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XKCD comic 2347 highlighted a key weakness of modern computer systems: Everything depends on "a project some random person in Nebraska has been thanklessly maintaining since 2003".
Stacktower is a Python library that inspects your own tech stack and draws a similar diagram and highlights the individual thankless maintainers, so that you can thank them.
Earlier this year, home goods maker Kohler launched a smart camera called the Dekoda that attaches to your toilet bowl, takes pictures of it, and analyzes the images to advise you on your gut health.
I can see where this is going to end.
The security researcher also pointed out that given Kohler can access customers' data on its servers, it's possible Kohler is using customers' bowl pictures to train AI.
Why?
Citing another response from the company representative, the researcher was told that Kohler's "algorithms are trained on de-identified data only."
No.
The Dekoda costs $599 plus a mandatory subscription of at least $6.99 per month.
On Wednesday, Roskomnadzor blocked access to the U.S. children's gaming platform Roblox, accusing it of distributing extremist materials and "LGBT propaganda." Roskomnadzor further said Roblox was "rife with inappropriate content that can negatively impact the spiritual and moral development of children."
Thursday Overnight Open Thread - December 4, 2025 [Doof]
—Open Blogger
The Thursday ONT has arrived. Have you? How's your holiday shopping going? Still plenty of time to get something great for your favorite ONT COB.
By the way, today is National Sock Day. Around here that is important to The Paolo, Amy Schumer, BEN ROETHLISBERGER, and Mary Cloggenstein from Battleboro. Also very important to our ONT friend, Miklos. What other prominent socks did I miss? Also, this would be a good night to try on some new socks. What ya got??
Bernie Sanders: "If wages are going down, I don't know why we need millions of people to be coming into this country as guest workers who will work for lower wages than American workers."
1989. Joe Biden delivers a televised message from the Democrat party, calling on then President Bush to do more to stop the flow of drugs into the country.
In addition to calling for more prisons and more cops, Biden said that Democrats want the creation of a strike force to… pic.twitter.com/mV8SbVsnob
A 65-year-old Thai woman stunned temple staff at a Buddhist temple near Bangkok after she was found alive inside a coffin just before her scheduled cremation.
The incident occurred at Wat Rat Prakhong Tham in Nonthaburi province, where a video posted to the temple’s Facebook page showed the woman lying in a white coffin in the back of a pickup truck. Temple workers were shocked when they noticed movement—her arms and head subtly shifting.
Pairat Soodthoop, the temple’s general and financial affairs manager, told the Associated Press that the woman had been brought from Phitsanulok province by her brother. He said the Thai woman had been bedridden for two years and appeared to have stopped breathing two days earlier.
The brother, assuming she had died, placed her in a coffin and drove approximately 500 kilometers to Bangkok, intending to donate her organs as per her earlier wish. However, a hospital declined to accept the body due to the lack of an official death certificate.
Emphasis mine. This must be the Thailand equivalent of a "Florida Man" story.
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Critter Corner
On Tuesday, I featured a story about a drunk raccoon. This might be his cousin.
Summary: Chimpanzees naturally ingest surprising amounts of alcohol from ripe, fermenting fruit. Careful measurements show that their typical fruit diet can equal one to two human drinks each day. This supports the idea that alcohol exposure is not a modern human invention but an ancient primate habit. The work strengthens the “drunken monkey” hypothesis and opens new questions about how animals use ethanol cues in their environment.
This might be a repeat story from a previous ONT of mine. Not sure. I don't read my content.
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What happens when you divide by zero on a mechanical 1950s calculator?
In the 1950s, mechanical calculators didn’t have the safety checks of modern machines.
So when someone tried to divide a number by zero, the calculator didn’t display an error. Instead, it would enter into… pic.twitter.com/4N8dwzzajh
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California just amended its constitution to permit Gavin Newsom to redraw that state's map for maximum partisan advantage. Meanwhile, left-wing judges insist that Republicans aren't allowed to do the same, Because Racist.
The Supreme Court "took note" of California's similar manuever and decided, by 6 to 3, that no, it's not (D)ifferent when (D)emocrats do it any longer.
The Supreme Court said Thursday that Texas can use its new gerrymandered House map in the upcoming midterm elections, likely yielding as many as five additional seats for Republicans in the battle for control of the House.
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By an apparent 6-3 vote, the justices granted an emergency request from Texas officials to block a lower court ruling that
The court's high ruling also took note of recent Democrat-led redistricting in California, signaling that the justices may not be inclined to interfere with those efforts or similar drives in other states.
I think this means the Supreme Court will finally overturn the leftwing-judge-made "law" that states are required to use racial criteria to maximize minority "representation."
A Refugee Group Was Repeatedly Warned That the Killer of the National Guardswoman Was "Spiraling" Into "Mania," But No Official Action Seems to Have Been Taken
A leading national refugee agency was warned multiple times that the Afghan terror suspect accused of murdering one National Guard member and critically injuring another was spiraling into mania and mental illness beginning in 2023, according to a bombshell email leak.
Despite this, and an alleged failure to maintain his mandated contact with state social services, he still managed to win asylum in April of this year.
Rahmanullah Lakanwal's behavior was so disturbing that a local community advocate reached out to a refugee organization for help, according to emails to the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) seen by the Associated Press.
"Rahmanullah has not been functional as a person, father, and provider since March of last year [2023]. He quit his job that month, and his behavior has changed greatly," the community member wrote in January 2024.
The community member said he feared that Lakanwal had become suicidal.
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He was brought to the US in 2021 under Operation Allies Welcome, moving to Bellingham, Washington, with his wife and their five young sons.
