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THE MORNING RANT: I’m Missing Classic Christmas Hymns at Church Christmas Concerts
—Buck Throckmorton
One of the seasonal treats I have always enjoyed is Christmas performances put on by choirs and orchestras, be they schoolchildren singing at the mall, or a church’s big annual Christmas concert, or a highly trained college troupe. At the risk of sounding too “Bah, humbug,” my enthusiasm for attending these performances is waning. It’s not because I no longer like the traditional Christmas standards, it’s because I miss those old Christmas standards.
While I don’t mind that choir directors want to “challenge” the audience with some new or unfamiliar Christmas tunes, I am annoyed that some of the shows I’ve attended in recent years have been virtually devoid of any familiar tunes. Even worse, some of the unfamiliar music is truly awful.
The big, local, Protestant church in my town has a beautiful tradition of putting on a Christmas show that the whole community is welcome to attend. It features an orchestra and three choirs (adult, youth, and children.) It has been a source of civic pride for many years, and my wife and I never miss it. But I may skip it this year, because if I want to hear what I consider “Christmas music” I might do better streaming a Christmas channel at home.
I’m not even saying that the show should only be songs like “Joy to the World” or “The First Noel.” I’d be thrilled to occasionally hear “Once in Royal David’s City” or some such. And if the choir director wants to challenge the audience, perhaps instead of doing some awkward patois to a Christmas calypso, the choir could perform the “Coventry Carol” with an explanation of Herod’s wrath upon hearing of the newborn king.
Back a decade ago, the performance I’m referencing included about 20 songs, of which about ten were very well-known Christmas hymns (“O Come All Ye Faithful” “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear,” etc), five lesser-known but recognizable songs (e.g. “Bring a Torch,” “Infant Holy, Infant Lowly”) and five completely unknown songs, several of which deserved to become better known. That was a good mix, and I enjoyed being exposed to a few new-to-me songs.
But I’d guess that last year’s show included approximately 18 unknown songs, including several “folk songs” from developing countries. The only familiar tune before the finale was one sing-along medley of favorites such as “The First Noel.” The finale was a beautiful arrangement of the Hallelujah Chorus, which was much appreciated by the crowd hungering for a familiar melody.
Among the most awkward moments were the children’s choir singing a song no one in the building had ever heard before. If there was an actual melody, it was not discernible. All that needed to be done was to let the children sing “Away in a Manger” like thousands of other children’s choirs have done before. The kids would know the tune, as would everyone in the crowd, and the parents would beam with pride watching their kids singing that beloved song.
In that same show, the youth choir tried to phonetically sing in Latin to a song no one had ever heard before, which was also difficult to watch, and difficult to listen to. Please, just let them sing “Do You Hear What I Hear.” They’ll enjoy it more, and the audience will appreciate a simple song sung well.
There is so much beautiful Christmas music out there. Having that music performed live by talented singers and musicians is a gift from the performers to the audience. That is all that is expected.
I suppose it’s sort of like attending the touring show of a prominent band or musician. The audience loves the famous hits, performed the way they have always been played, and that is what the audience has shown up to see. Being introduced to some new stuff is expected and appreciated, but there is an obligation by the performer to play the greatest hits.
Let’s keep the great canon of Christmas music alive, and let’s hear those songs performed with the dignity and reverence they deserve!
On that note, here are a few old classics that I’d love to hear performed live by a choir and orchestra:
Good morning kids. The big story that broke yesterday was the arrest of a suspect in the placing of pipe bombs at RNC headquarters on 1/6/21. The whole thing would be a Roman farce were we not dealing with a stolen national election and then the attempt to squelch any and all efforts to legally, non-violently protest the certification of that election and then the attempts by the thieves to use it as a pretext to persecute the victims, that is Donald Trump and the American people in the ensuing years.
As some have said, and as time has gone by I have come to agree with them, that Donald Trump and the American people being swindled (and that is way too mild a term) in 2020 in the long term hight have a salutary effect on the body politic political discourse and the trajectory of our society and nation going forward. Certainly the RE-re-election of Trump in 2024 and his subsequent policy successes, and concomitant exposure of the Democrat-Left's insanity in both their policy positions and knee-jerk reflexive Trump Derangement as well as open acts of brazen political terrorism since then will go a long way in putting the American republic back on track. Of course the growing embrace and promotion of Socialism by both the Democrat establishment and most alarmingly larger and larger segments of the population, especially the younger generations, flies in the face of all that.
With the arrest, more than four years after the fact, And by none other than an FBI under the Aegis of the man who supposedly fomented a riot in Washington DC that was more violent than the Civil War, Pearl Harbor and 9/11 combined, the Democrat Left is already losing its collective mind, what there is of it, over this arrest. Right off the bat, despite the fact that the suspect looks like the DNA of Eddie Murphy's Bowfinger, Todd Bridges and Barack Obama got co-mingled in Bette Midler's gay bath house hot tub and the result was an ectogenetically created Democrat terrorist or FBI stooge hired by Pelosi and Comey as part of their J-6 Reichstag Weenie-Roast "Trump Insurrection" plot. And yet Fake Tapper called him white. As a bonus his alleged parents are big time Democrat donors. Oopsie! (somewhere in hell Josef Goebbels and Baghdad Bob must be laughing their ass off at this stooge)
The arrest of Brian Cole Jr. on Thursday in connection with the J6 pipe bombing incident is a huge story. But make no mistake, this story is about to be memory-holed by the mainstream media… and fast. . . “Today's arrest happened because the Trump Administration has made this case a priority. The total lack of movement on this case in our nation's capital undermined the public trust of our enforcement agencies,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday. “This cold case languished for four years until Director Patel and Deputy Director Bongino came to the FBI. The FBI, along with US Attorney Pirro and all of our prosecutors, have worked tirelessly for months sifting through evidence that had been sitting at the FBI with the Biden Junta for four long years.
That storyline is a nightmare for Democrats. For years, the Biden team presided over a Justice Department that had endless resources to track down grandmas in MAGA hats using cell phone data, yet somehow could not close in on the one figure whose actions were used to paint January 6 as an organized terror plot. It’s almost as if they figured out who it was and deliberately chose not to pursue him. But, here’s the big reason that this case will be memory-holed faster than you can say 1984: Brian Cole is black and a leftist. . . Cole did not just happen to lean left. He worked for a bail bond operation run by his father that specialized in freeing illegal immigrants from ICE facilities and even sued Trump’s Department of Homeland Security over immigration policy. Weeks before he allegedly planted the pipe bombs, a court ruled against the family’s company in that lawsuit targeting the Trump administration. . .Later in 2021, Cole’s father appeared at a press event with left-wing attorney Benjamin Crump, angrily criticizing anti-black racism and urging the Biden Justice Department to investigate a Tennessee prosecutor who had expressed concerns about bail bonding practices. They portrayed themselves as victims of systemic bias while also working to weaken enforcement against illegal immigrants, using all the usual leftist buzzwords. This is the environment the alleged bomber emerged from—and the media really wished you never knew that, and will do everything they can to make this story go away.
