2025-11-29, 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

If nothing follows, KK below, Night Shift, your nickel.

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

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

Prices pulled last evening.  Gold $4,238.40.  Silver $56.67.   Bitcoin $90,922.

Silver jumped up.  Bitcoin recovering.  More Bitcoin thoughts further in the daily.

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.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/america250

The Story of America: The Formation of the Army

13:29

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Articles.

Chiefio  Only one Chiefio this week.

>>>  Yup.  Chiefio’s thoughts on Bitcoin and a video.  Did not listen to the video.  Guessing it’s Bitcoin centric.

Bitcoin – No I’m not in it – advocate POV

This guy is a Hard Core Bitcoin Advocate

And no, I own no bitcoin. Full disclosure: In about 2010 I set up a bit coin miner on a R. Pi in a hotel room while working “on the road” as a computer “rent a guy with brains” aka “consultant”. It never found a single bigcoin and that likely colored my opinions. I personally find the idea of “digital assets” foreign. I prefer gold, silver, and platinum (natures limited assets 😉 and they have done well for me. BUT: I missed the entire Bitcoin ramp from about 25¢ per coin to now about $100,000 (modulo swings of 50%).

Do I regret it? Nope. There is no inherent value in Bitcoin or any other artificial scarcity “asset”. Like cards for “Magic the gathering” it is a social construct, not a real thing. I have a blindness to that. Just can’t get interested in things that are “social constructs” as I am obligatory Reality Centered. Yes, you can make a lot of money out of the idiocy of it; but I can’t and won’t. I see it as an entirely artificial construct from the start and “just can’t go there” due to the risk of people just changing their minds about it.

So no, I don’t “endorse” this guy. BUT he does give me insight into “them” and their behaviours.

He’s a hard core bit coin advocate and at about 18 minutes pushes a “digital wallet”. Whatever. His observations about Chase bank and Mr. Diamond are interesting and likely have some worth. To what extent is our world owned and manipulated by TLAs? Things to ponder.

More…

https://chiefio.wordpress.com

Another Bitcoin. 

>>>  Fortunately, Texas bought low. (Unless Bitcoin dive again.)

Bitcoin ETF?  Blackrock?  Everything about this stuff smells, to Slow Guy.

Texas Takes First Step Toward State Bitcoin Reserve with $5 Million ETF Purchase

Texas has invested $5 million in a bitcoin ETF as an initial move toward establishing the first state-based crypto reserve in the U.S.

CoinDesk reports that Texas has purchased $5 million worth of shares in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) exchange-traded fund (ETF). The investment, confirmed by a spokesman for the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, serves as a placeholder as the state continues working toward directly holding bitcoin in its own reserve.

The purchase comes after Texas passed legislation earlier this year, appropriating $10 million to fund the creation of a state-managed bitcoin stockpile, known as the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. As part of the process, Texas recently concluded an information-gathering phase, soliciting input from the crypto industry on best practices for implementing and managing such a reserve.

While Texas is not the first state entity to invest government funds in a crypto-based ETF, with states like Michigan and Wisconsin having previously allocated pension fund money to similar investments, it marks a significant step toward a state directly holding and managing its own cryptocurrency reserve.

More…

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/11/26/texas-takes-first-step-toward-state-bitcoin-reserve-with-5-million-etf-purchase

>>>  What Could Go Wrong?

Rainmaker seeks to refill depleted Great Salt Lake

Rainmaker, a US startup, is attempting to use cloud seeding to increase snowfall in Utah, thereby replenishing the Great Salt Lake,” reports The Doomslayer.

The Great Salt Lake is severely depleted, about 500,000 acre feet below its threshold.

Snow Brains says that

Rainmaker is a company that increases snowpack by utilizing cloud seeding and operates over the course of the winter to increase snowfall by about 10-20%. This fall, Rainmaker will commence the largest American cloud seeding program in modern history. Its operations in the Bear River Basin, the largest watershed feeding the Great Salt Lake, will increase water supply and support drought resilience in Utah, Idaho, and other Western states….

In Utah, the state receives 95% of its water supply from snowpack during the winter, and cloud seeding can be a game-changer. Therefore, Rainmaker targets maximizing this snowpack, linking winter recreation to spring and summer water needs, with campaigns like “Save Our Snow” and “Snow to Stream Flow.” By increasing Utah’s snowpack, it not only brings more snow to the slopes at ski resorts in the winter, but it also provides more sustainable drinkable water in the summer for farmers, cities, and communities.

Parker Cardwell of Rainmaker says its “main focus is to increase snowpack, which is the same snow that we’re skiing on in the wintertime, and is the same water that you’re drinking in the springtime.”

Rainmaker uses drones and advanced radar in its system to increase snowfall.

More…

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>>>  About that Chinee / Japanese spat in the news a couple weeks ago…

Trump, After Call With China’s Xi, Told Tokyo to Lower the Volume on Taiwan

Japan, a U.S. ally that had angered China on Taiwan, found the message worrying

Chinese leader Xi Jinping was angry, and President Trump was listening.

Days after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi outraged China by suggesting a Chinese attack on Taiwan could mobilize a Tokyo military response, Xi spent half of an hourlong phone call with Trump, people briefed on the matter said, hammering home China’s historic claim to the democratic self-governing island as well as Washington and Beijing’s joint responsibility to manage the world order.

Later the same day, Trump set up a call with Takaichi and advised her not to provoke Beijing on the question of Taiwan’s sovereignty, said Japanese officials and an American briefed on the call. The advice from Trump was subtle, and he didn’t pressure Takaichi to walk back her comments, those briefed on the calls said.

The Japanese officials said the message was worrying: The president didn’t want friction over Taiwan to endanger a detente reached last month with Xi, which includes a promise to buy more agricultural products from American farmers hit hard by the trade war.

Asked about the exchange with Takaichi, the White House issued a statement from Trump to The Wall Street Journal: “The United States relationship with China is very good, and that’s also very good for Japan, who is our dear and close ally. Getting along with China is a great thing for China and the U.S. In my opinion, President Xi will be substantially upping his purchase of soybean and other farm products, and anything good for our farmers is good for me.”

More…

https://archive.is/5YvYR#selection-891.0-921.461

>>>  Drones…or more like commandeered pigeons.

BIRD BRAINED SCHEME 

Putin’s scientists launch chilling squadron of remote controlled spy pigeons fitted with brain implants

The tech firm has already tampered with cow brains in a bid to boost milk yields, now it’s time for pigeons

VLADIMIR Putin’s scientists have launched a squadron of remote controlled spy pigeons fitted with brain implants.

A Kremlin-backed Moscow neurotechnology firm boasts its operators can steer flocks across the sky by zapping signals directly into their brain.

Russia’s sick “bird-biodrones” codenamed PJN-1 are ordinary pigeons surgically implanted with neural chips that allow technicians to direct their routes.

Field tests are being carried out using birds with electrodes inserted into their brains connected to tiny solar-powered backpacks containing onboard electronics, GPS tracking, and a receiver.

