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Naturalized Violent Insurrectionist Isa Lemgruber Casahuga, aka "Baby Pamper," Who Celebrated and Giggled Over the Vile Public Execution of Charlie Kirk to One of His Friends and Coworkers, Now Fake "Apologizes"
At @UTSA for Pick Up the Mic, a student read a poem celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk with such glee, then told me I was brave to be out here without my neck covered.
I told her I’d pray for her.
This is the climate. We pick up the mic anyway. https://t.co/ZfipQsosaF
Some months ago I saw someone on YouTube who said he had a consulting job, doing social media research on potential corporate hires. He said that he's told to search for extremist political positions, including the woke ones. He said that young morons are making themselves essentially un-hirable for life with crap like this.
Is this what this whore realized? Or did her family tell her that she was shaming them?
Or did this violent immigrant insurrectionist realize that lying about extremist political positions on her naturalization paperwork was fraud and grounds for denaturalization?
Owen Gregorian
@OwenGregorian
Oct 31
University of Texas Vows It 'Will Not Tolerate' Incitement of Violence After Student's Giddy Poem Celebrating Charlie Kirk's Murder, 'Will Handle This Incident Consistent with the Law' | Cassandra MacDonald, The Gateway Pundit
The University of Texas System issued a pointed statement Thursday after a viral video showed UT San Antonio student Isa Casahuga-Lemgrube gleefully reading a poem at a Turning Point USA campus event that celebrated the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Board of Regents Chairman Kevin Eltife and Chancellor John Zerwas said they were aware of the incident and declared, "We will not tolerate the incitement of violence or the threat of incitement of violence by any member of our UT community. UT San Antonio will handle this incident consistent with the law."
The student, who introduced herself at the microphone as "Pamper Baby," told the crowd she had taken a Plan B and felt guilty as an immigrant before launching into a deranged parody of "The Night Before Christmas."
She recited lines including "It was the night before the Kirkiversary and all through the house not a creature was stirring not even a mouse" and "as we solemnly remembered a shot to the neck," then invited people to a "Squirt for Kirk" event.
Afterward, she told Texas Youth Summit founder Christian Collins he was "brave" for being on campus "with no protection, no nothing, no like neck brace."
Collins posted the video of the incident, writing that she read the poem "with such glee," and saying he will pray for her.
Internet sleuths quickly identified the student as Casahuga-Lemgruber, a UTSA student in the class of 2030 majoring in International Relations and Diplomacy.
She attended St. Agnes Academy.
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, a website was registered under her name, http://isacasahuga.com, and published the poem in full along with family details identifying her mother as Houston realtor Paula Lemgruber Casahuga and her father as Guillem Casahuga, a partner at Arthur D. Little.
The site states that her parents are from Brazil and Spain. Her mother, who also appears to be a leftist, referred to her children as "citizens of the world."
There have been mass calls for the family to be deported.
UT San Antonio spokesperson Joe Izbrand also told the San Antonio Express-News that the university is aware of the incident and takes the matter seriously.
"The sentiments expressed do not reflect the values of our university," Izbrand stated. "The university is reviewing the circumstances through its established student conduct processes, consistent with applicable state and federal law and university policies."
Citing FERPA privacy protections, the school declined further comment on any specific disciplinary action.
Kirk was fatally shot in the neck while speaking at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025.
I'm pretty sure it's one of those, because this is obviously as insincere as Kristi Noem's ex-husband's foam hooters.
@EricLDaugh Her lawyer writes very well. That was a legal apology so she wouldn’t either get sued or be put on a terror watch list by the FBI, although deranged people like that should be. https://t.co/ydioIxNZsn
Congresswoman Who Lost to Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed in Primary Endorses Mike Rogers, Condemns the Muslim Brotherhood-Linked Antisemite's Hate
—Disinformation Expert Ace
Democrats are condemning her, ejecting her from the party, and claiming she's just a sore loser.
But, as Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed observed after one of his cousins shot children to death at a Jewish school: "Hurt people do hurt people."
Democrat Congresswoman had planned to rally with Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed and Democrat racial gang-leader James Clyburn on Sunday. She had one demand for her re-endorsement of Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed: She wanted him to reject Hasan Piker's Nepo Uncle Chunk Uggo's antisemetic ad claiming that bananas and eggs cost more because Jews are stealing them to make bombs out of them to kill innocent non-terrorist Gazans.
Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed refused this minor reparative step. The Very Online Left condemns Trump for refusing to apologize or compromise, but they imitate him like Japanese girls used to imitate Gwen Stefani.
Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed then said she wasn't welcome at the "unity" rally and did not share Democrat Party pro-terrorist "values."
So she announced she would not be part of the "unity" rally.
Daniel Friedman
@DanFriedman81
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Haley Stevens was going to do a Democratic unity rally with Abdul El-Sayed and James Clyburn where she was going to encourage her supporters, many of whom have serious reservations about El-Sayed, to vote for him.
This was very important for El-Sayed, because Stevens is popular among Jewish and black Michigan Democrats and Clyburn is an icon among black voters nationwide. El-Sayed has weakness with both of these groups and needs to shore them up going into election day.
Stevens's condition was that he make an unambiguous, unqualified condemnation of the antisemitic rhetoric his friends, supporters and surrogates have been using, including in ads run in Michigan.
El-Sayed refused to do this, and instead asked Stevens not to appear at the event. At that point, Stevens realized that he was not interested in unity with her or her supporters and that she could no longer support him for Senate.
El-Sayed is an antisemite. He is friends with antisemites Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur. He will not condemn them. He will not condemn the awful things they say.
He has had multiple opportunities to condemn their hateful rhetoric, and he always says: "He is not part of a campaign, nobody speaks for me but me, and I'm not here to talk about that."
That's not good enough. If that is how a Republican talked about Nick Fuentes or Richard Spencer, it would be the biggest controversy in the race. The fact that so many Democrats are willing to tolerate this from Abdul El-Sayed is an indictment of the entire party.
There is no coalition that can include both the Jewish Democratic members of Temple Israel and supporters of the Hezbollah terrorist who tried to murder their preschool children. Abdul El-Sayed made a decision about who he wanted in his tent.
Haley Stevens was late to realize it, but it is admirable that she finally decided to be an upstander instead of a bystander. No Nazis in the US Senate.
And then Stevens went further: She endorsed Republican Mike Rogers, first online, and then later at press conference.
She appeared with Rogers and was attacked as "a traitor" by Democrats who find such demonizing language too crude for their sophisticated dick-port mouths.
BREAKING: Protester Disrupts Haley Stevens and Mike Rogers Press Conference
Just minutes after Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens endorsed Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan's Senate race, a protester reportedly interrupted their press conference, repeatedly shouting, "Haley Stevens is a traitor!"
According to accounts from the scene, staff quickly ended the event and escorted both politicians away as the commotion unfolded.
Democrats always support women's choices so of course they all accepted Haley Stevens' choice and applauded her for it.
Just kidding, they kicked her out of the party entirely. Here's the chairman of the Michigan Democrat Party excommunicating this kaffir apostate for not embracing Allah:
Matt Whitlock
@MattWhitlock
Every liberal influencer and talking head saying "Haley Stevens calling out antisemitism just ENDED her political career in the Democrat party..."
Says a lot more about the Democrat party than Haley Stevens.
Noted Feminist Who Supports Women James Carville likened Haley Stevens to a "used condom" because he supports women and they choices they make except if they make a choice contrary to his own.
Haley Stevens, who voted with Joe Biden 97.5% of the time and with Trump only 6% of the time was excommunicated from the Democrat Party today because she wouldn't go through the humiliation ritual of donning the hijab like Peggy Flanagan and Kathy Hochul, nor would she endorse a guy with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood whose friends think America deserved 9/11 and who can't bring himself to denounce the IRGC.
Graham Platner who is a rapist with an infatuation for Nazism and sending nudes to underage girls on Kik while jerking off in a port-a-potty was not kicked out of the party.
If you're a registered Democrat holding out hope that there's going to be some great revival and return to the party of JFK, stop wasting your time. Your party is captive by terrorists, low IQ foreigners, illegal aliens, and people who hate this country and everything it stands for. It's gone. It's not coming back. Just leave it.
Democrats are taking it well. Enjoy -- after this insane leftist bitch physically attacks multiple people, a cop finally wrestles her to the ground.
At which point, she whines and complains that he's attacking her.
Of course.