But he reportedly struggled to assimilate, failed to hold down a steady job or commit to learning English, according to the emails.
Alternating between "periods of dark isolation and reckless travel," Lakanwal sometimes spent weeks in his "darkened room, not speaking to anyone, not even his wife or older kids," the person wrote.
During these "manic episodes," he would reportedly "take off in the family car, and drive nonstop," the email outlined, leaving for up to two weeks at a time on his own, driving as far as Chicago or Arizona.
Lakanwal also failed to stay in contact with the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) as was mandated by the terms of his entry into the US, except for "interim" weeks where he would "do the right things," according to the emails.
And I guess Washington State didn't alert anyone, either.
He was so depressed that the community member feared he would harm himself, according to the emails.
When his wife would leave him with the kids for a week while she traveled to visit relatives, his children would go to school unwashed and in dirty clothes without having eaten well, according to the person.
The children's school raised concerns about his behavior, and the family even faced eviction at one point in 2023 after months of not paying rent.
In response to two emails, the USCRI tried to visit Lakanwal and his family in Bellingham in March 2024, according to the author of the emails.
After they received no updates, they believed that Lakanwal had refused assistance.
It's unclear whether the community member or USCRI reported the mental distress to immigration authorities or law enforcement.
That means that fraudsters will have to interact with government officials more often, and hopefully more fraud will be discovered and more badly-behaving "asylum seekers" will be kicked out.
The Trump administration is dramatically scaling back the timeframe in which asylum seekers and other foreign nationals can have valid work permits in the U.S.
Work permits issued to foreign nationals who’ve applied for asylum or other humanitarian programs will only be valid for 18 months rather than five years, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Thursday. The decision marks the latest action by the agency tasked with managing the country’s immigration system, since two National Guard members were ambushed by an Afghan man shortly before Thanksgiving.
This Christmas, let’s celebrate the love we hold within ourselves and share it with the world around us. After all, wherever we are, we can create a home filled with endless possibilities. pic.twitter.com/VouZAtLpHU
Here's a question: Were you white lights people or colored lights people?
I think colored lights are favored by blue collar/working class people and white lights are favored by wealthier people.
I grew up a colored lights kid, but when I saw the white lights at my wealthier friends' house, i became a White Lights Aspirant.
Remember Jill Biden's Trans Christmas horror shows?
What a difference a President makes!🫡 Remember this monstrosity of awful Christmas Decorations by Dr. Jill Biden??? 🤢🤮🤮🤮 UGH! pic.twitter.com/EDUXQJYkWi
— GrrrGraphics-Ben Garrison 🤠 Cartoons 🇺🇸 (@GrrrGraphics) November 26, 2025
ICE on Wednesday arrested yet another Afghan migrant brought into the country under former President Biden's troubled "Operation Allies Welcome" -- this time a man Homeland Security officials say was tied directly to ISIS-K.
Agents took Jaan Shah Safi into custody just outside Washington, marking the latest example of a resettlement effort critics warned from the start would import national-security threats into American communities. Safi arrived in Philadelphia on September 8, 2021, during the Biden administration's massive Afghan airlift, a rush job that moved nearly 190,000 people into the U.S. with barely any vetting.
According to ICE, Safi provided support to ISIS-K and the Islamic State's Iraq network, and even supplied weapons to his father, a militia commander back in Afghanistan. After entering the U.S., he filed for Temporary Protected Status -- a request that fell apart when DHS Secretary Kristi Noem ended TPS for Afghans, exposing how many people the Biden team had waved through without knowing who they were.
"Today, our heroic ICE officers arrested Jaan Shah Safi, a terrorist who provided material support to ISIS-K," Noem said, blasting Biden's resettlement operation as "disastrous" and pointing out that Safi was picked up only miles from where National Guard members Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe were ambushed days earlier. That attack, carried out by Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, left Beckstrom dead and Wolfe in critical condition -- yet another case tied directly to Biden's program.
The pattern hasn't stopped. On November 25, authorities in Fort Worth arrested Mohammad Dawood Alokozay after he allegedly posted a TikTok video hinting at a terror plot. Like Safi and Lakanwal, Alokozay entered the United States because of Operation Allies Welcome.
AFGHAN TERRORIST ARRESTED TODAY JUST MILES FROM D.C. CAME IN UNDER BIDEN.
Today the heroes of @ICEgov arrested Jaan Shah Safi, an unvetted Afghan national who provided support to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan (ISIS-K). He also provided weapons to his father who is… pic.twitter.com/NFwiTSqVfb
Remember, back in January, CBS's Melting Pot 5 propgandist Margaret Brennan argued 1, that all of the Afghan "heroes" were "fully vetted," 2, we should not even discuss the "fully vetted" heroes who are being arrested for plotting terrorist attacks, and 3, we should further ignore the then-latest Afghan terrorist's Islamic radicalism, because, you see, we don't know if he was radicalized in Afghanistan or radicalized here.
Lefties love fighting against the facts to create the thinnest possible zone of doubt so they can then say, "Because I have established 1% doubt about one minor point, the accused must be set free, and we must continue to follow the leftist agenda on this point. Unless the leftist agenda is disproved with 115% certainty, we must accept that the leftist agenda is 115% true."
Anyway, this claim by Brennan resulted in the highly-memeworthy response: "I don't really care, Margaret."
Update: It's always dangerous to trust google searches during fast-breaking news, but this account claims that "little Brian" lived at home with his father, who owns an immigration bail bond company.
Federal agents swarmed the Woodbridge, Va., home of 30-year-old Brian Cole Jr. following the break in the case that has vexed and embarrassed the FBI for nearly five years.
"You're not going to walk into our capital city, put down two explosive devices and walk off into the sunset," bureau Deputy Director Dan Bongino, who has made the case a priority since taking office in March, told reporters at an afternoon news conference. "Not gonna happen.
"We were gonna track this person to the end of the earth. There was no way he was getting away."
Authorities did not publicly indicate any motive for the crime, with one high-placed FBI source rejecting earlier claims that Cole may have had "anarchist" leanings.
That's just one FBI source "rejecting" that. We'll see.
There were also "sources" that denied that Tyler Robinson was a gay furry.
"He's very antisocial. Very," a woman who said she had lived in the neighborhood since 1991 told The Post of Cole. "He keeps to himself."
"He has a dog that he loves," she added. "He walks every day, twice a day, to 7-Eleven with his dog and he wears his headphones."
"He seemed very quiet. He would never make eye contact. Almost like he just didn't see you," added a second neighbor, a man who noted that Cole would "wear shorts all winter long, and red Crocs."
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Cole's arrest comes one month before the fifth anniversary of the melee that briefly delayed congressional confirmation of Joe Biden's 2020 election victory.
Surveillance footage showed a person carrying a backpack and wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, mask, gloves, glasses, and a pair of Nike Air Max Speed Turf sneakers who planted what investigators called "viable explosive devices" at the headquarters of the two major parties on the night of Jan. 5, 2021.
Law enforcement officials, led by Attorney General Pam Bondi, stressed that there was "no new tip" or "no new witness" that led to Cole's arrest, with the AG crediting "good, diligent police work and prosecutorial work, working as a team along with the ATF, Capitol Police, the [DC] Metropolitan Police Department and of course, the FBI."
FBI Director Kash Patel strongly suggested that a new analysis of cell phone data helped lead investigators to Cole, telling reporters that investigators sifted through "three million lines of information ... you can think about the amount of cell phone data that has to be ingested and triangulated and dumped and received."
"When you develop evidence, you get a search warrant," he added. "When you get a search warrant, you get an address. When you get an address, you hit the house, and that's what we did."
That cell phone data was all available to Biden and Wray -- but they didn't sift through it.
Or... did they?
A neighbor said this guy had "unusually short legs" and a simple gait analysis would prove or disprove his culpability. So Gait Analysis re-enters the chat.
I want a full investigation of the "investigation" that Biden and Wray did.
Cole's step-grandfather, Earl Donnette, told NBC News in a phone call that he spoke with the FBI about his step-grandson, but declined to comment further.
Bondi said the investigation into the attempted bombing "languished" for four years under former President Joe Biden's administration.
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FBI Director Kash Patel credited the U.S. Capitol Police, the Metropolitan Police Department and U.S. Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro for their work on the investigation.
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Neither bomb detonated, but authorities say both were viable and dangerous.
DC pipe bomb suspect
Video footage released by the FBI showed the suspect placing the pipe bombs near the two headquarters more than 16 hours before law enforcement found them.
The suspect was seen wearing a gray hoodie, Nike Air Max Speed Turf sneakers, a mask, glasses and gloves, but Cole's identity had long been unknown.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro lays out the importance of catching the DC pipe bomber:
"Four years, 10 months, and 28 days ago, an individual placed a bomb in the vicinity of both the RNC and the DNC, and for that amount of time, that individual evaded accountability." pic.twitter.com/NHTWHGtbZf
Update: Chuck Ross also wonders why the cell phone data didn't point to this guy sooner:
The affidavit has a lot of details of credit card purchases of materials and cell tower records from the night of Jan. 5. Surely the FBI narrowed in on this suspect early in the investigation. There weren't many people on the streets that night https://t.co/5f4zzEghY9
The most annoying "Reply Guy" content farmer on Twitter says that this guy must be MAGA, but all MAGA people are going to spin it that he's "anything but one of their own," just like we did with... Tyler Robinson, I guess.
BREAKING: The man arrested for the DC Pipe Bomb case is Brian Cole Jr. of Woodbridge, Virginia.
I'm sure the spin will begin to label him anything but one of MAGA's own, no matter what his ideologies were. pic.twitter.com/lgoENdoX2Z
🚨 BREAKING: @AGPamBondi says more charges could be filed against Brian Cole Jr., the DC pipe bomb suspect who federal authorities arrested after an investigation that lasted nearly five years. pic.twitter.com/fRBZse5Pe6
Commenters say this guy was tracked via the sneakers he wore on the night he planted the bombs, which were expensive and uncommon.
Neat little side-by-side video of the J5 footage and I guess footage of the suspect himself. This is obviously enhanced by AI, and might be completely fabricated AI.
But this is a breaking news story so I'm going to relax my usual standards of confirmation.
🚨 UPDATE: Brian Cole, 33, from Virginia—FBI's got their man! Perfect match: gait, Nike Air Max Speed Turf kicks, hoodie, mask, glasses, gloves from that shady 2021 footage. Pipe bombs at RNC/DNC HQ? Deep state op to frame patriots blows wide open. Charges drop tomorrow—truth… pic.twitter.com/W7eRbzHNbb
Other commenters asked: Why weren't these rare sneakers tracked four years ago?
Good question.
Just for the record, if this sneering, Deep State POS were still leading the FBI, suspected pipe bomber Brian Cole jr. would never have been found. Wray was too busy looking for grandma’s accused of trespassing the Capitol on J6. pic.twitter.com/tFjuq822ET
Feds Raid Home Linked to Suspected J6 Bomber, a Suspected "Anarchist"
—Ace
Whoops -- I was making myself lunch and then eating and never saw this story breaking. I only looked because a commenter said, "still no bomber story"?
