So to my understanding, Maduro stole more than one election. There’s information online about elections in 2018 and earlier, and then 2020, and again in 2024. This most recent one was won by the opposition leader, supported by Maria Machado (who couldn’t run, don’t know why, didn’t bother looking it up). Maduro ignored the win and claimed the presidency anyhow.
Sometime in Trump 1.0, we put a $15mil target on Maduro’s head. Biden’s people upped that to $25mil. Both sides of the aisle wanted this guy gone, very obviously. And why shouldn’t they? Venezuela has good oil reserves, and we’re set up to refine them. They have stuff we want, and we have stuff they need. Seems like a good connection. We also want to stop cocaine from coming to America from Venezuela, and since it seems that Maduro and his cronies were in on that, it just feels like a win all over.
Having the crazy Left standing up and protesting the capture (not murder, not assassination, not maiming, but *capture*) of a wanted fugitive that has a price on his head put there by both a Republican AND a Democratic President is just… bizarre. I don’t understand it at all. As several people have pointed out, the Left has been crying “no kings” for some time now, but when we removed an honest to goodness dictator, they get their panties in a wad.
Of course, the anger is all because “orange man bad.” It’s TDS run amok. I hate saying that, but it’s true. Most people have no idea what they’re talking about. And frankly, I’m not the idiot whisperer. I am not interested in educating most of the people who are Left of me. It’s exhausting even to talk to them. I have to prove every point and they get to “feel” I’m wrong. There’s no point.
All of this brings me to talking about socialism. I originally hail from Canada, having moved to the States some 25 years ago. I am American now. I have assimilated (with the possible exception of my continuing love of Tim Horton’s coffee and my occasional mispronunciation of “roof” lol). I now teach American history to people at living history museums. I love my chosen country, and I will defend her to my last breath.
Having grown up in Canada, however, I can tell you that socialism is not a good thing. Canada isn’t entirely socialist, but it’s very democratic (mob rule) and that’s not far from socialism on the political spectrum. The health care system is definitely socialist, and it’s dismal. The insurance is much less complex than America’s, certainly, but the CARE is horrendous. Here, insurance is a shit maze, but the care you get is phenomenal. I’ll pick door #2 every time, thank you.
rcd via e-mail Maduro Arrest Is ‘America First’ – Until We Start Painting George Floyd Murals https://anncoulter.substack.com/p/maduro-arrest-is-america-first-until The entire government of Venezuela is a drug cartel. Their No. 1 export is cocaine. Their No. 2 export is cocaine boats. The national coat of arms is a coke spoon and two straws.
rcd via e-mail Why Arresting Maduro Was Legal, Lawful, and Long Overdue https://newsletter.amuseonx.com/p/why-arresting-maduro-was-legal-lawful The arrest of Nicolás Maduro has been described by critics as an act of war. That description is mistaken. It misunderstands both the legal posture of Maduro himself and the nature of the action taken against him. The operation that resulted in Maduro’s capture was not a declaration of hostilities against Venezuela. It was the execution of a long-standing criminal indictment against an individual who, under US law and widely accepted principles of international law, was never entitled to the protections of a lawful head of state.
Former President Joe Biden’s long career in politics allowed him to retire with the largest taxpayer-funded pension of any ex-prez in US history — $417,000, or more than his presidential salary, an expert says. Biden, 83, was in line to rake in the massive amount from two pension funds in his first year as former president, according to an analysis by National Taxpayer Union Foundation Vice President Demian Brady.
“FINAL BATTLE’: Regime Panics as Clerics Flee Cities and Iran Erupts Nationwide, “DEATH TO KHAMENEI!” “LONG LIVE THE SHAH!” https://gellerreport.com/2026/01/iran-final-battle.html/ Iran’s exiled Shah and National Leader, Reza Shah Pahlavi II, urges the world: “The tide of history is turning. I invite you not only to witness the birth of a new Iran, but to stand by our side as we achieve it and to work with us to build a legacy of lasting peace.” (evidently the Iranian PEOPLE do not wish to be eradicated, and Iran turned into a parking lot – jlr)
Sunday 2A: Seconds Count https://wilderwealthywise.com/sunday-2a-seconds-count/ When seconds count, the cops are minutes away. If you say this to a cop, it tends to irritate them. Along with calling them “second responders”. But those are both true statements. All the songs so far are here (LINK). You can pre-purchase all the rock songs now wherever you buy music electronically – do a search for Wilder’s Hammer. I’ll get the country songs up when I have a few hours of free time.
I hunted until the last minutes, of the last day, of the last month of the 2025 deer season in Texas.
