn't listen to me.  And now he's paying for it.

NYPD Found Box of Abandoned Police Uniforms Just Days Before Mamdani Was Sworn In
January 3, 2026

□ [“Venezuelans Worldwide Erupt in Celebration While Left-Wing Democrats Rage"]

Anecdotal but believable.  It's not like they're all going to be crying that Maduro is gone.  We've also heard that Cubans are celebrating, probably because the two leftist nations are so connected for so long.  Maduro had been in charge since Obama's second term and the two did meet.  A lot of people want to know what connections these two had built up.

Few Democrats have made any public comments on this, as far as I know.  Leaving aside their own connections to Venezuela, most of them have been around long enough to remember when they celebrated Obama bombing Libya for seven months without ever bothering to get permission from Congress.  The left is now complaining Trump didn't do that but those in charge know it's on record.  It's not like Hillary Clinton called out "we came, we saw, we sent him to New York for a trial" about Gaddafi.  We'll have to see if Trump immediately sends in US ambassadors and then goes to sleep while they get killed, but he's got a precedent for that too.

But the leftist trolls are also struggling, trying to say they opposed Maduro, despite never doing anything about him in all these years.  A.I. is already generating protests of mostly-white crowds with manufactured sounds going through the clean city streets on a warm day as you expect in early-January.  Not sure who's going to believe that but I am sure they already vote Democrat.

One problem Trump will face is the question of Venezuelan immigrants.  They've now got a reason to go home, will that work out?  I would guess no, but maybe I'll be wrong.  But then what about the criminal immigrants, they aren't going to want to leave.  Maybe they'll stand out like the Somalis and can be targeted that way.  I'm just spitballing, good news for the day will do that.

Court-Packing by Another Name? — Democrats Push 18-Year Term Limits on the Supreme Court Instead of Fixing Congress
January 3, 2026

□ [“San Francisco Mayor Signs Reparations Bill, Admits There’s No Money to Pay Them"]

Well then seize Nancy Pelosi's money, she's old and sick, she doesn't need hundreds of millions of dollars anymore.  That would go a long way towards paying off the [looks] $5 million for each black person in San Francisco.  Well maybe not.  You seize every penny Nancy has and that's less than a hundred blacks that you'd actually keep your promises to.  It's not going to work.

The mayor knows them better than I do, are blacks really stupid enough to fall for this?  The city is already massively in debt but blacks will just line up and wait for this promise of huge amounts of money sometime in the unforeseeable future?  It's like the only way they'd believe this is if they really are inferior to Democrat leaders.  They're already getting welfare and SNAP benefits to stay where they are just like the house... servants did in the old days, might as well pretend they'll get more.

Or maybe the point is to get blacks so mad at the government that they'll overthrow it, so the leftists in charge won't have to pretend they care about democracy anymore.  And they'll stay in charge.  And they still won't have to pay.  After all, if you're paid $5 million for self-identifying as black, a lot more people will pretend they have a different skin color.  Kamala Harris would pay some of her campaign debt.  So when you finally get around to following your own laws, there's a question of how you'll handle all the fraud.

Portland Rolls Out PAID “Immigration Leave” — City Workers Get 40 Hours Off for Deportation Hearings While Taxpayers Foot the Bill, No Questions Asked
January 3, 2026

This is not the new year you're looking for. Move along.

New Hampshire Governor “Sanctuary Cities are Officially Banned”; Anti-Sanctuary City Laws Started Jan 1
January 2, 2026

□ [“Tommy Lee Jones’ Daughter Found Dead at Swanky San Francisco Hotel, Age 34"]

Another sudden death from someone related to a celebrity.  I misremembered the name, I thought we were talking about the Mötley Crüe drummer, which would be a bit more suspicious.  For Jones, I did like him as Two-Face in whichever Bat-movie it was and I've seen JFK once and remember nothing, that's all I know of his career.  Once again, another sudden death like this makes me suspicious.  Wouldn't she have a life, a job, her own family by this point, what was she doing in a hotel?  She'd have to be involved in *something* and no reason is given for her death.  Covid vaccine?

□ [“Will Smith Sued for Sexual Harassment by Male Violinist Subjected to Grooming, Threats, Retaliation"]

Will Smith is having his own career problems and it sounds like it's all based on his wife who resembles a demon.  He was fairly young when he became famous and I've long-suspected that Hollywood grooms these people.  Not sure heterosexuality is even legal there anymore, actors have always had that sort of reputation and being rich and famous means he doesn't hear 'no' very often on this.  Showing how far I am from watching movies, I was writing the previous sentence when I suddenly realized 'weren't Smith and Jones in the same movie?' and I probably would have missed that if I hadn't just looked up Jones' filmography.  But to restore his career, Smith has gotten back into music and is at least considering another Men in Black movie.

I've never seen Men in Black but it was a central point into building a lot of the modern movie industry.  It made a difference because Smith was considered as lead because it had nothing to do with being black, he was a popular marketable actor.  Since then, they've realized they can't do that again so we got the race-bating trend they're still pushing onto the public.

It was also a seed that built the MCU.  The IP started as a comic, published by Aircel.  The Canadian company then merged with Malibu Comics, based near Los Angeles.  They had a number of known creators and when Marvel artists quit to form Image, Malibu oversaw the new company for a time.  But Image became independent and Malibu started going down, only to be purchased by Marvel who needed access to a then-modern computer coloring system.  So now Marvel had acquired a bunch of new IPs to push to Hollywood that weren't just men-in-tights.  Men in Black became their first hit movie so they were able to move on to the Blade movie, also a success which led to companies looking into other characters, Spider-Man and X-Men.  A few more hit movies and they were ready to start the MCU with Iron Man.  I don't know how this is relevant to what Jones and Smith are doing now but it's clearly in the background as source material.

