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The movie world continues to make quality films from time to time, and fifteen years ago Martin Scorsese released what I think is one of his best films, the adaptation of the novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. The novel is a children's novel, several hundred pages long but with minimal words on each page and heavily illustrated in black and white pictures. However, I did not care at all about the novel when the film was announced. All I cared about was that Martin Scorsese was making a new movie.
It came, it went. I saw it in theaters, but it was a financial failure. Most people seem to have completely forgotten about it, most people seemingly dismissing it because it's a Scorsese movie that's not a gangster movie. That's all he makes, right? And he's making a children's movie? In 3D? He jumped on that bandwagon? There is every reason to ignore this, right?
Well, I love the film. I've purchased it twice (once on Blu-ray and once the 4K disc), and I've seen it half a dozen times. A couple of weeks ago, though, I decided to actually read the source novel with an eye towards the questions of adaptation. What did Scorsese (and screenwriter John Logan) change? What did they add? What did they take away?
The story itself is obviously something that would attract Scorsese. It's about the title character Hugo Cabret, an orphan in 1928 whose father died in a fire in a museum where he was working. Hugo's uncle took him in. Claude Cabret maintains the clocks in Gare-du-Nord in Paris. However, we start the story with Hugo alone, his uncle having disappeared for months, maintaining the clocks himself and stealing parts from the toy store in the train station owned by Papa Georges. Hugo is stealing parts to fix an automaton that Hugo's father found in the museum, convinced that it will provide him some kind of secret message from his father once fixed.
Hugo gets caught by Papa Georges, forced to work for him to retrieve the notebook his father had kept detailing the progress with repairs, befriends Papa Georges' goddaughter Isabelle, and discovers that Papa Georges not only designed the automaton but is also George Melies, the pioneering French filmmaker. Hugo's discovery of Papa Georges through the automaton ends up fixing both Hugo's lack of family and Papa Georges' sense of failure at having been forgotten by the world, having been forced to sell his movies to a chemical company who melted them down for heels for women's shoes. The discovery also brings the attention of a French film academic who brings Melies back to the limelight, and all is well with the world of Hugo Cabret.
All of this is nearly identical in both film and novel. The movement of the plot has a handful of changes into a film. Hugo and Isabelle get injured near the middle of the novel, and that's been excised. There's an extra character, Etienne, who acts as a middle-man to connect Hugo and the film academic in the book who's completely gone in the film. However, those are relatively small changes. Hugo's journey, the overall structure of the story, and the dual character repairs between Hugo and Georges are the same. Scorsese took out very little.
He did add a lot, though.
Broader and Deeper
It seems obvious that Brian Selznick enjoys movies. The book is about movies, movie history, and even the use of illustrations in the film are meant to mimic camera movements. There's an opening series of illustrations that effectively make it a pan and zoom from outside Paris in the sky and into Gare-du-Nord (which Scorsese replicates in the film).
However, no matter how much Selznick enjoys movies, he does not enjoy movies nearly as much as Martin Scorsese, the man whose childhood was defined by looking out his apartment window in NYC at the kids who could play while he couldn't because of his asthma as well as watching movies on television (where he was first exposed to the films of the British-based duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, the Archers). He also established The Film Foundation, an organization dedicated to preserving and restoring films. He has a very long history of loving, protecting, and making films. He knows a lot.
And what he added into the adaptation was mostly related to side characters that help broaden the story's emotional impact but also deepen the story's appreciation of film, in particular with regard to French film history.
Tati
The additions to the story are mainly around four characters. The station inspector is in the novel, mainly as a generic antagonistic force without much character. Madame Emile and Monsieur Frick are essentially just named store owners who end up helping chase Hugo around late in the novel.
All three of these characters get a lot more time in the film. Madame Emile and Monsieur Frick's additions are mostly silent as Frick tries to woo Emile, but Emile's dog snips at the man. It's just a minor little subplot and comedic drama as the two try to find ways to connect despite the dog. It ends with Frick getting his own dog, and it's a nice addition. Showing another pair of people finding a connection in the train station, a minor way to reinforce the movie's central ideas.
The station inspector gets the most attention, being that antagonistic presence in the story, and the most additions come from a new character created for the film, Lisette. She is a middle-aged woman who sells flowers in the train station that the station inspector yearns for but can't speak to. There are these wonderful moments where the station inspector simply struggles to approach her because of him being very self-conscious of the metal brace on his leg, necessary because of a wound from WWI, and these moments strike me clearly as references to the comedy films of Jacques Tati.
Jacques Tati was a French filmmaker whose cinematic persona was centered around his character M. Hulot. M. Hulot was the star of several of his films, a perennially polite man befuddled by and trying to navigate in a modern world that was increasingly absurd and distancing. His most well-known film is Playtime, a film he self-financed that was also a financial bomb that lead him to living in, essentially, destitution for the rest of his life. The central element of it was the large set called Tativille, a shiny, urban environment with large interior sets and exterior sites that is often held up as one of the most impressive feats in production design in film history.
It's hard not to see a comparison between Tativille and Scorsese's bringing of Gare-du-Nord to cinematic life. A large set (with digital extensions, this ain't all real) filled with human life with bits of human comedy that recall the style of storytelling that Tati did? If this isn't a Tati-inspired series of choices, I'll eat my hat.
Now, this is not important in and of itself. Police Academy 6: City Under Siege has Jacques Tati references, and it's supposedly not very good (I haven't seen it, I just know that the references are there). References don't make films good or bad. However, Scorsese isn't just referencing Tati, he's bringing human emotion to the references that add to the central emotional core. The station inspector finding ways to connect with Lisette despite his feelings of brokenness because of his leg mirrors Hugo and Papa Georges finding each other and fixing each other. It's just told in this Tati-esque manner at the same time.
Adaptation
Is the book always better?
It's a common enough assumption and impression, but I always imagine some kind of long-form adaptation of Jaws that completely lacks the excitement and punch of the Steven Spielberg film but retains more of the novel by Peter Benchley. Hugo, though, is going to be my central counter-argument from now on, though.
Brian Selznick wrote a good book. It's definitely for children, but the combination of story, characters, illustrations, and ending come together to make a satisfying little adventure through a French train station and early cinema history.
Martin Scorsese, though, makes it so much more. He takes everything that's good of the book, and he finds ways to make it all simply better. He finds ways to make the emotional impact hit harder. He finds ways to make the appreciation of cinema more encompassing. He finds ways to bring all these additions together to create a finished product that ends up feeling like an improved draft, like Scorsese acted as an editor who pushed the story into new, better directions that feel natural from the intention of the original author.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret was a book that wanted to be a movie. Martin Scorsese made it into Hugo using all of his technical skill and cinematic acumen to do it.
It is honestly one of the best examples of adaptation I can think of.
The Brides of Dracula (Rating 2/4) Full Review "This is a film that seems to have so little story that it just revels in prim properness for long stretches, and it just sucks all the joys the film could have out of it." [Library]
Sword of Sherwood Forest (Rating 3/4) Full Review "Honestly, the film doesn't ask too much, and it largely delivers. That's not too bad." [Tubi]
A Weekend with Lulu (Rating 1/4) Full Review "Really, the film is light in tone but unable to find any comic reason to really exist even though the situation, characters, and setting are actually rife with that potential." [Library]
The Curse of the Werewolf (Rating 3/4) Full Review "Could this have been the great werewolf movie? I really think so. Hammer was never going to invest in the three hour version, though, so I have to celebrate the solid werewolf adventure I got." [Archive.org]
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I've also archived all the old posts here, by request. I'll add new posts a week after they originally post at the HQ.
My next thread will be on 7/11.
Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. For this week, the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) is on fire. It spun and spun and landed on a candle theme for this Hobby Thread.
"All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle." St. Francis Of Assisi.
Quick shout out to all the Hordelings that attended the Virginia MoMe. I can now confirm that some of you exist in real life. Thank you for making the trip. Great to spend quality time on a lovely day with the AoS family.
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A candle theme? I'm a little surprised myself but enough people mentioned it in the comments last week to tilt the Wheel of Hobbies (TM). But how interesting can candles be???? Let's find out together.
I did not realize that candle making is such a big thing. Based on YouTube videos, approximately half of the world's population is currently involved in candle-making and posting videos about how to do it. Have I missed something that everyone else knows about? Is candle making a cult? Is there a conspiracy to lure new and unsuspecting non-candle makers into the club? And do people really burn this many candles? So many questions...
From my limited research, it seems that the first requirement of candle making is a kitchen. You must repurpose your mixer, pots, stove top and kitchen counter. Seems like you could make cookies instead if you're going to go through all that, but I am a dinosaur with a small brain and have much to learn.
It also seems like many candlemaking videos are oriented to people trying to make a small business out of candlemaking, not just hobbying. I have stayed away from videos that scream "THE TOP 10 THINGS YOU MUST DO IN YOUR CANDLEMAKING BUSINESS" or "I MADE $300,000 LAST YEAR SELLING CANDLES FROM MY BASEMENT!!!!"
Do you make candles? Do you have traditions that involve candles?
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What are you hobbying?
Candles are the theme, but the thread is not limited to candles. In fact, anything (legal) you are hobbying is welcome. Even if the theme does not speak to you, you might learn something. If not, find something else or offer something else relating to hobbying. If all of that fails, just check in and say hello.
As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to hobbying. Leave politics and religion to threads elsewhere (unless your hobby is building or restoring churches). Ignore whatever gibberish Kamala is talking about these days. Pants are optional. As always, puns are welcome and encouraged.
Play nice and do not be rude. Do not be a troll and do not feed the trolls.
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There are a bazillion videos on YouTube about how to make candles in your home.
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Carving candles?
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Step 1: make candles in the most inefficient way possible
Step 2: have French people make the candles
Step 3: sell inefficient French-made candles as a "luxury" item for $660
Step 4: profit!
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Prefer your candle making with a little history?
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Guess Yankee Candles are a thing?
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Asking the important questions - where did the candle wax go?
Citronella oil is extracted from Cymbopogon species - types of lemongrass - and is rich in mosquito-repelling compounds like citronellal, citronellol, and geraniol. These compounds interfere with mosquitoes' ability to locate humans by masking the scents that attract them.
