“We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. We know that in secrecy error undetected will flourish and subvert.” –J. Robert Oppenheimer
Joe Biden never won. This is our Real President – 45, 46, 47.
AND our beautiful REALFLOTUS.
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Joe Biden didn’t win.
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Wolfie’s Wheatie’s Word of the Week:
xyston
noun
short pike used by Greek heavy cavalry
long thrusting lance, used in ancient Greece
long thrusting spear in ancient Greece, measuring about 3.5 to 4.25 m long, probably held by the cavalryman with both hands, consisting of a wooden shaft and a spear-point at both ends
Used in a sentence
The shaft of the xyston was usually made from sturdy wood, such as cornel or ash, which provided the necessary strength and flexibility.
Cornel, also known as the Cornelian cherry, has a wood that is used for spears. That wood is heavier than water and does not float. The tree is actually a dogwood with an edible faux cherry fruit. This video shows both the tree and preserving the fruit.
Joe Biden never won. This is our Real President – 45, 46, 47.
AND our beautiful REALFLOTUS.
This Stormwatch Monday Open Thread remains open – VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA/KAG/KMAG world (with KMAG being a bit of both).
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Our beloved country is under Occupation by hostile forces.
Daily outrage and epic phuckery abound.
We can give in to despair…or we can be defiant and fight back in any way that we can.
Joe Biden didn’t win.
And we will keep saying Joe Biden didn’t win until we get His Fraudulency out of our White House.
Wolfie’s Wheatie’s Word of the Week:
kamagraphy
noun
making copies of original paintings using treated canvas
a specialized method of painting reproduction in which the original is destroyed, but large numbers of reproductions are created
an Indian dance troupe based on the Kama Sutra
Used in a sentence
The practice of kamagraphy is not the same as kamalagraphy, which I refuse to define.
Shown in a picture
Max Ernst (1891-1976)- Le Vaisseau Fantôme / The Ghost Ship, Kamagraph Canvas Plate / camouflage plate, 63 x 48 cm
Shown in a video
MUSIC!
Is Frampton’s-camelography close enough?
THE STUFF
This is a really great chess game, with an excellent explanation of all the blunders by both sides. THE GOAT – Magnus Carlsen – goes down a queen, but fights back to a win.
Sounds like a certain President, if you ask me!
Just sayin’!
And now it’s time for Wolf Moon’s Snow Moon Review of the new film MELANIA.
In order to get this out quickly, but fairly completely, I’m basically doing it as lists of bullet points. Yeah, that’s not very artistic, but I don’t want these points to drown in a bunch of evasive prose. I want people to know what I observed, what I think, and what to watch for.
I will start off with a list of non-spoilers. You can decide after THAT, if you want to read the spoilers. If you don’t want to read them, then you can just skip over the rest. I don’t have a spoiler tool for the text of this article, sadly.
Non-Spoilers
The Performance
At least in our area, the film is doing well.
This is the most packed movie I have been to, in a long time.
We had to settle for front row seats, because pretty much everything else was taken, several hours before the showing. Thankfully, we were not in a front corner. Reclining seats help.
Checking online for tickets may be a good idea.
There were no protests, hecklers, or interruptions.
There were classy laughs in appropriate places.
There were tears in appropriate places. Grab extra napkins if you don’t have tissues.
There were silent claps, raised hands, and thumbs up throughout the film.
There was significant applause which waited respectfully until the end.
My Opinions
I am glad I saw this movie in a theater.
I may get the DVD so that I can freeze-frame it to study details.
I know why Trump already saw it twice, and will likely watch it more times.
I believe this movie is historically important.
The movie will be cited by historians for many reasons, including things that it reveals.
The importance is not solely documentary – it is more than a documentary.
The movie is quite entertaining, but its significance exceeds its entertainment value.
Melania’s historical importance as a FLOTUS is evident and proven by the end of the movie, yet no effort is expended to make that point – it makes itself.
Anybody who is culturally or vocationally interested in fashion, beauty, entertainment, history, government, etc., needs to see this movie, even if they DESPISE Trump.
The movie is a tribute to every person who has ever worked in arts, beauty, entertainment, politics, culture, government service, the military, and many other featured vocations.
Cthulhu’s theory that Melania or Barron might be Q is not, IMO, proven by the film, but OTOH, this film absolutely destroys any assertions that Melania is not profoundly capable, very influential on Trump, and herself a focus of influence.
Trump’s great respect for Melania, and vice versa, is extremely evident.
Trump’s sense of humor, his love of “regular folks”, and his poise and savvy are on display.
Many things that happened during that period of time are explained by this movie.
I will be citing details from this movie, in a month or two, but I’d like to wait for people who want to see it, to have that opportunity first.
I recommend watching Melania – if not now, then once it appears on the small screen.