I'm putting the Afghan terrorist story in draft while I try to catch up.
Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg
NEW: The FBI has raided the home of 30-year-old Brian Cole Jr. of Woodbridge, Virginia, who was arrested in connection with planting pipe bombs before J6.
The arrest comes almost five years after the incident.
According to the New York Post, the suspect may have a background of possible "anarchist leanings."
Nick Sortor
@nicksortor
🚨 BREAKING: The FBI has surrounded a home in Woodbridge, VA where alleged DC pipe bomber Brian Cole Jr., reportedly 33, was arrested this morning
Cole seemingly has very little online presence, and has been described as an "anarchist"
🚨🇺🇸#BREAKING | NEWS ⚠️ LIVE the FBI has raided the home of the J6 pipe bomber who is 30 year old Brian Cole of Woodbridge, Virginia they believe this is his father‘s home.
Massive amount of Police FBI,DHS and ATF our staged outside of the home and searching inside and outside… pic.twitter.com/Fd6hWYrKDU
GO WOKE, GO BROKE: Gerry McGovern, Jaguar's Chief Creative Officer, who oversaw the brand's 2024 rebrand featuring diverse, androgynous models has been fired. Jaguar's sales fell 97.5% in April 2025 to just 49 vehicles. pic.twitter.com/2csspIrVhY
Here's Gerry McGovern, the Chief Creative Officer who oversaw the effort to turn Jaguar into a trans brand.
BREAKING - Gerry McGovern, the architect of Jaguar’s 2024 woke ad and rebrand that caused a 97.5% sales collapse, has been fired and escorted from the building while the company scrambles to erase all traces of the disastrous campaign. pic.twitter.com/VVi4P74gYl
Reportedly -- "reportedly" is a weasel word the media uses to mean "other people are reporting this, but we cannot confirm it, so we're just rewriting the original report" -- he's not only been "suddenly" fired, but was also "escorted from the office."
Jaguar Land Rover designer behind woke rebrand 'escorted from office'
Executive was behind pink EV that drew criticism from Nigel Farage and Donald Trump
The designer behind Jaguar's controversial "woke" rebrand has reportedly been dismissed from the carmaker just days after a new chief executive took over.
Gerry McGovern, who was formerly Jaguar Land Rover's (JLR) chief creative officer, was told he was being dismissed with immediate effect on Monday.
He was then escorted out of the office, according to reports, although details of his exit remain unclear.
JLR, which is owned by Indian conglomerate Tata, declined to comment.
The turmoil comes just days after PB Balaji, the former finance boss of Tata Motors, succeeded Adrian Mardell as chief executive of JLR.
It brings an abrupt end to Mr McGovern's 21-year career at the carmaker, where he masterminded a revamp of Land Rover's Defender model and the company's line-up of Range Rovers.
He was also the main creative force behind last year's radical rebrand of Jaguar that aimed to shift the marque away from its traditional "Jag Man" image towards ultra-wealthy customers.
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The backlash was dismissed as "vile hatred and intolerance" at the time by Rawdon Glover, the managing director of the Jaguar brand.
"We need to re-establish our brand and at a completely different price point so we need to act differently," he told the Financial Times.
So apparently the "ultra-wealthy" are the Davos set.
The Morning Rant: Measures...Counter-Measures...Counter-Counter-Measures...
—CBD
People who think about the evolution of warfare have sleepless nights worrying about drones. Israel and Ukraine are ground-zero for drone warfare...and the pace of technological change is breathtaking! In a few short years we have gone from large drones flying high, armed with a single missile or a few cameras, to swarms of drones with small explosive devices that can overwhelm defenses and destroy multi-million dollar equipment for a few hundred dollars, and reconnaissance drones the size of a paperback that zip around the battlefield providing data in real time (Hello, Yahya Sinwar.)
Counter-measures arrived quickly, which is unsurprising, since the evolution of warfare occurs most quickly during war! But until very recently, those counter-measures were very expensive in comparison to the drones themselves, which are often just modified civilian drones...essentially toys for grownups. Using a $million missile to shoot down a $10,000 drone is a temporary answer, and one that is unsupportable in the long-term. And the smaller, cheaper drones are difficult because of their size, even if an army could field enough missiles.
But along comes Israel's arms industry with an obvious but technologically difficult response: Lasers!
Israel plans to deploy its first operational high-power laser air-defense system by the end of the year, marking a significant shift in how the country counters drones, rockets, and other aerial threats, the Defense Ministry said.
The system, known as Iron Beam, completed operational testing in September and will become the world’s first combat-ready laser interceptor.
The 100-kilowatt system is designed to destroy targets within seconds and at a fraction of the cost of traditional missile-based defenses.
Obviously this system hasn't seen significant combat, and until it is tested in many battles it will remain experimental. But the basic concept is sound, and while the devil is in the details, improvements in software speed and sensor technology will push this response down to the squad level very quickly.
Drones have the capacity to do tremendous damage to technologically superior forces. Imagine a swarm of drones launched from near our B-2, B-52, or F-35 bases. A few hundred thousand dollars worth of easily procured hardware could conceivably destroy many billions of dollars worth of our almost irreplaceable weaponry in a matter of moments. This isn't World War II, where factories could produce thousands of tanks or planes each year. It takes about 18 months to build an F-35. How many can we afford to lose?
While my personal preference is for a bunch of Midwestern goose hunters to be drafted into the armed forces for drone hunting duty, the future of laser defense is assured. Drones aren't going away, and must be considered an integral part of both offensive and defensive operations.