Russian tech firm Neiry chillingly claims “no training is required” and birds can be steered remotely in any direction.

Neiry claims the birds can fly 310 miles a day, or more than 1,850 miles in a week on spy missions but bigger birds may soon be weaponised.

More…

https://www.the-sun.com/news/15557255/putin-scientists-launch-chilling-remote-controlled-spy-pigeons

>>>  Good news…

Trump: South Africa to be excluded from 2026 G20 Summit

President Donald Trump has announced that South Africa will not receive an invitation to the 2026 G20 Summit, which is set for December in Miami, Florida, at his Trump National Doral resort.

Trump tied this to the U.S. boycott of the 2025 G20 Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, over human rights abuses against White Afrikaner farmers, including killings and land seizures. Additionally, he accused South Africa of refusing to hand over G20 presidency responsibilities to a U.S. Embassy representative.

“At my direction, South Africa will NOT be receiving an invitation to the 2026 G20, which will be hosted in the Great City of Miami, Florida next year. South Africa has demonstrated to the World they are not a country worthy of Membership anywhere,” Trump wrote on Truth Social platform on Friday.

The 47th president noted that the United States did not attend the prior summit in South Africa “because the South African Government refuses to acknowledge or address the horrific Human Right Abuses endured by Afrikaners, and other descendants of Dutch, French, and German settlers.”

More…

>>> Looking forward to the rest of the story…

Russia Unable to Send Astronauts to Space for First Time Since 1961 

Damage to a Russian launch site has stopped Moscow from sending people into space for the first time in over six decades, it has been reported. 

Moscow’s space agency Roscosmos said that Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan had sustained damage during a launch on Thursday carrying Russian and American astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).  

But Russian space bloggers said the damage to Russia’s only launch site for crewed missions was more serious than authorities were claiming. 

One expert, Vitaly Egorov, said if the damage is as suspected, Moscow will have lost the ability to launch people into space for the first time since it put the first human in orbit in 1961. Newsweek has contacted Roscosmos for comment. 

More…

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-unable-to-send-astronauts-to-space-for-first-time-since-1961-11125188

Russia’s Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan was damaged on Thursday following the launch of a manned Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station, the Roscosmos space agency said. Read more: https://themoscowtimes.com/2025/11/28/baikonur-launchpad-damaged-after-russian-rocket-launch-to-iss-a91265

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>>>  What a nightmare … 

Hong Kong apartment fire tests Beijing-backed rule as anger mounts

With elections looming, the fire undercuts the government’s insistence it can cater to people’s needs without giving them a greater say in who rules the city.

The fire that blazed through a cramped Hong Kong apartment complex and killed at least 128 people this week has become a major test for the city’s Beijing-backed leaders, who have tried to win back public trust after mass protests by promising better lives for everyday Hong Kongers.

Hong Kong authorities have said that the flames spread unusually quickly across the eight towers of government-subsidized housing. Dozens of WangFuk Court’s 4,600 residents were trapped inside the 31-story buildings as the inferno burned for 43 hours before being largely doused by 10:18 a.m. local time Friday.

https://archive.ph/GWaw5#selection-391.0-407.166

>>>  Some goof is newly unemployed.

FIRST ON 7: Nearly 400 gallons of fuel dumped into wrong home with no oil tank in Medford

MEDFORD, MASS. (WHDH) – Hazmat crews were called to a home in Medford Monday after an oil delivery driver dumped 383 gallons of heating oil into a home that had a fill pipe but no oil tank, according to officials.

Officials said the Fawcett Oil delivery driver went to the right address, but in the wrong city. Instead of going to 48 Linwood Street in Malden, he went to 48 Linwood Street in Medford.

Fire officials said the driver attached the hose to the fillup pipe on the side of the house, but that pipe was not connected to any oil tanks — so 383 gallons of oil ended up in the home’s basement.

“Oil delivery driver pulled up to the wrong address,” said Medford Deputy Fire Chief Nick Davis. “Put 385 gallons of oil into a basement with no oil tank.”

Residents of the two family home quickly evacuated and the area was sealed off.

“It smelled very bad,” said Dang Nguyen, the homeowner. “Even, you know, I’m living in the second floor and I smell. I came home and came in to drop something off and it smelled very bad.”

Crews began cleanup using shovels and speedy dry. They first tried to contain then remove the oil with the Department of Environmental Protection on the scene.

https://whdh.com/news/first-on-7-nearly-400-gallons-of-fuel-dumped-into-wrong-home-with-no-oil-tank-in-medford

Tunes.

Billy Currington Saturday.

Must Be Doin’ Somethin’ Right

Are Crazy (Official Music Video)

Pretty Good At Drinkin’ Beer

Night crew, your nickel.

KK

2025-11-22, 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.  

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Epstein Free Post follows.

  • I await the next DumRat shiny object, attempt to bash Trump AND Fracture MAGA.

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

Prices pulled last evening.  Gold $4,078.80.  Silver $50.26.   Bitcoin $85,050.

More on metals, further below.

Bitcoin…WTF?  Early October, ~$124K.  Bitcoin, like metals, big swings.

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.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/america250

“The Shot Heard Round the World”: The Battles of Lexington and Concord

https://youtu.be/CawTnediEuUXx:xx

11:15

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Certified different. 

Maybe take a break from the lunacy…

  • Whether a minute, skip around, MeThinks it’ll be pleasant.
  • Sit Back.  Relax.  Enjoy…  Talent.  Voice.  Energy.  Beauty.

Helene Fischer Russisches Medley – Елена Фишер Русские песни

~25 minutes.

https://chiefio.wordpress.com

Articles.

Placing the wisdom to own metals, aside, for a moment.  Discussed many months, perhaps a year ago. 

How or where to hold the metals comes with a few choices.  Three of them are:

  1. Hold physical metals at home, bank safe deposit box…
  2. Pay someone to hold (safekeep) owned metals.  (Trust someone you’ve never met)
  3. Or, essentially have a piece of paper, saying the purchaser owns, or is owed  XX amount of metal, gold, silver, etc. 

Two and three, IMO, obviously recipes for FAILURE.  There is no guarantee, metal will be provided, “on demand”. 

Whether the metals “physical issue on demand” is based in London, the US, or anywhere, really does not matter.  The concept is FUBAR from its inception.  MeThinks.

Chiefio posted…

Silver Market Troubles – LBMA, Backwardation & More

Silver Shortage of Physical, China Refining Dominance, LBMA issues

LBMA is the London Bullion Market Association. A private marketplace where folks can trade silver and gold.

They had a little bit of a problem. more people that expected wanted physical delivery of metal, and their vaults didn’t have enough. 54 million ounces were shipped in from China as a kind of a cope…

There’s Billions of ounces being traded against Millions of inventory. Most folks are doing cash settlement, but… it doesn’t take much of a “glitch” of extra folks choosing “delivery” for things to go sideways fast.