If you watch it in a theater, you will understand how Melania herself set the tone for the audience response.
OK – if you want to skip the spoilers, then take off now! Head down to the comments! Or watch the trailer, which contains a few of the spoiler items, without full context.
W
Spoilers
Yes, Melania not only WEARS “that dress” – it’s the star of the show! I have to admit that I like it, but maybe that’s just me. It really shows off her figure in a flattering way.
The stylized “R” on the front is actually pretty cool, IMO. RRRub it in, why don’t we?
Melania’s designer is a great guy, and it’s a lot of fun to watch her interact with him.
Trump is hilarious and interjects “wisely” but “wise guy” in some serious situations. He knows how to ease the tension, which is interesting.
Trump NEVER steals the show. His respect for his wife is incredible. It’s very clear that he’s proud of her, and of this movie.
IMO Melania was part of the reason they moved the Inauguration indoors. She was very concerned about security during the parade. This woman is extremely smart. Was God listening to her prayers when He sent the Inauguration plans into the deep freeze?
Speaking of prayers, the church scene in NYC is awesome.
Melania has a network of First Ladies around the world who she Face-Times with or meets in person. I want to study that part more closely.
The stats on foster kids going to college are abysmal. Yeah. WOW. She has a point.
Brigitte Macron sure looks like a woman – at least as much as Candace Owens does. Glass houses?
Trump values Melania’s input to the point of making one of the most important changes in his Inauguration speech, because she suggests it right there as he practices.
One of Trump’s executive orders is due to input from Melania. Very impressive, very appropriate. She’s a subject matter expert. Again, it’s tied to her network.
Melania seems unbothered by the fact that Trump doesn’t always listen to her advice.
Melania’s maturity is very evident, and just off the charts.
Melania’s favorite musicians include Michael Jackson – she knows the words to his songs!
The inside of Trump Force One is extremely cool and luxurious.
The sound track of the movie includes some big hits, which are used in a smart and cunning fashion.
Melania’s most admired First Ladies (given near the end) are an interesting selection – especially considering who is NOT there.
Melania’s parents are fascinating – especially her mother who is the “Rebecca” of the movie.
Melania’s mom taught her tailoring, and the tailors love her for her knowledge of their craft, plus for being a professional model.
Melania does some modeling on camera.
Melania’s staffers are scary smart women. She hires two more of them, whose interviews are part of the filming process.
Vivek shows up all over the place, without speaking. It’s clear that Trump, Melania, or both, like him.
Elon, Bezos, Tim Cook, many others. It’s fun.
A lot of interesting people show up at the Inauguration functions.
I had forgotten that Kamala showed up in a designer MAO JACKET. Yeah. Worth seeing again, just to realize who she is.
Melania does a dance or two. Watch for them!
Trump ALWAYS says thanks to people after a photo shoot. What a MENSCH. Talk about good atomic habits!
I’m sure the Secret Service approved every frame. Watch for artistic blurring and motion of the camera at certain points where they wanted things a bit fuzzy.
Melania’s pride in Barron is repeatedly evident.
Limiting the amount of footage from the “indoor parade” (a rally, basically) that my wife and I attended was artistically smart, even though I would have loved to have seen more. I am happy that enough was included to honor all of us who waited in the cold and dark to be there!
Joe Biden looks happy in the footage. He also looks like he should be in a nursing home, but he looks happy. Trump interacts with him quite well. Watch for it.
Final thoughts – the poise, sophistication, and intelligence of a proud immigrant who loves America and her husband – fully on display. Like I said, this is a great and significant film. I’m glad I saw it.
Joe Biden never won. This is our Real President – 45, 46, 47.
AND our beautiful REALFLOTUS.
This Stormwatch Monday Open Thread remains open – VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA/KAG/KMAG world (with KMAG being a bit of both).
Our various sister sites, listed in the Blogroll in the sidebar
Our beloved country is under Occupation by hostile forces.
Daily outrage and epic phuckery abound.
We can give in to despair…or we can be defiant and fight back in any way that we can.
Joe Biden didn’t win.
And we will keep saying Joe Biden didn’t win until we get His Fraudulency out of our White House.
Wolfie’s Wheatie’s Word of the Week:
quartan
noun
a fever recurring every third day
a fever occurring every fourth day, counting inclusively, or every 72 hours
of or pertaining to the fourth; occurring every fourth day, reckoning inclusively -“a quartan ague, or fever”
recurring every four days; especially in designating a form of malaria with such symptoms
Used in a sentence
A quartan is not to be confused with the French mathematician Élie-Joseph Cartan.
Shown in a picture
Shown in a video
MUSIC!
Scott reminded me of this song, which I loved back in the day. This video is a great tribute to one of the best “back-up bands” and “warm up acts” of its day, with what was realistically their only true big hit. Nonetheless, I remember when this song caught fire back then – good times! It got played on many a juke box – for years.