It won't be long before those airbases are surrounded by a multi-layered defense system that includes lasers to defend against drones. The question is: what comes next? Laser weapons for infantry, or tanks, or helicopters?
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Good morning kids. Quite a few things of note to report on this morning, but there are a number of glittering examples of Dem/Leftist chutzpocrisy colliding as they inevitably do with projection that are worthy of note, though so glaring as to be visible even from the surface of a supernova lightyears away.
First of all, did this dolt not read the memo that Jihad is not a violent act of terrorism but a beautiful expression of internal struggle and reflection by the mostly peaceful peaceniks of Islam? Oh boy, I smell a big fat fatwa for this fathead if she doesn't recant that statement lickety-split. That said, who are the ones burning cities to the ground, shooting up churches, and synagogues, attempting to and in the case of poor Charlie Kirk succeeding in assassinating political enemies as well as CEOs. It ain't MAGAns, Fatso. In any case, as commenter MP4 once quipped, If Trump, and by extension all of us were a fraction of the evil, Hitlerite fascists they claim we are, they'd all have been smoke up a crematorium chimney ages ago.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: “I Have Inherited a White-Supremacist System” . . . The city’s mayor headlined a conference where activists celebrated armed resistance in Gaza, the Philippines, and the United States.
First, what exactly is being resisted?! The rule of law and sanity. I'd venture to say that Al Capone, at the height of his reign as Public enemy number 1, even with a syphilis-ravaged brain, lorded over a Chicago that compared to today was an idyllic paradise on earth. And how could Johnson possibly have inherited a white supremacist system that exists to suppress colored people of color like him? The closest you'd ever get to a seat of white power is as a toilet attendant at Sheldon (whorehouse) Whitehouse's Whites Only Country Club . . . Unless of course Mr. Johnson you are merely acting as a house you-know-what willingly working as a warder to keep your fellow black and brown folk down! You should be strapped onto a gurney and have JB Pritzker part his cheeks like the Red Sea, and sit on your face after consuming several giant tins of baked beans. There's your white supremacy, pal.
The reactions to President Trump authorizing Secretary of War (how I love that) Pete Hegseth to take out the narco-terrorists boats before they can reach our shores with their lethal cargo have been most revealing indeed. Those shouting loudest about the poor innocent drug traffickers are the Democrat Leftists. While the term the War on Drugs which came into the public discourse during the middle years of Ronald Reagan's presidency due to the scourge of crack cocaine that ended thousands of lives and wasted many thousand more in the ensuing years, became the target of much cynicism and ridicule. The bitter irony is that in the main those thousands of wasted lives were black, latino and other primarily Democrat constituencies. That said, considering the toxicity of fentanyl, interdicting its flow into our nation is a justified act of self defense. COnsidering that state actors from Venezuela's Maduro and all the way out to Red China's Xi Jinping are involved in the poisoning of the American citizenry, the word War in this instance does have certain implications and in theory consequences.
The latest atrocity that Trump has committed, as far as the left is concerned, is targeting narcoterrorists’ boats in the Caribbean. After all, who will speak for the poor drug traffickers if they don’t? . . . Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Mutiny) and the other members of the Seditious Six are leading this effort, but one of the chief defenders of the poor drug mules has been the vice chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), who is not one of the notorious Six. Warner seems to be trying to make this issue his claim to fame; up to now, he has only been known as the senator from Virginia named Warner who wasn’t married to Elizabeth Taylor. Warner, however, may now have crossed a line he could regret crossing: in a video that began circulating Wednesday, he appears to be calling for a military coup against a duly elected president of the United States. . .
“this is an administration that’s fired, you know, uniformed generals from the head of the NSA, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, and I think, um, uh, in many ways, the uniformed military may help save us from this president and his lame people like Hegseth, because I think their commitment is to the Constitution and obviously not to Trump, and I expect Bradley would adhere to that.” Warner was referring to Adm. Frank Bradley, whom Hegseth has identified as the authority who made the decision to order a second strike on the drug boat, about which leftists are in an uproar. Far less clear, however, was what Warner meant by his reference to the military saving us from Orange Man Bad. The Constitution says nothing about the military having any role whatsoever in protecting Americans from a supposedly rogue president. . .
Warner, however, seems unconcerned about the prospect of any retaliation from the man he nevertheless wants us to think is a reckless, vindictive dictator-in-the-making. “This is the biggest crowd of wimps you’ve ever seen,” Warner said Tuesday of Trump, Hegseth, and others in the administration. Wimps, you see, but lawless, fascist wimps who must be stopped at all costs.
. . . Warner was apparently asleep from Jan. 20, 2021 to Jan. 20, 2025, as the Biden regime politicized the entire federal bureaucracy and weaponized it against the regime’s foes. Now he is accusing his enemies of what his own side is guilty of doing. His call for a coup is unlikely to be heeded, but as leftists grow more desperate, one never knows for sure.
It is abundantly clear that, regardless of the very real and persistent threat to the peace of he world and the advancement of civilization, posed by Islam, the greatest existential threat to whatever is left of America as founded — which was the pinnacle of social and human societal development — faces comes from within. It is the anti-AMERICAN Left and its political epicenter in the Democrat Party and its affiliates. Period full stop.
Especially when those children are being sexually assaulted, starved or beaten to death. The police must never be called.
Roberts argues that child protective services is a false front that survives only because any real change would threaten the racial capitalist system she believes it protects. “What it’s really protecting is the idea that this nation cares about the safety of children and the the reason why children aren’t safe is because of their pathological parents, they’re deficient parents. Therefore, you know, why, why have that, why believe that? Because then you don’t need radical social change.” Roberts says.