BREAKING: Abdul El-Sayed supporters are now attacking people at a free speech event in Michigan. https://t.co/uBehhR6FNb
BREAKING: A psychotic Abdul El Sayed supporter just VIOLENTLY TACKLED a young Jewish girl after the girl said, "If she were walking around in Iran like this, what would happen to her?"
JUST as Haley Stevens endorses Mike Rogers.
*Lunges at her*
"F**ing get over here, btch!"
The cop then MANHANDLED her.
LOCK HER UP. These people are VIOLENT and DERANGED
This is going to surge in America unless we defeat them on Tuesday
There's more to this story -- the media's attempt to brand Haley Stevens as a crazy traitor.
But I'll talk about that in a later post.
Which you probably already saw a lot of because I stupidly posted this draft in the sidebar.
THE MORNING RANT: A Little Good News Regarding the Business of Petroleum
—Buck Throckmorton
Valero to Purchase and Restart a Shuttered Texas Refinery
Although the inflation-adjusted price of gasoline in America is virtually unchanged over the past two decades, it is higher than where it was before the flow of Iranian oil was cut off to global markets. Also contributing to the problem of elevated fuel prices is the lack of refining capacity in the United States. This is especially true regarding diesel. The carbon hysteria of the past few decades, along with Democrat administrations’ war on petroleum has dissuaded capital investment in new refineries.
With that background, there was some great news announced this past week – Texas-based Valero Energy is purchasing a mothballed refinery in Houston.
The refinery had previously been operated by Dutch chemical company Lyondell, but in obedience to the E.U.’s anti-carbon “net zero” obsession, Lyondell shut the plant down after announcing its closure in 2022. The puppet-masters of the Biden administration were so passionately anti-petroleum that mothballing the refinery was also a way for Lyondell to help gain regulatory favor for its ongoing U.S. chemical operations.
The pure-play oil refiner plans to restart 165,000 barrels of daily light, sweet crude processing capacity by the end of 2027 at the former LyondellBasell Industries NV facility, according to a press release Friday. The $320.5 million deal with Lyondell is expected to close by the end of the year, Valero said. The plant sits adjacent to a Valero refinery that’s capable of processing more than 200,000 barrels of oil each day.
This refinery can produce diesel and jet fuel in addition to gasoline. Production will re-start in 2027.
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BP’s CEO on Renewables Debacle: “We Have Not Been Careful Stewards of Shareholder Capital”
Meanwhile, another European petroleum corporation that tried to pivot into being a “clean” energy company is taking a massive write-down on that failed endeavor. Fortunately for British Petroleum, its traditional refining is producing solid profit to help offset the losses from its pretend-energy division.
BP expects to take between $3 billion and $4.5 billion in post-tax impairment charges in the third quarter of 2026, primarily related to its energy transition businesses, even as stronger refining margins provide a significant earnings boost.
To abide with the edicts of the European state religion (The Sustainable Organic Church of the Carbon Apocalypse), BP had even started to claim that its initials stood for “Beyond Petroleum.” BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 was during the time that BP was promoting itself as being “beyond petroleum.” What this revealed is that the anti-carbon activists running BP were distracted by the “renewables” nonsense and had become indifferent to responsibly running a petroleum company.
With BP taking this new $4.5 billion write-off for failed “renewables” projects, its current CEO, Meg O’Neill, is acknowledging that “We have not been careful stewards of shareholder capital.”
While Ms. O’Neill has a regrettable history of voicing support for Net Zero goals, she has also hedged on timelines, as well as the practicality of reducing carbon output without natural gas. It would be so refreshing if oil company executives would start fully and unabashedly advocating for the product their industry produces, rather than pandering to enviro-communist politicians who want to eliminate the companies they head.
• Illegal hiring practices that exclude U.S. citizens.
• Surveillance pricing that charges customers different amounts for the exact same product from the same store.
• The use of unvetted, sub-contract labor.
Those of us who defend the prosperity brought about by free markets have always had our work cut out for us, because socialists promise “free everything” by the confiscation of others’ wealth. To make our economic case, we need businesses to operate as good corporate citizens, consistent with America’s historic culture of being a high-trust society. The motivation for a corporation to refrain from deceptive trade practices should not be the fear of legal consequences. Ethical behavior should be the default. Similarly, non-exploitative employment practices should be the expectation of Western capitalism, not something that must be compelled.
This piece is not behind a paywall. I’d be honored if you’d give it a read.
My latest at The American Spectator covers Instacart's persistent ethical transgressions & how this hampers the defense of capitalism. The latest: Instacart settled with the Justice Dept for discriminating against US citizens in favor of H-1B hires. https://t.co/FSphwbgiwb
Good morning kids. Hope you all had a relaxing and fun Halloween weekend. But as we all know tomorrow is it, unless you can still vote early wherever you may be you can cast your ballot today.
Haley Stevens is a “proud Democrat” who bashed GOP candidate Mike Rogers just this past summer.
So think about how bad Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed must be for Stevens to cross the political aisle and endorse Rogers, the Republican candidate she initially dismissed, for senator from Michigan.
So bad that El-Sayed dismissed an attack on a synagogue full of children by blaming Israel, claiming that “hurt people hurt people.”
So bad that when El-Sayed was asked whether Iran or Israel was the greater threat to the US, he answered both.
So bad that El-Sayed refused to denounce an advertisement that blamed Israel for high inflation.
Stevens had begged for El-Sayed to stop blaming the Jewish state for everything wrong in this world, and El-Sayed refused. . . Stevens has nothing to gain here. The Democratic machine, which prioritizes winning over morals, will disown her. She’s not looking for a future as a Republican. There is no money, no glory in this. There is only principle. Haley Stevens hasn’t changed, the party has changed, beholden now to the deranged “Free Palestine” antisemitic mob that cheers the terror of Hamas. She’s tried cautioning the Democrats. She’s tried convincing them. In the end, she came to the realization that so many Jewish-Americans have, to their sadness: The party has abandoned them. Hopefully her bravery will make a difference with voters this Election Day. Heed her warning.
Veteran Democrat strategist James Carville was slammed for disgustingly comparing Michigan Dem Rep. Haley Stevens to a “used condom” after she endorsed Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers over lefty candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
Carville said Stevens wasn’t even worth a used condom to Democrats after she broke with the party days before Election Day and sold her soul to the GOP for “two cheeseburgers” in his vulgar remarks Sunday.
“But your political career is over … if you think that these Republicans are gonna treat you as anything other than what they view you as, and that is, let me just break the news to you: a used condom,” Carville said Sunday in an episode of the podcast, Politicon.
Meh, for whatever it's worth both President Trump and speaker Mike Johnson invited Stevens to escape the Democrat hellhole and join the GOP. Carville is a criminal degenerate. You have to wonder what in the hell goes on between him and wife Mary Matalin. Or has she been murdered, dismembered and fed to his pet alligators.
In any case, as has been reported the usually reliably Democrat black voters in Michigan have some serious issues with el-Sayed so maybe Rogers could shock everyone with a win if blacks either stay home or even pull the lever for Rogers.
In 2026, the media have lectured us for months that the impending blue wave is the inevitable electoral payback for Trump’s crippling inflation, soaring gas prices, and war abroad—despite the fact that similar conditions did relatively little electoral damage to Democrats in 2022. . . We are also told that flipping a Texas Senate seat to the Democrats, with a possible James Talarico victory, will be a landmark turning point, given that a Democrat has not held such a seat in 33 years. Perhaps.. . We are also apprised that this inevitable blue wave reflects a nationwide disgust with Trump that will doom the last two years of his presidency. Perhaps again. .. And a midterm loss, especially in the second term, can sometimes even boost a president’s popularity. Indeed, in 1998, Clinton reached the highest approval level of his presidency at 73 percent and would leave office in January 2001 with an approval rating of 66 percent. . .
. . . In sum, we should remember a few things about the upcoming midterms.
First, the blue wave may not materialize, just as the red wave did not materialize in 2022, despite public unhappiness with the Ukraine war, inflation, and gas prices.
Of note is that VDH, no Pollyanna to be sure and well-versed in American and global history is remaining positive whatever the final score may be after tomorrow.
What can we hope for this year? Can Republicans defy history a third time? Better yet, can they manage until 2028 if they lose?