Here is the OFFICIAL story on how the band got its name!
And in case you want to hear it again, here is a reaction video by “The Wolf HunterZ”. No connection to yours truly – I swear!
THE STUFF
OK – more of that “hoe_math” dude who scorches feminists with simple pseudo-scientific blatancy about what they blatantly do. Here he is, explaining a “hoe-down” in which a bunch of allegedly “conservative” female influencers attacked each other, some with great truth and precision, showing why so many of them are really (a commenter coined this term) “deservatives”! Or grifters, as Aubergine so sharply spotted.
I was expecting Elon Musk’s latest drama mama, Ashley St. Clair, to be one of them – surprisingly, no.
Joe Biden never won. This is our Real President – 45, 46, 47.
AND our beautiful REALFLOTUS.
This Stormwatch Monday Open Thread remains open – VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA/KAG/KMAG world (with KMAG being a bit of both).
Our various sister sites, listed in the Blogroll in the sidebar
Our beloved country is under Occupation by hostile forces.
Daily outrage and epic phuckery abound.
We can give in to despair…or we can be defiant and fight back in any way that we can.
Joe Biden didn’t win.
And we will keep saying Joe Biden didn’t win until we get His Fraudulency out of our White House.
Wolfie’s Wheatie’s Word of the Week:
headsail
noun
sail set forward of the foremast of a ship
Used in a sentence
Learn about the different types of headsails we make, such as jibs, genoas, yankee cut, and staysails.
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Shown in a video
MUSIC!
Not sure which is more eye-popping – Crosby’s weight or Nash’s mullet! In any case, this song always reminds me of sailing, despite the grim lyrics.
THE STUFF
If you’ve ever wondered why neutrons are themselves unstable, there’s another complication before we get there. We can’t even figure out what’s happening to them, because we measure different answers for how long they last, depending on the experiment, and nobody can figure out why.
So are neutrons “adjacent” to dark matter? Or are they just slipping out to party somewhere else?
Joe Biden never won. This is our Real President – 45, 46, 47.
AND our beautiful REALFLOTUS.
This Stormwatch Monday Open Thread remains open – VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA/KAG/KMAG world (with KMAG being a bit of both).
Although drapetomania was initially proposed as a sham explanation for escaping slaves in the antebellum South, it has proven to be a real condition among white wymynz, primarily in the North, during their delinquent youths, as well as among their daughters, due to the poor parenting skills of woke momz.
Shown in a picture
The most listenable and non-woke music video I could find with the name “drapetomania”.
MUSIC!
Another AI-assisted hymn by my favorite “group” of that nature.
THE STUFF
It’s time for…….. THE SNAKE.
Cottonmouth capture, venom extraction, and reaction with blood.
By the dude who has shown us a variety of insect bites and stings.
Maybe those copperheads up north ain’t so bad. At least they don’t keep us on the plantation, like them cottonmouths down south.
Joe Biden never won. This is our Real President – 45, 46, 47.
AND our beautiful REALFLOTUS.
This Stormwatch Monday Open Thread remains open – VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA/KAG/KMAG world (with KMAG being a bit of both).
Our various sister sites, listed in the Blogroll in the sidebar
Our beloved country is under Occupation by hostile forces.
Daily outrage and epic phuckery abound.
We can give in to despair…or we can be defiant and fight back in any way that we can.
Joe Biden didn’t win.
And we will keep saying Joe Biden didn’t win until we get His Fraudulency out of our White House.
Wolfie’s Wheatie’s Word of the Week:
quinzaine
noun
piece of verse having 15 lines
piece of verse having 15 syllables
poetic form similar to haiku, with 3 lines, 15 syllables, and 7/5/3 form
French word for 15 things, 15 people, 15 days, or 2 weeks
the 15th day after a feast day, using both end days in counting
Used in a sentence
Even though the word quinzaine looks like some kind of heterocyclic, nitrogen-containing chemical, it is no such thing. However, quinazoline with the stable isotope nitrogen-15 at one or both nitrogen atoms would make a good candidate.
Shown in a picture as quinazoline
Quinazoline
Described as a form of poetry with 3 lines, similar to haiku
Quinzaine is an unrhymed verse of fifteen syllables. The word comes from the French word quinze, meaning fifteen. The syllables are distributed over three lines so that there are seven syllables in the first line, five in the second line, and three in the third line (7/5/3). The first line makes a statement. The next two lines ask a question relating to that statement.
Directions
Line 1: (7 syllables that make a statement) Line 2: (5 syllables that asks a question about the statement) Line 3: (3 syllables that asks a question about the statement)
Quinzaine Example :
The Call
The beach calls my name today. Would it warm my soul? Should I go?
Not to be confused with a cinquain poem
MUSIC!
