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Supreme Court Seems Likely To Rule That the President Has Control Over, Get This, the Exectutive Branch
—Ace
" " " Reformers " " " decided that the actually-responsible, actually-elected political leaders were too corrupt so we should give power to appointed bureaucrats who, of course, cannot be corrupt and only want What's Best for Everybody.
A plethora of "independent" agencies were created. Into these agencies were poured executive power, taken from the actual Executive. And it was claimed the actual president could not fire the commissioners of these agencies, even if they were appointed by previous presidents and were now working to thwart the will of the current elected president.
It's this last part that got the most attention from the Supreme Court during oral arguments today. What kind of a system, they wondered, allows prior presidents, who no longer have any constitutional power -- like Joe Biden -- to essentially continue governing through the commissioners he appointed, stopping the actual Chief Executive of the United States from carrying out his duties?
Why is the dead hand of the last president allowed to strangle the current one?
The Supreme Court signaled Monday that it's prepared to hand President Donald Trump another win in his drive to consolidate his power over federal agencies.
During arguments over Trump's dismissal of Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter, the high court's conservative majority appeared intent on overturning or effectively gutting a 90-year-old precedent that upheld restrictions on the president's ability to fire leaders of independent agencies across the executive branch.
"I think broad delegations to unaccountable independent agencies raise enormous constitutional and real world problems for individual liberty," Justice Brett Kavanaugh said during the arguments.
Overturning that precedent, known as Humphrey's Executor, has become a key goal for conservatives.
"The text and structure of the Constitution confer on the president the exclusive and illimitable power to remove executive officers, and as a result of that Humphrey's should be overruled," Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the justices on Monday, repeatedly calling the 1935 ruling "a decaying husk."
The White House told Slaughter in March that she was fired, without citing any concern about her performance or conduct. A federal appeals court ruled that Slaughter should be reinstated, but the Supreme Court said her dismissal could take effect while it considered the merits of her claim -- and now seems poised to rule against her.
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Kavanaugh sought reassurances that such a ruling wouldn't allow presidents to fire Federal Reserve governors.
"We recognize and acknowledge ... that the Federal Reserve is a quasi private, uniquely structured entity that follows a distinct historical tradition," Sauer said, calling the Fed "sui generis," or in a category by itself.
The Supreme Court has also lined up for argument next month a case over Trump's attempt to fire Federal Reserve Board member Lisa Cook. The justices signaled in May that they were inclined for historical reasons to give the Fed more autonomy than other agencies. And in October they issued an order that allowed Cook to stay in her job until the court resolves that fight.
Justices Samuel Alito and Amy Coney Barrett suggested the court could rule for Trump in the FTC case, while leaving the knotty issues around some other agencies for another day. Alito proposed that the court could "reserve decision on those agencies that may not come before us in the near future, or perhaps at any time in the future."
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 BREAKING: Justice Brett Kavanaugh intellectually PUMMELS DEI Justice Ketanji Jackson at the Supreme Court on whether President Trump can fire a Democrat member of the FTC 🔥
JACKSON: I don't understand why the president gets to control everything and outweigh Congress' authority and duty to protect the people!
KAVANAUGH: "When both houses of Congress and President are controlled by the same party - them creating a lot of these 'independent' agencies with or extending current independent agencies, into these situations, to THWART future presidents of the opposite party..."
TRANSLATION: DEI Jackson wants single party rule to destroy Article 2 under the guise of "independence," Kavanaugh warns that's antithetical to the presidency.
Low-IQ Justice Jackson "doesn't understand" a lot of things.
It's not just that she's stupid. It's also that this is preferred method of left-wingers to passively-aggressively disagree. Instead of saying "I disagree," they almost always say "I don't understand why..." and then specify the thing they disagree with.
She is constantly, constantly saying "I don't understand why..."
🚨 BREAKING: Justice Brett Kavanaugh intellectually PUMMELS DEI Justice Ketanji Jackson at the Supreme Court on whether President Trump can fire a Democrat member of the FTC 🔥
🚨 JUST IN - SUPREME COURT: "President Trump is on the cusp of an apparent Supreme Court VICTORY with justices signaling they may allow him to fire a [Democrat] member of the Federal Trade Commission *WITHOUT* cause."
Gorsuch rejects the Democrats' claim that there is a "fourth branch of government" -- the federal bureaucracy, which Democrats hold may shackle a Republican president. (Republican bureaucrats cannot, of course, bind a Democrat president).
The bureaucracy has no power except what the President devolves to them, and they may only use that power in the way that the Chief Executive decides.
"Maybe it’s a recognition that Humphrey's Executor was poorly reasoned and that there is no such thing in our constitutional order as a 4th branch of government..."
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch DROPS THE HAMMER in case to decide Trump's control over his own administration pic.twitter.com/d0lOqC9JXH
Grijalva gibbered on X, "ICE just conducted a raid by Taco Giro in Tucson -- a small mom-and-pop restaurant that has served our community for years. When I presented myself as a Member of Congress asking for more information, I was pushed-aside and pepper sprayed."
I know you'll be shocked, but she didn't just present herself and ask politely for information. She rushed screaming at ICE officers, ordering them to leave, and tried to disrupt their operation.
🚨 BREAKING: Newly released video PROVES Democrat Rep. Adelita Grijalva was LYING about being pepper sprayed by ICE agents
It wasn’t even CLOSE.
In fact, the video shows her ACTIVELY OBSTRUCTING agents from conducting arrests@Rep_Grijalva should be ARRESTED for obstruction!… pic.twitter.com/eerWQze3xu
Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin responded on Dec. 5 to Grijalva's disgusting accusation, noting the fact that the mob of which the Democrat representative was a part seriously injured ICE officers. It is illegal in any case to interfere actively with ICE operations, but if that interference results in the injury of federal law enforcement officers, it would seem the mob -- Grijalva included -- could be guilty of multiple crimes.
McLaughlin drily commented on Grijalva's dubious complaint that she was still suffering the effects of the pepper spray: "If her claims were true, this would be a medical marvel. But they're not true. She wasn't pepper sprayed. She was in the vicinity of someone who *was* pepper sprayed as they were obstructing and assaulting law enforcement. In fact, 2 law enforcement officers were seriously injured by this mob that @Rep_Grijalva joined. Presenting one's self as a 'Member of Congress' doesn't give you the right to obstruct law enforcement. More information forthcoming."
This is unacceptable. Rep. Grijalva was just doing her job looking out for her community, and she got pepper sprayed for it. I know she won't let it stop her from fighting for her constituents. https://t.co/DbbxXf1dGU
You really think the American people are stupid, don’t you?
Luckily I saved the FULL video of you LYING about being pepper sprayed — even though you “conveniently” trimmed that section out of your post https://t.co/3c2TuW3XxK
As you walk down a particular hallway on the seventh floor of the Humphrey Building in Washington, D.C., you'll find a line of photographic portraits of all the people from years past who have led the Public Health Corps at the federal Department of Health and Human Services.
Only one of those portraits is of a transgender person: Adm. Rachel Levine, who served for four years as President Biden's assistant secretary for health. She was the first transgender person to win Senate confirmation, and her portrait has been displayed in the hallway since soon after she was confirmed in 2021. The role is a four-star admiral position in charge of the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service.
Levine's official portrait was recently altered, a spokesperson for HHS confirmed to NPR. A digital photograph of the portrait in the hallway obtained by NPR shows that Levine's previous name is now typed below the portrait, under the glass of the frame.
Levine responds
"During the federal shutdown, the current leadership of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health changed Admiral Levine's photo to remove her current legal name and use a prior name," says Adrian Shanker, former deputy assistant secretary for health policy in the Biden administration who worked with Levine and is now her spokesperson. He called the move an act "of bigotry against her."
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Levine told NPR that it was an honor to serve the American people as the assistant secretary for health "and I'm not going to comment on this type of petty action."
Well, Sir, you did call it petty, so you lied about not commenting.
NPR asked HHS who made the change and why. In response, HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon wrote: "Our priority is ensuring that the information presented internally and externally by HHS reflects gold standard science. We remain committed to reversing harmful policies enacted by Levine and ensuring that biological reality guides our approach to public health."
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Shanker says the alteration of Levine's official portrait is unprecedented. He praised her public health work on COVID-19, syphilis, HIV/AIDS and opioids, and said rather than act vindictively towards her, current leaders at HHS should focus on the many public health challenges facing the American people.
Levine is one of the many mentally-ill people who don't like feeling "marginalized" due to their mental illness so they embarked on a crusade to make the entire world -- starting with the children, of course -- mentally ill like themselves.
It is time to say no, and no, and no again, and keep saying no to the lunatics until they understand that their sickness is their sickness and they must stop attempting to infect the healthy.
Mercedes Benz goes airborne, soaring over other cars, in terrifying caught-on-video crash
A luxury Mercedes Benz sedan went airborne and sailed over other traffic in a terrifying crash -- with the entire incident caught on heart-stopping video.