Whatever one thinks about the legitimacy of the 2020 election, the events of 1/6/21 in and around the Capitol were completely staged and or distorted by the Democrats with the aiding and abetting of local law enforcement and elements, including top leadership of our national intelligence and law enforcement agencies. We know for a fact that there were numerous, perhaps at least a couple of dozen FBI plants among the "violent protesters" that roamed the halls of the Capitol as Congress was convening to vote on the Electoral College results. And lest we forget that none of them forced their way in, but were allowed into the building by Capitol PD and in most instances were even escorted around the building by them. There was no rioting or violent except for the brutal murder of two unarmed women, Ashli Babbitt and Roseanne Boyland by the hands of Capitol PD officers, Michael Byrd gunning down Babbitt in cold blood, and others as yet to the best of my knowledge unidentified who beat and stomped Boyland to death.
And all this was used by Malig-Nancy Pelosi who as Speaker of the House had direct control over the Capitol PD and who prior to 1/6 refused President Trump's request to reinforce them iwht National Guard troops to prevent the violence that she fomented while now shedding crocodile tears over.
As the White House correctly put it, “The Biden standards would have compelled widespread shifts to EVs that American consumers did not ask for, accompanied by significant cost-of-living increases. Since EVs are so expensive to build, automakers must sell them at a loss and make up the difference by significantly raising the sticker price of gas cars.”
As a refresher, the CAFE standards came into being during the 1970s energy crisis – a crisis itself caused by inept government regulations. The standards require the fleet of cars sold by a manufacturer to meet government-dictated average fuel-economy targets, or face hefty annual fines. . .
. . . From the beginning, these standards were a disaster, forcing automakers to radically downsize their fleet, which research showed cost thousands of lives because, all things being equal, smaller, lighter cars are less safe than larger ones.
They also resulted in cars being stripped of anything that added weight – including spare tires –dreary designs that only a socialist could love, and stuffed with hated features such as the “start-stop” system.
But the administration’s move, while welcome, isn’t as big a deal as it might seem. After all, the best solution would be to jettison CAFE standards entirely, not ratchet them up more slowly. The justification for these standards – an energy crisis – is long gone, and the government simply has no business dictating what kind of cars, or how many of each kind, automakers must sell.
BINGO that last sentence. It's all about the freedom to choose. Beyond the insanity of EVs, the enviro commies were making war on SUV's for the same bullshit reasons of saving the planet because fossil fuels were evil. Forgetting all that, what the communists want is to take away your freedom of movement period, regardless of what kind of vehicle you may or may not be allowed to drive, or what they will or will not allow to be manufactured. Freedom of movement as where and when you want is freedom of choice.
Bravo President Trump. Of course should God-Forbid another Democrat let alone possibly a hardcore Maoist ever assume power again, all this could and likely will go away and once again
again we'd be subject to the whims of DIck Nixon's worst crime — creating the EPA.
Funny I seem to remember way back when when Obama crowed that Bin Laden is dead and that GM is alive. But in order to supposedly resuscitate GM he committed an act of robbery so brazen as to beggar the imagination: Robbing GM's stockholders!
Correction, per commenter r hennigantx, he robbed the first-in-line bondholders!! Meh, he did it to bail out the UAW right before the 2012 election.
The Obama administration introduced many Americans to the character of his Chicago-style politics -- cronyism, favoritism, and corruption.
And though there's been a political change of course, the awful consequences of that for some workers linger.
One of them is elderly Vietnam War veteran Ed Bambas, who's now 88, working at the Meijer grocery chain in Brighton, Michigan, trying to get by without a pension, having lost his in Barack Obama's multi-billion-dollar GM and Chrysler bailouts, which were all about favoritism for union members at the expense of everyone else.
He was recently seen on social media answering questions from an 'influencer' about his dire condition -- a very old man forced to work retail without any retirement benefits despite years of work for Delphi, a GM-affiliated company that went down in the automobile-industry meltdown around the start of Obama's first term.
He got his pension pulled as the taxpayers shelled out $80 billion for GM and Chrysler. He also lost medical coverage and most of his life insurance, at a time when his wife was in the hospital. He sold his house to pay her medical bills and was left with nothing.
He may be in for a happier ending, now that the influencer, Samuel Weidenhofer, has raised a $1.5 million pension for him, from small-dollar donations, mostly little guys who see this problem resonating. (Bill Ackman, who may be the well-regarded hedge fund manager, is listed as the top donor at $10,000.) . . .
. . . It's good for him, given that he had an unusual run of cruelly bad luck. . . But the obvious question is how many more out there are like him?
Based on what I found, there were about 20,000 of them, and treated just as badly as Bambas was.
In a stunning example of favoritism, the United Auto Workers union members got their pensions topped up to the max by the taxpayers based on the Obama administration's illegal interference -- and anyone who wasn't in the union, such as the workers at Delphi, got stiffed, despite all of them working for the same automobile behemoth.
And of course, the Left is gunning for Hegseth because he's effective as a military leader, restoring sanity to our military, the last bastion of Americanism that the Left has tried to tear down, and declare him a war criminal in order to protect their Communist drug running allies in central and South America. If Hegseth can weather these storms and continue to succeed in helping smash Narco and perhaps Islamo-terrorists while restoring pride in our military as the massive gains in recruitment have indicated, then he burnishes his credentials as a potential GOP presidential candidate if not in 2028 then perhaps '32 or '36! We should live so long (and see it happen!)
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Pete Hegseth is facing a calculated smear campaign because he threatens the entrenched establishment reshaping America’s military into something weaker and more political. The War on Pete Hegseth
The moment the public sees that the alleged bomber comes out of the world of immigration activism and race-driven grievance politics, the story loses its usefulness for the corporate media gatekeepers. . . Cole did not just happen to lean left. He worked for a bail bond operation run by his father that specialized in freeing illegal immigrants from ICE facilities and even sued Trump’s Department of Homeland Security over immigration policy. Weeks before he allegedly planted the pipe bombs, a court ruled against the family’s company in that lawsuit targeting the Trump administration. The J6 Pipe Bomber Story Is About to Get Memory-Holed. Here’s Why
An individual who is either Brian Cole Jr. himself or his father, Brian Cole Sr., contributed $3,000 to Vincent Dixie, a Democrat state Representative in Tennessee. Meanwhile, Cole Jr. has been “linked to statements in support of anarchist ideology.” (hired by Pelosi and Brennan - jjs) (Surprise!) Alleged January 6 Pipe Bomber’s Family Are Democrat Donors.