Let’s say that Democrats have a good night. It’s doubtful they will pick up forty seats like in Election 2018. Multiple sites have suggested as many as sixteen swing congressional districts. Let’s imagine that Democrats win enough swing seats to get a five-seat majority in the House of Representatives. . . Not only does Jeffries have to contend with opponents to his left, but a moderate faction within the current Democratic House conference will push him from the right. They have their love of capitalism, America, the police, and their rejection of pro-Palestinian extremism. . . My optimistic appraisal is that Republicans maintain a slim House majority. Party activists get excited in a banner year for their side, and they think they can push the most ideologically polarizing and still carry the day. . . Despite possible dark outcomes taking hold on Election Day 2026, we can hope for more than a silver lining to propel the larger MAGA for the future. At best, Democrats will take back the House on paper but accomplish nothing because of DSA v. Moderate Dem infighting. In the meantime, Republicans can capitalize on their Big Beautiful Bill; Trump will have resolved the Iran war, gas prices will go down, and Republicans can win big again in 2028.
. . . What the Democrat Party has become is truly horrific. Like Frankenstein’s monster, its political body is comprised of dead parts: Islamic supremacy, racial grievance, class warfare, cultural Marxism, cultish communism, child sacrifice, child mutilation, sexual deviance, and pagan gods. Everything the Democrats celebrate today is disgusting, gruesome, and deserving of an R-rating.
A lot of Americans have drifted from the Democrat to the Republican Party over the last few decades.
It is apt that the two Republican presidents of the last century that Republican voters rate most highly — President Reagan and President Trump — both spent parts of their lives as members of the Democrat Party.
=At what point does it not become obvious that the Democrat Party has become the “safe space” for grotesque evils?
When an illegal alien rapes and/or murders an American girl, Democrats in public office and Democrats working as “journalists” show more compassion for the rapist/murderer than they do for the broken victim.
This is monstrous, abhorrent, anti-American behavior that I would not have thought possible thirty years ago. Most of us remember a time when Americans took care of and protected other Americans. We beat back those who threatened our peace, and we hunted monsters that hurt American children. Now Democrats describe the monsters among us as victims and ignore the dead American girls and their suffering American families altogether. What a ghoulish, soulless party the Democrats have become.
God-willing may tomorrow be the harbinger of the complete destruction and extinction of the anti-American Democrat Left.
have a good day.VOTE EARLY & OFTEN!!!
ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
Victor Davis Hanson: The predicted blue wave may never materialize. And even if Democrats retake Congress, history suggests Trump could emerge stronger, not weaker, with the presidency's expansive powers. Midterm Election Incoherences, Misadventures, and Paradoxes
Haley Stevens is a “proud Democrat” who bashed GOP candidate Mike Rogers just this past summer. So think about how bad Democrat nominee Abdul El-Sayed must be for Stevens to cross the political aisle and endorse Rogers, the Republican candidate she initially dismissed, for senator from Michigan.So bad that El-Sayed dismissed an attack on a synagogue full of children by blaming Israel, claiming that “hurt people hurt people.” Haley Stevens’ act of bravery as her party abandons Jewish voters
The Democrats clearly believe it evil to oppose them in any way, and in fact believe that so strongly that several have already tried to kill Trump, another has murdered Charlie Kirk merely for using his freedom of speech, and numerous others enthusiastically celebrate these acts of assassination. Creation (Musk) vs Destruction (Democrat Party)
In yet another case of a conspiracy theory becoming established fact, the U.S. Treasury Department has confirmed that the nation’s largest banks consistently discriminated against customers based on political and social considerations. Debanking And Government Power
The survey “shows a total foreign-born (also called immigrant) [legalized and illegal] population of 50.4 million — up slightly from the 50.2 million in the 2024 [survey],” alongside 290 million U.S.-born Americans, says an October 30 report from the Center for Immigration Studies. Trump’s Policies Shrink Migrant Population in the U.S.
In Trump v. Barbara, the Supreme Court makes birthright citizenship depend on irrationality. The Folly of Trump v. Barbara
Spending on federal social programs reflects the aging population, as more Americans reach retirement age and become eligible for programs like Social Security and Medicare. The demographic problem compounds the debt problem as the cost of caring for elderly citizens continues to rise and spending cuts can trigger democratic backlash. The Trump administration is attempting to mitigate these costs through a massive anti-fraud drive spearheaded by Vice President J.D. Vance. The U.S. National Debt Has Reached 100 Percent of GDP.
Toronto native Daijohn Richards, 23, faces armed robbery charges and has a Canada-wide warrant out for his arrest over the break-in that unfolded Thursday at the $2.1 million property belonging to MAC Group CEO David Morton. Morton, 75, his wife, Doriana Zohil-Morton, and their adult daughters were attacked — allegedly by Richards and two other men — but amid the chaos that unfolded in the Bridle Path neighborhood, Richards was shot by one of the culprits, according to investigators. Toronto home invasion suspect wounded during break-in was allowed to walk free from hospital: cops
s EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
For a family paying tuition, “universal” apparently comes with expensive fine print. Colorado will help pay for preschool, provided the school accepts conditions the Catholic plaintiffs say require them to abandon their religious practices. Colorado’s ‘Universal’ Preschool Program Meets the First Amendment
From Vietnam-era campus protests to institutional influence, progressive ideas reshaped American politics and the Democrat party from within and without. How The New Left Transformed The Democrat Party
It won’t just be on October 31st that Democrats will show up at your door asking for treats (money). What’s in a name? Ask Democrats
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
According to the document, a binational treaty from 1970 sets the border between the two nations. Only the federal governments of both countries can set the borders. In its statement, Mexico’s government said it would pursue the matter and ensure the treaties are respected. Mexico Rejects Texas Claim to 9 Cartel-Controlled Islands in Rio Grande Border Dispute
EU-supported politicians attempted a coup d’etat in Poland and lost due to the bravery of the Polish president Karol Nawrocki and the thousands of Poles who support him. The EU Met Its Waterloo In Warsaw
The alliance in Europe between hard-line socialist parties, eco-warrior Greens, and Islamists has often raised the question of the extent to which leftists understand their progressive values clash with those of their new Muslim bedfellows. German Left Admit in Private They Are Afraid of Their New Pro-Palestine Allies
In this case, the patch of cellular structures sits in the northeast quadrant of a 24-mile-wide/7,000-foot-deep unnamed crater on the western rim of 85-mile-wide and 10,000-foot-deep Quinisset Crater. Despite the vague label giving by the scientists, this geology matches perfectly with numerous other images taken by MRO in the mid-latitudes, and also matches well with other orbital data that has confirmed the presence of near surface ice in such geology. More “cellular structures” inside Martian crater
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
The University of San Francisco announced Friday that “The Don” — a costumed figure sporting a pencil mustache and a green Spanish-style hat that has patrolled the sidelines since 1932 — will officially step aside at the start of the spring 2027 semester. California college caves to woke students by canceling mascot after 90 years
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The company saw net outflows of $3.64 billion (not $3.64 as Slashdot claimed) due to loss of trust, but has $170 billion in assets, which is kind of a lot.
Written entirely in Rust with no actual Linux code in it, but compatible enough that Rocky Linux 10 runs perfectly happily on top.
It doesn't support all the platforms Linux runs on, only modern Intel/AMD PCs, and it doesn't include the breadth of driver support Linux does. But it works, and it was developed, with AI assistance, in just 11 days.
This was done in the hardware by setting a limiting register that can never be changed on consumer cards, only allowing more expensive workstation and server models to achieve full performance.
But someone discovered a bug in the hardware that lets anyone with a consumer card basically crash it so that the register is cleared.
Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Sunday ONT. Appreciate you stopping by. Open thread, as always. Fashion and music, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?
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🚨 BREAKING: President Trump offers Rep. Haley Stevens (D) a spot in the Republican Party, and Speaker Johnson is worried for her safety after she backed Mike Rogers
Wow!
TRUMP: "I'd LOVE to have her. Mike, you talked to her!"
JOHNSON: I sent her a note...I told her how courageous she was...she's a good person...I encouraged her to stay safe. 🙏🏻
Think about that. A sitting Democrat congresswoman endorses a Republican, and the Speaker of the House feels he has to tell her to stay safe!
BECAUSE THE LEFT IS PSYCHO.
Her own mother says Haley was chased out of a park and called a "Zionist pig" this year
Not sure if this video has appeared in any previous threads. I could watch it all day!
🚨WATCH: Dramatic video shows an ICE agent forcefully pushing away a woman who tried to obstruct an active enforcement operation. https://t.co/vXAhyDw62L
Imagine putting together an entire halftime show based off of one woman doing a cover of Thunderstruck on xylophone……and having it KICK TOTAL ASS! https://t.co/BH2BWW5ibO
Kids get candy from most houses. These ideas are better!