Just to put your minds at ease: Despite flying through the air twenty feet above the ground, the driver only suffered some broken bones.
The dramatic wreck unfolded Wednesday night in the Romanian city of Oradea, where the car jumped a curb, nearly smashed into a bus and flew into the air and over other cars, The Sun reported.
Miraculously, the 49-year-old driver walked away with just a few broken bones, the outlet said.
Police said the driver suffered a diabetic episode and fainted behind the wheel, with his vehicle then barreling out of control and soaring into the air and eventually into a utility pole near a local gas station.
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Cops fined the unidentified injured driver the equivalent of $365, and he faces a 90-day license suspension, the outlet reported.
A Mercedes went airborne over two cars in a wild crash in Romania — and the driver somehow walked away. Social media is already calling it “Mercedes Airlines.” pic.twitter.com/AvjiPaYqCE
Family of J5 Bomber Denies Leftwing Media Claims That Bomber Was MAGA
—Ace
"Sources" put out the word to leftwing CNN and the Washington Post stating that the J5 Bomber "expressed doubts" about the 2020 election.
They pushed this claim to prop up their narrative that the bomber was inspired by Trump to plant the bombs.
In fact, he started buying bomb components in 2019 and then bought more of them during the George Floyd riots. All before the election.
So what, is he a MAGA Psychic?
Note to self: Copyright "MAGA Psychic."
Here's what I think happened. I would bet any number of dollars on this.
I think lefty FBI determined to tie this to Trump kept asking him if he accepted the fake results of the rigged 2020 election and eventually he made a half-hearted, noncommittal statement like "I don't know, maybe it was fixed, I dunno."
And then they ran to CNN and Washington Post: "HE DENIED THE 2020 ELECTION!"
Here are true facts: people are 1, naturally suspicious generally, and 2, even more suspicious of political power, and 3, often, unless they're twitter blowhards like Candace Owens, admit doubt about things they don't know much about.
The only people in America who are 100% certain of things that no sentient being should be certain of are ideologically deranged lefties, who believe in All the Things, passionately and zealously.
The same people who mock people for believing in God are 100% convinced they are on the right side of history and are going to Political Heaven.
At any rate, the bomber's leftwing BLM-supporting family is pushing back against what they probably see as defamation by the media.
The grandmother of the January 6 pipe bomb suspect denied in a news report Friday that her grandson was a fan of President Donald Trump, arguing that he had no party affiliation and never votes in elections.
The 30-year-old suspect has been identified as Brian Cole Jr., who allegedly confessed to planting the two bombs and told FBI interrogators that he is a Trump supporter and holds anarchist views, sources told MS NOW.
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"He's borderline autistic," she claimed. "He's slow. He may be 30, but he's got the mind of a 16-year-old. That's why we're thinking - What the hell? What's going on?"
The grandmother said her grandson works a data entry job for his family's bail bonds business and does not like either political party, so she does not believe the charges against Cole.
"He's not politically affiliated with anything," the grandmother said. "He has no social media contacts. He's never online going back and forth with politics or anything like that. He says he don't like either party.
She also claims he's not an anarchist. On that, I think she's probably wrong.
Zelensky's Government Sabotaged Oversight, Allowing Corruption to Fester
Ukrainian leaders blame independent advisers for failing to prevent graft. A Times investigation found that President Volodymyr Zelensky's own administration removed guardrails.
By Constant Méheut and Kim Barker
Reporting from Keeev
When Russian troops invaded Ukraine, Kyiv's Western allies faced a dilemma: how to spend billions supporting a government fighting Russia without watching the money vanish into the pockets of corrupt managers and government officials.
The stakes were high because Ukraine's vital wartime industries -- power distribution, weapons purchases and nuclear energy -- were controlled by state-owned companies that have long served as piggy banks for the country's elite.
To protect their money, the United States and European nations insisted on oversight. They required Ukraine to allow groups of outside experts, known as supervisory boards, to monitor spending, appoint executives and prevent corruption.
Over the past four years, a New York Times investigation found, the Ukrainian government systematically sabotaged that oversight, allowing graft to flourish.
The New York Times suddenly discovers that the country featuring oligarchs who paid off Joe Biden to pressure the government to fire a prosecutor who was investigating the corruption of the company Hunter Biden was being bribed by might have a problem with corruption.
They have denied this for 10 or 15 years now.
President Volodymyr Zelensky's administration has stacked boards with loyalists, left seats empty or stalled them from being set up at all. Leaders in Keeeev even rewrote company charters to limit oversight, keeping the government in control and allowing hundreds of millions of dollars to be spent without outsiders poking around.
Supervisory boards serve an essential oversight function, allowing independent experts, typically from other countries, to scrutinize major decisions inside Ukrainian state-owned companies.
They are also central to the corruption scandal swirling around Mr. Zelensky's government. Anti-corruption authorities have accused members of his inner circle of siphoning off and laundering $100 million from the state-owned nuclear power company, Energoatom.
Wait, a Urkanian energy company is corrupt and scamming aid money?
Now do Burisma.
Mr. Zelensky's administration has blamed Energoatom's supervisory board for failing to stop the corruption. But it was Mr. Zelensky's government itself that neutered Energoatom's supervisory board, The Times found.
In documents and interviews with about 20 Western and Ukrainian officials who have worked closely with company boards or served on them, The Times found political interference not only at Energoatom but also at the state-owned electricity company Ukrenergo as well as at Ukraine's Defense Procurement Agency. Some people spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss confidential deliberations.
An adviser for Mr. Zelensky declined to comment, saying that the supervisory boards were not the president's responsibility.
European leaders have privately criticized but reluctantly tolerated Ukrainian corruption for years, reasoning that supporting the fight against Russia's invasion was paramount. So, even as Ukraine undermined outside oversight, European money kept flowing.
This has been going on "for years." No shit?
Welcome to 2011, New York Times.
"We do care about good governance, but we have to accept that risk," said Christian Syse, the special envoy to Ukraine from Norway, one of Kyiv's top donors. He added: "Because it's war. Because it's in our own interest to help Ukraine financially. Because Ukraine is defending Europe from Russian attacks."
What was the excuse for overlooking Burisma's corruption of the Biden family before Putin invaded?
The political meddling with Energoatom's supervisory board is a case study in how Ukraine's leaders have blocked efforts to prevent corruption. The Zelensky administration delayed the formation of Energoatom's board and, when it finally came together, the government left a seat empty -- impeding the board's ability to act.
Had the board worked normally, it might have curtailed what the authorities now say was rampant corruption. Contractors on Energoatom projects had to pay kickbacks of up to 15 percent, according to investigators.
Mr. Zelensky was elected in 2019 on a promise to eliminate graft. But after Russia's 2022 invasion, he relaxed anti-corruption rules in the name of speeding up weapons procurement and protecting military secrets. Mr. Zelensky also worked with political and business figures whom he had once declared to be criminals.
Like Hunter Biden, maybe?
It's all too much. They have lied about this for a decade to protect corrupt American politicians, and now they're reporting on it as if it's a scoop.
People wonder: Why? Why now? Why stop lying now?
I don't know. It could be that parts of the Regime are annoyed that Zelensky is resisting some concessions to get a peace deal, and they want to pressure him. Perhaps the Regime has decided they just don't feel like fighting the Russians to the last American dollar any longer.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison told participants in the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal, "I'm here to help." He also said of state officials, "Let's just go fight these people," according to a 2021 audio recording now receiving renewed scrutiny after more than 50 guilty pleas in the scandal.
The audio, which Ellison has not denied, reveals fraudsters complaining that Minnesota agencies refused to reimburse them for money they claimed to have spent feeding children--claims found false in court. The fraudsters accused agencies of racism, and Ellison seemed to take these claims seriously, saying he would forward them to his staff.
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After the meeting, during which fraudsters suggested they would support Ellison's reelection campaign, donors connected to the fraud ponied up cash.
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Bill Glahn, a policy fellow with the conservative-leaning Center of the American Experiment, first published the audio recording.
"Yeah, I have an ax to grind, sure, but the facts are the facts," Glahn told The Daily Signal in a phone call Thursday. He noted that meeting attendees mentioned a Feeding Our Future lawsuit.
"Attorneys working for Keith Ellison were representing the Department of Education in this lawsuit filed by the people in the room, and he's pledging his support to the plaintiffs while he's representing the defendants," Glahn said. Glahn called this "highly unethical."
Rather than just saying, "I'll look into this," Ellison gave "pledges of support" and added "his own anecdotes about how state government is racist," Glahn explained. He also noted that Ellison didn't have time to act on his pledge "because the FBI raided [Feeding Our Future] offices five weeks later."
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The recording reveals Ellison echoing racism complaints.
"Every time East African business owners enter a market segment, these various departments and counties come in arbitrary fashions, create unnecessary roadblocks and hurdles, and at times conduct business in a very racist, xenophobic, Islamophobic manner," complains Abshir Omar, a consultant for Feeding Our Future who has not been charged with any wrongdoing.
