Author: kalbokalbs

2025-11-15, Simply Saturday.

Administrivia.

Wheatie’s Watching.  

3.  If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.  <<<  T H I S.

2.  No running with scissors. 

1.  No food fights.  (Launching dinner rolls encouraged.)

AI stuff posted, requires a link. Please use spoiler, for longer posts.

Wolf Speak.  No obnoxious behavior towards fellow QTreeper(s). Freedom of Speech is honored here QTree.  But Do Know, every poster, IS personally responsible for what they post. 

KK

Fresh Stuff.  May be worth a read, listen, or scroll on by.  

  • In no particular order… 
  • Well, the makings of limited structure below.    

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APMEX https://www.apmex.com   Bitcoin https://www.bitcoin.com/

Prices pulled last evening.  Gold $4,097.98.  Silver $50.79.   Bitcoin $95,099.

Bitcoin…WTF?

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American Stories.  (A series)

The White House Salute to America 250 Task Force has partnered with Hillsdale College to provide a history series that tells the remarkable story of American Independence.

It will highlight the stories of the crucial characters and events that resulted in a small rag-tag army defeating the mightiest empire in the world and establishing the greatest republic ever to exist.

This is the story of America. This is our shared heritage and our proud destiny that will continue to lead us to unimaginable achievements in the centuries to come.

MeThinks, these videos are a worthy our time.  Mine, anyway. 

  • Refresher, new information for some, or many…

7:30.

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Articles.

Breaking Money Matters…

Trump cuts tariffs on goods like coffee, bananas and beef in bid to slash consumer prices

  • President Donald Trump exempted agricultural imports like beef, coffee, cocoa and bananas from his higher tariff rates.
  • The move comes as he faces political blowback for higher prices on grocery staples.
  • The action also extends to tomatoes, avocados and tea, among other items.

More…

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/14/trump-cuts-tariffs-goods-prices.html

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I truly feel bad for Pam Bondi and her DOJ.  Activist judges harass them, nearly daily.

D.C. Appeals Court STRIKES DOWN Trump DOT’s Safety Rules — Allows Immigrants to Obtain Commercial Licenses Again Despite Fatal Florida Truck Crash

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit blocked the Trump-Vance administration’s emergency safety rule, a rule designed to keep America’s highways safe from unvetted foreign drivers.

The court sided not with public safety, not with the families of crash victims, but with activist groups, blue-city governments, and unions who argued that asylum seekers, refugees, and DACA recipients should continue holding commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) despite major questions about identity verification, training standards, and foreign driving histories.

More… 

D.C. Appeals Court STRIKES DOWN Trump DOT’s Safety Rules — Allows Immigrants to Obtain Commercial Licenses Again Despite Fatal Florida Truck Crash

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The ignorance never stops.

Pope Leo Embraces Transgenderism — Invites Prominent Trans Activists to Vatican Luncheon

Pope Leo XIV appears to be embracing the cause of transgenderism.

According to left-wing Catholic blogger and activist Christopher Hale, Leo will meet with Italian transgender activist Alessia Nobile and several other campaigners for a luncheon on Sunday.

Pope Leo XIV will meet and dine in a group setting with Alessia Nobile, a transgender Catholic activist from Bari, during a special lunch at the Vatican this Sunday, November 16.

More…

Pope Leo Embraces Transgenderism — Invites Prominent Trans Activists to Vatican Luncheon

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Slow Guy never saw this coming.

No idea how this stacks up against State laws.  Though I understand, many state laws are Not in sync with Feds.

Congressional hemp restrictions threaten $28 billion industry, sending companies scrambling

  • The congressional funding bill included a THC cap that effectively bans most hemp products, a move industry leaders say threatens the $28 billion market.
  • More than 300,000 jobs are at risk, with economic impacts expected in states with large hemp sectors, including Kentucky, Texas and Utah, industry experts said.
  • Executives warn the ban could fuel a surge in black-market sales if federal regulations aren’t adopted within a year, as demand for hemp-derived THC remains strong.

More…

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/13/congress-thc-hemp-ban.html

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In search of my surprised face…  Dumbass.  MTG that is.

BREAKING: In Stunning Development, President Trump Withdraws His Support and Endorsement of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

President Trump on Friday evening announced he is withdrawing his support for GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.

“I am withdrawing my support and Endorsement of “Congresswoman” Marjorie Taylor Greene, of the Great State of Georgia,” Trump said on Truth Social.

Trump said he is tired of Marjorie Taylor Greene complaining despite him creating record achievements for the country.

“Over the past few weeks, despite my creating Record Achievements for our Country including, a Total and Complete Victory on the Shutdown, Closed Borders, Low Taxes, No Men in Women’s Sports or Transgender for Everyone, ending DEI, stopping Biden’s Record Setting Inflation, Biggest Regulation Cuts in History, stopping EIGHT WARS, rebuilding our Military, being RESPECTED by every Country in the World (as opposed to being the laughingstock that we were just 12 months ago!), having Trillions of Dollars (Record Setting!) INVESTED in the U.S.A., and having created the “HOTTEST” Country anywhere in the World from being a DEAD Country just 12 months ago (and so much more!), all I see “Wacky” Marjorie do is COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN!” Trump said.

More…

BREAKING: In Stunning Development, President Trump Withdraws His Support and Endorsement of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

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F A F O

Virginia Democrat Ibraheem Samirah Who Infamously DISRUPTED President Trump Sentenced in Explosive COVID Fraud Scheme

In a delicious twist of irony, Ibraheem Sabri Samirah, the Palestinian-American Democrat who infamously disrupted President Trump’s 2019 speech in Jamestown with a “Deport Hate” sign, has been nailed for wire fraud in a blatant PPP loan scam.

Samirah, 34, a dentist by trade, cooked up fake payroll records for his clinic, Nova Healthy Smiles PLLC, claiming four employees and $33,333 in monthly wages back in early 2020.

More…

Virginia Democrat Ibraheem Samirah Who Infamously DISRUPTED President Trump Sentenced in Explosive COVID Fraud Scheme

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X’s

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Transparency.

On September 26, 2025, President Trump directed government records related to Amelia Earhart and her final trip to be declassified and released. These records are available online at http://archives.gov/ameliaearhart. More records will be added on a rolling basis as they are digitized.

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Still don’t know much about Crook’s. 

My take is, there IS an ongoing investigation, that will redefine Breaking News AND take down lots of folks.  Likely Big Names.

Not hopia.  Just my opinion.

Crooks Case Overview: Over 480 FBI employees were involved in the Thomas Crooks investigation. Employees conducted over 1,000 interviews, addressed over 2,000 public tips, analyzed data extracted from 13 seized digital devices, reviewed nearly 500,000 digital files, collected, processed, and synchronized hundreds of hours of video footage, analyzed financial activity from 10 different accounts, and examined data associated with 25 social media or online forum accounts. The FBI’s investigation into Thomas Crooks identified and examined over 20 online accounts, data extracted from over a dozen electronic devices, examination of numerous financial accounts, and over 1,000 interviews and 2000 public tips. The investigation, conducted by over 480 FBI employees, revealed Crooks had limited online and in person interactions, planned and conducted the attack alone, and did not leak or share his intent to engage in the attack with anyone.

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Money Matters

@DowdEdwardimplored you to message this 10 months ago….

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More Money Matters.

Fed trying to figure out if we need a rate cut in December.

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Imagine that…

Angry about affordability? Why are prices so high? Blame Joe Biden. 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐁𝐘 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓 Trump 1.0 –> NO INFLATION Biden –> RUNAWAY INFLATION TRUMP 2.0 –> INFLATION COMES DOWN

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Slashing regulations impacting housing.

.@SecretaryTurnerencourages localities to slash burdensome regulations: “Right now, it costs about 40% in cost of regulations just to build a multi-family development—about 20-25% to build a single-family development. We have to attack the regulatory environment going forward.”

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Speaking of housing costs.

“’I’m never satisfied,’ @POTUS said, noting that driving down housing and consumer costs is central to helping people reach the American dream. He dismissed Democrats’ newfound focus on ‘affordability,’ after years of brushing off inflation under former President Joe Biden, as laughable, describing it as a hollow ‘catch phrase’ instead of serious policy.”

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TarGay dropping some food prices.

“@Target is dropping prices ahead of the holidays… announcing reduced costs on 3,000 food, beverage, and essential items starting this month. Target is also bringing back its Thanksgiving meal at its lowest price EVER.”

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Grewsome screws up lives across KaliforniStan AND many other states.

Gov Newscum is working overtime to cement his status as the worst governor in America.

Under his failed leadership, the great state of California is suffering with some of the highest gas and electricity prices in the country.

In fact, California drivers pay $1.60 more than the national average for a gallon of gasoline.

Gavin, it’s time to abandon your failed Green New Scam experiment and embrace President Trump’s successful energy dominance agenda

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Only a moron would threaten to sue DOJ, Trump…  Well, its FartSwell.  DumbAss.

Swalwell Threatens Trump Officials After Federal Housing Director Pulte Criminally Refers Him to DOJ For Mortgage Fraud (VIDEO)

Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell threatened investigators after NBC News reported that he had been criminally referred to the Justice Department.

Federal Housing regulator Bill Pulte referred Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution over mortgage fraud.

According to NBC News, Pulte is alleging that Swalwell, a Democrat Congressman representing a district in California, took out millions of dollars worth of mortgage loans based on his declaring his primary residence as Washington, DC.

More…

Swalwell Threatens Trump Officials After Federal Housing Director Pulte Criminally Refers Him to DOJ For Mortgage Fraud (VIDEO)

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Mike Rowe.  Delivering G R E A T News.

Housing news out of, Great Falls, Montana.

I just visited a shop class in Great Falls, Montana where high school students are building houses for people who need a place to call home.

Let that sink in for a moment.

High schoolers in Great Falls Montana, under the guidance of an excellent shop instructor and lots of community support, are building actual houses. Not birdhouses or doll houses – real homes, built to code from the ground up for real people, and move-in ready.

Yesterday, I toured the latest home these kids are in the process of building. It’s the 48th such home built since 1998, through this remarkable program. While I was there, I ran into @GregForMontana. Like me, the Governor was blown away by what these kids were doing and took the time to talk to each one of them, thanking them for their hard work and congratulating them for what they’d accomplished. I was then invited to join the Governor on stage at Great Falls High, where I answered a few questions about mikeroweWORKS, talked about the many opportunities in the skilled trades, and discussed the ways we might be able to encourage more projects like this one, in Montana and beyond.

It’s encouraging to see public/private partnerships done right. And really, it’s not that complicated; it just takes a few stubborn people in various organizations who won’t take no for an answer. In this case, too many to name, but a quick shout out to Pete Pace, the shop teacher at the center of High School Homes, the administrators in the school district, the principal at Great Falls High, Sherrie Arey and her devoted crew at @neighborworks, the incredibly generous executives at @WellsFargowho offered another round of financial support, and a Governor with the good sense to push through the normal bureaucratic nonsense that kills programs like this. Bravo to all!

Mike

PS. This is the third time in two months I’ve seen a program like this in action. The first was in Western North Carolina, (Rebuilding the Hollars), the second was in New Orleans, (@uCCNOLA.) The projects all have one thing in common – a shop class with an exceptional instructor. Like I said, it takes support from every direction, but a high school shop class is always where it starts.

For years, I’ve argued that removing shop class from high schools was a mistake that would deny a whole generation of students’ critical exposure to a long list of essential careers and rob them of an opportunity to prepare for the all-important apprenticeships on which most skilled careers are built. Today, standing in the shop class at Great Falls, watching dozens of engaged students cutting, hammering, measuring, and fabricating, it occurred to me that I was wrong. Taking shop class out of high school was not merely a mistake – it was the single dumbest decision in the history of modern education. We didn’t just rob a whole generation of students, we robbed ourselves, in a colossal, self-inflicted wound that’s led directly to a host of unintended consequences – including the current shortages in every essential skilled trade.

Correcting it, should be at or near the top of every Governor’s agenda in every single state. Because tomorrow’s skilled workforce is currently in the 8th grade, and if we don’t meet these kids where they are – right now – with programs like this, we’re in for a world of hurt.

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Tunes

Steppenwolf – Born To Be Wild (Live at Farm Aid 1986)

The Charlie Daniels Band – The South’s Gonna Do It Again (Official Video)

Queen – We Will Rock You

Night crew, your nickel.

KK

2025-11-08, Simply Saturday.

Administrivia.

Wheatie’s Watching.  

3.  If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.  <<<  T H I S.

2.  No running with scissors. 

1.  No food fights.  (Launching dinner rolls encouraged.)

AI stuff posted, requires a link. Please use spoiler, for longer posts.

Wolf Speak.  No obnoxious behavior towards fellow QTreeper(s). Freedom of Speech is honored here QTree.  But Do Know, every poster, IS personally responsible for what they post. 

If nothing follows, KK below, Night Shift take it away.

KK

>>> Breaking…Preempting Previously Scheduled Saturday Post. <<<

Chiefio has a bone to pick with YT, AI…

https://chiefio.wordpress.com

A.I. News? A rising tide to avoid…

Building Rail to Bypass Sanctions & Venezuela buddies up with Russia

A little while ago, I’d posted that EwTube was becoming unusable for me as a “news” source, or even just for keeping tabs on what was the topic of the day. Here I’m going to present 2 examples of “the problem”. Sites where I “clicked” on the click bait like thumbnail, and DID get what I was interested in; BUT where the whole ambiance, content, and site looks to me like “A.I. For Effect”.

But who’s benefit? Who is driving the agenda?

A Little Obvious Pro China Agenda?

This first example is in some ways easiest to demonstrate. Named “4 Daily Mews”, I’ve run into it a couple of times. The latest was about the Polish block on Chinese rail to Europe crossing from Russia via Belarus. I’ve included that video below. When you look at the site on EwTube, you find that pretty much every video is about China and with a pro-China bias. Then notice that it puts out about a dozen videos a day. No single person, or even a small group of people, could do that without an A.I. “helper”.

So my strongest suspicion is that this is a Chinese Government Information Operation to promote “China Issues” to the American audience, and secondarily to the Anglosphere in general. So first check out this link to their videos and just look at all the Pro-China 12 a day thumbnails.

https://www.youtube.com/@ALLRIMS/videos

So that’s one of my basic checks on any channel. What is the thrust of it, or the bias if you will, and what is the volume.

Then looking at any one video, I look for “A.I. Artifacts”. This will get harder over time as the tech matures; but for now, there are a few simple to spot things. In this Train Video, for example, there is a lack of geographical awareness of details.

A border crossing with English signs and US type cars that looks a LOT like a US / Canada border crossing, when talking about Belarus / Poland borders?

The gauge of the tracks wobbles between “standard gauge” (the skinny 4′ and a bit) and Confederate / Russian gauge (5 foot). Then some trains are clearly European type, others not so much.

Some have catenary electric power (like near the end at 20:43) which is not used in continental cross country lines and only used in the USA for local trolleys and such). Not a lot of electric generation in the middle of rural Siberia…

Some have catenary electric power (like near the end at 20:43) which is not used in continental cross country lines and only used in the USA for local trolleys and such). Not a lot of electric generation in the middle of rural Siberia…

And then there is the repetitiveness. A.I. tends to repeat after a while. Usually about 1/2 way through the story. This one not as much as the next one; but still it starts to feel like “I’ve heard that already”. And you get a LOT of images somewhat disjoint from “the message”. A pan of what looks like a random European City skyline while talking about freight volume levels increasing? Random shots of rail yards, one at a port with cranes over a waterway (12:44) when talking about an overland route from China to Europe? All just “a little off” as context.

Then there’s the tendency to pronounce dates as numbers… 2008 isn’t “Twenty Twenty Eight” but “2 Thousand and Eight”… or 1969 becomes One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty Nine (as made up examples). Seen in most A.I. videos that have dates in them.

Also, eventually the ear becomes attuned to The Voices. There are a few that are used across many different A.I. videos from many makers. You start to think: “Who is that, I’ve heard him before”… Note that the next video has a different speaker, one with a sort-of Hispanic lilt… BTW, as a lip reader (due to deafness, profound at one point but now better) I especially notice when they show a “speaker” and the lips are not quite right for the speech…

Hispanic? Or not quite…

First off, this site has all of 3 videos up, and not much else. The “about” listing is sparse, saying it has been “up” since July 26, 2022, yet the only videos are from yesterday (2) and today (one hour ago). Highly suspicious. Like maybe something was banked or repurposed?

A search on “Nadikudi Nadine” only finds a railway station in India…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadikudi_railway_station

and the name in general doesn’t fit any pattern I recognize from several languages & cultures. Just seems a bit artificial somehow. It could be that his parents had a strange sense of humor (it happens), but… And then the channel handle “@TheGlobalShift-e1w” seems very artificial and is disconnected to the name “Nadikudi Nadine”. Most folks don’t do that…

https://www.youtube.com/@TheGlobalShift-e1w

Then the videos have the same “look”: Close up on one guy, same “clothes” and background. The hand gestures seem to repeat at odd times and be almost exactly the same in placement, duration, and seem artificial.

Again we have the Issue With Numbers, and occasional odd pauses and inflections. A not quite right “accent” to the ethnicity map of the voice. Lips not quite right for sync to the sounds.

Also, the use of a fake “chyron” in the thumbnail. Especially CNN or Fox. I’ve started to become sensitized to that as a fake indicator. Any chyron needs to match the channel name / owner.

FWIW, I tend to agree with the messages in both of these videos. I think they are much more in line with the reality of the world that I understand than is the crap in the TLA influenced MSM of The West. As propaganda goes, I’d rate their operation as better than ours in The West.

BUT…

I don’t want to be cannon fodder in the field of battle between two different Propaganda Batteries of fire. I want simple honesty and truthful reporting, NOT from an A.I. generated script made by an Agency Prompt.

That is becoming harder to find, wasting my time, and forcing me into this kind of analysis of ANY source I run into. I resent it. I’m getting tired of seeing a 1/2 hour of repetitive and barely relevant images randomly pasted over the top of a wandering PR Script, stuffed sometimes with EwTube commercials.

Which, BTW, has me wondering to what extent Google is using their own A.I. to generate some classes of channels to create their own “Click Bait” and gather in 100% of the ad revenue… Paranoia is sometimes your friend when it keeps you out of trouble, but sometimes dreams up threat scenarios that are not real… But, who knows in this case.

So that’s a little trip down my daily “Anything new today?” morning videos over coffee routine; that has turned into “how do I know this is real at all?” lately; and workload to vet some of it.

RANT ON.

FWIW. Likely Nothing. AI is really starting to irritate the hell out of Slow Guy.

RANT ENDS.

NOW. Returning to previously scheduled Saturday post.

Welcome to Saturday-Lite.  On the road most of the day.  Ideally no re-runs from Friday.

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Fresh Stuff.  May be worth a read, listen, or scroll on by.  