I was going to say something about another Bat-movie star George Clooney and his current online spat with Trump but neither of them really say anything interesting.  It's more a question of why they have anything to do with each other.  Definitely an example of this being a 'fake' Donald Trump, he really does have better things to do, yet here he is anyway.

Over 1,000 Cars Burned in France in New Years’ Eve; ‘Fireworks War’ Between Migrants and Police
January 2, 2026

□ [“Trump Vows to Assist Peaceful Iranian Protesters if Regime Shoots Them in Current Upr
I like but this is a very big gamble.  It's not clear what Trump can actually do if the Mullahs start wiping out the protestors.  That said, they don't know what he can do either but they do know he can hit them very hard.  He's not deploying the 101st to occupy Tehran so what else is there?

Haven't found any reliable list of how far the protests had spread but they are spreading and pictures show that a lot of citizens have had enough.  They're chanting “down with Khamenei” and even for the return of the king [shah.]  That's probably why leftist media is trying to ignore it, can't support 'no kings' rallies and side with people who want their king back.  Besides, these protesters face actual risks, not like those who go up against Trump.

For the time being, I'll ignore that Trump is doing what Obama could have done back in 2009 but was too much of an Iran supporter to say anything.  Even Congress had spoken out against the mullahs before Obama voted 'present.'  Well, maybe I won't ignore it, this is what Obama should have done.  These people have lived under tyranny for half a century and now there's an actual chance to help them be free.  Don't know if it'll work but Trump is trying to Make Persia Great Again and he has to do that while facing Iran's allies in BRICS.

So as I said, this looks like a complete gamble but I support that he's doing it.  We're still surrounding Venezuela, don't know what progress has been made there but it's definitely an ally of Iran.  I don't think Trump will be sending in the troops but if he can knock off two regimes without a real war, that will be the most awesome thing since sliced bread and you know how kick-ass that was.

China Rehearses Taiwan Blockade in Largest Military Exercises to Date
January 2, 2026

□ [“Minnesota Department of Human Services Used DEI Hiring Policies at Fraud Oversight Offices"]

The only thing leftism can build is more corruption and degradation on itself.  This is where the trope comes from about how 'no one's ever really tried communism yet.'  Because they fail themselves before they ever get that far.  You hire people who can't do this job to oversee others.  They were chosen for skin color so that's the standard they're going to use, no need to have any competence.  And you're "racist" if you disagree.

As the investigations continue to spread out, we've already found the same thing happening from native Somalians, not just those who transferred to New Somalia.  Somalia's UN ambassador used to work for Ohio's Medicaid and then formed a healthcare company which was banned as a fraud for healthcare services.  Also in Ohio, Somalia's Foreign Affairs Minister runs a healthcare company.  Also located at the exact same address is a company that handles money transfers to the Middle East and has been known to support al Qaida.  You think there's any connection there?  A Somali NGO got a Maine government contract to register immigrants to vote and has since been caught on fraud.

More companies are being found and Nick Shirley says he has more video to release.  Not sure what the delay is but he's shown how worthless the media is.  The Washington Attorney General is trying to find a way to defend Somalis against those pesky civilian reporters, telling them to call the 'hate crime' authority if they're asked questions about their lack of childcare services.  This just isn't going to work very well for them.  They have no way to defend it but they can't start acting like massive taxpayer fraud is some sort of crime.  All they're doing is bribing tribes to vote for them using other people's money.

California Defies Federal Deadline, Postpones Revocation of 17,000 Commercial Truck Licenses for Immigrants
January 2, 2026

Russia Ratifies Military Support for China:  Aggression Against Beijing is a Direct Threat to Global Security
December 30, 2025

Kash Patel Announces Permanent Shutdown of J. Edgar Hoover FBI Headquarters
December 27, 2025

Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food or bathrooms
January 1, 2026

□ [“Trump Issues the First Vetoes of His Second Term"]

Nothing dramatic, which may say more about how little Congress has done for the last year.  One is to expand the land for a tribe in Florida - why? - and the other is about building a conduit to send Arkansas River water to Colorado, based on a bill JFK signed in 1962 which has just spent taxpayer money since then.  Gee, wonder why he vetoed that?

This just seems a bit weird as the old year ends and the new year begins.  Why is this relevant at all, of anything Congress could be doing, this is it?  And just the novelty of Trump vetoing anything.  He probably vetoed other stuff in his career but he always struck me as the sort of POTUS who goes along with the bills Congress actually passes.  Maybe it's typical when the year changes and we just don't bother keeping track of that.

I don't know what Congress expects to do this year.  Democrats are probably already planning their victory parties which shows how far off the rails they are.  We don't know how many Republicans are actually part of the Uniparty so they'll keep that hidden.  Without that, what do they actually do for a paycheck?

Another Self-Driving Car Goes Rogue in California:  Taxi Drives Passenger Into Active L.A. Fire Scene
January 2, 2026

I'm not going into this year until you tell me what, exactly, is "new" about it. Not one of those wussy 'oh, things'll change soon...' I expect a list of upgrades by midnight or I'm staying in 2025.