Same argument as with murderers, rapists and muggers. It’s not their fault. They’re victims of systemic racism. Stop policing them and then surely you’ll have lots of ‘equity.’
Now you can see why Luigi Mangione, Abrego Garcia, the Islamic Gazan Jewish baby roasters and the Narco-terrorists have cheerleaders...
DearLord in Heaven, I need to get drunk, and it's not even 6:30AM...
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A 50-year mortgage isn’t innovation—it’s a fresh coat of paint on a century-old policy disaster that keeps prices high, taxpayers exposed, and real ownership out of reach. Why the 50-Year Mortgage Is a Bad Idea
The leftist press corps is throwing tantrums over Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s unapologetic campaign against narco-terrorists attempting to transport poison into the United States. Let's not Forget the Poor Narco-Terrorists
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
Imagine a high school senior anywhere in America with a 4.0 GPA, rigorous coursework, and an extensive record of volunteering and community service. He plans to attend a four-year university but, like millions of families, worries about how to afford it. He discovers a prestigious national scholarship fund offering mentoring, leadership training, and up to $5,000 in financial aid. He meets every requirement except one: He is not Hispanic. A Talented Student, But the Wrong Ancestry. Why We Filed Suit Against the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
In May 2024, the Biden junta charged Cuellar and his wife for allegedly accepting $600,000 in bribes from a company owned by the Azerbaijan government and a bank in Mexico City. Trump Pardons Texas Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar
Brought on behalf of several California residents by the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), the legal challenge contests the legality of the Golden State’s recently enacted congressional map. Approved by California voters last month via a ballot amendment (Proposition 50), the new map seeks to further gerrymander the state in Democrats’ favor and offset potential gains resulting from Texas Republicans’ redistricting efforts. Lawsuit: California’s Race-Based Gerrymandering Is Unconstitutional
Musk’s outlook aligns with recent comments from Trump himself. During a White House cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Trump remarked that two members of his administration could form the 2028 Republican presidential ticket, glancing at Vice President JD Vance as he noted, “Could be a couple of people sitting at this table.” He added that he wanted their work “to be carried forward.” The comments followed his October 27 statement to reporters, made during a flight from Malaysia to Japan, in which he deemed a Vance-Rubio “unstoppable.” Musk Maps Out MAGA’s Next 12 Years: Trump’s Return, Vance’s Rise
Victor Davis Hanson: Newsom readies a presidential run while presiding over a state buckling under sky-high costs, mass exodus, and crumbling basics—leaving little to brag about beyond attacking Trump. A Newsom Nihilist Nomination?
It does increasingly appear however that the April 2025 prediction is now correct, that the solar maximum has passed, and that Sun is now heading towards a sunspot minimum. The question now is whether that minimum will occur in 2031, as predicted, making for a solar cycle with a normal length of eleven years, or will it happen sooner. If sooner, which is what appears to be happening, this cycle will be unusual in that it will be short but weak. In the past, short cycles were routinely associated with strong cycles. Sunspot update: Sunspot activity again crashes far below predictions
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.
Jeremy Howard, co-founder of Answer.AI and Fast.AI, said in a series of social media posts that users' claims about GitHub Actions being in a poor state of repair appear to be justified.
"The bug," he wrote, "was implemented in a way that, very obviously to nearly anyone at first glance, uses 100 percent CPU all the time, and will run forever unless the task happens to check the time during the correct second."
A fix for the bug was proposed by a user.
The fix was correct.
The fix was ignored, and the comment thread was closed by AI.
Wednesday Overnight Open Thread - December 3, 2025 [Shopping Rex]
—Open Blogger
Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the post-cafe overnight variety.
Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and sit a spell. Good will offerings of amusing puns are happily accepted. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors.
"Good evening Morons! Come on down! You're about to get the Wednesday night ONT!"
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Are you looking for gift ideas for your favorite Moron? Not sure what to put on the Christmas shopping list this year?
The Wednesday ONT is here to help with the Unofficial and Unapproved 2025 Christmas Gift Guide. We hope you're whelmed.
What gifts are missing from the guide (other than ample ammo)?
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Has your favorite Moron experienced a canoe accident? Morons seem to be particularly susceptible to suffering canoe calamities. Get them a new canoe but don't spend too much money because anything you buy is likely to encounter trouble as well.
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The Moose out front knows a lot of things, but doesn't always tell ya what ya need to know. Either way, you're better off with a moose than not (just don't get ones that like to bite sisters).
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Weasel-san wisdom says "no wobbly shit." Get your favorite shooting Moron a solid shooting table and accompanying bags to ward off wobbly shit.
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If you're like me, you have trouble keeping up with the pants rules on AoS. Which posts require pants? Which prohibit pants? Which make them optional? No wonder many Morons drink. Anyway, it pays to keep a pair of pants nearby just in case.
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Blog life can be dangerous, but we all know that medical help is nearby. Bruise? Scrape? Scope bite? Cigar burn? Headache? Broken bones? Doesn't matter. Slap a hot iron on it. Available in both cordless and cord-equipped versions.
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Worth more than precious metal when ya gotta go. Tradable for drinks, food and the jukebox. Also can slide beneath the leg of a wobbly table in a pinch. It is...the Club ONT Restroom Token.
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When the 39 foot animatronic T-Rex is out of stock, the next best thing is a 19 foot non-animatronic T-Rex. Not ideal, but we all have to make sacrifices when times are tough.
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Where is that darn Wumpus? If your favorite Moron has been hunting everywhere without success and keeps being late to the ONT, help them out with back issues of Compute! Magazine for cheat codes.
