Like most people, I work out notes for an essay on Steve Ditko I hope to write.

Set-up - how much of 'multiverse' and DC do I need to include?
Jack Kirby returning to Marvel, Ditko being hired
Distributors

Flash 123 FF 1
Challengers of the Unknown, Kirby and Schiff
Golf game
As distributor, DC knew all

Anything else I have to say about FF
Hulk - monster book
Setting up franchise
Thor - Kirby's mythology interest

Ant-Man - 1st appearance
    2nd appearance
    Goodman's interest

Kirby's Spider-Man
Why not print?
Where is the art?
Goodman paid for it
Stolen?
    When old thieves die, what about the art?

Amazing Fantasy 15 - not sure what to say

Short stories for #1 and 2
    Stereotype of superheroes
    Aliens, monsters, Russians - Spidey was the normal one
    Chameleon - Russian / FF - franchise
    Most out-of-character story
    JJJ 1st appearance
    Vulture - not sure Betty appears
    JJJ/Betty start the longrange plots

Peter's home life and school life

#3 Doc Ock is Ditko's main villain - Johnny Storm
    I've asked Ditko Facebook if he'd done a long story before this issue

#4 Sandman at school
#5 Dr. Doom - #4-5 were the first monthly issues
#6 Lizard - is JJJ involved?
#7 Vulture returns - Betty at Bugle

Peter + Betty
    #7 ending
    #8 School - Kirby FF
    Flash Thompson - not much to say about him
    Liz

#9-12
    Betty - She's worried - Her past - Her rother - Leaves but comes back
    Liz changes her mind

#10 opens subplots
    Aunt May gets sick in 9, meets Betty - blood transfusion is in 10
    Big Man

9-12 finish talking about that - Betty vs. Liz
    This is where Ditko started his long storylines, assuming he wasn't already starting them

Betty vs. Liz #13, 14, 15
    Mary Jane, Aunt May wants Peter to meet a girl
    Liz as rival - Liz and MJ
    Liz and Betty meet MJ - Liz quits
    Betty and Ned - the Fountainhead

Finish the stuff about Betty
    Gwen as replacement for Liz
    Speculation about MJ

Aunt May gets sick three times in Ditko's run
   Speculation on what Ditko would do with her

Villains up through the Sinister Six

JJJ - too useful as a character to define
    Media - Daily Bugle
    Business/crime

#10 Foswell - his part of the story

Green Goblin
    Ditko's only public statement
    Other examples of his playing with identity
    #14 first appearance - sets it all up to get Spidey, appears on first page, walks away on last page
        Hulk, FF story, Movies
    #17 Second appearance, still no basis for his character
       He wants to destroy Spidey - why?
    Liz's father

#17-19 Sandman, Torch, Enforcers
    It's a multi-part story

#20 JJJ - Scorpion - not sure what to asy

Other Goblin appearances
Ditko's storytelling in later issues - was the point to be boring?
Norman Osborne
My favorite issue
    Credit to Stan for that dialogue
    Problems with Stan - the Master Planner set-up
Ditko breaks with Stan
How Stan had to clean it up after Ditko left
    Betty - MJ - Goblin - Kingpin
If I can get all this written, go back and try to work out every step of my DC/Multiverse essays to build up to this

16 - DD Circus of Crime
21 - Johnny Storm, Beetle
22 - Circus of Crime
23 - Goblin/Mob
24 - Mysterio
26-27 - Goblin/Mob
28 - Graduation, Molten Man
29 - Cat Burgler, setting up Master Planner - these were Spidey's equivalent of "graduation"
34 - Kraven - 35 Molten Man - these are repetitive
36 - Meteor/Gwen - she's hooked
37 - Stromm/Osborne
The last several villains were repetitive or pointless, it might be Ditko's version of 'what happens after graduation?'

18 - sees Betty with other man, we'll learn it's Ned - making Peter jealous
19 - Peter isn't jealous
20 - Ned leaves for Europe
29 - Ned returns - both issues have Scorpion - 30 Ned has proposed

The question should be "what's up?" The real question should be "what isn't up?" Do we even know what "up" is?

Secretary of the Navy John Phelan Fired
April 22, 2026

□ [“Famous UFO Researcher David Wilcock Dead from ‘Apparent Suicide' age 53"]]
□ [“Long-Time Washington Post Editor Found Dead in His Home, Age 60"]
□ [“Rep. David Scott (D-GA) Suddenly Dies, Age 80"]

None of these people are "celebrities" any real sense of the world but they're high enough in society that I basically take any of these people dying with suspicion.  Haven't noticed much in the way of huge celebrity deaths lately, by my count Chuck Norris, Jesse Jackson and Robert Duvall are the biggest names to die in 2026.  They were all very old, that needs to be taken into account.  But these three...?

Even the old congressman, he just suddenly dies?  Given everything that's going on and my suspicion that Georgia is one of the central points of modern leftism, I find it hard to believe that he just had a heart attack or fell down a flight of stairs, even though I'm sure that's what's going to be reported.  And the other two weren't even that old.  But the Post editor was long-time media, he's in on all the cover-ups.  And the other guy, everything about this looks suspicious.

He's trying to find the secrets about UFOs.  He's posted before that he's not remotely suicidal.  Yet he's going through *something* over the weekend and that's it, he shoots himself, simple as that?  This is why people believe in things like demon possession, the most logical explanation we can conceive of.  It's why I continue to just assume there's a huge demon-worshipping cult among our elites and deaths like these are part of the plan.  Maybe it's straightforward human sacrifice, maybe it's something else.

And maybe deaths like these always happen quite often, it's just social media that makes us all more paranoid.  Or it's just results from the Covid vaccine.  I'm paranoid and enjoy making up conspiracy theories but I do try to look for explanations that would prove me wrong.  That helps me reinforce the conspiracy theories, like wft is going on with these deaths?

Small Plane Hits Powerlines, Flips and Crashes to the Ground in California
April 22, 2026

Whoopi Goldberg of The View Claims Trump is Planning a Military Draft to Fight Iran
April 20, 2026

Gunman Opens Fire at Top of Teotihuacán Pyramid in Mexico — One Tourist Killed, Dozens Injured
April 21, 2026

□ [“Iranian Women to Be Executed – Where Is the Radical Left?  Where’s the Pope?"]

Not sure what their crimes were, maybe they were the ones dressing like whores and posting those pix on the internet.  If that isn't enough to get you executed, I don't know what is.  But news has already come out that Trump posted that they shouldn't hurt the women so Iran was nice and obedient and decided not to hurt the women.  You know, I remember when hating women used to mean something.

So of course the pope and the left will ignore it.  To acknowledge something happened would mean they couldn't support Iran's government as much as they do.  They also pretend to support women so it's just easier if these chicks get late-term aborted.  And that's not even getting into their opposition to the death penalty except for those they don't like but just ignore that.  They're so open-minded and loving.

I'm becoming more convinced that the Iranian government doesn't really exist anymore.  This may be part of their plan and they may have prepared to be independent groups but otherwise they're just in pieces.  The IRGC is probably the strongest force remaining and I'm guessing the mullahs are basically ignored.  They can't contribute anything to survival so the 'power behind the throne' has to do all the work.  And while writing this paragraph, I happened to see an article claiming that the IRGC has been preparing for this sort of autonomous resistance - 31 separate provincial commands - for the last 20 years.  So this is probably their best chance.

We're nearing the last thirty days of this operation before Congress needs to vote on it.  The regime is planning to hold out.  Trump has issued some threats, I doubt those will be taken seriously but it's not clear how that relates to the ceasefire which may or may not be nearing an end.  I've also heard that the people might be ready for rebellion but if that happens, we'll probably be the last to know.

First Labour Member of Parliament Calls for the Resignation of British PM Starmer
April 22, 2026

Two CIA Officers Killed in Fiery Car Crash After Drug Lab Raid in Mexico
April 21, 2026

Minnesota School to Construct a Prayer Room and Foot-Washing Stations to Accomodate Muslim Students
April 21, 2026

□ [“Virginia Court Strikes Down Democrat Gerrymander Referendum as Unconstitutional"]

The point was to gerrymander the map so all Republican voters were in one district and the other ten could all vote Democrat.  Voters went for this on Tuesday but 51.5-48.5%.  State law requires there to be a 2/3 vote in favor of placing this on the ballot which didn't happen so this very-slight victory shouldn't have happened.  My guess is that, assuming the next highest court doesn't immediately overturn this court, the politicians will still ignore the ruling this fall.