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It's that time of the week - when we turn the ONT over to our good friend Piper for a bit. Here's this week's fashion pr0n.
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Thanksgiving 2026: Color Schemes That Look Polished and Feel Like Fall
Thanksgiving asks a lot of an outfit. It needs to survive a long meal, a warm kitchen, a cool porch, and at least a few photographs.
This year’s freshest direction leans into color stories that feel seasonal yet modern. Khaki with cream and tangerine offers a warm, approachable mix. Charcoal and mustard deliver clean contrast. Chocolate brown and olive bring earthy sophistication. And burgundy with blush pink remains the pairing everyone is talking about.
Khaki, Cream, and Tangerine
Khaki and cream create a soft, easy base that reads polished rather than plain. A pop of tangerine adds festive energy without tipping into costume territory. It is the kind of combination that feels intentional without trying too hard.
Chocolate Brown and Olive
Chocolate acts like a warmer black. It is rich, grounding, and flattering. Olive adds depth without competing. Together they feel elevated and sophisticated, the sort of look that is refined without being fussy.
Charcoal and Mustard
Charcoal provides a cool-leaning neutral. Mustard, ideally a golden or slightly muted ochre rather than pure yellow, injects warmth. The contrast is clean, modern, and perfectly polished for anyone who wants a fall feel without traditional earth tones.
Burgundy and Blush Pink
The season’s most talked-about pairing. Burgundy brings depth and richness while blush pink softens it and lifts the overall look. The tension between deep and delicate feels slightly unexpected. It is festive without being obvious.
For the Gentlemen
A cable-knit or fine-gauge sweater in burgundy, olive, or chocolate over tailored trousers or dark denim, finished with loafers or clean sneakers, is more than enough. A navy blazer adds polish without formality.
Thanksgiving is about gathering and good company. The right outfit simply lets you enjoy this time with a gentle nod to the season instead of looking like you were styled by the centerpiece. It frees you up to worry about more pressing matters, like the cranberry sauce setting or remembering to take the biscuits out of the oven before the smoke alarm goes off. Not that this has ever happened, of course.
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Howdy, Y'all! Welcome to the wondrously fabulous Gun Thread! As always, I want to thank all of our regulars for being here week in and week out, and also offer a bigly Gun Thread welcome to any newcomers who may be joining us tonight. Howdy and thank you for stopping by! I hope you find our wacky conversation on the subject of guns 'n shooting both enjoyable and informative. You are always welcome to lurk in the shadows of shame, but I'd like to invite you to jump into the conversation, say howdy, and tell us what kind of shooting you like to do!
Holy Shitballs! How in the ever-loving Hell did it get to be the First November Edition? I'm certain many of you were hoping for another October edition, but the Gun Thread always marches forward in the pursuit of excellence and to that end, we've now moved on to November.
I'll likely be in and out of the comments this evening, so please have a good time and try not to burn the place down. Thanks.
With that, step into the dojo and let's get to the gun stuff below, shall we?
So which is it, aiming or no aiming? A dichotomy, I say! A dichotomy!
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M14 v M1
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T20 - Grenades!
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Annie Oakley
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Rifle Boring Machines
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Uranus is Weird
Not mine. Yours.
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Our Pal The Forging Hammer
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Highway Patrol!
This week's episode: Careless Cop!
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The Phantom Planet
Uranus, perchance?
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Here are some different online cigar vendors. You will find they not only carry different brands and different lines from those brands, but also varying selections of vitolas (sizes/shapes) of given lines. It's good to have options, especially if you're looking for a specific cigar.
A note about sources. The brick & mortar/online divide exists with cigars, as with guns, and most consumer products, with respect to price. As with guns - since both are "persecuted industries", basically - I make a conscious effort to source at least some of my cigars from my local store(s). It's a small thing, but the brick & mortar segment for both guns and tobacco are precious, and worth supporting where you can. And if you're lucky enough to have a good cigar store/lounge available, they're often a good social event with many dangerous people of the sort who own scary gunz, or read smart military blogs like this one. -rhomboid
Anyone have others to include? Perhaps a small local roller who makes a cigar you like? Send me your recommendation and a link to the site!
Please note the new and improved protonmail account gunthread at protonmail dot com. An informal Gun Thread archive can be found HERE. Future expansion plans are in the works for the site Weasel Gun Thread. If you have a question you would like to ask Gun Thread Staff offline, just send us a note and we'll do our best to answer. If you care to share the story of your favorite firearm, send a picture with your nic and tell us what you sadly lost in the tragic canoe accident. If you would like to remain completely anonymous, just say so. Lurkers are always welcome!
That's it for this week - have you been to the range?
Food Thread: Beef-In-A-Bag And Other Deliciousness
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I made short ribs last weekend, and used a technique that is sure to raise the hackles of that small and deluded core of com-symps who reject modern cooking conveniences.
Yes...it was Sous Vide! And it was great. And all Sous Vide did was give me complete control over what was essentially a long slow braise at a very low temperature! The development of the roasted flavors that come via the Maillard reaction was a bit of a cheat, as I used homemade beef stock and Guinness Stout!
Delicious! Even if it did use a frog-invented technique!
Let's talk about bread. Specifically the utter, obscene, offensive ridiculousness of artisanal bread that costs $25 or $50 or $60...per loaf! You think I am kidding? Here is Martin Auer, a NYC bakery and clip joint that sells a rye loaf for $60. And if you aren't mortally offended by that price, just look at the other products he sells.
Flour, water, yeast, salt. That's it. The equipment necessary to make good quality bread that is better than supermarket bread and approaches the quality of many bakery's products is less than $100, and I'll bet that many of you have most of it anyway.
Sure, you can buy artisanal flour harvested by bare-breasted nymphs under a full moon, and milled with stones from Stonehenge, but good quality flour is $5 for a five-pound bag. Rye flour is more, but you only need about a pound of it for a large loaf.
I have been baking for a long time, so I have reasonably good dough-handling skills. It takes me about 15 minutes of work to make an excellent sourdough loaf that is better than 99% of the bread I have eaten. And sourdough is more difficult than good old white bread for sandwiches! You can make very good bread in a matter of a few minutes with what you have on hand at home. And it will be a fraction of the price of the supermarket stuff, and almost certainly better.
I am second to none in my pomposity and snobbishness when it comes to food and drink, but charging that much for a simple loaf of bread is simply f*cked.
And next week (if I remember) I will address the stupidity of the $8 Chocolate Chip Cookie!
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Long-time commenter and existentially flawed Manhattan maker "naturalfake" mentioned a drink I haven't had in forever. The Aviation is a classic cocktail when judged by its ratios, but the ingredients are a bit different....
Because I didn't have this stuff...
I made one with Crème de Cassis, which is a liqueur made from currents, and is most famously used in a drink called a "Kir," which is just dry white wine with Cassis to taste! Fun before dinner, and worth trying. "naturalfake" warned me that my Aviation with Cassis was not going to be as good, and he was correct, but it was still a tasty drink.
Of course I then ran to the store for a bottle of the real thing, and this was the result.
It is a nicer color than it looks...a delicate purple...and it was a success!
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Well, let us revisit one of the most important questions in cooking...to soak or not to soak your beans! DadCooksDinner weighs in with his instant pot solution, and because I am a traditionalist and a Luddite, I disapprove!
I either use canned beans or I soak the dried beans overnight. Anything else is an affront to the cooking gods and they will exact retribution!
Which reminds me, I think I am going to make a pot of WeaselBeenz!
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I have pontificated at length about the pleasures of expanding one's wine horizons. Yes, there are people who are content to drink Cabernet or Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc for their entire lives, and are perfectly content, and probably not bad people who kick puppies and pull the wings off flies.
But there are many other less-well-known grapes that are made into wonderful and usually less expensive wines for every day drinking. Here is a photo of a good bottle of a Spanish wine called Albariño, made from the grape of the same name.
It's inexpensive, delicious, and a great party wine because it isn't monstrously alcoholic. A nice crisp drink for a warm fall day! And yes, the gentleman in the background cooked the fantastic pork at the recent Texas Meet!
The moral of this story is to try the other grapes that winemakers use. They aren't paying a premium for the name of the grape, so in general there is more value in the bottle!
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Okay...now what? I had a lot of egg whites from the six egg yolks that went into my spectacular coffee ice cream with Heath Bars. So I made meringues, even though I didn't need an additional dessert, don't really like them that much, and wasn't expecting the brats to clean out the larder.
