Good morning one and all to another glorious day!
Trump to Elevate Saudi Arabia to ‘Major Non-NATO Ally’
Six Congressional Democrats urge military members to ‘refuse illegal orders’ in new video
Vote to Censure Democrat Stacey Plaskett over Epstein Relationship Fails
Power stripped from Education Department in latest Trump administration move to dismantle it
Payroll Costs of the Federal Swamp Exploded 24% During Biden Era
Energy Department Issues $1 Billion Loan to Reboot Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant
Fraternal Order of Police Urges Congress to Reject National Reciprocity
Trump Admin May Relocate FEMA to Texas
Governor Designates Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as Terrorists and Criminals
American dream of homeownership slipping further out of reach for younger generations
Cloudflare outage results in major internet disruptions
That’s all I got for today. I’ll leave you with a song and move along with my day.
I thought they were a protectorate.
“The heightened status will give Saudi Arabia priority access to U.S. military equipment, including F-35 fighter jets.”
Thought they had those already?
Ignoring the unconsitutionality of requiring a permissions slip to exercise rights, the full faith and credit clause mandates states recognize the permission slips of other states.
Police unions should be outlawed.
All public employee unions should be outlawed.
Drivers licenses are recognized by interstate compact and not full faith and credit.
So?
“Six Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday urged United States military service members to “refuse illegal orders,” in a video that appeared to criticize the Trump administration’s crime and illegal immigration crackdowns.”
What illegal orders?
What illegal orders?
Orders by Trump that Dems disagree with, of course.
The Jan. 6 orders?
You know, the illegal [makes scare quotes gesture and winks] ones. You know they are illegal because Trump’s lips are moving.
Chris Bray of Tell Me How This Ends has some pointed remarks on this performative bs.
So now Democrats support the Oathkeepers?
“SHUT UP THATS DIFFERENT!!1!”
The second amendment is a clearly established constitutional right, so fuck you.
“If you aren’t cop, you’re little people”
Bryant, Blade Runner.
Weirdly, any action a citizen may take in reaction to the knowledge the person they have encountered is a cop may also place them in very real legal peril, too.
The problem is that ANYONE in government gets any degree of immunity, not just cops and QI.
I really try to see police officers as individuals, with all of their virtues and vices. But the FOP isn’t making it easy.
When a class of people demonstrates a pattern of behavior, it is not unreasonable to apply the pattern to the class until the inidiidual demonstrates a divergance from the norm.
Individual police officers are individuals. “The Police” is a collective and the incentives favor hiring more cops that are worse than the average human, therefore it’s reasonable to treat said collective as being disproportionally made up of worse than average humans.
“Given Plaskett’s friendly replies, the texts revealed that the two had a cordial friendship despite him being a convicted sex offender. On Tuesday, the House Freedom Caucus led a vote to strip Plaskett of her role on the House Democratic Caucus. All Democrats voted against the censure, with three Republicans voting no and another three voting present. It failed with a 209-214 vote.”
So partisan bullshit?
At least one of the Republicans who voted no stated that this was outside the House ethics process and he wanted that process to be followed.
Governor Designates Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as Terrorists and Criminals
Well, they are, so….
“Anti-Israel agitators who spread disruption at US colleges and were punished by authorities were awarded checks for $1,000 by a Muslim nonprofit, The Post has learned.
The money was given to students who faced penalties for leading pro-Palestinian protests before and after the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 2023, according to a bombshell report by the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) and the Intelligent Advocacy Network (IAN).
The cash was awarded from a “Champions of Justice Fund,” set up by the California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ (CAIR) as “institutional endorsement,” the report claims.”
https://nypost.com/2025/11/18/us-news/muslim-group-cair-cutting-1000-checks-for-anti-israel-agitators-who-have-been-disciplined-by-colleges/
That just begs for a RICO investigation.
I did not know states had their own designation, would think it a federal thing.
US states are supposed to be more independent than EU nations are under Brussels.
It doesn’t mean a whole lot, if it’s not a federal designation.
Like climate deals, its symbolic in nature to a point.
“Energy Department Issues $1 Billion Loan to Reboot Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant”
With inflation, it’s only 2 1/2 Mile Island.
That is almost like if women ran the place.
Is there anyone out there who really considers a censure a punishment? It’s being threatened with a bad mark in your permanent record, I stopped caring about that in high school.
It just provides a talking point for the other side.
It is nothing close to a punishment.
Anyone who votes for mere censure is approving of the behavior which brought it there.
I don’t know if she needs punished per se, but kicking her off the intel committee seems like a no-brainer for someone who was chummy with Epstein. What do I know though.
You’re smarter than the average pair of buttocks in a top hat.
Used properly, it should be a warning shot to cut it out or be impeached.
No warning shots – skip the censure and drop the offender. Anything else is dereliction of duty and the legislators should be removed as well.
“The bill goes further and provides that any person “who is deprived of any right, privilege, or immunity” may sue a law enforcement officer, who would not be afforded qualified immunity. This makes it impossible for an officer to conduct any investigation with respect to ascertaining if the person is in fact compliant with the firearms law in their state of residence. It would also expose the officer to civil liability if, for example, they were to secure the firearm while they conducted an investigation into other suspected criminal activity.”
So the opposite of stop and frisk?
Oh no.
Anyway…
Huh, they say that like it’s a bad thing…
ascertaining if the person is in fact compliant with the firearms law in their state of residence
Guilty until proven innocent!
Easy fix – National Constitutional carry. Preempt local bans and restrictions by legislating that the less restrictive rule governs.
Madison actually wanted a provision to allow the federal government to invalidate state laws.
The founders should have added a phrase like “shall not be infringed” so it would be clear what their intent was. That would have made things so much easier.
“Cloudflare outage results in major internet disruptions”
Is that why the Dow went down?
You know how much economic activity doesn’t happen when the internet is disrupted?
On the flip side, there’s just as much slacking off that doesn’t happen when there’s a widespread outage like this.
Slackers will slack in other ways and not just get to work when their normal diversions are taken away.