However, the "citronella plant" often found in garden centers (usually a type of scented geranium) contains very little citronella oil and does not offer the same protection unless its leaves are crushed and applied directly - a far cry from the ease of a ready-to-use spray.
Citronella candles and tiki torches are popular for outdoor use, but their range and effectiveness are limited. They may provide mild deterrence in a small radius but are not sufficient for lasting protection, especially if there's even a light breeze.
Similarly, decorative citronella plants add aesthetic value but don't repel mosquitoes unless the plant's oils are actively released. This makes them more of a conversation piece than a serious solution.
For those seeking reliable mosquito relief, citronella-containing sprays and wipes offer several practical options. They contain active concentrations of citronella oil and are designed to be applied directly to the skin, where they provide a more consistent barrier.
I hate mosquitos.
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Wax selection seems to be a big deal.
Lots of videos out there but most are unhelpful (at least to me). Soy? Paraffin? Beeswax? Coconut? Palm? Blends? I don't know. Eco-friendly and sustainable? Sorry - I just can't inflict a video on you from a woman named Flower with a septum piercing trying to explain it. It makes my small dino head hurt.
Until I learned about edible candles...now you have my attention.
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Where do those funky candle shapes come from? Silicone molds! Can you make candles in silicone molds with beeswax? Yes!
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Making wood candlesticks on a lathe. Sounds like a great idea!
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There is nothing like singing Silent Night at a Christmas Eve service by candlelight:
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German Christmas pyramids are a great use of candles.
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Horde Hobbying
Teresa in Fort Worth has been busy stitching a stocking for her young grandson, Niko.
Nice!
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Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week? We did an childhood hobbies theme. The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.
Notable comments from last week:
She gets it. Thank you.
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Words of wisdom:
"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).
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Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Do mighty things.
— Declaration of Memes (@LibertyCappy) June 20, 2026
Meet The PetMorons
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I am a lurker but this brought into the sunlight. This is Gideon, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, from 2018 when he was 6 months until now. Two weeks ago, I let him out for his morning duty. I heard him barking and looked up and saw him barking at a full grown male black bear up a tree. I had to grab him, and he wasn't happy about that, and back away.
lurker MG
Wow! Gideon is charming! And he was super-cute at six months.
Doesn't really look like a bear hunter. Glad you got him away from the bear.
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We'll title this "Transgression." This is the look my brother got from Sammy when he had the nerve to try to brush the belly. Note claws. -
Miley
In that photo, Sammy looks a lot like the black kitten among the four brought to our house by their mother not long ago. He can be held for a few seconds, but then usually gives "that look" and shows the claws.
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Hi K.T.
I had to say goodbye to Emma last week. She was the last of a long continuous line of Scotties we had beginning in 1975. I introduced Emma on AOS Pet Thread back in March 2018. This is her last Christmas picture -- She was such a good girl.
Bill in FL
Oh, how heartbreaking to lose sweet, lovely Emma. She looks so happy in her Christmas picture.
Keep in touch.
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PetMoron Adjacent Animals
Encountered by Members of The Horde
Hello K.T.,
The pictures of all the deer in this week's Pet Thread reminded me of a pic I took some days ago. In the early morning we looked out the front window and there was Mama deer with a newborn. When we first saw them the doe was laying down with the fawn standing next to her. She got up and they both slowly walked away.
Thanks for the Pet Thread. Always a good read.
George V.
I like that photo a lot! And the story even more Thanks for sending it in.
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Thank you for sharing your pets and animal photos and stories with us today.
If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:
petmorons at protonmail dot com
Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.
My little garden has been pretty colorful and a delight to look at out the window on a 90 degree day. Here's a couple photos of my Tequila and lime Daylilies.
Didn't realize that each blossom actually only last for a day til Hrothgar mentioned it.
In one picture you can see the delicate pink hydrangeas. I was initially disappointed that they didn't get those big rounded flowers but grew to like how delicate they look.
Sharon(willow's apprentice)
Daylilies and hydrangeas both come in different flower forms. The daylilies are spectacular, and the color of the hydrangeas looks nice with them.
We have updates from Intrepid Liaison/Admiral Ackbar from May 15 and from more recently today.
May 15:
In some ways, plants are pretty uneventful. Most flowers on my plants have fallen off, and tiny little fruit are starting. Little baby quince fruit starting under the dying flower. The North Star cherry tree has always produced massive harvests, despite being fairly small and young still.
The side of my house is overgrown with grape and kiwi vines, so I put up some ghetto "trellising" to help if grow out more. We'll see how well it holds up. Last year we had quite a few grapes. . . but raccoons ate them all.
Okay, I lied. The Pawpaw tree is native, and always a little behind the other fruit trees, so it still has its weird, brownish bell-like flowers.
They are so interesting.
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June update:
Lots of fruit and berries growing at the homestead, but with a move coming up, I haven't harvested like I usually do. Tons of mulberries and wild raspberries ready to pick, and finally a few pawpaw fruit on our young trees!
The berries look great. Quince are coming along. The pawpaws have made fast progress since the blossoms last month!
We have just a few grape vines on the side of the house, but they produce a ridiculous amount of fruit. Problem is keeping the critters out long enough to let them fully ripen and harvest.
Saw a little turtle on the walking trail. Had a weird worm looking thing on the back of his shell...maybe a leech? Ewww.
Any suggestions on keeping critters out of the grapes?
Know what's on the back of that turtle?
Oh! I saw a mass of bright yellow mushrooms growing along a local path. Wife said they're "Golden Oyster", edible and invasive. I brought a backpack and hopped the fence on my next walk (chain-link fence to keep people away from the train tracks), and they were JUST out of reach. And, I pulled something trying to reach for them lol.
Take care of yourself. Are you really moving?
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History - Some Special Trees
Halnaker tree tunnel in Sussex is a hollow way, or just Holloway
Created by 2,000 years of traffic on the original Roman Road from London to Chichester
Stane Street is the modern name of the road from Londinium (London) to Noviomagus Reginorum (Chichester) pic.twitter.com/F4SrJvQWST
— The English Oak Project (@TheKentAcorn) June 19, 2026
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Gardens of The Horde
Hello KT!
I have been meaning to send pictures of my patio efforts for some time now! Things are growing and blooming and the bees seem to be very happy. My sunflowers are getting tall and the flowers are starting to bud-soon
Bee balm is blooming:
The Spiderwort has really done well. I chose a sunny/shady spot:
Thanks as always for providing such a lovely spot on the internet!
Mrs. Leggy
I can see why the bees would be happy and will be happier when your sunflowers bloom.
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Hope everyone has a nice weekend.
If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening Thread, the address is:
ktinthegarden at g mail dot com
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Abigail Adams wrote these words to her husband, John Adams, the day after the Battle of Bunker Hill having learned about the death of their dear friend Dr. Joseph Warren during the battle.
“The Day; perhaps the decisive Day is come on which the fate of America depends. My bursting Heart must find vent at my pen. I have just heard that our dear Friend Dr. Warren is no more but fell gloriously fighting for his Country— saying better to die honourably in the field than ignominiously hang upon the Gallows. Great is our Loss. He has distinguished himself in every engagement, by his courage and fortitude, by animating the Soldiers and leading them on by his own example.”- Abigail Adams (June 18, 1775)
I began to think about their ages on that day...Joseph Warren had recently turned 34, Abigail was 30 & John was 39. Somehow we think of the founding generation as elderly. . . most were not.
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Pictured is John Trumbull’s painting “The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775.”
I wrote the entry on chicken fried steak. I believe it is the best essay on chicken fried steak that has ever been written. If you read it and don't think so please send me the better one. https://t.co/28siRsSaub
The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival
—Misanthropic Humanitarian
[Coffee & Musical H/T Hadrian The Seventh]
Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few housekeeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Morrison)
1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2) Be kind. Be nice. Black marks on your permanent record are not pretty.
3) A weekly reminder. No running with sharp objects.
4) Have a great weekend and a Happy Father's Day to all of you Fathers.
Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update.
Prayer Requests:
3/28 – Jordan61 posted that Mr. Jordan61 is back in the hospital. His sepsis has returned and gotten into where his compression fracture is, and he has vertebral osteomyelitis. The doctor is supposed to come in today and let them know the plan.
5/26 Update – Mr. Jordan61 had his last antibiotic infusion on 5/24 and his PICC line was removed on 5/26. He will have follow-up blood work in 2 weeks but for now, all looks good!
4/3 – Teresa in Fort Worth posted an update. Her chemo seems to be holding things steady for now. Unfortunately, as she is receiving a steroid, she has gained about 25 pounds. Her blood sugar has also jumped up about 40 points (which only happens when she is on steroids).
6/1 Update – Teresa had a CT scan and has seen the surgeon. Everything looks good/stable. There are no new tumors and the ones that are there have pretty much stayed the same or shrunk. No metastises seen. Additional good news is that she can stay on the current medication, and just alternate it with other meds. She continues to respond extremely well to the protocols. She sends her gratitude for each and every prayer.
5/16 – Tonypete asked for prayers for Jane who is dying of breast cancer, and for Cheri who is in jail (again) for drug related crimes.
6/13 Update – Jane and her husband have sold their home and have moved back to Green Bay, to be with family when she dies.
5/20 – D gave an update on his wife Susan and her continued battle with cancer. Her cancer markers are still headed in the right direction. She is on a new antibiotic, and it is causing some side effects, but it is keeping her out of another surgery, so that is a win. Thanks again to everyone for their prayers. May 1 marked one year since they found out about the cancer, and Susan is doing so well.
5/20 – E gave an update. She and her family were having financial struggles a few months ago, and asked for prayers. E sends her thanks for the prayers, and wanted to let people know that things are getting better, thanks to the Horde’s prayers and their church family. They have resolved their mortgage issue and her husband has resumed his side gig making deliveries. They are also cutting monthly expenses. They would like continued prayers as they deal with the insurance company of the person who crashed into (and totaled) E’s vehicle. Insurance only offered half the replacement value, so that struggle is still going on.
5/23 – San Franpsycho sent a praise report. His prayer to become a grandad has been answered, and Girl F will have a baby in December. Girl F still plans to attend grad school, but will delay a year, which means they will depend on them for child care. This pleases San Franpsycho to the nth degree!