  • In no particular order… 

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APMEX https://www.apmex.com   Bitcoin https://www.bitcoin.com/

Prices pulled last evening.  Gold $4,016.30.  Silver $48.54.   Bitcoin $103,784.00.

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Another F U B A R  issue.

R-Cons ALLOWED this to happen.  Shitheads.  Unforgivable.

Not to mention, these activist judges ALL need to be impeached.  In parallel, if possible.  NOT one after the other. 

  • I don’t want to hear shit about the Senate won’t convict.
  • Same nonsense I heard over Maggot, Kakala, Garland, Wray, Idi Amin…

R-Cons Deliver Z E R O support to Trump. 

SNAP benefits: Trump admin tells states it will fully fund food stamps as appeal continues

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/snap-trump-appeals-food-stamps.html

(IIRC, this is being appealed.  Difficult for me to keep up. R-Cons really piss me off.)

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WATCH: @POTUSlists some major victories that could be achieved if Republicans terminate the filibuster:

— Voter ID

— No mail-in voting

— Ending no cash bail

— No welfare for illegals

“It doesn’t make any sense that a Republican would not want to do that.”

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Orban always good to listen in on.

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On the lighter side…  (Likely a snippet from above Orban WH video.) 

After @PressSecCOOKED the Fake News over their false claims about affordability, @PM_ViktorOrbanasked @POTUSif he could hire her. “Please don’t leave us Karoline.

(OK, that one is likely a re-run.  Worthy re-run.)

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More positive news.

As we’ve said before, vessel strikes on narco-terrorists will continue until their the poisoning of the American people stops. Today, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization. The vessel was trafficking narcotics in the Caribbean and was struck in international waters. No U.S. forces were harmed in the strike, and three male narco-terrorists — who were aboard the vessel — were killed. To all narco-terrorists who threaten our homeland: if you want to stay alive, stop trafficking drugs. If you keep trafficking deadly drugs—we will kill you.

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Positive news, albeit a baby step.  Globally, rare earths are looking good.

South Carolina: @SecScottBessenthold the first rare-earth magnet produced in the United States in 25 years. “We are on our way to solving the Chinese chokehold that they have… this is @POTUS‘ all-hands-on-deck for this national emergency.”

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. @SECWAR “Today, I’d like to talk to you about an adversary that poses a threat to the United States of America. This adversary is one of the world’s last bastions of central planning. It governs by dictating five-year plans. From a single capital, it attempts to impose its demands across time zones, continents, oceans and beyond with brutal consistency… The adversary I’m talking about is much closer to home. It’s the Pentagon bureaucracy.”

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No words…

BREAKING: DHS agent had to use his firearm under threats while detaining an illegal alien. A Latina tried to open the door and free the detainee but was forcibly thrown to the ground. FAFO illegal aliens! No sound because they did not want us to hear what they were saying.

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Marco has a great sense of humor.

LMAO! Marco Rubio is the BEST Secretary of State! “Can you stop at the camera, please?” RUBIO: “I didn’t talk to you guys when I worked here, why would I talk to you NOW?” We love Marco

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THIS.  IS.  WINNING.

NEW: The Trump State Department, led by Secretary Marco Rubio, has revoked the visas of 80,000 individuals since January.

Gillian Turner: “16,000 visas revoked for DUI. 12,000 revoked for assault, and 8,000 revoked for theft.”

“We also know about 8,000 student visas—for foreign students studying here in the United States— have been revoked.”

MORE!

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Good news. Arrests Will Be Great News!

BREAKING: Panic is ensuing after a grand jury subpoenas JOHN BRENNAN and dirty FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, following their conspiracy against President Trump They are in HUGE trouble! Up to 30 SUBPOENAS being issued in the coming days

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NYC is already a lost cause. 

I assume below is not AI, Frisco…  Sad, previous statement is necessary these days.

If you’re wondering how Mamdani got elected in New York, here’s the electorate.

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Looking forward to this.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “We’re about to release dietary guidelines that are going to change the food culture in this country. They’re going to change the kinds of food the military gets. They’re going to change the kind of food our children get. We’re releasing those in December.” About time!

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Hard to believe dudes in girls bathrooms is still an issue.

HOLY S…… HE SAID WHAT?

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Select Tunes

Lynyrd Skynyrd – Freebird – 7/2/1977 – Oakland Coliseum Stadium (Official)

Foghat Foghat Slow Ride (music video)

Toby Keith – I love this bar

Night crew, your nickel.

KK

2025-11-01, Simply Saturday.

Administrivia.

Wheatie’s Watching.  

3.  If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.  <<<  T H I S.

2.  No running with scissors. 

1.  No food fights.  (Launching dinner rolls encouraged.)

AI stuff posted, requires a link. Please use spoiler, for longer posts.

Wolf Speak.  No obnoxious behavior towards fellow QTreeper(s). Freedom of Speech is honored here QTree.  But Do Know, every poster, IS personally responsible for what they post. 

If nothing follows, KK below, Night Shift take it away.

KK

Fresh Stuff.  May be worth a read, listen, or scroll on by.

APMEX https://www.apmex.com   Bitcoin https://www.bitcoin.com/

Prices pulled last evening.

Gold $4,017.50.  Silver $48.92.   Bitcoin $109,557.00.

Metals diving.  Bitcoin?.

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News, X’s you tube, or simply, different. In no particular order…

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Ignoring shutdown crapola in this post.  Dumrats AND FUBAR courts continue doing everything they can to destroy the economy, sabotage Trump 2.0…  F’m, Each And Every One Of Them.

On to other stuff…

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Once upon a time, I believed in sanctions. 

At some point along the Ukraine Russia War crotch novel, “sanctions” became, IMO, commonly, short-sighted, ignorant, arrogant…counter-productive.

  • Maggot’s never seemed focused. Perhaps that was also common under Bushie’s, hussein…
  • Trump’s sanctions seem targeted, to get a specific reaction / action.

“The sanctions wouldn’t bring any result. They wouldn’t change our course for defending our national interests.”

– Sergey Lavrov

India Today Global, video further below, is insightful.

 

INSTC, Russia, Iran, India, Rail & Sanctions Bypass

Building Rail to Bypass Sanctions

The International North South Transport Corridor (INSTC) is happening now. Connecting Russia to Iran by railroad. Then via ships to India. Bypassing naval choke points and sanctions regimes.

Extensions (eventually, maybe) to China Belt & Road locations, and potentially through Afghanistan (and some of the other *stans) to China as well.

Cutting transit times by 40% and costs by 30%. And avoiding Western Influence & Sanctions & Money.

Forcing the East & Global South & Russia into a shunned status has not only created BRICS+ and the Multipolar world; but is also pushing the creation of “bypasses” to all financial and transport & trade systems of The West. Rejecting 1/2 of the world will not work well for The West (USA, EU, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada; honorary mention Japan).

As this BRICS+ Block integrates, it will become one of the most powerful and influential blocks in the global future. Europe is already in dramatic decline (with Germany almost in economic collapse; and Germany is the financial cash cow that had paid for the rest of the EU… ). Demographics is also working against The West with most of Europe and the USA very top heavy with Old Retired Folks ( I am one ) and light on new births of new productive workers to pay the retirement bills.

As this transport system rolls out, connecting the BRICS+ nations together will also attract their neighbors to join in too. Shifting Russia from their desire to integrate with Europe (Putin in about 1998-9 asked to join NATO…) and into an Asian focus was likely the worst possible thing to do for The West.

Imagine for a moment a world where post USSR, we had invited Russia into The West. There would be an economic union spanning from the Atlantic to the Pacific across Eurasia, and then across north America back to the UK again. That is what we have thrown away via Russia Paranoia and TLA (Three Letter Agency) activism.

Instead we have the USA squandering $Trillions over the years on military adventures, Europe economically on the ropes via shunning low cost and plentiful Russian oil, gas, grain, timber & minerals. With Russia, China and increasingly India; becoming an integrated economic Eurasian Powerhouse. Good luck with that…

It seems that when you bully and piss on folks long enough, they don’t want to do business with you anymore and find other folks to work with. Free markets are like that, and when someone tries to enforce Monopolistic Abusive Policy long enough, folks get motivated to build an alternative.

Here’s a very useful video from the perspective of India on all of this. A pretty good economic and political analysis that also includes a sense of the annoyance people (and countries via their leadership) can have when others attempt to manipulate and dominate them, along with some history. Something to keep in mind in the present mode of manipulation and domination via tariffs & sanctions…

Note that in addition to rail through Azerbaijan there’s a water link through the Caspian Sea. So even destabilizing Azerbaijan (as the TLAs will want to try) can not stop this system from working. Also note the statement that Moscow is paying for most of this – Russia has plenty of money in their economy. The “economic sanctions war” is a failed approach.

Maybe, just maybe: The West would make better progress by respecting other countries and being their friends and partners, instead of the current approach of “piss & vinegar” sanctions and berating. More honey and kind words, more respect for sovereign nations and less “regime change” to impose despised “leaders”…

But having burned all those bridges already, I suspect it is a bit late to start trying to rebuild them.

^^^  Emphasis mine.

https://chiefio.wordpress.com

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AI being oversold?  I dunno.  Certainly has significant place in future growth, but…

Dowd.  Chinks in the AI hype.

Dr Yound. 

MIT just exposed every top AI model and it’s not pretty.

They built a new test called WorldTest to see if AI actually understands the world… and the results are brutal.

It doesn’t just check how well a model predicts the next frame or maximizes reward it tests whether it can build an internal model of reality and use it to handle new situations.