Water coolers and coffee pots were the old means of exchanging gossip.
This whole Dem push to get Trump, this time via the Epstein letters, seems to be a perfect example of Cutting Off Ones Nose to Spite Ones Face.
“You mean Clinton was involved in sex scandals?!?”
–Standard Prog
Move on. It’s a private matter.
“We never like Clinton anyway.” /also standard Prog response
It would be funny if it destroys many more Dems than Repubs and Trump comes out with a big ‘told ya so’.
Destroy? Who are you kidding? I’ll believe that shit when I see some office-holder turned out by his constituency.
Which constituency? – the fraud machine or the money men?
It was more a wishful thinking comment powered by unicorns
Moderate democrats caught in the net will be primaried by commies. All this will do is push us closer to communism. Hence the reluctance to release it.
*Eats bottle of black pills
OBE:
You mean like how #metoo started out taking out right wing people, and suddenly started taking out all of the feminist allies and big Democrat funders?
Which constituency?
Ones like AOC’s, for Dems, or my representative, for Repubs.
Usual disclaimers about O’Keefe, but he had a video two months or so ago of a DoJ guy claiming the plan was to redact all Republican and conservative names from the files but leave all Democrat names in the files.
JI – the idea that elected politicians have a constituency went out with the Whiskey Rebellion.
Democracy is nothing more than a fig leaf covering oligarchy. But it does a pretty good job of keeping the peasants from revolting.
“Who says organization says oligarchy” — Robert Michels
Democracy is organized, so is a democratic republic. We could send random selectees to Congress every other year – that is still oligarchy.
Fraternal Order of Police Urges Congress to Reject National Reciprocity
Why? This would be one more thing to blame crime on and be absolved of responsibility.
I wonder what the percentage of criminals among the people who hold concealed carry permits relative tho the population is, higher or lower?
The percentage of criminals among the people who hold concealed carry permits is not only much lower than the general population, it’s also lower than police officers.
Far lower, I’ll wager.
It means they can’t just assume everyone is unarmed, and may need to identify themselves before going full “dynamic entry”. It also means they can’t fuck with people over a loose casing rolling around in the car.
A criminal record is generally a disqualifier for getting a permit.
People holding permits tend to commit fewer crimes than the populace at large.
Much lower. You can’t have one if you are convicted of a crime, for starters. And as far as unconvicted criminals go, well, nobody can really know, but I guess we’re really all unconvicted criminals anyway.
To cops, everyone is either a victim or a perp. If you aren’t obviously a victim, you are more likely a perp.
Anyone with that mindset is unfit for a position of authority.
UCS it is the daily filter of their lives. That can’t be easily avoided.
+3 felonies per day
Hitler, the Golden State Killer, and now this
“Jeffrey Epstein had a tiny, ‘extremely deformed’ penis shaped like a lemon”
https://nypost.com/2025/11/19/us-news/jeffrey-epstein-victim-describes-his-penis-as-extremely-deformed-lemon-shaped/
She would’ve been a bit older than Epstein’s usual victim – why does that make me think she is full of shit?
Its the age old dig…so probably bullshit
“Sex pest”
I like that.
Just for variety’s sake, couldn’t we get one degenerate sex fiend who’s hung like an Andalusian stud pony?
Ron Jeremy wasn’t enough?
Shift the Ed Dept’s staff to other agencies, no reduction in personnel or costs but get to claim victory. Typical gov move…
If the program isn’t deleted completely, it’s still the DEd hand making things terrible.
Delete all the programs and spending.
Give the current employess a lifetime ban on employment in any education- or government-related sector
Yes.
the left can’t meme
https://x.com/Inhumansoflate1/status/1990535716997378494
“Their aid is a form of imperialism.”
Fine, let’s stop giving it. It mostly goes to kleptocrats anyway.
Rhy gets it. We don’t want to be evil so let’s stop giving it out and “fuck you, cut spending.”
But other FedGov data is totally trustworthy. RFK Jr is a crank.
Toxic leaks occur on about 800 flights per million departures—or as many as 22 times a day—in the U.S., according to internal industry data reviewed by the Journal. That is far above the rate estimated on the Federal Aviation Administration’s website, which cites fewer than 33 events per million departures.
https://www.wsj.com/business/airlines/toxic-fume-leaks-prompt-airlines-to-push-for-less-hazardous-engine-oils-db3eabaa?st=WEpV6W&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Since I am doing data optimization within a subset of the FAA, I can say with a high degree of confidence that any data released is dirty and should bot be trusted.
Bot Trust?
I like that!
Sounds like an airbus problem with a poorly designed auxiliary power unit inlet.
It is absolutely driven by Airbus.
https://www.wsj.com/business/airlines/air-travel-toxic-fumes-64839d6e?st=mACeMQ&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Impossible! Airbus likes to tout it is the most environmenally kind airplane ever!
800 in a million.
0.08% of flights.
Wait till they learn about the heater in air cooled Volkswagens.
They’re complaining about engine oil. Wait until they hear about Skydrol
There’s no way this AI bubble is going to pop, right?
Klimt Painting Becomes the Most Expensive Work of Modern Art at $236.4 Million
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/fine-art/klimt-cattelan-sothebys-auction-record-breuer-lauder-eb31ccbe?st=RHLTMC&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Never liked Klimts stuff.
My first wife loved Klimt, I was always indifferent to him.
Art’s bubble wont pop as long as the markets, and tech by default, remains undynamic. It is too easy to hid and hold money this way.
Greetings from North Nowhere Vermont. There’s 10 inches of snow on my woodshed roof and the temperature bottomed out at 16F this morning. Thanksgiving, a Fall harvest celebration, is next week. This is not the kind of Global Warming I’ve been promised for the last few decades. I’m beginning to wonder if the experts might be mistaken. The NWS is predicting tonight’s low to be 14F.