The point is to give all the congressional seats to Democrat voters no matter how much of the population votes Republican.  The new Virginia governor campaigned against this and then supported it as soon as she took office.  I forget which Democrat public spokesman said it - probably several - but they're openly urging candidates to lie just to achieve power so they can go on to push the real goals.  Tyrants are fine with that.  So are Democrats.

Beyond that, there's also evidence that taxpayer-funded schools were pushing which way to vote on their students which is not what Virginia schools are supposed to do.  This is going to look bad for everybody except Democrats.  There's also a theory that part of Virginia used to be part of DC but was moved back to the state to defend slavery, so Trump could write an executive order taking that land back and really mess up the gerrymandering.  That certainly sounds like something Trump would do but I have no idea if he'd take on yet-another headache.  Ok, let me rephrase that, I don't know if he'd take on this specific headache.  But the left is continuing to demonstrate that they are all-in on Civil War 2.0.

Two Armed Philadelphia Thugs Steal $1.8 Million from Armored Truck in Broad Daylight and Escape
April 22, 2026

London Sees Third Attack on Jewish Sites in a Week, as Attempted Arsonist Targets Synagogue
April 19, 2026

□ [“Ilhan Omar’s California Winery LLC Dissolved 9 Days After She Scrubbed Her Financial Disclosures"]

It looks like she's the next target.  Can't go after Nancy Pelosi, she's too rich.  Also old and white.  AOC is also getting richer but she's still to popular for some unknown reason.  But Omar is tied to the Somali fraud in Minnesota which we haven't heard about for a few months.  So that's probably the next step.

Omar isn't handling this well.  She refuses to answer any questions about what she's doing with taxpayer money or why she's too stupid to know that the financial documents she signs are incorrect.  She's certainly not going to say anything bad about her accountant - no indication he's been fired - or why her husband has spent all these years investing money but they're still living paycheck-to-paycheck.  But at least they suddenly ditched the winery which it's strange a Muslim woman would ever invest in.  Nice timing.

We're slowly getting hints at what our elite politicians and bureaucrats invest their wealth in to get more money.  The releases are going way too slow and still nobody's been arrested.  The best we can say is that at least a few members of Congress have stepped down and we are still learning more.  There's what we got from DOGE, the laundering money for our elite class, not to mention the way the left is obeying Muslims.  This may wind up explaining the whole *woke* movement which put people like Omar in charge.

Appeals Court Overrules Lower Court, Sides With Texas on 10 Commandments in Classroom
April 22, 2026

My name is Sue. How do you do? Now you gonna die! Oh sh*t, I'm in the wrong place, aren't I? Sorry, my bad.

Adult Illegal Who Sexually Assaulted a Dozen Virginia High School Girls Gets Light Sentence – 135 Days
April 21, 2026

□ [“Trump Extends Ceasefire with Iran"]

His statement says this is from a request by Pakistan.  Iran's government is a shambles so they need time to make a genuine peace proposal.  The ceasefire will last until they make that proposal.

This could go either way.  The Iranian government doesn't want peace and is perfectly willing to hold out as long as possible, which is easier if the US military isn't wasting them all day every day.  Trump does want a deal, so he looks weak for not getting one.  He also doesn't want to send in troops but that really is a crucial part of winning a war.  Without that, Trump will soon be gone and the mullahs can get back to what they were doing, at least in theory.

But this doesn't account for the problems the Iranian government is having.  Trump's not dropping the blockade so there's still a lot fewer supplies coming in.  A few days ago, he even said there was no pressure to make a deal, if that was better than a bad deal like Obama made.  So in that sense, he's fine keeping Iran on a holding pattern.  But that does have to end soon.

We can't account for the mullahs, the IRCB or the Iranian people.  The military always makes plans to invade every country so they had fifty years of analysis on Iran to go through preparing for this attack.  I'm sure that was all taken into account but we have no way to know how right or wrong they were.  That's why the Venezuela attack was so awesome, it was over almost before we knew about it.  And Trump is over halfway to the point where Congress needs to approve anything he does with Iran.

War Secretary Pete Hegseth Announces Flu Vaccine Policy for Service Members is Now Voluntary
April 21, 2026

□ [“Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FA) Resigns Over $5 Million FEMA Funds Scandal"]

The third member of Congress to resign this month.  It's the sort of thing you'd expect more will follow but there's a legitimate question about who would replace them.  If twenty or forty are forced to leave and their replacements are appointed by governors or whoever, then there'd be a chunk of Congress with no concerns about winning the voters.  That's not a good place to be in.

McCormick's public statement didn't call everybody "racist," that's a surprise.  She does call it a witch hunt and she's the one being persecuted for routing FEMA disaster funds to her family businesses and her 2021 campaign.  The ethics committee has already voted against her, even leftists like AOC said they'd vote to kick her out if it came to that.

We really do need a better look at what's going on.  But that said, it's clear that at least some in Congress and the executive branch are going after politicians and bureaucrats for both illicit financial and sexual gains.  Neither side is becoming well-known, especially with nothing to outrage the public, 'oh no!  They're doing that!!!'  It's a good thing in that it helps the investigations continue quietly but it also means we getting no sense of progress.  They could end tomorrow and we wouldn't notice.

Japan Lifts Ban on Weapon Exports In Break With Post-WW2 Pacifism
April 21, 2026

□ [“Pope Leo Changes Tack on Immigration — Surprise Message to Africans Looking to Migrate"]

Sounds like his handlers have told him he needs to back up a bit.  He's getting ready for an African tour but needs to stay away from where all the Christians are being slaughtered.  It might offend Muslims if he says anything about that so he needs to make up for that by saying *maybe* it might be better for people to stay where they are and make things better instead of invading other countries.  Anybody who would think he believes this has already fallen for the leftist nonsense and everyone else is working out how to protect themselves.

The Catholic Church is the oldest organization on the planet - unless you count the hereditary Japanese monarchy - so there's really no clue how long it would take them to collapse.  But the last two popes are doing everything they can to make it happen, whether they acknowledge this or not.  Catholics worldwide could say 'this is not my pope' and that would probably work but how far down the line would it go and what would the result be?

I am not a fan of organized religion but not in the sense that I expect to outlive it.  But I do think believers should take a massive retreat from these institutions.  Small groups, whether or not they're connected to each other, and focus on the religion itself and not all the financial aspects that comes along with it.  Believers can get by without these mortal institutions, no matter how big they are.  But the institutions cannot get by without the believers.  Or if they can, they need the taxpayers.  Time to make them suddenly have no one to fall back on in times like these.

Video with Female Overweight NYPD Trying to Restrain Punk Shows Mamdani’s NYC Is Doomed
April 21, 2026

□ [“DOT Secretary Sean Duffy to End New York's Right to Issue Commercial Drivers Licenses"]

Interesting although I'm not sure anybody can foresee all the consequences we're looking at.  53% of New York commercial driver's licenses are issued to foreigners.  Nor sure those are all specifically for truck drivers or if they include taxis and pizza delivery.  Duffy's statement does specify that they're "foreign" so it's not clear if they're all illegal immigrants or not.  Maybe he said something more specific elsewhere but he also says that this is against DOT regulations so whatever the specifics, I assume he knows what he's talking about here.

New York was given four months to fix things, they refused to obey so he announces that he'll remove their ability to issue CDLs.  Out of curiosity, is there a reason he needs to publicly announce this?  He probably has to tell the state DOT but could do that in an email.  Then when they refuse to obey, there's still the email and they'll have to admit they received it.  'We told you this would happen four months ago and you ignored it.'

No idea how New York will respond to this.  They will probably sue the DOT for defying DOT regulations but that won't end well.  The DOT is already using this as an excuse to cut $73 million in transportation funding so if the state wasn't in enough debt yet, this will help them get further.  They'll also have to handle all the truck drivers they support breaking the law.  That's another bad precedent they're setting here.