Ikram Mohammed, another Feeding Our Future consultant who faces fraud and bribery charges, describes the denial of funds as "a form of violence against our community under the color of law."
Ellison says of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, "he knows that there's a lot of unfair discriminatory stuff going on with East African businesses, I know it." He notes he does not trust Jodi Harpstead, then commissioner of the Department of Human Services, to stop discrimination.
The Somali pirates kept their billion dollar theft going by telling anyone looking into the embezzlement that they would cry racism and destroy them if they blew the whistle.
Continuing this same tactic, Ilhan "Omar" Nur is now smearing anyone pointing out that Somalis seem to treat America as an enemy ship to be plundered as a Nazi.
Vietnamese dude nails it: "There's only about 2 million of us here in the US... we never ask anyone to bow down or speak our language."pic.twitter.com/kn23xYUE9W
"Why the F does this mayor in Somalian Minnesota have to speak their language, and apologize for those crooked-a**…
In America, Ilhan "Omar" Nur insists that America belongs to immigrants.
In Somalia, she declares Somalia is for Somalis only, and urges war against other countries with claims on its land.
I love how the Third World caucus of the Democratic Party are Gay Race Communists here in the US, but they’re blood and soil nationalists in their home country. https://t.co/6xUyx5rPDk
'Republican' Sen. John Curtis: "All of us need to wake up every morning, look in the mirror, and say 'What am I doing specifically today... to make our immigrants feel more welcome.'"
THE MORNING RANT: Periodic Roundup of the EV Follies - 12/08/2025
—Buck Throckmorton
[The header is a recent photo of EVs showcasing their spontaneous combustion feature at the Rivian dealership in Franklin, TN]
President Trump has unwound the eco-communist regulations imposed by the Obama/Biden administrations, which sought to deny Americans driving freedom.
Specifically, Biden’s regulators had imposed unattainable Corporate Average Fuel Economy (“CAFE”) goals, which effectively served as an EV mandate. It also served to drive up the price of all cars, in part because of the fee that manufacturers of internal combustion (“ICE”) vehicles had to pay to EV manufacturers for carbon credits. If you bought a gas-powered car in recent years, your purchase price almost certainly included a premium that was diverted to an EV manufacturer to purchase carbon credits.
That anti-freedom insanity has finally ended. President Trump states that his actions will save consumers $109 billion in the cost of compliance built into auto manufacturing.
When Never-Trump agitators are complaining about Trump not focusing enough on the economy (by which they mean they want him to roll back tariffs and open the border back up to illegal immigration), remember that what you drive and how you propel it is a pocketbook issue, and this action will save consumers money.
And by the way, have you seen how cheap gasoline is? I’ve seen it at under $2.20 per gallon this past weekend. By promoting “Drill baby drill” we have cheap gas to propel our ICE cars.
President Trump’s actions only roll back the CAFE standards to pre-Biden levels that were set by Congress, but almost overlooked at the time of the One Big Beautiful Bill is that that bill zeroed out all penalties for non-compliance with CAFÉ laws. Auto manufacturers finally have the freedom to build and sell what consumers want to buy.
I’ve been harsh toward Ford CEO Jim Farley and his company’s EV debacle, but he clearly sees now that there is no way forward with EVs, and he is listening to customers and dealers now. Farley was in attendance with President Trump and offered praise.
"What you should know is that this is a victory for affordability and common sense. As the president said, we will be able to offer more affordability on our popular models, and we'll be able to launch new vehicles built in America that are more affordable because of this rule change," Ford CEO Jim Farley said…
"Frankly, [the Corporate Average Fuel Economy] was totally out of touch with the market reality. We were forced to sell EVs and other vehicles. We're not going back to gas-guzzlers," he continued. "We have a lot of EVs and a lot of hybrids at Ford, but now customers get a chance to choose what they want, not by what we force on them."
Although the CEO of Stellantis (Dodge/Chrysler/Jeep) was also in attendance with President Trump, General Motors’ CEO, Mary Barra, was noticeably absent. She had been an extremely obedient puppet of the Obama/Biden regimes, committing to them that GM would quickly become a 100% electric car company. Despite the change of administrations and customer rejection of General Motors’ EV products, Ms. Barra has still not backed away from that all-EV commitment. I suppose she’s still waiting for permission from her Obama/Biden-era handlers.
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Speaking of Ford pivoting back to the gas-powered vehicles that consumers will actually purchase…
While hybrid sales rose 13.6% to 16,301, Ford’s EV sales plunged 60.8% in November. Ford sold just 4,247 all-electric vehicles last month, a stark contrast from the over 10,800 it sold in the year prior.
Sales of the flagship Ford F150 ConflagrationLightning plummeted 72% to just 1,006 units, which annualizes to just 12,072 units per year. Ford initially expected to be selling about 150,000 electric pickup trucks per year by now. It’s a good thing that CEO Farley finally woke up.
Bill Ford has been the voice of the Ford family for years, and he has been pushing hard to make Ford a company that his eco-communist friends in Davos could embrace. If CEO Farley is finally backing off from the EV commitment, he had to get Bill Ford’s permission. While I’m not a Ford family Kremlinologist, I suspect that other Ford family members are finally pushing back on Bill Ford and his destructive agenda for the company.
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Blue States Are Helping My Cause with EV Charger Taxes
High-tax states like to tax everything that generates economic activity, which also disincentives those activities which they tax. This story makes me smile, as it further disincentivizes EV ownership in Maryland. [h/t to our very own Mr. Doof]
The damage falls hardest on low-margin Level 2 stations that drivers rely on daily. Apartment complexes, hotel lots, small retail centers, and office buildings often run these chargers at break-even or as customer perks.
A substantial yearly charger tax transforms a goodwill gesture into a financial liability. Many hosts will run the numbers, see red ink, and simply rip out the equipment rather than pass the cost to users or risk repeated red tags for minor violations.
Charger hosts lose the incentive to keep stations online. Drivers lose convenient charging options. The public charging network shrinks at the exact moment Maryland needs it to expand.
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More EV “Park Away from Structures” Recalls
If you drive an EV or a plug-in hybrid EV, there is a good chance that your experience has included a warning from the car’s manufacturer to park far away from structures, since the vehicle has a propensity to spontaneously erupt in flames.
Volkswagen’s ID.4 EV has been a catastrophic disaster that has tarnished the company’s reputation. After numerous stop-sells and recalls, ID.4 owners are now being instructed to park their EV outside and to avoid fully charging them.
Due to the dangers, owners are being advised to “park outside immediately after charging and not leave their vehicles charging indoors overnight until the recall repair is complete.” On top of that, customers are being told to stop using DC fast chargers and to limit their battery’s charge to 80%.
Range anxiety has always been a major problem for EVs. Telling customers not to fully charge their EVs only worsens that problem.
Chrysler / Stellantis is also advising drivers of its plug-in hybrid EVs about the need to park their explosive vehicles a safe distance away from structures. They are also being instructed to not charge them at all.
Chrysler is recalling 320,065 Jeep Wranglers and Grand Cherokees because the plug-in hybrid SUVs' high-voltage batteries could fail, potentially causing a fire while a vehicle is parked or in motion, according to federal regulators.
Owners should park the vehicles outside and away from structures, and not charge the cars until they are fixed, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said in a recall notice. The agency said a fix for the issue is currently under development, but didn't specify when it might be available to vehicle owners.
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Boom Goes the EV
Electric vehicles are still spontaneously exploding, putting buildings and firefighters in great danger.
The fire department first said that two residents were safely evacuated from the home, then later shared that one person had been transported for further evaluation.
Here is video of the fire.
Update: Command has determined loss stopped. Hybrid Electric vehicle has been removed from the garage.
The vehicle has been covered with a fire blanket and will be towed from the scene followed by a SMFR apparatus
According to officials, the call initially came in as a dumpster fire, but when the first district captain arrived at the scene, he quickly realized three vehicles were on fire, another one was in jeopardy, and flames were penetrating the building.
I laughed when I read this news story, because “dumpster fire” is the perfect term for everything related to Rivian. Investors were fleeced, and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp famously threw $1 billion taxpayer dollars at Rivian for a plant that will never be built.
But I stopped laughing when I read that a firefighter was injured.
I have several correspondents who are firefighters, and they have explained to me the perils of putting out runaway lithium EV fires, and how ineffective water is for containing such a fire.
Firefighters are already putting their lives at risk to protect us all. Driving or selling EVs is a selfish act that unnecessarily makes a firefighter’s job even more dangerous.
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As I have written about before, one of the most preposterous features of most EVs is that the door handles are not mechanical. Instead, they rely on electronic signals, which coincidentally enough may not work when the car has been in a wreck and the battery gets damaged. If the car subsequently becomes engulfed in a runaway thermal fire, a non-functioning door handle is really, really inconvenient.
Jeffrey Bauer, 54, and Michelle Bauer, 55, survived the initial impact after the four-door sedan slammed into a tree – but were unable to escape the fire because the doors locked them inside, according to a suit filed by their children on Friday in Wisconsin state court.