5/23 – Vmom deport deport deport would appreciate prayers. She has been freaking out about her eyesight. Her eye doctor says she has myopic macular degeneration.
5/23 – I used to have a Different Nic could use some prayers as he waits for the results of a biopsy of a mass on his prostate.
6/2 Update – I used to have a Different Nic sent in an update. He has been diagnosed with risk group 2 prostate cancer. It appears to be localized to the prostate but this will be verified via another scan. He has doctor appointments lined up for the next month or so before he starts treatment.
5/23 – George V sends his thanks for the prayers on behalf of his wife, when she had a heart valve replacement. The procedure went very well and she is doing great in the rehab program. But prayers are still needed. There are indications of problems in her lymph nodes that showed up in the scans checking her heart. She will have a biopsy in June, as well as a biopsy on a skin lesion that is looking suspicious. Thank you for all prayers.
5/26 – Doof posted a request for prayers for his mom. She is back in the hospital. She is very weak from one or more infections, and is sleeping a lot. She isn’t really talking when she is alert for a few minutes.
6/14 Update – Doof’s mother passed away.
5/27 – Grannysaurus Rex asked for prayers for Sherry, a co-worker, who is being tested for possible cancer of the blood.
5/29 – Bulg requested prayers for his sister, her husband, their four children, and the rest of the family as his sister is dying. She is in palliative care in the hospital, with a lot of blood clots, and is not expected to last long.
6/5 Update – Bulg asks for continued prayers for his sister and the family. He visited, and her condition had improved a lot. She was conscious and lucid. Bulg and his brother had a nice visit with their sister, and also got to visit with her family (husband, kids, grandkids). Bulg is grateful for the reconciliation with his sister and prays that she may be with them for a long while.
6/14 Update – Bulg’s sister passed away on 6/14. They all could use prayers of comfort.
5/29 – huerfano requested prayers for her brother, R, whose appendix “got hot”. Luckily he was with his daughter, who got him to ER quickly, and surgery was scheduled for 5/29.
6/6 Update – R had surgery, but his appendix was already leaking, so the surgery was more complicated and required lavage of his internals. He has been back at his daughter’s house since 6/1, and is thinking he’s ready to go home. Unfortunately, that’s 500 miles.
5/29 – Beltway Elite posted that s/he had just signed forms for her/his mom to enter hospice. Mom’s quality of life has been declining since she had a stroke several years ago, and she hasn’t been able to speak or swallow solid food recently.
5/30 – RandomDave posted that he would appreciate prayers as he searches for work. He has had some good job prospects/interviews over the past week.
6/2 – Ellipsis (…) sent in an update. We had prayed for a friend of hers who was going through cancer treatment. It’s been a little over a year, and her port is out now and her hell is over. She is battered and bruised, but clear. Thank you to the Horde for prayers, and praise to Jesus.
6/4 – Teresa in Fort Worth’s niece (Amanda) received a heart transplant a few months ago. One of the complications of that was that her kidneys started failing, and she needed a kidney transplant. On 6/3, she received a new kidney and it appears to be working. Hallelujah! The family is so grateful for the gift from the donor’s family.
6/6 – Skip requested prayers for his boss and wife. Their oldest daughter passed away the day before her 30th birthday. They had also lost a son some years ago unexpectedly. They still have 2 daughters.
6/9 – “A” requested prayers for a long-time friend now suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease, who just fell and broke his hip. He came out of the anesthetic really confused. His wife and family also need prayers of support and strength to help him.
6/13 – Dash my lace wings asked for prayers for a friend named Lisa, who was diagnosed with liver duct cancer. She has been in the hospital for a couple of weeks and is afraid she will never leave.
6/13 – Tonypete requested prayers for an acquaintance (B), who has destroyed every relationship she has ever been a part of and spreads hate and torment to everyone around her.
For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.
The film, which depicted the credibly accused but I would never say so myself compulsive liar and total sociopath in an unflattering light may just possibly have conflicted with Amazon's $50 billion investment in OpenAI and OpenAI's $38 billion in contracts with Amazon.
This is AMD's memory encryption system that prevents any potential leakage of data between mutually untrusted virtual machines on shared hardware. Necessary on servers running cloud systems at Amazon and Google, but also useful for homelabs and developers who want to try it out on affordable hardware.
There's a thing going on on social media that's fantastic. Foreign fans here for the World Cup are posting all about how great this county is, great food, friendly people, lovely vistas, and it's just the most wholesome thing in the world.
London's got Beaver Fever! They've reintroduced wild beavers (the wilder the better) to the London area. Beavers had previously been hunted out of existence on the theory that they're nuisances that cause flooding by erecting dams.
The new theory -- which I'm not endorsing -- is that beaver dams actually, somehow (I'm unclear on how this works) actually reduce destructive flooding by creating some kind of reservoir area that absorbs a lot of flood overflow.
This cockatoo, Audrey, became depressed after her owner died. She plucked herself near-clean of feathers in her sadness. But a couple adopted her and her depression lifted and she's grown most of her feathers back.
And she's now a happy girl who enjoys dancing with her new dad.
Skip to 1:40 (100 seconds) for the dancing, or just watch the whole thing.
Philly Soros DA Larry Krasner Loses Another One: Federal Court Bars A Top Lawyer In His Office From Appearing in Federal Courts Due to Lying About Evidence to Get a Murderer Off
Remember -- these are the "prosecutors," not the defense attorneys who are lying to the court to get murders spared the death penalty or straight-up released from prison.
A former supervisor in DA Larry Krasner's office has been suspended in federal court
The development comes just one day after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court sharply curtailed Krasner's office's ability to seek to overturn old convictions and accused its lawyers of misleading judges.
A former supervisor in Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner's office has been suspended from the region's federal courts, a development that came just one day after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court sharply curtailed the office's ability to seek to overturn old convictions and accused its lawyers of misleading judges.
Nancy Winkelman was suspended for three years by a panel of federal judges who found that she was complicit in efforts to mislead a federal judge while seeking to overturn the death sentence of a man convicted of killing an East Mount Airy couple in the 1980s and allow him to serve life in prison instead.
The ruling, made public this week, adds to the mounting judicial scrutiny of post-conviction work in Krasner's office. On Tuesday, the state Supreme Court imposed remarkable new restrictions on prosecutors' efforts to reverse potentially problematic convictions.
In a forceful and scolding opinion, the high court said Krasner's office misled judges, submitted false statements, and "violated its duty of candor" in asking a judge to vacate a 2004 murder conviction.
The court wrote that prosecutors' actions in the case were part of a troubling pattern of conduct in seeking to overturn murder convictions and ordered that, going forward, the state attorney general's office must be asked to review and weigh in on all such cases.
The panel of federal judges, in ordering Winkelman's suspension, echoed some of those concerns.
How did Krasner react when he learned that his former supervisor handling post-conviction relief had lied to judges to get guilty murderers off the hook?
He said -- and I'm not kidding -- SO CLOSE TO JUNETEENTH??!!?
Krasner said in a statement Wednesday night that Winkelman is an exceptional attorney who left a lucrative private law practice to serve the public. He said she always showed "exceptional competence and integrity and contributed mightily to needed reform."
"On the eve of Juneteenth," he said, "we should all remember that reform is necessary in every era. And that those who bring needed reform sometimes are made to pay a price."
Does the price always have to include lying in court, perpetrating a fraud on the court, and releasing vicious murders from prison so they can murder again?
The three-judge panel, in a ruling issued in March and unsealed this week, said Winkelman and a subordinate, former assistant district attorney Paul George, misled a federal judge by misrepresenting parts of the case while attempting to reverse the death sentence of Robert Wharton.
Wharton was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death for the 1984 strangulation and drowning deaths of Bradley and Ferne Hart inside their East Mount Airy home.
The jury found that Wharton, angry over a disputed debt, spent months terrorizing the family before he forced his way inside the home at knifepoint and killed the couple. Afterward, he turned off the heat, leaving the couple's seven-month-old baby, Lisa, to freeze to death -- but she survived.
Decades later, prosecutors in Krasner's office, in seeking to vacate his death sentence, suggested in court that the victims' family backed their effort. But it was later discovered that they had consulted only one relative and never contacted Lisa Hart-Newman, the couple's surviving daughter, who strongly opposed the move.
The woman barred for three years had a partner in this relentless campaign of fraud on the court.
But Krasner kept on both of these "rogue" prosecutors.
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Goldberg, who denied the request to reduce Wharton's sentence, later said that George's and Winkelman's review of the case was "patently deficient" and that they had violated federal rules of procedure in a manner that was "egregious" and "exceptional."
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Last year, the three-judge panel found that [former assistant DA Paul] George had lied to Goldberg about key facts, "flouted the interests of the public and the victims' families," and acted as the "quarterback" of efforts by the district attorney's office to undo or undermine all death penalty cases.
George, 75, was disbarred in federal court. He has denied the accusations and filed an appeal. His attorneys said his disbarment was "highly disproportionate and offends basic tenets of justice." Krasner also defended George's work and said he believed the appeals court would find that the opinion criticizing George was filled with "factually and legally incorrect" statements.
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Winkelman, the judges said, "knowingly made misrepresentations" as part of the district attorney's office "policy of vacating all death sentences."
Krasner and his staff have long denied that the office has any such policy.
But the panel appeared to reject that, writing: "We do not credit [Winkelman's] testimony that there is no such policy."
Courts keep straight-up calling Krasner not only a liar, but an actual perjurer in court.
How is not being removed from his position entirely?
Today, Barack Obama's $850 million dollar monument to himself opened.
And on CNN NewsNight, Abby Phillip called the opening ceremony "church for liberals."
"This was like church for liberals. It was. Everybody was dressed in their Sunday finest and sitting in the pews, and he was delivering a message about, not just about that, but also actually, there was a lot of contrast happening about Trump, in the remarks from him..."
The transgender frenzy was to be the left's next civil rights crusade, as it constructed a new victimized class with reparatory claims against the guilty traditionalist majority.
Soon, an epidemic of teens began wondering whether they were in fact "trans" and pondering whether to undergo a battery of dangerous hormonal and chemical drug regimens.