And what if they panic, realize they were totally wrong and will try to fix things now, what are they supposed to do?  This would be harmful to logistics and not limited just to New York.  It would probably be the worst there but this would apply to anywhere these truckers are authorized to go.  This could be a huge mess because suddenly there's a lot of empty trucks that no one is authorized to use.  Maybe the federal government or other state can send in people to handle it but that won't be cheap.  Replacement New York drivers wouldn't be cheap either, meaning prices would quickly rise.  That's what I mean about the effects we can't predict right now.

But otherwise I'm fine with this.  Cutting off illegals is always a plus, then there's giving the leftist governments a lesson on how supply and logistics actually work.  This is something everybody should learn, especially the elites.  Let them suddenly have to work to maintain all their expected daily requirements and get hit with blame for poor people having to go without.

War-Obsessed Germany Plans To Call Reservists Up to the Age of 70
April 21, 2026

If you really loved me, you'd give me a joke to post here.

Hungary’s New PM Says He Would Arrest Israel’s Netanyahu For War Crimes
April 20, 2026

□ [“House Ethics Committee Releases List of Investigations for Sexual Misconduct by Congressmen"]

28 congressmen investigated in the last 50 years.  Ted Kennedy alone should have had more than 28 investigations.  There was a pic of him and another congressman groping a waitress at a public restaurant, I think it was from the 1980s.  Hell, just put together all the pics of Joe Biden groping women, you think he only started that after leaving Congress?

There's no listing all the accusers who were paid off.  I'm sure there's been a lot of them and that's certainly the best place to start, I'm just curious how many people went through this without any public accusations.  They were there trying to gain power or because they just liked it.  You think Kamala Harris was always proper, considering the unprofessional way she got her job?

As always, there will be the obvious question about how many of these politicians are womanizers and how many are gay?  The answer would probably disturb most of us.  That's why I'm just pessimistic about reports like this or any supposed investigations going on.  What are the odds anyone in Congress wants this to come out?

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer Resigns in Latest Cabinet Shakeup
April 20, 2026

□ [“British PM Starmer Admits He Misled Parliament On Vetting of Epstein-Linked Mandelson"]

In a way, this seems to be an equivalent of what we're going through with Congress.  Starner appointed Lord Mandelson to be US ambassador and told Parliament he had passed all the security checks for this position.  The guy was tied to Russia, China and Epstein but Starmer is insisting he had not been told about that before he went to Parliament.  So it's not his fault, really.

I'm guessing most or all national government are facing problems like this.  We're Americans so we wouldn't know about any of that.  I just checked, Tony Blair is the last PM I could name without looking it up and he left office in 2010.  They're on their seventh PM since then and how many people could name any other British politician in the 21st century?  There's even less attention to Europe, the EU, and still less for any other country on Earth.

So my point is that I think these sort of sex scandals are happening everywhere, respective to each country and its people and history.  Now maybe they're all tied to Epstein and his ilk but it's just as likely they're tied to China.  Starmer strikes me as another one of those leftist male politicians who really isn't good for anything and his wife stays in the background but gives him all the orders.  She wouldn't have to worry about elections and he has no chance of getting free from the leash.  Once again, I think this sort of thing is happening everywhere else.

Kash Patel Sues The Atlantic for $250 Million for Defamation
April 20, 2026

□ [“Germans and Englishmen Join the Irish in Protesting the Far-Left’s Tyrannical Policies"]

I'm still worried this is a tease.  Or worse, they'll just give up.  Haven't heard anything for a while about the Irish protests so there's really no actual evidence they're still going on.  Or if they are that they're as strong as they were a week or two ago.  The same thing applies to Germany and England.  The article says thousands of vehicles are in Berlin, surrounding the chancellor's residence.  In England it was just a protest in Manchester although I noticed the crowd in the video were all carrying a St. George flag.

Not sure what reaction the governments will have to this.  Or the left.  At least in America, we know the left will theoretically go on strike in a week and a half, we'll have to see if anybody notices.  I really can't guess what would happen with a similar strike in Europe.  At least there, the left probably gets more positions of government authority required to make anything happen so if they don't show up, the people would have to survive on their own.  You and I might think that sounds great but Europe hasn't been able to do that for several generations.

I'm not aware of any counter-protests.  At least in the US we have old white leftists who show up for a couple hours when they get the instructions but I'm not sure how Europe could do that.  They would look like they're opposed to the government and that's a bad thing for them.  I'm not sure what else there is to say, I'm just irritated by the teasing going on while the elites still remain comfortable in power.

Tim Kaine Openly Admits Democrats Are Disenfranching Voters to Avoid Electoral College
April 20, 2026

□ [“250 Journalists Sign Letter, Demand ‘Forceful’ Anti-Trump Protest at White House Correspondents’ Dinner"]

Who is this supposed to impress?  Trump hasn't showed up to the WHCD so far in two terms.  Reportedly he is supposed to show up this time but I don't see any reason for that.  Maybe we'll be lucky and he won't show up, don't even bother informing them.  Let everyone see how they behave when they don't know what's going to happen.

This event just comes off as a get-together for elite media.  They work for the government, they just can't admit that to the public.  Dan Rather and Sam Donaldson signed this letter, they're in their mid-90s and have been part of government-propaganda since long before I was born.  And they're still making demands.  This has nothing to do with free speech, the public can completely ignore you.  That's the right you don't want us to have.

We know that they aren't going to say anything about all the secrets they've been hiding to protect their favorite politicians.  There's a chance that they'll mention people like Swalwell but most likely they'll focus entirely on Trump.  He's their bread-and-butter, they couldn't afford to inform the public on anything else that's going on.  No wonder they need to celebrate themselves in events like this.

Zelensky Finally Gives up on ‘Winning Trump Over’ – Realizes POTUS Is Not, Never Was His Ally
April 20, 2026

It was the west of times, it was the burst of times.

Outrage in Italy: Nigerian Migrant Kills and Cooks Cat on Makeshift BBQ Next to Children’s Playground
April 19, 2026

□ [“Rep. Anna Paulina Warns Of ‘Major Purge’ Coming to Capitol Hill"]

She says at least three members could be exposed.  That's less than 1% of Congress so it seems a bit iffy.  I'm not sure there's any way to do this which doesn't just come off as 'going after people we don't like and ignoring the rest.'  But that may just be part of how it goes, we're not supposed to know about any of this.

Hopefully (I keep using that word, don't I?) this is part of the investigations on all the fraud and laundering.  There's a lot of evidence from decades of the uniparty, who's going to crack first?  Who's going to turn on others to save themselves?  It's tough to say you have no clue what your party members were up to when you've been right next to them for many years.

I'm guessing the perverts will be the first to lose.  They may already be trying to negotiate if they can just resign with no bad publicity.  Then there's the people who are interested in perversion and also keeping tons of taxpayer money.  This is where it's going to get depressing because they've had the most protection.  It's a lot easier to just let them continue as normal than to answer why everyone knew and nobody did anything.  And they'll definitely be able to rat on fellow congressmen.

□ [“'Lives a Double Life' – OnlyFans Content Creator Posts Sex Videos with Secret Service Agent"]

I'm skeptical, just for personal reasons.  I have a tendency to perceive these type of agents as almost-mythical creatures even though I'm fully aware that they aren't and are perfectly capable of doing things like this.  The chick is very ugly so if this is true, there's also a question of why anybody would be stupid enough to throw their career away for her.  And if they are that stupid how did they get on the SS?  Officially this guy is one of Biden's guards which is not encouraging.

There's a lot of room for conspiracy theory here.  These agents would have ties to every relevant person in or out of government.  If they get corrupt or perverted, someone has a lot of access to the biggest government secrets.  We always look at politicians or maybe their aids who are into this stuff, maybe bureaucrats, a scandal like this would be explosive.  And it would explain a lot.

UC Berkeley Sociology Department Chooses Transgender Activist As Commencement Speaker
April 19, 2026

□ [“US Seizes Iranian Cargo Ship Trying to Run Strait of Hormuz Blockade"]

Other ships can get through but not Iranians.  Iran's economy was in bad shape before this conflict started so they doing worse now.  It's possible that's why this ship was so desperate to try making it through the blockade.  Now you have one less ship and didn't bother the US in the slightest.

There's also the problems - not yet confirmed - that whatever remains of the Iranian government doesn't know who's in charge.  Yesterday there was a report of an Indian ship going through that was fired at by Iran.  There's audio of the captain complaining, he had permission to go, he's on their list and now they're attacking?  There are several possible reasons for this, my guess is that the people firing on the ship are from a different group than the ones who let it pass and there's no contact between them.