They built AutumnBench 43 interactive worlds, 129 tasks where AIs must:

• Predict hidden parts of the world (masked-frame prediction)

• Plan sequences of actions to reach a goal

• Detect when the environment’s rules suddenly change

Then they tested 517 humans vs. Claude, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and o3.

Humans crushed every model. Even massive compute scaling barely helped.

The takeaway is wild.. today’s AIs don’t understand environments; they just pattern-match inside them.

They don’t explore strategically, revise beliefs, or run experiments like humans do.

WorldTest might be the first benchmark that actually measures understanding, not memorization.

The gap it reveals isn’t small it’s the next grand challenge in AI cognition.

(Comment “Send” I’ll DM you the paper

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Testing delivery systems and the like, I am sure.  Actual, bombs/warhead detonations, Nah.  Not happening.  IMO. 

.@POTUSon nuclear testing: “We’re going to do some testing, yeah. Other countries do it. If they’re going to do it, we’re going to do it.”

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Have only seen the headlines.  Zero details.  Hope it is not classified.  /s

  • Rather sure I’ll bump into high level details. Unlikely I’m real interested.

BREAKING: In an incredible success, Kash Patel and Dan Bongino’s FBI just THWARTED a potential terrorist attack in Michigan, arresting several people “Thanks to the men and women of FBI and law enforcement everywhere standing guard 24/7 and crushing our mission to defend the homeland.” GREAT WORK!

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Canuk’s Top Warfighter?  Pathetic. 

Publius. 

Now feels like a good time to re-hash my recent article in American Greatness regarding the mommyfication of the military. https://amgreatness.com/2025/10/24/the-great-military-feminization/

Top Canuk General.

This I Canada’s top general. This full waterworks apology is because Canada didn’t DEI hard enough. How many times have I told ya’ll that we need to kick the Canadian “military” out of joint billets? They are toxic.

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Can’t see the X, that JD responded to.

What a disgusting comment, and it’s hardly been the only one along these lines.

First off, the question was from a person seemingly to my left, about my interfaith marriage. I’m a public figure, and people are curious, and I wasn’t going to avoid the question.

Second, my Christian faith tells me the Gospel is true and is good for human beings. My wife–as I said at the TPUSA–is the most amazing blessing I have in my life. She herself encouraged me to reengage with my faith many years ago. She is not a Christian and has no plans to convert, but like many people in an interfaith marriage–or any interfaith relationship–I hope she may one day see things as I do. Regardless, I’ll continue to love and support her and talk to her about faith and life and everything else, because she’s my wife.

Third, posts like this wreak of anti-Christian bigotry. Yes, Christians have beliefs. And yes, those beliefs have many consequences, one of which is that we want to share them with other people. That is a completely normal thing, and anyone who’s telling you otherwise has an agenda. https://x.com/ezralevant/sta/ezralevant/status/1984072547357618408

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Seems Elon has an incredible vehicle, to be unveiled soon.

NEW: Elon Musk says the new Tesla Roadster will be one of the most “unforgettable” things ever experienced, teases that it may be able to fly. “This will be one thing I can guarantee is that this product demo will be unforgettable.” “My friend Peter Thiel once reflected that the future was supposed to have flying cars…”

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Rumor control getting calibrated.

Rubio

  • Your “sources” claiming to have “knowledge of the situation” tricked you into writing a fake story

Miami Pravda News

  • U.S. poised to strike military targets in Venezuela in escalation against Maduro regime

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Speaking of getting calibrated.  WH prestitutes getting calibrated.  Hopefully barred from WH AND AF1.

Steven Cheung

  • Some reporters have been caught secretly recording video and audio of our offices, along with pictures of sensitive info, without permission Some reporters have wandered into restricted areas (our offices are feet away from the Oval Office) Some reporters have been caught eavesdropping on private, closed-door meetings Cabinet Secretaries routinely come into our office for private meetings, only to be ambushed by reporters waiting outside our doors Press still has access to lower press where the press team sits and can answer all inquiries Reporters can make appointments to see us in our offices

Peter “Sniveling Dog” Baker

  • Trump team bars reporters from the “upper press” office of the White House where the press secretary’s office is located. In this, Trump is following the lead of Hillary Clinton, who pressed the White House staff to do this in 1993. It provoked a storm and they rescinded the ban.

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Near daily, ignorant shit like this, slows down Bondi/DOJ, as they respond to FUBAR activist judges.

  • Bondi/DOJ fights the daily pop up brush fires, as they also fight deep state…

BREAKING: Lawless Clinton Judge BLOCKS President Trump’s Proof of Citizenship Requirement on Federal Voter Registration Forms

BREAKING: Lawless Clinton Judge BLOCKS President Trump’s Proof of Citizenship Requirement on Federal Voter Registration Forms

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Suspicious eyes on MTG these days.

Marjorie Taylor Greene to Appear on Bill Maher Tonight – 10 PM ET

Marjorie Taylor Greene to Appear on Bill Maher Tonight – 10 PM ET

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Press gaggle onboard AF1.

Press gaggle on arrival Palm Beach.

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Ohio comes through!!!

Ohio approves new congressional map, giving GOP a boost

Ohio approves new congressional map, giving GOP a boost

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Happy to share, Chinee factories struggling under tariffs.

Chinese Factory Activity Contracts for Seven Consecutive Months Under Tariff Pressures

https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2025/10/31/chinese-factory-activity-contracts-for-seven-consecutive-months-under-tariff-pressures

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2A ignorance runs amok in Delaware.  Based on what I see in the article, lots of holes.  Everything about, getting a permit to purchase a handgun, is Wrong.

Delaware State Police Launch Portal for Handgun Purchase Permits

https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2025/10/31/delaware-state-police-launch-portal-for-handgun-purchase-permits

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Kakala ignorance on display.

‘Are You F*cking Kidding Me?’: Kamala Harris Goes On Curse-Laden Rant Over Trump’s Ballroom

‘Are You F*cking Kidding Me?’: Kamala Harris Goes On Curse-Laden Rant Over Trump’s Ballroom

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Supreme Court really must get this one right…in favor of tariffs.

IF the Supreme Court shuts down the tariffs, it WILL cause immeasurable harm to America.

Supreme Court prepares to confront monumental case over Trump executive power and tariff authority

The justices will hear oral arguments Wednesday, November 5, from those who say Trump has abused his power

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-prepares-confront-monumental-case-trump-executive-power-tariff-authority

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Too Slow Jay Powell, gets called out for nonsense hype.

Fed Reserve chair candidate Chris Waller smacks down Powell’s ‘driving in the fog’ claim

Waller says the Fed should keep cutting rates despite Powell’s ‘slow down’ push

https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/fed-reserve-chair-candidate-chris-waller-smacks-down-powells-driving-fog-claim

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Select Tunes

Waylon Jennings.  Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)

Alan Jackson.  Work In Progress. 

Tina Turner – Proud Mary – Live Wembley (2000) 

DP brought this here, several years back. Incredible energy by these gals.

Night crew, your nickel.

KK

2025-10-25, Simply Saturday.

Administrivia.

Wheatie’s Watching.  

3.  If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.  <<<  T H I S.

2.  No running with scissors. 

1.  No food fights.  (Launching dinner rolls encouraged.)

AI stuff posted, requires a link. Please use spoiler, for longer posts.

Wolf Speak.  No obnoxious behavior towards fellow QTreeper(s). Freedom of Speech is honored here QTree.  But Do Know, every poster, IS personally responsible for what they post. 

If nothing follows, KK below, Night Shift take it away.

KK

Fresh Stuff.  May be worth a read, listen, or scroll on by.

APMEX https://www.apmex.com   Bitcoin https://www.bitcoin.com/

Prices pulled last evening.

Gold $4,127.80.  Silver $48.84.  $110,891.00.

Metals sliding. Bitcoin…?

Free diamonds, For The Taking! Yep, it’s true. Listen for a primer and a short read.

QTree Razorbacks, or anyone have insights to share regarding, Crater of Diamonds State Park.

Crater of Diamonds State Park, Arkansas.

https://www.arkansasstateparks.com/parks/crater-diamonds-state-park

  • 37 acres. 
  • More than 35,000 diamonds … found by visitors since the Crater of Diamonds became an Arkansas state park in 1972.
  • Notable diamonds found at the Crater include the 40.23-carat Uncle Sam, the largest diamond ever unearthed in the U.S.;
  • the 16.37-carat Amarillo Starlight;
  • the 15.33-carat Star of Arkansas;
  • and the 8.52-carat Esperanza.
  • THIS year, four, two carat diamonds have been found. 
  • 403 diamonds THIS year.

TMI. 

  • Back in July, brought 10yo and 14yo Grands, girl and guy respectively to, Crater of Diamonds State Park.
  • Nearly four hours we sat and kneeled in dirt.  Dug up some dirt, sifted…  Brought some of the dirt to troughs of water, where we, sorta like panned for gold diamonds.
  • Grands came away with a mini handful, of what, they hoped were diamonds. 
  • Arkansas Park employee, certified in identifying diamonds and semi-precious stones.  Smiled, said, not this time. Hope you had fun. We did.

Oklahoma family uncovers ‘really neat’ diamond at state park, thanks to dollar store tools

Unusual discovery brings number of 2025 park finds to 403 diamonds

Oklahoma family members recently hit the jackpot when they found an impressive diamond at an Arkansas state park this month – with tools they bought at a dollar store.

The discovery, made at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, was announced by Arkansas State Parks on Sept. 23.

A family from Cookson, Oklahoma, some 65 miles southeast of Tulsa, made the discovery on Sept. 13.