I don’t normally comment in the Morning Links so now I’ve got your attention I’d like to remind those who I promised I mailed a prestigious Glibertarian pin, if you didn’t get it let me know and I’ll mail you another. Complainees will be the beta testers for my Pin Postal Protocol (PPP) 2.0 which involves a soft bubble envelope instead of the PPP 1.0 hard cardboard envelope which, to be fair to the USPS, has resulted only in one Return To Sender event.
If you have no idea what I’m talking about please refer to:
https://www.glibertarians.com/2025/09/free-as-in-beer/
International inquiries are welcome.
I’m not feeling snow this year. Hope it holds off a bit longer.
One of the dog park regulars remarked yesterday that they were “already sick of winter.”
I have some bad predictions for that guy, and I didn’t even need my tarot deck.
It’s a balmy 65 here today. Yesterday I edged the lawn after I finally got off my lazy ass and fixed the blade attachment screw on the edger. It’s going to rain for days starting tonight so I covered up the BBQ grill.
The pins are great. If you’ve not requested one, I encourage you to do so.
And, thanks Richard!
They are super cool.
I know I’ve thanked him before but I tip my hat to Richard again.
All the HHers immediately started wearing their ID pins and pretending they were meeting one another for the first time. To see a 1/2 dozen
curmudgeons acting normal was a sight.
I still have 3 left over, in the event that there may be newbies next year that show up, sans pins.
What Beau said.
I dunno if saw my reply but I got mine – thanks!!
I received mine! My plan:
1) Get Glibs pin
2) Get elected to Congress
3) Wear pin on lapel
4) Get a few more for friends like Massie and Paul
5) ??????
6) Profit!
Thanks!
How’s that working out so far?
With the exception of 2, 4,5 and 6, perfectly
So…success!
🤔 I was expecting complications with #3 in the form of “Doesn’t own a lapel”
If you go to a Taiwanese tailor, you can get lapels added for very reasonable prices.
All the tailors I’ve met have been old eastern europeans.
The tailor I used in Austin was Lebanese.
How do we get our address to you? I would rock it down here in the tropics.
I’d like one! Just emailed ya!
*smooches*
I’d ask for a pin but I’m reluctant to wear it in public because I’m just too old to be beaten to a pulp.
“A former Air Force Intelligence officer has pleaded guilty to lying to law enforcement when she claimed her then-estranged astronaut wife committed the first crime in space, according to authorities.
Summer Worden, 50, faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 maximum fine for falsely alleging top NASA astronaut and then-spouse Anna McClain accessed Worden’s bank account from the International Space Station, the US Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas said in a press release.”
https://nypost.com/2025/11/18/us-news/estranged-wife-of-nasa-astronaut-pleads-guilty-to-falsely-alleging-the-first-crime-committed-in-space/
Are there laws in space?
Yes.
The speed limit is brutally enforced.
/Physics.
U.S. law applies anywhere an aggressive U.S. Attorney wants it to!
Yes, but nobody can hear them.
“Masked California teenagers have caused hundreds of dollars in damage as part of a twisted TikTok challenge, making a resurgence among the youngsters.
The reckless delinquents have plagued the residents of Elk Grove with the menacing “Door Kick Challenge,” where pranksters rush up to a targeted house and kick the front door as hard as they can before scurrying away.”
https://nypost.com/2025/11/19/us-news/california-teens-causing-hundreds-of-dollars-in-damage-in-tiktok-door-kick-challenge/
Is there anything on TikTok that isn’t retarded?
No.
It is a psychological weapon designed to be mental poison.
That will get you shot in some parts of the country.
Kicking a door or defaming TikTok?
Probably both now that I think about it.
I highly recommend having exterior doors sturdy enough that ‘kicking it as hard as you can’ will get one a broken foot.
Composite security doors are remarkably inexpensive…
I am trying to remember the name for the bar that goes at an angle from the back of the door to a metal socket embedded in the floor.
“The Trump Administration is taking bold action to break up the federal education bureaucracy and return education to the states,” Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said in a Tuesday press release. “Cutting through layers of red tape in Washington is one essential piece of our final mission. As we partner with these agencies to improve federal programs, we will continue to gather best practices in each state through our 50-state tour, empower local leaders in K-12 education, restore excellence to higher education, and work with Congress to codify these reforms.”
The Department of Education announced six interagency agreements (IAAs) Tuesday with the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, the State Department and the Department of the Interior to co-manage or take a growing role in managing certain offices and programs, according to a background call with the media.
Translation: We’re shuffling the deck chairs to make it look like we’re doing something.
I’ll believe the Trump administration wants to end the Department of Education when Trump and McMahon go to bat for one of the bills that actually ends the Department of Education like Trump went to bat for the BBB.
You mean like Massie’s proposed legislation?
That’s one.
There’s another that keeps two programs, moving them to another department, and terminates all other programs along with the department.
If they actually do go to bat for legislation, I expect it will be the one that moves every program to another department. But my expectation is they won’t go to bat for any of the legislation ending the DoE.
He’s no good.
Bigly bad. Not at all MAGA.
Even breaking it up would be good. No need for a cabinet level position.
Yes, it would be better to end the programs, but there is zero appetite for that at a national level.
“A Florida man was arrested after he allegedly beat and murdered a suicidal woman from the United Kingdom who visited him with the intent of being killed, according to reports.
Sonia Exelby, 32, was found dead in a shallow grave deep in the woods in Marion County, Fla. on Oct. 17 — one week after she arrived in the US, according to investigation reports obtained by WCJB….
When authorities unearthed Exelby’s abandoned corpse, they found the label for a shovel that matched a brand Hall purchased shortly before going to the airport on Oct. 10, according to the reports. The same shovel was later found in Hall’s garage and still had traces of Exelby’s DNA on it, investigators said….
Hall was arrested on Oct. 18 on charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping, credit card fraud and unlawful use of a communication device, according to records from the Marion County Jail.”
https://nypost.com/2025/11/18/us-news/florida-man-accused-of-murdering-suicidal-uk-woman-who-traveled-to-us-seeking-a-violent-death-reports/
unlawful use of a communication device?
One of the many just “tack on a few more charges” that prosecutors feel compelled to add.
