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Jimmy Kimmel's Nasty Mentally-Unstable Whore-Wife: I Disassociated From Family Members As if I Were Programmed by a Cult Over Them Refusing to Match My Hysterical Anti-Trump Energy
—Ace
Jimmy Kimel's Whatever-the-Opposite-of-a-Trophy-Wife is does not admit she is mentally unstable, but she makes several key psychiatric admissions that could support a diagnosis of mental illness:
* "When Donald Trump was first elected, I was so upset, I mean, we all were"
* She admits she is "angry all the time" and understands that this "isn't healthy, at all"
* She says she feels "a little bit of sympathy" for people in her family who are conservative, claiming that they are being "deliberately misinformed everyday," while she says she has all the real facts at her fingertips
* She says that family members believing things other than what she does "hurts me so much"
* She further shows a possible Narcissistic Personality Disorder by asserting that everything is about her: When her family members vote for Trump, she claims, they are "voting against" her fat husband and his stupid show (which I believe she produces -- so she's a nepo baby)
* She says this is not about "Democrat versus Republican" but about "family values" as she freely admits -- brags, actually -- about "having lost relationships with members of my family"
* She says she's "immediately mad" at "certain aunts, uncles, cousins" when she reads left-wing media ragebait stories, saying that she gets "really angry" and then she dashes "many emails" collecting the ragebait stories and telling them "here are ten reasons not to vote for Trump." She then says that "ninety percent" of these family members ignore her -- gee, wonder why -- but, worse yet, some of them actually respond with "insane responses." Which, between you and me, are just telling her she's wrong.
* She says "I hate that this has happened," as if her own boxwine-fueld midnight nastygrams to family members have noting to do with her estrangement from family members
* She says she is "in constant conflict" (with family members, I assume" and that "it's really hard"
* Finally, she admits to her cult-mentality by saying "I wish I could deprogram myself in some way, but I get, I get really angry"
These are real quotes. I may have missed a word here or there but this is all real. She is going on podcasts with her Unfunny TV Clown Chubby Hubby and confessing that she is a deeply mentally disturbed woman, and, for some reason, proud of it.
I mean, seriously, there is so much psychiatric cud to chew over in just three minutes that one can only imagine what an entire fifty-minute hour of psychological counseling would stir up.
Jimmy Kimmel's wife has a very healthy way of dealing with family members who don't share her political persuasion.
When our president does something she doesn't like, Molly McNearney gets angry at her "aunts, uncles and cousins" who helped put him in office -- and hectors them with anti-Trump emails.
Shockingly, this has led to some "lost relationships."
Speaking on the "We Can Do Hard Things" podcast, Molly McNearney complained about family members who voted for President Trump because it was "them not voting for my husband and me and our family."
But deep down, McNearney, who is also her husband's executive producer for "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," even knows she's the one who has lost the plot.
"I wish I could deprogram myself in some way," she said recently on the "We Can Do Hard Things" podcast.
So why doesn't she go ahead and do it? Reboot the machine and upload a new operating system. Cut back on politics instead of cutting off her right-leaning loved ones.
After all, McNearney's displeasure with her relatives, she insists, is not just politics -- it's about "values."
Yet when she explains the rifts, she reveals that she values politics -- and fealty to her husband -- over blood and free thinking. Hmmmm.
"It hurts me so much ... my husband is out there fighting this man, and to me, them voting for Trump is them not voting for my husband and me and our family," she said.
"And I unfortunately have kind of lost relationships with people in my family because of it."
McNearney has somehow deluded herself into believing that her husband, whose literal job is to be a clown on late-night television and make America laugh at the end of a hard day, is now the unelected leader of the Trump resistance.
This is a serious national health crisis, and no one says anything about it, because almost all of the expErTs we should all TrUsT are all suffering from the same ten-year-nervous breakdown and insisting that it's perfectly normal.
🚨 NEW: Jimmy Kimmel’s Wife & Show Producer Molly McNearney Says She is Losing Relationships w/ Her Trump-Voting Family, Wishes She Could ‘Deprogram’ Herself
“To me, them voting for Trump is them not voting for my husband and me and our family … This is not just Republican… pic.twitter.com/gLPZUJ979K
I don't mean to discombobulate you, but the Party of Reason and Emotional Stabilityis having a, get this, hysterical overreaction to normal, everyday, fairly trivial things that sane and emotionally-temperate people can barely find the energy to care about.
The Hill's Mike Lillis and Sudiksha Kochi report tensions are boiling over within the Democratic Party, just a week after the party was riding high off its sweeping success in last Tuesday's elections.
"What Senate Dems who voted for this horseshit deal did was f-- over all the hard work people put in to Tuesday's elections," Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), a former head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, posted on the social platform X. "Healthcare matters. Not platitudes."
Liberal media figures are calling out the Democratic Party after eight senators voted with the GOP on a plan to reopen the government, accusing the party of caving as they try to end the longest shutdown in history.
Ex-CNN host Don Lemon, "The View" co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Whoopi Goldberg, former CNN journalist Chris Cillizza and more were among members of the media lambasting the Democratic caucus members who voted to advance a plan to re-open the government on Sunday.
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Lemon posted on TikTok and said the Democrats "caved."
Goldberg said during "The View" on Monday, "eight Senate Democrats threw in the towel by siding with the GOP to advance a vote that could lead to the government reopening."
Others specifically took aim at Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the Senate minority leader.
Hostin said, "Shame on you the first time. You do it twice, three times, four times, shame on me. Shame on the Democrats for even believing that the Republicans will, you know, even vote on it."
"So the bottom line is, the Democrats went into, after a blue wave, the American people saying, 'We do want [an] opposition.' The working people want the Democratic Party to fight for them. And now, they just caved and surrendered. I think Chuck Schumer -- his days are over. And if he cannot keep his caucus together, he needs to go. He needs to be replaced," she added.
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Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan, who founded Zeteo, also called on Schumer to resign in a post on social media.
So let's not bury the lede: Charles Schumer is on the chopping block. Or the slopping block*, because he's a rumpled elderly sow. His bid to appear to be as fighty and zany as Retarded Congresswoman AOC failed completely. No one's buying it.
Some Democratic lawmakers also called for Schumer to step down.
"Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can't lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?" Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif, said in a post on social media on Sunday.
Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., also said in a post that the vote was "another example of why we need new leadership."
The favorite televised doomscrolling feed for bitter femcel women and developmentally-delayed homosexuals who want to sound smart at grown-up parties, CNN, writes:
Schumer didn't vote for bill to reopen the government. He's facing liberal fury anyway.
He's facing liberal furries? Well keep facing them. Don't turn your back on liberal furries. Unless you want to be yiffed in the keister.
No he didn't vote for cloture on the CR, but it is common knowledge (or at least a well-informed common assumption) that he told the "moderate" purple state senators and the retiring Dick Durbin to end the shutdown while he continued playing John Jay Rambo screaming "It's not over, it's never over!" while shooting up generic computer equipment.
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There is no immediate threat to Schumer's leadership, according to multiple Democratic sources. Not one of the Democrats calling for Schumer to step down as leader is a current member of his caucus. Still, frustrations are mounting privately among Senate Democrats that Schumer and his leadership team lacked a long-term plan to secure real concessions from the GOP in the funding fight-- and that the party ultimately ended up without a tangible legislative win, according to a half-dozen Senate Democratic sources. And there is growing chatter about what it means for his future after the 2026 midterms and if he chooses to run again in 2028.
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Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona wouldn't directly say whether he had confidence in Schumer. Asked by CNN about the Democratic leader's handling of the shutdown, Kelly pivoted to President Donald Trump, whom he called "an irrational president who doesn't care about the American people."
Pressed again on whether he had confidence in Schumer, Kelly conceded that it had been a "rough" time for Senate Democrats. "I've been here four and a half years now, and [Schumer has] been the leader, and I understand why people look at this and say, well, this was kind of a rough period," he said.
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, pressed if he had confidence in Schumer, was also mum on the leader's future. "I was glad to see that kind of unity," Van Hollen said. "I'm disappointed in the result, but we will fight on another day."
But, you know, day that ends in a -y and all that.
Axios, a wannabe Politco only read by groomers when they're shitting out yesterday's deposit of shame, writes:
"Sen. Schumer has failed to meet this moment and is out of touch with the American people," progressive Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Minn.) said in a post on X.
Said Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), a moderate who is running for U.S. Senate, said "if [Schumer] were an effective leader, he would have united his caucus to vote 'No'" on the Senate shutdown deal.
Driving the news: In addition to Moulton and Tlaib, Reps. Mike Levin (D-Calif.), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) called for Schumer to step down between Sunday night and Monday afternoon.
"It is time for us to have somebody who can stand up to Trump and someone that is unwavering, somebody who is more strategic, and, frankly, somebody with guts," Thanedar said in a phone interview.
Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) told Axios that Schumer "should not" remain as leader.
Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas) said in a statement to Axios: "If I were a senator, I would be asking Senator Schumer to step down as minority leader. He's simply cannot meet this moment."
Flashback: Only Reps. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) and Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) called for Schumer to step aside when he voted for a Republican spending bill in March.
Ramirez doubled down on Monday, writing on X: "I've said it before, and I will say it again ... Schumer needs to resign."
Zoom out: Other Democrats skirted just up to the line.
"If I had a vote it would be for Patty Murray," Rep. Emily Randall (D-Wash.) told Axios, referring to her home state's senator.
Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.) criticized Schumer both for his handling of the shutdown and his refusal to endorse New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, posting on X, "Profile of scourge? Next."
Profile of scourge? What? Does he think scourge rhymes with courage?
I'm not Joe Dead Poets Society over here but, you know: It does not.
This is a party of retards.
Zoom in: Those lawmakers join a cohort of grassroots groups actively trying to orchestrate Schumer's ouster.
Indivisible is urging Democratic voters to call their senators and tell them "time for Chuck Schumer to step aside" and launching a program to promote candidates in Senate Democratic primaries who are "firmly committed to opposing Schumer" as leader.
Progressive group MoveOn also joined the chorus Monday, telling Axios' Holly Otterbein that around 80% of its members voted in a survey that Schumer should quit his leadership role.
A private call of House Democrats devolved into a furious vent session Monday afternoon as lawmakers fumed about a group of Senate centrists cutting a deal with Republicans to end the shutdown.
Why it matters: Over a dozen House Democrats spoke on the call, with the vast majority slamming the deal, sources told Axios -- a volume that reflects deep outrage between the two chambers.
Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) said the public is incensed at what they see as Democrats caving on the shutdown fight, telling her colleagues, "People are f**king pissed."
Nearly "everyone [was] strongly against" the deal, said one House Democrat who was on the call but spoke on the condition of anonymity to share details of a private discussion.
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Zoom in: Roughly half of those who spoke on Monday's call either directly criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) or did so implicitly by agreeing with previous speakers who tore into him, sources said.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the former chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, argued that either the Senate leader "can't control his caucus" or he "gave his blessing" to the deal.
Yeah, as I keep saying, this is one of those less-common Democrat performances of Failure Theater.
Chuck Schumer is so angry that exactly eight Democrats -- precisely the number needed, given Rand Paul's never-ending "I'm not like the other grrrls" Goth Tween act -- voted to end the shutdown that he busted out his world-renown Crocodile tears to show his extreme pissiness. Video below the fold.
Democrat House members are demanding their fellow congressmen vote it down:
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Several hours after the call, House Democratic leadership sent out an email to members' offices instructing them to "VOTE NO" on the shutdown deal.
House members have been on a two month break.
Must be nice.
Must.
Be.
Nice.
Mike Johnson told them to all Get Your Ass to the Choppahs and return to DC for a vote planned for tomorrow. And he did say return ASAP, because, due to the Democrats' shutdown theater, a lot of air traffic controllers are skipping (unpaid) work and there are flight delays and cancellations aplenty.
Happy Tuesday!
And of course:
Happy Veterans Day! I sincerely thank all the veterans who have served and fought to keep this nation safe.
Bonus: Chucky Schumer's Fake Tears make a fresh appearance. This sociopathic nebbish turns on the fake waterworks whenever he's called upon to appear "sincere," despite being a soulless, ruthless, and craven political operator who only exists to manipulate people into ceding power to him.
Enjoy Chuck watering his flabby cheeks with Tactical Eye Piss.
* I like Trump's "Sloppadopoulos" so much that I'm trying to get my own "slop" insults going.
Sloppy Schumer? Does that work?
Okay so this one isn't a winner. But you have to start with a sow's ear before you can make a silk purse. Or something. I have literally never understood that saying. Who the fuck carries a sow's ear? (Apart from the ladies of The View, on dey heads.)
The conspicuous apathy when it comes to the murder of Christians by Muslims is nowhere more obvious than in Nigeria, where the bloodshed is savage and everywhere, and has been for 15 years. But it is focused on Christians, because that is what Muslims do. They are a bit more than 50% of the population of Nigeria, and their playbook is ancient and clear...convert, pay, or die. And since Nigeria is a poor country, and its Christian population is committed to actual Christianity, rather than the post-modern mess of Christianity in the West, they are killed.
They are killed because they are Christian. They are killed because they are devout. They are killed because the revolutionary political philosophy that is Islam will tolerate no other social construct, especially one that recognizes the individual.
But mostly they are killed because they are poor and black and conservative Christian, and the West simply does not care about the deaths of poor black Christians, because they do not fit into the hierarchy of class and race and colonizer status that elevates an Arab rock-thrower shot by Israeli soldiers to the top of the grievance list.
If Mainstream Christianity wanted to elevate the murders of 100,000 Christians to a prominent place in its discussions of every other social issue, it could. Perhaps it could supplant the pressing issues of giving communion to adulterers, or performing marriages for polygamists, or ordaining two-spirit, non-binary, gay transsexuals.
Look close to home...at the carnage of our inner cities. Blacks murder blacks at an unimaginable rate, and nobody cares. Jews are beaten in the streets of our cities, and nobody cares. Christians are harassed and condemned by Muslims in Dearborn, and nobody cares.
Conservative religion is anathema to the post-modern West; they see it as perhaps the most significant enemy of their overarching goal of the destruction of traditional culture and Judeo-Christian philosophy. And, of course it is! Accepting traditional interpretations of scripture and accepting its authority, personal morality guided by that scripture, traditional views of marriage, abortion, etc! That repulses our elites, and they will not defend it. Add blackness to the mix, and we see the current situation in Nigeria as the culmination of three generations of post-religious thought.
President Trump was absolutely correct in calling out the government of Nigeria. There is a genocide brewing there (and, sadly, in other places), and pushing back against Islam in Nigeria would be a welcome addition to the efforts of Israel in the Middle East.
Because it is a war, and only a few in the West recognize it!
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Now on to the news. So the Schumer Shitshow Shakedown Shutdown is now officially over. I jumped the gun yesterday in declaring it over insofar as the vote that was held was merely the cloture vote to bring the official vote to the full Senate. And so it goes. Given the fact that the midterms are just about a year away, which of course is both an eternity and right around the corner in terms of politics. As I had stated yesterday, both the polling and the improving economy means this will not redound negatively on President Trump and the GOP, despite the full court press propaganda campaign by the media to make it otherwise. What this episode will do is further set the Democrats at each other's throats to see which faction comes out on top. The tyrannical commie criminals who fake being "Moderate" and the in-your-face full-on Communists who perceive that openly espousing the destruction of America as founded and Judeo/Christian Western civilization will attract legions of future voters and lead them from victory to victory. Yes it's a steel cage tag team match to the death between Beelzebub/12th Imam vs. Stalin/Mao Tse-Tung.
The fold likely reinforces the convictions held by many voters on the Left that Washington Democrats are giving them mere lip service and threatens Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) continued hold on his leadership position.
Meh, pass the popcorn and let them tear each other apart. That said, unfortunately for us normal human beings, there will be no Mutually Assured Destruction. Regardless of which faction comes out on top, their common trait of an unslakable thirst for absolute power while defecating on our mass grave, after squeezing every last drop of blood and treasure from our bodies means that the Democrat Left or whatever brand name it might change into will still remain.
So, whether Donald Trump and Charlie Kirk are/were both flashes in the pan, what they both have managed to achieve in a very short time has the potential to blossom into the complete undoing of the Leftist enterprise. Whether that comes about in our lifetimes or if at all remains to be seen.
Today, we see familiar signs of foreign wars on our own streets: the normalization of political violence, the collapse of enforcement authority, the ideological capture of civil institutions, and the strategic demoralization of those still willing to stand post. These are no longer foreign indicators, but domestic realities. What we are seeing in the streets of Chicago and New York is not random violence; it is the very thing we swore an oath to protect against. It is insurgent in nature, symbolic in purpose, and deeply strategic in effect.
When Border Patrol agents are ambushed in an American city, it is not merely a crime; it is an assault on the institution charged with upholding the boundary of American citizenship.
Citizenship is more than paperwork. It is the covenant that binds a people; the shared rights, duties, and the consent to govern ourselves together. Without it, sovereignty is an empty word. . . We’ve reached a point where the narrative surrounding immigration enforcement has been fully inverted. Those upholding the law are portrayed as tyrants, aggressors, and racists, while those obstructing it are framed as defenders of freedom and justice. . .
. . . This Veterans Day, we must say the quiet part out loud: the war we fought abroad has come home. The difference is that we no longer call it war. We call it politics. We call it protest. We call it compassion. But we know the truth. We were trained to recognize insurgency, subversion, and the collapse of legitimate authority. We were trained to defend boundaries, not just lines on a map, but the moral and legal foundations of a free nation. That fight is now ours again.
At the height of the anti Vietnam War Protests that raged on streets and campuses across the country, culminating in the shooting at Kent State in May of 1970 the rallying cry of the Leftists was "Bring the War Home!" And here we are 55 years later and the war is at home. In many ways it is a civil war and fought not just with bullets, bricks, molotov cocktails and such but with subversion and treachery as was amply demonstrated by Clinton, Comey, Brennan et al who subverted the institutions and agencies that are there to keep us safe and free by turning them into heinous tools of oppression and repression made all the more uglier than the Gestapo, Stasi and KGB by virtue of the fact that they sprang from among us right here in the bastion and stronghold of freedom and liberty or what was supposed to be those. Considering we have not fired a literal volley back at the enemy, and certainly not committed any pre-emotive or unprovoked acts of violence on them, it's not much of a war is it. It's more of a simmering pogrom against us.
Again, happy and blessed Veterans Day to you all, and long live the cause of freedom - OUR CAUSE, Here and now in this hour! And may the terrible swift sword of justice and vengeance smite those who seek our destruction. Amen.
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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS
The vote ends a disastrous shutdown for Democrats, but the civil war for the soul and direction of the party is just beginning. (Tagteams of Beelzebub/12th Imam vs. Mao/Stalin - jjs) Senate Passes Funding Bill to End Schumer Shutdown
"Despite the obstacles, a determined Trump administration is restoring the rule of law and equal justice under the law. The day of reckoning for treasonous Deep State plotters is coming. The Misrule of Law (Hat tip to Cob and colleague Buck Throckmorton! - jjs)
There’s an anti-Left storm brewing among the once conservative/libertarian Generation Z, which follows a predictable and dangerous path that’s left a trail of destruction throughout history. There’s an Anti-Left Storm Brewing on the Right, and It’s Ominous (Meh, I'm not seeing it - jjs)
“It will end eventually when Senator Schumer goes to six or eight of his members and his Democrats and says, ‘Do me a favor. Vote to open it back up. I may have to criticize you, I’m not gonna vote with you, but I need a way out of this. I need an offering.’” He even warned, with his trademark wit, that Schumer would have to be careful not to make it look orchestrated. Because, as he put it, “if it looks contrived… he’s boned.” Sen. Kennedy Perfectly Called How the Shutdown Would End Weeks Ago
Two House Democrats — Reps. Ro Khanna of California and Seth Moulton of Massachusetts — in addition to Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner have called for Schumer’s ouster following a handful of Democrats advancing a stopgap bill to reopen the government. Though Schumer publicly opposed the shutdown deal, his progressive critics have lambasted his role in failing to secure a win on Democrats’ chief shutdown demand: an extension of enhanced Obamacare subsidies that will expire at the end of December. Schumer Shutdown Becomes Circular Firing Squad After Growing Number Of Democrats Call For His Ouster
Politico Influence reported this week that a “libertarian-leaning nonprofit” called the Liberty Justice Center has been “helping pay the high-profile lawyers steering small businesses’ challenge to Trump’s tariff authorities.” But who funds the Liberty Justice Center? Another nonprofit “linked to conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo.” Leo, of course, was busted in January for “working for a Mike Pence-founded group to block Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination as health secretary.” SCOTUS to hear Libertarian Nonprofit, Mike Pence Suit to Block Trump Tariffs
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
“Reagan, per the current president’s Truth Social account, ‘LOVED’ tariffs. . .Reagan didn’t limit himself to trade-policy initiatives.” What Trump Got Right About Reagan and Tariffs
As far as they’re concerned, she deserved it. . . (When Islam retakes Al Andalus, the Running of the Bulls will become the running of the non Muslim women who will be chased down in the streets by priapic Muslims - jjs) Muslim Gang-Rape of Girl in Pamplona
Robert Spencer: And another mainstream assumption regarding terrorism goes up in smoke. Spoiled Rich Kids Go Jihad
Today it is Jews who are publicly harassed, attacked, libeled, and ostracized for being Jews, but tomorrow it will be all non-Muslims. Countering the New Anti-Semitism
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
It implies that these guys weren't necessarily narco-criminals before admitting about six paragraphs down that they were all indeed narco-criminals: "In dozens of interviews in villages on Venezuela’s breathtaking northeastern coast, from which some of the boats departed, residents and relatives said the dead men had indeed been running drugs but were not narco-terrorists or leaders of a cartel or gang." The AP's Attempt at Narco-Propaganda Goes Terribly Wrong
On Saturday's The Weekend: Primetime, MSNBC gave a forum to an anti-ICE guest, Sarah Slackert who was arrested Friday while protesting against immigration agents in Chicago, and even thanked her for her liberal activism. MSNSDAP's Mohyeldin Thanks Anti-ICE Guest for Her Chicago Protesting
This time the culprit isn't an international cartel of villains but lawmakers who have enacted overly burdensome policies. Lining Up For Gas In California
“I would say right here in the United States, I’ve had a chance to see firsthand, meeting so many different companies, industries, communities – we hold ourselves to really high standards of environmental stewardship,” he said, making it clear that the Trump administration is “leaning into innovation” and “tapping into our own energy resources,” which is safer and better for the environment. Exclusive–EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin: Trump’s EPA ‘Leaning into Innovation’ Instead of Overregulation to Protect Environment
The accrediting body for public service programs in the United States, the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration, accredits public policy schools in China and other authoritarian states. Why? Meet the American Educational Organization Accrediting CCP Bureaucrats
THE 2020 and SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HEISTS , SHENANIGANS/FRAUD and AFTERMATH
The longer that mail-in ballots are out there floating around in the universe, the more that can go wrong. Democrats love to claim that it's all on the up-and-up, but anything nefarious that might go on with them will happen during parts of the process that aren't filled with transparency. Will SCOTUS Bring a Modicum of Sanity to Mail-In Ballot Madness?
Trump’s bold Gaza plan—once a vision to rebuild a terror hub into the “Riviera of the Middle East”—has morphed into a UN-backed gamble that risks repeating history’s failures. An America First Plan for Gaza
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Mast was confident that Sharaa would “officially join the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS” after meeting with Trump – a major step in Sharaa’s rehabilitation from jihadi to statesman, given that Sharaa worked under ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in their al-Qaeda days, and was invited to join the Islamic State when Baghdadi established the organization. Syria’s Sharaa Meets with President Trump at White House
As the Grand Egyptian Museum Opens, an Oakland Museum is robbed of 1,000 Native American artifacts and 4 arrested in Louvre heist of royal jewels. After 20 Years, Egypt Unveils Monumental Museum Fit for the Pharaohs (I demand reparations for my ancestors enslavement and forced labor building the pyramids! - jjs)
With the 106th Veterans Day upon us, it brings back memories of just how meaningful the bond between fellow warriors can be. How Deep Is the Warrior Bond?
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So where are we on this one? I am not sure. CPU wise, folks just want Arm cores. The Radxa O6 uses the same CIX P1 SoC, and we had such a bad experience with it that we never did a review. The Minisforum MS-R1 uses the same chipset, and it is unquestionably better. It has a ton of features when it comes to ports, internal slots, and networking.
But the graphics still don't work, so you'll need to add a low-profile video card.
MORIOKA (Kyodo) -- A steady stream of bear attacks in northeastern Japan is turning some tourists away from the region, hitting local businesses hard during the normally busy season of peak fall foliage.
In the Tohoku region, hotel bookings at hot spring resorts have declined sharply, public access to areas is often limited after bear sightings, and local governments are warning visitors to be vigilant about potential bear encounters.
With no immediate signs that tourists are likely to turn up at levels seen in previous years, businesses that rely on the traditionally lucrative period before winter are facing an uncertain future.
In the Gembi area of Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture, a man was found dead outside his house in late October after being fatally attacked by a bear.
CHESHIRE, Mass. (NEWS10) — The Berkshire District Attorney’s Office (BDAO) announced that Michael Alibozek, the chief of the Cheshire Police Department, was taken into custody on Thursday night. The 53-year-old Adams man is accused of trying to solicit sex in exchange for a fee.
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This puppy might be trying a little to be cute, and he's nailing it.
I choose you as my mate. (I posted this before but I didn't note the context of this Gift of Stone. By the way, the guy here sounds like Evil Ed saying "You're so cool Brewster." And yes, I rewatched Fright Night for Halloween. One critique I've always had: I never understand the geography of this town they're in. Supposedly the vampire has a big old mansion standing just yards from normal suburban houses, and then you walk through the suburb and suddenly you're in a dark cramped alleyway.)
Her friend invited her to a birthday party where the invitation said "furry friends welcome." So she brought her dog...and look how excited he was! ❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/hTtiIiMwH4
The Head of the BBC and Its Head of News Both Resign In Wake of Revelations They Deliberately Pushed Fake News About Trump's Role in the (Also Fake) J6 Insurrection
—Ace
The BBC Panorama ran stealth-edited video to make it appear that Trump was urging his followers to go to the Capitol and "fight like hell." The claim being made was that Trump told them to riot.
It was a literal stitch-up -- they framed Trump by stitching together different speeches.
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You don't have to be an uncritical fanboy of President Trump to be horrified at just how much lying the media around the world did about him. They said he was involved in election interference while they were the ones doing it!
The BBC's boss and its head of news quit on Sunday following accusations of bias at the British broadcaster, including in the way it edited a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump.
The publicly funded BBC had been under mounting pressure after an internal report by a former standards adviser, which cited failings in its coverage of the Israel-Hamas war, transgender issues and a speech made by Trump, was leaked to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
Terrorist propaganda outlet claims they "quit." In fact, they were forced out, more credible outlets report.
Trump welcomed the departures, criticising the two as "very dishonest people" after the BBC's flagship Panorama programme edited two parts of one of his speeches together so he appeared to be encouraging the Capitol Hill riot of January 2021.
Tim Davie, who has led the British Broadcasting Corporation since 2020, defended the organisation, saying its journalism was seen as the gold standard around the world. But he said mistakes had been made and he had to take ultimate responsibility.
Deborah Turness, the CEO of BBC News, also resigned. In an email to staff she said: "I want to be absolutely clear recent allegations that BBC News is institutionally biased are wrong."
Lie.
Widely respected around the world, the BBC still tops polls in Britain on the most trusted news brand and has huge reach in the country, providing news, entertainment and sport.
But the corporation, which is funded by a licence fee paid by all television-watching households, comes under intense scrutiny from some newspapers and critics on social media, which object to its funding model and perceived liberal stance.
"Perceived." By the way, do you know that "British Men" and "British Teens" keep attacking people with knives?
The Telegraph revealed more left-wing bias, based on leaked memos:
The leaked internal report said BBC Arabic had shown anti-Israel bias in its reporting of the war in Gaza and that an effort to cover a group campaigning for single-sex spaces had been suppressed by a small group of staff who saw it as hostile to the transgender community.
BBC Arabic was anti-Israel? Not the BBC itself?
LOL.
Also revealed today : some time back the BBC ran a story about a mass grave of Palestinian civilians, secretly buried by the IDF. Internal documents leaked today show that the BBC had hard evidence that the story was a hoax, yet they ran it anyway.
Posted by: Tom Servo
And as for the second item: The story would have been about the need for single-sex spaces to protect women but the transgenders spiked the story.
Per the NYT: Trump is now threatening to sue the BBC for defamation.
President Trump on Monday threatened to sue the BBC for $1 billion for a documentary that his lawyer claimed included "malicious, disparaging" edits to a speech Mr. Trump delivered on Jan. 6, 2021.
The legal threat came in a letter from Alejandro Brito, one of Mr. Trump's lawyers, to the BBC that was obtained by The New York Times. The letter demanded a full retraction of the documentary, an apology and what his lawyers said would be payments that "appropriately compensate President Trump for the harm caused."
The letter said that if those demands were not met, "President Trump will be left with no alternative but to enforce his legal and equitable rights, all of which are expressly reserved and are not waived, including by filing legal action for no less than $1,000,000,000 (One Billion Dollars) in damages."
The letter said: "The BBC is on notice" and concluded: "PLEASE GOVERN YOURSELF ACCORDINGLY."
Noted scrupulously non-partisan media analyst and Sex Machine Brian Stelter called the double resignation "very notable."
WATCH: CNN's Brian Stelter reacts to the resignation of the BBC's top brass after getting caught spreading fake news, calling it "very unusual". pic.twitter.com/sLi6SmcmRl
Updated: Below, the former Head of News insists that the BBC is "not institutionally biased" but cannot answer why these lies were allowed to stand for nearly five years despite people pointing them out. She just says that she's sure a report will come out about that, one day.
But how would she know anything right now? She was just the head of BBC news, that's all. Above her pay grade!
2022. Jake Tapper spreads the lie that 5 people lost their lives because of the "insurrection" and then plays a deceptively edited short montage of Trump's January 6th speech.
CNN took four clips from different parts of an hour long speech and joined them together in a different… pic.twitter.com/NVWv6880jI
Hunting Season looks a bit like a generic revenge actioner but it's got Mel Gibson and he's really good at revenge actioners. Alas, it's not directed by Mel Gibson, but maybe some of his over-the-top ideas for cinematic violence were used.
This is an odd duck. It's one of those Scary Movie type lowbrow parody movies, but it's a lowbrow parody of Downton Abbey and Gosford Park, which is weird, because what is the cross-over audience for that? What Gosford Park or Downton Abbey fan also likes Scary Movie?
It's also almost all-british, including that dummy Damien Lewis as the murder victim.
I don't know what to make of this. It looks dumb, but maybe it's funny?
You tell me.
Oh, the title: Fackham Hall is meant to sound like fuck'em all.
Just so you know what you're dealing with, here.
As Troy said on Community: There is a time for subtlety, and that time was before Scary Movie.
Here's one I don't give a thought about: From the director and star of Poor Things, which I also had no interest in, Emma Stone is abducted by people who believe she's an alien. Kind of like a less-serious take on Bill Paxton's underrated Frailty. (Which you should check out if you haven't seen it and don't let anyone tell you anything about it.)
I doubt many of you will be into one but here's the Michael Jackson biopic. As Ethan Van Sciver remarked, they seem to have hired an actor with Michael Jackson's post plastic surgery nose, but had him wear a way-oversized prosthetic nose before the surgery.
It's distracting. Michael Jackson's nose was never big nor really noticeable. It was a normal African nose. That's why people were weirded out when he turned it into a little elfin white woman's nose. It was like, dude, there was nothing wrong with your nose. No one noticed your nose until now.
I think it's like when they keep taking away Superman's red briefs. They say they remove them because it "seems silly," but we've all gotten used to the red briefs on the outside. It's only when you take them away that we notice them, and then we notice the entire suit, and think: Well now it all looks silly, doesn't it?
Is that true? I thought the Henry Cavill movie was the Superman movie for people who think Superman is silly and who therefore don't like Superman.
I know I have a very minority opinion on this, but I didn't love The Dark Knight because it was sooooo self-serious. I kept wondering, "How seriously do they intend for me to take a Batman movie? How seriously do think I'm capable of taking it?" I liked the first Nolan movie more because, while a more "realistic, grounded" take on Batman, it was still, you know, mostly a Batman movie. The sequel was like... I dunno, a meditation on the 2000s War on Terrorism mixed with Batman mixed with Saw.
Don't get me wrong, I liked it. But I only liked it.
The Cavill Superman was more of that but with a character even more inappropriate for the "dark and gritty" treatment.
I bought the new Superman movie when Amazon reduced the price to like $8. But here's the thing: I turned it off after six or seven minutes. It was just not doing it for me.
But I didn't mind seeing the Silver Age silliness in the ads -- Krypto or a giant kaiju monster. Superman is -- all superheroes are -- fundamentally silly. That's part of the charm. You can reduce that a bit but I don't want to see it removed completely.
But even though I didn't mind seeing Silver Age silliness in the trailer, the first six minutes of this movie were already dragging for me and I just turned it off. I suppose I'll watch it one day, but I don't know when.
I got whiplash from going from the too-serious Cavil/Snyder movie to this too-silly/too-cartooney version. Maybe something in the middle? Like, I dunno, the very well loved Christopher Reeve Superman movies? (I and II, natch.)
BTW, Space Ice says the best Superman is Christopher Reeves. There is no Christopher Reeves. There is Christopher Reeve, and then there is George Reeves who played Superman in the 50s. Just something I always notice.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Embarasses George Stephanolopous But Stephanopoolous Filibusters and Talks Over Him and Ends the Interview
—Ace
George Stephanolpolous -- or Slopadopolous, as Trump calls him* -- tried to lecture Scott Bessent that Republicans should give in to Democrats shutdown demands.
Bessent reminded the former (and current) Democrat spokesman and spinner that he had previously called Republicans "terrorists" for shutting down the government in 1995.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confronted ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos on Sunday for calling Republicans "terrorists" during the 1995 government shutdown.
Stephanopoulos asked Bessent on Sunday's "This Week" about the Trump administration's plan to end the ongoing government shutdown. Bessent reminded Stephanopoulos about his own experience handling a government shutdown when he served as an advisor to former President Bill Clinton.
"The best way to do it -- and look, you were involved in a lot of these in the '90s," Bessent said. "And, you know, you basically called the Republicans terrorists and, you know, you said that it is not the responsible party that keeps the government closed. And so, what we need is five brave, moderate Democratic senators to cross the aisle, because right now it is 52--3, 52--3. Five Democrats can cross the aisle and reopen the government. That's the best way to do it, George."
"I can disagree with you about the history there, but we don't have a history lesson right now," Stephanopoulos responded.
"No, no, no. George, George, George," Bessent interrupted. "If you want, I've got all your quotes here. I got all your quotes here, George."
Stephanopoulos claimed that Bessent's comments were a "mischaracterization of history" and then repeated his original question.
In a 2000 PBS interview, Stephanopoulos described how there were concerns over whether the Democrats or Republicans would be blamed more for the government shutdown that occurred in late 1995 and early 1996. He said the Democratic Party's strategy relied on accusing Republicans of "blackmailing the country" for shutting down the government.
"Our strategy was very simple. We couldn't buckle, and we had to say that they were blackmailing the country to get their way. In order to get their tax cut, they were willing to shut down the government, throw the country into default for the first time in its history and cut Medicare, Social Security, education and the environment just so they could get their way. And we were trying to say that they were basically terrorists, and it worked," Stephanopoulos said.
Below, you can see Slopadopolous repeatedly talk over Bessent to keep his viewers in the dark about his prior statements.
I get annoyed when people in the media pretend to not know how to pronounce fairly common Greek names ending in -opolous. Greek names can be a mouthful, but the -opolous ending is so, so common that, come on, everyone should now get -opolous names, unless you are living somewhere with no Greeks and no Greek diners.
Where I grew up, you weren't even allowed to own a diner unless you had a slight Greek accent, if I may coin an sentence from the dipshit dementia patient Joe Biden.
I do hear commentators saying "Paaa-whatever" instead of Papadopolous. Come on, it's just -oplous with a PapaD in front of it. This isn't too hard.
I don't mean to be Joe Politically Correct but come on, let's not otherize people by pretending you don't recognize easily-pronounced names. (Or fairly easily pronounced, at least.)
That said, I do not mind Trump's nickname of "Slopadoplous" because 1, it's funny as heck, and 2, this twinkle-eyed trans-trending malignant dwarf does nothing but shovel leftwing Marxist slop at us.
Enough! Sixth Circuit Rules That Schools May Not Punish Students for Referring to Other Students By Their Biologically-Correct, Original, Real Pronouns
—Ace
For at least six years, the trans lobby held everyone in terror. You'd be destroyed, fired, deplatformed, and debanked for ever doubting that a man in a party city wig was not 100% literally a woman, in every sense, in every situation, for every purpose.
To question whether they were "really" women in all situations -- such as in sports, even contact sports -- was to accept exile from the Regime's roster of craven weaklings of the Professional Managerial Class.
The spineless, soft-handed, sloop-shouldered "men" of the Regime and their insane Benzos-and-Boxwine AWFL henchpyrsyns either deferred to the Reign of Trans Terror out of cowardice or else zealously enforced it as a means of revenge on straight white men.
Years into the Reign of Trans Terror, a group of dissidents finally succeeded in putting some backbone into the cowardly Regime Professional Managerial Class, and a few PMC cowards tepidly, slightly began to buck their trans enforcement officers.
The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this past week that an Ohio school district cannot punish students who refer to their transgender peers by biological pronouns.
The Columbus Dispatch reports the court determined by a party-line 10-7 vote in Defending Education v. Olentangy Local School District Board of Education that the defendant "did not demonstrate that the use of the pronouns to refer to transgender and nonbinary students would 'materially and substantially disrupt school activities or infringe on the legal rights of others in the school community.'"
Such is a direct reference to the historic 1969 Tinker decision which dealt with students wearing black arm bands at school to protest the Vietnam War.
The November 6 en banc decision overturns a federal judge's ruling, as well as that of a three-judge 6th Circuit panel.
"Our society continues to debate whether biological pronouns are appropriate or offensive -- just as it continues to debate many other issues surrounding transgender rights," the court's majority wrote, authored by Judge Eric Murphy.
"The school district may not skew this debate by forcing one side to change the way it conveys its message or by compelling it to express a different view."
The court goes on to say that this doesn't mean a school has to permit actual harassment -- just that it cannot side with a particular faction and dictate to students that they are required to obey this faction, or else be found guilty of "harassment."
On Friday, I think, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump Administration is permitted to just have 'Male" and "Female" passports, exactly the same as every other Administration since 1796 except for Biden's.
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) recently ruled in favor of the government's removal of any genders other than male or female in passport identification. Said decision reverses prior flexibility for transgender and nonbinary passport applicants. The ruling overturns a lower court block against implementing the new limits on passport identification. This action follows the precedent set by a Supreme Court ruling issued in July 2025.
The decision reaffirms an Executive Order, which directed U.S. federal agencies to recognize only male and female genders on all official documents. Additionally, federal identification can only list a person's birth gender. Transgender and non-binary applicants with passports listing their preferred gender identity are rendered invalid.
In its' decision, the Supreme Court ruled such limitations are based on historical and biological fact and therefore don't violate any equal protection principles. Said ruling ties into the larger debate surrounding gender identification. Since the start of 2025, the government policy has been increasingly less flexible regarding individuals who don't identify with their birth gender.
I always love the left's eternal claim that the Constitution changed just last week without anyone bothering to amend it. It just changed on its own. Poof.
Members of the craven, status-seeking Professional Managerial Class, Sports Division, have recognized that, get this, sports leagues created for women only and which exclude men so that women can fairly compete are allowed, nay required, to be for women and exclude men so that women may fairly compete.
Transgender women to be banned from all female Olympic events
IOC [International Olympic Committee] likely to announce new policy early in new year after findings of a scientific review about the permanent physical advantages of being born male
The International Olympic Committee is set to announce a ban on transgender women in female competition early next year after a science-based review of evidence about permanent physical advantages of being born male.
The IOC's guidance to Olympic sports has until now been that transgender women can compete with reduced testosterone levels but leaves it up to individual sports to decide. That is now set to change under its new president, Kirsty Coventry, who has promised to protect the female category.
The committee's medical and scientific director, Dr Jane Thornton, last week presented to IOC members at a meeting in Lausanne the initial findings of a science-based review into the issues of transgender athletes and athletes with differences of sexual development (DSD) competing in female sport.
Sources said the presentation by Thornton, a Canadian former Olympic rower, stated that scientific evidence showed there were physical advantages to being born male that remained with athletes, including those who had taken treatment to reduce testosterone levels.
Really. You don't say.
"It was a very scientific, factual and unemotional presentation which quite clearly laid out the evidence," one source said. Another IOC insider said there had been hugely positive feedback from IOC members about the presentation.
It is understood the IOC is likely to announce its new policy early in the new year, possibly around the IOC session at the Milan-Cortina winter Olympics in early February.
Some work remains to be done to ensure the new policy is legally watertight. Until now the IOC's policy has been based on recommendations and guidance to sports rather than actually being part of its eligibility rules.
Some sports such as athletics and swimming have already brought in a ban on athletes who have been through male puberty taking part in female competition but others, including football, have not.
The new policy is also likely to cover DSD (differences of sex development) athletes -- those who were raised as girls from birth but have male chromosomes and male levels of testosterone.
This is such an obvious realization that it's hard to understand why it even required any realizing. As Douglas Adams said of the speed of light: Light travels so quickly it takes civilizations thousands of years to realize it travels at all.
Good. Let us stop speaking of men's and women's sports. Let's just speak of "sports" and "women's sports," where sports (unmodified by adjective) is for anyone who can actually compete -- an open category, in which men will of course dominate, but if a "transgender" "male" wants to compete, sure, he can go to the trials. Where she'll lose. But she'll be allowed to "compete."
And then we should have a restrictive category called "women's sports," for, get this, women only, as it always has been since the creation of "women's sports."
Meanwhile: other sectors of the Professional Managerial Class continue pledging allegiance to The Terror.
More Deets: Conde Nast Fires Four Entitled Wokesters Including a Formerly-Untouchable Transgender
—Ace
This isn't entirely a repeat. On Friday, I posted about this, but only had the video and a quick recap from someone on Twitter.
I also failed to say something very obvious. I know it's obvious and you probably all thought of it yourself, but it feels to me like I left a golf ball right on the edge of the cup and never tapped it in:
Five years ago, all left-wing wokesters, and especially minority wokesters, and especially especially trans wokesters, could hold executives in left-wing media operations hostage and demand firings of executives and other personnel for failing to zealously appease their every demand.
Now, it seems like even the most left of left-wing media corporations have had enough of entitled, barely-working woke political agitators on their payrolls, and are now firing them. They are using the difficult economy and rise of AI content "creation" as an excuse to fire the wokesters, but as Clownfish TV and many other people have observed, they have long wanted to fire these people anyway, but were politically/culturally cowed from doing so. Now they feel they have sufficient justification to fire barely-working workplace political terrorists.
And yes, this even means that the most protected identity of all, "trans," is now eligible for firing as well, and no, the highly-protected, highly-entitled "trans" identity will not give you sanction to harass, blockade, surround, and virgually "kidnap" executives (as they literally do in France) so you can berate them into keeping your non-binary sex-friend on the payroll, as seems to have happened at Conde Nast.
I know that's obvious enough but it's like a scratch I didn't itch on Friday and it's bugged me ever since.
So once again, a repeat from Friday: the video so you know what the hell I'm even babbling about. Conde Nast, mega-corporation with a dozen major media brands under its control, fired and/or reassigned personnel from various media outlets, including "Teen" Vogue, which now specializes in such fare as "The Teen Vogue Guide to Anal Sex," infinite stories on the best prosthetics and "tucking" underwear to simulate either having or not having a penis, and endless agitation for full-on communist revolution. Some of these sexual-extremist and Marxist people were fired, others will reassigned from Teen Vogue to regular Vogue. Conde Nast apparently wants Teen Vogue less about hard-core Marxist politics and LGBT issues and more about, you know, make up and cute outfits.
One of the people fired was a "non-binary journalist," and a group of left-wing activists surrounded and heckled the head of HR -- which I think makes him as senior executive -- and made demands of him even after he repeatedly told them to go back to their actual assigned jobs.
Oh: The other thing they're angry about is the new Conde Nast rule that they have to actually come to the office four (not five) days per week. Prior to that they were allowed to mostly, or entirely, "work" from home.
Video footage shows Condé Nast employees confronting the company's head of human resources -- part of an incident that management characterized as "extreme misconduct" leading to four unionized staffers' firings, a framing which their union rejects.
The clips, filmed Wednesday outside HR chief Stan Duncan's 34th-floor office at One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, show about 20 editorial staffers asking to discuss layoffs tied to Teen Vogue's merger with Vogue.com.
Hours later, Condé Nast fired four union members who participated in the confrontation -- Jasper Lo of the New Yorker, Jake Lahut of Wired, Alma Avalle of Bon Appétit and Ben Dewey of Condé Nast Entertainment -- citing "gross misconduct and policy violations."
Condé Nast also filed a federal labor complaint against the NewsGuild of New York.
One clip shows Duncan asking the employees to stop "congregating" outside his office before telling them to leave.
"What counts as congregating?" Lahut asks. "What's your definition of congregating?"
"We'd appreciate if you would go back to the workplace, to your workplace assignments," Duncan replies.
"Is there a place that you'd be able to speak to us?" Avalle asks Duncan. "Do you think we're not worth speaking to, Sam?"
"Those are your words, not mine," Duncan replies, saying he could not speak to them on Wednesday due to "other things going on."
"But they might be your beliefs!" Avalle says. "They're not my beliefs," Duncan replies.
The exec is then seen walking down the hallway before pointing to another part of the floor, telling the group he was in a meeting and could not meet with them.
"Well, we have some quick questions," Avalle says. "If you answered them, we'd be happy to go back to our desks."
"All right, leave," Duncan said before walking back toward his office.
After Avalle presses him on his refusal to answer questions, Duncan insists: "I've directed you back to your workplace."
"We're concerned about our colleagues!" an employee says off camera.
They'll do their jobs, but only if you satisfy their demands.
Another clip shows Duncan standing outside his office, asking the angry employees to "move forward" toward the other side of the floor before entering his office and closing the door.
"We'd like you to answer questions," Avalle says. "We'd love to move forward."
Anna Wintour's gilded offices descended into chaos after a 'aggressive' transgender journalist confronted a HR executive for firing her non-binary ex-lover.
Alma Avalle was among four journalists fired by publisher Conde Nast after confronting head of human resources Stan Duncan about her former beau Lex McMenamin's layoff from Teen Vogue on Wednesday.
Avalle, a digital producer at food website Bon Appétit, was given the boot alongside Wired senior reporter Jake Lahut, Conde Nast entertainment videographer Ben Dewey and Jasper Lo, a fact checker at The New Yorker magazine.
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The foursome took it upon themselves to gather outside Duncan's offices at Conde Nast's One World Trade Center headquarters in Manhattan, where they demanded to speak to him about cuts at Teen Vogue comprising half its 12 staff.
Semafor reported that Duncan ordered the troublemakers to return to work, only to be asked if he was 'running away'.
Duncan was then grilled by the unionized group about how he planned on standing up to the Trump administration.
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Avalle and McMenamin were in a relationship until recently and even protested together outside of the skyscraper that houses their former employer last year.
You don't say.
The two were pictured together at the LGBTQ+ 'Them Now Awards' in New York City last June.
McMenamin gushed on X about their 'beautiful girlfriend' who 'valiantly won Conde Nast's FIRST EVER union contract' in June 2024.
You don't say.
Two formerly-Untouchable Adult Toddlers
are now quite touchable
One of four journalists recently fired by Condé Nast for confronting the company's head of human resources is asking internet users for help covering his rent.
Ex-senior writer for Wired Jake Lahut was seen in a Wednesday video clip standing feet away from HR boss Stan Duncan as angry employees confronted to exec over layoffs tied to Condé's downsizing of Teen Vogue. The layoffs of Lahut and three others came just hours later.
Lahut wrote on Spotfund that he's seeking short-term help in the wake of his firing.
"After getting terminated as one of the Fired Four at Condé Nast, I need to shore up a couple months of rent as I get on my feet," he wrote.
"Any amount helps," Lahut added. "Plus, New York is expensive!"
These people had been working from home. Until recently, there was no reason they had to be in the first or second most expensive real estate market in the world.
As of Friday afternoon, the scribe had received more than $5,000 from dozens of donors. He was aiming to raise a total of $8,800 through the Spotfund campaign.
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He noted that he worked as a live-in super before landing the Wired gig, "and my finances were barely making it work at the time."
What do you think the odds are that this highly-effeminate man is a nepo baby whose expenses are mostly covered by his parents and he "works" mostly just to cover disco money?
I think the odds are even. And by "even," I mean 98%. Which is an even number..
The union backing these Adult Toddlers say that they did nothing wrong.
NewsGuild of New York, the union representing company employees, said the video disproves management's claims that the terminated workers engaged in "extreme misconduct."
"The video footage shared by the union captures only a portion of the incident," a company spokesperson told The Post.
"Several additional minutes are missing from their version."
Note this video was released by the Adult Toddler Workplace Disruptors themselves, in the belief that this shows them in a good light and will rally the world to their cause.
Obviously, the workplace disruptors will edit the video to conceal their worst behavior.
Conde Nast hired noted internet investigator Candace Owens to find this missing video.
Note that "a dozen" employees took part in this harassment and refusal to work, but Conde Nast only fired four of them. Presumably the most aggressive or the ringleaders.
Or maybe they're just super-homophobic:
It turns out that, get this, "nearly all" of the people fired are LGBT:
Condé Nast just fired a bunch of Teen Vogue staffers.
"Nearly all of these staffers identify as LGBTQ. As of today, only one woman of color remains on the editorial staff at Teen Vogue."
"Management plans to lay off six of our members, most of whom are BIPOC women or trans, including Teen Vogue's Politics Editor -- continuing the trend of layoffs at Condé disproportionately impacting marginalized employees," the guild said in a statement on Monday, adding: "Teen Vogue now has no writers or editors explicitly covering politics."
CLARIFICATION: There are two batches of firings. The first, the purge of six wokesters from Teen Vogue, the second, the firing of the most aggressive workplace disruptors complaining about the first batch of firings.
I believe when they say "most of the people fired were LGBT," they are referring to the six fired earlier.
As to the second group of four: it sounds like at least one is gay, or at least deeply, deeply feminized, and then there's the transgender. I don't know about the other two. At least 50% I would say.
Horrors!
The transgender badgering the HR guy, "Alma" Avalle, wrote on Twitter -- which I can't link, as he is limiting who can see his posts -- that calling him and his other LGBT agitators "aggressive" is a transphobic "dog whistle."
While I can't see the tweet, I can see this much from a search for the tweet. Calling him "aggressive," he says...
..."when I was calmly asking questions is a transphobic dog whistle.
From Semafor:
THE SCOOP
Condé Nast abruptly fired four staffers who were among a group of more than a dozen employees who confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday, an unsubtle message to its employee union that the publisher was taking a harder line in its dealings with employees.
According to two people familiar with the situation, the company told the four staffers, including a senior fact checker at The New Yorker, a politics reporter for WIRED, a digital staffer at Bon Appétit, and a video staffer, that they were being fired for violating company policies.
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In response, Condé Nast filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board against the NewsGuild of New York citing the organization's "repeated and egregious disregard of our collective bargaining agreement."
"Extreme misconduct is unacceptable in any professional setting. This includes aggressive, disruptive, and threatening behavior of any kind," a spokesperson said in a statement to Semafor.
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Condé's decision to take a hard line with unionized staff comes amid a broader post-pandemic attempt by bosses to claw back power they feel was ceded to employees during the internal upheavals within white collar workplaces following the #MeToo movement, the 2020 racial reckoning, and flexible COVID-era work arrangements. The confluence of pro-employee cultural forces and shaky economics in the media business inspired many employees to form unions or deploy more aggressive union tactics.
But years of challenging media economics and changing cultural sentiments have emboldened bosses to adopt a more confrontational approach with employees. X, once a powerful social media platform on which staff could gin up support against company management, has waned in importance. And many journalists have simply become desensitized to frequent cuts and layoffs, which have become a normal part of the modern media business.
Well, yes, like I said: They're firing the wokesters and all I can say is "Finally."
This is going on all over the media, including in entertainment/Hollywood. Economics are the justification, but the real reason is: people are tired of being bullied by no-talent layabouts who just want to take over companies and turn them into left-wing political propaganda outfits.
They went along with this for years, but the absolute bottom has fallen out of the media and they just can't afford this any longer.
Eight Democrats Vote for Cloture on CR Bill, Securing Only Minor Concessions
—Ace
Eight Democrats gave up the ghost and voted to end the filibuster. In case you're not up to speed on how this works, before a vote on the actual merits of a bill can happen, the Senate must vote for "cloture," for the closing of all debate on the bill. This requires 60, not 50, votes, though the vote on the bill itself requires 51 (or 50 plus a VP tie-breaker vote).
Eight Democrats just voted for cloture so that the entire Senate can now vote on the bill itself. The vote was 60-40, with eight Democrats joining the Republicans to end debate, and grandstanding douchebag Rand Paul of course joining the Democrats to show how pure and virtuous he is.
OSZ
@OpenSourceZone
Senate breaks Dem filibuster on to end the government shutdown
Thune did not "cave," as people had worried, to get the cloture vote. Some concessions were made, which I guess you can object to on principle. But the left is going berserk over how little the Democrats got so I guess by negative inference we can say that Thune "won," mostly.
This is what capitulation looks like, and the left knows it.
The deal is simple. Schumer's caucus agreed to advance a package of spending bills that will reopen the government and extend funding through January.
That's it.
No sweeping policy concessions, no big wins tucked into the fine print, no "historic framework" or "moral victory." Just a basic continuing resolution, dressed up with some boilerplate back pay for furloughed workers and funding for food assistance through next fall. In other words, exactly what Republicans had put on the table before the Democrats decided to make a scene.
This shutdown began because Schumer thought he could strongarm the GOP into extending Obamacare subsidies that were set to expire and repealing Medicaid reforms that closed a loophole handing out free healthcare to illegal immigrants. President Trump and Republican leaders had already said they planned to address those subsidies separately, aiming to rein them in and curb abuse. But Schumer wanted drama. He shut down the government over it, thinking Republicans would blink.
They didn't.
Although there is nothing being added to the CR itself that can be called a concession to Democrats, Thune and the Republicans did make some minor promises about what they'll grant the Democrats in exchange for a cloture vote:
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Proposed Government Funding Bill To End The Government Shutdown:
🔴 Fund the government through January 31
🔴 Promise to vote on ACA subsidies in December
🔴 Reverse the mass layoffs of federal workers (RIFs) since Oct. 1
🔴 Provide full-year funding for Veterans Affairs
🔴 Provide full-year funding for SNAP
On the last two, I don't know what's being given up here. This is my guess: Democrats want SNAP and Veterans Affairs funded now for a full year so if they shut the government down again, they will not have to worry about their EBT army shrieking about "starving." As far as Veterans Affairs -- I dunno, Democrats don't really care about veterans.
On YouTube, Dr. Steve Turley says that that guarantee of a restoration of the jobs Trump cut during the shutdown isn't as big a concession as it seems. He says that while Republicans agree to restore those positions...
1, it does not require Trump to re-hire the people fired from those positions. He can hire other people. MAGA people.
2, it doesn't actually even require Trump to hire anyone. The Republicans agree that these positions will be restored, but there's no promise those positions will be filled.
Is that accurate? Not sure. I heard it from a guy on a webcam.
The last concession is that Republicans agree to a vote on the endless "emergency covid" Obamacare subsidies. I think this means they agree they will not demand a 60-vote threshold for cloture, but they guarantee a vote on the merits. Republicans have 53 votes and I'm almost certain that the Democrat in RINO clothing Lisa Murkoswski will vote for these supposedly temporary emergency covid subsidies, and so will the liberal "Republican" Bill Cassidy in Lousiana. I can imagine another couple of votes coming from the likes of Susan Collins and Tom Tillis (who still plagues us as he's not out of the Senate yet).
Democrats would need 51 votes to get these "temporary emergency covid subsidies" extended.
So I do think that's a concession. I do think that is a very real chit we gave the Democrats.
On the other hand, the Democrats were sabotaging the economy to try to win the 2026 midterms and set the stage for a 2028 win so... pick your poison.
After spending weeks insisting the Republicans caused the shutdown, the entire base is enraged that Democrats aren't continuing to cause the shutdown https://t.co/o954TnwOrdpic.twitter.com/rWPgumE2yX
These people aren't "Traitors," mostly -- they're following orders. As Mark Halperin observed, Chuck Schumer's plan was always to pretend that he is still ready to fight the Republicans until the last overweight EBT charity case dies of starvation. But he will end the shutdown by telling his "moderate" purple-state soldiers to stand down and pretend to "stab him in the back." That way he can still say he's a "Democrat Who Fights" in his 2026 primary battle with AOC.
Dick Durbin, for example, is one of the most partisan, nasty, cynical operators there is, but he was asked to vote to end the shutdown because he is retiring and has no fear of a more stridently left-wing challengers.
No big surprise, but nasty progressive nepo baby Matt Yglesias, who shows how "tough" a prog he is by routinely defending lying as a valid political tool, says that the shutdown was a success because it damaged Trump's poll numbers and got Republicans to fight.
This is true. It’s also true that Matt cares more about gaining power than feeding poor black people Democrats turned into their slavish dependents. pic.twitter.com/FzN0gAAMK5
I will write more later about this... if I must. On a personal level, I'm pro-ending-the-shutdown, because this is one of the least compelling things to have to write about. I know that's not a good reason to support ending the shutdown but what I can I say?
How is y'all? Did you have a good weekend?
Mine was a loss. I got very little sleep both nights and just vegged and did nothing productive nor fun for 48 hours.
At my day job, I recently participated in a gathering of 10 employees for the purpose of introducing a new company initiative. As an icebreaker, the moderator asked each person when introducing themselves to name a television series they are currently watching. Four of the ten individuals stated that they don’t watch any TV at all. Of those four, three of them were clearly under-35, possibly in their mid to late 20s (it’s hard for me to guess ages these days) and the other was a lady probably over 55. The moderator gently pressed a little and asked if they watch any shows on their tablets or devices, and all four of them said “no.”
I thought about old memories of how TV was demonized when I was a child in the ‘70s, yet today’s younger generation has somewhat abandoned television.
I also thought about what this portends for Hollywood. I knew that people had generally stopped going to theaters to watch movies like they used to, but I kind of assumed that meant more time was spent in front of the TV, and that there was still strong demand for all the streaming TV shows. Maybe not.
Since I’m talking television today, rather than my normal focus on the climate hoax, woke capital, or burning EVs, here are a few more television-related things that are on my mind…
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Missing the Red Netflix Envelope
Does anyone else miss getting movies and TV shoes on a DVD from Netflix? It was great. I would still prefer to watch a movie or TV series this way, rather than streaming.
For one thing, there was never any question about what to watch. There were always two DVDs to choose from representing shows we had previously made a decision to watch.
More importantly, there were no commercials and no buffering. How did we get to the point that I am paying a premium to stream TV shows and movies, but unlike the HBO of my youth, I’m also still having to sit through commercials?
Back to Netflix, my wife and I were “red envelopers” right until the end. That is how we watched the entire Justified series.
Also, there was an abundance of movie titles that could be rented on DVD that were not available for streaming. I believe this was due to licensing reasons, but since Netflix had actually bought the physical DVDs in my queue, those could then be rented out to me. After we had returned our last red envelopes, my wife found out that Netflix wasn’t even requiring them to be returned, since they were just going to be discarded. Had I known that, I would have made sure my last two disks were something special to me, perhaps Jaws, or Animal House, or Live and Let Die.
++ What would your last two Netflix DVDs be if you knew you didn’t have to return them?
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Why I Hated Star Trek and MTV
I hate Star Trek. Actually, I don’t have any actual malice toward the TV show, although I never got into it. But I hate how it ruined outdoor fun and play when I was a kid.
After school, I wanted to play catch, shoot hoops, ride bicycles, maybe get a pickup game of touch football going in the street, whatever. But at 4:30 every afternoon, reruns of Star Trek came on, and my two closest friends would go inside to watch it. They had already seen every episode numerous times, and for the life of me I did not understand why they wanted to re-re-re-re-watch a show for which they knew every line, rather than engage in some outdoor fun and play.
In retrospect, as my circle of closest friends changed around the high school years, I think Star Trek may have been a factor in me moving on from TV-rerun-addicted friends to new friends.
Related, MTV annoyed me the same way in college. Trying to pry some of my friends away from MTV to go out and actually engage in college fun could be exasperating. (“Hang on Buck, just a few more songs.”) As cool as Tom Petty’s “Don’t Come Around Here No More” video might have been, I could not understand watching it for yet another time rather than going to out to a college bar and chatting up some coeds.
If you’re too young to remember, here’s the video I’m referencing.
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Do not misunderstand, I watched plenty of TV as a kid. When my wife and I moved for my job about a decade ago, I relocated six weeks before she did, temporarily living in a furnished apartment. The TV was over-the-air, but it included a channel that exclusively showed TV shows from the ‘60s and ‘70s, so I had sit-coms from that era keeping me company in the evening. Having not seen those shows in decades, it was fascinating to realize that the “erudite” shows were not as good as their reputations, but the sit-coms dismissed as trashy at the time were brilliant.
Maude and MASH are unbearably pretentious. Even Barney Miller was not as good as I recalled (although Dietrich made it much better.) The laugh tracks in all of those shows are horribly distracting too.
But Sanford and Son, Three’s Company and The Jeffersons were masterpieces of writing and comedic timing. Redd Foxx, John Ritter and Sherman Hemsley were comic geniuses.
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Throckmorton’s First Law of Live Music, If There’s an Upright Bass in the Band, It’s Probably Going to be Good
As corny as “The Ballad of Jed Clampett” might have been, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs were amazing musicians. I’m probably not the only kid who started dabbling in bluegrass at a young age thanks to watching Beverly Hillbillies reruns.
Good morning kids. Well, it certainly appears that the Schumer Shakedown Shutdown Shitshow has come to an end, after 40 days. Essentially Schemer and the Dems got nothing in return for passing what amounts to just another continuing resolution and the hardcore Maoists are blowing a gasket. Cue a very loud sad trombone
Whatever one thinks of polling, even before last Tuesday's horrendous election day results, polls had consistently indicated that Americans were blaming the Democrats for the perceived and in maybe a few instances real pain being felt by the government shutting down. So if their calculus was to use this as a weapon to beat up on Trump and the GOP in the run up to next year's midterms, perhaps Schumer felt it wise to just lick his wounds, fold up the tent and as Democrats always do, pray that the economy tanks and Americans suffer so they can ride that to victory next November and again in 2028 while discrediting the America First economic and political agenda.
This is what capitulation looks like, and the left knows it. The deal is simple. Schumer’s caucus agreed to advance a package of spending bills that will reopen the government and extend funding through January.
That’s it.
No sweeping policy concessions, no big wins tucked into the fine print, no “historic framework” or “moral victory.” Just a basic continuing resolution, dressed up with some boilerplate back pay for furloughed workers and funding for food assistance through next fall. In other words, exactly what Republicans had put on the table before the Democrats decided to make a scene.
This shutdown began because Schumer thought he could strongarm the GOP into extending Obamacare subsidies that were set to expire and repealing Medicaid reforms that closed a loophole handing out free healthcare to illegal immigrants. President Trump and Republican leaders had already said they planned to address those subsidies separately, aiming to rein them in and curb abuse. But Schumer wanted drama. He shut down the government over it, thinking Republicans would blink.
They didn’t.
After 40 days of a shutdown over a laundry list of demands, Democrats have nothing to show for it. Their only “win” is a vague promise of a future vote on Obamacare subsidies in December—a meaningless gesture that even they know is dead on arrival.
The current economic indicators, at least those attributable to the 10-month Trump administration, are strong.
Fourth-quarter GDP is estimated to grow between 2.7 and 4 percent, the robust latter figure according to the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank.
Inflation from June to August ranged from 2.7 to 2.9 percent, significantly lower than the 5 percent annual average during Biden’s 2021-2025 term. . .
. . . the recent off-year elections, albeit in blue states like California, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia, were decided mostly on perceptions of “affordability,” shorthand for the economy.
When independent voters heard little from Republican candidates about the good economic news or of the sharp contrast from the prior Democratic train wreck, they simply bought the left-wing line that the lack of “affordability” was due to the administration in power—that is, Trump.
Third, most of Trump’s key economic initiatives are long-term and will not be fully realized by the end of 2025 or in early to mid-2026.
That right there is key. The timing of when things will be felt is crucial. No doubt local and national Democrat Pols will do all they can to make their own constituents suffer so they can then blame the President and his party. Of course the media as is their wont and raison d'être will be to broadcast that message 25/8/366 all the way through 2026 and beyond.
[Friday] marked the 108th anniversary since the Bolshevik Revolution, which took place on November 7th, 1917 (October 25th, according to the Julian Calendar). Rarely has a local event produced such a profound global effect as the October Revolution, which ultimately enslaved billions around the world and caused mass murder and famine at an unprecedented rate.. . . Today, over a century later, the results are dismal — over 100 million murdered globally and billions starved and deprived of opportunities for normal lives. What is even more insidious, perhaps, is that the ideology of the October Revolution infected and conquered the education, media, and culture of the self-doubting West.
Also, Yesterday marked the 60th anniversary of the great Northeast blackout that left millions in the region and parts of Canada without power for 13 hours, and which gave rise to the expression, Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
The lament of then British Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Gray at the outset of the First World War comes to mind: "The lamps are going out all over Europe; We shall not see them lit again in our lifetime."
It remains to be seen if the miraculous victories of Donald Trump as well as the all too brief life and influence of the late Charlie Kirk are blips on an inevitable trajectory to decline and fall, or are harbingers of a great reawakening of American, Western and Judeo/Christian culture and the advancement of civilization and humanity.
ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS
Victor Davis Hanson: Trump’s first-year economy is surging, but the race ahead hinges on perception, messaging, and whether voters see the boom before the 2026 midterms. The Race for the Trump Economy
Brooklyn Councilwoman Inna Vernikov (R) called him “Comrade Zohran,” and predicts he’ll be little more than a “radical DSA puppet,” saying, “It was always obvious that he would carry the will of the most radical among us to the highest seat of power in our city. Now we will see what happens when the insane run the asylum.” What The Democratic Socialists Are Demanding From Mamdani Is Truly Terrifying
The unapologetic commie preparing to take over New York City showed his hand by praising one of the early 20th century’s most energetic fellow travelers. (The communism is horrid enough. It's the Islam that scares me shitless- jjs) Zohran Mamdani and the Ghost of Eugene Debs
Roger Kimball: The Heritage Foundation’s Halloween fiasco revealed less about antisemitism on the right than about the establishment’s renewed war on Trump’s populist movement. The Heritage Foundation’s Meltdown
The shooting occurred near 26th Street and Kedzie Avenue when an unknown male in a black Jeep fired shots at federal agents before fleeing the scene, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Others at the scene threw a paint can and bricks at Border Patrol vehicles. Man Allegedly Fires At Border Patrol Agents In Chicago
Carlos Zapata Rivera, an illegal migrant from Ecuador, refused any medical help and displayed “absolutely zero” signs of medical concerns just moments after appearing to suffer a seizure, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Administration officials released the response after viral footage appeared to show him convulsing in his car on Thursday while Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents tried to arrest his wife during a targeted operation in Massachusetts. (RELATED: Investigation Finds Judge Was Aloof About Plan Allowing Illegal To Escape ICE Arrest) DHS Says Man In Viral Video Faked Seizure To Delay Deportation Of Wife Who Stabbed Coworkers
The group of Democrats argued their party should withhold their votes until Republicans agree to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies. (RELATED: Thune Warns Democrats Against Seizing On Election Results To Keep Shutdown Going) Hakeem Jeffries, Progressive Dems Rage Against Deal To End Shutdown
What is not working right now is the mountain of government programs and regulations and left-wing conceits that are piled high on capitalism like spices from India on an overloaded camel. Whaddya Mean: Capitalism is not Working?
Corporations don’t pay taxes, and they never will. That’s the big secret leftists don’t want you to know. The Illusion of the Corporate Tax
Trump shared an image on Truth Social comparing himself to Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose administration created the 30-year mortgage during the Great Depression. The president campaigned on making housing affordable for younger Americans but faces challenges as prices continue climbing. Trump Admin Confirms Plans To Introduce 50-Year Mortgage Terms For Homebuyers
A pair of highway truck crashes, caused by Indian nationals who entered the country unlawfully, sparked national outrage over trucking regulations and prompted the Trump administration to issue sweeping restrictions on commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) for illegal migrants. Trucking experts point to a combination of mass illegal immigration and lax vetting procedures as the recipe that not only attracted unqualified migrant truckers, but also a significant uptick in freight thefts. Trucker Theft Rings Stealing Millions As Industry Reels From Horrific Crashes
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Thad McCotter: Terrorism is a crime, not a creed—and confusing faith with fanaticism only empowers evil while eroding the freedoms that define America. Sorry Thad, you are wrong and you first paragraph is a doozy of cluelessness of Islam! - jjs Terrorism Is a Political Act, Not a Religious Act
PBS’ newest Frontline documentary, “The Rise of Germany's New Right” concerns the rise of the AfD in Germany (Alternative for Germany) party and it’s supposed links to Nazism and Putin's Russia. Germany’s migrant problem surged after 2015, when former Chancellor Angela Merkel opened the borders to people fleeing the Syrian war. Over three million refugees and asylum seekers have entered Germany since, some bringing Islamic-style terrorism with them and causing understandable backlash toward the open-border policy. PBS Frontline's Latest Hit Piece Against Opposition to Violent Refugees in Germany
Brussels’ climate policy a poverty engine -- one that is systematically draining Europe’s industrial base in global competition. The Climate Cult Fails Europe
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) issued a vital water permit for the Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline Friday, in a reversal from its previous rejections, according to NYSDEC. The project has been hotly contested by some Congressional New York Democrats, with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and others urging Hochul to consider the environmental impacts of the pipeline on Oct. 15. New York Finally Advances Trump Endorsed Pipeline Despite Democrats’ Enviro Pleas
Though some locals raged against the prospect of a data center in Devlin Tech Park for years, Stanley Martin Homes LLC reportedly sold the land to Amazon Data Services on Oct. 31, according to the Washington Business Journal. After a judge ruled that the land bordering neighborhoods and schools could be used for data center proliferation, locals raised concerns over how another energy-hungry data center may spike their utility bills, according to multiple local reports. Big Tech Reportedly Gobbles Up Land For Massive Data Center In Suburbs
As more employers consider creating company microschools to support their workers’ families, some clear, simple federal measures can help. Microschools: A New Education Option
The American Federation of Teachers president’s new book is less a defense of public education than a testimonial for her union’s interests. Randi Weingarten’s Revisionist Narrative
The lawsuit seeks $350 million in damages and accuses Planned Parenthood of misleading women and violating RICO statutes. (Now do the Democrat Nat'l Committee - jjs) Florida Sues Planned Parenthood, Invoking Mafia Law.
THE 2020 and SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HEISTS , SHENANIGANS/FRAUD and AFTERMATH
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
You’ve never heard of Joe Tache, but chances are that over the next year, you will hear a little more about him for all the wrong reasons. Although the 30-year-old Northeastern University graduate is running for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts to unseat incumbent Democrat Ed Markey, we surprisingly know very little about him at this stage. Fed-Up Normies on X Ratio Socialist Senate Candidate Over ‘Pharmacy Desert’ Claim
Frey spoke for nearly a minute in Somali to a crowd of supporters, thanking them repeatedly in their native language before switching to English. Video of the speech circulated widely on social media, drawing sharp criticism from conservative commentators. (maybe if he chewed off his clitoris they'd have given him a standing O - jjs) Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey Blasted On Social Media For Victory Speech In Somali After Winning Third Term
Malig-Nancy Pelosi may be leaving Congress, but her brand of progressive power politics isn’t—her era is not ending, it’s only just beginning. The Pelosi Era
Clarice Feldman:"Think tanks" work on engaging voters to vote for their candidates and you’re paying for a lot of their work undermining your candidates’ chances of victory. 'Think' Tanks vs. Doers
Eric Trump’s Under Siege offers a rare, heartfelt inside look at the Trump family’s unity, resilience, and determination in their battle to defend America’s future. Front Line View in the Fight Against Nasty Politics
When you’re living paycheck to paycheck, facing $6 milk and $1,000 rent hikes, peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan is irrelevant. Trump Is a Macro President in a Micro World
Speaking to a packed crowd at East River 9 Golf Course in Houston, Abbott unveiled a bold agenda focused on property tax relief, border security, and economic freedom. “Texas is the blueprint for America’s future,” Abbott declared, touting the state’s top rankings in job creation, business development, and innovation. “Since I’ve been your Governor, Texas is number one for new jobs, number one for the best state for doing business, number one for business relocations and expansions, and number one for electrical generation.” Abbott Declares War on Texas Property Taxes, Border Chaos, and Woke Left in Fiery 2026 Re-Election Campaign Launch
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND LEFTISTS
The plot first came to light on Friday, when Israel’s Embassy in Mexico released a short statement thanking Mexican authorities for helping foil an assassination plot by Iran against its ambassador, Einat Kranz Neiger. The statement did not reveal details of the plot, nor did it mention whether any arrests or operations had taken place. Israel noted that Iran has been behind prior plots, including one against the Israeli Embassy in Argentina in 1992, where they killed 29 people and injured 242 others. A second attack took place two years later in that country at a Jewish community building where Iranian terrorists killed 85 victims. Israel: Mexico Stopped Iranian Assassination Plot Against Its Ambassador
ByHeart Inc. has begun recalling two lots of the company’s Whole Nutrition Infant Formula, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Saturday. Thirteen infants were hospitalized after drinking formula from lots 206VABP/251261P2 and 206VABP/251131P2, CBS News reported. The incidents happened in Arizona, California, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, and Washington. Baby Formula Recalled After Reports of Infant Botulism in Nearly a Dozen States
In what might be described as a Canadian mini-Waco, a long-stewing confrontation between the intergenerational owners of a small ostrich farm in British Columbia and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has come to an ignominious end. Health Officials Gun Down Hundreds of Ostriches on Family Farm For Bird Flu
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It says it contains a copy of the long-lost fourth edition of Unix, but since the tape is more than fifty years old, it's been shipped off to the Computer History Museum for expert restoration before anyone tries to check its actual contents.
Song is the extended edition of Lindsay Buckingham's Holiday Road, which he wrote at Harold Ramis' request for National Lampoon's Vacation. Since there's no original music video for the extended edition, this one is taken from clips of Vacation and the second sequel, Vegas Vacation.
Disclaimer: Sorry folks, comments are closed. The moose out front shoulda told ya.
BREAKING: A deal has been struck to reopen the government, with a test vote expected imminently. Republicans have agreed to provide back pay to federal employees and reverse White House firings of federal workers (RIFs) dating back to October 1st.
This is a developing situation. If you see anything relevant, please share it in the comments.
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Socialism for Dummies
Simple explanation
This video should be a huge wake up call for young people that are all gung-ho about Socialism but will the message actually sink in? pic.twitter.com/NW8yWeLZYF
It was said that all roads lead to Rome, but from where do all the roads to Rome lead?
Using a mountain of data, a team of two dozen scientists have created a digital road atlas of the Roman imperial world, complete with many features you’d recognize from Google Maps.
Called Itiner-e, it displays the roads that would have been found throughout the Roman Empire around the year 150 CE. It’s the most expansive research project on the topic to date, and increases the estimated length of the empire’s road system by over 60,000 miles.
At its height in the second century CE, the Roman Empire included over 55 million people and stretched as far north as modern day Britain to as far south as Morocco, eastward to the Syrian deserts, and, turning towards Europe, included all of Turkey, northeastern Bulgaria, and the Danube. It was carved up and maintained by a network of stone/gravel/sand highways stretching 117,162 miles.
But the total extent of the Roman interstate system had remained incompletely mapped and existing digitizations were low resolution. Seeking to improve on them, a vast international and interdisciplinary team of scientists from across Europe created Itiner-e using archaeological and historical records, topographic maps, and satellite imagery.
Check out the whole thing. Video segment at the link.
It's that time of the week - when we turn the ONT over to our good friend Piper for a bit. Here's this week's fashion pr0n.
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Why Your Grandma’s Closet Is the Hottest Runway Right Now: The Maximalist Grandmother Trend Is Here to Stay
Listen up, darlings—minimalism is officially on hospice care, and the new queen of style is your 85-year-old nonna (or mother) who never met a brooch she didn’t pin somewhere outrageous. Welcome to the Maximalist Grandmother Trend, a deliciously chaotic movement that’s taking over Paris runways. Think: clashing florals, pearls the size of gumballs, velvet everything, and enough vintage charm to make Marie Antoinette jealous.
What Exactly Is “Maximalist Grandma”?
It’s “eclectic grandpa” brighter, wiser, and twice as extra. Where eclectic grandpa gave us oversized cardigans and loafers, maximalist grandma says, “Hold my martini” and layers on the sequins. It’s the aesthetic of a woman who has lived through eight decades of fashion and decided rules are for people who don’t own 47 scarves.
Core elements:
• Clashing prints like it’s personal (leopard + gingham + toile? Yes, all at once)
• Jewelry that enters the room five minutes before you do
• Velvet, brocade, lace, and anything that feels like a hug from 1972
• Handbags that could double as small suitcases
• Shades of merlot, emerald, and mustard that scream “I have stories”
The Runway Said It First
Gucci’s Fall 2025 show literally sent models down the runway in florals with pearls. Dries Van Noten layered baroque tapestry everywhere. Even Miu Miu— the patron saint of quiet luxury—threw in a broached sweater that looked stolen from someone’s bubbe in Boca.
Gucci Fall / Cruise 2025
Dries Van Noten AW 2025
Miu miu AW 2025
But the streets? The streets are where the real magic happens.
How to Nail the Look
1. Start with a statement coat
Find a vintage velvet opera coat or a brocade swing jacket. Bonus points if it has a mink collar (faux is fine, we’re not monsters).
2. Layer like you’re allergic to subtlety
Silk blouse + lace camisole + chunky knit vest + embroidered shawl. If you can still move your arms, you’re doing it wrong.
3. Jewelry rules? There are none.
Mix gold with silver with bakelite with pearls. Wear every ring you own. Earrings should graze your shoulders. Necklaces should reach your navel.
4. The “I found this in a trunk” bag
Think beaded 1940s evening bags, wicker baskets with silk scarves tied on, or structured leather totes covered in pins.
5. Shoes that make you gasp
Kitten heels with rhinestone buckles, mary janes with bows the size of dinner plates, or metallic brogues worn with frilly socks.
6. Makeup = old Hollywood meets vamp
Red lipstick (always), winged liner sharp enough to cut glass, and a beauty mark, why not?
Where to Shop (Because Yes, You Need This Now)
• Etsy “vintage brooch lot” – buy in bulk, never look back
• The RealReal’s “statement coat” filter – set price low to high for maximum chaos
• Your actual grandmother / mother – offer to clean out her attic for “sentimental reasons”
• Thrift stores in Florida – trust me on this one
Maximalist Grandmacore inspiration:
Why We’re Obsessed
In a world of beige cashmere, maximalist grandma is a glorious middle finger to restraint. It’s the fashion equivalent of eating dessert first and talking too loud in restaurants. It’s joy in fabric form. It’s proof that getting older doesn’t mean getting boring.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a date with a velvet blazer that smells faintly of Chanel No. 5 and decades of fabulously questionable decisions.
Save this post. Your future self (wearing seven brooches and zero regrets) will thank you
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Thanks, Piper -- I think. Actually, I can hear my Mom-Mom from the afterlife saying "Aw, HELL no!"
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DJ Doof - Song Titles Named After Their Artists Edition
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Holy Shitballs! How in the ever-loving Hell did it get to be the Second November Edition? The time, she's flying!
With that, step into the dojo and let's get to the gun stuff below, shall we?
Does any of this sound familiar? I am running out of ways to politely suggest you focus on fundamentals and practice with a purpose.
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Sig P320 - The Story That Will Not Die
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Steel Target Safety
Probably time for a refresher on steel target safety.
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AK Fiddy?
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Minuteman III
This is pretty spiffy!
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Potato Cultivation and Distribution
Q: Weasel, can we pleeeeze have a presentation on potato cultivation and distribution?
A: OK. Sure.
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Highway Patrol!
This week's episode: The Sniper!
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The Changeling
A slight departure from our usual sci-fi offerings, but seasonally appropriate I reckon. A very good and spoooooky movie!!
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Cigar of the Week
This week our pal Diogenes scores again with this excellent review of El Mysterio Cigaro
Mystery Cigar
The first thing you will note in the picture is the lack of a wrapper and label. This is because the provenance of this cigar is unknown to me. My source was my neighbor, a retired sailor, who received it (along with several others) from another sailor who claimed he picked them up in Costa Rica. He said they were Cubans. So can you really trust a sailor???
Perhaps.
So. I took a couple of these and put them into my humidor and let them rest for a couple of months. From the initial touch, they seemed a bit dry and the humidor lets them rehydrate a bit. I'm glad I did as this turned out to be an excellent cigar, very close to being on par with the likes of the Cohiba or the Arturo Fuente Gran Reserva.
In fact, this cigar was a real treat. A very smooth smoke, easy to clip and light. It had a light draw and the ash burned evenly. The smoke was plentiful, and rich with aroma. Every third was a pleasant discovery. The first third had a bit of bite with cinnamon and light pepper. It mellowed in the second third with a pleasant tobacco taste that didn't burn the tongue as some might do. The aroma was even more powerful here as well. The final third was disappointing in that the cigar ended too soon. It was a rich smooth flavor. Smoking a cigar should be a time to sit back, relax, and just enjoy the blessing of our lives. This one was perfect for that.
I have said in other reviews that a good cigar will improve the whiskey and that a good whiskey will improve the cigar. This stick was the perfect compliment to each glass I enjoyed with it. (Yes, there were several)
I wish I could pass along a name and price but alas I cannot. Sometimes life throws us a mystery that is meant to be unsolved but not forgotten.
Bigly excellent, Diogenes! Thank you! Maybe a Nicaraguan?
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Local Cigar Roller in Weston, MO.
Late breaking tip from our pal KCSteve
Not a smoker but you asked for some local cigar makers. Weston, MO is a small (formerly) river town near Kansas City. I say formerly because the river moved one year.
They have various little festivals we like to go to and in one of the buildings that used to be a riverside warehouse there's a local cigar maker that *smells* wonderful - the Weson Tobacco Company - Weston Tobacco
I'm betting you have a reader here in the KC area who *does* smoke who can give you a hands-on report on their wares.
Thanks KCSteve! How about it all y'all? Anyone tried this roller? Do they deserve a place among the links below?
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Here are some different online cigar vendors. You will find they not only carry different brands and different lines from those brands, but also varying selections of vitolas (sizes/shapes) of given lines. It's good to have options, especially if you're looking for a specific cigar.
A note about sources. The brick & mortar/online divide exists with cigars, as with guns, and most consumer products, with respect to price. As with guns - since both are "persecuted industries", basically - I make a conscious effort to source at least some of my cigars from my local store(s). It's a small thing, but the brick & mortar segment for both guns and tobacco are precious, and worth supporting where you can. And if you're lucky enough to have a good cigar store/lounge available, they're often a good social event with many dangerous people of the sort who own scary gunz, or read smart military blogs like this one. -rhomboid
Please note the new and improved protonmail account gunthread at protonmail dot com. An informal Gun Thread archive can be found HERE. Future expansion plans are in the works for the site Weasel Gun Thread. If you have a question you would like to ask Gun Thread Staff offline, just send us a note and we'll do our best to answer. If you care to share the story of your favorite firearm, send a picture with your nic and tell us what you sadly lost in the tragic canoe accident. If you would like to remain completely anonymous, just say so. Lurkers are always welcome!
That's it for this week - have you been to the range?
Podcast: Buck Throckmorton joins us for a wide-ranging discussion about the cultural and business shift away from the insanity of EVs and Climate Religion, his calm perspective on last week's election, Tucker is a toad, and more!
Tucker Carlson claims that it's weird that Ted Cruz is interested in the massacre of Christians by Nigerian Muslims, because he has "no track record of being interested in Christians," then blows off the massacre of Christians by Nigerian Muslims, saying it might or might not be a real concern Tucker Carlson enjoys using the left-wing tactic of "Tactical Ignorance" to avoid taking positions on topics. Is Hamas really a terrorist organization? Tucker can't say. He hasn't looked into it enough, but "it seems like a political organization to me." Are Muslims slaughtering Christians in Nigeria? Again, Tucker just doesn't know. He hasn't examined the evidence yet. He knows every Palestinian Christian who said he was blocked from visiting holy sites in Bethlehem, but he just hasn't had the time to look into the mass slaughter of Christians in Nigeria that has been going on since (checks watch) 2009. He doesn't know, so he can't offer an opinion. Wouldn't be prudent, you know? Don't rush him! He'll sift through the evidence at some point in the future and render an opinion sometime around 2044. Of course, if you need an opinion on Jewish Perfidy, he has all the facts at his fingertips and can give you a fully informed opinion pronto. Say, have you ever heard of the USS Liberty incident...? You'd think that the main issue for Tucker Carlson, who pretends to be so deeply concerned about Palestinian Christians being bullied by Jews in Israel (supposedly), would be the massacre of 185,000 Christians in Nigeria itself. But no, his main problem is that Ted Cruz is talking about it, "who has no track record of being interested in Christians at all." And then he just shrugs as to whether this is even a real issue or not.
Whatever we do we must never "divide the right," huh?
Tucker is attacking Ted Cruz for bringing the issue up because he's acting as an apologist for Jihadism, and he can't cleanly admit that Jihadists are killing any Christians, anywhere. There is no daylight between him and CAIR at this point.
One might conclude that Tucker Carlson himself isn't interested in the plight of Christians -- except as they can be used as a cudgel to attack Jews. Just gonna ask an Interesting Question myself -- why is it that Tucker Carlson's arguments all track with those shit out by Qatarian propaganda agents and the far left? That if Jews crush an ant underfoot it is worldwide news, but when Muslims slaughter Christians it elicits not even a vigorous shrug?
I once glimpsed Garth in the penumbra betwixt my wake and sleep. He was in my dream, standing afar, not looking my way, nor did he acknowledge me. But I felt seen. And that's when I knew I was a traveler on the right path. I'm glad he's still with us.
Greetings, Traveler. If you still have not experienced Garth Merenghi -- Author, Dream-weaver, Visionary, plus Actor -- the six episodes of his Darkplace are still available on YouTube and supposedly upscaled to HD. (Viewing it now, it doesn't appeared upscaled for shit.) I think the second episode, "Hell Hath Fury," is the best by a good margin. Try to at least watch through to that one. It's Mereghi's incisive but nuanced take on sexism.
Podcast: The elections! NYC, Virginia, New Jersey, Texas, California, and the future prospects of the Republican party...
Update on Scott Adams:
Scott Adams had approval for this cancer drug but they hadn't scheduled him to get it. He was taking a turn for the worse. Trump had told him to call if he needed anything, so he did. Talked to Don Jr (who is in Africa) , then RFK Jr, then Dr Oz. Someone talked to Kaiser and he was scheduled. Shouldn't have needed it but he did and he says it saved his life.
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Podcast: Historian and Pundit Robert Spencer joins us for a wide-ranging discussion about the Islamists in our midst: Mamdani in NYC, all across Europe, and others.
Schmoll: 53% of New Jersey likely voters say their neighbors are voting for Ciattarelli, while 47% say the cheater/grifter Mikie Sherrill The "who do you think your neighbors are voting for" question is designed to avoid the Shy Tory problem, wherein conservative people lie to schmollsters because they don't want to go on record with a likely left-winger telling them who they're really voting for. So instead the question is who do you think your neighbors are voting for, so people can talk about who they themselves support without actually having to admit it to a left-wing rando stranger recording their answers on the phone.
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