At LAX, an Iranian woman - in the country legally - was arrested for trying to broker for arms, bombs and drones to help Iran.  I'm sure more of this is going on but I doubt much can be done this way.  Without Iran and Venezuela, China must be hurting and now an Indian ship was attacked.  This is a crack in BRICS that nobody could have seen coming.  Yes they'll use whatever assets they have in the US to fight us but although I'm sure they'll cause damage, it just seems like a guaranteed loss for all of them.

Humanoid Robot Smashes Half-Marathon Record in Beijing — Nearly 3x Faster Than Last Year
April 19, 2026

□ [“Ilhan Omar Blames ‘Accounting Error’ For Financial Disclosure Showing Her Immense Wealth"]

Her wealth has been public knowledge for months and she only now gets around to denying it?  Still doesn't make her look good, her excuse is that she was too stupid to notice that the numbers listed were in the millions.  Either that or her accountant was that stupid and she just signed whatever she was told.  Why not just say she waited all these months to complain because that's how long it took to hide the money?

This also raises some questions about her husband, the one who's not her brother.  He's supposed to be an investor, in wineries and such.  Yet he hasn't brought in any money after all this time?  If he's just investing five or ten dollars here or there, he's not really an investor, that's a pretend-job.  If he's investing more than that then what happened to it?  You didn't lose anything and you didn't make anything, that's the way it's been for several years?

She'll need to do more than this.  I'm amazed we haven't heard anything about the Somali fraud in Minnesota.  I am certain it's being looked into, by citizens if nothing else.  It's similar to what we'll see in Congress, who's willing to turn on the others to protect themselves.  Omar is a very obvious target from everybody.  Can't recall where but just recently she complained about being attacked by other Somalis, they weren't supporting her nominee or something to that effect, but it came off as tribalism.  That's what you want, that's what you get.

Mark Zuckerberg to Axe 10 Percent of Meta’s Workforce in May as AI Bloodbath Deepens
April 19, 2026

Note to self: next time hide the greatest secret in the universe in a place the cat won't find it.

Leftist Leaders Gather In Barcelona ‘In Defense of Democracy’ Summit to Plot Anti-Trump Agenda
April 18, 2026
□ [“From a discussion on an anti-Islam post]

Legendary Australian Cricketer Shane Warne's Son Blames Father’s Sudden Death on ‘Forced’ Covid Vaccine
April 13, 2026

PETA Aims at Kids w/ Instagram Posts for ‘Bisexual Vegan Boy,’ ‘Dom Vegan Girl,’ ‘Submissive NB Vegan’
April 15, 2026

South Korea Sends American YouTuber to Prison for Gyrating and Twerking on Public Statue
April 15, 2026

Comedian Dave Chappelle Refuses to Let NPR Reporter Shame Him for Trans Jokes
April 16, 2026

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Bizarre Rant Calls for Reparations, Restaurants Are Tied to Slavery
April 17, 2026

□ [“Dick Morris Confirms a Huge Rumor About Bill and Hillary Clinton"]

He's from upper-class NYC society but for some reason started working with Bill Clinton's governor campaign in 1979.  He and Bill stayed close up through 1996 when, a couple months before the election, Morris was caught with prostitutes.  Probably a normal part of his job back then but did he just get diagnosed with cancer and has only six weeks left to live or something?  Why is he suddenly saying this now, thirty years later?

His revelation was that Bill discussed getting a divorce multiple times before the re-election campaign.  His suggestion is that it wasn't so much that Bill wanted it but Hillary did.  Which is entirely believable 'The woman behind the man' is an old stereotype for a reason and I've been working on a theory that the uniparty is rife with this.  Hillary wanted power on her own, the problem is she had never done anything to earn it.  Without Bill, she'd be nobody.  At least if she keeps the ring on her finger, they can't be forced to testify against each other.

So it sounds like the husbands involved aren't very smart.  Or at least they're easily distracted by power or women.  It sounds like Bill was discussing this with Morris to get some feedback for Hillary to make a decision.  I think we see this with others, particularly Gavin Newsom, probably Obama.  Most members of the Uniparty.  If Trump wasn't on his third wife, there'd be plenty of reason to suspect him too.

This would also go a long way to explain the leftist mindset since, well, the Clinton administration.  The gay and trans movements, abortion, everything is interchangeable so everything is "racist."  Underlying all of this is collectivism and opposition to the family.  Look at how quickly the left ran for the 'no kings' slogan.  The Queen Bee doesn't need a king either.

U.S. Space Command Warns Russia Planning ‘Space Pearl Harbor’ With Nuclear Weapon in Orbit
April 18, 2026

□ [“Married Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) Accused of Kissing Much Congressional Staffer at Party"]

A few other stories like this come out.  A Republican suddenly resigned the same day as Swalwell.  Had an affair with a staffer who later killed herself.  I'm guessing everyone in Congress, and near them, expects this to start coming out.  Heard about drug-fueled orgies going on in Congress a few months ago, any news on that?

Something about this just looks like a sequel to the 'me too' movement in 2017-8.  All of a sudden social media is flooded with propaganda about how awful men are and every woman is abused.  That said, something about this also seems different.  Can't figure out what but I'd like to think the Trump administration has hacked the *woke* movement and is using their own weapons against them.  The most obvious example is members of Congress being hit with this, including an investigation on Eric Swalwell.

□ [“Lead Activist in Greta Thunberg’s ‘Freedom Flotilla’ Accused of Sexual Misconduct With Three Volunteers"]

It's not limited to Washington either.  But this makes it harder to figure out who's behind this.  The description doesn't look remotely abusive, he wanted to get laid and it's easier to do that when you associate with drugged out leftist chicks.  So was there any actual misconduct or is this just mindless feminism going straight for accusations of the most convenient targets?  A Palestinian group is the one making the accusations so are they bringing Muslim views onto this boat, similar to how they needed eliminate the gays from a previous cruise?  No idea how much authority this guy actually has in the organization but Thunberg may just want to get rid of a rival.  That's several possibilities right there.

This will continue to hurt the left more than they expect.  They're the ones who want sexual freedom, they're the ones who kept all these abuses secret until they could find a way to use them, the media protected all of them.  I just realized, we haven't heard them demanding the Epstein files be released for a while now.  They ignored this for years, then last year they suddenly demanded all the secrets come out, and now they're back to ignoring it.

Minnesota Lt. Gov.:  Democrats Must ‘Rip ICE Apart,’ Prosecute as Many Federal Agents as Possible
April 18, 2026

□ [“Federal Appeals Court Overturns Block on Trump Ballroom Construction"]

It was blocked just yesterday, this keeps happening.  I'm guessing this is part of the conflict going on in the judicial system.  We haven't even gotten to all the activist judges releasing violent criminals to go attack people, at least this case is more understandable.  Fewer rapes and murders anyway.

Maybe that's why Trump took it.  He's a builder so it's the sort of thing he'd go for, as well as an excuse to have this fight with the three branches of government.  Wouldn't surprise me if they worked out their plans and then just had to decide what part of the White House needed renovation the most.

The judiciary might be the most unnerving part of this conflict.  Most of us have no clue how they're organized or how they operate and their job is to keep that private.  So many of these activist judges are just openly defying the law, essentially trying to get people hurt or killed just because they can.  And even some of the Supreme Court has spoken out.  Still very restrained but public disagreements, even with each other.

Because we don't know where this is going or how it can possibly be worked out, there's no way to know how long it will last.  Just another aspect of the war that makes no sense.  The only future event I can predict is if Trump needs to appoint more judges, as well as Democrats promising to overload the system with activists if they ever take power again.

Trump Torches NATO as Completely “Useless” Amid Hormuz Crisis
April 18, 2026

□ [“How Much Will Admission Cost to Obama’s Presidential Library?"]

$30 per ticket, far more than other presidential libraries.  Considering the time and expense of Chicago traffic and parking, that's going to become a lot more expensive just to say you visited this place.  It used to be a city park that was free but apparently that's not important enough to the people of Chicago.  The people who work there probably get paid quite a bit, that money's got to come from somewhere.