What accounts for these bouts of periodic, collective and suicidal madness?
First, the craziness is almost always birthed in the contemporary, affluent and leisured West, which alone has the capital and resources to afford such freakish sideshows.
Second, the frenzies are usually the creation of the left, predictably birthed in universities, the media and the bureaucracies.
They appear with familiar symptoms. The irredeemable, deplorable and "garbage" hoi polloi are supposedly too dense to be properly schooled and thus must be frightened to death in order to adopt agendas that otherwise appear to them as utterly insane.
Junk your natural-gas dryer and grill, or face massive floods on your coasts. Drop the SAT and defund the police or face endless race riots.
Hire thousands of race and gender commissars or be forever tagged as racists, sexists, homophobes and transphobes.
Open the border and let illegal aliens enter by the millions, and thus pay partial penance for "whiteness."
The left is correct that few Western voters will openly embrace the unpopular elite agenda of racial fixations, globalism, laxity on crime and degrowth environmentalism.
So their long-term solutions have four predictable aspects:
1) Open the borders to create a more diverse, impoverished and needy constituency.
2) Create fake "working-class" pseudo-populist candidates like the pampered Graham Platner, the God-is-nonbinary "new Christian" James Talarico and, of course, the waxen effigy of good ol' Joe Biden from Scranton.
3) Destroy time-tested systems by seeking to demolish the Electoral College, the 50-state union, the Senate filibuster and the nine-justice Supreme Court.
4) Gin up these end-of-days, pseudo-existential crises whose solutions require massive new taxes, bigger government and more dictatorial elite managers.
One good sign of growing antidotes is that increasingly Americans, and indeed all Westerners, are saying no to green haranguers, gender and sex demagogues, the race-baiting industry, the open-borders conglomerate and ungrateful immigrants.
Their pushback might be summed up as: "We are no longer going to allow you to destroy ancient traditions that ensured our prosperity, security and liberty, and which were handed down to us by generations far better than your own."
The indictments brought in the Eastern District of Michigan last week against eight 20-somethings deeply involved in anti-Israel protests at the University of Michigan's Ann Arbor campus pull back the curtain on what that movement is really about.
Announcing the indictments, FBI director Kash Patel described a "campaign of violent, criminal acts" in which the Michigan eight engaged in a coordinated campaign of intimidation against university leaders--the president, the provost, the chief investment officer, members of the board of regents, and university police officers, plus "anyone they believed supported" the State of Israel--after the school shut down their illegal "solidarity encampment."
They threw noxious chemicals through the windows of victims' homes, taped demand letters to their doors, defaced the Jewish Federation of Detroit on the one-year anniversary of Oct. 7, and spray-painted private homes with messages like "Intifada" and "Free Palestine."
Then they tried to intimidate a witness, identified in the indictment only as a University of Michigan student the defendants believed was cooperating with federal authorities. Defendants Paige Feyock, a Wellesley graduate and University of Michigan medical researcher, and Zainab Hakim, a 2024 University of Michigan graduate who was then hired by the university for a full-time job in the Center for South Asian Studies, hatched a plan to confront the witness. In mid-July 2024 Feyock aired her concerns about a "snitch" who was "going to send us to federal prison." In early August, she told her pals she and Hakim planned to get coffee with the witness: "ima strip search [him] ... to see if he is wearing a wire. not taking no chances with him." After the fact, she reported, the victim "knows not to talk."
The alleged criminality on display in Ann Arbor is hardly an isolated incident. At UCLA, so-called protesters set up a "Jew Exclusion Zone" barring Zionists from a portion of the campus. At Columbia, pampered rich kids stormed and occupied a university building and held two janitors hostage. At Harvard, a pair of graduate students accosted a fellow student walking across campus.
We're picking up what they're putting down. The nucleus of the "pro-Palestine" protest movement more closely resembles the violent left-wing movements of the past, from the Weather Underground to the Symbionese Liberation Army and Black Lives Matter, that have used terror, violence, and intimidation in an attempt to achieve their political aims.
Have you heard of Hello Fresh? It's a kind of scammy "service" for lazy Millennials. They send you a box full of ingredients and a recipe so that you can make a meal.
I think most people would say that it's easy enough to find a recipe, build a shopping list from it, and buy the groceries yourself, but lazy, helpless adultbabies need a special service to do these very basic "Adulting" tasks for them.
But that's not the story here. The story is that Hello Fresh decided to show its #Pride by offering "high-fiber meals" for Pride Month.
High fiber? Why? Isn't high fiber for good colon health?
Ahhh. Yes, that's it.
Apparently -- and I didn't know this -- people "prep" for anal sex by having high fiber meals to clean out their colons.
And Hello Fresh is now offering recipes and ingredients to make high-fiber, pre-sodomy meals.
Is this really "pride" now? Is this how you want to represent yourselves?
Hello Fresh doubled down and left no ambiguity about the purpose of their new colon-cleaning recipes: Coupon code "BOTTOMS UP"!
Blue Apron -- a scammy competitor to Hello Fresh's feeding service for retards -- got in on the act too, but far less graphically.
I mean, still graphically. But less.
And gay activists continue to wonder why support for gay "rights" is falling.
Look at the behavior of those claiming to represent gays and their Woke White Woman "champions." There might be a clue there.
And remember: It's completely safe to create "gay marriage," because, Bigots, Nothing about gay marriage will affect your lives at all!
The Texas Rangers rejected "pride" night and gay cosplay uniforms:
Greg Abbott
@GregAbbott_TX
The Texas Rangers are the only team in Major League Baseball that doesn't host a Pride Night. This week, they're hosting Faith and Family Night instead.
Meanwhile, MLB just warned Giants pitchers for writing Bible verses on their own caps.
In Texas, we don't punish people for living out their faith. We protect that right.
Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
The University of California (@UofCalifornia) is being SUED over policies that punish students who "misgender."
Saying men don't belong in women's bathrooms is also a punishable offense.
INSANE
Nobody should be forced to affirm someone's mental delusions or get punished for stating biological facts!
A practical guide for Muslims on how to navigate LGBTQ Pride month
5Pillars has compiled a brief guide for Muslims living in the West on how to navigate LGBTQ Pride month during June.
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We have based the following guidance on publicly available guidance provided by mainstream Muslim scholars.
This is one of the most pressing challenges facing Muslim families in the West today: how to navigate LGBTQ-related issues while remaining grounded in Islamic teachings.
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An Islamic framework for sexual ethics
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In this framework, moral standards are derived from divine revelation rather than individual desire or changing social norms.
The Quranic account of Prophet Lut (as) and related Hadith clearly show that same-sex sexual relationships are prohibited in Islam.
"Do you approach males among the worlds and leave what your Lord has created for you as mates? Rather, you are a transgressing people." (Qur'an 26:165--166)
Similar passages appear in Qur'an 7:80--84, 11:77--83, 27:54--58, and 29:28--35. Classical scholars understood these verses as condemning same-sex sexual acts.
The Quran consistently describes spouses as male and female:
"And among His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquility in them..." (Qur'an 30:21)
Other relevant verses include Qur'an 4:1, 49:13, and 53:45. Traditional Islamic law recognises marriage only between a man and a woman.
I'm literally shaking rn you guys.
When I mentioned that "experts" in Spain predicted that 500,000 migrants would take advantage of mass amnesty -- but now that figure is 1,000,000 and climbing -- I forgot to mention a key admission from the socialist government: They were expressly granting mass amnesty "to defeat the far right."
Spain has started to legalise 500,000 undocumented migrants and give them the immediate right to work in a move "to fight against the advance of the far-Right".
Madrid officially began the process on Tuesday after a last-minute deal between the ruling Socialist party and the Left-wing Podemos party, which has propped up Pedro Sanchez's minority government since elections in 2023.
A government spokesman said: "We not only intend to remain a beacon, but I want to believe that we will be a seed and a germ to fight against the advance of this far-Right wave that is trying to gain ground, and against which we will do everything in our power to stop it."
"Podemos" is Spanish for "We Can." Does that sound familiar to anyone? Si, Se Puede! (Yes, We Can!)
PanEuropeanMovement
@EuropeanPan
The Spanish government and its partners openly state that the reason for legalising more than half a million migrants is to "defeat the far right." This is literally weaponised demography. They took the most conspiratorial interpretation of the "Great Replacement" that is not even shared by most far right parties, namely it being a coordinated elite plan to reduce the native European share of the population, and actually turned it into policy - while also bypassing parliament, I might add.
At least nothing like that is going on in the US:
Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
5h
BREAKING: The LA City Council voted 10-5 to advance a proposal that would ALLOW non-citizens to vote in city and school board elections
Irish author Sally Rooney gave a speech last night blaming Israel for the rise of fascism and the far right in Europe and concluding that the “liberation of Palestine represents the liberation of the world”. How very 1930s Europe of her to blame the Jews for everything. pic.twitter.com/TSJzTjbu4u
Armie Hammer was being pushed as an actor before he was completely blacklisted from Hollywood due to #MeToo allegations I never really understood. I know people say he's a "cannibal" because his sexts included stuff like "I want to consume you" but that seems to me to be a case of dirty talk gone wrong.
I have no idea if he should or shouldn't be cancelled. I do know that he's attempting a comeback and that few people will hire him. He's in what appears to be an edgy movie about a vigilante who kills "criminals and those in power who protect them," which is always a taboo kind of movie for Hollywood. It's very low-budget, which you can tell from the movie showing off stuff to make it seem like a big-budget movie, but the stuff they're showing -- like an APC driving down the street -- is relatively cheap to achieve.
Is this some kind of signal that the cultural zeitgeist is shifting against the Regime? I doubt it, because someone is always able to raise a smallish amount of money for this kind of movie. See both the Charles Bronson Death Wish and the underrated Bruce Willis remake. (I'm not saying it's great, I'm just saying it's underrated.)
Yes, Death Wish did definitely indicate that the public was moving decisively against liberal indulgence of rampant criminality, but most of these kinds of movies mean nothing. Urban vigilante movies are often popular. Even Jodie Foster did one (and it was pretty decent.)
Still, maybe it's something? I don't know. It'll probably wind up telling us that Those In Power Protecting Criminals are Donald Trump and his friend, Cyborg Jeffrey Epstein.