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
IMPACT: Walz’s comments come despite much of the political violence in 2025 and 2024 being carried out by far-left extremists, such as the assassination of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk and the attempted assassinations of President Trump. Tim Walz Complains That Calling Him Retarded Will Lead to Violence. (but equating Trump and conservatives with Hitler leads to what?! - jjs)
When conservatives appeal to the Constitution, what they don’t recognize that leftists are operating from a completely different mental framework. Ideology and Authority in America
Work permits issued to foreign nationals who’ve applied for asylum or other humanitarian programs will only be valid for 18 months rather than five years, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Thursday. The decision marks the latest action by the agency tasked with managing the country’s immigration system, since two National Guard members were ambushed by an Afghan man shortly before Thanksgiving. Trump Admin Dramatically Scales Back Work Permits For Asylum Seekers
Investigators exposed a major weakness inside the Obamacare scheme. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) allows the same Social Security number to run through the enrollment process multiple times. In other words, it was designed for fraud. GAO Bombshell Reveals Obamacare Fraud on a Massive Scale (Remember, it was designed to fail so that the gov't could just take over the healthcare industry lock stock and barrel - jjs)
Muneeb was charged with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and to destroy records, two counts of computer fraud, theft of government records, and two counts of aggravated identity theft, while Sohaib was charged with conspiracy to commit computer fraud, destroying records, and computer fraud. Twin Brothers Charged with Plotting to Delete Government Databases and Steal Private Info (They also planned on Spit-roasting Debbie Wasserman Schultz as per the Koran - jjs)
Nicole Hernandez, who goes by Nikki Baird, was hit with four felony counts of having “unlawful sexual relations with a student” in May after local police received a tip regarding a social media post indicating that the 30-year-old Wichita North High School art teacher, who is married, was engaged in illegal activity with the alleged victim, the Wichita Eagle reported in July. Police: Kansas ‘Teacher of the Month’ Groomed Boy into Sex, Showed Up at His Job When He Cut Her Off
A Labour Party thinktank cutout posing as a grassroots anti-“Fake News” group worked to kneecap left-wing outlets that were a threat to its globalist-left worldview, and right-wing outlets that positively covered U.S. President Donald Trump and ‘Mr Brexit’ Nigel Farage, it is claimed. The revelations come in an article published by Dropsite News by South African investigative journalist Paul Holden, citing “a trove of documents that expose the operation” and promoting his forthcoming book. UK PM’s Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney Ran Secret Censorship Campaign to Destroy Breitbart News: Report
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) has found herself in yet another scandal, and this time it involves unpaid bills on her own luxury condo while she burns through tens of thousands of dollars in campaign cash on five-star hotels and limousine rides. Dallas County records reveal that Crockett has been carrying an unpaid lien of more than $3,000 on her upscale condominium for over a year, raising fresh questions about her judgment as she flirts with a Senate run.
The court’s conservative majority – Justices Thomas, Alito, Roberts, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett – agreed that a lower court did not have the authority to invalidate the map as a racial gerrymander. The court’s liberals – Justices Kagan, Sotomayor, and Jacks0n – voted against the revival. Supreme Court Permits Texas GOP to Keep Redistricted Congressional Map for 2026
Fred Fleitz: Trump’s push for a Ukraine deal is grinding forward, proving both that progress exists and that ending the war will demand tougher, tighter, long-haul diplomacy. A Long-Term Trump Strategy to End the Russia-Ukraine War
Russia’s state program that turns children into soldiers. (meh US Academia turns kids into Antifa cadres - jjs) Moscow’s Young Army Project
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
I'd also add that the Maduro regime is inviting China and Russia into our hemisphere and propping up Cuba, but you get the idea. It's a problem with a semi-simple solution. The people of that country voted overwhelmingly for a president last summer, and he's sitting in Europe in exile with a strong plan for the first 100 days after Maduro falls, waiting to take over. We've got allies in the region who are ready to help and support any action we take. Maduro’s Ex-Insider Turns Snitch, Sends Trump an Explosive Letter
The passage of the law sparked outrage in Beijing, where the Chinese Communist Party demanded that Washington adhere to the “One China Principle”: its false claim that Taiwan is a province of China rightfully governed by the Communist Party. In reality, Taiwan is a sovereign state whose government and institutions run entirely independent of the Communist Party; Taiwan has never been governed by a regime headquartered in Beijing. Taiwan Thanks Trump for Signing Law Reviewing Relationship: ‘A Firm Symbol of Our Shared Values’
The New York Post reports that AT&T, the Dallas-based telecom company with over 110,000 employees in the United States, has announced its decision to eliminate its DEI policies. This move comes in response to pressure from FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, who has made it clear that companies will not be approved for crucial FCC licenses until they axe policies that discriminate on topics like race, gender, and sexual orientation. AT&T Pledges to Eliminate DEI Policies After Pressure from Brendan Carr’s FCC
What gives authenticity to the human experience isn’t found in technology, however valuable. Technology is supposed to be a helper, not a replacement. Society is people, not machines. The Great American Birth Dearth
Can we change? 4 Reasons Our Society is Collapsing ("WE" are sinking because we are being dragged down to the infernal reaches by the Leftist/Islamic Axis of Evil. - jjs)
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XKCD comic 2347 highlighted a key weakness of modern computer systems: Everything depends on "a project some random person in Nebraska has been thanklessly maintaining since 2003".
Stacktower is a Python library that inspects your own tech stack and draws a similar diagram and highlights the individual thankless maintainers, so that you can thank them.
Earlier this year, home goods maker Kohler launched a smart camera called the Dekoda that attaches to your toilet bowl, takes pictures of it, and analyzes the images to advise you on your gut health.
I can see where this is going to end.
The security researcher also pointed out that given Kohler can access customers' data on its servers, it's possible Kohler is using customers' bowl pictures to train AI.
Why?
Citing another response from the company representative, the researcher was told that Kohler's "algorithms are trained on de-identified data only."
No.
The Dekoda costs $599 plus a mandatory subscription of at least $6.99 per month.
On Wednesday, Roskomnadzor blocked access to the U.S. children's gaming platform Roblox, accusing it of distributing extremist materials and "LGBT propaganda." Roskomnadzor further said Roblox was "rife with inappropriate content that can negatively impact the spiritual and moral development of children."
Thursday Overnight Open Thread - December 4, 2025 [Doof]
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The Thursday ONT has arrived. Have you? How's your holiday shopping going? Still plenty of time to get something great for your favorite ONT COB.
By the way, today is National Sock Day. Around here that is important to The Paolo, Amy Schumer, BEN ROETHLISBERGER, and Mary Cloggenstein from Battleboro. Also very important to our ONT friend, Miklos. What other prominent socks did I miss? Also, this would be a good night to try on some new socks. What ya got??
Bernie Sanders: "If wages are going down, I don't know why we need millions of people to be coming into this country as guest workers who will work for lower wages than American workers."
1989. Joe Biden delivers a televised message from the Democrat party, calling on then President Bush to do more to stop the flow of drugs into the country.