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Is your favorite mechanical Moron in need of a supply of sockets? Is the right socket size always somewhere else when needed? This Advent Calendar comes stocked with a socket (or several) a day. By the time Christmas arrives, they'll have a full set! The calendar even comes with extra 10mm sockets. This particular example came from the seconds bin which explains why it was half off.
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Did your favorite Moron grow up thinking "When I'm older, I'm going to have a proper slingshot!" Look no further. Batteries not included.
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With the risk of Yoko lurking beneath every link and mystery click, the only sure defense is deployment of the dark arts. This anti-Yoko cloak and specially designed ear protection is the only known anti-Yoko defense. Better results when worn together. Less powerful on Mondays for unknown reasons. Available at your favorite shops on Daigon Alley.
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I didn't realize that ping pong had fallen out of favor. Is this what the kids do these days? Fun for the whole family!
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Get your favorite Moron a Super secret AoS membership card to recognize their dedication to the site!
[If you are a member in good standing, a picture of your card will appear here. If not, you are behind on your dues or you have a blot on your permanent record. If that is you, please send two Club ONT Restroom Tokens by email. Allow 4-6 weeks. Nothing will happen but gotta restock the supply somehow. Thank you.]
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After a busy overnight shift, Santa and Mrs. Claus take the elves to Waffle House or breakfast. Re-create the emotional breakfast bowl scene with your own gingerbread Waffle House.
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Is the gift of a barrel the AoS equivalent of getting coal in your stocking? Maybe it is a good sign of enjoyed whiskey, bourbon or wine? Maybe both? Maybe you've spent time in the barrel yourself? (Note: THE barrel is far worse than the barrel depicted. Not recommended.)
No refunds. Bulk discounts available. Previous quotes provided by autopen are null and void. Shipping and handling extra. Sorry but the vanvera and twoilet are both out of stock due to a spike in demand recently. Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking ?? Thank you for your attention to this matter.
A Methodist pastor in upstate New York turned a Sunday church service into a personal announcement ceremony, telling stunned worshippers that the 51-year-old spiritual leader is now transitioning and no longer identifies as male. Rev. Phillip Phaneuf of North Chili United Methodist Church in Rochester delivered the news while draped in a rainbow stole, declaring, "I get to announce with joy that I'm transitioning," and later adding, "I'm not becoming a woman, I'm giving up pretending to be a man."
The pastor also told congregants that a new identity--"Phillippa," with she/her pronouns--will now be used, and that hormone treatments have already been underway for three months.
Phaneuf went even further, announcing a shift to asexuality and telling the church that romance has never been a focus: "I'm in the category of what they call asexual... I am not living my life in a way that involves looking for romance." The message, delivered from the pulpit, was treated as a moment of celebration inside a denomination that has recently rewritten its doctrine to align itself with progressive gender ideology. The United Methodist Church reversed its previous teachings last year and now describes sexuality as a "sacred gift" for all "regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity."
Phaneuf told Fox News Digital on Tuesday that the congregation has been "overwhelmingly affirming," and noted that the bishop was consulted beforehand and offered full institutional support. Any questions about pastoral duties were brushed aside with assurances that nothing will change spiritually--aside from the pastor's name, voice, appearance, and presentation as the hormone regimen continues.
Well, and every homily will be about his Gender Journey, of course.
His victim refused to address him by his suddenly-minted "she/her" pronouns.
The especially-fake transgender -- this is one of those get-caught-raping-a-child, suddenly-discover-you're-a-gal "transitions" -- claims to be the Real Victim Here and says the jury was "hypnotized" into believing he's some kind of rapist.
A trans woman named Natalie Wolf was convicted of molesting a 13-year-old girl by a UK court yesterday. Wolf was a man named Ryan Haley at the time of the attack and was addressed as a woman throughout the trial. However, when it was her turn to speak, the victim refused to address Haley as a woman, instead using the name of the man who had attacked her.
The victim, who is now an adult, feared she would be raped by Wolf, during the attack in Sunderland, England, and told the court her "shame and self-doubt" led to her not reporting the abuse, according to the report...
"I know you as Ryan Haley, a man who sexually abused me. There are few things more isolating than living in a body you don't feel safe in. I've carried shame, self-doubt and a sense of disconnection from myself," the victim told Wolf...
"Ryan, you destroyed me as a child, a teenager and an adult. Today you are finally going to face justice. Today, Ryan Haley, you are going to get what you deserve," the statement concluded.
Wolf was convicted of sexual activity with a child and sentenced to three and a half years in a male prison.
Wolf/Haley represented himself accused the victim of lying and the jury of being hypnotized. The judge made a point of saying Haley had shown no remorse and seemed to be under the delusion that he was the victim in this case.
See the link for more.
This is in the shithole country the UK, so maybe there is some hope yet.
Of Course: Biden Created a Special Exemption So That "Low-Level" Taliban Officials Could Migrate to the US
—Ace
Yeah they're Taliban -- members of the radical cult that sheltered bin Ladin and floods the world with heroin -- but they're "low-level" "civil servants" so I'm sure they're cool.
BTW, why would Taliban civil servants have to flee the Taliban?
It's almost as if the Democrats just want to fill the US with foreign terrorists because they believe we should all be equal in poverty, misery, murder and terror.
Biden administration created exemption for many low-level Taliban 'civil servants' to come to U.S.
Amidst renewed scrutiny about the poor vetting of Afghan refugees in the wake of the debacle in August 2021, a review of a little-known Biden Administration policy allowing former Taliban government workers to come to the United States is taking center stage.