In other news: COMEX Commodities Exchange does a lot of futures and options contracts. As of now, the SPOT price (for “right now on the spot!”) is higher than the price in futures contracts. This is backwards from The Usual expected state (contango) which it ought to be. Why? Because to guarantee delivery at a future time, somebody has to hold the commodity in inventory, which has a cost, and must have money tied up in that inventory, which means not getting the bank interest you could get by leaving the money in the bank.

More at… https://chiefio.wordpress.com

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Tylenol earned its reputation as unsafe.  Article below, also talks about Naprosyn also hard on the liver.  I did not know that.  Knew I should eat something before taking Naprosyn.

N-Acetylcysteine (NAC)

NAC was posted numerous times during Covid AND, IIRC, post JAB use. 

Seems NAC IS effective with many health issues.  Migraines and more.

Comments at the Chiefio article are hugely positive for NAC and a wide spread of benefits, users have experienced.

Chiefio strikes again.

NAC, Migraines, Inflamation & 2 “testimonials”

Posted on 20 November 2025 by E.M.Smith

NAC appears to work for Migraine mitigation and inflammatory problems

The spouse, her twin, and a couple of their kids all have had migraine issues from time to time. They have since abated even if not totally gone ( the son used Imatrix to good effect, IIRC).

In the video below, the presenter says that use of NAC Suppliment helped her reduce her migraine frequency a lot, in conjunction with some other dietary suppliments.

In addition to that “testimonial”, the spouse has had significant effect on some inflammatory issues she is dealing with (joint pains & arthritis mostly).

I’ve not noticed as much, partly because I don’t have as much of an issue I think…, but it has improved “mood” and overall energy levels (very subjective, I know).

There are also a lot of medical studies to back up the positive effects in a variety of illnesses as an adjunct.

ME. Following videos from the Chiefio post, ARE easy to follow AND quite informative. 

She is NOT selling anything AND comes across as very, very, honest.

Information video

8:53

Answers questions posted after her first video.

10:57

More at… https://chiefio.wordpress.com

Moving on from Chiefio stuff…

Seems Comer may be serious about bringing Slick Willy and Hildabeast to heel.

  • Formatting and emphasis below mine.

Comer: Bill and Hillary Clinton Must Appear for In-Person Depositions

In the letter to the Clintons’ attorney, Chairman Comer states that:

  •  Bill Clinton’s deposition is scheduled for December 17, 2025, and
  •  Hillary Clinton’s deposition is scheduled for December 18, 2025.

More at…

https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-bill-and-hillary-clinton-must-appear-for-in-person-depositions

Me.  Early Christmas gift, with perhaps, bonus, fireworks.

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As I recall, Trump stared down WEF back in ~2017.  Told them essentially Globalism is DEAD.  America First.  Every country should FIRST put their interests, above all others.

  • ^^^  Me. Common sense.

Davos assured Trump ‘woke’ topics were off the agenda

US officials told organisers that President’s attendance in January depended on programme.

Washington announced last week Trump would return to the Swiss event in person for the first time in six years. His last appearance was a virtual address days after his inauguration in January, when he called on the gathered business elite to make their products in the US or face tariffs.

Senior US officials asked Davos management to tone down or avoid discussions on areas including female empowerment and diversity, the green transition, climate change and international development finance as a condition of his participation, two of the people said.

https://archive.is/MOV2Z#selection-1581.0-1585.89

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Somehow.  Some way.  These six assholes need to be held accountable, for sowing seeds of unrest in the military.

NOT following orders, saying they are illegal, is a great way to end upin the brig, Court martial, Dishonorable Discharge…LIFE RUINED.

SEDITIOUS. President Trump has never issued a single illegal order. The Democrats know exactly what they’re doing – and they’re doing it anyway.

American Stinker.

Service members, don’t take the bait

Six Democrats in a YouTube video have urged military members to refuse illegal orders!  

Military career suicide

The posting advises military members to go ahead and decide their own law.  If you feel that something is unjust, if you believe that some order conflicts with the Constitution, take it upon yourself to commit a crime under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).

Article 92 of the UCMJ criminalizes “failure to obey an order or regulation.”  This congressional advice is unconscionable.  These six Democrats failed to mention the disastrous life impact upon any service member who may choose to follow it.

Let me provide any tempted service members a little supplemental information.  I reviewed hundreds of court-martial records as a military JAG officer.  All orders from a superior are legally presumed to be lawful.  Your opinion about whether an order is legal is irrelevant.  If you defy them, you go to the brig and await trial.  Your command may instead opt to simply administratively separate (“AdSep”) you for misconduct for the convenience of the government.

More at…

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/service_members_don_t_take_the_bait.html


One more on the sixtraitorous Dumrats AND legal / illegal orders.

Publius.

RE: Lawful Orders

Many years ago as a young Army captain I was fortunate enough to serve as an intern on the Joint Staff (i.e., the staff that supports the Joint Chiefs of Staff).

One of the duties all Joint Staff interns routinely had was to be a “rent-a-crowd” for VIPs giving speeches.

One day me and my buddy Werner got the order to put on our Class A uniforms and head over to Fort McNair to hear a speech by President Bill Clinton.

Little did we know that we were about to hear the historic “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” speech allowing gays in the military.

I was literally in the second row in the auditorium. David Gergen and George Stephanopoulos were in the front row right in front of me. Before the speech started, the two of them were laughing and cackling like school girls over how successful they had been at setting up the imaging they wanted.

That imaging was Slick Willie at the podium with the Joint Chiefs of Staff sitting behind him, as if they supported what he was about to say.

I was about twenty feet from General Carl Mundy, who was then the Commandant of the Marine Corps. As Clinton started giving the speech that would begin the U.S. military’s death spiral into social experimentation that valued DEI over lethality, my eyes were riveted on Mundy. He sat perfectly motionless in his chair, legs spread, hands on knees, with a look on his face that said “Daggers.” He was apparently frozen and motionless. However, I was close enough to see that he was actually flexing his jaw muscles and gritting his teeth repeatedly as he endured Clinton’s speech.

His anger was palpable. He had been on record as strongly opposing the new policy, and it was obvious he was doing everything he could to control his emotions.

But you know what? As badly as Mundy obviously hated what Clinton was doing to his Marine Corps, he knew that Clinton’s order was lawful. While he hated it politically, he did not pretend the order was “unlawful.”

But not just Mundy.

ALL OF US hated the order politically and socially, but all of us knew it was a lawful order coming from the President and that it was our Constitutional duty to execute that order to the best of our abilities, enthusiastically.

So we did.

But somewhere along the way today’s cretinous veteran Democrats in Congress decided that they would no longer do the right thing that we and Mundy did.

They decided that lawful orders are “unlawful” if they disagree politically.

Now they are destroying our military and our nation out of sheer disloyal, treasonous ego.

Pretending that lawful orders are “unlawful” if you disagree politically is not the role of a U.S. service member who follows his or her oath of office.

Encouraging troops to take such steps is sedition.

Democrats need to step back and remember what General Carl Mundy knew before they start their second U.S. civil war.