In addition to calling for more prisons and more cops, Biden said that Democrats want the creation of a strike force to… pic.twitter.com/mV8SbVsnob
A 65-year-old Thai woman stunned temple staff at a Buddhist temple near Bangkok after she was found alive inside a coffin just before her scheduled cremation.
The incident occurred at Wat Rat Prakhong Tham in Nonthaburi province, where a video posted to the temple’s Facebook page showed the woman lying in a white coffin in the back of a pickup truck. Temple workers were shocked when they noticed movement—her arms and head subtly shifting.
Pairat Soodthoop, the temple’s general and financial affairs manager, told the Associated Press that the woman had been brought from Phitsanulok province by her brother. He said the Thai woman had been bedridden for two years and appeared to have stopped breathing two days earlier.
The brother, assuming she had died, placed her in a coffin and drove approximately 500 kilometers to Bangkok, intending to donate her organs as per her earlier wish. However, a hospital declined to accept the body due to the lack of an official death certificate.
Emphasis mine. This must be the Thailand equivalent of a "Florida Man" story.
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Critter Corner
On Tuesday, I featured a story about a drunk raccoon. This might be his cousin.
Summary: Chimpanzees naturally ingest surprising amounts of alcohol from ripe, fermenting fruit. Careful measurements show that their typical fruit diet can equal one to two human drinks each day. This supports the idea that alcohol exposure is not a modern human invention but an ancient primate habit. The work strengthens the “drunken monkey” hypothesis and opens new questions about how animals use ethanol cues in their environment.
This might be a repeat story from a previous ONT of mine. Not sure. I don't read my content.
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What happens when you divide by zero on a mechanical 1950s calculator?
In the 1950s, mechanical calculators didn’t have the safety checks of modern machines.
So when someone tried to divide a number by zero, the calculator didn’t display an error. Instead, it would enter into… pic.twitter.com/4N8dwzzajh
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California just amended its constitution to permit Gavin Newsom to redraw that state's map for maximum partisan advantage. Meanwhile, left-wing judges insist that Republicans aren't allowed to do the same, Because Racist.
The Supreme Court "took note" of California's similar manuever and decided, by 6 to 3, that no, it's not (D)ifferent when (D)emocrats do it any longer.
The Supreme Court said Thursday that Texas can use its new gerrymandered House map in the upcoming midterm elections, likely yielding as many as five additional seats for Republicans in the battle for control of the House.
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By an apparent 6-3 vote, the justices granted an emergency request from Texas officials to block a lower court ruling that
The court's high ruling also took note of recent Democrat-led redistricting in California, signaling that the justices may not be inclined to interfere with those efforts or similar drives in other states.
I think this means the Supreme Court will finally overturn the leftwing-judge-made "law" that states are required to use racial criteria to maximize minority "representation."
A Refugee Group Was Repeatedly Warned That the Killer of the National Guardswoman Was "Spiraling" Into "Mania," But No Official Action Seems to Have Been Taken
A leading national refugee agency was warned multiple times that the Afghan terror suspect accused of murdering one National Guard member and critically injuring another was spiraling into mania and mental illness beginning in 2023, according to a bombshell email leak.
Despite this, and an alleged failure to maintain his mandated contact with state social services, he still managed to win asylum in April of this year.
Rahmanullah Lakanwal's behavior was so disturbing that a local community advocate reached out to a refugee organization for help, according to emails to the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) seen by the Associated Press.
"Rahmanullah has not been functional as a person, father, and provider since March of last year [2023]. He quit his job that month, and his behavior has changed greatly," the community member wrote in January 2024.
The community member said he feared that Lakanwal had become suicidal.
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He was brought to the US in 2021 under Operation Allies Welcome, moving to Bellingham, Washington, with his wife and their five young sons.
But he reportedly struggled to assimilate, failed to hold down a steady job or commit to learning English, according to the emails.
Alternating between "periods of dark isolation and reckless travel," Lakanwal sometimes spent weeks in his "darkened room, not speaking to anyone, not even his wife or older kids," the person wrote.
During these "manic episodes," he would reportedly "take off in the family car, and drive nonstop," the email outlined, leaving for up to two weeks at a time on his own, driving as far as Chicago or Arizona.
Lakanwal also failed to stay in contact with the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) as was mandated by the terms of his entry into the US, except for "interim" weeks where he would "do the right things," according to the emails.
And I guess Washington State didn't alert anyone, either.
He was so depressed that the community member feared he would harm himself, according to the emails.
When his wife would leave him with the kids for a week while she traveled to visit relatives, his children would go to school unwashed and in dirty clothes without having eaten well, according to the person.
The children's school raised concerns about his behavior, and the family even faced eviction at one point in 2023 after months of not paying rent.
In response to two emails, the USCRI tried to visit Lakanwal and his family in Bellingham in March 2024, according to the author of the emails.
After they received no updates, they believed that Lakanwal had refused assistance.
It's unclear whether the community member or USCRI reported the mental distress to immigration authorities or law enforcement.
That means that fraudsters will have to interact with government officials more often, and hopefully more fraud will be discovered and more badly-behaving "asylum seekers" will be kicked out.
The Trump administration is dramatically scaling back the timeframe in which asylum seekers and other foreign nationals can have valid work permits in the U.S.
Work permits issued to foreign nationals who’ve applied for asylum or other humanitarian programs will only be valid for 18 months rather than five years, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Thursday. The decision marks the latest action by the agency tasked with managing the country’s immigration system, since two National Guard members were ambushed by an Afghan man shortly before Thanksgiving.
This Christmas, let’s celebrate the love we hold within ourselves and share it with the world around us. After all, wherever we are, we can create a home filled with endless possibilities. pic.twitter.com/VouZAtLpHU
Here's a question: Were you white lights people or colored lights people?
I think colored lights are favored by blue collar/working class people and white lights are favored by wealthier people.
I grew up a colored lights kid, but when I saw the white lights at my wealthier friends' house, i became a White Lights Aspirant.
Remember Jill Biden's Trans Christmas horror shows?
What a difference a President makes!🫡 Remember this monstrosity of awful Christmas Decorations by Dr. Jill Biden??? 🤢🤮🤮🤮 UGH! pic.twitter.com/EDUXQJYkWi
— GrrrGraphics-Ben Garrison 🤠 Cartoons 🇺🇸 (@GrrrGraphics) November 26, 2025
ICE on Wednesday arrested yet another Afghan migrant brought into the country under former President Biden's troubled "Operation Allies Welcome" -- this time a man Homeland Security officials say was tied directly to ISIS-K.
Agents took Jaan Shah Safi into custody just outside Washington, marking the latest example of a resettlement effort critics warned from the start would import national-security threats into American communities. Safi arrived in Philadelphia on September 8, 2021, during the Biden administration's massive Afghan airlift, a rush job that moved nearly 190,000 people into the U.S. with barely any vetting.