I know you guys are all huge fans of Olivia Wilde, both as a loudmouthed shrill feminist propaganda director and also a shit actress, as well as never-gets-old Seth Rogan and pompous idiot Ed Norton, so here, enjoy this trailer. Apparently it's about old people being invited by their old neighbors to participate in their orgy.
Feminists constantly use sex to sell themselves. Absolutely constantly. They alternate between scolding men for having a normal, healthy interest in sex and then using sex to hype their projects.
Below: it has a dog so I'm interested.
If there's a kind of movie I'm more sick of than corporate IP slop it's post-apocalyptic zombie slop. And also, Ridley Scott slop. And also, Josh Brolin slop. So here's all that slop in one, so we can get it out of the way fast and move past it.
That trailer made me think "I'm so sick of hearing Nine Inch Nails" despite having not heard them in years. I blame the trailer.
Good environmentalist themes in Whalefall, which teaches us that whales are dangerous predators and must be eradicated before they eat us all.
Yes, it's actually a Jonah-type story and it's kind of intense.
Leftwing extremist propagandist Aaron Sorkin is suddenly against social media now that FaceBook -- the villain here -- isn't quite as compliant with the left's brainwashing agenda as it used to be.
I know, I know -- FaceBook censored people regarding covid. I can assure you that is not what Aaron Sorkin finds problematic. What he's angry about is that Zuckerberg repented for that (or pretended to) and is no longer on Team Brainwash.
I saw this movie reviewed. Film Threat said it was LAME. Past the opening teaser, there's only two characters, so you know they're not going to die, at least until the last ten minutes. They said it was a thirty-minute horror anthology story stretched beyond it's breaking point to be feature-length.
That said, this trailer has a jump-scare that really got me.
The Jessica Chastain "Woke White Woman Tracks Dangerous Far-Right Republicans on the Internet and Reports Them to Their Manger" Apple TV series The Savant, which was delayed due to the assassination of Charlie Kirk -- hey, his assassin wasn't far right at all, was he? -- will finally be released in July, so you have that going for you.
And if that's not woke enough for you:
#BradleyCooper is in talks to star in Sean Penn’s next directorial effort, a film that chronicles the early life of a police officer who defended the U.S. capital on Jan. 6.
A tough-talking Hunter Biden has challenged Donald Trump Jr. to a cage fight in a lengthy social media post about how the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House was offensive to him.
Former President Joe Biden's (D) son directed his comments to podcaster Joe Rogan on Thursday, writing, "Dear Joe, I wish I could sit down with you face to face and explain why so many of us were offended by the UFC fight on the South Lawn of the White House."
"For me, it had nothing to do with the UFC or who showed up for the fights. The brand you and Dana have built is a bona fide American success story. More power to you. As for the fighters, in my book, anyone brave enough to put it all on the line in the arena is remarkable to witness," he continued.
However, Hunter said his "problem" with it was that "I believe some of our public spaces are sacred," adding, "The White House does not belong to Donald Trump. It does not belong to any President. It belongs to the people. To treat it as Caesar treated the Colosseum is antithetical to everything our founding fathers fought for. This is not Rome. Presidents are not emperors doling out bread and circuses for the peasants. The White House is the People's House."
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When it comes to Hunter's comment that "some of our public spaces are sacred," it is important to note that transgender activists bared their topless chests during a White House LGBTQ Pride Event his father hosted in 2023.
This was not the first time Hunter has advertised his readiness to fight President Donald Trump's sons. In April, he made it clear he was "100 percent in" on a cage match with Don Jr. and Eric Trump, Breitbart News reported.
It was unclear where Hunter, a convicted felon who is $17 million in debt, wanted to have the cage match with Don Jr. because he recently self-deported to South Africa, the outlet reported in April.
There are multiple layers of controversies surrounding Hunter, one of which Breitbart News highlighted in May.
Here's why Don Jr. should not accept Hunter Biden's offer to fight him in a UFC style cage match:
1, Don, Jr. has a career, unlike disgraced crackhead, gun felon, tax felon, whore-addict, and paternity-dodger Hunter Biden. Don Jr. can continue a career in politics or go back to working as an executive in the Trump businesses, while Hunter Biden's career path consists of a single track:
1, getting cast on increasingly sleazy and cheap "reality" TV shows as the Designated Heel,
2, gay porn where he only "gives,"
3, gay porn where he begins "taking,"
4, gay porn where he starts "taking" from six to eight men at one go,
and then
5, dying of AIDS-related complications.
This is the career path of failed influencers and internet-based whores such as Bonny Blue and is the best case scenario for the last squalid chapters of Hunter Biden's miserable life.
But Don Jr. is not on that track. Gratefully, most people are not.
Hunter Biden, $17 Million in Debt, Is Hired by 'Ultra-Luxury' Drug Rehab Clinic for 'High-Achieving' Professionals
The former first son appears to be leveraging his new visibility as an addiction recovery influencer to get work
It's as if he went to a career counselor, who asked him "What do you like doing?" and he said "Drugs and lots of them, and being paid for merely existing" and the counselor pulled out the contact information for this place.
This only works for the filthily degenerate sons of Democrat Crime Family Capos, of course.
An "ultra-luxury" drug and alcohol rehab center nestled in the Hollywood Hills has hired former first son Hunter Biden as an adviser and executive director of its charitable foundation, a new gig that could help the convicted felon whittle down millions of dollars in unpaid legal bills and other debts.
Peak Path Health announced Biden's hire this week, touting his "lived experience and professional insight" from his struggles with addiction to crack, alcohol, and other substances. "The announcement comes during a meaningful milestone in Hunter Biden's personal journey, as he celebrates seven years of sobriety this month," says Peak Path.
The Yale-educated attorney joins Peak Path, which launched last year, as he has positioned himself on social media and the podcast circuit as a ubiquitous recovery influencer, speaking openly about his lifelong struggle with sobriety, as well as taking pot shots at his family's detractors.
Biden's new job could be of interest to his many creditors. Biden has said he owes $17 million to attorneys who represented him in tax and gun felony cases, as well as various defamation lawsuits. Biden, who received a presidential pardon for the federal crimes from his father, claimed in recent legal filings that he is destitute, and unable to pay Winston & Strawn, the firm that represented him and is now suing him over unpaid bills, claiming he is "impecunious" and "does not have" enough money to conduct a professional search for emails sought in the lawsuit. In one filing, Biden's attorney said he was living abroad, and therefore unable to respond to Winston & Strawn's demands that he pay his bills. But Biden has been spotted in the United States multiple times in April and May--three times in wealthy areas of Southern California and once in Nashville, when he made an in-person appearance in the studio of the notorious antisemitic podcaster Candace Owens.
Read the whole thing from Chuck Ross. He points out that Hunter Biden keeps tweeting and speaking as if he is present in the US, which makes his court representations perjurious and jailable.
Allegedly. Allegedly.
It is unclear how much Peak Path will pay Biden, and whether his job requires him to work on-location at its treatment facilities or if he can work remotely from his supposed "overseas" home. Peak Path did not respond to requests for comment, and Biden's attorney declined to comment. Biden also says he has another Southern California gig, working as director of development at BASTA Universal, a tenants rights law firm in Los Angeles that had its nonprofit status revoked last year.
I think we'd all like to universally say Basta to Hunter Biden.
Meanwhile, Jill Biden's book failed to chart on Amazon's lists and has only sold 20,000 copies in two weeks but the corrupt communist propaganda rag The New York Times says it's #1.
BTW, the New York Times infamously admitted in court that its "besteller list" was rigged and entirely fictitious itself. An author sued them for not being included on the list despite having the actual, factual #1 bestseller, and the NYT's defense was that its "bestseller" list was not intended to be an actual list of books selling the best, but a holistic view of what middle-aged white Karens might want to pretend to read.
Players on the Minor League Team the York (PA) Revolution Refuse to Wear Their Rainbow Uniforms, So the Team Cancels the Game and Forfeits
—Disinformation Expert Ace
But note, the team threw the players under the bus, claiming they're not "welcoming" and "supportive" of the LGBT "community."
Minor league baseball's York Revolution in Pennsylvania declined to play its Pride Night game Thursday after players refused to wear uniforms that featured a rainbow design, team officials said.
The Revolution's game against the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs was to have marked the team's 11th annual Pride Night, but players refused to don special jerseys that had rainbow sleeves.
Thursday night's game will go down as a forfeit, the Revolution said.
"This decision was not reached lightly," the team said in a statement.
President and GM Ben Shipley said his manager told him Tuesday that fewer than nine players on the 28-man roster -- the minimum needed to fill out a lineup card -- were willing to play in Thursday night's uniforms.
Love. It. I had no idea this was such a widespread rejection of the Gay Garb.
Shipley said the discussion led to an unprecedented team meeting at which he was unable to talk players into wearing the rainbow sleeves.
"I'm disappointed that we're at this point, and I recognize the players' plight and their unwillingness to cross their line. I also think tolerance is not acceptance," Shipley told NBC News on Thursday.
"I was just asking for tolerance from the team, and they were unwilling to navigate that with me."
The spirit of Pride Night would have been compromised had players been forced to wear uniforms that celebrated the community, the Revolution said.
"Unfortunately, several of our players have refused to wear the scheduled Pride Night jersey and the club decided that hosting the event is more important than forcing players to wear jerseys they are not comfortable with and playing the game," the team said.
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Other Pride Night events are still set to go on as scheduled at the ballpark free of charge. They include music, fan batting practice and other on-the-field activities, Shipley said.
The team is set to return to action Friday against Southern Maryland.
Team officials criticized their own players for refusing to celebrate the LGBTQ community.
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The incident in York unfolded less than a week after four players with the San Francisco Giants staged a silent protest against the team's Pride Night celebration by writing Bible references on their hats.
After the Giants incident, MLB warned players not to deface their uniforms.
As mentioned, the team itself -- the urban monoculture-captured corporation -- threw the players under the bus.
Andy Ngo
@MrAndyNgo
Pennsylvania minor league baseball team the York Revolution forfeited their Pride Night game tonight against the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs after their players refused to wear Pride-themed rainbow jerseys.