And no littering, or unlawful burial?
Doesn’t Florida also have a concealment of a body law?
For a preplanned event like this there’s really no excuse for not having made proper preparations.
He killed her with a shovel? I doubt she agreed to that part.
Jeez, just go to Canada. They will be glad to suicide you.
Why do so many people have to buy a shovel day of for these things? I have a couple different shovels I’ve owned for decades. Does that make me some sort of criminal mastermind?
It’s astonishing how many people are caught on WalMart cameras buying everything involved in a crime in a single go.
The people who moved into my old house were so bereft of garden tools and basic home care supplies that I left them most of my garden tools and painting/basic home supplies. I did have to buy a shovel and a few garden tools once I got here. Not for burying bodies, mind you.
A number of years ago A guy I worked with had his guns stolen. The cops found a receipt for purchase of plastic gloves lying in the driveway. They traced it to a local big box hardware store, got hold of viewed the video, and were able to ID, track down and catch the perps and recover his guns (and a whole lot of other guns, they were part of a local ring of gun thieves).
It took years for the guy to get most of his guns back. The police claimed that they needed to keep the guns as evidence for the trial, but still kept them afterwards. When they were finally returned they were rusty, as if they had been stored in a barrel out in the weather for years. He was pissed, to say the least.
His defense: I thought this was Canada!
Now throw the SPLC on that list.
“How Trump’s MRI spurred the Epstein vote”
https://www.salon.com/2025/11/19/__trashed-5/
I give up.
Is this some different sort of MRI than the “lay down on this and ignore the loud noises” kind?
Trust their words. They are on the side of science.
And they think RFK jr is a kook!
Lol. I suspect they sit in a room rubbing each others feces on their faces thinking its a healthcream.
Headline as Salon — shutting down USAID has killed at least 600,000 people so far.
I ain’t clicking on that link.
How many lives were saved by defunding Planned Parenthood?
Won’t somebody think of the (social) life of the mother?
“The focus on race probably fits Trump’s worldview better. When he was born, about 10% of Americans were non-white, compared with about 40% today. In his heart, he probably agrees that the beloved white America of his youth is under siege. He shares the fearful gaze with which some of his base look upon the multi-ethnic pot that urban America has become.”
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/18/trump-race-inflation
Yes, it’s the Republicans who are obsessed with race.
And urban America is a happy care-free oasis unlike 78 years ago.
Yeah, how has that multi-ethnic pot worked out for London and the UK?
I see they’re careful not to mislabel it as a “melting pot”.
Assimilation is so passe. Tribalism is the new hotness.
What could go wrong?
Ah, good old mind reading. An entire article based on how Trump “probably” thinks.
What about all those whites who fled to the suburbs and still vote Democrat? Are they “fearful” too?
Nah, they’re just idiots.
Paging Neph.
Anheuser-Busch InBev Nears $700 Million Deal for Party Punch Maker BeatBox
https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/anheuser-busch-inbev-nears-700-million-deal-for-party-punch-maker-beatbox-b31a1e53?st=UdWcnM&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
What oppressed category of people will be used for the ad campaign?
I believe the target audience for that is called “urban”.
The bigger beer news (to me), is that Rogue brewing closed. There’s been an uptick in closures, and I know locally there’s been several announced closures and pullbacks at breweries.
That in almost 40 years they did t bother to buy their primary location blows my mind. They leases from the port district.
Had to have been a lot of poor financial decisions all the way around.
Apparently they were close to half a million overdue in rent.
Yep. I still have my Rogue Nation Citizen Card in my wallet. I have fond memories of the Issaquah and Newport breweries, and sampling their many fine beers.
I have a tin sign and a bottle of their Voodoo donut bacon infused booze. I think I’ve had a shot or two of it. It’s different.
Holy fuck. I just this past weekend picked up a sixer of Dead Guy Ale, for the first time in probably five years. Maybe I should save the rest of it…
Dead Guy Ale was always one of my favorites.
Don’t think the property was for sale. Probably a sweetheart deal on rent.
Big local sponsors at one time. Still have an empty commemorative bottle they did. Miss the orange wheat and Irish lager they used to do.
evilsheldon:
My reaction exactly. I saw the first stories about it hit my newsfeed last Friday, but couldn’t find confirmation. Now it’s been confirmed and the story has spread.
We had a local brewery announce their closing in one of the most douchey ways I’ve seen:
Fuckers, you were known for your sours and your English style ales. No one gave a shit about your IPAs in a market with Fat Heads and the Brew Kettle pumping out nationally recognized and award winning IPAs.
Terrible news!
There’s a brewery chain that opened up a location in the past year in my town. Their video channel is about as hipsterrific as you can get, but still entertaining.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOOfh3H2eCM
No idea Utica Club invented the beer ball.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXAgJzj-hPE
A lot of people shit on it, but I still like Shiner Bock when I’m back in TX.
“Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds
Increasing temperatures are already killing enormous numbers of people. A ProPublica and Guardian analysis that draws on sophisticated modeling by independent researchers found that Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda of expanding fossil fuels and decimating efforts to reduce emissions will add substantially to that toll, with the vast majority of deaths occurring outside the US.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/19/trump-emissions-policy-could-cause-climate-deaths
That settles it.
🐮💩
All the true believers need to step up and reduce their carbon footprint to offset just like they should step up donations to offset cuts to the foreign aid they want.
mostly women and people of color I hope otherwise it is not that interesting to report
Gotta make numbers appear to fit Stalin’s. USAID, climate policies..
See! He is just like Hitler, Pol Pot and Stalin!
Nice try, The Guardian.
Even Bill Gates has found a different grift. This one is dying.
It will be fun to watch when they finally flip – why we never said climate was a problem. Now let’s talk about our new problem we are obsessed with!!!
Gotta get to “its not happening and its a good thing!” First..
I am going to go ahead and call it: Population Black Hole(tm).
No longer a bomb like in the sixties, but a black hole that is going to destroy the world. Or sum such.
The National Fraternal Order of Police and the International Associations of Chiefs of Police are criminal organizations and should be punished severely.