Yes, it is because I am a cheap bastard and don't like to waste. So I spent my time, a few bucks worth of sugar and cocoa powder, and I guess some natural gas to heat the oven. All so I wouldn't waste a few cents worth of egg whites.
I took them out too soon so they fell a bit. They were modestly pleasant to eat, but not something I will return too anytime soon...until I make ice cream again and have unused egg whites. Yes...it is a vicious circle!
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Maybe I am insufficiently attuned to the modern zeitgeist, but I don't give a shit who is touting the products advertised to me.
Do I like Mariano Rivera? Of course I do! He was the reason I didn't have to watch the end of the 9th inning when the Yankees were winning...back in the day when they actually won stuff. Lights out, seemingly a good man (maybe), and his attitude toward baseball and life was refreshing.
But what the hell does he know about hot sauce?
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The great garlic experiment of 2025-2026 was a resounding...meh. Send all of your excellent home-grown garlic to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com.
About the Bourbon Bubble...I think it has burst, but the category is also suffering from the inflation that affected everything else (Thanks Biden!). I think the sweet spot is still $40-$60 for excellent and interesting bottles, and bumping that to $100 gets you an incremental improvement in quality, but nothing mind-blowing. More than that and I think you are paying for hype and rarity, which may look good in your liquor cabinet, but doesn't translate to more quality in the bottle.
The problem...or the solution...is to buy lots of bourbon, take tasting notes, and eventually arrive at your favorites! It should take forty or fifty years, but it is worth it!
You can't see it? You can't see it. YOU CAN"T SEE IT!
That is the perfidy of the spider! The evidence, its web, is invisible to the camera, so a charge, trial, and execution is impossible.
But I know it is there. And there will be consequences.
Replace the fixture? Of course. That is the minimalist response. Also in the mix is a removal and replacement of the ceiling and wiring. And certainly replacement of the ceiling joists is a reasonable approach.
I could rant for pages and pages about the evils of government largesse replacing private charity. It doesn't work, it never worked, and it will never work. A cursory glance at Europe and it sclerotic economy will buttress the argument that governments are horrendously inefficient at everything they do, so why not ensure that they do as little as possible?
Luckily, Americans are an amazingly caring and generous people outside of the cities, and there are many thousands of charitable organizations that do yeoman's work caring for those in need.
And as humans are wont, some are poorly run. Some are purposefully designed to enrich their staff. Some are flat-out scams.
And of course, because this is America, organizations have arisen to inform us of the relative quality of these charitable efforts. And that is a very good thing, because most of us will have difficulty reading IRS Form 990, which is just the beginning of the labyrinth that is financial reporting.
One website I use is called CharityWatch, and they seem to be rigorous and consistent in their evaluations. And that's nice, because I don't want to have to wade through some bullsh*t political screed just to see the cost to fund-raise compared to total revenue!
One of the things I think is important is the salaries of the administrators and board. It is glaringly obvious that there are some non-profit organizations that should be stripped of that designation and thrown into the general pile of companies in it for the almighty buck. And don't get me started on universities and hospitals that hide behind their non-profit status to evade the taxes that every other provider of a product or service has to pay!
Sadly, there are more ways for charities to obfuscate and redirect and flat-out cheat than there are watchers, so there is always a risk that the $25 you sent to XYZ charity is actually being funneled to some NGO that hides wetbacks from ICE. But careful reading of the materials provided by the charity will provide clues.
For me? I look for the most direct line between my dollar and the recipient. Tunnel to Towers Foundation is a good example of a well-run charity that doesn't piss away its donor's money on stupid sh*t. They used to send me stuff in the mail, which I think is a waste. So I called them, and a real person answered the phone! I asked that all communication be via e-mail to save a few bucks. And I have never again gotten anything in the mail! Is that a big deal? No, but it shows that they are serious about their work.
I am not touting CharityWatch or Tunnels To Towers. There are many fine organizations that are aligned with your charitable interests, and a bit of research into them will minimize the possibility of waste or fraud.
And speaking of charities! All of the profit from The Deplorable Gourmet goes to a couple of excellent and efficient charities.
What? You don't know what that is? It is the greatest cookbook of the 21st century! And a perfect Christmas gift, or even better a wonderful book to bring to your Thanksgiving host. It is elegant, well written, and everyone is wearing their best in the photos. It's even got original art! Plus, the food is great.
Sunday Morning Book Thread - 11-1-2026 ["Perfessor" Squirrel]
—Open Blogger
Welcome to the prestigious, internationally acclaimed, stately, and illustrious Sunday Morning Book Thread! The place where all readers are welcome, regardless of whatever guilty pleasure we feel like reading (sponsored by Big Penguin). Here is where we can discuss, argue, bicker, quibble, consider, debate, confabulate, converse, and jaw about our latest fancy in reading material. As always, pants are required, unless you are wearing these pants*...
So relax, find yourself a warm kittymurderfluff (or warm puppy--I won't judge) to curl up in your lap, snack on leftover Halloween candy, and dive into a new book. What are YOU reading this fine morning?
This is the view of my library from where I'm sitting in my comfy recliner. Dead center you will find my complete collections of Calvin and Hobbes and The Far Side., guarded by a Lego Boba Fett. I used to have a Lego Super Star Destroyer on the shelf on the left hand side of the picture, but my catsmurderfluffs knocked it off and I moved it somewhere else. It's mostly intact. I don't spend nearly as much time reading in my library as I should. I do like to on occasion. However, whenever I do, certain kittiesmurderfluffs decide to join me and they don't always get along with one another, causing major distractions when I'm trying to read. So I usually end up reading at my desk in my office. The kittiesmurderfluffs don't bother me as much there.
COMFORT BOOKS
Dear "Perfesser" This is completely off topic, but I have a suggestion for a book thread. How about "comfort books" as opposed to "comfort foods" or books we have enjoyed very much and read again and again because they nourish our spirit or make us laugh, or we just feel good about reading them more than once.
I am thinking of this, because I am reading some selections of James Herriot All Creatures Great and Small, etc. He had such engaging descriptions of his work and his appreciation for (and sometimes exasperation) for the animsls and their people. Reading it takes me out of 21st century politics and to a simpler England.
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October is officially over, a month that is characterized by horror and terror as we end the month with Halloween. Now we are in November, looking forward to Thanksgiving in a few weeks, a time when we gather with friends and family to enjoy good food and fellowship. So why not celebrate November with "comfort books" as FenelonSpoke suggests above?
She brings up James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small as an example of a "comfort book" because of his wit and charm as he describes life as a veterinarian in rural England. I read that book many, many years ago when I was in junior high school and I admit I really liked it. I shall have to read it again someday.
My "comfort books" include the complete collections of Calvin and Hobbes and The Far Side, as shown in the top picture. Though to be honest The Far Side is physically a difficult book to read because each volume is so large and awkward. Still fun to read, as it includes annotations from Gary Larson about many of his cartoons.
Other notable works that I would consider "comfort books" includes many of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. They are great satire about the modern world but set in a fantasy world. Witty and poignant at the same time. Good books where you can curl up for a few hours and forget about the rest of the world around us.
I also enjoy Jim Butcher's Dresden Files series. Very re-readable with memorable characters, fun adventures, and creative world-building. We get to see Harry Dresden's journey from a mere wizard-for-hire in Chicago to becoming one of the most powerful wizards on the planet with the fate of the world in his hands. Fortunately he has a great support network of friends to help him in his life's journey. I love this series and can read them again and again.
I'm sure I have many more books that I would consider "comfort books" in my library. I know I've read The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan more than once because I find myself enjoying the company of the characters in the story as they go on their adeventures, saving the world from eternal darkness. I suppose that's true of a lot of the books I read. Terry Brooks, Tad Williams, Raymond E. Feist. P.C. Hodgell, Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, and now Robin Hobb are all authors I can return to again and again to enjoy their worlds and stories.
So, on a crisp autumn day, when Thankgiving is just around the corner, what books do YOU curl up with to bring you comfort?
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DOORSTOPPERS -- WHAT ARE THEY GOOD FOR?
Those of you who have been following what I read over time (all two of you) know that I am no stranger to reading "doorstoppers" -- i.e., novels that are several hundred pages long, many of which exceed a thousand pages each. I definitely would not recommend "doorstoppers" for novice readers. You have to work up to them.