Officials said that visitor Raynae Madison and her family visited the Natural State to celebrate the birthday of Madison’s nephew, William.

During the trip, they decided to stop by Crater of Diamonds State Park to try their luck at digging gems, according to a press release.

“To prepare for their visit, they purchased a beach digging kit and sand sifting tools from a dollar store,” the press release noted.

“The family picked a spot to dig on the north side of the park’s 37.5-acre diamond search area, near Prospector Trailhead.”

The family dug a few buckets’ worth of dirt before they began sifting through their screens – which is when Madison noticed “an unusual oblong, shiny stone.”

The aunt told officials that she thought the find was “really neat,” at first, but had no idea what it was.

The aunt told officials that she thought the find was “really neat,” at first, but had no idea what it was.

“[Brown diamonds] reflect red and green light, combining to make the diamond appear brown.” 

“I honestly thought it was too big to be a diamond!” she said.

The gem was then identified to be a brown diamond weighing 2.79 carats – an impressively hefty find for the state park. 

Madison opted to name it the William Diamond, for her nephew.

“Brown diamonds from the Crater occur due to a process called plastic deformation, which creates structural defects during a diamond’s formation or movement in magma,” park interpreter Emma O’Neal said of the find.

“These defects reflect red and green light, combining to make the diamond appear brown.” 

Arkansas State Parks does not disclose the value of gems found at their park, and their website notes that the “exact value” of many diamonds is unknown until they are cut or appraised.

“Park staff do not grade or appraise diamonds,” the site states.

So far, 403 diamonds have been found at Crater of Diamonds State Park in 2025 – four of which have weighed over two carats.

Earlier this year, a Minnesota farmer found a “candy-like” diamond that he compared to a Werther’s candy wrapper.

In 2024, a French visitor found a 7.46-carat diamond at the park. The tourist, Julien Navas, named the gem after his fiancée, Carine.

https://www.foxnews.com/travel/oklahoma-family-uncovers-really-neat-diamond-state-park-thanks-dollar-store-tools

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Next Saturday’s post, will be more typical of, my previous Saturday posts…  😊

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Select Tunes

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.  Fishing In The Dark.

Clint Black.  Good Run Of Bad Luck.

All About That Bass – Postmodern Jukebox European Tour Version  ht Cooth Desktop fav.

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No sandbagging this time.  🙂

Night crew, your nickel.

KK

2025-10-18, Simply Saturday.

Administrivia.

What Wheatie said. 

3.  If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.  <<<  T H I S.

2.  No running with scissors. 

1.  No food fights.  (Launching dinner rolls encouraged.)

AI stuff posted, requires a link, identifying the source. Please use the spoiler, for longer posts.

Wolf speak.  No obnoxious behavior towards fellow QTreeper(s). Freedom of Speech is honored here QTree. But Do Know, every poster, IS personally responsible for what they post. 

If nothing follows, below KK, Night Shift take it away.

KK

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Fresh Stuff.  May be worth a read, listen, or scroll on by.

APMEX https://www.apmex.com   Bitcoin https://www.bitcoin.com/

Prices pulled last evening.

Gold $4,267.30.  Silver $52.18..  Bitcoin $106,888.00.

Metals & Bitcoin rollercoaster rolls on.

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OK, so this one is from a couple days ago.  100% worth reading.  Excellent videos. 

One of the videos, RFK Jr speaks of his father’s assassination, JFK assassination, meeting Sirhan Sirhan, ZERO chance Sirhan Sirhan shot RFK.  100% a patsy.

How the CIA creates Lone Gunmen through the MK Ultra Program

https://pepelivesmatter.substack.com/p/how-the-cia-creates-lone-gunmen-through

ht Gail

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Over the years, I’ve tolerated Microshaft (ht Steve).   Increasingly learned, Microshaft is Not anyone’s friend. 

TMI.  Lots of travel over the next three months.  I’ll find time to get Microshaft out of my life, by 31 January.  Taxes, may be the exception.  ht Coothie. 

AI has its place in life.  AI Forced on us via Microshaft, is 100% unacceptable.  Full Stop.  Fuck Off Microshaft. 

Microsoft wants you to talk to Windows 11 PCs again — Copilot gets ‘conversational’ input to complement your mouse and keyboard

And Copilot is coming for your Windows 11 Search Bar

Microsoft is pushing to make every Windows 11 PC an AI PC. In new updates, the company is focusing on further integrating AI into Windows 11 apps and experiences (not just chatbots), and making voice as much of an input option as the keyboard and mouse.

The idea, Microsoft says, is that AI on a PC should be easy and natural to interact with in either text or voice; that it should be able to see your screen and information and help; and that it should be able, with your permission, to “take action on your behalf.”

“Voice will become the third input mechanism to using your PC,” Microsoft executive vice president and consumer chief marketing officer Yusf Mehdi said on a call with reporters ahead of the announcement. He mentioned that the idea is for talking to be additive, not replacing keyboards and mice altogether. Mehdi authored a blog post on the new features.

More at the link….

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-wants-you-to-talk-to-windows-11-pcs-again-copilot-gets-conversational-input-to-complement-your-mouse-and-keyboard

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News, X’s you tube, or simply, different. In no particular order…

Clean up after, Maggot & MayokAss continues…

Alleged Pro-Hamas Oct. 7 Attacker Hiding in Louisiana with Visa From Biden Administration Arrested by FBI

Alleged Pro-Hamas Oct. 7 Attacker Hiding in Louisiana with Visa From Biden Administration Arrested by FBI

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Superb four minute video. 

Chanel nails, Trump’s focus in Venezuela.  Far, Far, more than narco boats.  Though, the narco boats need to be vaporized. 

Don’t be naive. Venezuela isn’t some “independent” nation. We’re not sending 10k troops and 8 warships over drug dealers…. Trump is going after CHINA. Trump’s Venezuela offensive is a THIRD BLOW to Xi: Iran – Gaza – Venezuela. Just WATCH…

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Dumrats stepped in it big time, shutting down.  Dumb Asses.

BREAKING: In a huge FAFO moment, OMB Director Russ Vought just HALTED $11 BILLION in projects to the blue cities of

– New York City (Chuck and Hakeem’s home turf)

– San Francisco

– Boston

– Baltimore

Shutting the government down was a HUGE screwup!

VOUGHT: “The Democrat shutdown has drained the Army Corps of Engineers’ ability to manage billions of dollars in projects. The Corps will be immediately pausing over $11 billion in lower-priority projects & considering them for cancellation.”

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This ass wipe needs to get his day in court, then convicted.  Never to enjoy another day of freedom

Court Hearing for Iryna Zarutska Murder Suspect Delayed to 2026, Sparking Outrage

https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2025/10/17/court-hearing-for-iryna-zarutska-murder-suspect-delayed-to-2026-sparking-outrage

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Would be nice, if the shutdown ends…we Need Judicial confirmations

Exclusive — Sen. Markwayne Mullin: Democrats Will Likely Fold After ‘No Kings’ Protests

https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2025/10/17/exclusive-sen-markwayne-mullin-democrats-will-likely-fold-after-no-kings-protests

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Democrats Enlist Obama to Endorse Abigail Spanberger in Virginia, an Obvious Sign of Desperation (VIDEO)

Democrats Enlist Obama to Endorse Abigail Spanberger in Virginia, an Obvious Sign of Desperation (VIDEO)

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Report: U.S. detains survivors of suspected drug trafficking vessel in Caribbean following strike

Report: U.S. detains survivors of suspected drug trafficking vessel in Caribbean following strike

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Guessing Big Pharma is threatening to cut off funding to Thune.

JUST IN: Senate Majority Leader John Thune tells Americans not to take HHS Secretary RFK Jr’s health advice. This guy has always been a Republican in name only.

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Paging Aubergine…

Missoula Mayor’s Office Manufactures ‘Misinformation’ Crisis Regarding Migrant Placements

Mayor endorsed migrant placement groups publicly, goes radio silent when asked for actual numbers

Missoula Mayor’s Office Manufactures ‘Misinformation’ Crisis Regarding Migrant Placements

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I hope Dr Bowdon sues the Board, AND every individual that has worked to destroy her.

Retweet this far and wide. Superstar, superhero, Dr. Mary Bowden.

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The TX Medic@l Bo@rd will publicly reprimand me today at 8:15am CST. Almost 4 years ago, I received a call from the wife of Jason Jones, whose life was hanging on the line at Tex@s Huguley Hospital. I tried to help, but despite a court order, the hospital would not allow it. I have no regrets and would do the same thing all over again. I plan on appealing and have 2 lawsuits pending against the bo@rd and individual members of the bo@rd. Link to join meeting in comments.

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Update: A wealthy donor (who’s name you know) offered to cover the military’s $10B a montwitterh payroll if the Democrats refuse to reopen the government. He is an American hero and patriot.

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On the lighter side.

JUST IN – PRESIDENT TRUMP: A senator wanted, from Hawaii, she wanted a tunnel from the mainland to Hawaii. Then she said, we can’t do that, so we’re gonna build a railroad to Hawaii. You remember? She’s a sitting senator, a Democrat. She wants a railroad to Hawaii. You know who that is, right?

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Enjoying the redistricting for the House.

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Maria clip.  Entire interview will air Sunday.

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GOA – Gun Owners of America, has been racking up 2A wins.

MASSIVE WIN. GOA, GOF & VCDL struck down universal background checks in Virginia! “Universal background checks are a massive infringement on the rights of law-abiding citizens—and they do nothing to stop criminals from getting guns.” – @erichmpratt

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Pajama boi never answered a reporter’s question.  What concession is Ukraine willing to put on the table.  Understand he wouldn’t anser in public.  I do wonder if Pajama boi, has informed Trump, whatever Ukraine may offer up.