They are organizations that serve the interests of their memberships. People – it is always just about people.
At least the guy who started this stupidity got fully taken out.
https://www.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/comments/1p0r56t/oc_no_look_lane_change_causes_a_multi_vehicle/
In regional beer news.
I liked the Hazelnut and Chocolate Stouts.
https://www.tastingtable.com/2029298/oregon-craft-brewery-rogue-shut-down/
“Attributing her ‘glow up’ to having an ‘anti-Ozempic’ mindset, she has gone from 180lbs to 380lbs in just a matter of a few years… and has insisted that the weight gain left her feeling ‘more confident’ than ever.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/lifestyle/fitness-wellbeing/article-15303081/plus-sized-model-alex-aspasia-weight-gain-anti-ozempic.html
*lights tres signal*
🤮
Didn’t even follow the link.
She won’t be around long at this rate.
I’m guessing that goes beyond even Tres’ interest.
Well, Ozempic is fucking poison, so good on her for avoiding the stuff. I will decline to comment on her other choices.
Ah, well, maybe I will wish her joy of her disintegrating knees and ankles, and impending heart failure.
I don’t understand the hatred for Ozempic.
<blockquote.I don’t understand the hatred for Ozempic.
I think it’s more a concern for long term issues.
Not sure how that stacks up against the long term issues of morbid obesity though.
Briefly overheard an interview yesterday on the radio. a Psychiatrist was claiming that 3/4 of his patients are severely over fixated on Trump (TDS).
Anyone fixated on anyone other than themselves and family are just broken people.
Trump, celebrities, other politicians, sportsball players…
Grow up, take care of your shit and learn to be an adult.
^^ This
Huxley…
Those are adults, at least nominally.
It doesn’t surprise me. I know otherwise normal people that are convinced that the concentration camps are being constructed as we speak and that we are fundamentally no different than Germany 15 minutes before they started rounding up the Jews. It’s batshit insane, and even more insane given that we already have had 5 fucking years of the guy in the White House.
He so cunning he has been able to hide his evil for five years. He must be stopped.
From the substacks:
Trump Derangement Syndrome isn’t Just a Meme, It’s a Real Thing
Wonder if it was this guy?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/is-trump-derangement-syndrome-real-a603e4a1?st=MpCZM4&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Honesty in a psychologist? Wow. Keep that one around, if only for the novelty…
This is what scares me. If these people regain power, they’re not going to just stop being insane.
American dream of homeownership slipping further out of reach for younger generations
Yup. We are looking to move a bit closer to our community. The land isnt the sticking point. We can find what we want between $10-15k per acre.
The fact that builders are quoting $250/sqft and up is the sticking point. We’re currently in a nice 12 year old 3500 sqft house (including finished basement), and the cost of merely building a 2500 sqft house would be more than our current house and land combined. I make good money, and this is pushing towards uncomfortable for our budget.
The only way the average person can afford a house is if it’s old, small, and at 5% down or less.
50 year mortgages aint fixing this. We need a recession and some mass deportation of illegal AND legal immigrants to even start to fix the housing market.
It won’t be fixed until the government stops printing money.
Open mike time?
“Enjoy my $2k checks! Just like Covid!”
-DJT
Agreed.
Not to sound like a Gold Bug, but this is what happens when you keep devaluing your currency for decades. Wages don’t keep up with other costs, and over time slip further and further behind, while capital items skyrocket.
As someone who was indoctrinated into monetarist (Friedman) economics – we don’t know shit about the interaction of money and the economy. If the velocity of money was anywhere near constant, we’d have had Argentinian levels of inflation.
I think we can thank our position as reserve currency for the world for that not happening, which raises worries if we ever actually do adopt an isolationist position without simultaneously getting spending under control, but then I am pessimistic about the middle and long term prospects regardless.
I just sold my 500 ft cabin to a young couple, as a permanent home. Other than small it fit all the requirements. The price was right for this economic climate. Four acres so enough space to add on or build a new house in the future.
The only drawback is having me for a neighbor, we’re out of sight but still…
Local land is going for 10K an acre.
Out of sight and out of your mind?
I will offer a contra – my son and his wife. They chose to put themselves into a narrow segment of the market – they had high demands and didn’t want a “starter” home. Granted, they won’t have to move as the family grows, and they did get a beautiful house – but it was tough and there isn’t a lot of slack in their budget (that they could have had choosing otherwise).
It’s the same situation here. We could pull the trigger on the project and get the house to our exact specs on good land within a two mile radius of many of our closest friends and 25 minutes closer to the places we go every week.
However, it would add ~300k to our mortgage, which means having to be tighter with the finances for a good long while. Yeah, I’m being conservative, but my old GlibFin articles explain why I’m nervous about going $600k in debt again.
My son worried they overpaid – since the house is still below it’s initial sale price (in 2006 or 7). I told him, you aren’t planning on reselling in a few years, so even if the market dips – there’s little to worry about. They did pay less than new construction would’ve cost them and that was an option they were considering.
Renting is just as nuts and for all the same reasons plus a few more such as overregulation, NIMBYism, and Dem buying “affordable” votes.
Good morning Glibs! The holidays are shaping up at our house. My youngest is coming in for a visit next week, and we are keeping this a secret from most of the family so Thanksgiving will be fun. Meanwhile her husband has his leave dates set, they gave him the option of starting in Hawaii or San Diego. He’ll be be back with her well before Christmas.
Hope you are all having a good week.
We are boycotting Thanksgiving. Okay, not boycotting but tired of the demands we travel all over the map to meet their needs when none want to come to us.
Hell I have parents that live 12 and 14 miles from their grandchildren.
One never even bothers to call to talk to them yet drives within 4 miles of my house several times a week.
Traveling to see people that disinterested in their own family holds zero interest to me. Save your cash, time and frustration.
When the girlfriend and I moved in to the house we’re currently in. We issued the pre-emptive Thanksgiving hosting invitation to stamp that out. Her family would go to a fancy country club, my family would generally suffer my mom’s terrible cooking (my sister hosted once), so I took the initiative and told them we were making Thanksgiving dinner, and that both families were more than welcome to join us.