A nearby homeowner who called 911 said she could hear people screaming inside the vehicle, according to the lawsuit.
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There is one less EV charging station on the remote highways of northwest Colorado.
Around 10:40 p.m. on Saturday, residents of Maybell in Moffat County reported hearing a loud explosion, which was followed by a fire at an electric vehicle charging station at the Victory Hotel on Lowell Street.
[h/t to Ace of Spades reader “Alpine_Beer”]
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Maybe Ford Shouldn’t Have Let Go All Those Engineers
Ford dismissed hundreds of engineers about three years ago, because EVs are alleged to be mechanically simpler. Since Ford was going all-EV, engineers wouldn’t be needed so much anymore. Plus, firing all those engineers freed up money to cover the EV losses.
Car Complaints reports that a class-action suit has been filed against Ford. The suit alleges that there are 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning models that lack the Forward Sensing System, despite the window sticker claiming that the model comes with it.
This is quite concerning given that that particular feature has something to do with safety. Ford’s Forward Sensing System alerts the driver of hazards or objects in front of the vehicle through a series of ‘beeps’ that increase in frequency if the vehicle nears the obstacle.
Perhaps Ford should have had actual engineers, rather than climate activists, giving the green light to sell those fraudulently mislabeled pickup trucks.
Good morning kids. Early doctor's appointment and a long-ish drive in cold weather so I'm going to have to be brief this morning and likely post a bit early.
Although most teenagers didn’t realize it at the time, Covid was the event that would radicalize them. American youths watched as their schools, friendships, and routines were ripped away from them under the false pretense of health precautions. Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally admitted what many had long suspected — that the Covid vaccines killed American children. At least 10 deaths were directly related to the vaccines that were allegedly going to save their lives, according to an FDA memo. . . Now that we know that the vaccine had deadly effects on children, young people will respond to this in one of two ways. For those who are caught in the legacy media bubble, they will never be exposed to this truth. . . The other response from teenagers will be outrage. . .The young people who experienced this gross misuse of power will never trust institutions again. . . American teenagers have a fractured relationship with the federal government, one that may never be healed. It is no surprise that there has been a rise in conspiratorial black-pilling on platforms like X.
And yet how does this jibe with the many recent (and I fear accurate) polls, not only from our good friends at the Heartland Institute but elsewhere that show an alarming percentage of the younger generations and even older ones are ready to embrace socialism, probably the most onerous, repressive and abusive governmental system imaginable, with the worst of the lot, the Red Chinese, the one that unleashed COVID on us in the first place, with the eager help of our own Mengele Anthony Fauci fueled by US taxpayer dollars no less.
In any case, as you try and square that circle of black-pilled GenZ embracing socialism — — There is of course a variety of links to discuss on the topics of the day. On top of the heap is the violent crime and fraud centering on the illegal and illegal alien elements and their Democrat/Leftist allies both in and out of government.
Have a good day.
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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS
Immigration Gone Wild: A border abandoned and laws ignored have turned public frustration into a sweeping backlash that now threatens even legal immigration. Immigration Gone Wild
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) announced in a Saturday morning X post it charged Oscar Solarzano, 33, with attempted first degree murder and four other charges after he allegedly stabbed Kenyon Dobie in the chest Friday night. The incident took place on the Lynx Blue Line, the same transit line a mentally ill career criminal fatally stabbed Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old refugee from war-torn Ukraine, on Aug. 22. (RELATED: Death Penalty Hearing For Iryna Zarutska’s Alleged Murderer Delayed) Previously Deported Illegal Reportedly Stabbed Victim On Same Rail System Ukrainian Refugee Iryna Zarutska Was Killed
If Somalis and Afghans and other unassimilable immigrants are allowed to remain here, they will metastasize into a national fifth column of hostile saboteurs. (Ditto native born Democrat/leftists - jjs) If America Can’t Get Immigration Right, Nothing Else Matters
Trump’s crackdown on Somali fraud is underway, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara is siding against ICE in a move that strains logic and public safety alike. (He's either a coward or a traitor - jjs) Minneapolis’ Police Chief Is Undermining ICE and It Makes Little Sense DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
“CPD also says he was actually one of the robbers and, in a notably unpeaceful twist, twice used phone calls from the police station to try to arrange for people to intimidate the victim and a witness into staying quiet.” Report: Chicago’s ‘Peacekeeper’ Program Plagued by Member Arrests for Violent Crimes (the used to wear blue berets and worked for the UN raping third world children? - jjs)
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
Social media’s rancid shorthand doesn’t just cheapen debate — it slowly poisons the mind, trading real thought for the intellectual equivalent of cyanide fumes. Poison in the Brain
But with no major hurricane making landfall in the U.S., do you know that that means, kids? It means “climate change” is over! We fixed it! And you thought you were wasting your time driving your kids to school in that cramped Prius, while China and India were belching more deadly and toxic pollution into the atmosphere (50%) than the rest of the world. Hey Guys! Climate Change Is Over! No Hurricanes — Why Is the Left So Quiet?
Despite the unhinged warnings of climate alarmists, 2025 is turning out to be one of the least stormy, and coldest, years on record. Climate Milestones
Will the news guardians who were so happy to cover the report when it was released now acknowledge that it was botched? About That Retracted Climate Report …
A UCL lecturer recently narrated how Jews “kidnapped and murdered” an Italian priest to obtain “drops of blood from someone who’s not Jewish” for mixing into “special pancakes or bread” during the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles. The Surrender of Academia: Blood Libel at UCL
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE+Fauci-created CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
American teenagers have a fractured relationship with the federal government, one that may never be healed. Confirming Covid Jabs Killed Kids Reinforces Gen Z’s Distrust Of Government (And yet they are racing headlong to embrace Socialism, the most horrendous form of repressive government ever conceived! - jjs)
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
“Can you imagine??? The Democrats, under the Crooked Joe Biden Junta, who always use extreme force and jail-time to destroy their political opponent, wanted to put Congressman Henry Cuellar, and his wife, Imelda, in PRISON, for 15 years, which I predicted these Radical Left Lunatics would do,” Trump wrote. “And they never stopped wanting to fulfill this evil quest! The Dems mercilessly went after Henry with everything they had!” Trump Explodes After Pardoned Texas Rep. Cuellar Launches Reelection Bid As Dem
Irish Catholics’ historical ties, Cold War influences, and pro-'Palestinian' activism reveal a persistent strain of anti-Israel sentiment across the island. What’s the Matter with Ireland?
A man was killed in a drone attack on Ukraine’s northern Chernihiv region Saturday night, local officials said, while a combined missile and drone attack on infrastructure in the central city of Kremenchuk caused power and water outages. Kremenchuk is home to one of Ukraine’s biggest oil refineries and is an industrial hub. Russia Continues Missile and Drone Strikes as U.S. and Ukraine Continue Talks
Clarice Feldman: As economic and cultural suicide stalk Western Europe, it has initiated efforts to hobble America's technological advantage and diminish our freedoms. The EU-US Battle Line
And its totalitarian assaults on free speech represent a national security threat to the United States. Europe Is Dying
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reaffirmed Berlin’s support for Israel during a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem on Sunday before talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In Jerusalem, Merz reaffirms Germany’s support for Israel
As welcome as the Israeli-made air defense system certainly is, it exposes Germany’s military unpreparedness in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (Vor Wo Its die wunderwaffe verteidigen gegen Islamische rapen-schtuppen banden!!! - jjs) Germany Deploys Israeli-Made Arrow 3 to Close Air Defense Gap
The uncertainty of science: New research using a combination of ground- and space-based telescopes has not only failed to resolve the difference between the two values observed for the Hubble constant (the expansion rate of the universe), it actually confirms that conflict. New data strengthens the conflict in the observed value for the universe’s expansion rate
Though the data from the science instruments won’t arrive on Earth until February 2026, our Juice team couldn’t wait that long. They decided to try downloading just a quarter of a single NavCam image to see what was in store for them. The very clearly visible comet, surrounded by signs of activity, surprised them. New images of interstellar Comet 3I/Atlas
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
With Netflix's recent transition into debauchery, such as the recent controversy that depicts alleged pedophilia content in their biggest hit show, Stranger Things, there is no worse time for Netflix to become an even larger influence in the entertainment landscape. Netflix's $82.7 Billion Warner Bros. buyout ushers in a new era of woke indoctrination
Thad McCotter: "Disillusioned young Americans are turning to radical ideologies because leaders won’t fix the practical crises crushing their future." (and because they're being brainwashed- jjs) To Save the American Dream, Support the American Revolution
While speaking at the State Department Kennedy Center Honors Medal Presentation Dinner on Saturday evening to honor recipients actor Sylvester Stallone, legendary singer Gloria Gaynor, country music star George Strait, the rock band Kiss, and actor Michael Crawford, Trump thanked Secretary of State Marco Rubio for hosting the event. Trump Recognizes Kennedy Center Honorees at Medal Presentation Event: ‘Some of the Greatest of All Time’
ALSO: The Morning Report cross-posts at CutJibNewsletter.com usually within an hour or so of posting here, if you want to continue the conversation all day.