The team criticized its own players, calling the refusal "completely inconsistent" with their vision as the "Most Welcoming Place in York." They donated $10,000 to a local LGBTQIA+ group, the Rainbow Rose Center, for the 11th annual event.
If a team demanded that all the players wear Back the Blue shirts, or White Live Matters shirts, or MAGA Baby! shirts, would the left concede that perhaps there is a freedom of conscience issue here?
No of course not. "That's different," because a leftist Karen says so.
Rob Schneider -- yes, the "makin' copies" guy -- shows almost Justine-Bateman-levels of #Basedness.
Rob Schneider 🇺🇸
@RobSchneider
Pro Baseball players who signed a contract to play baseball and did NOT sign a contract to Promote Leftist Woke Agendas, forfeit game for not participating in Pride Night & refusing to wear ridiculous uniforms that they also did not sign up for.
Rob Schneider
@RobSchneider
Dear professional baseball players,
ANY player in ANY professional LEAGUE who is FINED by their league for refusing to be FORCED to participate in WOKE LEFTIST AGENDAS, who refuses to wear ridiculous uniforms (or cleats), @TPUSA and I will PAY any and ALL of your Fines!
You signed a contract to play baseball, you didn't sign a contract to go against your deeply held Christian religious beliefs.
Baseball is our National Pastime, not Drag queen story hour.
Sincerely yours,
Rob Schneider and Turning Point USA!
Gay activists are determined to force straight people to LARP as gay. Earlier this week I linked video of a teacher being fired for forcing female students to pretend to be lesbian and kiss each other -- with the teacher grading them according to how convincing the forced sexual roleplay was.
And then they wonder why support for gays and gay marriage is plummeting.
It's because you promised us that if we allowed gay marriage, "Nothing in your lives will change!"
But we now know that was just another Gay Race Communist lie -- gay marriage is the Trojan horse for the real agenda, which is to make gays feel "safe" and "included" by forcing straights to become gay, or at least gay a few days a year. In solidarity, you understand.
I implore the gay community to rebuke their most insane activists and turn away from this path. A tiny minority cannot bully a majority as if they were masters and the majority were slaves, and if they attempt to do so, the ultimate reckoning for this lunatic crusade will be terrible.
NEW: Professional baseball team 'York Revolution' turns on their players after they were forced to forfeit after the players refused to wear LGBT jerseys for 'Pride Night.'
The Pennsylvania team threw their players under the bus for refusing to put on the gay uniforms.
It reminds me of that U2 song, "Pride in the Name of Love."
I hate U2 and I hate that song especially. They're the Bruce Springsteen of Ireland.
Oh did you not know they were Irish? I can understand that, they never mention it.
Bonus:
INBOX: An announcer at a "family-friendly" Pride event in Columbus, Georgia, made inappropriate comments over the loudspeaker, which included phrases such as "if you see a bulge don't be mad" and "F*ck you and go f*ck yourself"
Oh, and I also forgot (I think) to point out that the media claimed that the man arrested for pulling his pud in front of women was, in fact, a "woman" jerking off in front of women.
NEW MEDIA HOAX JUST DROPPED
This "woman" is a MAN who masturbated in front of nurses at a hospital in the UK. He has multiple previous sex crime convictions.
Do I know this is a Cultural Enrichment Officer come from a faraway land to educated and elevate the sullen natives?
No, I don't... but it is notable that the media and police are deploying their usual obfuscation by refusing any identification of the attacker beyond "man" -- thank you, that paints such a vivid picture.
And the police are deploying their usual euphemism: He's a mentally-ill individual, so there is obviously no wider political question at play here.
He just cray-cray, that's all. Now look into the red light of this Neuralizer.
Boy, 3, thrown to crocodiles at zoo
Man aged 30 arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after child left in critical condition
What kind of man? Oh, a 30 year old man. That answers all of my actuarial questions.
A three year-old boy was in a critical condition on Thursday night after he was thrown into a crocodile enclosure at a Cambridgeshire zoo.
Police said they had arrested a 30-year-old British man from Norfolk on suspicion of attempted murder after the incident at Johnsons Zoo, near Huntingdon, on Thursday afternoon.
A "British man from Norfolk." Does this mean he was born British or...?
The suspect and the boy, who was taken by air ambulance to Addenbrooke's hospital with serious injuries, were not believed to have known each other, officers added.
Johnsons Zoo has 10 species of crocodile, which visitors can view from a raised platform above the Tropical House enclosure.
The Telegraph understands that several crocodiles were in the enclosure when the child entered the water.
It is believed that the zoo owner's wife, Tracey Johnson, jumped into the enclosure to rescue the child.
Hero!
It has not been specified whether the boy's injuries were caused by an attack by the crocodiles, or by the fall into the enclosure.
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"We do not believe the man arrested and the child are known to each other. Officers are supporting the boy's family at hospital, and our thoughts remain with them."
Oh, so a personal grudge against the three-year-old child is ruled out. The child was not banging the attacker's wife.
Any other ideas about a motive, Sherlock?
The Daily Mail suggests -- they can't confirm it -- that the man is mentally retarded and got away from his care-givers at the zoo.
Tearful witnesses have described seeing a three-year-old boy being tossed into a crocodile pit at a British zoo by a man with learning difficulties before the owner's 'heroic' wife leapt in to rescue him.
Tracey Johnson apparently pulled the child to safety. He remains in a critical but stable condition after suffering a broken arm and pelvis in the incident in Cambridgeshire yesterday.
Awful. The boy was dropped a full five yards on to a hard concrete surface, then rolled into the water to either drown or be eaten by crocodiles
A 30-year-old man from Norfolk, believed to be a stranger to the victim, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
But he has already been released on bail until September 18 having been assessed as 'not being fit for interview,' police said today.
The attacker was a 'mentally disabled' man who was at the zoo on an organised day out from his home with a carer, according to some reports.
The boy had been looking at the reptiles when he was thrown around 15ft from an elevated viewing platform down into the Johnsons of Old Hurst tropical house near Huntingdon.
One expert believes he probably landed on a concrete surface and then rolled into the water.
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The enclosure contains at least 15 crocodiles and alligators, including two of the largest - Nile crocodiles called Romeo and Cuddles. Both are believed to measure between 9ft and 11ft, with Romeo, the male, weighing up to 485lbs.
It is not yet known whether the boy sustained all his injuries from the fall or if he was also attacked by one of the animals - but an expert has confirmed that if the child fell next to a crocodile he will have been bitten.
He's a violent monster who attempts to feed babies to crocodiles. There are limits to compassion and this is eight or ten miles beyond that limit. Even if you don't actually imprison him in a prison, you have to imprison him in a locked room.
But the UK justice system disagrees.
Whether or not this is a case of a foreign-born Cultural Enricher or a homegrown Cultural Enricher... police have already released the "man" who attempted to murder a three-year-old by feeding him to crocodiles.
Ben Graham
@BenGrahamUK
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A man is alleged to have thrown a 3 year old into a crocodile enclosure yesterday.
Less than 24 hours later, police say he's been released on bail because he's "not fit for interview."
The police are going to have to explain this one.
How is releasing someone back into the public before they've even been interviewed for attempted murder acceptable?
Imagine living in a country where you go straight to jail for a tweet, but get bail after being arrested for ‘allegedly’ throwing a 3 year old baby into a crocodile enclosure! The world is watching is disbelief! pic.twitter.com/Do1ljHSofF
Whether this is an actually-British mental invalid or a foreign-born invalid, the problem is the same: The Regime demands that we sacrifice our safety, our wealth, our ability to move freely without being attacked, even our children out of "compassion" for the Violently Different. It would be inhumane to lock this Child Assassin up, so you Racists will just have to accept this absolutely unbearable threat walking around free to attack your children whenever he decides that a zoo animal needs a snack.
You must always subordinate your own interests to the Violently Different:
That's Italy, not the UK. Same contempt for the safety and innocence of children at work. A Cultural Enricher wanted to Enrich a 10-year-old girl, and you'll just have to accept that, because that's his Culture and we must respect his Culture.
From Remix:
Bangladeshi migrant avoids sexual assault conviction after impregnating 10-year-old girl in Italian asylum hotel after judge rules 'no evidence of coercion'
An Italian judge ruled there was insufficient evidence of force or threats to support a sexual assault conviction, sentencing the defendant instead for sexual acts with a minor
An Italian prosecutor is considering an appeal after a court sentenced a 29-year-old Bangladeshi man to five years in prison for sexual acts with a minor rather than sexual assault, despite the fact that a 10-year-old girl became pregnant following sexual encounters at a refugee reception center.
The case stems from events that took place in September 2024 at a refugee reception facility in Collio, housed within the "Il Cacciatore" hotel. The girl, who was 10 years old at the time, became pregnant after two sexual encounters with the defendant.
In a ruling, Judge Valeria Rey concluded that while there was sufficient evidence to establish that sexual intercourse had taken place, the prosecution had failed to prove beyond doubt that the encounters involved physical violence, threats, or coercion. As a result, the court reclassified the offense from sexual assault to sexual acts with a minor.
I don't know what the law in Italy is. I guess that yeah, a sexual assault would require the use of force, and it's possible that there was "no evidence" of that. He's still being charged with sex with a minor.
The prosecutor seems to think there is evidence of the use of force.
Fauci Funded Wuhan Lab Research That Sparked COVID
New Evidence Fauci Manipulated Intelligence and Lied to Congress
WASHINGTON D.C. -- Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Anthony Fauci, as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), provided millions in US taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV)--work which is now widely viewed as the source of the unintentional lab leak that sparked the pandemic.
Today, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is releasing never-before-seen communications and documents exposing how Fauci worked with politicized career leadership in the Intelligence Community (IC) to suppress the truth about his actions, the virus' lab-leak origins, and his role in directing U.S. funding for this dangerous research that caused immeasurable harm and countless lost lives. These documents expose Fauci's direct role in influencing and manipulating IC assessments on COVID-19, and how Fauci lied to Congress in 2024, when under oath he denied knowledge of or participation in discussions with intelligence officials about viral research.
Based on a statement I heard once that the "Intelligence" community is absolutely determined to continue this dangerous bioweapon research, maybe we should think of Anthony Fauci as an IC "fixer" doing their bidding to keep funding bioweapon creation despite presidents outlawing it.
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The materials released today are a result of DNI Gabbard's yearlong declassification review in support of President Trump's maximum transparency mandate. During this process, ODNI officials gathered testimony from multiple IC whistleblowers who reported retaliation for challenging the IC's manipulation of intelligence on the virus' origins. This unveiled a clear pattern of suppressing dissent, silencing critics, and burying evidence that undermined IC integrity and disserved the American people.
Fauci's close IC relationships enabled him to assume three key roles during the pandemic that shielded him from scrutiny as he wielded outsized influence.
* Fauci funded risky coronavirus research linked to big pharma and the pursuit of "universal vaccines" worth trillions of dollars.
* Fauci was the behind-the-scenes advisor who, with his hand-picked experts, pushed the IC to endorse a natural, animal origin to hide his dangerous research.
* Fauci became the nation's pandemic "pundit" and publicly pushed lies, disinformation, and censorship.
Fauci's Relationship With The Intelligence Community Drove Intelligence & Public Narratives
Throughout the pandemic, Fauci and politicized leaders within the IC created a self-serving circular reporting loop. He provided hand-picked NIAID-funded scientists to advise the IC. This input shaped official intelligence assessments, which were then publicly cited as scientific consensus to refute the lab-leak theory.
"Circular reporting" is a disinformation trick deployed by intelligence services and the most malign "intelligence service" in the world, the media. It consists of feeding a storyline to a third party, who spreads that storyline in the media. Then you say you read the storyline in the media, pretending that the storyline originated somewhere else, so you can claim to be a disinterested observer. When you then say you are convinced by the storyline you read in the media --which of course you wrote yourself -- you seem to be an objective, neutral observer who was convinced by the arguments and evidence of a third party having no connection with you.
One of the big, and true, criticisms of the case for the Iraq War is that Bush regime operatives fed "intelligence" to some reporters claiming proof that Iraq had WMDs, and then cited those reporters as neutral actors who independently confirmed the WMDs.
The media was very down on circular reporting at that time.
And then later, they completely forgot what it was or why it was a corrupt disinformation practice.
Because Hillary Clinton and her minions used circular reporting extensively to promote the Russian Asset Hoax. They planted the story with corrupt media operatives, then cited the "reporting' of those corrupt media operatives as evidence that Trump was a RUSSIAN ASSET.
And the media never noticed. How could they? They were knowing conspirators in the peddling of the psyop fiction.
According to hundreds of reviewed emails, the IC almost always incorporated his recommendations. Fauci promoted a fraudulent paper, whose publication he helped prompt, as legitimate information for Intelligence Community consideration. Senior analysts praised Fauci not as a "policymaker," but as an unbiased guide to "the real coronavirus experts"--while ignoring experts who might dissent from Fauci's narratives.
We already knew this, but she's referring to the paper that Fauci told two of his allies -- and two of the men he fed grant money to -- to write a paper claiming they had completely debunked any claim that covid-19 was artificially manufactured in a lab.
Then Fauci cited this paper which he had directed to be written by men he was paying taxpayer money to as proof from completely-disinterested third-party "experts" absolving him of blame in the creation of covid-19.
Fauci Lied to Congress
The correspondence released today directly contradicts Fauci's 2024 testimony to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. In that hearing, while under oath, Fauci was repeatedly asked whether he spoke to "FBI, CIA, DIA or any U.S. intelligence agency concerning viral research" before, during, or after the pandemic. Fauci repeatedly dodged the questions, before falsely stating, "not to my knowledge about COVID."
Retaliation Against Truth-Seekers
Testimony from multiple whistleblowers reveals intelligence analysts who challenged Fauci's COVID-origin conclusions faced threat of retaliation, were marginalized, and often suffered career setbacks. This silenced dissent and fostered a culture where truth was sacrificed to conformity and credible evidence was buried.
The following are examples from whistleblower accounts that Director Gabbard has referred to the Intelligence Community's Inspector General.
* A contractor was terminated just days after coming forward to ODNI as a whistleblower.
* Managers reminded analysts who advocated for the lab-leak hypothesis that leadership would determine which analysts would be promoted. The message was clear: disagreement with the manipulated finding would derail careers.
* Senior leaders allegedly set up roadblocks for whistleblowers, removing anonymity from the complaint process by insisting managers or attorneys be present at ODNI meetings, creating an atmosphere of intimidation.
Rand Paul is still arguing that the "pardon" granted to Fauci is historically unprecedented, unconstitutionally broad (it pardons Fauci for everything, even if we discover he was a serial killer) over an unprecedented 10 year span of time. He also says that Biden didn't sign it.
Unfortunately, I don't expect this argument to carry the day. I don't even think Trump will push it, because obviously Trump will have to pardon himself and all of his officials in his last days of office, to protect them from the Stalin-like revenge lawfare Democrats have already undertaken and have promised to continue even more ferociously after Trump's retirement.
If I were Trump, I wouldn't want to set the precedent that pardons can be challenged and set aside.
Of course, precedent or not, that will mean nothing to Democrats. They'll do it anyway.
Today, on my final day as Director of National Intelligence, I’m releasing never-before-seen communications and documents exposing how Dr. Fauci provided millions in US taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab, worked with politicized elements… pic.twitter.com/ZMdliW4zyS
THE MORNING RANT: Slippery Slopes – The Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) Will Not Prohibit Polyamory Among Its Clergy
—Buck Throckmorton
When I left the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) a quarter-century ago, it was not specifically due to the assertively left-wing politics of the church. Rather, it was the realization that its clergy and leadership were not believers in the core tenets of the faith, and had substituted biblical teaching with political preaching. There was no longer a focus on Jesus’ divinity and resurrection, in large part because much (most?) of the clergy did not believe in it. The mission of the church had become left-wing politics, not heavenly salvation.
But because the Presbyterian Church of the 20th century (before its full political capture) was where I learned The Word as a child, and where I observed Christian role models showing me how to lead a life of Christian witness, I still monitor its heretical antics in the 21st century. I’m heartbroken by the actions of those wearing its vestments while desecrating its legacy, but I’m also fascinated as to the lengths they will go in mocking traditional Christian values while still calling themselves Christians. By the way, this is the church of U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico (D – TX).
Although there were battles in the PCUSA about “gays in the pulpit” that went on for decades, it was only in 2011 that the church finally abandoned its previous doctrine regarding fidelity in a heterosexual marriage (or chastity if single) for clergy. Homosexuals were now welcome in the pulpit, and by 2014 the church was fully on board with gay marriage.
But what about fidelity in marriage?
The denomination’s biennial “General Assembly” conference is occurring this month, and there is a proposal to be voted on that would require clergy of any sexual orientation to only engage in monogamous sexual relationships. The proposal is not being well received, and will almost certainly not be passed.
The overture has generated strong reactions online but has not yet earned broad support from PCUSA groups. A separate proposal asks for theological studies on gender and sexuality, life-giving relationships and the Christian vocation of family that would support the denomination’s commitment to inclusion of different familial realities. Together these overtures show that as polyamory gains visibility in broader culture; it may have policy implications, especially in theologically progressive denominations.
Polyamory is now a part of the inclusive tolerance of those wearing the skinsuit of the (formerly-respectable) Presbyterian Church (USA). Polygamous marriage will almost certainly become a church sacrament in the near future.
Mr. Talarico is still a single man who shares a checking account with his mother. If he can cut those apron strings, find some mates, and get elected to the U.S. Senate, he can perhaps become the first member of Congress with six spouses – one for each of the genders he learned about at his polyamorous-friendly seminary.
To be fair, the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary doesn’t explicitly state that there are just six genders, it leaves open the possibility that there are actually many more “gender expressions.”
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Other Stuff I’m Writing About
My latest piece at the The American Spectator has been published. “ Breaking News: Summer Is Hot; It would be a statistical anomaly not to have numerous record temperatures recorded each year” discusses how it is a statistical certainty that there will be, on average, thousands of record-high, daily temperatures recorded each year. It’s also statistically inevitable that there will be, on average, hundreds of all-time hottest temperatures ever recorded across the planet, each and every year.
In the United States, temperature records date back about 100 to 140 years, depending on location. It would be fair to say that approximately 120 years is the typical historical database for a location’s temperature data. For each station, there is a record-high temperature for each day of the year, and also a record-low temperature for each day of the year. With 365 record-high temperatures for each station, spread over 120 years, that means that each station should record about three record-high temperatures each year, with a normal distribution. If there are fewer than three record highs being recorded in a given year, that would actually be below average.
This piece is not behind a paywall. I’d be honored if you’d give it a read.
My latest piece at The American Spectator: "Breaking News: Summer Is Hot; It Would Be a Statistical Anomaly Not to Have Numerous Record Temperatures Recorded Each Year"https://t.co/IZesYyFv6R
Good morning kids. Today of course is one of the most significant and powerful of American holidays where we commemorate and celebrate the profound impact of TImmy and Lassie, Lost In Space and Petticoat Junction to our history, heritage and society. So in that vein I want to wish you and yours a very joyous and blessed June's Teeth!
President Trump shockingly claimed that the controversial memorandum of understanding with Iran “probably” amounts to unconditional surrender from Tehran as he grapples with a GOP revolt over the preliminary deal.
Back in March, during the early days of Operation Epic Fury, Trump publicly insisted that he would not cut a deal with Iran unless it agreed to an unconditional surrender.
“Well, but really it probably is unconditional surrender,” Trump told Axios reporter Mark Caputo, per a preview clip of their interview.Typically, unconditional surrender has meant that the losing side agrees to all demands.
Given the situation on the ground in Iran, the President might actually be correct except not in the way he thinks. WIth the Iranian government that has spilled oceans of blood and pursued nuclear weapons with only its word and pinky-swears that it will cease both, still essentially intact despite the rubble bouncing, perhaps it is we who have surrendered to them?
As CBD and I discussed on the latest episode of the podcast linked here and in the sidebar, yes it is a good thing that we at least degraded their ability to build nukes and export terror in the short term, what lies ahead leaves much room for doubt as to our and the world's long-term safety and security from Iran and really ISLAM's quest for the subjugation of he world.