Back off, traitors.

Reporter Grills Zohran Mamdani and Trump Over “Jihadist”, “Fascist” Labels in WH Meeting | AC1G

THIS needs to be contagious across the other 49 states.

Wyoming Legislators Advance Plan To Kill All Residential Property Taxes

Wyoming lawmakers advanced five property tax reform plans Wednesday. One of the measures, if passed by the Legislature and the people of Wyoming, would change the state Constitution to eliminate residential property tax altogether.

https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/11/20/lawmakers-advance-plan-to-kill-all-residential-property-taxes

To My Surprise…

WHAT? Trump Says Mamdani Wants to Deport Criminal Illegals “Maybe More Than I Do” – “He Wants to Have a Safe New York” (VIDEO)

Now, shutdown the biolabs, across the globe.

HUGE WHITE COAT WASTE WIN: Trump Administration and RFK Jr. Deliver, CDC Completely Shuts Down Taxpayer-Funded Monkey Labs

DumRats still pushing faux climate crisis.  Whitehouse unhappy, is great news.

White House dubs Dem a scam victim after he fumes Rubio wouldn’t fund climate trip

Power the Future chief Daniel Turner slammed congressman for praising Chinese delegation’s pavilion at the confab

The White House dubbed Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse a scam victim after he publicly complained the Trump administration would not fund or support his junket to the COP30 climate change conference in Belém, Brazil this week.

The Trump administration largely ignored the confab of global climate change leaders; a stark contrast to former President Joe Biden sending Clinton confidant John Podesta to lead a substantial U.S. delegation to COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan in 2024.

“Sadly, Senator Whitehouse has fallen victim to the biggest scam of the century: the Green New Scam,” White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers said of Whitehouse, D-R.I.

“The senator can foolishly spend time and money attending this radical ‘climate’ conference, but the Trump administration refuses to waste taxpayer dollars.”

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-dubs-dem-scam-victim-after-he-fumes-rubio-wouldnt-fund-climate-trip

X’s

Seems DOJ is presenting a solid case against Big Tish.

Well well well…

Pathetic candidate for Nashville mayor.

Aftyn Behn– the Democrat nominee for the upcoming TN07 special election– says that she despises Nashville, the city that she’s running to represent in Congress: “I hate the city, I hate the bachelorettes, I hate the pedal taverns, I hate country music, I hate all of the things that make Nashville. I hate it.”

Tunes

Moody Blues I’m Just A Singer..

Clint Black.  Like The Rain.

George Strait All my my ex’s live in Texas

Night crew, your nickel.

KK

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.    

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?

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

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… 

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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.

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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.

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

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.

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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.

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X’s

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.

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.

Money Matters

@DowdEdwardimplored you to message this 10 months ago….

More Money Matters.

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

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

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.”

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.”

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.

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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.

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

2025.11.11 Daily Thread – American Stories: Honor Our Veterans

As a reminder the national holiday we recognize today, November 11, was stablished by President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 as Armistice Day. It served as a celebration of the end of WW I. After WW II and the Korean War, Congress was pushed by citizens and groups to recognize the day for all veterans, not just those fallen in service to our country. In response Veterans Day was approved and President Dwight Eisenhower signed it into law in 1954.

With two fathers having served during WW II, the day will always be a special one for wifey and I. I have posted summarized versions of these stories previously, but many have not had the opportunity to read them. These will provide a bit more detail. I hope they will be a source of inspiration to you.

You’re In The Army Now

The Great Man from hillbilly land in Tennessee served as a heavy mortar crewman in the 36th “Texas” Infantry Division in the Army in the German theater and was captured in a fierce battle in and around Monte Cassino, Italy. That battle lasted nearly five months and had Allied forces from several nations involved. Complicating efforts was the desire by the Allies to preserve as much of the historically significant landmarks in the region as possible, which the German military was using to escape attack. In the end stage it was efforts of the Polish troops that brought it to a successful conclusion and opened the path of Allied troops toward Rome and final victory in Italy. Allied forces suffered approximately 55 thousand casualties along with 20 thousand Germans. At war’s end the Texas Division had suffered 19.5 thousand casualties. A summary description of this horrendous battle is below.

The Great Man survived over 13 months in German Stalags and farm labor camps before being freed by Russian troops on April 13, 1945. He once attempted to escape a labor camp by swimming across a river with strong currents with two other prisoners. They did not make it and one of them drowned in the rapids. They were forced to sleep in old barns and on the frozen ground in the dead of winter, praying that the Allied bombers would not have them in their sights. During the last two months of captivity in 1945 the German guards kept them on the march. At one point they were strafed by allied planes who thought they were enemy combatants. Six of his fellow brothers were killed and they had to dig their graves. The Russians freed them a month before the official end of the war as their guards fled from the area.

He suffered from malnutrition and frostbite from the ordeal as well as from PTSD throughout the remainder of his life. Once he arrived back in his hometown there was nobody there to greet him at the train station, they had no idea of when he was coming. His family believed he had been killed in action the entire time until notified by the military after his release in late April. Even then they did not believe he was alive as other townspeople had received similar communications in the past only to find their family members had died. He began walking the approximate 5 miles to the small family farm in his broken physical condition until he could not any longer. The last bit of road he crawled until his momma saw him and came running. He could not believe her eyes when she saw him along the road.

It would have meant more to be home if The Great Man did not remember the years of abuse he suffered from his alcoholic father before he left to serve. As it was, he had nowhere else to go and he knew his momma would help. By this point his father was a shell of himself anyway, as the drinking had led to health problems as he had his legs being amputated at the knees from diabetes caused by the alcoholism.

He weighed less than 120 lbs. and initially could not sleep in a bed in their home. For months he slept on blankets on the ground under the front porch. Over time he regained strength from being back working and living on their small farm with food to eat.

His two brothers also returned to the family home after serving in the Navy. This lifted his spirits and he began to heal. He started attending church with his momma and met a pretty teenager he adored. They fell in love and eloped to Georgia to get married a year later. Upon their return it was not long before she was pregnant at the age of 18. The pregnancy went well until the sixth month and she began hemorrhaging. The old country doctor came to the small run down home they rented and thought it was time to try to give birth as both mom and baby were in serious danger. A few hours later a tiny baby girl weighing about three pounds was delivered. She did not make a sound and they all believed she did not make it. The Great Man began massaging her tiny chest and prayed to the Lord the entire time while the doctor addressed the needs of his wife. A few moments later they were overjoyed when the tiny baby began to cry.

Daddy’s Girl was born. She was nurtured at home, there were no NICO units or incubators to help her along. They got by with what they had and could do along with the help of that country doctor, families and friends. Daddy’s Girl turned out to be a tough fighter, just like her dad. This guy will be forever grateful. As a result I was able to grow old with the love of my life, experience being a girl dad, and now be a papaw to three wonderful grandchildren. We are forever grateful that The Great Man never gave up.