The 2025 Texas Deer season count is: 3 in the freezer(60#+, mostly 1#chubs of ground deer, and 4″ vacpaks of backstrap), 15+ seen over the 9 week +2 days season, 2 missed shots right at sundown+30 minutes, and I let 2 doe walk away today. Next year I hope to max out my deer license.
January 5, 2026
Craigslist ad seeks ‘child actors’ for Minneapolis daycare inspection. https://x.com/lizcollin/status/2007940190220808349
Minneapolis Craigslist post in search of child actors for daycare site where funding was “cruelly ripped away without cause.”
“To help hurry this state vetting process, we are looking to hire 20 child actors for 3 days while state is present on site.”
$1,500/day
One quick point of order. https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/one-quick-point-of-order
Out of all the dumb protest signs, the middle one takes first place in the Tim Waltz championships. By the time they designed, printed and marched with this sign, Maduro was well on its way to breakfast in America and all military personnel were back to their transports or points of origin. There was no bombing to be stopped, but never let an old worn out slogan go to waste.
( Please note who the offended/hosting party is – jlr)
Why We Need the Gold Standard https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/01/lew-rockwell/why-we-need-the-gold-standard/
“It is easy to understand why people viewed the gold standard as the symbol of this greatest and most beneficial of all historical changes. All those intent upon sabotaging the evolution toward welfare, peace, freedom, and democracy loathed the gold standard, and not only on account of its economic significance. In their eyes the gold standard was the labarum, the symbol, of all those doctrines and policies they wanted to destroy.”
Suspect Arrested After JD Vance’s House Comes Under Attack https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-suspect-arrested-jd-vances-house-comes-attack/
The suspect is accused of causing property damage to a personal residence associated with the vice president. The damage included broken windows on the exterior of the home, according to the statement. The attack comes amid an ongoing wave of violence nationwide that has targeted prominent conservatives.
the low identity agitariat is the true enemy of liberty – and the path back to better https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/the-low-identity-agitariat-is-the
i actually once had a woman i was arguing with at a party in SF tell me “logic is the tool of the oppressor!” as a final emotive bastion from being cornered by sense.
Oil and gas prices expected to stay significantly lower through 2026 https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/oil-gas-prices-expected-stay-significantly-lower-through-2026
The national average for gasoline fell to $2.83 per gallon to start 2026, marking the fifth straight week of declines and the lowest prices Americans have seen so far this year. Hawaii remains the most expensive state at $4.42 per gallon. (almost EVERYTHING, except sand, coconuts, hot lava, pineapples, and fish is imported to Hawaii – jlr)
Oklahoma is the cheapest at $2.24, and the lowest-priced markets are now in the low-$2 range as refineries boost output and demand remains seasonally soft.
Civil War 2.0 Weather Report: Stochastic Warfare https://wilderwealthywise.com/civil-war-2-0-weather-report-stochastic-warfare/
(stochastic, adjective, 1: random, 2: involving chance or probability – jlr – I didn’t know either)
I have maintained the Clock O’Doom at 9., given the open support of assassination and criminality by the GloboLeft and the increase in violence as well as direct interference with ICE and the insertion of the military into law enforcement. Beware: the number can climb quickly.
My advice remains. Avoid crowds. Get out of cities. Now. A year too soon is better than one day too late.
A little humor…To start your week… https://oldnfo.substack.com/p/a-little-humor-5f5
If you’re an old fart…TO ALL OF US WHO SHARED THIS ERA; AND TO ALL WHO DIDN’T, SORRY FOR WHAT YOU MISSED. I WOULDN’T TRADE IT FOR ANYTHING!
My mother-in-law is in an abusive marriage. When I met her suitor after my father-in-law passed, I was concerned that he was going to swindle her.
His words, actions, and use of money were all indicators of something not quite right.
As is normal, nobody on that side of the family listened to me. Her suitor wined and dined her. Took her to expensive places and, in general, did all the right things in public. But what I was hearing about the private interactions was not good.
My wife flew out to bring her mother home. Her mother got scared of what her husband would do. Decided not to come back. Wife canceled her mother’s flight back.
Mother-in-law and her husband had a loud, angry, abusive yelling match on Thursday, and Mother-in-law changed her mind and decided she needed to escape.
Since the plane ticket was gone, they packed up, got in her car, and drove here.
Mother-in-law is staying at a good friend’s house; she doesn’t like the mess that is my house.
I get one night with my wife. Then we go to breakfast; we have good conversation. Wife and MIL decide they are going to a local city to catch a movie. All good.