According to ICE, Safi provided support to ISIS-K and the Islamic State's Iraq network, and even supplied weapons to his father, a militia commander back in Afghanistan. After entering the U.S., he filed for Temporary Protected Status -- a request that fell apart when DHS Secretary Kristi Noem ended TPS for Afghans, exposing how many people the Biden team had waved through without knowing who they were.
"Today, our heroic ICE officers arrested Jaan Shah Safi, a terrorist who provided material support to ISIS-K," Noem said, blasting Biden's resettlement operation as "disastrous" and pointing out that Safi was picked up only miles from where National Guard members Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe were ambushed days earlier. That attack, carried out by Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, left Beckstrom dead and Wolfe in critical condition -- yet another case tied directly to Biden's program.
The pattern hasn't stopped. On November 25, authorities in Fort Worth arrested Mohammad Dawood Alokozay after he allegedly posted a TikTok video hinting at a terror plot. Like Safi and Lakanwal, Alokozay entered the United States because of Operation Allies Welcome.
AFGHAN TERRORIST ARRESTED TODAY JUST MILES FROM D.C. CAME IN UNDER BIDEN.
Today the heroes of @ICEgov arrested Jaan Shah Safi, an unvetted Afghan national who provided support to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan (ISIS-K). He also provided weapons to his father who is… pic.twitter.com/NFwiTSqVfb
Remember, back in January, CBS's Melting Pot 5 propgandist Margaret Brennan argued 1, that all of the Afghan "heroes" were "fully vetted," 2, we should not even discuss the "fully vetted" heroes who are being arrested for plotting terrorist attacks, and 3, we should further ignore the then-latest Afghan terrorist's Islamic radicalism, because, you see, we don't know if he was radicalized in Afghanistan or radicalized here.
Lefties love fighting against the facts to create the thinnest possible zone of doubt so they can then say, "Because I have established 1% doubt about one minor point, the accused must be set free, and we must continue to follow the leftist agenda on this point. Unless the leftist agenda is disproved with 115% certainty, we must accept that the leftist agenda is 115% true."
Anyway, this claim by Brennan resulted in the highly-memeworthy response: "I don't really care, Margaret."
Update: It's always dangerous to trust google searches during fast-breaking news, but this account claims that "little Brian" lived at home with his father, who owns an immigration bail bond company.
Federal agents swarmed the Woodbridge, Va., home of 30-year-old Brian Cole Jr. following the break in the case that has vexed and embarrassed the FBI for nearly five years.
"You're not going to walk into our capital city, put down two explosive devices and walk off into the sunset," bureau Deputy Director Dan Bongino, who has made the case a priority since taking office in March, told reporters at an afternoon news conference. "Not gonna happen.
"We were gonna track this person to the end of the earth. There was no way he was getting away."
Authorities did not publicly indicate any motive for the crime, with one high-placed FBI source rejecting earlier claims that Cole may have had "anarchist" leanings.
That's just one FBI source "rejecting" that. We'll see.
There were also "sources" that denied that Tyler Robinson was a gay furry.
"He's very antisocial. Very," a woman who said she had lived in the neighborhood since 1991 told The Post of Cole. "He keeps to himself."
"He has a dog that he loves," she added. "He walks every day, twice a day, to 7-Eleven with his dog and he wears his headphones."
"He seemed very quiet. He would never make eye contact. Almost like he just didn't see you," added a second neighbor, a man who noted that Cole would "wear shorts all winter long, and red Crocs."
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Cole's arrest comes one month before the fifth anniversary of the melee that briefly delayed congressional confirmation of Joe Biden's 2020 election victory.
Surveillance footage showed a person carrying a backpack and wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, mask, gloves, glasses, and a pair of Nike Air Max Speed Turf sneakers who planted what investigators called "viable explosive devices" at the headquarters of the two major parties on the night of Jan. 5, 2021.
Law enforcement officials, led by Attorney General Pam Bondi, stressed that there was "no new tip" or "no new witness" that led to Cole's arrest, with the AG crediting "good, diligent police work and prosecutorial work, working as a team along with the ATF, Capitol Police, the [DC] Metropolitan Police Department and of course, the FBI."
FBI Director Kash Patel strongly suggested that a new analysis of cell phone data helped lead investigators to Cole, telling reporters that investigators sifted through "three million lines of information ... you can think about the amount of cell phone data that has to be ingested and triangulated and dumped and received."
"When you develop evidence, you get a search warrant," he added. "When you get a search warrant, you get an address. When you get an address, you hit the house, and that's what we did."
That cell phone data was all available to Biden and Wray -- but they didn't sift through it.
Or... did they?
A neighbor said this guy had "unusually short legs" and a simple gait analysis would prove or disprove his culpability. So Gait Analysis re-enters the chat.
I want a full investigation of the "investigation" that Biden and Wray did.
Cole's step-grandfather, Earl Donnette, told NBC News in a phone call that he spoke with the FBI about his step-grandson, but declined to comment further.
Bondi said the investigation into the attempted bombing "languished" for four years under former President Joe Biden's administration.
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FBI Director Kash Patel credited the U.S. Capitol Police, the Metropolitan Police Department and U.S. Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro for their work on the investigation.
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Neither bomb detonated, but authorities say both were viable and dangerous.
DC pipe bomb suspect
Video footage released by the FBI showed the suspect placing the pipe bombs near the two headquarters more than 16 hours before law enforcement found them.
The suspect was seen wearing a gray hoodie, Nike Air Max Speed Turf sneakers, a mask, glasses and gloves, but Cole's identity had long been unknown.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro lays out the importance of catching the DC pipe bomber:
"Four years, 10 months, and 28 days ago, an individual placed a bomb in the vicinity of both the RNC and the DNC, and for that amount of time, that individual evaded accountability." pic.twitter.com/NHTWHGtbZf
Update: Chuck Ross also wonders why the cell phone data didn't point to this guy sooner:
The affidavit has a lot of details of credit card purchases of materials and cell tower records from the night of Jan. 5. Surely the FBI narrowed in on this suspect early in the investigation. There weren't many people on the streets that night https://t.co/5f4zzEghY9
The most annoying "Reply Guy" content farmer on Twitter says that this guy must be MAGA, but all MAGA people are going to spin it that he's "anything but one of their own," just like we did with... Tyler Robinson, I guess.
BREAKING: The man arrested for the DC Pipe Bomb case is Brian Cole Jr. of Woodbridge, Virginia.
I'm sure the spin will begin to label him anything but one of MAGA's own, no matter what his ideologies were. pic.twitter.com/lgoENdoX2Z
🚨 BREAKING: @AGPamBondi says more charges could be filed against Brian Cole Jr., the DC pipe bomb suspect who federal authorities arrested after an investigation that lasted nearly five years. pic.twitter.com/fRBZse5Pe6
Commenters say this guy was tracked via the sneakers he wore on the night he planted the bombs, which were expensive and uncommon.