Since the girlfriend has no more family in the area, I’ve stepped back.
That is great, how’s your head?
I saw you said the Epley maneuver helped, the only thing it ever did for me was make me throw up, although with it being a militaru Dr. maybe he didn’t do it right.
My crash was 4 weeks ago today. I am having a pretty good week. Last night, I didn’t get dizzy rolling over in bed, and the dizziness when I got up was markedly reduced. And I was able to do a lot more last evening before I got too much of a headache. So therapy is already helping. I have therapy and a doctor visit on Friday, so I’ll know more then. My team has a tournament in 2 weeks in NY, I’m sure I’ll be missing that one too, but I could see myself returning in mid December or in January. While this seems like a long time, taking 6-8 weeks to recover from something like this doesn’t seem excessive.
@TOK: Four weeks? Were I you, frankly, I’d be a bit more concerned. Ignoring my craniectomy, I’ve had five or six other concussions, two bigger than the others, but I’ve never had symptoms last longer than a day or two, at most, and no dizzy spells I recall. Granted, I was under 22yo for the other ones.
I’m thrilled therapy is working and glad you’ve got a doc appt scheduled. *fist bump* Be well and prosper.
I’m not really concerned. The doctor I’m seeing was highly recommended, he has been great and so has my therapist. They are all saying that it takes as long as it takes, and I am seeing progress. Doing a quick Grok search, I see that most concussions are better in 14 days, after that it’s considered Post Concussion Syndrome.
The timeline for PCS is:
1 month 50–60%
3 months 70–80%
6 months 85–90%
Those times are reduced with therapy.
My family has decided that we’re getting steaks at the Richmond Ruth’s Chris for Thanksgiving. I approve of this plan.
That does sound good, with my wife staying longer in Okinawa, I don’t think I’m doing anything for Thanksgiving.
Sorry Ron, but that’s a good opportunity to make yourself a nice meal (maybe a turkey breast instead of a whole bird?). That’s what I’d do anyway.
Unless my sister and BIL found out the venue was already fully booked, the Thanksgiving plan is to meet my siblings and a couple of their friends at a 200+-year-old restaurant in a charming small town nearby, as none of us really has enough (uncluttered) room at home for everyone to sit down for a meal. Just waiting to hear what time.
GT, we stopped inviting people up for birthdays and such two years ago over the clutter. Once my daughter was walking her life goal has been to spread the toys and books from the shelves to the far reaching ends of the house. That and the homeschool stuff and our neverending book buying has cramped our place more than I would like to admit.
Wife had (routine) surgery two weeks ago and didn’t think she’d be up for traveling, so just the two of us for the first time.
Small turkey ordered.
I may have told this story before ….
My old business partner always goes to his mother-in-law’s house for T-giving dinner. MIL’s cooking sucks beyond belief. Lots of complaining in the office about it.
One year, my buddy actually won a full T-Giving meal in a raffle and talked MIL into serving that instead. But she allowed it only because he had won it and it made sense to use it.
My buddy is now on a nearly two decade “winning streak”. His luck is now a joke akin to a woman who says every birthday is her 30th. Everyone goes along with it so they can get some decent food.
Don’t they cover that “illegal order” stuff in boot camp? For all I know, they might even have a pretty specific definition of what would be illegal.
Its quite vague really
“A creepy teacher in South Carolina received a lenient sentence for stalking one of his students and writing her more than 60 love letters.
Dylan Robert Dukes, 27, a former music teacher at Starr Elementary School, pleaded guilty last week to first-degree harassment and was sentenced to just five years probation despite the alarming claims against him, Fox Carolina reports.
Authorities have said Dukes – who was named Teacher of the Year in the 2023 – 2024 school year – began stalking an 11-year-old student in August 2023.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15301971/Teacher-Dylan-Dukes-stalking-harassment-love-letters-sentenced.html
How was he not considered a danger to society?
11 year old dude
11? Yeah, woodchipper time.
Because he’s a teacher, therefore a hero.
Teacher of the Year !
He’s not a danger to society. He’s just a good old boy. Never meaning no harm.
Welcome to the hub
What explains the strange ubiquity of this word?
As part of the latest attempt to stem the flow of migrants to our shores, it was announced last week that failed asylum seekers are to be sent to the Balkans to live in what the government calls ‘return hubs’.
Just a few days earlier, when a UN judge and human rights expert was convicted of keeping a slave – yes, I hard to read the headline twice – it turned out that she ‘was involved with the Oxford Human Rights Hub’.
Hubs are a ubiquitous part of British life. They’re the solution to everything. The 2024 Conservative manifesto contained ten references to hubs, including proposals for Family Hubs, Music Hubs, Women’s Health Hubs, Early Support Hubs and Banking Hubs. There seems to be some degree of cross-party unity on this issue, as last year Chancellor Rachel Reeves also promised 350 banking hubs on high streets across Britain.
Surely a banking ‘hub’ is just… a bank, you might wonder? In fact, judging by this image, it’s like a teeny-weeny little bank.
Keir Starmer also wants to cut crime by setting up 90 ‘youth hubs’, or ‘young future hubs’. The Home Office is creating a new ‘Europe Hub’ as part of the government’s drive for closer ties with the EU. Some new police cells are described as an ‘Investigative Hub’ and there are also AI Knowledge Hubs, Apprenticeship Hubs, Computing hubs (scrapped) and a new ‘National Drone Hub’ for uncrewed aircraft.
There is also the ‘Blackpool hub and centre for health and disability assessment’, which includes a £100m ‘civil service hub’. Richmond, in south-west London, has a new ‘cycle hub’ which has predictably bland and soul-crushing architecture. (Nothing called a ‘hub’ was ever going to be pretty).
https://www.edwest.co.uk/p/welcome-to-the-hub?utm_source=publication-search
You need more hubs in America lest a hub gab develops.
gap goddamnit. this site needs a 15 second edit feature
You need to apply for an Editing Hub grant for that.