The broad rollout of the Windows 11 25H2 update has started, and users who want to fast-track it are being referred to the relevant update options in a new blog post on Microsoft's site. Windows 11 25H2 comes with an assortment of additional Copilot+ related features (exclusive to those with sufficiently-powerful NPUs rated for 40+ TOPS) and improved Wi-Fi 7 support for enterprise users, among other features.
My latest PC - which looks set to arrive tomorrow - doesn't have an NPU at all.
How... Unfortunate.
Key improvements for all users include several fixes and additions made to Task Manager, Windows Search, and the Windows UI in general. Task Manager uses fewer resources and properly reads RAM speed in MT/s instead of MHz, for example, while the Windows UI now makes it easier to shrink the size of taskbar buttons. As Windows 11 continues to evolve into an "agentic OS", support for AI features outside of Copilot+ PCs is also being added with Windows 11 25H2, including the ability to use AI features within File Explorer.
I don't mean to be rude, but have they tried penicillin?
In completely unrelated news, I just bought a copy of Windows 10 Enterprise IoT LTSC, the version that's supported through to 2032 and contains no AI features of any sort. While the Ryzen 255 processor in this system is nominally new, it's just a rebadged Ryzen 8745H, which is just a Ryzen 7840H with a new sticker, so Windows 10 should run just fine. It doesn't have any efficiency cores either, which are something the Windows 10 scheduler can trip over.
The findings, described in the IDEsaster research report, show how AI agents embedded in IDEs such as Visual Studio Code, JetBrains products, Zed, and numerous commercial assistants can be manipulated into leaking sensitive information or executing attacker-controlled code.
So Vi is still safe?
I mean, not that it ever has been.
According to the research, 100% of tested AI IDEs and coding assistants were vulnerable. Products affected include GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, Kiro.dev, Zed.dev, Roo Code, Junie, Cline, Gemini CLI, and Claude Code, with at least twenty-four assigned CVEs and additional advisories from AWS.
It has two 2.5Gb Ethernet ports, two HDMI ports, four USB ports, and a headphone jack.
Lilputing notes that it's almost identical in functionality to the GMKtec NucBox G9, which had a nasty habit of overheating. The Beelink Me Mini is physically larger but has a big fan which keeps things cool without producing a lot of noise.
Also, M.2 SSDs are starting to get expensive as well.
I mentioned this discovery not long ago, and here's a physical demonstration. Probably.
It's called a Nopert because it's the first discovered shape that does not have the "Rupert property" of being able to pass through a hollowed out version of itself at a suitable angle, with the exception of the sphere which is a degenerate case because it presents the same cross-section at every orientation by definition.
Musical Interlude
The music is the opening theme for Hololive Indonesia's zombie girl Kureiji Ollie. Fan Kabedondere added the lyrics. Ollie herself provided the screeching. She's calmed down since. Just a little.
Sunday Overnight Open Thread - December 7, 2025 [Doof]
—Open Blogger
Howdy Hordelings! Time for the Sunday ONT. Still plenty of time to get your Christmas tree - if that's a thing you do. If you don't have yours yet, go get it! Then you can get to "drinkorating" (H/T to our 'ette friend DDS for introducing me to that term).
December 7 is Pearl Harbor Day. If Joe Biden were still POTUS, he'd likely try to quote the famous speech from FDR and say something like "December 7, 1941 - a date which - you know the thing!"
We do know the thing. But do you know that the original line from FDR was "a date which will live in world history"? If you didn't, you do now!
In the early afternoon of December 7, 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt was just finishing lunch in his oval study on the second floor of the White House, preparing to work on his stamp album, when his telephone rang.
The White House operator announced that Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox was on the line and insisted on talking with him. Roosevelt took the call.
The Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, just before 8 a.m. Hawaii time, Secretary Knox told the President. Harry Hopkins, a top aide who was with Roosevelt at the time, could not believe the report. But Roosevelt did. "It was just the kind of unexpected thing the Japanese would do. At the very time they were discussing peace in the Pacific, they were plotting to overthrow it," he said.
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Roosevelt decided to go before Congress the next day to report on the attack and ask for a declaration of war. In early evening, he called in his secretary, Grace Tully. "Sit down, Grace," he said. "I'm going before Congress tomorrow, and I'd like to dictate my message. It will be short."
Short it was. But it was to become one of the most famous speeches of the twentieth century, giving birth to one of the most famous phrases of the century.
"Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in world history," he began as Tully took down the words, "the United States was simultaneously and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."
Biographer Nathan Miller recalls: "He inhaled deeply on his cigarette, blew out the smoke, and began dictating in the same calm tone he used to deal with his mail. He enunciated the words incisively and slowly, carefully specifying each punctuation mark and new paragraph. Running little more than five hundred words, the message was dictated without hesitation or second thoughts."
Tully typed up what Roosevelt had dictated, and the President went to work on this first draft by hand.
On draft No. 1, Roosevelt changed "a date which will live in world history" to "a date which will live in infamy," providing the speech its most famous phrase and giving birth to the term, "day of infamy," which December 7, 1941, is often called.
A few words later, he changed his report that the United States of America was "simultaneously and deliberately attacked" to "suddenly and deliberately attacked." At the end of the first sentence, he wrote the words, "without warning," but later crossed them out.
Thus that first historic sentence—the one that is usually quoted from the speech—was born: "Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."
Check out the whole thing. Interesting to read more about the speech-writing process.
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Happy Birthday to Two Sports Legends
One of the all-time greats from a totally different (and much better, in my opinion) era of baseball - Johnny Bench turns 78 today.
How many of you remember his kid-friendly show from Saturdays back in the day?
Or how about "no runs, no drips, no errors"?
Throw up a hand if you can remember when Johnny Bench was out there spraying Krylon on every fucking object he encountered.
According to the arrest report, Voke told deputies he would place his phone with the camera exposed on the floor of a bathroom stall, aiming it toward adjacent stalls in an attempt to record unsuspecting male victims. He stated the videos involved adults only.
Seeds of native plants destined for national parks are sitting in a warehouse instead of being grown in fields. And across the West, National Park Service staff won’t know which birds are breeding in the parks this spring. Both of these problems stem from a deluge of grant cuts that halted nonprofit conservation work with the Interior Department earlier this fall.
It all started on the morning of Sept. 23, when emails began landing in the inboxes of at least six environmental nonprofit organizations. By the end of the day, 30 federal awards worth $3.5 million had vanished from one organization alone, including several from the Park Service, according to Melanie Gisler, southwest branch director for the Institute of Applied Ecology. The only reason given was that each project no longer “effectuates the priorities” of the federal government, Gisler told SFGATE.
Other groups, including the Institute for Bird Populations and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, received similar notifications that day — halting long-term bird counts in national parks across the West and other bird studies. The Institute for Bird Populations received no explanation beyond the same vague language about the administration’s priorities; Bird Conservancy of the Rockies declined to comment.
Thus endeth the "just the facts" portion of the article. Now let's let the bias flow!
Online, Doug Burgum, the Interior secretary, attributed the changes to a cost-cutting initiative by the Department of Governmental Efficiency, or DOGE. “@Interior saved American taxpayers MILLIONS of dollars today by cutting nearly 80 grants for wasteful environmental groups,” he wrote in a post on X, resharing a news article accusing the groups of doing diversity, equity and inclusion work with federal funds. Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary, and DOGE amplified the message.
But these environmental groups dispute that assessment: Simply put, they were growing plants and counting birds. “None of the grants we were working on involved [diversity, equity, inclusion and justice],” Gisler said. “It was on-the-ground conservation work.” The organization did make an action plan for a more diverse and inclusive workplace in 2021.
Rodney Siegel, the executive director of the Institute for Bird Populations, said they did not have an explicit DEI policy. “I have no idea what they are referring to,” he said.
Federal agencies, including the Park Service, regularly work with nonprofit partners to do important work like monitoring wildlife populations or replanting burned areas. The Interior Department provides the funding, and in turn, groups like the Institute for Applied Ecology plan and execute the details with even more contractors: in this instance, crews collecting seeds, replanting them in fields, growing them and harvesting even more seeds. Federal funds prop up work that otherwise wouldn’t get done by limited Park Service staff.
How dare the funding get cut! Lemme see if I get this right. Just because an organization has a DEI plan in place and places importance on DEI things - doesn't mean the WORK is DEI-related. Did I do that right? Oh, and check out the whole article to get the author's super objective take on how "important" this work is.
Anyway, apologies for the lengthy blockquotes there. The article just really bugged me so I figured I'd see if it bugs you too.
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'Ette Couture (Courtesy of Piper)
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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With Christmas lights twinkling brighter than fireflies on a July night, our First Lady has been serving up looks that are equal parts elegant and evergreen. She knows exactly how to dress for the season!