Minneapolis Police Chief Apologizes to Somalis After They Were Caught in Multi-Billion Dollar Scam
January 1, 2026

□ [“Gavin Newsom Has Unhinged TDS Meltdown in ‘All-Caps’ New Year’s Post"]

He doesn't come across as very coherent.  Now maybe he's doing some sort of chemical which interferes with that or maybe he's usually reading someone else's script when speaking in public.  At least I hope it's him writing this, I'd hate to think that someone has to get paid to come up with this stuff.  He starts off with (I will take it out of all-caps) "Happy New Year to everyone, especially the deeply disturbed losers suffering from extreme Newsom Derangement Syndrome ('NDS.')"  He can't even make up something original, he has to steal this from Trump supporters.  The actual post is all one paragraph, all in caps which just doesn't look good outside a comic book.

He's totally on the offensive, and not just by insulting anyone who doesn't agree with him.  He doesn't mention how the rebuilding from the fires a year ago is coming, or any progress on the high-speed train he's building.  Or where all the money went for those endeavors.  Because if you had to guess, who do you think has wasted more taxpayer money on fraud, Minnesota or California?  Me too.

He's trying to set up for a presidential run in three years so he desperately needs to ignore this stuff.  I've been going through my coverage of 2025 and have noticed that the Trump 2.0 administration had started finding this stuff very early on.  If Newsom is any example, Democrats in the mid-terms and the next presidential campaign are going to need to promise to keep everyone ignorant on these scams.  That's guaranteed to fail but it's their only option.  This article even cites some of the fraud that's been found in California and except for those already rich and powerful, even Democrats aren't going to put up with people stealing their money and lying about to stay in power.

New Year’s Eve Explosion and Fire in Luxury Swiss Resort Kills Dozens – Hospitals Overwhelmed With Victims
January 1, 2026

□ [“German Streamer Tries To Prove That Women in Cologne are Safe on New Year’s Eve – is Repeatedly Attacked on Camera"]

This is why women in Muslim communities are not allowed to go outside unless a man is there to watch over them.  You disobeyed that rule so you deserve what happens.  This is what you wanted, you got it, dressed like a whore.  You need to learn the rules in Cologne.

Like everyplace else, western Europe is probably ready to explode that their elites have let things come to this.  We may even expect some exposure of the taxpayer fraud to happen within a week or month, as we see from Somalis in Minnesota.  At this point I don't really know if that will get anything started, given how long they've let the invaders rule Europe, but maybe *this time* it'll be different.

It's strange how leftists like this female are so willing to go along with this oppression.  It's what they claim to oppose yet they're fine when it happens in this manner.  I'm not even sure it's specifically about being female, leftist or both, it just seems to be some bizarre mindset that always wants to make things worse and uses their own ideology to impose what they claim to oppose.  Maybe it has to do with priorities, opposing rape is one thing but being called "racist" is much worse?

Tim Walz’s 20-Week Paid Leave Program Now in Effect — Open to Illegals and Non-Citizens
January 1, 2026

□ [“Two Women React Strangely When They Mention 'Fraud' at Minnesota Rally"]

Now we get to watch how the left tries to figure out what to do with this mess they've created for themselves.  The first female was non-white and dressed as a Muslim.  I don't know if she literally went off-script but she said the word "fraud" and that's when she stopped.  My impression is that she had been told not to say that word even though it's a very obvious word to use in this situation.  She'd broken the rules that *someone* had given her so she had to stop immediately.

The second woman was white and had a similar problem.  She had started saying that fraud was bad and said "there is fraud" before she had to stop.  She knows it's going on but is supposed to ignore that entirely.  And that's where the problem is.  She can't say it's just the fraud that's been exposed and she knows nothing of anything else going on because then she'd be asked why she's so sure that nothing else is happening and why this shouldn't be checked out.  But if that's not what she means, what "fraud" is she referring to?  Whichever way she goes, she loses so she had to quit.  But first she had to give a few lines to blame those in charge, who made these decisions to waste taxpayer money.

Which is a relevant point.  Someone in authority had to decide that these fraudsters would or wouldn't get taxpayer money.  They'll just keep doing that unless they're exposed and punished.  And that points to all the Democrats who've been in charge for years, what are you doing about them besides always voting for them?

Next they're going to run into a problem of hiding behind children.  And not just because abortion would have solved this problem, how many Somali women are really getting any abortions?  It's why all the funding has to be stopped to determine who's doing what here.  The sooner you get started on that, the sooner you can fix the problem and provide actual childcare, but not until then.

We already know this isn't limited to Somalis or Minnesota, not by a long shot.  What we're starting to see is that this is a fundamental technique Democrats use to gain and maintain power all around the country, if not the world.  How much money and how many years did they spend on this?  They're going to need a big weapons to distract people if they hope to survive.

A Black Bear Has Lived in a California House Basement for a Month – Homeowner Sues State for not Removing It
January 1, 2026

□ [“Trump Orders National Guard Withdrawal from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland"]

Almost like it was planned to end at the end of the year.  He does make a point of adding that they'll be back if crime returns.  Might just be a generic threat or they might know when and how they're going to do it.  A lot of criminals had to go-without while the troops were there and they'll need to reclaim their turf.  And what are the mayors going to do about that?

The troops will probably get combat patches or whatever equivalent the National Guard has.  Hopefully there will also be a difference made in how the judicial system is handled.  Not just with how the NG handled this in the field but also the Supreme Court demanding the withdrawal.  That might be a subtle legal issue, not that important to the rest of us, or it might go deeper.