At the end of her final day in office as director of national intelligence, former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard today released a slew of formerly classified papers, documents, and email communications that prove that Anthony Fauci had not only approved extensive funding to the Wuhan lab in China that was the source of the Covid virus, he lied about his actions to Congress and to the public.
In the last analysis, when you add up the number of deaths both as a result of the virus as well as the vaccines along with the suffering of those who survived the disease, Anthony Fauci can be regarded as one of the greatest mass murderers in recent memory if not of all time. All because globalists and Democrats as well as the Red Chinese feared a Donald Trump presidency, or it was simply a Chi-Com test of a bioweapon they prematurely released, perhaps saving it for a future date or as cover for aninvasion of Taiwan. Either way, next to Islam theRed Chinese are an existential threat to our survival as they too seek global domination.
Lots of other abominations, infamies and depredations in the links, so with that I bid you all,
At the end of her final day in office as director of national intelligence, former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard today released a slew of formerly classified papers, documents, and email communications that prove that Anthony Fauci had not only approved extensive funding to the Wuhan lab in China that was the source of the Covid virus, he lied about his actions to Congress and to the public. Anthony Fauci: Not only a liar from day one, evidence now proves he financed the creation of Covid
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, said Thursday that he authorized a memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States despite his own reservations after receiving assurances from senior Iranian officials that the agreement would protect Tehran’s interests. Iran Supreme Leader Backs Trump Peace Agreement
Fred Fleitz: Trump’s Iran deal turns military victory into strategic leverage—ending the war on American terms while keeping maximum pressure on Tehran to comply. Trump’s Iran Deal: Pragmatic Victory, Not Appeasement
“The United States is committed to PEACE, and we encourage everyone in the Middle East Region to maintain their commitment to allowing our negotiations to beautifully unfold,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “We expect a complete Ceasefire on all fronts, including Lebanon, Hezbollah, and Israel.” Trump Seeks Ceasefire on All Fronts as Israel Holds Ground in Lebanon
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
Nearly twice as many Democrats reported being somewhat or very ashamed to be American compared to overall poll respondents. Out of all U.S. adult citizens polled, 12 percent say they are “somewhat ashamed” and 8 percent say they are “very ashamed.” Poll: Nearly 4 in 10 Democrats ‘Ashamed’ to Be American (and yet millions of criminal diseased wetbacks jump our borders? - jjs)
The case highlights the dangers presented by migrants who illegally enter the U.S. repeatedly, and the sanctuary laws in places like New York City that make it harder to enforce immigration law against criminal aliens. Illegal Alien Sentenced for Rape and Robbery of Dead Man on Subway.
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
The case highlights vulnerabilities in Medicaid oversight and raises questions about the political connections of those involved. Siddiqui’s ties to Democrat officials, including hosting fundraisers and meeting with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, are likely to draw scrutiny as the case unfolds. Pakistani Democrat Donor Charged Over $38 Million Medicaid Fraud.
The Michigan Senate’s Democrat majority did not vote on the resolution, but referred it to another committee. The Michigan governor candidate, Sen. Nesbitt, posted a video on X explaining the events of the day, captioning the video, “[t]he State of Michigan will never recognize, endorse, or enforce Sharia law.” Governor Candidate Vows To Keep Sharia Law Out Of Swing State With Large Muslim Population
A UK inquiry into child exploitation exposes institutional failure on a vast scale, amid allegations involving networks of Pakistani-Muslim men and repeated missed warnings. Britain’s Greatest Betrayal: The Rape Gang Inquiry Report
In the southeastern portion of present-day Nigeria, Biafra still exists. While the world’s attention has been focused elsewhere, Biafra's drive for independence is once again gathering steam. Nigeria has always been a hybrid, artificial state, created when the British arbitrarily stitched together the Muslim north and the Christian south. Muslims did what Muslims tend to do in such situations: they began waging jihad. These People Are Putting Their Lives, Fortunes, and Sacred Honor on the Line for Freedom
A federal judge has ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to release a Palestinian green card-holder, convicted decades ago of throwing a Molotov cocktail at the homes of Israeli Armed Forces, whom officials accused of lying on his immigration paperwork to cover up his criminal past. Judge Orders ICE to Release Immigrant Convicted of Hurling Molotov Cocktail at Israeli Forces
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
The Supreme Court ruled in Hemani v. United States that a regular marijuana user could not be prosecuted under 18 USC 922(g)(3), in a 9-0 decision authored by Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch. In a concurring opinion, Brown-Jackson and Sotomayor argued that the high court’s ruling in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen should be vacated. Liberal Justices Join Unanimous SCOTUS Ruling Favoring Pro-Gun Groups — But They Couldn’t Leave Well Enough Alone
This ruling could set a significant precedent for cases involving firearm ownership among drug users. Despite ruling in Hemani’s favor, the Supreme Court emphasized that its decision did not extend beyond Hemani’s case. As such, it does not address whether the federal government can bar firearm possession by addicts, felons, alcoholics, or other potentially dangerous individuals. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Marijuana User Banned from Owning Firearms.
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
On top of chasing away all the Normal People in Los Angeles by making life intolerable for everyone but the very rich and the fentanyl addicts, this is another step in how Democrats ensure they will never again lose their monopolistic political power in these failing blue cities. Los Angeles City Council Prepares to Allow Noncitizens to Vote
President Trump’s warning underscores ongoing concerns within the administration, and the MAGA movement more broadly, about election integrity and the potential for mail-in ballot fraud. Given the overwhelming nationwide support for mandatory voter ID, an all-mail voting system could be seen as circumventing the public will. The President signed an executive order reforming mail-in ballots earlier this year, which has since become the target of a far-left lawfare campaign, underscoring the importance of weakening election integrity laws to the Democrats and their allies. Trump Calls Out GOP-Led State Moving to Expand Mail-In Voting.
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
Polling reveals two truths: First, New Yorkers of color aren’t keen on what the DSA wants to do to us. Second, support for the DSA is not being driven by the working-class blacks and Hispanics it claims to represent. Its “movement” in NY-13 is being fueled disproportionately by people it usually calls “gentrifiers” — newer, wealthier and whiter voters whose priorities differ sharply from those of longtime residents. (Sharptone's white interlopers!-jjs) Darializa Avila Chevalier and the far-left DSA are snubbing the minorities they claim to represent
Following the Secretary of War’s announcement, NATO members now face increased pressure to meet their defense commitments or risk losing American military support, a shift that could significantly alter the alliance’s structure. If U.S. demands are met, NATO members will spend five percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on defense, including 3.5 percent on core defense capabilities and 1.5 percent on related infrastructure. Hegseth Slams NATO as ‘Paper Tiger,’ Demands Reform Within Six Months.
The Cuban regime claims it holds no political prisoners. The problem is that it does. More specifically, human rights groups say that it currently holds nearly 1,300 or more, and those are just the ones we know about. It's a historic record.
While each and every one of them deserves advocacy and attention, there's one who needs urgent attention, and numerous international groups, and our own State Department are speaking out. He is Jonathan Muir Burgos, the 16-year-old son of Elier Muir Ávila, an evangelical pastor of the Tiempo de Cosecha Independent Church in the town of Morón. He is also, perhaps, Cuba's youngest political prisoner or, at least, one of the youngest. Cuba Falling: Free the Kid Already
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
The case has raised serious questions about the effectiveness of child protection services and the oversight of homosexual adoptive parents. “Whole life” orders in Britain are reserved largely for repeat murderers and the most heinous crimes, with most “lifers” being eligble for parole after serving a minimum term of between 12 and 25 years. Notably, Varley’s partner, McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, was sentenced to only 25 years for sexual abuse, child cruelty, and allowing the death of a child. Gay Former Teacher Given Rare Whole-Life Term for Sadistic Murder of Adopted Baby.
In recent years, much has been made of the classic Monty Python “Loretta” scene from the 1979 film Life of Brian. Monty Python's 'Loretta': Then and Now
For years conservatives warned that multiculturalism and free speech are on a collision course. If a society starts treating every culture as equal and beyond criticism, then eventually you have to police speech — and apparently, Europe has decided to do just that. We’re At The ‘Free Speech Is Bad Actually’ Stage Of Multiculturalism Now
Evelyn Waugh, known for his biting satire, was in reality a stranger in his own time, deeply conservative and disillusioned with modernity. A Stranger In The Modern Age
ALSO: The Morning Report cross-posts at CutJibNewsletter.com usually within an hour or so of posting here, if you want to continue the conversation all day.
NEW: Just heard something extraordinary from a former White House official who worked with former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster in Trump45's NSC: "McMaster had weekly phone calls with George Soros. We have no idea why." Neither could be reached for comment.
Podcast: CBD and Sefton dissect the Iran treaty but praise the great U.S. military, decry the deep state's influence on SAVE and FISA, talk marijuana and guns, mock the Northeast's racism, and Go Knicks!
Update to Gavin Newsom Under Investigation story: This investigation was begun under Senor Dementia:
Adam Housley
@adamhousley
As I have reported several times and now acknowledged by the Governor of California... Gavin and his wife are under federal investigation... what he failed to tell you... This began during the Biden Admin. Kind of a big detail.
Days before the woman was stabbed in the neck by a taxpayer-supported Cultural Enrichment Officer, in the same general area, another taxpayer-supported Cultural Enrichment Officer attacked a boy and bloodied his head with a brick. What is the UK Regime's plan for protecting the citizens from the savage criminals they've foisted on the populace? They offer NONE. They do, however, have a plan for protecting the savage criminals from the citizens: The citizens must STAY CALM and not get angry and not share videos of citizens being attacked by savage criminals.
The public keeps saying "protect us from the foreign savages you have imported against our wishes and over our objections" and the UK branch of The Regime keeps proposing plans to protect the foreign savages from the public. Soclose to what the public is demanding, just, you know, the complete opposite. Just a thought: Maybe you wouldn't have to worry about the public attacking the savage criminals if you actually introduced a plan to protect the public from the savage criminals. Maybe they wouldn't feel as if it was necessary for them to protect the public through self-help.
Podcast: Sefton and CBD bounce around from Maine and its pet Nazi, to the cracks in the Democrat messaging, to the failure of California and its effect on the 2028 election, sea drones rescuing Apache crews, and more!