My blazer has locking hubs.
Wouldn’t that make it more of a straightjacket?
You’re ruled by idiots?
Case in point.
I’ve hated “Center” or “Centre” for years for similar reasons…
“Hub” tries to imply that they’re at the middle of things, everything connects there, etc.
Grumble grumble grumble
I hate Centre because of the Towne Centre fad.
And everything revolves around them!
“It has been revealed that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) solicited funding from disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The ask from Jeffries was sent in 2013.
One of the latest batches of files related to Jeffrey Epstein revealed that there was a solicitation for funding sent from a firm representing Jeffries that was sent to the sex predator in 2013. In an email sent from the firm to Epstein, it reads, “We are thrilled to announce that we are working with Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, one of the rising stars in the New York Congressional delegation. Sometimes referred to as ‘Brooklyn’s Barack’, he is a staunch supporter of President Obama and a progressive voice for the people of New York City.””
https://thepostmillennial.com/hakeem-jeffries-solicited-funding-from-epstein-in-2013-after-financier-was-convicted-sex-offender
LOL
It seems pretty easy and plausible for Jeffries to deny any knowledge of who was being mailed solicitations from his campaign finance firm. I’ll bet there are numerous pols who would be very embarrassed to find out one of us Glibs was being solicited by his or her campaign!
Nice. What a sanctimonious crapbag.
We need a hub development hub.
“Cannibal Narco Zombie Gangs Kill Police, Behead Them, Carve Up Their Bodies, and Harvest Their Organs for Sale to Witch Doctors”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/11/erik-prince-cannibal-narco-zombie-gangs-kill-police/
STIJLTH
Yum!
I’d take anything that Prince says with a fair grain of salt, especially when he’s angling around for more work for BW.
That said, it is pretty well known that Petro was former M-19.
“Following the vote, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) exposed the nasty backroom deal cut by House leadership on both sides to ensure the vote would fail.
It turns out GOP leadership was desperate to avoid having Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) face not only a censure vote of his own but also an ethics investigation.
Mills is facing a restraining order for allegedly threatening to circulate explicit videos of his former girlfriend, Lindsey Langston.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/11/whoa-gop-rep-anna-paulina-luna-reveals-dirty/
huh
So they both got some sugar!
Harvard reported millions in donations linked to Epstein. But it didn’t mention a major gift to Larry Summers’s wife.
https://archive.fo/XWH1y
Public works – always on time and under budget!
Cost projection for new Key Bridge doubles, with expected opening far later than first hoped
https://wtop.com/maryland/2025/11/cost-projection-for-new-key-bridge-doubles-with-expected-opening-far-later-than-first-hoped/
Knowing almost nothing about the situation, my guess is that the price jumped because every government office and agency at state and local level, and every union that could conceivably be involved, has had a chance to glom onto the project and add their padded budget requirement to a project that pretty much can’t not go forward.
+1 prevailing wage
Bring CA HSR to consult if you want to really drag it out.
To anyone who has witnessed the interminable work on I-695, this comes as no surprise at all. My personal guess is the bridge opens right about the time we have fully autonomous flying cars.
Good morning, Glibs. After a couple of days of travel from hell, I am back in Seattle.
Unfortunately my luggage is somewhere in Dallas. I can’t sleep well without my CPAP, but I’m going to listen to an audiobook and hope for the best…
My wife has had good outcomes by using mouth tape. Takes some time but her snoring is way down as is how much she wakes at night. Some positive structural changes to her palate and jaw as well.
Kinky
Know what you mean. I’m so used to my CPAP, I have trouble sleeping without it. You need to “carry it on” the plane so you’ll always have it with you and it can survive being tossed around by our professional baggage handlers.
I carry mine for the same reason.
Last time I couldn’t use mine for 2 weeks because a clip broke, I felt like a zombie.
Sorry Ron, but that’s a good opportunity to make yourself a nice meal (maybe a turkey breast instead of a whole bird?). That’s what I’d do anyway.
I like thighs. I have some slowly thawing in the refrigerator right now. Toss a couple of turkey thighs in the crockpot with a can of chicken-whatever soup and anything else which strikes your fancy. Cook on low until the meat falls off the bone. If you want to be really fancy, you can out it on a plate.
I might have scallops for Thanksgiving dinner.
I have been known to quarter a turkey and put it on the smoker. That is wonderful.
“I like thighs.”
https://d8zl91q0q9gql7.archive.is/pngj1/a152fbba88e55ffe8b06b1fda04fcc3eb181aa50.webp
It’s not just Japan who has mastered kabuki theater!
China punishes Japan’s new leader with harsh words and economic pain
https://archive.fo/NSehT
I can assure for those outside of tourist businesses and hospitality the rest of the people there will enjoy the relief from the hordes of Chinese tourists.
“We enjoyed the reprieve so much that we are placing a ban on entry into our country of any and all persons from the PRC.”
What’s “briar patch” in Japanese?
ICYMI, it’s Wednesday! And there are asses!
https://archive.is/3eaXi
Ass Wednesday.
Daily Ray of Sunshine
A new poll says Democrats will win ’26 elections by a landslide.
Game over, man.
Yeah, those are generic Democrats. Once real candidates are in place, all polls are invalidated.
I for one welcome our new robot overlords
Didn’t we hear exactly the same thing about Harvey Weinstein?
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/jeffrey-epsteins-penis-extremely-deformed-36272875
It’s starting to sound a lot like slander.
Meanwhile, back at the death cult
However, all is not lost. If countries can cut overall greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2035, scientists say the planet would quickly return to lower levels of warming.
“We must move much, much faster on both reductions of emissions and strengthening resilience,” U.N. climate chief Simon Stiell told world leaders at COP30. Right now, countries are pursuing policies that would cut emissions by just 12% by 2035.
“The science is clear: We can and must bring temperatures back down to 1.5 [degrees Celsius] after any temporary overshoot,” Stiell said.
Do what we say or everybody dies!