Neat little side-by-side video of the J5 footage and I guess footage of the suspect himself. This is obviously enhanced by AI, and might be completely fabricated AI.
But this is a breaking news story so I'm going to relax my usual standards of confirmation.
🚨 UPDATE: Brian Cole, 33, from Virginia—FBI's got their man! Perfect match: gait, Nike Air Max Speed Turf kicks, hoodie, mask, glasses, gloves from that shady 2021 footage. Pipe bombs at RNC/DNC HQ? Deep state op to frame patriots blows wide open. Charges drop tomorrow—truth… pic.twitter.com/W7eRbzHNbb
Other commenters asked: Why weren't these rare sneakers tracked four years ago?
Good question.
Just for the record, if this sneering, Deep State POS were still leading the FBI, suspected pipe bomber Brian Cole jr. would never have been found. Wray was too busy looking for grandma’s accused of trespassing the Capitol on J6. pic.twitter.com/tFjuq822ET
Feds Raid Home Linked to Suspected J6 Bomber, a Suspected "Anarchist"
—Ace
Whoops -- I was making myself lunch and then eating and never saw this story breaking. I only looked because a commenter said, "still no bomber story"?
I'm putting the Afghan terrorist story in draft while I try to catch up.
Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg
NEW: The FBI has raided the home of 30-year-old Brian Cole Jr. of Woodbridge, Virginia, who was arrested in connection with planting pipe bombs before J6.
The arrest comes almost five years after the incident.
According to the New York Post, the suspect may have a background of possible "anarchist leanings."
Nick Sortor
@nicksortor
🚨 BREAKING: The FBI has surrounded a home in Woodbridge, VA where alleged DC pipe bomber Brian Cole Jr., reportedly 33, was arrested this morning
Cole seemingly has very little online presence, and has been described as an "anarchist"
🚨🇺🇸#BREAKING | NEWS ⚠️ LIVE the FBI has raided the home of the J6 pipe bomber who is 30 year old Brian Cole of Woodbridge, Virginia they believe this is his father‘s home.
Massive amount of Police FBI,DHS and ATF our staged outside of the home and searching inside and outside… pic.twitter.com/Fd6hWYrKDU
GO WOKE, GO BROKE: Gerry McGovern, Jaguar's Chief Creative Officer, who oversaw the brand's 2024 rebrand featuring diverse, androgynous models has been fired. Jaguar's sales fell 97.5% in April 2025 to just 49 vehicles. pic.twitter.com/2csspIrVhY
Here's Gerry McGovern, the Chief Creative Officer who oversaw the effort to turn Jaguar into a trans brand.
BREAKING - Gerry McGovern, the architect of Jaguar’s 2024 woke ad and rebrand that caused a 97.5% sales collapse, has been fired and escorted from the building while the company scrambles to erase all traces of the disastrous campaign. pic.twitter.com/VVi4P74gYl
Reportedly -- "reportedly" is a weasel word the media uses to mean "other people are reporting this, but we cannot confirm it, so we're just rewriting the original report" -- he's not only been "suddenly" fired, but was also "escorted from the office."
Jaguar Land Rover designer behind woke rebrand 'escorted from office'
Executive was behind pink EV that drew criticism from Nigel Farage and Donald Trump
The designer behind Jaguar's controversial "woke" rebrand has reportedly been dismissed from the carmaker just days after a new chief executive took over.
Gerry McGovern, who was formerly Jaguar Land Rover's (JLR) chief creative officer, was told he was being dismissed with immediate effect on Monday.
He was then escorted out of the office, according to reports, although details of his exit remain unclear.
JLR, which is owned by Indian conglomerate Tata, declined to comment.
The turmoil comes just days after PB Balaji, the former finance boss of Tata Motors, succeeded Adrian Mardell as chief executive of JLR.
It brings an abrupt end to Mr McGovern's 21-year career at the carmaker, where he masterminded a revamp of Land Rover's Defender model and the company's line-up of Range Rovers.
He was also the main creative force behind last year's radical rebrand of Jaguar that aimed to shift the marque away from its traditional "Jag Man" image towards ultra-wealthy customers.
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The backlash was dismissed as "vile hatred and intolerance" at the time by Rawdon Glover, the managing director of the Jaguar brand.
"We need to re-establish our brand and at a completely different price point so we need to act differently," he told the Financial Times.
So apparently the "ultra-wealthy" are the Davos set.
The Morning Rant: Measures...Counter-Measures...Counter-Counter-Measures...
—CBD
People who think about the evolution of warfare have sleepless nights worrying about drones. Israel and Ukraine are ground-zero for drone warfare...and the pace of technological change is breathtaking! In a few short years we have gone from large drones flying high, armed with a single missile or a few cameras, to swarms of drones with small explosive devices that can overwhelm defenses and destroy multi-million dollar equipment for a few hundred dollars, and reconnaissance drones the size of a paperback that zip around the battlefield providing data in real time (Hello, Yahya Sinwar.)
Counter-measures arrived quickly, which is unsurprising, since the evolution of warfare occurs most quickly during war! But until very recently, those counter-measures were very expensive in comparison to the drones themselves, which are often just modified civilian drones...essentially toys for grownups. Using a $million missile to shoot down a $10,000 drone is a temporary answer, and one that is unsupportable in the long-term. And the smaller, cheaper drones are difficult because of their size, even if an army could field enough missiles.
But along comes Israel's arms industry with an obvious but technologically difficult response: Lasers!
Israel plans to deploy its first operational high-power laser air-defense system by the end of the year, marking a significant shift in how the country counters drones, rockets, and other aerial threats, the Defense Ministry said.
The system, known as Iron Beam, completed operational testing in September and will become the world’s first combat-ready laser interceptor.
The 100-kilowatt system is designed to destroy targets within seconds and at a fraction of the cost of traditional missile-based defenses.
Obviously this system hasn't seen significant combat, and until it is tested in many battles it will remain experimental. But the basic concept is sound, and while the devil is in the details, improvements in software speed and sensor technology will push this response down to the squad level very quickly.
Drones have the capacity to do tremendous damage to technologically superior forces. Imagine a swarm of drones launched from near our B-2, B-52, or F-35 bases. A few hundred thousand dollars worth of easily procured hardware could conceivably destroy many billions of dollars worth of our almost irreplaceable weaponry in a matter of moments. This isn't World War II, where factories could produce thousands of tanks or planes each year. It takes about 18 months to build an F-35. How many can we afford to lose?
While my personal preference is for a bunch of Midwestern goose hunters to be drafted into the armed forces for drone hunting duty, the future of laser defense is assured. Drones aren't going away, and must be considered an integral part of both offensive and defensive operations.
It won't be long before those airbases are surrounded by a multi-layered defense system that includes lasers to defend against drones. The question is: what comes next? Laser weapons for infantry, or tanks, or helicopters?