It's also going to create another problem for the left, if Trump is such a tyrant then why is he obeying the court order and withdrawing his men-with-guns?  Well they'll probably just ignore that and treat it like a serious victory, they were directly involved in defeating Trump on the streets of Chicago or Portland.  That sounds ludicrous but look who we're talking about.

New Year’s Eve Massacre on Christian Community in Nigeria
January 1, 2026

No one has nominated Sydney Sweeney as 2025 Woman of the Year, which shows just how bad a year this was.

California Black Teens Brawl Ends Up With One Teen Killed and Four Others Wounded
December 31, 2025

□ [“Somali Daycare Manager Claims Burglars Broke Into Facility, Stole All 'Important Documents'"]

But *only* the important documents, regarding the employees and the children they're supposedly giving care to.  Didn't want anything else, how strange is that?

The House Committee on Oversight has subpoenaed Walz to testify to them next week.  Ordinarily this could be encouraging but here hasn't been any reason to think Congress will do anything about this.  Walz might just follow the Clinton's example and ignore Congress.  What would they do about it?

The left has finally figured out a defense, it's "racist" to expose Somali fraud of taxpayers.  They don't even notice that they're the ones focusing on skin color.  Most people would be fine with getting rid of anyone who does this.  But as you might expect, crying about "racism" isn't not enough for the left.

□ [“Politico Reporter Josh Gerstein Incites Violence Against Federal Agents Amid Minnesota Fraud Scandal"]

“At some point, the amateur effort to knock on doors of home daycares intersects with robust stand-your-ground laws.”

The 'stand your ground' laws is about fighting against an actual threat.  Knocking on the door at a public business is not a threat.  The headline is incorrect, it's not ICE he was referring to but the citizen journalist who exposed these Somali frauds by knocking on the door at their daycare services.  So really, he's advocating murder of anyone who knocks on your door and says you'll get away with it.  Or you would if Minnesota had 'stand your ground' laws, which they don't.  So really he's advocating murder just because, although Somalis might still get away with it.

More investigations are continuing, into the food and drugs provided to these daycare centers and other Somali businesses.  They probably get the first look but I would assume it's not limited to Somalis.  And the media still hasn't figured out how to cover this.  They're stuck, if they even tried to report on what's so "racist" about these crimes being exposed, they'd need to detail the crimes and might actually give their viewers some real information.  That would be bad.  They're deliberately not investigating and exposing these crimes and I'm curious what government rules there are to be counted as "news" that lets them ignore a big story like this.

□ [“RINO Ohio Governor's Office Dismisses Daycare Fraud Allegations as ‘Cost of Doing Business’"]

“If people are out there who could not contemplate that people were trying to defraud the public through day care centers, I understand it’s new to them but it’s been known to the state for decades.  So therefore, we have robust anti-fraud measures to try and stop this, this is something that is unfortunately the cost of doing business.”

This is how they'll ignore it.  Defrauding the taxpayer is the cost of doing business.  So calling you "racist" is still an option but this will be their main tactic for the time being.  The uniparty knows they can get away with this.  And we're still at the beginnings of what will be exposed.

I keep saying the Trump administration actually has a plan and I think that's why this is coming out now as the years changed.  The left has been deluding itself into thinking the mid-terms are an easy win - even easier than 2024 - but now they'll have to spend the year answering for all this.  Their most experienced and popular politicians are deep into this, they'll be challenged in primaries and then will have to face actual voters.  They could be trying to expose the fraud now and they aren't even trying.  That's the "cost of doing business."

Zohran Mamdani to Take Midnight Oath Using Quran in Abandoned Subway Station — AG Letitia James to Administer Ceremony
December 31, 2025

Washington Democrats Sponsor Bill to Cut Penalties for Pedophiles Snared in Online Sting Operations
December 27, 2025

MSNBC’s Rebrand as MSNOW Has Not Helped Their Ratings – In Fact, They’re Going Down
December 29, 2025

□ [“No Theft of Russian Sovereign Assets:  Belgium & Orbán Stop the EU’s Legal Madness"]

Unless you really wanted to watch everything collapse, this is a good way to end the year.  With a bit of sanity, Germany has accepted defeat on their demand to seize Russian assets at EU financial institutions.  When push comes to shove, they were going to ignore international law and create chaos for everybody because they wanted a war on Russia darnit!

I'm still surprised that Belgium was the one fighting most against this.  They were the target because the majority of Russian assets are stored at Euroclear in Brussels.  It's a valid question if this was part of some plan Russia had but I'm not enough of economist to even understand what these assets are and why they're stored here in the first place.  But Belgium is the heart of the EU, I'm really surprised that they weren't the ones going for this all along.

But the Prime Minister handled it in one of those ways that, whether or not it really happened, will probably be remembered by history.  He just told Germany that if they did this, "will you guarantee Belgium against all legal and financial consequences without limit?"  "Without limit."  This illustrates the problems with socialism, Germany wasn't willing to take the risk they were demanding their servants to perform against the enemy.  They want war but they're not *all* in on it.

I'm sure it won't happen right away but I suspect this will be where the EU's downfall can be pointed to.  They're standing on opposing sides, obvious to the public.  We might start seeing the removal of their respective governments in ways we haven't seen, well, since it happen to Eastern Europe.  I would hope Russia doesn't help with this but they're Russia so they probably will.  Something else they have decades of experience with.