Four more children were born to the couple over time. He worked jobs where he could find one along with the farm work and eventually found a job at the Post Office in town at age 36. He was so proud and the townspeople all enjoyed visiting with him when they came by. When their parents passed away, he and his brothers sold that scrub 30 acre farm so they could each have enough for down payments on small places of their own. They were so happy to have homes with running water, indoor toilets and electricity for the first time in their lives.

Life happened and The Great Man stayed in touch with all of his POW buddies at annual events through the decades that followed. There were 30 from his unit that were initially captured. When they began their reunions they tracked down 21 who were still alive or could be found. They visited each other’s homes or at met up at motels through the years. They all came and visited The Great Man’s family home one weekend 32 years afters the war and again, some 9 years later in 1986. By that point only a dozen participated, half of the original 30 were deceased. The original 21 in the group were from every corner of America. All of The Great Man’s and his Angel Wife’s children, spouses and grandchildren came to meet the men and their wives. The time was filled with good food, laughter and interesting stories.

However, when we heard the Kansas public school teacher turned superintendent take his turn our eyes grew moist. He described how he hid a tiny notepad and pencil stub under the sole in his shoe that a kind, local German woman snuck to him when they were taken into town to haul grain seed back to the farm labor camp. At night in the dark when the guards were not watching he recorded dates and important events of most days. It served as a journal that helped him chronicle those last few months of their captivity when they were exposed and in the most danger. He had provided each POW brother a copy of it, which we still have today.

Many of the men spoke of how they cherished the potato peelings the thoughtful German women would throw to them that helped keep them alive. They talked about how the Russian captives in the Stalags were treated much worse than they were.

As a separate thought, maybe that helps to explain some of the deep seated hatred that we see between Russians and the Ukrainian/Euro Nazis today. The Russians seem intent on the total destruction of the nation that grew out of that Nazi stronghold. Perhaps it was not the best idea for our uniparty to have given away $350 B of our national treasure to a disgusting Day One lost cause.

As the families visited and told their stories we all knew we were in the presence of greatness. These men and their devoted wives were the best America had to offer to save the world.

The time came when Daddy’s Girl needed to become both The Great Man’s and his Angel Wife’s primary care giver. There were countless doctor and hospital visits, loads of laundry, bills to be paid, food to be provided and errands to run. With a family of her own, she was getting worn down. However, it became clear that The Great Man was being prepared to go home at age 80. The nightmares about the war that gripped him all those years no longer bothered him as life left his body. No more being embarrassed after diving under the kitchen table when a plane passed over their home or grabbing his rifle if he was startled by an unusual noise at night. Daddy’s Girl laid in bed with him at the nursing home as he went to be with Jesus. Their unshakeable bond was on display until the end. His trials and health issues were released as he entered into the waiting arms of Jesus.

His legacy was seen in the faces and words of over 700 people who came to the funeral of a man who had never held a position higher than janitor in his home town. This was followed by a full honor guard burial. Angel Wife handed the American flag that was presented to her by the honor guardsman to Daddy’s Girl and said, “Here, you deserve this.”

His greatness was found in the stories that were told and the lives that were made better by the strong, selfless, caring manner of The Great Man who was always there for his nation and others as had been done for him when he needed them most.

Anchors Aweigh, my boys…

The coal miner’s son was a Little Guy who took after his 4′ 10″ diminutive in stature school teacher and Appalachian poet mother who oriented him to the importance of seeking a higher education despite living in poverty. Then Pearl Harbor happened. The Little Guy left his community college classes and headed straight for the enlistment office. Standing 5′ 6″ tall and weighing 129 lbs., he was upset to learn he was barely tall enough and did not weigh enough. For weeks he did everything he could to gain weight including carrying rocks in his pockets when he tried to enlist the next time. The enlistment office personnel looked the other way as he stepped on the scale to find he weighed the minimum 133 lbs. to join the Navy. So, The Little Guy joined America’s military the same year as The Great Man in 1942.

His small size turned out to be a benefit for the role he would be assigned later. After basic and flight training on radar and as a radioman along with plane electrician in the Naval Air Force in Jacksonville and assignment to sunny Pensacola, his crew was soon based in the Aleutians at Attu, Alaska. Attu was a cold and barren place that was nearly devoid of life forms after the Japanese took it in the early days of the war.

The very small, primarily native Aluet population of the island who did not escape had been savaged by killing the adult males and sending the women and children back to Japan as prisoners. Later, it became the site where the blood of thousands of Japanese and hundreds of American troops lost their lives. The 500 or so remaining Japanese troops who survived the final battle were so brainwashed about their plights they committed mass suicide as well as murder of each other rather than being captured. A summary of the struggle is below,

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/retaking-aleutians-1943

Once retaken, The Little Guy’s squadron was assigned and utilized as spotters who focused on reconnaissance in the Pacific. The initial plane they flew was a B-24. From 1944 until the end of the war it was a PB4Y-2 Privateer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_PB4Y-2_Privateer

With each battle of our military they would be based into those areas to spot enemy ship, submarine and troop movements in the region. This led to him eventually spending time with his crew mates in Okinawa, Korea, Taiwan (Formosa), Myanmar (Burma), and China as well as post surrender, in Japan briefly. He saw the aftermath of the atomic bombs and other destruction from the air.

Interestingly, although they never met, he was stationed in Okinawa during the same period as one of The Great Man’s brothers who was a crewman on a Naval ship assigned to that battle and later based there.

It was a stressful period wondering if the plane would go down from Japanese attacks and becoming shark bait. Dodging flak was a regular occurrence. His crew survived it all due to a good tail gunner, “Gunny” Hagedorn, along with the help of American fighter pilots who protected them as well as the Lord’s will. He only experienced frostbite in his feet and an occasional nightmare about the widespread destruction he witnessed from the experience. He counted himself fortunate. His experiences led to a deep appreciation for President Truman’s decision to end the war with that atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

After the war he returned to college life. At that point with the better nutrition and physical conditioning from Navy life at age 24 he found he had grown 3″ taller and was 20 lbs. heavier. After college and a short term job in an aluminum mill; there was a return to the mines and a mining school to become a surveyor. After that there was a move into industrial construction as a surveyor and engineer from his education at the University of Tennessee. That led to a final long career in his field with a steel manufacturer. Along the way it meant hitting the Hillbilly Highway as he searched for a better life than could be found in dead end coal mining camp towns. Before he left the region he married a young woman in one of the coal mining towns who wanted out as well. Their first child, Daddy’s Boy, arrived on the scene a few years later as he worked construction on a major DOD project a half dozen years after the war. As that project wound down he found work doing what he loved in that steel mill town in SW Ohio.

The Little Guy was in his element. He shared a bond with many of the men at the mill as former brothers in arms serving their country. Generally there was great respect shared in that work place with all races and cultures of people employed there. They shared a common bond as the working class that loved their country and the work. You would find them gathered on weekends at the ballfields and high school stadium. Daddy’s Boy was coached up in team sports by many of his co-workers. These were the same fields that decades later produced home run hitting Kyle Schwarber – a current MLB All Star along with former NFL stars Todd Bell and Chris Carter.