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Good morning kids. Quite a few things of note to report on this morning, but there are a number of glittering examples of Dem/Leftist chutzpocrisy colliding as they inevitably do with projection that are worthy of note, though so glaring as to be visible even from the surface of a supernova lightyears away.
First of all, did this dolt not read the memo that Jihad is not a violent act of terrorism but a beautiful expression of internal struggle and reflection by the mostly peaceful peaceniks of Islam? Oh boy, I smell a big fat fatwa for this fathead if she doesn't recant that statement lickety-split. That said, who are the ones burning cities to the ground, shooting up churches, and synagogues, attempting to and in the case of poor Charlie Kirk succeeding in assassinating political enemies as well as CEOs. It ain't MAGAns, Fatso. In any case, as commenter MP4 once quipped, If Trump, and by extension all of us were a fraction of the evil, Hitlerite fascists they claim we are, they'd all have been smoke up a crematorium chimney ages ago.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: “I Have Inherited a White-Supremacist System” . . . The city’s mayor headlined a conference where activists celebrated armed resistance in Gaza, the Philippines, and the United States.
First, what exactly is being resisted?! The rule of law and sanity. I'd venture to say that Al Capone, at the height of his reign as Public enemy number 1, even with a syphilis-ravaged brain, lorded over a Chicago that compared to today was an idyllic paradise on earth. And how could Johnson possibly have inherited a white supremacist system that exists to suppress colored people of color like him? The closest you'd ever get to a seat of white power is as a toilet attendant at Sheldon (whorehouse) Whitehouse's Whites Only Country Club . . . Unless of course Mr. Johnson you are merely acting as a house you-know-what willingly working as a warder to keep your fellow black and brown folk down! You should be strapped onto a gurney and have JB Pritzker part his cheeks like the Red Sea, and sit on your face after consuming several giant tins of baked beans. There's your white supremacy, pal.
The reactions to President Trump authorizing Secretary of War (how I love that) Pete Hegseth to take out the narco-terrorists boats before they can reach our shores with their lethal cargo have been most revealing indeed. Those shouting loudest about the poor innocent drug traffickers are the Democrat Leftists. While the term the War on Drugs which came into the public discourse during the middle years of Ronald Reagan's presidency due to the scourge of crack cocaine that ended thousands of lives and wasted many thousand more in the ensuing years, became the target of much cynicism and ridicule. The bitter irony is that in the main those thousands of wasted lives were black, latino and other primarily Democrat constituencies. That said, considering the toxicity of fentanyl, interdicting its flow into our nation is a justified act of self defense. COnsidering that state actors from Venezuela's Maduro and all the way out to Red China's Xi Jinping are involved in the poisoning of the American citizenry, the word War in this instance does have certain implications and in theory consequences.
The latest atrocity that Trump has committed, as far as the left is concerned, is targeting narcoterrorists’ boats in the Caribbean. After all, who will speak for the poor drug traffickers if they don’t? . . . Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Mutiny) and the other members of the Seditious Six are leading this effort, but one of the chief defenders of the poor drug mules has been the vice chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), who is not one of the notorious Six. Warner seems to be trying to make this issue his claim to fame; up to now, he has only been known as the senator from Virginia named Warner who wasn’t married to Elizabeth Taylor. Warner, however, may now have crossed a line he could regret crossing: in a video that began circulating Wednesday, he appears to be calling for a military coup against a duly elected president of the United States. . .
“this is an administration that’s fired, you know, uniformed generals from the head of the NSA, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, and I think, um, uh, in many ways, the uniformed military may help save us from this president and his lame people like Hegseth, because I think their commitment is to the Constitution and obviously not to Trump, and I expect Bradley would adhere to that.” Warner was referring to Adm. Frank Bradley, whom Hegseth has identified as the authority who made the decision to order a second strike on the drug boat, about which leftists are in an uproar. Far less clear, however, was what Warner meant by his reference to the military saving us from Orange Man Bad. The Constitution says nothing about the military having any role whatsoever in protecting Americans from a supposedly rogue president. . .
Warner, however, seems unconcerned about the prospect of any retaliation from the man he nevertheless wants us to think is a reckless, vindictive dictator-in-the-making. “This is the biggest crowd of wimps you’ve ever seen,” Warner said Tuesday of Trump, Hegseth, and others in the administration. Wimps, you see, but lawless, fascist wimps who must be stopped at all costs.
. . . Warner was apparently asleep from Jan. 20, 2021 to Jan. 20, 2025, as the Biden regime politicized the entire federal bureaucracy and weaponized it against the regime’s foes. Now he is accusing his enemies of what his own side is guilty of doing. His call for a coup is unlikely to be heeded, but as leftists grow more desperate, one never knows for sure.
It is abundantly clear that, regardless of the very real and persistent threat to the peace of he world and the advancement of civilization, posed by Islam, the greatest existential threat to whatever is left of America as founded — which was the pinnacle of social and human societal development — faces comes from within. It is the anti-AMERICAN Left and its political epicenter in the Democrat Party and its affiliates. Period full stop.
Especially when those children are being sexually assaulted, starved or beaten to death. The police must never be called.
Roberts argues that child protective services is a false front that survives only because any real change would threaten the racial capitalist system she believes it protects. “What it’s really protecting is the idea that this nation cares about the safety of children and the the reason why children aren’t safe is because of their pathological parents, they’re deficient parents. Therefore, you know, why, why have that, why believe that? Because then you don’t need radical social change.” Roberts says.
Same argument as with murderers, rapists and muggers. It’s not their fault. They’re victims of systemic racism. Stop policing them and then surely you’ll have lots of ‘equity.’
Now you can see why Luigi Mangione, Abrego Garcia, the Islamic Gazan Jewish baby roasters and the Narco-terrorists have cheerleaders...
DearLord in Heaven, I need to get drunk, and it's not even 6:30AM...