MIL changes her mind, which of course causes my wife to do exactly what her mother wants. They go back to the friend’s house where something went down.
Instead of figuring out options, MIL decides she needs to go home.
My wife talks to me. We agree that we need to have time to work this all out. She goes out and talks to her mother. Mother begs to go back home to her home in a state far away.
My wife can’t say “no” so instead she rushes home, grabs the suitcase she hasn’t unpacked yet, and she and my MIL are on the road.
From the time of the incident to the time my wife and MIL are back on the road, something like 45 minutes.
So my wife is a 1000+ miles away, again. My MIL has gone back to her house and her abusive husband.
For the most part I use iron sights. For the AR-15 platform, I did install red dots.
I do have a single pistol with a red dot.
I never intended to get into scoped optics, but I was sort of forced into it.
Many years ago I made my first firearm purchases. The requirement was to have multiple firearms in calibers that would be easy to resupply after the inevitable fall. To me, at the time, this meant 5.56×45, 7.62×51 NATO, 9mm parabellum, .45ACP, and 7.62×39.
The 5.56 was relatively easy; it was an AR-15 platform. Unfortunately, this was the height of the AWB, and that required some strange design choices. Regardless, it is still a beautiful safe queen.
The 9mm was a Glock, and the .45ACP was a Kimber. After shooting the Glock, the Glock was supplemented with an H&K which I could actually hit my target with.
The 7.62×39 was an AK-47 of some sort, long since traded for other stuff. I was required to take out a box of trash for the price a paid. Can you imagine my surprise when that box of trash included 3 30-round magazines and some furniture to restore that AWB abomination into something that actually looked like an AK? The things people throw away.
This left the 7.62×51 NATO. My platform of choice was a Remington 700. Fully bedded, just a beautiful rifle.
I was excited to get to the range, a difficult thing to do in Maryland. I finally got there, setup, put my beautiful rifle on its bipod, got ready to take my first shot, and noticed something.
No iron sights. Nothing. Smooth as a baby’s behind.
I still sent a few rounds “that way” because I refused to pack up and not take a shot.
Back to my LGS to laugh. I ended up getting some Nikon glass. Gorgeous. My LGS mounted the scope and bore sighted it. I then took it to the range and dialed it in.
I can remember punching primers out of shotgun shells at 100 yards.
Great then. Great now?
I took my first deer with that rifle. It was a long shot. I put the crosshairs right where his heart was, then slowly elevated the sight until the crosshair was about 6 inches above his spine and pressed the trigger.
He got about 50 yards from where he was hit. The entry wound was a little high, going through both lungs.
I had no idea of the range; it was just a guess. I had no idea of the ballistics of that round; it was just a guess. I had no idea how much elevation I was putting on; it was just a guess. I got lucky.
The simple crosshair is good, but there are better reticles today.
The glass on that old scope is likely better than any scope I can purchase for under $2k today. But the reticles make a difference.
Vortex EBR-7C(MOA)
The scope I picked is very nice. 5-25 with a much more complex reticle.
It has a built in BDC. I’m sure it can be used for finding distances. It is going to take me a bit to understand everything it does, but it will eliminate much of the guesswork in allowing for distance and windage.
I’m at that stage where I don’t know what I don’t know.
Three men were abducted by aliens. A mathematician, a physicist, and an engineer.
When they woke up, they were on one side of a room, and on the other side was a beautiful blonde with a pistol beside them.
A disembodied voice says, “You are allowed to move half the remaining distance across the room each time you move. If you can make it to the other side, you can do what you will with the blonde, and you will be set free. If you don’t make it to the other side, you can either kill yourself or be taken for the probings.”
The mathematician sits and thinks for a little, calculates a bit more, then says, “It is impossible; no matter how many steps you take, there will still be more to go.”
With that, the mathematician picks up the gun and shoots himself.
The engineer and physicist sit in shock for a moment before the physicist speaks up.
“You know that mathematicians are stuck in their numbers. They have no real-world experience. I’m going to test his hypothesis.”
So he does; on the first move he makes it halfway, on the second he is 3/4s of the way, and on the next move he’s 7/8s. He’s making progress, but he realizes he will never make it all the way.
He returns to his side of the room, picks up the gun, and offs himself.
The engineer is nearly in shock. He looks at the two bodies and then gathers himself up. He starts the process of crossing the room.
After over 50 moves, he reaches out, grabs the blonde, yanks her into his arms, and says, “Good enough for all practical purposes.”
For All Practical Purposes
During the age of steam, engineers developed a working idea of how steam engines worked and how to measure them. These men were not dumb; they understood nature, and they understood Newtonian physics. They developed formulas to guide them as they designed new engines.