‘Moderate’ San Francisco Mayor Signs Reparations Scheme To Award Each Black Resident $5 Million
December 31, 2025

Zohran Mamdani Appoints First Lesbian New York City Fire Commissioner with Zero Firefighting Experience
December 26, 2025

□ [“Chances of Iran regime falling surge as unrest spreads"]

Several sudden stories about protests in Iran, some even saying they're getting violent.  Reportedly it started with problems about the value of the rial but I think that's just a surface detail.  Trump has probably had troops on the ground pushing for this all year, at least since his strikes last summer and it wouldn't surprise me if US agencies have been working on this even longer.  The protestors have even taken over a city in Khuzestan, a region on the Persian Gulf, very close to Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

This just comes off as such good news that I'm worried it's just A.I. generated and has nothing to do with reality.  It's Iran, there's no reason to think this will end well but it is a very positive possibility.  This has a chance of seriously wounding BRICS as well as agents connected around the world, such as Venezuela.  There's Iran's support for Islamic terrorism and their nuclear program.  There's been protests for a while which obviously failed but at least there's still hope.

Even better, the left must ignore this, up to and including Obama.  We know he had more ties with them than just sending cash but this could be exposed too.  We don't know how much of the 'deep state' or the leftist infidel Iran has supported all these years but it's probably more than zero.  Then there's the effect that Persia itself has had on the world for thousands of years.  I'm sure I'm just being naively optimistic but at least there's some positive news to end the year with.

Trump Withdraws National Guard Troops From Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland… For Now
December 31, 2025

This is not the blog you're looking for.

Trump Administration Sues Virginia for Giving Illegal Aliens In-State Tuition at Taxpayer Expense
December 30, 2025

□ [“Former Trump Spox Liz Harrington Calls Out DOJ — Demands 'Real Accountability' for Minnesota Fraud”]

As usual, I suspect the Trump 2.0 administration has had this planned.  My theory which I just made up is that they deliberately have been pissing us off by not sending anyone to jail, not revealing all the obscenity our leftist rulers have been getting away with for so many years.  Assuming they didn't know about it already during Trump's first term, they worked out what order things needed to be done this time around.  2025 has been a year full of victories for Trump but many of them have been unsatisfying for most of us.  But now with this, it looks like a direct hit on the leftist machine.

Many billions of dollars wasted and now people are looking into what else the Somalis have been getting up to in multiple states.  They're not the only ones doing this, these leftist government policies were created to make this massive fraud happen.  I forget who pointed it out but if it was really about helping the needy, the activists would be the first ones pissed off by the fraud.  Yet they remain silent, only now getting around to saying anyone who opposes it is racist.

Then there's the obvious links to the center of the Democratic Party.  Tim Walz has been overseeing this for years as Minnesota governor and just last year he was picked to be Veep candidate.  Minnesota Attorney-General Keith Ellison is a Muslim who's always been close to Obama.  These two guys both took their current jobs on January 7, 2019 and were ready to start the BLM riots in 2020 over George Floyd's death in Minneapolis.  Right there are tons of connections that these two have, even as they maintain the flow of laundering money to whoever they pick.

There's lots of directions to go, many people who deserve to be in jail for the rest of their lives and Americans are sick and tired of them always getting away with this.  I think these Somali frauds are the last straw.  If the Trump administration doesn't start busting lots of people, then they are also the enemy and will not be given any mercy either.  Because I'm so optimistic, that's why my theory is that this was part of the plan.  Putting us in this position was the goal for 2025.  Now things will really get started in 2026.

Entertainment and Media Sector Sheds 17,000 Jobs in 2025, Up 18% from 2024's Job Losses
December 30, 2025

□ [“Jill Biden’s Ex-Husband’s Wife Dead After Police Called to Residence for Domestic Dispute"]
□ [“JFK Granddaughter Tatiana Schlossberg Dead at 35"]

These days when a celebrity dies, or at least one of the elites, I always wonder if the report has anything to do with the truth.  At this point I think our masters are part of a demon-worshipping cult so human sacrifice seems like a very obvious way to go.  It's something the believers can aspire to and may also be seen as a tool to gather as much eldritch power as possible for their use.  I take it as a given that the Kennedys would be deep into this and someone connected to the Bidens would also be a likely candidate.

My first thought on the Kennedy girl was that she must have been vaccinated against covid although you never know why a rich person would do that.  Only the poor need that sort of "population reduction."  Officially she was diagnosed with leukemia six weeks ago and that was that.  It all happened so quickly and there's no reason to trust the media on this.  Is it really that hard to believe she was 'selected' for this and given a few weeks to put her affairs in order?

The liberal approach to families is not, shall we say, normal, which I think applies to the Kennedys and the Bidens.  Joe's first wife died just a couple weeks before he started his first Senate term and he started dating Jill when she was still married to her first husband, although at least officially they were separated and the divorce was finalized a couple months later.  Joe's brother was the one who set them up.

Under normal circumstances, you could see family members being involved in someone's daily life as normal, or even just a coincidence.  Even Democrats used to think family was a very relevant part of life, that's why the Kennedy's got so rich and powerful.  But with these people, it always brings negative implications, another one of *them*!  Now it leads to people like Hunter, or Joe and Jill's only child Ashley.  As I said, I just automatically think of this stuff these days when some celebrity dies, Rob Reiner being another recent example.  Like the Egyptians back when the Jews were getting started, or the Aztecs before Cortés arrived, human sacrifices were seen as a way to expand the ruler's power.  And that's different now because...?