Despite his important role in mill operations and maintenance he never made much money. Most weeks he worked 50-70 hours for the overtime pay to help the family make ends meet. That left very little family time except on weekends. However, before he left in the mornings he would cook breakfast for Daddy’s Boy and his sister. He did not want them to go to school hungry. The Little Guy never knew that he would be working with and living a half dozen blocks from the grandfather and family of a future Vice President. He would have been very proud of JD.

Life happened and The Little Guy grew old. Unlike The Great One, he never knew the stability and love from a good marriage. With the passing of his beloved parents he turned even more to his two children and families, sister, and friends for companionship. He knew Daddy’s Boy would always have his back just like he always had his through the years. As his body began to be wrecked by cancer and his relationship with his wife worsened; he left to live with Daddy’s Boy and family. Despite his body shutting down, in his own words the next five months became some of the best of his life emotionally and spiritually. He had always adored his only grandchild and family times brought him great joy. Wifey (Daddy’s Girl) was like a daughter to him for all of those years and he would always remind Daddy’s Boy, “You have a keeper, son.” He even returned to his faith, began attending church for the first time in over 40 years, and for possibly the only period in his life led prayers over meals.

As his time grew short, he asked for one thing from Daddy’s Boy, to be taken back to SW Ohio to say goodbye to his old friends and make arrangements at the funeral home. The trip that normally would have brought great sorrow turned into a joyful event as he visited with his buddies as his daughter joined us. Since his youth Daddy’s Boy had known The Little Guy’s best friend who was a co-worker. He had been a positive Christian influence. Spending time together was so rewarding for all four of us.

Despite their miserable relationship; he had provided a home, vehicle, no debt, enough money in the bank and retirement income to sustain his wife, the mother of Daddy’s Boy, for the rest of her years. The same person who hated and ridiculed him in life and in death; who drove him out of their home while he was dying of cancer, is who he made sure had all she needed to live life well. He often said he did not want her to be a burden on Daddy’s Boy and his sister when he was gone.

After a few days in hospice The Little Guy passed away quietly at the age of 83. His 91 year old former pastor, the same one who had led Daddy’s Boy to the Lord as a youngster, led The Little Guy’s funeral and burial services. The Little Guy’s final journey could all be summed up as finishing well. There were no tears, only a sense of gratitude and love as the honor guardsman presented the flag – to Daddy’s Boy.

Shared Traits

Both of these great men became well acquainted and friends through the years. They talked of their upbringing that was less than 75 miles apart, but living completely different lives. Both were very reluctant to talk about their war experiences. Both worked hard all of their lives to provide for their families. They never made a lot of money, yet, were not burdens on anybody else while providing enough for their wives to live well the rest of their lives. Both men had deep bonds of friendship with other men who lived through tough times. Interestingly, both men were strong supporters of the GOP all of their lives. The uniparty members would have made them angry today. Both men always had the backs of their families and friends. Both men focused on others instead of themselves. Both men exited the world quietly and mentally sharp despite their physical ailments.

Both wifey and I loved each other’s fathers deeply. We also both understood the role of the eldest child in many families, both dads taught it to us. I never fully realized just how valuable that commitment was until both fathers had gone to be with the Lord. Our collective younger family members were looking to us at that point. We also saw it in the eyes of Angel Wife as she laid The Great Man to rest and we helped her through her long battle with dementia after he passed. We saw his life’s partner go to meet him in paradise with all of the family at her bedside. Some bonds just can never be broken no matter who or what rises against them.

Did I mention Angel Wife passed away 11/11/11? Yes, she passed away on Veteran’s Day fourteen years ago today. Did I mention that her Veteran husband, The Great Man, passed away on the second anniversary of 9/11? He told me the day before he died that he knew the military would take out “that SOB bin Laden” at some point. Then there was The Little Guy passing away on St. Patrick’s Day. It was also appropriate due to the recommitment to his faith.

God has His ways and all we can do is marvel at them.

The following song was the story of different people in a different place, but the spirit of the words explains how wifey and I feel as we look back through the old photos and mementos of The Great Man and The Little Guy. They too were just trying to survive in their poverty stricken situations that led to going to war to protect our nation. Every time we hear it, in our minds we can see and hear the voices of our fathers.

Lesson

Each day we walk by the book case that holds those two tightly folded American flags from the burial services that are encased in frames to preserve them for the generations that follow us. We have also preserved the history of these two great men in memory books that incllude old photos, military documents, related news stories, etc. These included aerial and local photos The Little Guy took of all of his crew’s assignments while in the Japanese theater. They are in black and white, of course. It is never lost on us the sacrifices they and all patriots have made to keep America free. But to Daddy’s Girl and Daddy’s Boy, they were our dads who did that and so much more.

Our collective history as Americans matters in world history. In reality, We the People doing as the Lord has desired of us are all that has held the world together for a lot of years now. The future generations who follow need to know and learn from our experiences just as we have learned from others before us.

Please take time to honor those who have served you and your country well this Veterans Day. With those who have passed, keep their memories alive in your minds and hearts. Each generation of patriotic Americans has worked to keep this dream of We the People alive and flourishing. Look those who would do us harm dead in the eyes and do whatever it takes to stop them, just like our patriot fathers and mothers have done throughout our history.

Go to work. Never back down, never give up. Fight, Fight, Fight!

God bless our Veterans and God bless the U. S. A.

Please remember Wolf’s rules for our community. In general that means to be respectful to each other and to pull no shenanigans that your mom might find offensive or otherwise cause jail time. That said, free speech is honored here.

Be blessed and go make something good happen!

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.

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

  • In no particular order… 

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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.”

Orban always good to listen in on.

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.)

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.

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.”

. @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.”

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.

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

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.

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!

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

HOLY S…… HE SAID WHAT?

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.

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Metals diving.  Bitcoin?.

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

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…

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

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

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.”

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!

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.

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…”

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

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.

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

Suspicious eyes on MTG these days.

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

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

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

Kakala ignorance on display.

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

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

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.

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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

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

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.

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.

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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

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

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

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…

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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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.

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.

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?

Enjoying the redistricting for the House.

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Maria clip.  Entire interview will air Sunday.

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

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

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.”

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.”

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.”

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

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

Select Tunes

Dwight Yokum Guitars, Cadillacs…

Moody Blues  Nights in White Satin

Daruis Rucker Wagon Wheel

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.

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

>>>  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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.”

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

Select Tunes

Johnny Cash, Tennessee Flat Top Box

Martina McBride, Independence Day

George Strait, Amarillo By Morning 

Night crew, your nickel.

KK

2025.10.07 Daily Thread: Ground Report

As our family’s very excellent beach adventure nears that we call our Fall Frolic, I felt it was time to give an updated Ground Report from this neck of the woods since it is in a tourism mecca for the eastern US. Literally millions of “leafers” will be on the prowl into this region to enjoy the beautiful colors and pleasant conditions of hillbilly country in Autumn.

They will be faced with frequent traffic issues in the form of bottlenecks on the main interstates and highways. I expect some “off the beaten path” travels and adventures, which will be of economic benefit to some smaller communities in the area. I will address a few of the primary road issues later in this report.

But first…

Bud

Thank you very much for your prayers and concerns for Bud. I am very happy to report his surgery went as well as we all hoped. Bud’s dad called me after he made it back to his room. Doc #2 did exactly what he said needed to be done and would do. He did a resection of 10″ of the diseased/dead part of his colon, closed, and sent him to recovery. The procedure took less than an hour. He was out of recovery three hours later with a normal meal, well, as much as hospital food can be normal, waiting for him in his room. He was told he could eat whatever food he wanted that did not cause him discomfort. He will be in the hospital for a couple more days and released if it all goes as expected. He will have a no heavy lifting restriction for three months.

The surgery was identical to my father’s from sixty years ago. The result is similar as well. We are all encouraged by the results and God’s provision. He dodged a bullet with idgit Doc #1. The lesson being always to pray first and then get a second opinion if you have any doubts whatsoever with anything medical.

Chemtrails Again In The News

Below there is a link with MTG coming off the top rope on chemtrails. Like or dislike her, the awareness she is bringing to the issue is a very good thing. I am still amazed at the people who will accept and agree that the jabs turned out to be a bad thing for humanity since they have been obviously injuring and killing people worldwide. But mention this subject and they go into denial and think it is BS or another annoying conspiracy theory even with the government itself admitting that it has been done for over 80 years.

It’s just another tool in the belt of the globalist criminals with depop and creating chaos for business opportunities. Your injury or death means nothing short of a celebration to them.

https://www.infowars.com/posts/mtg-blasts-chemtrails-we-never-voted-to-have-chemicals-sprayed-into-our-skies

Anecdotal observations for our region have been that weather patterns are returning to the 1980’s and early 1990’s patterns in the eastern part of the state, which means normal to you flatlanders. Call it a regular old climate cycle. Precipitation has been historically normal without many extremes of deluges or severe droughts that had become common for the past 30 years. Temps have dropped as a trend overall. Local insect population has declined from its unprecedented annoyance level of the past several decades and is now more typical of this mountainous area. Wildlife remains abundant. One other pleasantry has been that we enjoyed cool nights in the 50’s for nearly two weeks in mid-late August before warming up moderately into September. That has not happened since the late 1980’s. We have returned to “mild” and pleasant conditions for which this area was formerly noted, along with the brilliant blue, non-chem trailed skies

All of that says the fall colors could be spectacular in the region unless the remaining government criminal embeds pull off more wildfires.

It also means the potential for some major snowfall events, which have not been seen around here for a long time. The old farmers’ weather predictions related to fogs in August bringing snow in winter will be scary this year if proven true. It was very foggy in the mornings for over half of the month of August, as in so dense you could not see more than 20 feet in front of you type foggy at times. Will see how it goes. I am thankful for my tri-fuel generator just in case. In the 1980’s and early 1990’s we had some dandy winter storms that paralyzed the area.

Effects of Helene

Less than two weeks ago there were local news reports about Helene’s on-going effects that blew many of us away. Of course the national fake news would never report it so I am doing so here. There was a feature story from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) that controls the waterways and lakes in our region. Their leadership and engineers discussed openly on local newscasts that if they had not opened the dams more and lowered the water levels of the lakes a few weeks before Helene hit, there would have been two or three dam failures in east TN as the volume from the storm increased water levels in those affected lakes by 21 feet. Their assessment was that both Knoxville, Chattanooga and everything within the vicinity would have been been flooded. More than 2 million people would have likely had their lives signficantly impacted. The DOD, DOE and Oak Ridge National Lab reservation would also have been affected as it sits along the Clinch River basin that is in this discussed TVA controlled flood zone. Same with the University of Tennessee main campus that is located on the Tennessee River in downtown Knoxville.

Once again by the providence of God, a regional calamity was avoided by the wise acts of unseen engineers, who had no idea an event was coming of Helene’s magnitude in just a few weeks. They believed that precipitation in the weeks prior to Helene was above normal and raising lake levels more than they deemed appropriate and safe, so they took action sooner than normal. They saved lives and untold misery.

All I can say is that it was a good thing residents around here did not know or there would have an untold amount of panic and chaos.

Nah, nothing to see here. Cloud seeding and geoengineering are BS. Receiving 1.5-2.5 feet of precipitation in 48 hours on top of a mountain range from a hurricane that made landfall hundreds of miles away that was initially going in the opposite direction, a path that all previous hurricanes have taken, would not cause that. Would it?

🤪

As things stand now in east TN, these TVA operated lakes and waterways are in recovery. We were very fortunate the dams did not fail during the event. As it was, massive flooding of area rivers and tributaries contributed to towns flooding, death, property damage, and extended despair. Lake clean up efforts will pick back up this fall since water levels were lowered by TVA as they are supposed to do every year. They made sure they informed the public it had been done this time. As Mother Nature cleans herself, recreational activities in the lakes will also increase. As an example, due to the nastiness of the water quality the many professional bass fishing tournaments typically held in the region post Helene were cancelled or relocated. I am pleased to report that they have resumed for the fall/winter schedule beginning in late September. That is a very good sign water quality conditions and natural habitats are improving.

Area Roads/Bridges

Now on to the road situation. Most of us never really think about all of the bridges we cross each day. In the affected area in TN alone there were 47 bridges destroyed. Yup. Due to the great efforts of our state’s DOT and related contractors, 29 have been rebuilt a year later. This includes the bridges wiped out along I-26 in the most affected Unicoi County area, a massive rebuild. Most of the contractors worked straight through the coldest parts of winter to get things done. They are unsung heroes.

Which leads to the most important damaged section of interstate road in the region; eleven miles of I-40 through the gorge at the state lines of NC and TN. Earlier in the spring the contractor was able to get two lane traffic going along this stretch. Large tractor trailer rigs had to reroute such that only smaller rigs are permitted on the road as it was on I-26 for a year.

The good news is that traffic through the area generally moves, albeit more slowly, such that delays are usually only around 30 minutes or so unless you are on it during peak periods. The other good news is that they are rebuilding in the manner they would if it was a dam. They are going 30′ down into the bedrock along the river and building a dam like structure for the entire eleven miles. Rock slides will no longer cause extended shut downs for clean up and repairs and the adjacent river will no longer wash out the road bed. The various governmental entities got together and agreed to build the best it can be and the funding is appropriated. This is encouraging because it is a major national interstate that cross country truckers and tourists are dependent upon.

The bad news is that it will take three years to complete. Yup – 2028. Oh well, at least the construction is well underway.

Total cost of project will be $1.36 billion for eleven miles of road rebuilding. Ouch.

Thankfully, FL has joined us in the chemtrails/geoengineering ban. That is a big deal. Hopefully, other Atlantic/Gulf bordering states will follow suit soon.