I have to wonder how many people will actually go there.  In theory it might be a tourist sight but I'm not sure.  Obama has basically stayed out of the public eye for the last decade so suddenly opening an expensive building like this isn't as interesting as they might expect.  He's a Chicago Democrat so this might be about laundering money.  That might also apply to every other presidential library, might be worth looking into.

It doesn't help that I'm not sure what there is to remember about his presidency.  Obamacare didn't fix anything, we barely even remember it.  Libya?  The rise of the *woke* agenda?  Well, the latter will probably be represented here but that's not an appeal to most people.  Considering how he was idolized, he seems to have been almost entirely forgotten.  That's normal for the ex-POTUS and then there's Trump but this just seems like a project so big and expensive, it's guaranteed to fail.

U.S. Officials Travel to Cuba For First Time in a Decade, Lay Out Demands to Collapsing Regime
April 18, 2026

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After UK and France, Now Kanye West’s Show in Poland Gets Cancelled
April 17, 2026

□ [“Iran Caves, Declares Strait of Hormuz 'Completely Open' for All Commercial Ships"]

Wasn't it just a week or so ago that Iran declared they weren't going to put up with our crap anymore and were shutting the strait down for everybody?  The UN made demands, China, Europe, but none of them contributed anything to solving the problem.  Iran has announced that the strait is open but Fars News - Iranian government media - is challenging this.  Now it sounds like they have government officials arguing on twitter, like nobody knows who's in charge or has any real plan.

Although I'm not happy with how long it's taking - a month and a half so far! - Trump is showing major affects on global economics and taking down a tyrannical state without actually needing a war.  Few people on the planet could do this sort of thing but the rest of the world can see this accomplishment.  And that is what this is, Iranians and their neighbors and the rest of the world see how easy this regime is made pathetic and weak after all these decades.  And we did it without our so-called allies.

□ [“Euro-Globalists Meet in Paris To ‘Discuss’ the Strait of Hormuz, After Iran Has Re-Opened the Waterway"]

Is there any chance they realize this and that's what this meeting is really about?  Macron, Merz and Starmer, France, Germany and Britain, all get together and do what, congratulate each other on their great victory?  The International Energy Agency - a Paris-based organization - has said Europe has only six weeks left of jet fuel if they don't get the strait re-opened.  This would be a good time to discuss ways to get oil without being so dependent on Iran's kindness and decency.  Might also be a good time to discuss how to have a stronger military so that you aren't so dependent on the US.

I don't know how much European media is censored but it would be fair to assume European citizens are watching this too.  They've seen how America can help protect freedom and the economy and they want some of that too.  And they see you opposed to that.

Singer d4vd Finally Arrested in Gruesome Killing of 14-Year-Old Girl — Seven Months After Her Body Was Found Decomposing In His Tesla
April 17, 2026

□ [“Undersecretary of Defense: Ukraine Military Support Can’t Depend on the US"]

Boy, we haven't heard much about this war in a while.  So it's really unclear what they're doing at this point.  Russia is still in the winning position but it seems to be having its own problems because of what Trump is doing in the Middle East.  It's not clear what those problems are and I'm sure no trustworthy media will report what it actually means.  I assume their troops are continuing to move forward although I can't remember the last time I saw any news to that effect.

Now they're also threatening Europe for arming Ukraine with drones.  They're also purchasing US equipment and giving that to Ukraine although I'll guess that's not being brought up.  Threats to Europe are a big enough deal.  But what is either side supposed to do about it?  Europe makes itself a target by getting involved in what's none of their business, they can't fall back on the US for defense and they don't have anything else to fight with.  I've always speculated that Russia has been deliberately slow on this but it's been over four years and they don't have much to show for it.

Trump is probably still involved although at least he's kept quiet about since whatever the most-recent peace negotiations failed.  We also haven't exposed the money laundering that goes on which, as far as I'm concerned, was the only reason to pay attention to it.  I'm guessing that Ukraine joining NATO or the EU has been dropped for the time being but that's temporary, they'll try again in a couple years.  Or sooner if the war starts getting worse for them.

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April 17, 2025

□ [“Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) on Swalwell Pal, Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)"]

Gotta admit, if this happened a week ago, I'd have a little less optimism about this.  After all, the last sixteen months have given us a lot of reasons to hope something would actually be done about the leftist elites but we haven't seen much of that.  Can't get tired of wins when you aren't getting any.

But with Swalwell taken out in barely a week, it looks like something can actually be done with the Uniparty.  I still think they're part of a demon-worshipping cult but whatever this is, it sounds like they have evidence on the next target.  The main worry is that a vast majority of politicians and officials are in on this so they don't have to turn on each other to save themselves, they just have to hold out and remain fully protected by the media.

It has been noted that the left has spent all these years claiming they have evidence of Trump doing all these awful things with Jeffrey Epstein or whoever, at some point they're going to need to ask why nobody ever does anything with that evidence.  A week ago, Swalwell was a congressman and popular candidate for governor, suddenly he's gone.  Why can't you do that to Trump after all this time?  The Biden administration sat on the Epstein files for four years, were they just too stupid and lazy or were they the ones who'd be exposed in the files?

Quite possibly California is going to continue having problems like this.  The New York Times just reported that Gavin Newsom's PAC purchased two-thirds of the printed copies of his latest book.  They measure the NYT Best Seller list so they'd know but admitting it to the public suggests the game is up, at least for some people.  And that's not even counting what else the money is used for.

Utah Supreme Court Justice Has ‘Inappropriate’ Relationship w/ Attorney Who Helped Dems Steal a Congressional Seat
April 17, 2026

□ [“‘Too Coincidental’ 11 Mysterious Dead and Missing UFO Researchers"]

Another example where I say just knock this off and release the information.  It can't be a coincidence, these are government officials with important jobs.  They'd be tracked minute-by-minute.  So it can't be foreign agents or our people would have started to be protected early on, meaning it's either an inside job or, well, it's the aliens.

Trump has spoken out about this, suggesting that they're getting ready to release these secrets.  Normally I'd be thrilled by that but we haven't seen to many promised releases yet.  A couple weeks ago, a Tennessee congressman said he'd checked government records on this and yes, there are aliens.  Others have been saying similar things in recent months, I think even Obama spoke out, although he quickly backtracked to say it was just what he'd been told.

So they're giving the impression that they're trying to put this stuff out but the delay really makes no sense.  Otherwise STFU about it.  This comes off as a ploy to waste people's attention when, in case you haven't noticed, there's a lot more relevant things going on in our lives and the work.  I enjoy conspiracies and this just comes off as tiresome.

DOJ Abruptly Removes Lead ‘Career’ Miami Prosecutor Slow-Walking Charges Against John Brennan in Spygate Case
April 17, 2026

Who do you think you are to identify the genders of connectors and fasteners?

House Votes 224-204 to Extend ‘Temporary Protected Status’ to 350,000 Haitians for Three Years
April 16, 2026

□ [“Brief Timeline of Swalwell’s Epic and Disgusting Fall from Grace"]

I keep saying this story will vanish any moment because the left really can't allow it to continue but since it is still going, they really need to address some big questions about why they were so supportive.  The part that struck me was the video for governor with a bunch of rich people supporting Swalwell.  Adam Schiff and Sean Penn are the only two whose names I recognized but they're all listed, mostly politicians or union leaders.

So what it is about Swalwell that made you side with him so easily?  What did he say or do that let you know this was the best possible choice?  What distinguished him from any other candidate?  If someone else said or did the same things as Swalwell, would they be able to sucker you just as easily?  Sean Penn is the most famous person in the ad - and I still really only know him as Madonna's husband - so I'm really curious if he put any actual work to check into Swalwell and see if there was anything wrong or if he just falls for the lies.

Another article actually names some other celebrities who supported Swalwell, the names you'd expect.  Robert DeNiro, Jane Fonda, he might have been the very last person to get money from Rob Reiner.  So they're all in on him, probably in more ways than one.  That's why this was such a surprise that all of a sudden, he's out.  They were counting on him, now who can they turn to?  And why would you put yourself in that position to begin with?  Don't you do any background checks?  Oh and where is all the money you donated to him going now?

That's why the left needs this story silent and completely past-tense before it hits the media and other politicians.  Swalwell's allies are the main target, and of course they're all liberals.  Then there's the media.  Swalwell was in Congress for a decade and a half, he was running for governor and had run for POTUS in 2020, those would all be good opportunities to check out what this guy is up to when he's not on tv.  Leftist news site Politico says they were investigating him for this POTUS run but he dropped out so that was it.  It means either they didn't try very hard so they never found anything or they did find something and kept it hidden for all these years, helping Swalwell get away with it.