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A 50-year mortgage isn’t innovation—it’s a fresh coat of paint on a century-old policy disaster that keeps prices high, taxpayers exposed, and real ownership out of reach. Why the 50-Year Mortgage Is a Bad Idea
The leftist press corps is throwing tantrums over Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s unapologetic campaign against narco-terrorists attempting to transport poison into the United States. Let's not Forget the Poor Narco-Terrorists
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
Imagine a high school senior anywhere in America with a 4.0 GPA, rigorous coursework, and an extensive record of volunteering and community service. He plans to attend a four-year university but, like millions of families, worries about how to afford it. He discovers a prestigious national scholarship fund offering mentoring, leadership training, and up to $5,000 in financial aid. He meets every requirement except one: He is not Hispanic. A Talented Student, But the Wrong Ancestry. Why We Filed Suit Against the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
In May 2024, the Biden junta charged Cuellar and his wife for allegedly accepting $600,000 in bribes from a company owned by the Azerbaijan government and a bank in Mexico City. Trump Pardons Texas Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar
Brought on behalf of several California residents by the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), the legal challenge contests the legality of the Golden State’s recently enacted congressional map. Approved by California voters last month via a ballot amendment (Proposition 50), the new map seeks to further gerrymander the state in Democrats’ favor and offset potential gains resulting from Texas Republicans’ redistricting efforts. Lawsuit: California’s Race-Based Gerrymandering Is Unconstitutional
Musk’s outlook aligns with recent comments from Trump himself. During a White House cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Trump remarked that two members of his administration could form the 2028 Republican presidential ticket, glancing at Vice President JD Vance as he noted, “Could be a couple of people sitting at this table.” He added that he wanted their work “to be carried forward.” The comments followed his October 27 statement to reporters, made during a flight from Malaysia to Japan, in which he deemed a Vance-Rubio “unstoppable.” Musk Maps Out MAGA’s Next 12 Years: Trump’s Return, Vance’s Rise
Victor Davis Hanson: Newsom readies a presidential run while presiding over a state buckling under sky-high costs, mass exodus, and crumbling basics—leaving little to brag about beyond attacking Trump. A Newsom Nihilist Nomination?
It does increasingly appear however that the April 2025 prediction is now correct, that the solar maximum has passed, and that Sun is now heading towards a sunspot minimum. The question now is whether that minimum will occur in 2031, as predicted, making for a solar cycle with a normal length of eleven years, or will it happen sooner. If sooner, which is what appears to be happening, this cycle will be unusual in that it will be short but weak. In the past, short cycles were routinely associated with strong cycles. Sunspot update: Sunspot activity again crashes far below predictions
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Jeremy Howard, co-founder of Answer.AI and Fast.AI, said in a series of social media posts that users' claims about GitHub Actions being in a poor state of repair appear to be justified.
"The bug," he wrote, "was implemented in a way that, very obviously to nearly anyone at first glance, uses 100 percent CPU all the time, and will run forever unless the task happens to check the time during the correct second."
A fix for the bug was proposed by a user.
The fix was correct.
The fix was ignored, and the comment thread was closed by AI.
Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - December 3, 2025 [Shopping Rex]
—Open Blogger
Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the post-cafe overnight variety.
Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and sit a spell. Good will offerings of amusing puns are happily accepted. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors.
"Good evening Morons! Come on down! You're about to get the Wednesday night ONT!"
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Are you looking for gift ideas for your favorite Moron? Not sure what to put on the Christmas shopping list this year?
The Wednesday ONT is here to help with the Unofficial and Unapproved 2025 Christmas Gift Guide. We hope you're whelmed.
What gifts are missing from the guide (other than ample ammo)?
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Has your favorite Moron experienced a canoe accident? Morons seem to be particularly susceptible to suffering canoe calamities. Get them a new canoe but don't spend too much money because anything you buy is likely to encounter trouble as well.
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The Moose out front knows a lot of things, but doesn't always tell ya what ya need to know. Either way, you're better off with a moose than not (just don't get ones that like to bite sisters).
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Weasel-san wisdom says "no wobbly shit." Get your favorite shooting Moron a solid shooting table and accompanying bags to ward off wobbly shit.
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If you're like me, you have trouble keeping up with the pants rules on AoS. Which posts require pants? Which prohibit pants? Which make them optional? No wonder many Morons drink. Anyway, it pays to keep a pair of pants nearby just in case.
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Blog life can be dangerous, but we all know that medical help is nearby. Bruise? Scrape? Scope bite? Cigar burn? Headache? Broken bones? Doesn't matter. Slap a hot iron on it. Available in both cordless and cord-equipped versions.
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Worth more than precious metal when ya gotta go. Tradable for drinks, food and the jukebox. Also can slide beneath the leg of a wobbly table in a pinch. It is...the Club ONT Restroom Token.
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When the 39 foot animatronic T-Rex is out of stock, the next best thing is a 19 foot non-animatronic T-Rex. Not ideal, but we all have to make sacrifices when times are tough.
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Where is that darn Wumpus? If your favorite Moron has been hunting everywhere without success and keeps being late to the ONT, help them out with back issues of Compute! Magazine for cheat codes.
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Is your favorite mechanical Moron in need of a supply of sockets? Is the right socket size always somewhere else when needed? This Advent Calendar comes stocked with a socket (or several) a day. By the time Christmas arrives, they'll have a full set! The calendar even comes with extra 10mm sockets. This particular example came from the seconds bin which explains why it was half off.
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Did your favorite Moron grow up thinking "When I'm older, I'm going to have a proper slingshot!" Look no further. Batteries not included.
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With the risk of Yoko lurking beneath every link and mystery click, the only sure defense is deployment of the dark arts. This anti-Yoko cloak and specially designed ear protection is the only known anti-Yoko defense. Better results when worn together. Less powerful on Mondays for unknown reasons. Available at your favorite shops on Daigon Alley.
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I didn't realize that ping pong had fallen out of favor. Is this what the kids do these days? Fun for the whole family!
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Get your favorite Moron a Super secret AoS membership card to recognize their dedication to the site!
[If you are a member in good standing, a picture of your card will appear here. If not, you are behind on your dues or you have a blot on your permanent record. If that is you, please send two Club ONT Restroom Tokens by email. Allow 4-6 weeks. Nothing will happen but gotta restock the supply somehow. Thank you.]
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After a busy overnight shift, Santa and Mrs. Claus take the elves to Waffle House or breakfast. Re-create the emotional breakfast bowl scene with your own gingerbread Waffle House.
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Is the gift of a barrel the AoS equivalent of getting coal in your stocking? Maybe it is a good sign of enjoyed whiskey, bourbon or wine? Maybe both? Maybe you've spent time in the barrel yourself? (Note: THE barrel is far worse than the barrel depicted. Not recommended.)
No refunds. Bulk discounts available. Previous quotes provided by autopen are null and void. Shipping and handling extra. Sorry but the vanvera and twoilet are both out of stock due to a spike in demand recently. Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking ?? Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Podcast: Sefton is back with CBD to discuss killing narco-terrorists (we are both for it!), the TN special election, Trump's communication skills, and more!
Incumbent Senator John Cornyn (RINO - TX) betrayed his party and his country by voting in favor Biden's Afghan resettlement bill in 2021. Cornyn voted to bring in the Afghan who shot two National Guard soldiers on US soil. A vote for Cornyn is an endorsement of importing unvetted, radicalized murderers. [Buck]
Podcast: Jim Lakely of Heartland Institute joins CBD for a discussion of their recent polling that shows a majority of 18-39s want socialism, the Epstein files, what will Mamdani do, and more!
Podcast: Buck Throckmorton joins us for a wide-ranging discussion about the cultural and business shift away from the insanity of EVs and Climate Religion, his calm perspective on last week's election, Tucker is a toad, and more!
Our Favorite British Couple Exploring True America Experiences Flora-Bama And Sees A Side Of The Deep South Rarely Seen. [dri]
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