MSNBC’s Rebrand as MSNOW Has Not Helped Their Ratings – In Fact, They’re Going Down
December 30, 2025

□ [“HUD Report Over $5 Billion in Questionable Rental Aid to Dead People and Non-Citizens"]

No word on if this was authorized with the autopen so I'll just assume whoever was really in charge made the decision to do this.  Obama personally or just one of his assistants?  Just a brief look at HUD's history shows that it was about promoting leftism from the start, the *woke* agenda before we had that name.  Started by FDR, made a cabinet position by LBJ and during the Clinton years was run by Andrew Cuomo who's still in politics these days.  Right there is about all you need to know.  And now we see that they're part of the taxpayer fraud Democrats love so much.

□ [“Health and Human Services Department Freezes All Childcare Payments to Minnesota While Investigating Widespread Fraud"]

A major step and very easy to justify.  Can't just keep pushing out money with such major fraud going on.  If Democrats don't like that, they could have done something about that.  Tim Walz has already attacked Trump for this, talking about how much fraud they've already stopped.  And California managed to stop massive fires on some acres of land last year so who cares about the rest?  The federal government has justification to investigate, people going without childcare payments might as well blame the Somalis for getting caught.

□ [“Senator John Kennedy Brings Somali Fraud to the Senate Floor, Blames Minnesota Democrats"]

I don't know how long it will take but now Congress is obligated to get involved.  If nothing else they'll need to watch the investigations conducted by the Executive Branch.  But the Uniparty probably knows a lot more about this already.  So how many pages of those thousand-page spending bills are about sending out money to people who know how to launder it?  Might want to take a look through the longer bill which was sent out last April (?) to avoid a government shutdown and start looking into everything listed there.

I haven't looked into it closely but news is already coming out that a lot of people have been inspired by the childcare-fraud reporter to start checking what's going on in their own states.  They're doing the work our media refuses to do and already finding stuff.  Gas stations in Texas owned by Indians and getting millions of dollars in Small Business loans.  Daycare centers in Ohio and Washington which don't even have actual addresses.  Kids can't go to a place without an address but the money still found where to go.  Minnesota has even shut down the website listing Medicare service providers so people can check their licenses.

Why do I get the impression there's going to be a tidal wave of news on this in the next few days.  Now that's a somalipop.

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Thanks to the official Red Ryder carbine action 200-shot range model air rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time, I have now shot three people's eyes out.  Aunt Clara will never try to make me another Christmas present ever again.20251229

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□ [“Trump Responds to Attack Against Putin’s Residence – 'This is Not the Right Time, I was Very Angry About it'"]
□ [“‘Final Stages’ Russian Officials Agree With Trump That Ukraine Peace Deal Is Very Close"]

Anybody else notice the contradiction here?  Reportedly Ukraine sent several dozen drones to attack Putin's residence.  That is not how someone ready for peace operates.  It's also possible Russia faked the attack as an excuse to ignore the peace deal.  They are at war, both sides get to do things like this and blame the other.  That's no even counting the unlikely-but-still-possible that the US was involved on either or both sides.  Or the EU.  Or China.  This is why we should not be in involved, let them blow each other up.

□ [“Iranian President Says His Regime in a ‘Full-Fledged’ War With America and Its Allies"]

So what's changed since 1979?  You're in the House of Islam, the infidel is in the House of War.  It's not clear who he's really speaking to here, this was an interview posted on Ayatollah Khamenei's website.  [Stops.  Checks.  Yeah, that's what it was all right.  Man, what a weird f*cking century this is.]  He might be sucking up to the rulers, this may be sending a signal to rebels, I doubt it's sending a message to allies although that's possible too.  But it's been over six months since Trump slapped Iran down hard and they need to start showing that they're a great power or the support they have will continue to dwindle.

□ [“Trump Confirms First Land Strike Against Venezuelan Drug Facility 'There Was a Major Explosion'"]

Then there's this other war going on with a member of BRICS.  [I know, it's only applied for membership so far...]  I'm not even sure it's about Venezuela itself so much as the international cartels.  As I've said, I support Trump doing this, the US needs to maintain its authority in the western hemisphere.  Still don't know what he's actually doing or why but it seems like a good move so far.

So those are the wars we see as we end the first year of Trump 2.0.  I would prefer it if he was handling these a lot quicker but the enemy does get a vote on these things.  Trump is publicly using the military more than he did in his first term but I generally support that.  As the saying goes, to secure peace, you must prepare for war.  He's doing it the right way, hitting Iran and Venezuela hard so that there's little they can do in response.  But I still can't support his participation in the Russia/Ukraine thing, not unless he spills out ALL the details of what's going on.

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□ [“Minnesota’s Largest Newspaper Completely Ignores Somali Fraud Scandal in Year-End Review"]

By an amazing coincidence, the publisher worked directly for Walz from 2019 to 2023.  So he's connected to the guy in charge of stopping this fraud of taxpayer money.  And he won't cover it.  Of course it's not unique, every major media outlet is ignoring this story even though it keeps growing.  A 20-something youtuber just exposed the millions of dollars of fraud by fake daycare centers, just one guy looking into things that the media wants to stay hidden.  If you want real news, you'll have to look elsewhere.

□ [“Tim Walz Calls Nick Shirley a 'White Supremacist' for Reporting on Somali Daycare Fraud"]

This is all they have to respond with.  He uncovered $110,000,000 of fraud and liberal racism is their response.  That shows how unimportant the taxpayers are to liberal elites.  Two weeks ago, Walz did give a conference where he mentioned they didn't keep the voters up-to-speed on all this fraud but other than speaking incoherently, that was it.  Shirley's exposure only came out a couple days ago so there was a lot more going on.