Indiana School Agrees to Pay Up After Counselor Was Fired for Objecting to Transgender Policy
April 16, 2026

□ [“Former Virginia Democrat Lieutenant Governor Kills His Wife and Himself"]

The highest-ranking black man in Virginia political history to commit a murder-suicide!  It's not just for whitey anymore!

He was elected Lieutenant Governor in 2018, the following year he was accused of a bunch of sexual assaults and rape.  Not enough to get him kicked out of office, or even get much media publicity but there he was.  And now he's gone.  He and his wife were getting a divorce but still lived together.

There seem to be a lot of stories like this, low-ranking politicians who find some way to die.  I assume they're in the Uniparty so I rarely even look at what party they're officially in.  Several years ago we were told how Democrats always start running for the highest-ranking jobs, Congress or Governor or POTUS, while Republicans start off in city and county offices.  Haven't heard that for a while and have been wondering if the left managed to get that reversed (assuming it was actually true.)  That might explain more of these deaths, especially with Epstein, P. Diddy, the NXIVM cult and now Swalwell.

So my theory is that these people see that they're close to getting caught and this is the only way to escape.  There are other possibilities, they're just insane, they take a lot of drugs, it's one of those mysterious suicides that needs three headshots and a noose to be really effective.  But I'd like to think it's mostly the same 'you'll never take me alive!' mentality.  It's things like this that make me continue to believe the Trump administration is really trying to get a bunch of secrets released that the left doesn't want us to know.

Man Attempts to Breach White House Fence — Secret Service Tackles Suspect Within Seconds
April 16, 2026

□ [“Zohran Mamdani ‘Free’ City-Owned Grocery Store Will Cost $30 Million, Won’t Open Until 2029"]

One of those things that shows how leftists ignore reality in numerous ways.  For one thing, actual grocery stores don't cost that much or take that long to open.  Anyone relying on this 'free' grocery store is SOL for the next three years, assuming it opens on schedule.  No one's even going to ask him how his idea can be so good that he won't actually do it for years.  He'll be running for re-election or a different office by then.

Also it was supposed to be "free."  It won't be "free" anymore.  He promises lower prices but that's not what he got votes for.  Did he have no clue how setting up a grocery store worked or was he just lying to gain power?  Either way, why should anyone trust him when he insists the prices will be lower?  He's already gone back on his promise and hasn't even started construction yet.

The worst part is that we know the left will completely ignore this.  To the extent they refer to it at all, they will just produce puff pieces about how great this not-free grocery store will be in the future if it ever gets built.  California did the same thing with their high-speed rail and nobody dares to challenge them about that.

So how many people actually believe this not-free grocery store is a real goal and they're sure it will happen, and how many are just using it to launder taxpayer money?  That's the thing that's really spooky about the left, we have no clue how what percentage of the population is actually in on this.  If NYC has gotten this far, there's no reason to think they won't keep making it worse.

Boston Mayor Gives Vouchers to ‘Queer and Trans Migrants’ for Massages, Yoga, ‘Creative Healing’
April 16, 2026

□ [“UK 'Legal' Advisors Tell Muslim Migrants to Lie and Claim That They're Gay"]

But they don't need to *prove* they're gay, they just need to say it and that's enough.  They can even bring their wife.  Oh yeah, she's gay too.  I've forgotten most of what I used to know about Islam but I do remember that lying to the infidel is perfectly acceptable.  IIRC they are able to go further than that.  What is a sin in Islam isn't that bad when done with the infidel, including various types of sex.  So if they really need to prove it, they might be able to find a way.

So that could explain a lot about western politics for the last few decades.  The leftists want more and more immigration, the incoming Muslims unanimously vote with liberals and the *woke* agenda gets pushed harder and harder until the Muslims have taken over the nation.  For convenience I would cite 9/11 as the turning-point for this although you could cite earlier examples.  This is effectively a worldwide version of what happened with Iran in 1979 and then there's the inspiration of Egyptian writer Sayyid Qutb.

I'm sure there's more to this - the perversion of rich leftists - but this would go a long way towards gays and trans and child-molesters suddenly getting a lot more social influence and authority than they deserve.  The left falls for it because they're the left.  The Muslims know it's guaranteed to fail but they're in the clear because it's not like they believe in it themselves.  Meanwhile the rest of us are effectively hit from both sides.  The Uniparty would have ways to pass the tests in their respective circles, those who understand leadership and control could manipulate the others.  I'm not sure how to prove this but it looks like a really believable argument of how this has all happened as well as giving us a better clue on who we're fighting.

Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons Suddenly Resigns
April 16, 2026

This post was written by Artificial Intelligence and you didn't even notice. But then, for all I know, that's what you're using to read it. Wow. Mind. Totally. Blown.

Biden-Naturalized UK National with Lengthy Rap Sheet Goes on Deadly Georgia Shooting Spree
April 15, 2026

□ [“Eric Swalwell Finds Out About Sudden 'Investigative Reporting'"]

As you might expect, Democrats have already forgotten about Swalwell, the front-runner for California governor just a couple days ago.  A few have pointed out that his behavior was a well-known secret, nobody will follow up on that.  No one will even ask why nobody said anything when he was running for POTUS in 2020.  Just think of how many women they could have protect from him back then.  Instead all we're left with is the remaining right-wing media pointing out the problems and hypocrisy.

So now we'll see what happens to the political race.  A billionaire is the new front-runner because Democrats do love their billionaires.  Meanwhile others speculate on who was responsible for this.  Given how many Democrats knew about Swalwell, there's a lot of suspects.  The fact that it was all timed so quickly does indicate someone with a lot of influence but the same people need to insist they knew nothing about it whatsoever.  No one would dare tell Nancy Pelosi what her fellow San Francisco Democrat did to women, she's probably punish anyone who tried.

There's even speculation that they're trying to clear out the competition for Michelle Obama.  That's why Newsom's problems are becoming public.  I really doubt that, she's never showed any ability or interest to be appointed to any office.  She's also not from California so that kind of hurts her chances, at least if you follow the law.

I would like to think this is some trap set by the Trump administration but I can't figure out how.  Perhaps the main question would be 'who told these women to suddenly speak out?'  They worked around Swalwell so they'd be known among the local Democrats.  They'd probably also be spied on, but who knows if that's the Trump administration, China or just other Democrats?

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April 15, 2026

□ [“California Taxpayers Funding Homeless Illegal Aliens to Get Sex-Changes and Breast Implants"]

One of those time where you have to stop and wonder if this is real or just a fraud to spam more money, and which would be worse.  This appears to be centered around San Francisco - where Eric Swalwell and Nancy Pelosi have represented - but that may just be because this was the one that was discovered and it happens elsewhere.  No matter how much money is spent on California homelessness, it just keeps growing.  You think there's a connection?

Investigations are going on, usually by private citizens because the government supports this fraud.  An employee at the Los Angeles Housing Department has been caught on video admitting there's a lot of fraud, also dealing with the homeless.  They have nothing to worry about, it's not like there's any accountability.  Democrats can't lose elections to anybody except other Democrats.

There seems to be no way to reverse this.  What does it take to get people to realize that we cannot share a country with these people any longer?  Put the navy on one side and walls around the rest of the state and keep them all away from us.  Or at least find out what it takes to get a state to lose that status and revert to a territory.  Put a twenty or fifty-year requirement on that to show that they've learned a lesson before they're allowed to come back.

Prodigal Son Prince Harry Slams His Father, Charles III, Says He Wants ‘To Be a Better Parent’
April 15, 2026

□ [“Canada’s Liberal Government Suspends Federal Tax on Gasoline and Diesel"]

But they're not ending the tax.  Heck no, it's just four and a half months, dropping a few cents-per-gallon.  That's how much they care.  Ireland just did the same thing so I'm wondering how much of this is about leftist governments realizing that they need to step back before they're overthrown.

The new prime minister of Hungary is a total globalist but immediately insisted that they would not be following the EU's immigration policy.  I'm not sure I believe that one, he's already been attacking other less-globalist EU leaders.  Pope Leo said a couple sensible things when he took over and look what's happened since.