By Jerry Dunleavy
The Biden Administration implemented a terrorism exemption for Afghan refugees allowing hundreds of low-level "civil servants" from the Taliban government to resettle in the United States in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal and evacuation from the country.
The Biden-led Department of Homeland Security and State Department announced in June 2022 that it had put together new exemptions for purportedly vetted applicants who would otherwise be blocked from the United States -- including some former Taliban government workers. The policy allowed hundreds of Afghans to come to the U.S. when they would have previously likely been barred due to terrorism-related inadmissibility grounds (TRIG). This reportedly allowed hundreds of former Taliban government workers to come to the U.S.
The exemptions were for Afghans who had worked as "civil servants" under the Taliban (both before 9/11 and after August 2021), as well as for Afghans who "supported U.S. military interests" such as participation in resistance movements against the Taliban or the Soviet Army and for Afghans "who provided only certain limited material support to the Taliban or other designated terrorist organizations."
The Biden administration agencies said that the "new exemptions may apply" to "individuals employed as civil servants in Afghanistan at any time from September 27, 1996 to December 22, 2001 or after August 15, 2021." These time periods covered both the Taliban's first stint ruling Afghanistan -- when they protected al-Qaeda before and after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and were subsequently overthrown following a U.S. invasion -- and the Taliban's current rule of the country in the wake of the disastrous and chaotic U.S. evacuation in August 2021.
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The agencies said the exemptions did not include Afghans "who held high-level positions, worked for certain ministries, or directly assisted violent Taliban activities or activities in which the individual's civil service was motivated by an allegiance to the Taliban" nor Afghan individuals "who share the goals or ideology of the Taliban, provided preferential treatment to them, or who intended to support the Taliban through their activities."
The State Department and DHS under the Trump administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether they would maintain this TRIG exemption for former Taliban government workers.
"President Trump's State Department has paused visa issuance for ALL individuals traveling on Afghan passports," Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on X on Friday. "The United States has no higher priority than protecting our nation and our people."
A reminder that the empirical evidence shows lockdowns failed to protect life and caused tremendous catastrophic harm. Let's hope the NYT never again has a say in public health policy. https://t.co/xp1EnZVKAW
You're not allowed to use harsh language when describing the thug who beat the shit out of you, you see.
In the UK, a woman who was hospitalized after being brutally assaulted by a man faced legal consequences when she vented to a friend, calling her attacker a "faggot."
Police were notified, she was investigated for a non-crime hate incident (later escalated), charged with malicious communications, and ultimately convicted of committing a homophobic hate crime.
The victim of physical violence ended up with a criminal record for using an offensive slur about her own assailant in a private conversation.
Britain has absolutely lost the plot.
You can be imprisoned for five to ten years for calling the man who brutalized you a "faggot."
Meanwhile, I'm sure, he didn't spend a day in jail.
In the UK, a woman who was hospitalized after being brutally assaulted by a man faced legal consequences when she vented to a friend, calling her attacker a “faggot.”
Police were notified, she was investigated for a non-crime hate incident (later escalated), charged with… pic.twitter.com/QDZL7jbMrs
An IT consultant was arrested by police in Britain after he posted a picture online of himself posing with a gun in the US.
Jon Richelieu-Booth said he was shocked by the "Orwellian" decision by West Yorkshire Police (WYP) to prosecute him over the social media post.
The 50-year-old said that on Aug 13 he had posted a picture of himself on LinkedIn holding a shotgun while on a private homestead with friends during a holiday in Florida.
Mr Richelieu-Booth claims the LinkedIn message contained nothing he considered threatening, with the picture attached to a lengthy post about his day and work activities.
However, he said that a police officer later visited his home to warn him that concerns had been raised about the post.
"I was told to be careful what I say online and I need to understand how it makes people feel," he said.
Mr Richelieu-Booth said he offered to provide officers with proof that the picture of the firearm had been taken while he was in the US but the officers said that was not necessary.
Mr Richelieu-Booth said two officers then returned to his home shortly after 10pm on Aug 24 and arrested him.
A bail document seen by The Telegraph refers to an allegation of possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and a further allegation of stalking related to a photograph of a house that appeared on his social media.
He said he was held overnight in a cell before being interviewed.
Mr Richelieu-Booth said he was initially released on bail until late October.
He alleges that police officers then visited his property on three further occasions before he was re-arrested in October for allegedly breaching his bail conditions.
However, that charge was later dropped.
Meanwhile, an Islamist who photographed himself brandishing an AK-47 to intimidate everyone faced no punishment and didn't even lose his political post.
I don't know why we treat this shithole country as an ally. They're an enemy country, period. I'm now cheering the Islamic conquest of Britain. They deserve to be conquered.
Podcast: Sefton is back with CBD to discuss killing narco-terrorists (we are both for it!), the TN special election, Trump's communication skills, and more!
Incumbent Senator John Cornyn (RINO - TX) betrayed his party and his country by voting in favor Biden's Afghan resettlement bill in 2021. Cornyn voted to bring in the Afghan who shot two National Guard soldiers on US soil. A vote for Cornyn is an endorsement of importing unvetted, radicalized murderers. [Buck]
Podcast: Jim Lakely of Heartland Institute joins CBD for a discussion of their recent polling that shows a majority of 18-39s want socialism, the Epstein files, what will Mamdani do, and more!
Podcast: Buck Throckmorton joins us for a wide-ranging discussion about the cultural and business shift away from the insanity of EVs and Climate Religion, his calm perspective on last week's election, Tucker is a toad, and more!
Our Favorite British Couple Exploring True America Experiences Flora-Bama And Sees A Side Of The Deep South Rarely Seen. [dri]
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