Allyson

This is “the hut.” It’s a one story with short attic, built entirely by Chris and the kids. Some of it is finished, and the rest of it is, as you can see, still waiting on siding. However, today it received a major upgrade. The window is in! As you can see, the front window is now in place, allowing light to come in. Of course, now I have to make curtains for it, so people can’t see in, but whatever. It works. LOL…

This is Chris’s wood workshop. All his woodworking tools will be in here eventually. Quite a few are there already. Now that it’s in place, he’ll be able to get his woodworking done in a better way, and have GOOD storage for all his tools. On top of everything else, this has a really good roof, and is incredibly sturdy (and new of course, relatively speaking). It’s a good place to store stuff.

This is the same hut where our xmas decorations are stored, and where my historical stuff will go in the off season. The loft is high enough on one side that I can almost stand (at 5’1″, it’s a low bar…. a really, really low bar LOL) upright. With the winch setup, it’s easy to get things up and down. I can lift the xmas tree and heavy boxes without having to scale a sketchy ladder on my own, hoping I don’t trip or drop something expensive.

I think it looks pretty spiffy. It seemed to go in quickly, too, as Chris and son went to work on it and it appeared to take less than an hour. I’m impressed. And did I mention there’s room for all the woodworking stuff now? Yay!

I am having a moment of cognitive dissonance.

I am brand new to “the Right.” In some ways, I’m only here under protest, because the Left has scampered so far Left that I can’t be there anymore. There are definitely points I’ve been “far right of center” on since early on (2A comes to mind), but those were outliers. I’ve always been into rainbows and ren faires. I still am. A good portion of my friends are gay or pansexual. Many are pagan. These days a larger portion of them are also Conservative, but that’s due to attrition and stupidity, not me.

So explain to me, please, why I am schooling conservatives on FaceBook about the Founders of our country? Chris responded to my question by telling me that most people haven’t read the things I’ve read, or read it all so long ago that they’ve forgotten, or they’re just ignorant because that’s a truism on the Right as much as on the Left (well, maybe not AS MUCH, but you know what I mean). But that should not be true.

Trump posted this on his FaceBook page:

I have to admit, I cringed when I read it. One doesn’t “ace” a cognitive exam. And it’s not … a crowning achievement. I’m glad he passed. I didn’t have any concern that he would fail. But this just looks stupid. I hate it when he makes himself look stupid. *sigh*

However, it sparked commentary. I don’t usually read the comments, because most of the people are just plain stupid. But I decided to go read today. I saw the following (names removed as I’m not asking permission):

“A requirement to be a veteran before becoming Commander In Chief would also be a good thing.”

My response was immediate: “There are a lot of very poignant and important reasons our Framers did not want that. While it would be *nice*, I could not in good conscience support any bill suggesting that it be required.” And the response to my response was basically, “Please elaborate.”

Now, the gentleman in question was not being rude. There was no name calling, but there didn’t seem to be a warm fuzzy feeling either. It was a challenge. I didn’t feel like spending 4 hours getting all my receipts together (I have them, but I wasn’t on my computer at the time and finding it all while on my phone is difficult at best). While doing that, I received this gem:

“Oh, you mean like General George Washington, Colonel James Madison, Colonel Thomas Jefferson, Lt Col Alexander Hamilton, Lt Col James Monroe, and 17 other veterans? SMDH…”

I patiently (okay somewhat impatiently, but not rudely) explained that my problem wasn’t with vets being President, it was with a requirement that the President be a vet. Now I’m getting crickets, of course. But I wanted to share my reply to the original poster:

“(Name Redacted) https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2013/07/why-founding-fathers-would-object-todays-military/66668/ … This says it better than me (tho I disagree with parts of it). But to quote one of the important bits… “The founders also, we well know, had a pronounced fear of and antipathy toward standing armies — large, permanent, professional military establishments — because of the dual temptations for domestic oppression and international adventurism by those in power, the drain on public resources, and, not least, the not-infrequent aberrant behavior of those in uniform.”

To require all presidential candidates to have served in the military would be to take power away from the citizenry. While I find a vast number of today’s citizenry to be abhorrent, it’s still my duty to give all due consideration to the Framers’ opinions on such things. I don’t believe they could have imagined today’s political climate, but they knew all forms of politics were subject to corruption. