Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - April 1, 2025 [scampydog]

I typically try to avoid jumping into the deep end of the political pool on Tuesday evenings, but this one requires some discussion. Not quite Flaming Skull worthy. Another activist judge ruling.

Good evening clever and busy brained people. Thank you for stopping by on Tuesday, March 32nd for the April Fool's ONT edition. April 1st - where we all get to lie a bit for a joke (good or bad...don't make me no nevermind).

Here is a touching tribute to the Boston Red Sox fans played on the big screen at Petco Park, in San Diego.

What is the best April Fool’s prank you have played or have been the victim of? My staff snuck the keys of my truck off my desk and parked it in a high traffic area. They wrote on the windshield in white shoe polish: "For Sale - $1500" and added my mobile number.

Baseball has cranked back up and there will be the annual viewing of the Sandlot. Oh yes, there will be quotes.

Election updates from 8:50pm EST.

Wisconsin Supreme Court. Heavy turnout. Ballot shortages in blue Milwaukee. The old - anyone in line by 8pm local time would be able to vote - has been rolled out. There will be legal challenges. Early numbers favor the Susan Crawford, the choice of the Democrat Party. 57.3% to 42.7% for Brad Schimel. About 40% reporting. If Crawford wins, which appears extremely likely, we will see very predictable headlines tomorrow.

Florida. House seats formerly occupied by Matt Gaetz and Glen Waltz. GOP projected wins for both seats. Jimmy Patronis with 57% - 95% reporting. Randy Fine with 56.7% - 95% reporting.

We should be running up the score while we can. The left never quits.

Below is a very brief Q1 Report.

It's been about 70 days since Trump took office. We can have a bit of ONT fun with all the winning.

Summary - ONT Style

Prior to January 20, 2025: Living in a country with an administration and alphabet agencies focused on graft. State weakness and no border control. Lawlessness, highly partisan enforcement of federal laws (targeting conservatives and Christians) - add in some Identity Politics / DEI, inflation, energy dependence, and a constant stream of pretentious media gaslighting and social media content. Credentialed people acting like they were first-round draft picks while riding the money train of the system. They absolutely sucked at leadership and Americans told them so - with their votes.

Where we are today: America first. We have transitioned in about 70 days to the early stages of the grown-up version of leadership and governing for the betterment of the United States and its citizens. January 6th pardons. Illegal border crossings have slowed to a drip, rounding up the criminals-invaders, deportations, strengthening the military and its leadership, protection of the US Dollar, getting men out of women's sports, USAID and their Marxist agenda has been gutted, DEI / CRT has a finger in their eye to the second knuckle, the Education Department is getting squeezed, progress being made with smoking out the deep state actors, emission rules rolled back, and withdrawal (again) from the Paris Agreement. And egg prices falling/normalizing! Trump has a vision, talented people around him, and the balls to make things happen.

Sprinkling of Accomplishments and Progress

Border: Invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. Deporting Criminals. Deporting pro-Hamas students and professors from college campuses. Illegal border crossings cut to very low levels. Drug cartels designated as foreign terrorist organizations.

Fun Stuff: Liberals Crying. Further eroding the reach and effectiveness of the legacy media. Released JFK records. Revocation of secret service details. Revocation of security clearances.

Sampling of In Progress

Judiciary: Strange, I have no recollection of voting for any of these judges. The activist judiciary branch must be reined in. SCOTUS inaction is getting tiresome.

Law Enforcement: Would like to see the DOJ go on offense a lot more. The FBI has a lot of house cleaning to do. When Epstein files?

Doge: Off to a great start. Much work to be completed. Too many things to list!

College: This is going to be a long march.

A Look to the Future?

Taxes: No taxes on: Tips, overtime pay, or Social Security. Making the Trump tax cuts permanent. Cut the corporate tax rate.

Trump and Vance are on pace to be the most impactful president and vice president in my lifetime.

Pretty good cover by Gretchen Wilson and Alice in Chains. Nancy Wilson on stage rocking it and Jerry Cantrell doing the song justice with his guitar work.

Touring an old missile site during daylight hours would be kind of cool. Atlas E, specifically.

Spartan website design but it has an excellent aggregation of some amazing resources (sounds familiar) for the Atlas E missiles.

Following is a series of documents pertaining to the Atlas E version of the SM-65 missile system. There are different sections including news articles, diagrams, construction, operational and historical documents, etc. This page has sub-sections for the three operational Atlas E ICBM squadrons with information specific to that squadron.

This is a pretty good link detailing the size and capabilities of the Atlas E.

The 82-foot-tall missile had a speed reaching nearly 16,000 miles per hour. A self-contained, automatic inertial guidance system was accurate to within one-and-one-half miles. It was a liquid-fueled missile that delivered a nuclear warhead more than 100 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped at Nagasaki in 1945.

The liquid fuel, a mixture of liquid oxygen and kerosene, which propelled both the Atlas E and Titan missiles, was a major problem. It required that the missile be stored empty and fueled for flight.

As the song goes, a fine girl.

I Would actually wear these pic.twitter.com/689zzSTrok

— Sensurround (@ShamashAran) March 23, 2025

Horde Mind is not limited to the comment section. That Master of Mischief, Doof beat me to the punch with some wholesome content on the Sunday, ONT. Below is the replacement content. April Fool's Day? Fool Day - everyday for some.

While brain drifting the word Dantean popped in my head. Which removed the brain from drift mode and moved it to nerd mode. Words that are a bit more philosophical, or have more depth? Paint a picture with one word?

A few of the obvious ones:

Machiavellian
Orwellian
Socratic
Laconic
Kafkaesque

Poked around and didn't find a link that perfectly fit. This one is close enough.

When the brain got to mnemonic the jig was up and I was off to the next topic.

Ready, set, go. Share some of your favorites in the comments.

Rep. Tim Burchett is a national treasure:

RANDOM: “Do you trust Trump's national security team to keep our war plans top secret?”

BURCHETT: “Do you trust your mother every night to fix your hot pockets and make sure your game boy is turned on?”
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— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 28, 2025

Tonight's ONT brought to you by: What's in the bag?

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— ₩₳Ɽ ₱₳₮Ⱨ (@WarPath2pt0) March 26, 2025

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Update: Notified by Doof that Ben Had provided an update on Jim Sunk New Dawn. Jim is an absolute treasure and we are all sending prayers and well wishes.

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