Walz' office also spoke out saying he's done so much to fight fraud.  Not enough to stop it apparently but they're not paid for that.  There's also audio from 2021 of Keith Ellison giving a speech to Somalis saying there would be 'favors' done for them in exchange for donations to the campaign.  Some of the people he was speaking to have since been arrested for this very fraud.

□ [“Federal Agents Descend on Suspected Somali Fraud Sites in Minneapolis"]

Maybe it's a good thing the media isn't reporting on this, otherwise there'd be protestors against federal agents.  This is the knot the left has found itself tied in, they must be kept ignorant of what's going on if you want them to stay on the left.  Otherwise they might ask why the leftists-in-charge aren't stopping the fraud.  Maybe they'd even ask what else they're being lied to about.

But the Trump administration is in the same situation.  You've had a year to start busting these criminals and nothing has been done.  Now Pam Bondi needs to make a public excuse that they've arrested a few people here or there and they really really mean to handle things now.  Kash Patel has made a slightly-better statement about the FBI doing the same thing.  House Oversight Chair James Comer says they're also investigating and "hopefully, we’ll have some criminal referrals at the end of the investigation."

Wow, that's a really intense public statement there.  Hopefully some criminal referrals.  All the Somalis and all the Democrats covering for them and all the media hiding these crimes must be shaking in their boots at the hope of referrals.  You ever think you're being a little too harsh about these things?  Just keep this up, it's the best way to end MAGA permanently.

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I only spent a few hours today thinking about comic books. Darnit, I hope I do better tomorrow.

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□ [“FBI Director Kash Patel Confirms Somali Fraudsters Being Referred for Deportation"]

The left is really ignoring this.  Maybe they just don't want to be called "racist" but there's more.  For one thing, they really don't care about the fraud, no matter how much the taxpayers lose.  They're all about seizing our money to spend it on things that are really necessary but don't want us to see it going back to fund terrorists in Somalia.  But darnit, they'll need to take even more from us next year because of homelessness or whatever, like that's spent just as well.

And every day it gets clearer that this is just one piece of the whole machine.  Walz has barely mentioned it and certainly isn't making a point of showing that he's punishing these thieves.  Because if he does that, the people being arrested will just point out how much money he got from them.  Nobody's asking Kamala Harris where her campaign got all those donations when Walz became her veep choice.  The nicest thing to say is that she doesn't have a clue.

And Somalis aren't the only ones doing this.  One reason most politicians don't want to look into this is because it's been done all along by many groups, whether tribes or NGOs, not just the Somalis in Minnesota.  The NGOs, the bureaucracies, all the leftist self-proclaimed "experts," they'll all stick their hands into government projects and grab whatever they can.

□ [“California drops lawsuit seeking to reinstate federal funding for the state’s bullet train"]

This is another example.  If they try to get federal money, the federal government will have complete authority - assuming it doesn't already - to see where that money is going.  Given the enormous waste of time and money this project has already been, no Californian has the guts to face that.  Maybe this is why they're so easy to hustle, because it's easier to just go along with it than to admit they were fooled so they'll keep doing it for years.

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Like most people, I spend a lot of time every day thinking about Steve Ditko's Spider-Man.  I'm increasingly fascinated at how he clearly had a long-range plot in mind and not just with Betty Brant as the love-interest.  I really can't think of a precedent in comics for such extended storylines.  Jack Kirby would follow it up with what I refer to as the 'Inhumans graphic novel,' best reprinted in Essential Fantastic Four volume 3 but for all its good points, it had less character and subtlety than Ditko's work here.

And as always, it should be pointed out that not only did Ditko never get close to finishing this storyline, but he never f*cking explained what his plans were.  AFAIK, for the rest of his life, the only specific comment he made about his plans for Spider-Man stories was saying that yes, he always intended Norman Osbourne to be the Green Goblin.  Nothing else so all we can do is guess.  It's a visual medium!  You have to provide the words!

Marvel had just introduced multi-issue storylines.  Cover-dated April-May 1964, the Fantastic Four and the Avengers fought and teamed up to battle the Hulk - whose title had just been cancelled - while the while several storylines in Spider-Man had started just a couple months earlier.  In #9, cover-dated February 1964, Aunt May was sick.  The following issue she was sick and needed a blood transfusion from Peter.  She got better after that but would again fall sick in #17, setting the story for a couple issues.  Then in #29 she starts getting sick again, leading to her being near-death for the Master Planner trilogy, where Peter learns that his blood transfusion is what caused this problem for May.  After that, she barely appeared for the rest of Ditko's run.

That's a character arc.  Her role in the story was done, Peter was an adult and didn't need to fall back on her.  Of course she would have continued to be used had Ditko remained and we don't know what his plans were.  Maybe she'd stay a permanent cast member, maybe she'd have died in fairly short-order.  But that was not to be.

I've covered Peter's relationship with Betty before but it started becoming serious in #9.  She had even visited May in the hospital but suggested something dark in her past.  In #10, as Spidey fights the Big Man and the Enforcers, they even hassle her about repaying a loan.  No details but she's run away, out of town.  The following issue, she's in Philadelphia working for criminals and Dr. Octopus.  It's her brother who's the real criminal, he's the one who owes money and ends up dead by the end of the issue.  She's angry at Spider-Man for this and we'll never see her again, until she re-appears at the Daily Bugle like she never left.  She also has a new haircut.

I've covered Betty and Peter before, showing that Ditko always intended her to be Peter's one-true-love.  But my point here is that she's given a multi-issue storyline for basic development as the lead female character in the series.  It's very well done and it really isn't noticeable.  This is a superhero comic for little boys and Betty's relevance is developed very subtlety at this time.