HOLY CRAP! Reporter asks Zelensky an AMAZING question – she just said what MILLIONS of Americans are thinking

Trump reacted: “That’s some question!”

REPORTER: “Both sides have to meet concessions. Our president has stuck out HIS NECK in MANY ways to make peace for your war as well! What specific concessions are you willing to end this war with Russia. Will you give up joining NATO? Americans have FOREIGN WAR FATIGUE! And as our president said – we need our tomahawks too.”

ZELENSKY: “To me?! OK…we need to sit and speak. We need ceasefire…we want peace. Putin doesn’t want. We will speak about what we need today.”

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Thankfully, The Three War Monger Dopes will not attend Putin Trump in Hungary.  Merz, Stermer & Macaroni.

Trump-Putin meeting in Hungary is a HUGE humiliation for the EU — The Telegraph Hungarian PM Orban to host the meeting between US and Russia leaders while the EU has been largely sidelined in the Ukrainian peace negotiations

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President Trump said ‘we need Tomahawks for the United States of America too’ when asked at the White House about the possibility of sending the long-range missiles to Ukraine

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Maggot gets another well earned, bitch slap.

Peter Doocy asks Zelenskyy about the biggest difference in diplomacy between President Trump and Biden: ZELENSKYY: “Trump has a big chance to finish this war.” TRUMP: “I would say the biggest difference is one is extremely competent and the other one is grossly incompetent.”

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Fuel prices NE TX have been trending down past two weeks. 

“The President said the U.S. was going to drill, baby, drill — and that is kind of what’s happened, setting an all-time record in July for the amount of oil pumped out of the ground here in the U.S.” “33 states now have an average gas price below $3.”

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Trump ends his meeting, nailing Maduro.

.@POTUS on Maduro: “He has offered everything, you’re right. You know why? Because he doesn’t want to fuck around with the United States.”

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Trump The Master Troller.  Lighting Up BlueSky.

We realized everyone over at Bluesky probably wasn’t seeing our content. So we decided to fix that. Here are some of our greatest hits all in one place. Enjoy

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This one is certified different. 

Hickok45 has a great, You Tube channel.  Wealth of gun knowledge AND a great shooter.

Not Knowing This Could Be Very Dangerous

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Select Tunes

Dwight Yokum Guitars, Cadillacs…

Moody Blues  Nights in White Satin

Daruis Rucker Wagon Wheel

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PSA.  As mentioned above.  Lots of travel next three months.. 

  • Saturdays are scheduled through January, at 12;01 EST.  (ht Aubergine😊. 

Saturday’s will always post, assuming WP plays nice.  All, or most will be the typical Saturday level of stuff, I’ve been posting weekly.  One or more may be light, very light.  Sandbagging (ht Cooth), not intentional.  😊  Next Saturday, first of a couple challenges, to populate, a bunch.

Night crew, your nickel.

KK

2025-10-11, Simply Saturday.

Administrivia.

What Wheatie said. 

3.  If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.  <<<  T H I S.

2.  No running with scissors. 

1.  No food fights.  (Launching dinner rolls encouraged.)

AI stuff posted, requires a link, identifying the source. Please use the spoiler for longer posts.

Wolf speak.  No obnoxious behavior towards fellow QTreeper(s). Freedom of Speech is honored here QTree.   But Do Know, every poster, IS personally responsible for what they post. 

KK

Fresh Stuff.  May be worth a read, listen, or scroll on by.

APMEX https://www.apmex.com   Bitcoin https://www.bitcoin.com/

Prices pulled last evening.

Gold $4,033.80.  Silver $50.44..  Bitcoin $108,766.00.

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DMSO continues to be good news, on the health front.  ht BarkerJim.  A worthy retread.

Supercharging Supplements — The Power of Nutraceutical DMSO Combinations

https://www.theburningplatform.com/2025/10/10/supercharging-supplements-the-power-of-nutraceutical-dmso-combinations/#more-377915

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>>>  Hamas really, really does NOT want to screw this up.  Double Cross Trump.  <<<

Guessing Trump is on AF1 enroute Israel, Egypt and returns Tuesday

Trump gives new details on Mideast trip as Hamas set to free hostages after reaching cease-fire deal 

WASHINGTON — President Trump said Friday that he plans to speak to Israel’s Knesset and then visit Cairo as he travels to the Middle East and Hamas releases its final 20 Israeli hostages.

“I’ll be going to Israel. I’ll be speaking at the Knesset, I think early on, and then I’m also going to Egypt. They were terrific,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

The president is expected to participate in a formal peace-deal signing while in the Egyptian capital, formalizing the first phase of implementation of his 20-point peace plan.

“Gaza is going to be rebuilt,” Trump said, citing anticipated financing from wealthy Arab neighbors.

Trump will be on the ground in the region when Hamas releases the remaining captives seized in the Oct. 7, 2023, surprise attack that started the war.

The president also noted that he will supervise reconstruction of the 2 million-person region as chairman of the “Board of Peace” in charge of monitoring the to-be-announced transitional Palestinian government.

“We’re also setting up, as you know, a Board of Peace,” Trump told the press.

“It’s called the Board of Peace. I don’t know if that’s the final name, but the word ‘peace’ is definitely in there. They have asked me if I chair it. We’ll make sure things go well.”

The first phase of Trump’s peace plan, accepted by both Israel and Hamas, features a cease-fire and the first of three proposed Israeli military pullbacks, in addition to the hostage release.

The US military is involved in providing logistical support to a burgeoning international peacekeeping force for Gaza, which American officials say will include troops from Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and possibly the UAE.

“They’re all tired of the fighting,” Trump said ahead of his trip.

“Don’t forget, you had October 7, which was a horrible day, 1,200 people killed, but Hamas has lost 58,000 people. That’s big retribution.”

Trump touted the fact that the governments of Russia and Iran have supported his peace initiative and said that Arab countries’ residents were “dancing in the streets.”

He said he brought Hamas to a deal because “I spoke a little bit tough… they knew the retribution would be tremendous, unsustainable… It would have been complete obliteration.”

Trump said he would return to the White House Tuesday to bestow the late Charlie Kirk with a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom.

https://nypost.com/2025/10/10/us-news/trump-gives-new-details-on-mideast-trip-as-hamas-frees-hostages

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News, X’s you tube, or simply, different. In no particular order…

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Grateful Trump is healthy.  There is One Line, In The Memo That Has Me In 100% Disbelief.

President Donald J. Trump Completes Comprehensive Follow-Up Evaluation at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

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For shoppers that like gourmet foods while shopping…  Publix serves up a spread of chow hound favs. 

BONUS.  Publix now allows Open Carry.  Reported Thursday.

Supermarket goes viral after letting customers sip beer and wine while shopping

Florida Publix, dubbed ‘Clublix,’ has shopping carts with cupholders plus a bar that serves craft beer and wine

https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/supermarket-goes-viral-after-letting-customers-sip-beer-wine-while-shopping

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Interesting…its Qatar  Actually, common, many of the “allies” we sell aircraft and weapons to, they train at US bases / ranges.

Pentagon agrees to host Qatari F-15 fighter jets and pilots at Idaho air base

Pentagon agrees to host Qatari Emiri Air Force facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base for F-15 pilot training

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hegseth-announces-new-qatari-air-force-facility-idaho-following-partnership-gaza-peace-deal

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Giorgia Meloni of Italy continues to deliver for Italy.

Banning burkas, virginity tests, forced marriages, reporting / tracking mosque funding AND other lunatic garbage from Islamic world, should be standard fare in Western countries.  Hell globally.  Sick shit.

Giorgia Meloni proposes burka ban with fines of £2,600 to stop ‘Islamic separatism’

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15177085/Giorgia-Meloni-proposes-burka-ban-fines-2-600-stop-Islamic-separatism.html

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Shocking Surprise. 

  • In UK, where causing butt hurt feelings, can get one arrested, burning a Qu’ran is permissible.

‘Huge Victory’ For British Freedom of Speech: Qur’an Burner Wins Appeal Against’ Blasphemy’ Ruling

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/10/10/huge-victory-for-british-freedom-of-speech-koran-burner-wins-appeal

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This stuff pisses me off.  I recall vividly, as a junior enlisted. Living paycheck to paycheck.  Few days before each payday, scraping up a few ones, change, to have milk and bread for the kids.  Unforgivable for Schumer AND Dumrats to shut down the government.  Military types deal with enough stress on the job.  Military families should not have this stress.

The line at this food bank is filled with military families who have no idea when they’ll get their next paycheck — all because of Chuck Schumer and Democrats.

Democrats should be ashamed of themselves, but that’d require them to have shame in the first place. Pathetic cowards.

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Good Joe Rogan is working this, again.  It all needs more visibility.

I remain surprised the bogus ~274 FIB story line has not become a BFD.

JUST IN – Joe Rogan says the January 6th narrative is bullshit.

“They say a cop was murdered. That’s not true.”

“They were saying it was 20 FBI agents. Now the latest number is 270… That’s a lot of people that are encouraging people to break in.”

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Libtards and Dumrats wanking these days.

Publius

  • No. We will not acquiesce to your corrupt demands. We warned you not to engage in politically motivated prosecutions. We warned you. Over. And over. And over. AND OVER. You ignored us. Now you are merely reaping what you sowed. No one is above the law. Deal with it.

Rob Bonta

  • We’re demanding Attorney General Bondi reassert the independence of the Justice Department and immediately end all politically motivated prosecutions.  
  • President Trump is actively targeting those he views as his enemies, and the U.S. DOJ is blindly doing his bidding.   
  • This should send chills down all of our spines.

Libtards, Dumrats, need to reflect on, F A F O

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Katie cracks me up.  Such a live wire. 

Batshit Bonkers Britain 10 Oct Live to a surprised audience of 1 Thank you to everyone for your kindness. Agreement never requested or required. Not here for clicks or likes. Here to get my country back. Well done Trumpy Trump Trump

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This dipstick, needs to review her words of 2019 Vs 2025. 

Mortgage fraud is either really serious or not a big deal, it all depends on if it’s Trump people being charged or Letitia James. This is CNN.

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VA Guvner debate…

Holy. Smokes.

Abigail Spanberger was FINALLY confronted about whether or not she continues to endorse Jay Jones.

Her answer was SO bad, even the moderator can tell.

OOF.

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Mike Davis says the Big Tish Indictment IS rock Solid. 

Me.  Big Tish’s only hope is FUBAR jury OR prosecutor tosses the case.

Now we must fire every federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia who pretended there was no evidence to charge Big

@TishJames

with mortgage fraud. The evidence is crystal clear. And the (Democrat) federal grand jury in the DC suburbs agreed. Shameful partisanship.

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Cry’n Chuck Sux.

Day 10 of the Democrat Shutdown: Better for Democrats, devastating for America.

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Knives continue to be out for this Karen, thinking she’s CA Guvner material.

Not even CNN can hide the disaster that is Katie Porter: “I think that Katie Porter is making history because she has potentially annihilated her chances to be the next governor of California, more so than any other candidate I’ve ever seen so quickly.”

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Humor check…

‘My husband had nothing to do with this’: Mobile County sheriff’s wife says ICE Halloween decorations meant to raise awareness

https://1819news.com/news/item/my-husband-had-nothing-to-do-with-this-mobile-county-sheriffs-wife-says-ice-halloween-decorations-meant-to-raise-awareness

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Select Tunes

Johnny Cash, Tennessee Flat Top Box

Martina McBride, Independence Day

George Strait, Amarillo By Morning 

Night crew, your nickel.

KK

2025-10-04, Simply Saturday.

Administrivia.

What Wheatie said. 

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Just for the hell of it. A joke. Or two.

Laugh Out Loud Funny…

Senator Kennedy just delivered two of the most savage takedowns of AOC ever uttered by a politician.

The first one was so spot-on it caught Fox host Johnny Jones off guard—he immediately cracked up:

“Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez is single-handedly trying to put an end to dumb blonde jokes.”

But Kennedy wasn’t done. He finished the roast with:

“She must be bilingual.” “She’s speaking English and stupid.”

^^^  Don’t care who you are.  Them are F U N N Y.

OK. Back to the regularly scheduled stuff…

Fresh Stuff.  May be worth a read, listen, or scroll on by.

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Prices pulled last evening.

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Metals & Bitcoin mania.  Metals & Bitcoin owners embracing, the upswing. 

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Kash on a roll.  Cut ties with ADL (I think that is who it was) AND now SPLC.

BREAKING: Kash Patel’s FBI Cuts All Ties to Southern Poverty Law Center

BREAKING: Kash Patel’s FBI Cuts All Ties to Southern Poverty Law Center

Double dang. WP and or Daily Signal don’t play nice together.

FBI Director Kash Patel announced on October 3, 2025, that the FBI has severed all ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), stating the organization has become a “partisan smear machine” rather than a civil rights advocate. Patel criticized the SPLC’s “hate map,” which identifies groups associated with hate and anti-government activity, arguing it has been used to defame mainstream Americans and may have inspired violence. He emphasized that under his leadership, the FBI will no longer rely on what he described as politicized or agenda-driven intelligence from outside groups.

^^^ Brave

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Progress in MAHA Land.

RFK Jr. fires NIH vaccine whistleblower Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-fires-nih-vaccine-whistleblower-dr-jeanne-marrazzo

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Seems like an easy, affordable way, for bad guys, to shutdown airports.                   

Germany’s Munich the latest European airport forced to close after wave of drone sightings

https://lite.cnn.com/2025/10/02/europe/munich-airport-closed-drone-sighting-intl-hnk

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Would be nice if LtGuv Sears could win VA. 

Dumrats may be willing to lose the guvner house for tranny freak stuff.  Hope Dumrats stick to the 20 position, of the 80/20.

Virginia’s Transgender School Debacle Could Hand Republicans A Miracle

Virginia’s Transgender School Debacle Could Hand Republicans A Miracle

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Good news.  This piece of shit did not walk free.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 50 months behind bars

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/diddy-sentencing-sean-combs-trial-guilty-verdict-prison-live-updates-rcna234879

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BIG round of applause for Hollywood.  Seems Hollywood lost its luster AND so much more.

https://archive.is/bOesx

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Kudlow and his guests are excellent. 

Yes, this is from early Friday.  Great messaging.  Upbeat analysis.

100% worth a listen, if anyone missed it.

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Huh.  Wut?  Population Control is in Hawaii’s state constitution.  Apparently so.  SMH.

Hawai‘i’s bizarre legacy of population control (and why it’s still here)

In the 1970s, Hawai‘i gave in to fears of overpopulation, so much so that population control was put into the State Constitution.

https://alohastatedaily.com/2025/10/02/hawaiis-bizarre-legacy-of-population-control-and-why-its-still-here

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Can NOT imagine why people stay in Califoricate. 

Adam carolla rants, when he ought to move from that shithole.

Adam Carolla unloads on Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass like only he can do. California is broken by their own outrageous bureaucracy.

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An update on what seemed like Big News a week or so ago.  Truly a BFD.

“Federal agents discovered additional locations & more equipment as they work to determine the ultimate goal of what the U.S. Secret Service said was a China-linked plot that could have crippled every cell tower in the nation’s largest city, jammed 911 calls, & unleashed chaos…”

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JD sucking up to the boss.  Melania & Usha looking great.  😊

It’s always a good time when you get to have the boss over for dinner! Usha and I were so grateful that President Trump and our lovely First Lady, Melania, could join us for dinner at the Vice President’s Residence last night.

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JUST IN: Independent journalist Nick Sortor was contacted by Attorney General Pam Bondi after his release from a Portland jail.

Bondi confirmed that she has ordered a full investigation, led by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, into the Portland Police Department regarding his wrongful arrest.

Sortor wrote on 𝕏: “You thought arresting me would make me shut up and go away. You couldn’t have been more wrong.”

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Kristi and HLS Team dealing with Dumrats in IL.

BREAKING: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was just barred at the doors and screamed at while trying to enter Broadview City Hall. Sec. Noem says this is the everyday reality for officers in cities led by Democrats like Governor JB Pritzker, facing attacks and harassment just for doing their jobs and trying to maintain order. “This is what we have to put up with every single day.” “All we’re doing is getting criminals and terrorists and heroin and gang members off the streets to make families safer.”

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HLS takes down a libtard.  Should have dragged the libtard into the into the ICE facility.  Not carried.

FAFO ALERT: A degenerate leftist just jumped onto federal property at the Portland ICE facility and CHALLENGED agents to “do something about it” And they DID — QUICKLY Dude ended up on the pavement, arrested, and dragged into the facility Beautiful

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Laugh Out Loud Funny.  Yea, second retread of this opening. 

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Select tunes.

George Strait Cheryl Crow  – here for a good time

Foreigner Feels Like The First Time

Jerry Reed East Bound and Down

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KK

2025-09-27, Simply Saturday.

Administrivia.

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@POTUS salutes as The Star-Spangled Banner is sang and a flyover roars over Bethpage for the 2025 @RyderCup

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>>>  B R E A K I N G NEWS…<<<

San Rafael, CA.  Near Marin.  Just north of Frisco.

‘Almost killed me’: Squirrel attacking residents in California town, sending at least 2 to hospital

Flyers have been posted in the area stating, “THIS IS NOT A JOKE.”

https://abcnews.go.com/US/killed-squirrel-attacking-residents-california-town-sending-2/story?id=125847569

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More GREAT News. 

MSDNC reporting…

Some DOJ / FIBs wanking over Comey indictment.  Resigning.  😊

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Can’t imagine anything related to Amelia Earhart was classified.  Worse. It’s 90 years after she disappeared.

President Trump orders the declassification of all records related to Amelia Earhart

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Julie Kelly reports…  Lisa Monaco lawyer buddy, now unemployed.

ABC News reporting that career prosecutors in the Eastern District of VA office prepared a “declination memo” citing reasons the DOJ should not pursue charges against Jim Comey. One of the top prosecutors in the office—now demoted—was Maya Song. My sources have not confirmed she helped author the memo but seems highly likely. Maya Song recently worked for none other than Lisa Monaco in the Biden DOJ…

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$37Million tax dollars not expended.  Atlanta’s Harftfield- Jackson airport treasures their DEI nonsense.  Will self fund.  MeThinks, more likely, work won’t get done. Taxpayer dollars saved!

Diversity dispute costs Atlanta airport millions in federal funding

https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/diversity-dispute-costs-atlanta-airport-millions-in-federal-funding

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NOT sure how this works.  IIRC, DC Grand Jury would not indict this spitting buffoon wench.

Thoughts?

JUST IN: US Attorney Jeanine Pirro is now seeking 18 MONTHS in prison for the deranged leftist woman who spit in Ed Martin’s face, and then spit on and kicked two US Marshalls, per POLITICO.

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Pravda News is a huge part of pushing TDS.

Ed Dowd

  • A smattering of TDS & an unconscious death cult mindset.