Apparently, in French, quinzaine sounds like “khan zen”
THE STUFF
Are you a fan of those Veritasium videos I love to show you?
If so, then you will enjoy this “meta-Veritasium” video!
So how will this affect any “Fake Science” trying to sneak in? Or has it already snuck in?
Joe Biden never won. This is our Real President – 45, 46, 47.
AND our beautiful REALFLOTUS.
This Stormwatch Monday Open Thread remains open – VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA/KAG/KMAG world (with KMAG being a bit of both).
The bands called “Ox” are lacking, IMO. The two best options are (1) German heavy metal, and (2) Canadian alt-country that can’t be found. Let’s try something else.
THE STUFF
Although I’m not exactly a fan of recent country, this badly AI-visualized compilation of real human country from 2025 is in fact a fairly enjoyable playlist for New Year’s Eve. Listen – don’t watch.
I had to find a new video – the one I put there earlier got wiped by YouTube. Guess that’s the way it is. AI songs, stolen songs, monetization games.
In any case, enjoy!
OK, some of that stuff was pretty good. But we need MOAR.
Feel like some science? How about something that touches on the very design of how things change – something very close to math itself?
Why, that almost sounds like the hand of God!
Feel like recalculating your life? Maybe you need some new resolutions!
Joe Biden never won. This is our Real President – 45, 46, 47.
AND our beautiful REALFLOTUS.
This Stormwatch Monday Open Thread remains open – VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA/KAG/KMAG world (with KMAG being a bit of both).
Our various sister sites, listed in the Blogroll in the sidebar
Our beloved country is under Occupation by hostile forces.
Daily outrage and epic phuckery abound.
We can give in to despair…or we can be defiant and fight back in any way that we can.
Joe Biden didn’t win.
And we will keep saying Joe Biden didn’t win until we get His Fraudulency out of our White House.
Wolfie’s Wheatie’s Word of the Week:
rounce
noun, verb (multiple meanings)
The handle for moving the carriage on a hand printing press
The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again; — sometimes applied to the whole apparatus by which the form is moved under the platen.
The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again.
The whole apparatus by which the form is moved under the platen.
to be agitated
to flounce around
to fuss
to restore damaged coffee by stirring it in a tub with boiling water and then drying it.
Used in a sentence mixing some of the above meanings
Through our leaflets protesting the lies of the Wall Street Journal, we did our best to rounce the bubble, one might say.
Shown in a picture of “rounce and rails”
Printing press, part of. 1995.0214.002.
Shown in another picture of “rounce and girths (straps)”
Shown in a video (“oiling the rounce”)
So how does one “pronounce the rounce”?
MUSIC!
You guessed it! Another hymn by these folks. For full disclosure, I don’t think this woman on the thumbnail is an actual person. Suspicious Cat doesn’t think this is her actual voice, either.
THE STUFF
Christmas is almost here! Are you ready?
Look what I discovered by searching on “rounce” and finding something uploaded by a teacher named “Nicole Rounce”!
Enjoy a patriotic musical!
Not exactly sure some of this conversation is historically accurate.
Joe Biden never won. This is our Real President – 45, 46, 47.
AND our beautiful REALFLOTUS.
This Stormwatch Monday Open Thread remains open – VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA/KAG/KMAG world (with KMAG being a bit of both).
This explainer is powerful, making very understandable the link between tail loss and other differences between humans and apes and/or monkeys. And not only is the “genetic clock” consistent with what we know – this hypothesis almost certainly explains other inherited traits which come from similar larger patterns in DNA, and not from smaller base-pair mutations.
And – drum roll – they got (ethically, using mice) confirmation in a lab. Yes. Really.
Joe Biden never won. This is our Real President – 45, 46, 47.
AND our beautiful REALFLOTUS.
This Stormwatch Monday Open Thread remains open – VERY OPEN – a place for everybody to post whatever they feel they would like to tell the White Hats, and the rest of the MAGA/KAG/KMAG world (with KMAG being a bit of both).
Our various sister sites, listed in the Blogroll in the sidebar
Our beloved country is under Occupation by hostile forces.
Daily outrage and epic phuckery abound.
We can give in to despair…or we can be defiant and fight back in any way that we can.
Joe Biden didn’t win.
And we will keep saying Joe Biden didn’t win until we get His Fraudulency out of our White House.
Wolfie’s Wheatie’s Word of the Week:
remeant
adjective, proper noun
returning
coming back
(both meanings archaic and poetic)
recycled material brand name
Used in a company statement
Remeant REMEANT is a beautiful eco friendly textile created from upcycled plastic used in packaging materials. Through cutting-edge technology, REMEANT has produced the first-ever solution for reusing this non-biodegradable waste. The eco friendly fabric is waterproof, washable, highly durable and lightweight. It can be used to produce ethical fashion, including bags, home decor, accessories and clothing.