The first eight-or-so issues were just standalone stories.  The villains and characters would return but there were no story points Ditko would develop for he rest of his run.  It was the Betty and Aunt May plotlines where this started.  #10 is also where he started his story about crime interacting with business as well as, arguably, organized crime, with the Big Man and the Enforcers.

The Big Man was Ditko's first take on mysterious supervillains.  This one was clearly connected to the Daily Bugle and Spidey assumed he was really J. Jonah Jameson.  Turns out the Big Man was just another reporter at the newspaper.  The Enforcers were just a gang of thugs who would only make two more appearances, working for the Green Goblin, who would continue this storyline without them, and then the Sandman to finish the multi-issue storyline where Aunt May is sick for the second time [remember, this happened three times during Ditko's run.]

The Goblin's first appearance seems quite pointless - and a rip-off of Fantastic Four #9 from September 1962 - but his remaining Ditko appearances were all about putting together gangs for a criminal empire and, as Norman Osbourne, making use of that in his business empire.

So after the Big Man, there was the multi-issue story with Doc Ock and setting up Betty.  During this story, Liz Allen decided to stop seeing Petey as a geek and had a crush on him for the rest of their time in high school.  Over the next couple issues, she kept throwing herself at him.  Betty hadn't met her yet but was already jealous of Liz.  In #15, they finally meet and really don't like each other.  Their interactions will continue to be entertaining for the rest of Ditko's run, but it should be noted that this issue also features the first time Aunt May insists Peter meet the niece of her dear friend, who turns out to be Mary Jane Watson.

It looks like Liz was just intended to be competition for Betty.  A subplot for #15 is that Peter has to turn-down Liz and Betty for dates because he's stuck meeting MJ, but then she's too sick to show up so Peter tries to call them.  But Betty and Liz have found better things to do tonight than put up with him.  MJ would continue to be mentioned but there's really no clue what Ditko's intentions were for her.  Betty and Liz meet her in #25 and realize they can't compete.  But the reader doesn't get to see MJ, her face was hidden from us just as the unmasked Green Goblin's was.

I suspect Gwen Stacey was just a replacement for Liz, more sophisticated and experienced.  She only had a few appearances in Ditko's run but it's interesting to note that Spider-Man was entirely absent from all of them, even in discussion.  Peter thought about being Spidey one time when she was around and in another issue, the villain attacked and she was Peter run away but had already left the scene when Spider-Man showed up.  It's an interesting subtlety from Ditko, the title character is completely absent from a subplot the main character is going through, even though they're the same character.

I really am enjoying going through these issues and one reason is that the quality of the stories just stands out.  Ditko is infusing these characters and plots with such depth that they remain fascinating and full of useful material yet he had barely started developing them.  Can't just leave Mary Jane sitting around for years then use her to follow up Gwen Stacey as Betty's main competitor, yet there's absolutely no clue what else he would have used them for.  All the evidence points to Norman Osbourne being the Green Goblin, but there's nothing concrete.  He could have just been revealed as some brand-new supervillain and it wouldn't have changed anything.

He was clearly doing something with criminal gangs getting organized, which was followed up by introducing the Kingpin shortly after Ditko left.  But there's also nothing about what or why he was going this way.  Even more unclear is what role JJJ had in this storyline.  Sometimes he was part of it, sometimes he was a victim, other times he was just passing along information or used as a joke.  That versatility prevents us from making any specific guesses.  Did Ditko have a plot for JJJ or was he just a useful tool for whatever story being told in a given issue?

Given Peter's growth over 37 issues (plus Amazing Fantasy #15 and two annuals) it's clear that Ditko was essentially doing an Ayn Rand novel as a child's superhero comic.  It obviously worked very well, given Spider-Man's status as a successful IP for the last 60 years.  But he never got to finish it because he didn't own the copyright.  I keep thinking of Jerry Seigel having a story in (I think) the early 40s where Lois Lane would be trapped with Clark Kent and actually discover his secret identity, where she would then continue as his assistant.  But DC liked the way things were going so they said 'no.'

We don't know if that was basically the problem Ditko had with Marvel but either way, he walked away from the biggest success in his career.  And never even told the audience what we were missing.  You can call that "integrity," you can scream 'wtf are you thinking???'  But it was his choice and his responsibility.  This isn't even counting Dr. Strange, the Question, Mr. A or anything else he created, this is the sort of work that few people could even conceive of but we're all grateful that he was here to provide it.

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□ [“Trump Says Russia and Ukraine Peace Talks Entering ‘Final Stages’"]

Like he's never said this before.  That's bad enough but apparently he also talked to Putin an hour or two before the meeting.  So every leftist will just assume Putin gave him orders and refuse to accept any peace deal.  Zelensky could come out saying this was the greatest deal ever made in history and they'd ignore that because he's no longer useful.

Putin has also made a public statement that Russia is just going to keep moving forward.  Achieving their goals with peace is fine but they'll use force if that's what it takes.  Now how do you make a peace deal with that?  Trump is just wasting his time on this.

If there's any point, it's that he's starting to expose what the EU is up to, with leftists around the world.  They're looting our money to funnel through Ukraine but we don't yet know exactly why.  We can speculate but there's little to see yet.  Trump also makes the point that this war only happened because the 2020 election was stolen.  Of course he doesn't give any details about this so we're left with empty hope that it'll eventually be revealed.

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