What were they interested in? They wanted an efficient engine that produced enough work to make it worthwhile.
What is efficiency in a steam engine? How much steam it consumes. A boiler is only capable of producing a limited amount of steam. That is based on the amount of heat put into the system along with how efficient the boiler is at transferring the heat into water to force a phase change.
The more efficient the boiler, the less fuel it took to run. Coal and wood cost money.
An inefficient steam engine consumes more steam, which requires the boiler to produce more steam, which means more fuel.
The work that an engine produces is defined as brake torque and brake horsepower. Torque is how much rotational force is being produced, while horsepower is force of distance. Steam engines produce good torque over the entire range of supported speeds.
They had methods of measuring torque and horsepower. They could also measure the pressure of the steam. They knew the size of the piston they were using. They needed an expression for determining torque and horsepower before they designed an engine, much less built it.
The formula was P.L.A.N., which is pressure times length of stroke in feet times area of the piston face times the number of power strokes per minute.
They can easily measure stroke length, piston area, and power strokes per minute; those are simple things that can be measured with a ruler and a counter over time. But how do you measure the pressure?
The pressure changes over the time of the power stroke. At the start of the stroke, the cylinder has not yet filled with steam; it is still entering, so it is lower than the source. As the cylinder begins to fill, the piston starts moving, increasing the volume while reducing the pressure. The cutoff takes place, and now no more steam is being allowed to enter, and the steam that is there just expands, decreasing the pressure even more.
At every moment of that cycle there is a different pressure in the cylinder. With advanced math, you might be able to calculate it at every step then integrate over time.
These guys stuck some sort of pressure gauge on the cylinder and somehow measured the average (mean) pressure.
This is the value they used. The Mean Effective Pressure or MEP.
This is good enough for all practical purposes.
What is the starting pressure
If you have a closed system, the pressure at every point is the same. A steam engine is not a closed system. There is always steam being vented to the outside, either directly to the atmosphere or into a condenser.
This produces a sequence of pressure drops. The pressure is then built up as new steam flows from the boiler. All of this happens very rapidly, but it does take time. To reduce the amount of pulsing that hits the boiler, we use a steam reservoir, which is part of the steam chest.
When the flow of a fluid is stopped rapidly, it causes a “hammer” effect. Opening and closing the valves, allowing steam to flow into the cylinder and then stop can do just this.
The following video explains the water hammer phenomenon.
By putting that reservoir closer to the valves, we can stop that phenomenon from hammering on the boiler.
But how do we know what the pressure is in the steam chest? We might assume it is the same as the boiler, but it takes time for the steam chest to fill. The amount of time it takes to fill and stabilize is dependent on the size and shape of the piping from the boiler to the steam chest.
We need to measure or otherwise determine what the effective pressure in the steam chest is.
So we have a basic idea of what the pressure might be.
How much does it cost
Steam travels from the steam chest into the cylinder via a steam passage. The shape, wall texture, and size of the steam passage affect the speed at which the steam enters the cylinder. In addition, we have the mass of the fluid (air/steam) that is in the passage when we start pressurizing it.
We need to measure how long it takes to reach the cylinder port and how long it takes to fill the cylinder. The smaller the passage, the more velocity you lose and the longer it takes to fill the cylinder. If it takes longer to fill the cylinder than the admission stage of the cycle then we are not getting full power from the engine.
Sometimes these passages are drilled and plugged or covered. Other times they are cast into the cylinder body. If cast, the quality of that core determines the texture/smoothness of the walls of the passage. Other times, they are drilled in a straight line to intersecting passages. Regardless of how they are made, they are a complex shape that causes turbulence and can cause other issues.
We need to know how much we lose, the cost, of getting steam from the steam chest into the cylinder.
And what happens in the cylinder
As stated before, the cylinder volume is constantly changing. The volume is decreasing when we start allowing steam into the cylinder. This lead steam acts like a cushion or spring to help start the piston back in the other direction. Remember that we are not only using energy to create power/work, we are also using energy to reverse the direction of the cylinder.
With a standard 4 stroke engine, we have four stages: Intake, where we suck a fuel air mixture into the cylinder. Compression, where the fuel air mixture is compressed for maximum efficiency. The power stroke, where the fuel has burned and the expanding gas is driving the piston. Finally, we have the exhaust stroke, where the expended gases are pushed out of the cylinder.
Only the power stroke puts energy into the system. The other three strokes are wasted. The energy to move the piston comes from other cylinders or energy stored in a flywheel.
With the steam engine, as the volume is decreasing, the expended steam is being pushed out the exhaust port. In simple engines the exhaust port is the same as the inlet port. Just before top dead center, steam is allowed back into the cylinder, pushing against the piston. This slows the piston as it reverses direction. The steam pushes the piston away from the cylinder head, causing the volume to increase.
Before we reach bottom dead center, the inlet is cut off. The steam continues to expand, continuing to push on the piston. Finally the piston reverses direction, and the used steam is exhausted to the atmosphere.
We need to integrate the pressure at the surface of the piston over the entire cycle.
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
I have studied Finite Element Methods (FEM). CFD is a different from FEM but has many similar aspects. The gist is that we create a mesh of a volume. We set the initial conditions of every surface or point. The initial condition is the pressure and a velocity vector.
We then define some formulas that describe how the fluid acts. From this we propagate the initial conditions through the mesh to a “stable” result. We can then use that result as a new set of initial conditions and iterate another time step.
With this we can see pressure waves, velocities, and just about everything we need to know about the flow of the fluid through the mesh.
The great thing is that there are good, free CFD packages out there. I’m using OpenFOAM because I am using FreeCAD as my modeling software.
With FreeCAD you can build a “body” or “part”. A part is a single item. It can be created by additive or subtractive means. It could be a rough or machined casting or something made from bar stock.
The bodies are combined into “assemblies”. An assembly is a collection of parts that are connected with joints. Joints can be fixed, sliding, rotating, and a few others.
I’ve been able to take the parts of the steam engine I’ve modeled and create assemblies, which have shown me that I misread the prints. Meaning I’ve had to go back and redo the body/part which sometimes required redoing the assembly. An iterative process.
With a body, I should be able to create a negative of that body, representing the domain of for the CFD, which is what gets meshed.
I can use the CfdOF workbench to create meshes, set initial conditions, set the properties for the fluid, refine the mesh, and a dozen other things before passing the actual analysis off to OpenFOAM.
OpenFOAM runs for a long time and then produces results that I should be able to visualize. That has not been working all that well.
From this, I should be able to calculate what MEP is at every location and step of the system.
And I’m stuck here. Not totally stuck, but more of the I know I don’t know something, I’ll have to figure it out.
But what about the rest
All of the above is just to get a cylinder that will produce the power I need or want.
From there we move into the mechanical world. Here we have to design the components to meet the requirements of the cylinder.
How big should the piston rod be? It has no rotational or angular forces applied to it, just tension and compression. This is an FEM calculation or uses simple analytical calculations.
The connecting rod gets more complex. The big end is connected to the crankpin, which moves in a circle. The small end is attached to the end of the piston rod. It moves in a linear motion. We need to evaluate the forces in play on the crosshead pin and the crankpin to make sure they are strong enough but not overkill. We need to design for reduced mass because mass changing directions takes energy.
We also have to worry about the vibrations we get from throwing the crankpin in a circle.
If you want to design a vibrating thing, just put a weight off-center on a spinning thing, and you get vibrations. We balance the wheels of our cars to remove that type of vibration. We have to balance the crank to remove as much of the vibration as possible.
But we have to know what the forces in play are at every stage of the cycle to know how to cancel them. Painful.
We need to know the size of the driveshaft. My small models use a 1/4 inch shaft. For my 1/2 HP engine, I doubt a 1/4 will be strong enough.
The shaft must ride in bearings that can withstand the reciprocating forces as well as the axial forces.
But why?
The answer is never simple, but for me I want to be able to enter a desired HP rating and torque rating and have a custom designed steam engine modeled.
I currently have an integrated spreadsheet with my 3D model. You can select or set the desired brake power you want at a given boiler pressure and a given RPM. This feeds into several formulas, which then drive the model.
Change the stroke in the spreadsheet, and everything from the cylinder through the final assembly changes to match that cylinder. It even goes so far as to define the number of screws or bolts in the cylinder flange, the size of those screws and bolts, as well as the proper torque values for those screws and bolts.
The next step is to get the steam passages correctly designed and sized. This will drive the steam chest which will drive other components.
In the end I should be able to have the system give me patterns for casting.
Leftists Lose It Over Post Declaring Christmas Is About Christ https://amac.us/newsline/politics/leftists-lose-it-over-post-declaring-christmas-is-about-christ/?
DHS released at 11:18 a.m. on December 24: “Merry Christmas, America. We are blessed to share a nation and a Savior.” Journalist James Surowiecki had this to say: “A government agency endorsing Christianity is blatantly, comically unconstitutional. But blatant unconstitutionality is par for the course for this administration.” Notorious neocon and Never-Trumper Bill Kristol, meanwhile, declared the post, which included a 90-second video of iconic Christmas footage, to be “un-American” and “un-Christian.” (Yes, that’s right – Kristol’s Trump Derangement Syndrome has apparently become so severe that he now believes declaring the truth of Christmas to be “un-Christian.”)
LAWFARE AGAINST AMERICA: Soros-Backed Group Trains Jurors to Sabotage Trump Trials https://gellerreport.com/2025/12/lawfare-against-america-soros-back-group-trains-jurors-to-sabotage-trump-trials.html/
A Soros-backed NGO network is now openly working to subvert the American justice system from the inside. A newly formed Washington, D.C. group, Free DC, tied to Community Change and Community Change Action, is reportedly training residents to infiltrate juries as so-called “skeptical jurors” in federal cases involving President Trump and his administration. Co-founder Alex Dodds openly boasted that jurors possess “enormous power” not merely to weigh evidence, but to judge the administration itself. Critics warn that these sessions amount to instruction in jury manipulation and trial rigging — conduct explicitly prohibited under 8 U.S.C. §1503, which bars efforts to corruptly influence jurors or obstruct justice. This is not activism. It is lawfare — and it strikes at the heart of the rule of law.
When you import the 3rd World – You get 3rd World values. https://thelawdogfiles.substack.com/p/when-you-import-the-3rd-world
The ability of the average American to remain convinced that the entire World is just like them is rather cute.
Folks, fraud and bribery is the norm in the Third World. In tribal cultures fraud and bribery are not only the norm, but are the rule . If the average American reader takes nothing else from this essay, please understand that fraud and bribery are not crimes in the Third World; that fraud and bribery are not only not crimes in tribal society, but they are expected, required, and a perfectly acceptable part of every day tribal life. And Somalia is not only Third World, but it is excessively tribal.
Senate Dem Vows to Oppose New Pro-2A U.S. Attorney https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2025/12/29/senate-dem-vows-to-oppose-new-pro-2a-us-attorney-n1231056
“Despite good-faith efforts at a bipartisan nomination process with the Trump White House, the MAGA Department of Justice insisted on a MAGA stooge with neither the qualifications nor temperament for this position. There will be no blue slip, and we will be rid of him soon enough.” Added U.S. Sen. Jack Reed: “Despite our good faith conversations with the Administration, they chose a partisan interim appointment. Rhode Islanders deserve a capable U.S. Attorney who can serve them long-term.” Whitehouse, you might remember, was one of several Senate Democrats who threatened to pack the Supreme Court with anti-gun justices if the Supreme Court took up the case New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. City of New York (which was ultimately mooted when the city and state changed the challenged law). In a bizarre amicus brief, Whitehouse and three other Senate Democrats declared that any effort by the Court to “expand the Second Amendment and thwart gun-safety regulations” should come to a screeching halt. If not, they suggested SCOTUS would need to be “restructured in order to reduce the influence of politics.”
Why do you need an AR 15 and a shitload of loaded high cap magazines? https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/why-do-you-need-an-ar-15-and-a-shitload-of-loaded-high-cap-magazines?
The enemy is domestic, is here and wants you dead. Rashida Tlaib’s congressional district is in Dearborn, Michigan. Here are her constituents calling for “Death to America.” They also cite terrorist Ayatollah Khomeini as an “inspiration.”
Need more popcorn…The CF in Minnesota isn’t going away… https://oldnfo.substack.com/p/need-more-popcorn
What people seem to not want to understand is that this level of corruption is a WAY OF LIFE for most Africans! Their whole culture revolved around stealing from others to enrich ‘their’ family. ‘Their’ family means literally their direct family, followed by their tribe, followed by other Somalis. As far as they are concerned, it’s them against everybody else, and they will use anything they can to win. The Somalis have not ‘acclimatized’, ‘assimilated’, or anything else. They’ve huddled up by family and tribe, excluded any American influences, and continued their Somali lifestyle in MN.
Tales of Deportation Woe. https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/tales-of-deportation-woe
Dear Media: If the point you are trying to make is to make us feel bad for these people, you are halfway succeeding: We are feeling bad, but mostly for how low the journalistic standards have dropped below zero and right now somewhere on the fourth sub-basement.
Rigid & Dogmatic Thinking: Not a good thing. https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/rigid-and-dogmatic-thinking-not-a
Evil evolves, it is Darwinian in its existence. Terror adapts and creates new pathways which experts are failing to see because they do not replicate the old ways they are used to fight and win.
Major Cities Cancel New Year’s Plans Amid Terror Threats Linked To Open Border Policies https://americanjournaldaily.com/nye-terrorism-blue-cities/
…the traditions we held dear are being systematically dismantled. The confident, joyful spirit of American life is being swapped out for a timid, fearful posture…We cannot accept this surrender as our new reality. The American spirit does not hide. The answer is not to cancel our lives but to demand leaders with the fortitude to put American safety, American law, and American culture first. A new year is a time for resolutions. Ours must be to reclaim this nation from the cowards who would rather see it dismantled than defended.
Arizona Sees 92% Drop in Illegal Entries Under Trump, Media Ignores Success https://americanjournaldaily.com/arizona-border-trump/
In Arizona, one of the epicenters of the Biden-era invasion, illegal entries have plummeted by an incredible 92%. This isn’t some statistical blip or a rounding error. It’s a monumental achievement. It’s called a promise kept
Crockett Flies Into a Rage Over Vance’s ‘Street-Girl Persona’ Comments https://www.westernjournal.com/crockett-flies-rage-vances-street-girl-persona-comments/
“her street-girl persona is about as real as her nails.”… Crockett responded on MS NOW’s “The Weekend Primetime,” arguing that Vance was attempting to “rile up his base” and claiming Republicans feared her Texas Senate campaign before refuting the accusation…“The only reason you’re the vice president is because the current president tried to have his last president klled.”
video – 00:00:26 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2003138258814079384
Crockett also accused Vance of racism over his allegation. “I have been a black woman my entire life. I promise you there are other people just like JD Vance who have tried to do the same racist tropes my entire life,”
Nothing Is Done: When High Crimes and Treason Go Unpunished, the Republic Is Already Lost https://gellerreport.com/2025/12/nothing-is-done-when-high-crimes-and-treason-go-unpunished-the-republic-is-already-lost.html/
Looking back at 2025, the most stunning takeaway is the sheer, almost incomprehensible scale of Democrat criminality: high crimes committed openly, systematically, and with total impunity—without prosecutions, without reforms, without consequences. Power insulated itself from law, corruption was normalized as governance, and accountability was erased as an operating principle. In a functioning republic, crimes trigger investigations and punishment; in 2025 America, they triggered silence, cover-ups, and escalation. What shocked the nation was not merely the wrongdoing, but the unmistakable message it sent: the law no longer applies to Democrats
Gas Prices Drop for 5th Consecutive Week: GasBuddy https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/gas-prices-drop-for-5th-consecutive-week-gasbuddy-5963954
Gas prices continued their sharp downward trend throughout December, falling by nearly 23 cents over the month to a national average of $2.75 per gallon on Dec. 29—the lowest level recorded since 2021, according to a report by fuel price comparison app GasBuddy. The national average price of diesel fuel, meanwhile, was $3.52 per gallon, a dip of more than $0.05 from a week earlier. Average gasoline prices were lowest in Oklahoma at $2.17 per gallon and highest in Hawaii at $4.36.
the servant becomes the master – the corrupt are easy to capture https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/the-servant-becomes-the-master
i’m not sure who needs to hear this, but there is nothing even remotely sophisticated about these endless somali and NGO/immigration frauds. not PPP, not food, not autism, and not daycare or welfare or SNAP or free rent. it’s all blatant, hammer in the face stuff.
George Clooney and Family Abandon America, Take French Citizenship https://americanjournaldaily.com/george-cloooney-america/
Clooney’s move to France, where he and his entire family have now taken citizenship, is the ultimate power play of the globalist class…it isn’t even clear if Clooney will retain his American citizenship
California’s Proposed 5% Wealth Tax Prompts Billionaire to Plan Exodus from State https://americanjournaldaily.com/blue-state-tax-hikes/
The stampede to sane, free states like Florida and Texas isn’t just about money. It’s a desperate escape from a society drowning in its own progressive policies—crime-ridden streets, rampant homelessness, and a government openly at war with its own citizens. Even Governor Gavin Newsom knows this is insane, but he’s just a passenger on a runaway train driven by radicals. Don’t fool yourself into thinking this is just a California problem. It’s a preview. This is the future the left wants for the entire country. This is the rot that President Trump’s America First, pro-business agenda is designed to stop. What is happening in California is a clear and present danger, a warning that when you stop rewarding creators, you are left with nothing but takers.
How are those wonderful Gun Laws working? https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/how-are-those-wonderful-gun-laws
When TDS makes people support TdA, you know we are in trouble. Shielding the Enemies of the United States because you do not like the guy in the 1600 Pennsylvania makes you a Domestic Enemy in my humble opinion.
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I wish you all a Healthey, Safe, Prosperous, and Happy New Year
Why January’s “new year” is about doors, not seasons https://www.collapselife.com/p/janus-roman-new-year
The month we usher in today takes its name from Janus, the Roman god of thresholds, gates, and passages. The Latin root of his name, ianua, means door. That essentially makes Janus a doorman, presiding over entrances and exits, beginnings and endings, contracts and transitions. Significantly, he is depicted as having two faces — one looking backward, one forward — making him able to see inside and outside, ahead and behind, simultaneously.
Politico Legal Reporter Suggests Shooting Journalist Investigating Somali Daycare Fraud https://americanjournaldaily.com/politico-legal-somalis-fraud/
“At some point, the amateur effort to knock on doors of home daycares intersects with robust stand-your-ground laws” — Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) December 30, 2025
That wasn’t a random comment from some basement-dwelling troll. That was the considered opinion of Josh Gerstein, the “Senior Legal Affairs Reporter” for Politico, a pillar of the D.C. media establishment. He openly fantasized about an independent journalist being gunned down for investigating massive daycare fraud in Minnesota—a story Gerstein’s own outlet wouldn’t touch.
The desperate search for a new COVID. – Just don’t look behind the curtain. https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/the-desperate-search-for-a-new-covid
Dropping case numbers and low amount of deaths do not sell fear, only indignation of wasting the people’s time with badly manufactured health panic.
Call To Activism Bathes in the World’s Worst Cologne Over Trump’s New Year’s Eve Gait https://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2026/01/01/call-to-activism-bathes-in-the-worlds-worst-cologne-over-trumps-new-years-eve-gait-n2423453
… of all the malodorous bouquets in the world, there is no cologne worse than desperation…instead of enjoying New Year’s Eve as most normal, not mentally ill people do, Call to Activism spent hours examining everything about President Trump’s party at Mar-a-Lago to usher in 2026. What was the result of all their frenzied sleuthing? This: OMG!!! Trump just showed up at Mar-a-Lago to celebrate New Year’s, dragging his right leg, and quickly adjusted his walk when he realizes the cameras are on. What’s Trump hiding?
Experts Say 2025 Was So Hot It Pushed Earth Past Critical Climate Change Mark https://twitchy.com/brettt/2026/01/01/experts-say-2025-was-so-hot-it-pushed-earth-past-critical-climate-change-mark-n2423386
the first time that the three-year temperature average broke through the threshold set in the 2015 Paris Agreement of limiting warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) since preindustrial times. Experts say keeping the Earth below that limit could save lives and prevent catastrophic environmental destruction around the globe.
10 Gun Laws Just Changed in December — Most Gun Owners Missed This
video – 00:16:20 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWZ3mtrO5M0
In this video, we break down ten major gun law changes triggered by recent December federal court decisions that are already reshaping firearm ownership across the United States. From carry permits and interstate travel to ammunition purchases, privacy protections, and assault weapon bans, these rulings directly affect how law-abiding gun owners can legally buy, carry, transport, and own firearms in 2026. Many of these changes are happening quietly, without mainstream media coverage, leaving millions of gun owners still operating under outdated rules that no longer apply. If you care about the Second Amendment, gun rights, and staying legally protected while exercising your freedoms, this is information you cannot afford to miss.
For some reason last year moved more rapidly than I expected. There are so many things I didn’t get done that I needed to. Yet we are here.
The big thing to me is how the culture battle changed.
2 years ago, I would not have imagined talking about birthright citizenship. We all knew that whelping a baby on American soil meant another anchor baby, another family of immigrants, and another strain on our resources. Today we are arguing if there is such a thing as birthright citizenship for illegal aliens.
2 years ago, I would not have imagined we would be talking about massive ICE enforcement actions. Today we are talking about over a million illegal aliens who have self deported.
2 years ago, I would not have imagined we would be actually fighting a war on drugs. Today we are arguing about due process for narco terrorists that have just been blasted out of existence.
2 years ago, I would not have imagined peace breaking out in so many places. Today we are arguing about a ceasefire being broken while the peace is happening in so many places.
A year ago I was hoping for an end to the war in Ukraine. Today I see that we are no longer sending dollars, but we are supporting.
Finally, a year ago I knew that there was corruption in my government. I knew money was being wasted by the millions. Today I’m watching massive fraud being detected, and it looks like action is being taken.
It was a good year.
We wish you and yours a wonderful new year. We are glad you are hear.