The week kicked off with a bang when Melania unveiled the breathtaking 2025 White House Christmas decorations: 51 trees, 75 wreaths, and enough gold stars to make the Milky Way jealous. It’s all a loving nod to American traditions and the nation’s upcoming 250th anniversary. But let’s talk about the coat that stopped us in our tracks. Melania stepped out in a stunning Burberry Bird Button Cashmere Wool Military Coat—first in a rich military green, then in sleek black for the official preview video. That structured silhouette, gleaming gold buttons, and perfectly cinched waist? Swoon! She paired the green version with her Christian Louboutin Eleonor Botta 100 suede boots in Brown Sweater and a dark brown Ralph Lauren Collection cashmere turtleneck. It’s the kind of look that says, “Yes, you may absolutely wear your fanciest wool coat with boots for a weekend stroll.”
Those same Louboutin boots made another appearance when Melania thanked the Presidential and First Lady correspondence volunteers, travel volunteers, and Executive Residence staff. This time she wore them with a grey melange Ralph Lauren double-faced wool shirt jacket, the same dark brown cashmere turtleneck, and tailored brown leggings—effortless, polished, and ready for anything. This is Melania’s magic: letting the season take center stage while she glows quietly beside it. It’s understated glamour we’d all love to channel at our own holiday open houses—practical enough for wrangling kids (or Secret Service), yet pretty enough to turn heads at the punch bowl.
The National Christmas Tree Lighting was pure enchantment under the Ellipse lights. Melania wore a timeless double-breasted coat from Chanel’s Fall/Winter 2017-2018 Airspace Collection. Some critics might call it “safe” (pish-posh—haters gonna hate), but it was festive without fuss. She stood there radiating that megawatt smile, every inch the gracious hostess.
Friday, Melania visited patients and their families at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., reading stories to the children. If that’s not the spirit of the season wrapped in wool, I don’t know what is. She wore a striking black calf-hair Nour Hammour Althea belted coat with Christian Louboutin Kate 100 Red Lizzy pumps—a pop of holiday red.
And just when we thought we’d reached peak fabulous, Melania attended an intimate evening performance by Andrea Bocelli in the East Room. She glided in wearing a black Valentino tulle-trimmed, scalloped silk-crepe midi dress paired with Roger Vivier Trompette patent-leather pumps with metal buckles—sleek sophistication personified.
Whew, what a whirlwind week for our First Lady. Whether you’re decking your own halls or simply daydreaming over eggnog, take a page from Melania’s book: keep it classic, keep it kind, and always add a dash of dazzle
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Thanks, Piper!
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DJ Doof - Guess The Theme
Difficulty level 3 out of 5
What's the common thread / common meaning / common leitmotif?
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Weekly commenter stats for week of 12-7-2025
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Top 10 commenters:
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Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
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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 December 7th? This is the 84th anniversary of the Jap sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, so never forget the 2,403 killed, and the 1,178 injured that day. Here is a link to the National WWII Museum in New Orleans and a page on the events of that day.
With that, step into the dojo and let's get to the gun stuff below, shall we?
So if you aren't focusing on fundamentals, what are you doing when you're at the range?
Seriously, I'm curious what your usual range trip process looks like if it's not focusing on fundamentals. Do you have a methodology that works better for you? Please let us know in the comments.
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Indoor range Shooting Drills
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Traffic Stop While Armed
How would you handle this situation? Probably best to have a plan before it happens.
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Are You Well Groomed?
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Our Pals Bennies and Goofballs
With Paul Newman!
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Highway Patrol!
This week's episode: Temptation!
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Planet Outlaws!
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Cigar-O-Rama Links
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!
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That's it for this week - have you been to the range?
Food Thread: Pork Pie... Hat Or Food? You Be The Judge.
—CBD
A plain old pork pie. It's on most pub menus, and for whatever deeply disturbed and perverse reason, they serve them cold. We have all read passages in Dickens or other 19th century writers in which the protagonist grabs a pork pie and shoves it in his coat pocket before rushing out the door to do whatever they did in 1843.
But it's 2025, and I want my pie nice and hot, or at least warm so that the fat in the crust isn't congealed.
To be fair, it was pleasant, and the cask ale I drank with it was delicious. That dish of stuff is some sort of chutney, which was weird, but it wasn't bad!
But still, how backward and archaic do we have to be in the interest of authenticity?
I'm not sure whether to laugh at the absurdity of this story, or take it seriously and point out that 3D printers aren't designed to make biological matter, and even if they were, why would you use a printer when the raw material is right there in the tank?
Campbell's says that its soup is made with real meat — not "3D-printed chicken" — and said it has fired an executive who allegedly made the explosive claims in a bombshell recording that trashed the company's products and customers.
Campbell's VP Martin Bally was caught describing the soup as "bioengineered meat" and saying, "I don't wanna eat a piece of chicken that came from a 3D printer", according to a suit a former employee filed last week in Michigan.
But the larger issue of so-called "lab-grown meat" being used in processed food is a non-starter. So what? As long as they reveal the origin of the "meat" on the label, if that's what people want to spend their money on, whose business is it to disturb that transaction?
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That's from "scampydog," who has decided that his function on this planet is to plague me with photos of beautiful sourdough bread that his SiL makes.
My sourdough is tasty, but it is usually a bit lacking in the looks department.
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I was on a flight yesterday, and the second meal (yes, it was a long flight!) was a choice of some insipid and boring sounding crap, and vegetarian Biryani. What the hell...why not? And it was pretty damned tasty, even taking into account the boredom factor of flying which makes even the most mundane events a wonderful thing. Biryani is just flavored rice with whatever stuff you want to put in. But the spicing tends to be vibrant and different in comparison to most things we eat in America, and it was a nice change from steam-table chicken and dried out "steak." Here's an easy version of Chicken Biryani from "The Spruce Eats," which is a solid website and one that I have linked many times.
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Long-time commenter, stabbing weapon enthusiast, and denizen of many of Virginia's toughest houses of corrections, Bluebell has refused to come to my house and make pie crusts. So I am left with the thoroughly depressing alternative, which is crappy commercial ones. They aren't quite big enough, the edges always crack, and they just aren't buttery enough. I suspect they use other, cheaper fats, and that rarely works.
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On the other hand, the filling leaked out of that (and the other one on the other side) and toasted and caramelized on the baking sheet.
Yes, that stuff was delicious! Like caramel candy with the bonus of crispy pecans. Amazing stuff, and something that I might try to make next year!
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Speaking of baking...how do you people get the last bit of thick syrup out of the container? Man oh man! That stuff is thick! I warmed the container in hot water to make the syrup less viscous, and that worked ...okay, but if there is a better way, I am all ears! Of course I could have opened another bottle of the stuff, but remember, I am a cheap bastard!
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A friend graciously gave me some genuine grown-in-the-USA garlic, and I am going to taste one clove and plant the rest, because my pathetic failure last year is an anomaly...right? I hope so, because It's in the ground (actually, a large pot), and it had better work this time!
Send all of your extra antelope to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com.
Rumor has it that the Bourbon Bubble is bursting. I have seen no evidence of decreasing prices, but maybe the bursting started somewhere else! I think the sweet spot is $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!
In fact, this is a double-barrelled crisis, because not only do those screw slots point in chaotic directions, some of them have worn enough to be visibly different colors!
Fire...obviously. But will it be enough? Will it be hot enough?
I spent a pleasant Friday evening at a restaurant in Canary Wharf, in the Docklands of London. Yes, those famous docks that were Hitler's particular target. The area has been built up into a financial center that has become quite an impressive place. It's far from the center of London, but the recent opening of another underground line has been a game changer for the area. In addition to the many banks and financial services companies that call it home, there are dozens of restaurants and shops and markets that serve the increasing numbers of people who not only work there, but live in the apartment buildings springing up everywhere.
But back to dinner! Next to us sat three 20-something men, busily drinking their lagers and flirting with women on their phones (but not in person). We struck up a conversation with them, and I was struck by how pessimistic they were about their future prospects. These gentlemen despaired of meeting and marrying and building a middle class existence. Even the one who was in the trades (an electrician) wasn't optimistic about what would be the normal progression in America: Learn, work, strike out on your own and build a small company.
One in particular complained about how England is changing into a place that doesn't seem like it welcomes him. Yet when I asked for whom he voted in the last election, his answer was: Labor!
All three were interested in America, and in fact two had visited, albeit briefly. But they were also woefully ignorant of the differences between the two countries. I had to explain the 1st Amendment! Their opinions about President Trump were partly typical...driven by the incessant drumbeat of leftist media in the UK, but they were not as reflexively critical as I had expected.
What I took away from the conversation was that they saw their future prospects as dismal, and that there was no reasonable alternative available to them on the horizon. They saw no Donald Trump or Charlie Kirk who could speak to them about a better way. They saw the country in which they have lived their entire lives being subsumed by a Woke (their word) insanity that denigrated everything they felt was important. And they saw an economic system that was stacked against them, without any way to change it.