Regional Economy

The negative effects of Helene and its destruction of roads and bridges messed with tourism in the affected area. That would seem pretty obvious.

Not according to the local fake news media. They keep telling us that they are certain it is Trump’s tariffs causing it. Yes, despite TN’s 3.6 unemployment rate and a national CPI of 2%, the economy is slowing they say and people are having to stretch their budgets. Of course, people always have to stretch their budgets even in the best of times. That is just a tired old expression used by idgits in media.

The propaganda continues. The interesting thing to me is they continue to say leftist garbage in a deep red area while it is painfully obvious they have a dwindling number of advertisers to pay for those young, inexperienced (cheap) fakebook style news reporters.

In fact, the local Fox affiliate no longer has its own news staff. They contract the local NBC affiliate to use their news staff to provide it. That Fox affiliate is just hanging on by a thread.

In reality our tourism numbers through July revealed a 6% downturn year to date, although more recent visitation is surging unbelievably strong. The following photo was not taken in the middle of tourism season in July. This was from this past Saturday in October and an on-going thing for the past couple of weeks.

SIL was called in after his night shift later that day to assist with thousands of unruly young people who had taken over the roads throughout the county. So, authorities cancelled the second day of their event in response. Organizers have been told they are no longer welcome here. The recently hired new City Manager is much more safety oriented than the previous good ole boy who was afraid to step on anybody’s toes.

https://seviervilletn.org/index.php/public-information/news/5357-city-of-sevierville-statement-on-cancellation-of-slammedenuff-sunday-october-5-show.html

Some of the car shows and rod runs are getting out of hand, like this one did. It will no longer be tolerated throughout the area. Some residents could not leave or return to their neighborhoods due to the effects that day. They let their elected officials know they will take it into their own hands if it happens again. They put the heat on the mayors and the results were good.

Tourism will all end up strong on the year as it usually does. It has helped from a labor point of view with ICE cleaning things up. There are less illegals for employers to hire in restaurants, cleaning, lawn services and construction. You know, the ones the employers frequently pay cash under the table or otherwise pay for contractor services; who pay cash and provide housing free of charge under the table to their illegal employees. I know that probably shocks some readers. Not. Deporting them helps the rental housing market crunch for the citizens moving here for the many jobs that are available.

It is happening in the SC lowcountry as well. Per friends and news reports, ICE has been busy picking up illegal workers who had, yup, fake social security numbers and no visas. They were working in local businesses such as landscaping/nursery companies, construction, restaurants and such. Buh-bye, amigos. Their families are shown the door and head out with their departures. The businesses that hired them are then investigated and many are fined. They are monitored closely after that.

Expect voting turn out and results to change. Oh well…

Most know that many employers are a major reason we have many illegals in this country. The remaining illegals in our area have been left some time to self deport before being dealt with when ICE has more assets available. That appears to be soon as a large influx of ICE officers arrived two weeks ago. Employers have been placed on notice that they are aware of some who are still employed and residing in the area. I expect many to head out over the next 60 days. By exiting voluntarily they now know they can probably reenter legally with worker visas at some point. However, at that point the employers can no longer hire and pay them under the table, so there will be less of them.

The short lived tourism downturn was primarily due to much road construction during the peak tourism season even in areas that were not affected by Helene. This area is at the crossroads of two of the most traveled and far reaching interstates in America; I-75 north and south and I-40 east and west. I-81 also feeds into it from north and east. Both 40 and 75 have major road rebuilding and bridge replacement projects going on within an hour of the subject area that have made traveling a nightmare at times. Some of it had nothing to do with Helene, it was just age and condition related. The 75 rebuild/repaving project is nearing completion.

I also hate to tell Dolly she pushed the pricing envelope too far, but Dolly, you pushed the pricing envelope too far. That has not helped things. Many local folks can no longer afford the annual passes. That has not stopped the park from adding at least one major amusement ride to the park each year and this off season is no exception.

https://www.dollywood.com/themepark/rides/nightflight-expedition/

Things around here should grow in a big way in 2026. Conditions have not deterred many new attractions and businesses from going under construction throughout the area. Expansion is rapid in both commercial and residential sectors regionally. Housing inventory has improved. It is still tighter than normal, but going the right direction without an uptick in prices. If anything the prices have drifted down a bit with the increased inventory.

The industrial, educational and governmental sectors remain stable. Industrial will jump forward when the licensed nuclear power plant for DOD and private businesses in the Oak Ridge area is completed down the road. This new plant will be located at the site of a former small coal fired TVA power plant that was taken off line and removed recently.

Churches

Talk about a resurgence. My goodness, so many churches are growing rapidly. Baptist, Global Methodist and non-denominational are leading the charge. The “progressive” churches are declining steadily, but not anywhere enough to offset the growth in the others. Catholic churches have remained stable.

Young people were returning to church around here even before Charlie’s death, which mirrors a nationwide trend. That is a very good thing. As the drug culture is beaten back, I expect more of the same. Trans is not much of a thing in our neck of the woods, nor are pedos and perverts accepted in any way. Only the white liberal women will support any of them around here, which means the other 90+% of our population will not tolerate any of it.

Charlie Kirk’s death had an impact here as it has nationwide. People are still talking about what happened. People who would have never believed the truth about our current situation as a nation, do now. TPUSA chapters are booming.

Schools

A funny thing happened when ICE made its appearance. Children of illegals began disappearing as well. All of sudden there were many vacant desks in all of the classrooms this fall as school started. When added to the rapid expansion of homeschooling and 20 K of state students receiving financial assistance to attend private schools via the state’s school choice program, well, the times they are a’changing. All that led to some significant teacher, tutor and assistant layoffs. Which led to the state teacher association (non-union – right to work state) to becoming quieter and more cooperative with state authorities and administrators. It also reduced facility expansion plans in many school districts, which takes more tax burden off local tax paying residents.

Imagine that. The next thing the officials will be telling us is that the state’s comprehensive test scores have significantly improved.

It’s science.

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Medical Care

Another funny thing happened when ICE made its appearance; medical offices and hospitals are providing easier access to citizens. Wait times in emergency rooms have declined. Access to physicians is met with, “What time works for you that day?” and “If you need to be seen today I can work you in at 3 PM.” type responses. Lobbies are empty to having small numbers with short wait times to be seen. It is as if 1990 has returned to our area.

Food/Fuel Pricing

Overall food prices are down significantly everywhere. There is no denying that truth any more. Fuel prices have started slowly trending down. In our area it takes tourism to decline into the off season to see substantial declines of fuel prices. But the trend is down.

Conclusion

I could rattle on, but that is enough to give a good indication for where we are. I hope some of you will do likewise and talk about your areas so the rest of us can learn more about what is going on in this great country of ours.

Please remember Wolf’s rules for our community. In general that means to be respectful to each other and to pull no shenanigans that your mom might find offensive or otherwise cause jail time. That said, free speech is honored here.

Be blessed and go make something good happen!