Maybe it's just that the globalists are becoming more open about wanting to be in charge of everything, or at least have total authority within their shrinking realms.  Unlike their supporters, they have a clue what's going on.  The real citizens are pissed, the leftists are worthless and the illegal immigrants are just taking over.  These elites just want to keep everything quiet until they themselves have died of old age, then they don't care what happens next.

Justin Trudeau’s Lovebird Katy Perry Under Investigation for Sexual Assault in Australia
April 15, 2026

□ [“Blockade Successful; Trump Says War 'Very Close' to Ending"]

So the point, at least one of them, was to keep Iran from having any access to the Strait.  Other countries can send ships through.  It's Iran that's hit the hardest by this.  And maybe Pakistan, their president is saying their country is almost broke and the negotiations were supposed to fix that.  Um, ok.  Separate nations shouldn't be so dependent on another for survival, is there something they aren't telling us?  Like maybe they're one nation under two names?  If anybody could figure that out, it's probably the Shi'ite and Sunni.

If Iran is blocked off, it means nobody can come to help them, at least not by sea or air.  We still don't know if any protestors are still there in Iran but there was a great piece of news, if true.  Protestors, or whatever they were, killed a leader of the Basij, a militia part of the IRGC.  They stabbed him many times on the streets of Tehran.  That's not something you could do if the regime was still safe and powerful.  Bombs were used in another Tehran neighborhood and the Basij blames internal traitors.

I still think (hope) that the Trump administration planned this thoroughly so it would last much less than the 90-day limit before Congress has to approve it.  The fact that globalists and elites are rushing to support the mullahs shows what side they've always been on, so what will we be looking at if the regime falls tomorrow or next week?  What influence has Iran had around the world for the last half-century, which would explain why no one else has gone ahead and handled it like Trump did?

Six House Republicans Join Dems to Advance Measure to Restore ‘Protected Status’ For Haitians
April 15, 2026

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April 14, 2026

□ [“Los Angeles DA Launches Investigation Into Swalwell After Fifth Accuser Comes Forward"]

They're all trying to get involved on this.  No one's asking the women why they waited so long to say anything and what suddenly changed all their minds.  I guess there wouldn't be any good answers for that.  Like everything else, we can assume they're going to use this against Trump but I also have to wonder if this is about giving the other leftist elites some instruction on how these investigations are handled.  That way they know what to hide so they won't have to face the problem Swalwell has.

Nancy Pelosi had to rush out to say that Democrats had no clue about any of this.  There are already Democrats contradicting that - former San Francisco Mayor Willy Brown, for instance - but it also raises another issue.  What is it about Democrats that abused women *REALLY* don't want to tell them anything?  No matter how many years it goes on and how many women get abused, Democrats are too busy talking about how much they care.  Don't you even do background checks on these people?

□ [“Kimmel’s Conspicuous Silence After Rolling Out the Red Carpet for Swalwell as Governor"]

Another crack in the leftist celebrity ladder.  They're all connected, they're all promoting each other.  Kimmel is on ABC, a Disney property.  No way to know what chances Swalwell had of winning a fair election in California (ahem) but they were backing him.  And once again they're all totally ignorant of who they were promoting, or they just need to stay very quiet about it.  They also have to worry what all the girls (or whatever they self-identify as) will be accusing them of.

So it's fine that this sort of thing is coming out but there's also still no real consequences.  We can have all the suspicions we want but there really needs to be a clear explanation of what the f*ck they're doing all this for.  I assume it's a demon-worshipping cult but there needs to be some evidence.  It may be focused on Hollywood and California but is also spread all around the world.  There's still no end in sight and we don't even know where we're going here.

After the UK, Now France Moves to Stop Kanye West From Performing in the Country
April 14, 2026

□ [“Iran’s President Praises Leo XIV for Attacking Trump — 'Glory by Allah' as Islam and Vatican Team Up"]

I really would not have expected these two getting together but may I should have.  Iran will take whatever help they can get and Leo, well, he's obviously not on the side of Christians.  Has yet to say anything about the massacres going on in Africa.  And like all liberals, he didn't say anything about the Iranian government killing 30,000 Iranians in January.  But boy does he not like Orange Man.

As always, I can't figure out what Trump is doing.  He's trashing Leo online and is spreading that over to some his allies, notably Italy.  I think he's making a point about how they all center around Iran but just saying that makes no sense.  How and why would anybody put themselves into that position?  And why isn't Trump just putting everything out now?  What is he waiting for?

A bit more is coming out about Leo's past.  He was always an ardent leftist.  Must have been some big competition to become pope.  I am a baptized Catholic but I was a baby at the time and didn't have much say in the matter, so it's not like I have any authority here.  But if I did, what I would say is Catholics need to stop going to Sunday mass.  Get together among yourselves and read scripture.  Find others who will do the same and work with them.  The church needs you far more than you need it.

I'd like to think that this is another aspect of Trump's second-term plans.  Ok, fine, but as always, it never goes anywhere as far as we can see.  There's a point where you have to ask what he would do differently if he was actively working for the opposition?  He's helping them clean off some fat, get some practice with the modern world, experience getting organized against the rest of us.  It's not getting tired of winning, it's getting tired waiting for an actual victory that everyone can point to.  And yes, I say that even as I believe there are US forces on the ground in Iran making some big changes we'll hear about in a day or so.  Still doesn't change my larger point.

French Police Raid Elysée Palace in Corruption Probe; Denied Entrance by Presidency Staff Invoking Macron’s Immunity
April 14, 2026

□ [“Paramount Done with Kurtzman Star Trek - Starfleet Props Auctioned"]

Not remotely a Star Trek fan but I pay some attention to it as another old franchise being destroyed.  The new show was very expensive and totally *woke* so it was immediately cancelled.  They don't need to keep the props in case they'll be needed at some point in the future.  The same thing happened with Disney's Star Wars Acolyte, Paramount even made a point to publicly say this show is cancelled.  That's rarely announced, it's just that the show leaves and is never seen again.

Star Trek wasn't as big as Star Wars but that's like saying Great Britain isn't as big as the USA.  Ok but one led to the other.  Both franchises are having an anniversary, Trek is 60 years old this year, Star Wars is 50 next year.  And this is what they're reduced to, embarrassing failures that even the IP owners can't escape.  They're going to need to blame somebody.  And by that I mean blaming someone other than the fans because they have no fans anymore.

At this point, are there any franchises that are still going strong?  Most of them are owned by Disney but I can't think of anything that's doing well.  They've all fallen to the *woke* agenda and even without that, they're tied down by their decades of rules.  That's what made the franchises last so long but it also means there are limits to what they can do.  Fantasy space adventures without the IP logo would probably be cheaper to make and have a better chance of attracting an audience but no movie studio would dare touch them.

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□ [“House Democrats Seek to Launch ‘25th Amendment Commission’ to Remove Trump From Office"]

This is what they're paid to waste their time on.  It's guaranteed to failure but the Dems assume they're guaranteed to have a massive win this November.  They've got the media pushing how Trump is nothing but disaster, although it's been a week or two since I've heard how Trump supporters are ditching him.  This really is all they're capable of doing, how the f*ck do they ever get to any position of power with this limitation?

Of course sane people will point out that the left had no problem with Joe Biden being so obviously braindead.  And not just in the way he'd been for decades, he was really old too.  So much of leftist policies always come down to 'it's ok when *we* do it.'  To be fair, it usually works for them and I have no clue how to change that.  That's not even counting all the other aging members of the uniparty.

Maybe they're just trying to fill in time.  They believe they're on the 'left side of history' so they're guaranteed to win.  I wouldn't be worried except that this has worked for them so many times.  And we already see RINOs trying to join it.  There are Republicans pushing a massive amnesty bill for all these illegals.  These are the sort of people who would vote for this impeachment as soon as the wind changes.  Even worse, we're stuck with them, Republicans couldn't pass any bills otherwise.  And looking at what Congress has done this year, they can barely pass any bills anyway.

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The better the technology gets, the worse the internet access gets.