My latest challenge is reading Robin Hobb's Realm of the Elderlings series. It consists of 16 books, with an average page count of around 670 pages per book (I know word count is more accurate, but page count is easier for me to calculate). None of these books are quick and easy reads. She's not the most complex author with respect to syntax, sentence structure, plot, etc., but she's still very good at her craft, requiring a fair amount of attention from the reader to understand all that's going on.
Perhaps my greatest conquest to date when it comes to reading doorstoppers is Malazan Books of the Fallen by Steven Erikson. (Average page count is 975 pages per book.) This ten-volume series is among the most complex stories I've ever read. You REALLY have to be on your game when you are reading these books because they can get very confusing very quickly if you aren't paying attention. The story is also non-linear in many places as each book takes place within a different part of the same timeline, but they are all connected in some way.
Why do I read such long books? I have plenty of much shorter books I could read. I do feel pressure to read more books because of my role as a curator of the Sunday Morning Book Thread, so if I'm not reading more books, I feel like I'm not keeping up with the rest of you avid readers out there. Doorstoppers take a long time to read. I can breeze through a 250-page Star Trek novel in just a few hours as those are largely just extended episodes of the television series in novel form. Reading a doorstopper might take me as long as a full week or more, depending on how invested I am in the story and how much time I have available. (These things called "jobs" keep getting in the way of my reading.)
One thing you have to watch out for when reading doorstoppers is that the pacing is suitable for the story. I hate reading 500 pages into a book only to encounter a major slog halfway through the story. Yes, there should be an ebb and flow to the pacing, but the author really does need to keep the story MOVING so that the reader doesn't get bored and tune out right before they get to the most exciting part at the end.
I do think that reading long books has helped me develop my ability to concentrate and focus on a single task at a time. I also think they have helped me with reading more material quickly, which is why I can read a much shorter novel in a very short period of time. John Bellairs' The Face in the Frost is less than 200 pages long, and I can read that in an afternoon if I'm so inclined. (It's also a great "comfort book!") Now that I've tackled one of the grand-daddies of doorstoppers in Erikson's Malazan series, I find myself less intimidated to read long books. A 900-page behemoth like Robert McCammon's Swan Song? No problem! Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive? Sure, why not? (Though it does have a terrible ending...).
What about you? Do you enjoy the occasional doorstopper? Or do you prefer more slender fare?
MORON RECOMMENDATIONS
I finished Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson. Imagine, if you would, Ron Goulart writing gritty grim-dark science fiction. That is Stephenson's cyberpunk.
Snow Crash touches on the problem of technology subverting central authority by making the traditional prerogatives of the state available to the individual, with the countering discussion on how this turns out on the street level with differing concepts of governance playing out on the neighborhood scale, and the needs for "intergroup diplomacy". (they shoot each other a lot to make each other stop shooting)
It also touches on how modes of thought are infectious, and can be used as a form of control, and posits a VR internet world underlaying the real world.
It also violates Chekov's gun in that elements at the beginning of the story -- for one a biometrically linked nuke -- are ignored at the end of the story.
It is still a silly story.
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Comment: No argument from me that Snow Crash is a silly story. I thought it was pretty cool and hip when I first read it in the 1990s. But now it's hilariously dated in many spots. I do find it to be a fun read, though, and I will gladly throw it on my "comfort reads" pile. I've read it so many times that I've been thinking of buying a replacement copy as my current paperback edition is pretty worn out. I know it was inspired in part by William Gibson's Neuromancer. I like Snow Crash much better.
Realm of the Elderlings - Liveship Traders Book 1 - Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb
I finished the Farseer Trilogy and moved on to Hobb's second series set in the Realm of the Elderlings.
Unlike Farseer, which uses first-person point of view, Liveships uses a third-person omniscient point of view, giving us insight into both the heroes and villains of the story. All of the characters are morally complicated, as the heroes are deeply flawed and the villains possess hidden virtues (well, some of them do).
It's a pretty good story about a family who has fallen on hard times and has to make difficult choices to survive while the world they inhabit changes around them. There's very little magic in this fantasy story. Most of it involves the "liveships"--living breathing sailing ships that can speak and act of their own accord. I think you could retell this story in a modern setting if you changed the "liveship" to a modern cargo vessel equipped with AI. That's how little magic is involved here.
Realm of the Elderlings - Liveship Traders Book 2 - Mad Ship by Robin Hobb
In the second book of the Liveship Traders series, the liveship Vivacia has been captured by Captain Kennit, a wannabe pirate king who seeks to use Vivacia to consolidate his hold over the other pirate ships. Meanwhile, the free city of Bingtown is being corrupted into a vassal state of the Satrap through his mercenary allies.
We also get more insight into the nature of magic as it applies to the Rain Wilds traders that are the source of Bingtown's wealth and prestige.
Tips, suggestions, recommendations, etc., can all be directed to perfessor -dot- squirrel -at- gmail -dot- com.
Disclaimer: Jack the sound barrier! BRING THE NOISE!
* I'm now contractually obligated to inform you that rickb223 is the sole recipient of a lifetime exemption from the pants rule on the Sunday Morning Book Thread. May God have mercy on us all...
In this case, they are trying to charge the companies that send data over the internet to customers in France for the data they send - at an utterly absurd 6 cents per gigabyte.
Costs to send data from a server - except for the big three cloud platforms which are wildly overpriced - start at about one cent per gigabyte at the high end, so France wants to levy a tax of 600% - on people who don't live in France.
Also, tiny problem with the article:
With approximately 154 million users and counting in France, the proposal's authors say such a tax could generate around €10 billion ($11.2 billion) in annual revenue for the government.
Yeah, I don't think so, mate. Even after being invaded by North Africa, the population of France stands at around 66 million.
Saturday Night Club ONT - October 31, 2026 [Disco & Dino]
—Open Blogger
Welcome to Club ONT - a whelming collaboration of The Disco and The Dino.
Open thread - bar is open, too. Come in in, grab a drink or 2. Or 3. Keep it light and friendly. Be careful though. The Moose is wearing a Halloween costume, so you may not immediately recognize him.
As intestinal parasites go, tapeworms are the stuff of nightmares. Though they can grow over 80 feet long in extreme cases, they often measure less than one-inch-wide. The intestinal parasites feast on their hosts, sucking valuable nutrients from mammals.
And then there's the havoc they wreak on bear butts. One bear spotted in southeastern Alaska's Tongass National Forest this summer knows all about that. The unnamed bear was spotted with multiple long tape worms poking out of its butt as it walked along Anan Creek.
For its service as a host to these long worms, the Rangers awarded this bear the 2026 Host with the Most Award. It's a reminder that nature can truly be gnarly.
Perhaps not an award one wants to win...
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A new USGS study reveals that an estimated 18.7 million bats have been killed at U.S. onshore wind energy facilities since 1981, far more than previously understood. By analyzing data from hundreds of wind projects, researchers identified the species most vulnerable to turbine collisions and uncovered patterns that could help reduce future bat fatalities.
The study's findings provide evidence-based solutions for decision makers. For example, the study supports previous evidence that stopping turbines when bats are more likely to be present may reduce mortality for some species.
In other words, stop wind mills unless you hate nature. The Science says so.
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Distinguished honorable mention:
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Club ONT will remain open for an extra hour tonight since the clocks go back an hour. Use the time wisely!
As Garrett's closet goes, these aren't the most offensive things in it!
Halloween is a silly and inoffensive pseudo-holiday that nonetheless has taken over America (and other parts of the world!). The best part is watching the wee little ones in their costumes, not particularly sure of what the hell is going on, but confident that people giving them candy is never a bad thing!
It's far better than Kwanzaa or National Executive Assistant Day or the other fake holidays that are much less fun, and almost always include a bit of hectoring and mandatory kowtowing to the demographic being celebrated.
Of course, I am an advocate for John Moses Browning Day, so maybe I am not impartial!
Before we get into the silliness of Halloween music, maybe a taste of something lovely, but with an apt name! Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered by Ella Fitzgerald
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For the second time in a row, something a little different!
"Libiamo ne' lieti calici" is usually shortened to "Libiamo," and it is one of the great and popular arias in operatic history. The opera -- La Traviata -- which means "The Wayward," or "The Wayward Woman," was written by a guy named Joe Green, and with that pedestrian a name, of course he is going to write about drinking!
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 feeling sparkly and decided on a crystal and gem theme for this Halloween Hobby Thread.
Crystals and gems? Read on, fellow hobbyists...
[Top photo: why isn't there a picture of a crystal or diamond for a crystal or diamond theme? Answer - if you had a dinosaur Halloween photo, wouldn't you post it?]
Disclaimer - I know next to nothing about crystals and gems. I barely survived chemistry and my earth sciences class did not include gemology. Like anything I don't know or understand, I respect geologists, miners, and people that understand how the science works. In addition, my small brain and short arms make mining and cutting problematic. All of that means I've gathered random content that caught my eye, but will need help from the Horde in the gray boxes to make this work.
Credit for the hobby thread theme comes from this post last week:
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The content may not be your favorite but give it a chance before you judge and bail out. More importantly, what are you hobbying? Jump in with your hobbying, interests, stories and questions.
Anything (legal) you are hobbying is welcome. If nothing resonates, offer something else relating to hobbying or 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). Pants? Nope. 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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Apparently you can grow crystals at home with fertilizer? Has anyone done this? I'm pretty sure I would cause an explosion rather than grow a crystal.
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Is faceting the same as grinding or cutting?
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Can experience overcome low end equipment? Can higher end equipment compensate for a lack of experience? Either way, this video likely proves that you don't need to spend huge dollars to get into this hobby:
Do you know Destin? Of course you know Destin. Who better to show opal mining in Australia?
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I don't know anything about leather working but this project to make a maul (mini hammer) used a lot of different crafting skills. Then he uses it on a leather project.
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Remember this guy? Interesting test. Fascinating to see the measurements. These induction heaters are impressive. Anyone have one of these in your tool kit?
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Horde Hobbying:
From Semper Why:
I bought a couple of smart bird feeders last year. One for my parents and one for my house. They're pretty slick.
The downside is that the squirrels will climb the wooden pole and eat the feeder dry in a day. I could mount it higher and put in a squirrel guard, but my 70 year-old mother would need a ladder to refill the feeder. So like an idiot I got to designing.
I built a pulley & carriage system for 3/4" electrical conduit and connected it to a volleyball net tension winch. I 3D printed the pieces out of PLA and after 4 versions, I seem to have hit on a workable design. Now my mother can raise & lower the feeder with the winch and the squirrels can't get past the guard attached to the carriage.
So far, so good. The squirrels haven't been in either feeder in a month.
Looks clever! Anyone else have home built squirrel solutions? (Perfessor excepted of course...)
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Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week? We did a geocaching theme. The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.
Notable comments from last week:
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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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Reminder: if you put links in the comments, use a URL shortener and describe what you're linking to. Failing to do either or both makes you barrel-eligible. Don't make people click to find out what you're linking.
Boo! Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Or just email to say hello. Do mighty things.
You settle onto the couch after a tiring day, and your cat curls up beside you, resting its head against your hand. Its warm fur and purring are familiar parts of your bond.
How that connection affects both your bodies is less understood.
Scientists in Japan looked for signs of that connection in two hormones. Oxytocin plays a role in social bonding and can rise during affectionate contact. Cortisol helps regulate the body's response to stress and its use of energy.
The study, published in iScience, found that owners with higher oxytocin tended to have cats with higher oxytocin, too. Higher feline oxytocin was also associated with fewer negative emotions and lower cortisol in owners.
How these associations arise is still unclear. Petting is one possible explanation, lead author Saho Takagi of Kyoto University told ScienceAlert.
Courtesy NorCal Sierra Foothills Lurker
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Think these numbers are accurate?
The speed of dogs and big cats https://t.co/ueUPAPL3oI
In the Old World, people carved turnips and gourds into lanterns to scare away evil spirits. In America, they used pumpkins instead. Irish legend says a fellow named Jack was barred from hell for being too tricky, and had to walk the earth carrying a lantern lit with an ember the devil gave him. His name was Jack of the Lantern—or, as we say today, Jack-o'-Lantern.
This reminded me of my mom's childhood experience in Switzerland (no Halloween in Switzerland at the time 1940s) but there was a festival she told me about that was held around Halloween time.
She said kids carried hollowed out turnips that were illuminated with a candle and paraded through the street. The turnip lanterns were carried on a stick. I remember my mom telling me that she and her brother carried a hollowed out pumpkin instead!
Pumpkins of course were popular in America during autumn, and because my mom's papa was born in America he was familiar with pumpkin carving and pumpkin pie, which was not a "thing" in Switzerland.
My mom used to tell me how all the kids were very impressed with the large pumpkin lantern that my mom and her brother carried in the parade. She said her father had hung their pumpkin from a long stick that she and her brother held at each end.
Wish I had an old photo of that! My grandpa did take many photos for that era...but alas, no pumpkin parade picture. I did find pictures online about the Turnip Parade. Today it seems they create turnip sculptures too comprised of many turnips. Here’s a few of turnip lanterns. (Rabelichtli-meaning turnip and "lichtli" small light, and together they make a turnip lantern)
I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.
I think this is it on the flower sales front for this year, ending on quite a high with these 2 jars ❤️🍁💐
I don’t make wreaths (they’re just not me) so I’ll be getting everything ready for spring and no doubt buying more dahlias and lots of seeds 🙄😂
Have a good evening 🍁💐🍁 https://t.co/VtKZs4WauB
One of the greatest ironies of the COVID era, for me, was watching people whose self-concept revolved around championing multiculturalism, Indigenous wisdom, and respect for non-Western traditions suddenly demand absolute conformity to a single Western biomedical approach to health.
Traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurveda, and countless Indigenous healing traditions around the world emphasize the health of the whole organism, its environment, and the cultivation of balance and resilience over fighting a particular pathogen.
Yet during COVID, discussions of these perspectives—overall health, fitness, mental health, nutrition, and internal balance—were met with ridicule and even censorship, while people who refused the novel allopathic pharmaceutical intervention were excluded from most aspects of society.
It was so dark that it was hard to appreciate the parody. People whose entire cultural narrative revolved around multiculturalism were insisting that everyone conform to the dominant Western biomedical establishment—a system consolidated through Rockefeller-era reforms, backed by oil wealth, that marginalized traditional approaches to medicine.
Anyone who refused to conform to the system during the Covid era was treated as an ignorant savage, too stupid or dangerous to participate in society.
Edgar Allen Poe turned his terrors into art, revealing a darker truth about the American dream. His nightmares are ours, too.
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It looks like Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest (Kehlsteinhaus) has been gutted, perhaps beyond repair. It’s an important historical site & lasting monument to the Führer’s monomania.
I wrote about a visit there for @LawLiberty in 2023: https://t.co/9L3ZiCSQGT
Yours truly in the lift. 1/2 https://t.co/vCZcIbI8Xi
— Helen Dale (not on your team, but always fair) (@_HelenDale) October 24, 2026
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The Founding
October 31, A Daily Dose of the American Rev
On this day in 1780 General Nathanael Greene wrote George Washington, expressing his great concern over the condition of the army in the Southern Department (of which he was about to assume command) and describing his pleas for arms and provisions. “I shall have the satisfaction of having done all in my power,” he concludes, “and if there is not public spirit enough in the people to defend their liberties, they will well deserve to be slaves.” The entire letter is a good read and a very interesting look at how desperate the situation was as the fateful year 1781 approached.
Philadelphia October 31st 1780
Sir,
On my arrival at this place I laid your Excellency’s letter before Congress and addressed them on the business of the Southern department. I am happy to inform you that my appointment is perfectly agreeable to their views and wishes. But I am sorry to acquaint you that from the best account I can get of the state and condition of the troops in that quarter, nothing is to be expected from them, unless large supplies can be forwarded from the Northward. They are altogether without clothing and blankets, and totally unfit for any kind of service. To carry them into the field in this condition will only fill the hospitals and sacrifice the lives of a great many valuable men. Arms are not less wanting than Clothing, and Waggons as much as either. Men I believe may be had if it was in our power to equip them for the field. But how we shall do this is difficult for me to imagine. Congress can furnish no money, and the Board of War neither clothing or other necessaries. Indeed the prospect is dismal, and truly distressing.
I beg your Excellency to urge unceasingly the necessity of forwarding supplies for the southern Army, as it will be impossible to carry on a winters campaign without clothing.
I have laid before Congress an estimate of our wants; but there is not the shadow of a prospect of their being furnished unless constant attention is paid to the business. And I am apprehensive as soon as I am gone, and no one left to urge our wants they will soon be forgotten.
The late success of the Militia against Col. Ferguson, I am in hopes will be attended with good consequences. It will give a severe check to the Tories and spirit and confidence to the Whigs. A report prevails this day that Lord Cornwallis has retreated precipitately from Charlotte, towards Camden.
The detachments of the Enemy that sailed lately from New York are landed at Portsmouth in Virginia; and it is said the shipping are pushing up the rivers. The troops have taken possession of the great bridge, by which I am told they command all the lower Counties.
How to employ our little force if we are attacked both in Virginia and N. Carolina at the same time is difficult to determine. My first object will be to equip a flying Army to consist of about eight hundred horse and one thousand Infantry. This force with the occasional aid of the Militia will serve to confine the enemy in their limits and render it difficult for them to subsist in the interior country.
I see but little prospect of getting a force to contend with the enemy upon equal grounds and therefore must make the most of a kind of partizan war until we levy and equip a larger force.
Such was the difficulty of getting provisions and providing the means of transportation that Genl Gates writes in his last letter that the Army was in the utmost danger of disbanding.
Congress have invested me with the same powers they gave to Genl Gates, and annexed Maryland and Delaware to the Southern department.
The arrangement of the Army has taken place, and I hope upon a footing which will render it more respectable than it has been, provided the business of Finance can be got into some regular order: but that is our weak side; and I wish our distresses may be painted in their true colours to the Minister of France, as he intimated to Baron Steuben that your Excellency did not appear to be apprehensive of any difficulty from the state of our affairs.
I have made application to the Merchants of this city for clothing for the Southern army; but they excused themselves as having engaged more already than they can perform. I intend to try to put subscriptions on foot in Maryland and Virginia for the purpose of supplying clothing. Whether it will produce any good or not time only can determine. At any rate I shall have the satisfaction of having done all in my power; and if there is not public spirit enough in the people to defend their liberties, they will well deserve to be slaves.
General Knox promised to send forward a company of Artillery if your Excellency approved thereof I wish they may come forward without loss of time. This State have promised to lend me one thousand stand of Arms upon a promise of their being replaced which I beg your Excellency to give an order for, as this was the only footing they could be obtained upon. I have the honor to be With every sentiment of respect and esteem Your Excellency’s Most Obedient Humble Servant.
The conjunction of Halloween and the midterms could be considered ominous, but it’s good for meme-makers. Otherwise, this week’s news was mostly last week’s news–riots in France and Ilhan Omar, still unsure about whom, exactly, she has been married to.
Comments are closed on the thread above so you won't ban yourself by trying to comment on a week-old thread. But don't try it anyway.
FRANCE: For a carefully-worded piece which might help someone who is not too far gone over to the left understand that the problem with immigration in France is not just about recent immigration, consider sharing this piece on Mere Anarchy by Theodore Dalrymple.
The Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival
—Misanthropic Humanitarian
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 Denton.)
1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate. Don't forget to say a prayer or three.
2) Be kind, be nice. Vote early and vote often.
3) Running with sharp objects is really not a good idea.
4) Have a great weekend!!!
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:
9/18 – Random Dave posted an update to his job progress. He is still looking for FT work, but has accepted a substitute teacher position (more flexibility for interviews, some income to slow the bleeding). He asks for prayers that the interview results he is waiting on will get back to him soon, especially if one is the “right job”. If any are “not the right job”, they would fall away soon and get back to him, and that if all of them are “not the right job”, the ‘right job” would show itself aggressively, so he doesn’t miss it! He also thanks the Horde and the folks at church for their prayers and support.
8/14 Update – Random Dave needs continued prayers for his job situation, that God would guide him to the right one soon, and also for prayers for M’s grandmother, who fell the other day and tore a ligament.
10/22 Update – M’s grandmother is healing well. She is mostly mobile now (on crutches), and occasionally has bouts of bad pain. They praise God for the healing and humbly request additional healing. Random Dave reports no real change on his job situation. He continues to pray for God to make the path known as he applies, and periodically deal with “good” interviews that end up going nowhere.
9/18 – Brother Tim posted that he has been overnight in his car more than indoors. He is convinced that his retirement/resignation was a severe error, a result of fatigue and depression. He asks for prayers.
10/17 – Bother Tim posted that he has been in the hospital for 3 weeks.
10/10 – Just Some Guy asked for prayers for his former work colleague, who had a heart attack and stroke.
10/10 – Mile, okravangelist, requested prayers for Mama Publius, for grace and fortitude, and that she passes in her sleep. Mama Publius is in home hospice care.
10/24 Update – Mama Publius passed away this past week.
10/14 – NR Pax requested prayers for a friend, whose husband died on 10/10 after a long illness.
10/17 – Pooky’s Girl posted that she is in the hospital, because Wee Pooky is threatening to come early at 30 weeks.
10/24 Update – Pooky’s Girl’s contractions have been stopped. She is at 31 weeks along, so every week that Wee Pooky stays put is less time in the NICU.
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.
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Goodbye Horde, I am stepping away from the blog. I have volunteered to fill in if needed but this is goodbye to the Coffee Thread & The ONT. Everything is fine. It's just time to walk away. I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for making the Prayer Thread the most uplifting Thread anywhere on the web. Be well my friends.
Democrat propagandist Anderson Cooper shed any pretense of being a journalist and just attacked Stevens for flip-flopping, as she had earlier (begrudgingly) endorsed Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed. Stevens kept explaining why she had changed her position, but the Objection Journalist Who Supports Women just kept interrupting and talking over her and re-asking the same question-- why did you change your mind -- with a tone that suggested maybe it was just because of her menses.
Email confirmed as once used by the Muskily Heterosexual James Talarico found in leak of emails of Fling.com sex dating site:
An email address that James Talarico's attorneys confirmed belonged to and was at one time used by the Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate appears in a database search result associated with the adult dating website Fling.com's 2011 data breach. A Fling.com account was created with Talarico's email address just before Talarico began teaching sixth graders.
The result lists the username "mohawk787" and an account creation timestamp of December 26, 2010, at 20:56:49. The profile's interests field lists "FETISH," "GROUPSEX," "SEXUAL RELATIONS," "ONLINE FLIRTING," and "OTHER."
Townhall shared the information described in this article with the Talarico campaign and requested comment Friday morning, and in response, a mere 35 minutes later, received a four-page, detailed letter from legal counsel for Talarico that addressed some, but not all of the information described in this report.
"Well I can't believe the trans-child-obsessed Confirmed Bachelor James Talarico is into group fetish shit," said noted void phantom Doctor Nullity, The Man Who Never Existed
I'm not the guy who noted this, I saw it on X (Razib Khan maybe), but The Bulwark could be "audience capture". It might have started as the Frum / 90s-Kristol / NRO classic Eisenhower Republicanism. But nobody was reading the Bulwark except leftists.
Tallyrand has a quote on this, "I am their leader so I must follow them".
Same goes for David French, Christianity Today, and the "Anxious Bench" side of Patheos. They may have started out Christian. But it wasn't Christians signing their checks.
Flashback: "trans man" Lawyer freaks out after a judge denies "his" motion. He's ultimately arrested. "He" makes so much drama he was just recruited to develop a new CW show.
I'm just wondering if this flighty high-calorie pyrsyn is also in the news today for other reasons....
Update: No, it's not. Zee/Zem says they's name is like "Rob Hopkins" or something. Story here, courtesy of The Blade
[Song title]
Don't breathe down my neck, no
I got no trophies on display
I sign them away
I mean what the heck
All of your promises
Don't fill me with pride no
I just wanna get out on the floor
And do the Cuban slide, slide, slide, slide
From Anonosaurus Wrecks:
@NBCNews
Although Brazil's presidential election took place more than 4,000 miles away, the baseless conspiracy theory that it was stolen raced through the American right-wing media.
Podcast: The Brazil and Israel elections, the evil left, and more!
We call on France to exercise restraint when dispersing the freedom fighters on the streets of Paris. These brave warriors for justice must receive immediate humanitarian aid, and their safety must be guaranteed in accordance with international law. Failure to comply will leave us no choice but to bring a case before the ICJ, in close cooperation with that renowned champion of human rights, Afghanistan.
Forgotten 80s Mystery Click: Garrett's Sus iPod Edition Everybody wants you
Everybody wants your love
I'd just like to make you mine, all mine Just imagine he's singing that to a dude. BTW I thought this was a completely different band from Garrett's Sus iPod, the Bay City Rollers.
Podcast: The Nobel Peace Prize farce, Ilhan Omar in hot water, Talarico's disappearance, Guilfoyle is a crook, Should Nidal's execution be streamed, Bugs Bunny, and more!