Spoiler aleryt; Everybody dies no matter what.
The ICJ to the rescue
As much as we bitch about the SC, at least it doesn’t publish advisory opinions.
lol Now do China. I dare you.
The only thing that matters is how accurate those experts’ predictions were in the past. That wasn’t covered in the article, I’m sure.
2nd spoiler alert: All of that is lies.
My blog has gotten 44k hits today. That’s a new record. Yay me.
DDOS?
It’s been working OK for me and people in 30+ other countries.
It was a joke about sudden high activity.
Last time it happened, it was from Vietnam. I guess my novella is popular over there.
Sorry, Q, those aren’t thighs, they’re amorphous blobs of flesh.
To anyone who has witnessed the interminable work on I-695, this comes as no surprise at all. My personal guess is the bridge opens right about the time we have fully autonomous flying cars.
They just need hovercraft ferries, like the English Channel in the olden tymes. I’m sure they could be up and running long before that bridge is built.
Oh, you mean Eel trolleys?
Look to Minnesoda, me boys!
How did that happen? In Minnesota of all places.
kinnath:
The governor was Tim Pawlenty. The last GOP governor (in 2007) the state has had.
Target may have hit rock bottom
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/business/target-stock-economy
In addition to the diversity follies my wife stopped shopping at our local one after COVID and the associated crime sprees made them lock up half their stock at our local one.
I like their cheap chic clothing and home decorations. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Uh huh. Sure, Jan.
Back in the day, I helped several clients who dealt with Target. Target is every bit as ruthless and greedy as Walmart. For some reason, their PR is better and the proggies seem to love them.
I’ve never forgiven Target for requiring all their employees in the Downtown HQ to dress “business formal” (or wear red shirt and khaki pants).
The reason for the edict was that the young ladies at HQ were dressing sluttier and sluttier. Sitting in the lobby of HQ waiting for your Target contact to show up used to be a feast for the eyes. Then some prissy HR person put in place the new dress code.
Jimbo, I’m surprised at you.
On the right person, business formal is even better than streetwalker chic.
On the wrong person, at least it’s less revealing than streewalker chic 🤢
UCS:
Bullshit. I was there. I’m going to believe my lying (and bugged out) eyes over you.
Let me clarify – I’m surprised at your trashy taste.
I shouldn’t be, but I was.
Here, it’s very much a location by location thing how much the store is locked down. There’s an Aldi’s I rarely go to, I stopped by it on the way home from somewhere the other week, and was almost stymied trying to leave. They had added a requirement to scan the bar code on your receipt to open the exit gate. I had shoved it into a bag already.
Thankfully, the ones closer have not adopted that practice… yet.
Bag?
Zere are no bags at Aldis.
Put ze food in ze boxes!
Speaking of dilettante gadflies
In an announcement video posted to social media, Steyer directly attacks America’s wealthiest people, who he says have the notion that “they earned everything themselves.”
He frames himself as a successful businessman who pivoted his life’s work toward taking on the “out-of-state corporations,” the “oil companies,” the “tobacco companies,” and centered his pitch on affordability, a newly common refrain among Democrats looking to seize on the poor marks voters are giving Republicans, and President Donald Trump, on the economy.
“Californians deserve a life they can afford, but the Californians who make this state run are being run over by the cost of living,” Steyer says in the video, calling on corporations to “pay their fair share again” and promising to build more affordable housing, lower energy prices and
Billionaire populist socialists are all the rage.
Corporations don’t pay taxes you fucking dumbass liar.
I shudder to think of how much tax money was spent on this
What cheap god can’t hear prayers if they aren’t aimed directly at them?
I would have helped you, but you were 15 degrees off center when you asked me.
Surprised they haven’t build their own hospitals yet.
Why? Then they’d have to pay for it rather than leeching off the infidels.
St. Paul company is raided by Feds (ICE included), locals swarm in to protest.
I’m only linking because it looks like the Feds roughed up a few of the protesters based on the pics. Also because the protesters are exactly who you think they’d be.
I have found that I only care in principle, but not in the particular when these people get themselves roughed up.
Usually I want to see excessive force deployed because I’ve lost my patience with these people. I do not want to see excessive force applied because it should never be deployed. But it would be so satisfying to see a few annoying fucks get their faces caved in with a fist or two.
Agree with you UCS.
One shoulder has the angel of Principles sitting on it, the other shoulder has the angel of violence sitting on it. Both urging me on.
Mostly females in Hamas-garb?
…
Yup.
If I was the Feds, I’d be collecting names of people who can show up for a random protest in the middle of a work day. I’d cross reference that list with a list of people getting Fed handouts.
If they can track down all those J6 protesters, why not start doing it to these yutzes?
BBC
Ultra-processed food is global health threat, experts warn
3 hours ago
By Philippa Roxby
The Guardian
Ultra-processed food linked to harm in every major human organ, study finds
17 hours ago
By Andrew Gregory
The New York Times
Scientists Call for Global Shift Away From Ultraprocessed Foods
17 hours ago
By Alice Callahan
Harvard Gazette
Researchers link ultraprocessed foods to precancerous polyps
6 days ago
So will the food or climate change end humanity first?
Does ultraprocessed food even have a definition?
Nope – it’s a scare name.
“We have a broken government, it’s been bought by corporations and my question is: Who do you think is going to change that?” he says, before adding: “Sacramento politicians are afraid to change this system. I’m not.”
Come on, Tom. Spell it out. The revolution starts now. Eat the rich. Take their stuff.
You’ll never be the one staring down into that ditch.
So will the food or climate change end humanity first?
Once humanity has returned to scratching in the dirt for grubs and roots we will have attained Nirvana.
They don’t want you poor, they want you dead.
They had added a requirement to scan the bar code on your receipt to open the exit gate.
What if you don’t buy anything?
I have been to Aldi’s once, looked around for a minute or two and said, “Fuck this dump.”
You’ll then have to push through the crowds moving opposite the german engineered traffic flow, pissing everybody off to exit the entrance.
I hate it too. So many better options.