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□ [“Eric Swalwell Resigns From Congress as Another Accuser Comes Forward"]

I knew it, he wouldn't last much longer.  I wasn't convinced he'd be out of Congress too but the House Ethics Committee has already started an investigation.  I'm curious if resigning means that investigation will stop.  There's reasons to think it might but given that being in Congress is at least theoretically important, it might not be a job you can just up-and-quit.  So if the investigation actually happens, they'll need to look into his past, most notably to his Chinese spy girlfriend Fang Fang.  If they get that far, they'll have to look into what other congressmen were connected to China.  I'm thinking specifically of Dianne Feinstein who got very rich somehow before she died, but there are others.

Even without that, the media is still having problems.  Basically all their defenses are coming down to 'they weren't authorized to look into' what was common knowledge about Swalwell.  And Fiona Hill testified to Congress blaming Russia for everything Trump did even though the committee had nothing to do with that investigation but Nancy Pelosi insisted on doing it that way and the media reported it.  Woodward and Bernstein weren't appointed to investigate Nixon but look how that worked out for them.  We already know the media is protecting the politicians on their side, they can at least admit it.

I'm also noting that this is similar to what happened a couple years ago to noted writer Neil Gaiman.  He did a lot of cheating on his wife and suddenly got dumped in a similar way as allegations started coming out.  Everyone around him knew he treated a lot of women badly and suddenly that was it.  What made me think of this was the report that Swalwell made a lot of his women sign NDAs so they can't tell anyone how he treated them.  Gaiman did the same thing, at least with the most noteworthy accuser, the woman who'd get evicted from the home Gaiman owned if she didn't give him sexual favors.  He made her sign an NDA and is now suing her for breaking that NDA.  I suspect this all falls under why adultery is considered a sin but it's not my problem so I don't think about it that much.  But if Swalwell and Gaiman are in the same situation, there's probably a reason for that.

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□ [“Ireland Holding National Strike Today – 'We Are Shutting Down Hard!'"]

Will they be able to hold out, strong and united, or will they instead be more like the Irish?

I'll make fun of the Irish but only because they deserve it.  I really do want this to be successful.  So far I haven't heard much in the way of news.  About the biggest report I've seen were that hundreds of police officers were calling in sick today.  Ok, that's a start, but what about everyone else?  And will they all show up tomorrow?  For the last year, American leftists have claimed to be going on strike multiple times and no one has even noticed.  I don't want that to happen here.

Reportedly a lot of people did show up to today's protests.  The government is even willing to cut the fuel tax, at least a little bit.  Ireland gets its oil from Norway, not Iran, so the current Middle East problems aren't relevant.  We're also told that the government is fighting itself and may collapse any day.  I'll believe that when I see it and, more importantly, that it means something other than everybody switching seats and pushing the same policies.

The Irish haven't been able to get rid of the English for the last 900 years so there isn't much reason for optimism.  The IRA has provided a lot of inspiration for terrorism and we're at a point where people will support that.  I don't but if I'm not already in the minority, I might be very soon.  And there will still be the same tyrants in charge, bringing them to this point.

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□ [“Viktor Orbán Concedes Defeat in Election – Globalist Péter Magyar Expected To Be Next PM"]

I haven't paid much attention to this election because I'm American so I don't care much about that stuf from other countries.  But all the leftists are so thrilled by this.  Orban is such a tyrant that he admitted losing and will leave office.  The left also sees no problem with elections where you have to guess who will be in charge of the winners.  That kinda destroys the point of voting.

I really don't get why but it's clear the EU was pushing this.  They're not going to get much help from the US but they're still desperate for war with Russia and Orban stood in their way so he has to get squashed.  And of course I assume the election was rigged but it's a European election so that's a given but there's no way to know how it works.

I'd like to think the Trump administration has this planned and worked with Orban on this but I've lost hope for that as well.  The worldwide elites are capable of stealing elections so here's another chance.  Hungary is also a Catholic nation so the new leftist pope has been very specifically political.  Mostly attacking Trump but everyone else too.  Trump and Leo XIV are arguing on the internet now, another leftist empire to take down?  Perhaps Orban was the sacrifice made for this?

Trump has been making a few strange religious comments lately.  There's already the Ukraine connection with Hungary opposed to be in the war.  There's all the money flying around, which the EU would be part of.  It's even being looked into how much taxpayer money goes to Catholic archdiocese, more laundering and pushing leftist ideology.  Not sure if there's any connection to all these but something seems to be growing here.  Obama-era officials just met with the Pope last week, is that a coincidence?

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□ [“Full U.S. Blockade of Ships Entering or Exiting Strait of Hormuz Begins Today at 10:00 A.M. ET"]

I'm guessing it's been fully scheduled and will be completed within 12 hours or however long it takes.  Might keep some ships there to make sure Iran can't do anything else.  I'm sure we've already negotiated this with every other relevant nation, particularly China.  It's not entirely clear what they would be doing other than clearing the strait of bombs.

Well, there is one other option.  This would be a perfect opportunity to send in special forces operatives on the beach.  Trump did say he'd be doing this like Venezuela.  Perfect opportunity to grab the mullahs or any other relevant person.  Or maybe just leave them a note or a dead bodyguard saying 'this could be you.'  Something dramatic to tell them it's over.

Of course the EU is siding with Iran.  They attack EU ships, they blocked the strait first, of course it's all Trump's fault.  But Iran has been funding European Muslims for a long time so the elites are dependent on them as voters and the only ones with a high birth-rate.  I still assume the Iranian regime will fall soon so the EU regime might be the next one to take down.  Soon the US will be shutting down the Mediterranean.

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CNN’s Brian Stelter Credits Journalists With Ending Eric Swalwell’s Bid for California Governor
April 13, 2026

I just don't have much to say today. It happens, all right? Get off my back! I'm not here to please you! Also buy my books. :)

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□ [“Trump Confirms He’s Going 'Full Venezuela' on the Strait of Hormuz and Iran 'All in and All Out”]

It probably won't be as awesome as it sounds but my initial reaction was 'finally!'  Clean out the strait and let it be used the way it was supposed to be, without Iran making the decisions.  Trump's comment doesn't say anything about Iran itself but this will be similar to what we did in Venezuela but at a higher level.  That would be great, if the mullahs wake up tomorrow on an aircraft carrier headed towards the Atlantic.

But the Navy will keep any ships in the strait from getting to Iran.  This is probably happening because the latest negotiations have failed.  They took place in Pakistan but Iran had demands so that was that.  We're still waiting for something to change, probably getting Iranians to do the work and retake their country.

It's strange how the left and their propaganda media have all automatically declared Iran the winner.  If all you have to do is immediately lose your leaders and military, why doesn't Ukraine do that?  They don't get how an actual war works, much less what this military operation is up to.  And thinking about it, we're only about halfway to the point where Trump actually needs approval from Congress to keep going.  I've been saying we need to see more actual progress but I still suspect that was always part of the plan, 90 days to finish this.

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□ [“Support Grows in Congress to Remove Eric Swalwell — Expulsion Could Happen This Week"]

I doubt it will get that far, he'll be pushed out by then.  I'm actually surprised it hasn't happened already.  A two-thirds majority is required to expel a congressman - an R-FL congresswoman has filed a motion to expel - and they might not want to put their vote on record for that.  They're going to be asked how long they knew about this and that's already getting started.

A reporter tweeted that he'd seen this behavior in Swalwell since 2013 when he started politics in the city council.  And he only mentions it now, what a coincidence.  Anybody else he's been protecting from the voters?  He claims he tried to get it released but the women wouldn't speak and Swalwell would sue him.  Sounds like Democrats know how to keep their people in line.  Which would also explain why they've suddenly become all vocal about this.  We saw this several years ago with Harvey Weinstein who gave Hillary Clinton lots of money and had a lot of other rich women give Hillary lots of money but somehow nobody ever talked about Weinstein.

Anyway, Congress is turning against Swalwell, his endorsers and staff are turning against him, he's not going to last long.  Because he's so unimportant, I'd forgotten this but he thought he was important enough to run for POTUS in 2020.  You'd think all the buzz around him would get people talking, especially in the 'believe all women' era, but they stayed silent.  They decided to go with Joe Biden instead and given all the pictures of him with women and children, he obviously knew how to keep people quiet.

Just after I wrote the above, news came out that he has quit the California governor race.  We'll see if he stays in Congress.  His California district has only had three Representatives since 1945, all Democrat, so he's probably safe unless the party really wants a sacrifice right now.  And they might.  Get rid of him before he starts talking about what else he knows.

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