Is it any wonder that the UK is rapidly sliding into both irrelevancy and authoritarian control? Is it any wonder that Islam is on the march? After all, they have a plan. They have an alternative. They have a vision of the future. That their vision is evil and destructive means very little to its adherents, because they will reap the benefits of that destruction.
Is this Weimar Germany in the 21st century? Will a Hitler arise in the UK and show these young men a different path? Or will they gradually be gobbled up by encroaching Islam, and forced into dhimmitude, or worse? Will Tommy Robinson, or someone like him be able to galvanize public support for a push against the destruction of what once was the shining beacon of freedom in the world? Will Nigel Farage be able to fight the structural and political impediments to a Reform Party win in the next elections almost four years from now? Will the UK crash so quickly that the Labor Party has to call an election before that?
I have no crystal ball, but if I were a betting man I would bet against Britain ever becoming Great again.
Sunday Morning Book Thread - 12-07-2025 ["Perfessor" Squirrel]
—Open Blogger
(HT: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing) (Click image for larger view.)
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 (sonic screwdriver not included). 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 kitty (or warm puppy--I won't judge) to curl up in your lap, pour yourself a nice cup of eggnog (with a dash of cinnamon and vanilla), and dive into a new book. What are YOU reading this fine morning?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 30, 2025 11:15 AM (kpS4V)
Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (or MP4 for short) is a gentleman, so in answer to All Hail Eris' request he kindly sent me a few pictures of his home library. The one up top is only a portion of his library. If you look at the right side of the photo, you can see that the library extends into the next room. He sent me a picture of those books as well. He also said that there's a lot more books in his attic office space, where he does a lot of his writing. What I love about this library is that it's clearly the library of a scholar. It's meant to be USED, not just there for showing off. It's an amazing library and I appreciate MP4 being willing to display it for the Horde.
He also sent me a picture of his amazing DVD collection. Again, it's overflowing, which is only right and proper.
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REAL MEN BUILD LIBRARIES
Civilization as we know it today would not be possible without men building libraries. Libraries preserve the knowledge and wisdom of our ancestors, guiding us in our current and future endeavors. When civilization comes crashing down again, as it always does, will we even have access to the digital content in abundance right now? Or will we look to the men who built libraries to save civilization once again?
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Admit it...we've all been there.
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WHY IS READING SO COMPETITIVE NOW?
In a sense, the video above highlights a point that's opposite of the "Real Men Build Libraries" video. She points out that social media is changing the way we read and interact with books. How many of us read one book after another in order to simply rack up a book count? I know I'm guilty of this. Being the curator of the Sunday Morning Book Thread does impose a certain amount of subtle peer pressure to read more and more books. If I don't read multiple books a week, am I letting you guys down?
A lot of this competitive atmosphere in reading seems to be driven by one thing: FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out). People get so focused on what's trending in their preferred reading that they want to keep up with each other, so it really does become a competitive sport of sorts. Especially if you use a reading app that tracks your progress and then lets you see the progress of others. People can also be quite judgemental about others' reading habits and will make themselves known in social media for looking down on someone of they don't read the "right books" or don't read them in the "right way." Lots of social pressure to conform to the current trend of the day.
As for me, while I do try to read quite a few books and I have a standard goal of reading ten books a month, since that's about average for me, I don't worry about what's trendy or cool. That's the nice thing about being 29+. You don't care so much about what others think. Instead, I try to find books that *I* want to read because they sound interesting to *me.* Moron Recommendations are very useful in this respect because I can look for something that interests me AND has a substantial recommendation from one of you to provide evidence that I might enjoy it.
You all know what I read since I post those books every week. Some of it is quality material, but a lot of might be considered "trash" by the literati since it doesn't meet their standard of quality. Whatever. I don't care. It's not about THEM. I read what I like, and so should you. I'm constantly amazed by the breadth and depth of the Moron Horde reading tastes. Collectively, we are among the most well-read group of people on the planet, on par with any BookTok or BookTube community out there. Let's all be proud of that fact.
The only person you should be competing against when it comes to reading is yourself.
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MORON RECOMMENDATIONS
I love my Kindle (eyesight issues), and this week picked up John Ringo's Not That Kind of Good Guy, part 1 of his new Shadow Path series. First impression,...
OMG, HOLY CHRIST ON A CUPCAKE!!!!!
I say that, not because of the storytelling, but the political/social commentary. This is Illuminati plus Atlas Shrugged mixed with a little Logan's Run.
Ringo delivers an EPIC takedown of crime and social failure in Baltimore right at the beginning of the book. It's vicious and pointed. Living out here, it misses a few things, but the topics he hits on, are items that have been on WBFF for the last couple years.
Only halfway through it, but that's because I've had to re-read some sections because of the depth to make sure I understand what Ringo is really saying. This isn't your normal Ringo book. Sometimes I think sarcastically to myself, "So how do you REALLY feel, John?!?"
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at November 30, 2025 09:49 AM (e/Osv)
Comment: I'm so glad I live in a small semi-rural community. Sure, we have our problems. Lots of drugs flow through here because we're on a major drug route. Still, it's a nice enough community that you can go to Walmart and accidentally leave your car unlocked and the chances that someone will steal everything in your vehicle are somewhat remote. I would not be surprised if the cities continue to devolve to the point where only those who truly cannot leave remain.
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James Kahn's novelization of Return of the Jedi is brilliant. It formed the core of my inspiration to write the Man of Destiny series, which was a correction to the terrible prequel films.
As in most novelizations, there are some expanded dialogue sequences, thus Luke and Obi-wan go deeper into the history, which was likely in the script but cut. It totally undermines the prequels, which are a direct contradiction. Anakin was not a kid, but an adult, about the same age as Luke when his adventure began.
This was central to my reimagining the story and while I'm biased, others (some in the Horde) will agree with me.
Kahn also has a nice turn of phrase, and the book includes a twist on the Death Star attack, which is that when the shield generator is actually taken out, the Emperor orders the station to destroy Endor in order to further enrage Luke. A bit much for the movie, but a nice touch.
My favorite part was the character portrait of Jerjerrod, the Death Star's commander.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 30, 2025 09:59 AM (ZOv7s)
Comment: I'll have to go back and reread this book. It's been sitting on my shelves for decades now. Like a lot of movie novelizations that came out at the time, it includes several full-color photos from the movie, such as a picture of ace in his younger years, as well as the sexiest picture of Sy Snootles ever captured on film, as I'm sure Admiral Ackbar would agree.
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Speaking of James Bond, however: I finished Anthony Horowitz's "continuation" novel, Trigger Mortis, and enjoyed it immensely. He has Fleming's style down pat, and there is plenty of action -- a car race, shootouts, a live burial, and a climactic scene aboard a racing train. It's set in 1957, right after the events of Goldfinger, with a featured appearance by Miss Pussy Galore. Never fear, being "with" Bond, as we saw at the end of GF, has not tamed her or her DC preferences in the least.
Highly recommended for Bond fans. I need to buy a copy for my shelf.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 30, 2025 09:17 AM (wzUl9)
Comment: Some authors are able to continue a previous author's works if they are able to capture the spirit of the previous author. Not every author is successful at this. Brian Herbert teamed up with Kevin J. Anderson to continue Frank Herbert's Dune series and I've heard it's a mixed bag. I think to be successful, you really need to understand what made the original work so well. In the example above, it sounds like Horowitz knew how a James Bond novel was supposed to work and then mirrored Fleming's style to bring those elements together. The result is a James Bond novel that works.
I enjoyed Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds, so I went ahead and picked up a few more books in the series. Curiously, two of them are listed as Book 2 of the Inhibitors Trilogy on Amazon, but only one of them counts, I think. Chasm City is a standalone novel set in the same universe (it's referenced quite a bit in Revelation Space).
Inhibitor Trilogy Book 2 - Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds
Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds
Inhibitor Space by Alastair Reynolds
WHAT I'VE BEEN READING THIS PAST WEEK:
Mystery Walk by Robert R. McCammon
This is a reread for me, separated by about 40 years. I first read this when I was in sixth grade. My family had just moved to Germany and for our first Thanksgiving my dad decided to take us on a chartered bus trip to Costa Brava, Spain, near Barcelona. It's a long way from Grafenwoehr, Germany to Spain. Naturally I took along several books, among which was Mystery Walk, that was loaned to me by a friend.
Mystery Walk is the story of two young men who are blessed--or cursed--with supernatural abilities. Billy Creekmore is able to see those who are about to die and also assist their weary spirits in crossing over to the other side. Wayne Falconer is the son of a bible-thumping tent-revivalist and he has the power to heal some people, but not everyone. Turns out Wayne and Billy have a deep connection as a result of their supernatural abilities. The evil shape-changer is ever-present in the shadows of their lives, twisting their abilities to serve his own purposes (mostly feeding on them).
As horror books go, the build-up is a bit slow, but it really gets moving in the middle and later parts of the books as the boys age into adulthood and take on the responsibilities and obligations of their powers.
Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz
I decided to stick with horror for the next read after Mystery Walk so I turned to one of my recent favorite authors--Dean Koontz. He rarely disappoints.
Christopher Snow isn't ordinary, but he wants to lead an ordinary life. He's afflicted with a horrible condition that prevents him from enjoying the sunlight. He's extremely sensitive to UV radiation to the point where prolonged exposure will kill him in short order. Nevertheless, he manages to lead a happy, well-adjusted life in Midnight Cove, California. That is, until his father's corpse is body-snatched right out from under his nose. Now Chris is being hunted by shadowy, not-quite-human pursuers through the darkened streets of Midnight Cove. Chris has no idea what's going on, but he suspects his dead parents were hiding secrets from him, though they loved him till the end.
What's really going on in Midnight Cove? Was the nearby Army base shut down eighteen months ago, or is the government continuing mad science experiments in secret down in the bowels of the earth?
That mini-PC I just bought increased in price by 25% the next day. In fact, the 32GB model now costs more than I paid for the 64GB model.
Which is not a huge surprise - it was markedly cheaper in Australia than on the British Minisforum store, and a key reason I bought it in the first place was because the price was so low compared to the current cost of RAM.
I'll post a quick review once I get it - or at least, next weekend once I have a chance to set it up. But if you're impatient Notebook Check just covered it in detail.
Speaking of which are the Chinas set to rescue the world from its folly?
Oh, how the turns have tabled. CXMT can only produce 16Gb chips, not the latest 32Gb models - so 32GB modules and 64GB dual-channel kits - but 64GB of memory you can buy is a lot better than 128GB you can't.
There may only be three big memory manufacturers, but that doesn't mean there aren't little ones looking to get big.
* Micron, Samsung, and SK Hynix, formerly Hyundai Semiconductor.
Saturday Night "Club ONT" December 6, 2025 [The 3 Ds]
—Open Blogger
Welcome to Club ONT. A collaboration the 3D's - The Disco, The Dino, and The Doggo. We are officially in the "Turkey-to-Tinsel Gap" portion of the holiday season. People are pretending to work, and many are in the early stages of convincing themselves they will "begin eating healthy tomorrow" - which means Monday, or later. The Club does not endorse such ideas of slimming and trimming over the holiday season.
The 3D's are here to help you slide into a bit of mischief, joy, and lighthearted fun. The doorman? We don't think the doorman is coming back from vacation. Please see yourselves in.
1 cup white sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
2 quarts whole milk
4 egg yolks
4 egg whites
4 teaspoons white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 pinch ground nutmeg
1 cup whipped cream, garnish
In a large saucepan, stir together sugar and flour. Gradually stir in the milk. Bring to a boil over medium heat. In a small bowl, whisk egg yolks until smooth. Ladle a small amount of the hot milk into the yolks and quickly whisk in. Pour the tempered yolk mixture back into the hot milk. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
In a medium glass or metal bowl, beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add 4 teaspoons sugar, continuing to beat until stiff peaks form. fold whites into eggnog and refrigerate until chilled. Serve garnished with a dollop of whipped cream and a dash of nutmeg.
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The beverage that needs no marketing budget for you to know it exists. The brand is deserving of some Horde slogans and taglines.
Sound is terrible in the mystery click. Visuals tell the story.
RC Cola, and you thought TikTok was mainstream.
RC Cola, because influencers have no taste.
RC Cola, the underdog that refuses to pay for fame.
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If you're talking about RC Cola, you better grab a Moon Pie!
What's that - you're not familiar with this combo? We can help!
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Club ONT Department of History and Religion
Happy St. Nicholas Day! The "Feast of Saint Nicholas" is celebrated on December 6 each year (although some celebrate on the December 5 eve). The American Santa Claus, as well as the British Father Christmas, derive from Saint Nicholas.
St. Nicholas was a bishop known for his good deeds, especially those that helped children and the needy. He often gave generously and without anyone knowing the gifts were from him. Nicholas was officially recognized as a saint in the 800s, and in the 1200s, Catholics in France began celebrating Bishop Nicholas Day on December 6.
Many European countries celebrate the Feast of Sinterklaas - also known as St. Nicholas - starting on the 5th of December, the eve of the day, by sharing candies, chocolate letters, small gifts, and riddles. Children put out their shoes filled with carrots and hay for the saint's horse the evening prior, hoping St. Nicholas will exchange them for small gifts. Source
St. Nicholas does not operate alone...
In most areas where Krampus is known, the tradition is that St. Nicholas visits children on the night of December 5 (St. Nicholas Eve) or on December 6 (St. Nicholas's Day), leaving presents much like Santa Claus in American tradition. On these visits, St. Nicholas is often accompanied by a Krampus.
In his role as St. Nicholas’s companion, Krampus's main duty is to punish or threaten naughty children while the saint rewards good ones. This can be seen as one of the many variations of the "good cop/ bad cop" or "carrot and stick" approach to managing children’s behavior - and Krampus literally wields a stick, or more commonly a bunch of birch twigs, to discipline children. If this isn't sufficient, St. Nicholas's Krampus companion often carries a basket or a sack, into which he is said to stuff naughty children to take them away and punish later at greater length. Source
Are you a well behaved Moron or are you getting a visit from Krampus this year? (Public service announcement: Do not confuse Krampus with the Wumpus. Very different.)
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Club ONT Eye-Pokers
The Old State Saloon is at it again (scroll through to see their daily specials).
Currently, they are offering free beer for a month for anyone who helps ICE identify and deport an illegal from Idaho.
"ALERT: Anyone who helps ICE identify and ultimately deport an illegal from Idaho gets FREE BEER FOR ONE MONTH at Old State Saloon!"
When word of the deal spread online, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reacted with a gif of a dinosaur character dropping what appeared to be a beer can while it had a dumbfounded look on its face:
A petrol fuel stabilizer is a chemical additive formulated specifically to slow the degradation of gasoline, protect against ethanol-related issues, and keep the fuel system clean during long-term storage.
It prevents the two biggest problems in stored gasoline:
Oxidation
Ethanol moisture absorption + phase separation
Without a stabilizer, petrol can become unreliable in 30-60 days.
A diesel fuel stabilizer is a specially formulated chemical additive that slows the degradation of diesel fuel, prevents microbial growth, controls water contamination, improves lubricity, and stabilizes the fuel for long-term storage.
Diesel is more complex than petrol, so its stabilizers must address different and more severe degradation mechanisms, especially water contamination and microbial growth.
Lubricity? Marking that one to slide into a future sentence.
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Club ONT Payment Options
The Club would proudly accept Woz's funny money!
Did you know that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has been using his own custom $2 bills for over 30 years? He doesn't print the money itself, which would be illegal. Instead, he legally purchases large, uncut sheets of genuine $2 bills directly from the U.S. Bureau of Engraving… pic.twitter.com/9bFbUATZMQ
NOTICE: Patrons with flatulence are welcome to utilize their vanvera while inside Club ONT. Rentals are available for those that did not bring their own. Rentals are believed to have been "cleaned" before re-use, but your mileage may vary (similar to bowling shoe or roller skate rentals).
Well, bamboo is actually a type of grass, and underground, it's all connected in a sprawling network, just like the parts of this story I never wanted to tell. I wish I hadn't been put in this position, that I didn't have to write about any of this, that I didn't have to subject myself or my loved ones to embarrassment and further loss of privacy.
We're back to the fucking bamboo. Guys, I don't think I can pay for bamboo ruminations.
I think he added that because he was embarrassed about all the bamboo imagery from Part 1. He's justifying his twin obsessions: His ex, and bamboo. Which is not a tree but a kind of grass, he'll have you know.
On Tuesday, the book arrived in stores. At lunchtime, in the Midtown Manhattan nexus of media and publishing, interest in Nuzzi's story seemed more muted. The Barnes and Noble on Fifth Avenue had seven copies tucked into a "New & Notable" rack next to the escalator, below Malala Yousafzai's "Finding My Way." Not many had sold so far, a store employee said.
A few blocks uptown, at a branch of the local independent chain McNally Jackson Books, a few volumes lay on a table of new and noteworthy nonfiction near the front of the store. No one was lining up to get them, or even browsing. Bookseller Alex Howe told CNN around 3 p.m. that though the store had procured "several dozen" copies, not a single one had yet sold -- a figure he said was surprising, considering how many people in media and publishing work in the area.
"We ordered a lot and so far, people have not been beating down the door," Howe said. "I'm not sure where we're gonna put them because right now, supply is outpacing demand." (A manager at McNally Jackson noted that Howe was speaking only in a personal capacity, not as a representative of the store.)
She trashes Ryan Lizza for his "Revenge Porn" here. Emily Jashinsky says that when the Bulwark's gay grifter Tim Miller asked why she didn't report on the (alleged) use of ketamine by RFKJr., she broke down in tears and asked to end the interview.
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!