Calley Means.

  • Every American should be asking why the media is breaking their necks to tell us Tylenol is safe, when the company’s own head of safety raised dire internal alarm bells years ago. Why wouldn’t we error on the side of caution for our kids?

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UK citizens have a huge test.  Must face down their tyrannical government.

Or become slaves to UK government.

KEIR STARMER: “Let me spell that out. You will not be able to work in the United Kingdom if you do not have Digital ID.” Keir Starmer has now addressed the UK public, saying that a Digital ID will be required to work in this country. But here’s the truth: they only succeed if we comply. There is power in numbers. Remember when they tried to make vaccination mandatory for all NHS staff? Enough people stood up and said NO – and it collapsed. It became impossible to enforce. The same applies now. If we unite and refuse Digital ID, their plan cannot work. Do not give away your freedom for the illusion of security. Stand strong. Say NO together.

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I’ll just place this one here. Brave gal. Solid morals.

Brave woman gets up to meet Charlie with her four-year-old son Jonah. Jonah was conceived via rape and incest. And Jonah himself is human and alive and precious and not a mistake.

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Rainbows make me smile.

More Than A feeling

Ghost Rider

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2025-09-20, Simply Saturday.

Administrivia stuff.

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News, X’s you tube, or simply, different. In no particular order..

Investors likely feeling good…

Dow, S&P 500 close at fresh records, log big gains for the week after Fed rate cut: Live updates

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/18/stock-market-today-live-updates.html

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This one is DIW – Dead In The Water.  Trump will never fund either.  Cry’n Chuck is still pissed he caved to Trump months ago. 

I didn’t waste my time clicking on it.

Schumer shutdown bill gives $500 million to NPR and free healthcare to millions of non-citizens.

Schumer shutdown bill fails — includes $500 million for NPR and free healthcare for millions of non-citizens.

Betcha, Trump, DOJ, HLS, DOS are looking into trashing Omar.

EXCLUSIVE: Ilhan Omar DID marry her brother and said she would ‘do what she had to do to get him “papers” to keep him in U.S.’, reveals Somali community leader

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8013283/Ilhan-Omar-DID-marry-brother-reveals-Somali-community-leader.html

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This one will cause a ruckus.

Trump admin signals Congress will need to consider all options as insolvency looms in 2034

Frank Bisignano issues statement after TV appearance saying Trump administration will ‘always protect Social Security’

https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/trump-admin-signals-congress-need-consider-all-options-insolvency-looms-2034

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White House press secretary Leavitt given Secret Service protection: report

The protective detail comes after the assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk

https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/leavitt-given-secret-service-protection-report

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Jab news makes me dizzy.  Unless I’m reading PAVACA’s explanation

CDC vaccine panel unanimously votes to end universal COVID shot recommendation

The CDC panel voted to change the universal guidance, which previously recommended the 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine for most adults, but Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr still needs to sign off on the change.

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/health/cdc-vaccine-panel-unanimously-votes-end-universal-covid-shot-recommendation

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Should be a no brainer to pass this one.  Well, Collins, M…ski are loons. 

Blackburn introduces bill banning transgender procedures for minors

“No child should be pushed into irreversible chemical and surgical mutilation under the guise of so-called ‘gender-affirming care,’” Sen. Marsha Blackburn said

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/blackburn-introduces-bill-banning-transgender-procedures-minors

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Notable.

A little observation point. Here in Arizona, in anticipation of the memorial service for Charlie Kirk; I know NINE people in my immediate circle of friends and family who are planning to attend the memorial. They range in age from 23–72. These nine individuals have never been to a Turning Point event (including AmFest) or a political rally— ever. The assassination has deeply affected people. There is a lot of self realization taking place in real time. Triggered by trauma for some and grief for others. I don’t know how this plays out for the near future or long term. What I do know is there has been a societal shift. Be it spiritual, political, or both— it is monumental at least in this moment in time.

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Paging TB.  Guessing this one is bad news.

This is the $SPY vs Banks Reserves/FED Total assets, do you notice the tight correlation? Since mid-July, banks’ reserves have been going down fast while the $SPY kept rallying. There is a pretty ominous divergence here

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Oops…Cry’n Chuckie’s promises are like rubber checks.

Schumer’s plan to fund lullabies for illegal aliens just got a wake-up call from fiscal reality.

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Paging BLM ass wipes.

BREAKING: President Trump just announced he will be designating OTHER leftist groups as terror organization, in addition to Antifa https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1969155858476024139/video/1 GOOD! “We have others we’re going to designate too, but we’re going to look at the people that FUNDED Antifa, see who they are, where they came from and why they did it.”

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FA FO More great news.

ON VIDEO: U.S. Military Forces conducted a strike against a designated terrorist organization engaged in narcotrafficking. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking illicit narcotics and was en route to poison Americans. The strike killed three male narcoterrorists.

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Hilaroius, MeThinks.  Dumrat politician man handled AND tossed like a rag doll. 

Kat Abughazaleh (D) just fcked around with ICE and found out

^^^^ I’m still cracking up over this KAREN getting tossed like trash. ^^^^

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This one ends with a happy message.

If you are shocked at the disgusting reactions to the murder of Charlie Kirk, you should see how often people express public disappointment that my cancer hasn’t killed me yet. America is approximately 10% wicked. And they like to be heard. P.S. I’m feeling great lately.

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Busted up over this one…Wait For The Closing Line.

It Is A Wonderful World.

Guys can be slow.

Cowboy Rides Away

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2025-09-13, Simply Saturday.

Administrivia stuff.

What Wheatie said. 

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Slow Guy

Carrying forward from last evening.

Erika Kirk: “Two days ago, my husband went to see the face of his Savior and his God… Now, and for all eternity, he will stand at his Savior’s side wearing the glorious crown of a martyr.”

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STOP the scroll wheel.  Charlie & Erika happier days.

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In loving memory of Charlie Kirk, a fearless patriot & man of unwavering faith who dedicated his life to America. “It’s bigger than you, I want you to remember that… It’s bigger than me – you are here to make somebody else’s life better, the pursuit of liberty & freedom.

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Maggot not even drawing fleas.

“No Way”: Democrat Donors Balk At Donating To Maggot’s Library. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/rcna230452

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Great news by me.

$7 trillion ‘wall of cash’ worry is looming for investors once Fed interest rate cuts start

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/12/7-trillion-cash-money-market-yields-fed-interest-rate-cuts.html

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More good news by me.

PANIC MODE: Stephen King Scrambles to Apologize After Realizing His Defamatory Smear Justifying Charlie Kirk’s Assassination Could Cost Him MILLIONS in Court

…deranged clown from one of his own bad novels: “He advocated stoning gays to death. Just sayin’.”

No fact-check. No context. Just pure, unadulterated blood libel…

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Hear Ye.  Hear YE!

Ht LP, K1tt7-FRN. 

PLEASE LISTEN I am tagging just as she asked, and I would ask all of you to please repost and tag …this needs to be done ASAP!

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Virginia Republican Nick Freitas’s Epic Response to Democrats Following Charlie Kirk’s Assassination “Do not expect us to go quietly into the night” (Video)

Virginia Republican Nick Freitas’s Epic Response to Democrats Following Charlie Kirk’s Assassination “Do not expect us to go quietly into the night” (Video)

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Hoping for a TwoFer.  Memphis AND Chicago.

Trump Says He Is Sending National Guard To Memphis Next

Trump Says He Is Sending National Guard To Memphis Next

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JUST IN: ICE Officer Left Severely Injured After Illegal Alien in Chicago Resists Arrest, Drags Officer with Vehicle During Traffic Stop – Alien Shot and Killed

JUST IN: ICE Officer Left Severely Injured After Illegal Alien in Chicago Resists Arrest, Drags Officer with Vehicle During Traffic Stop – Alien Shot and Killed

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Another great Trump idea, for Bondi and Kash to get hot on.  Likely already are.

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Elon Musk got DOGE’s mission “backward,” Lutnick says

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Utah Guvner cox is a piece of shit, back stabbing, asshole politician.

MAGA Slams Governor

Utah governor Spencer Cox basked in praise for his ‘unity’ plea at Friday’s FBI press conference — but the man whose alleged assassin he was discussing once wanted him expelled from the Republican Party.

Cox dominated the podium detailing Charlie Kirk’s murder just three years after the TPUSA founder branded him a ‘weak moderate’ who ‘should be expelled from the Republican party’.

The 2022 social media blast came after Cox vetoed a bill banning biological males from women’s sports — a move that infuriated Kirk and conservative activists.

Now friends of the slain activist find it ‘ironic’ that the same governor Kirk wanted kicked out of the GOP pushed aside FBI officials to control the narrative around his death.

The feud ran deeper: Cox also threatened to veto a statewide ban on transgender surgeries for minors, prompting Kirk to accuse him of being ‘paid off by Big Pharma who make billions off hormone blockers and chemical castration’.

Yet on Friday, in a stunning about-face, Cox opened the press conference by claiming he was ‘inspired by Kirk’s writings and beliefs’ — urging the dead activist’s followers to let their ‘anger fade’.

The governor’s sudden reverence for a man who’d savaged him as corrupt rang hollow to those who remembered their bitter public battles.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15093527/spencer-cox-steve-bannon-charlie-kirk-assassin.html

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Ho hum…  Pecked in “nails”.  Endless fingernail stuff.  As bad as walking in a store, looking for guys clothes, when most of the store is gals centric.

Saturday’s music mix.

Great story.  Great music.

This guy’s stuff cracks me up.

Happy Trails Folks

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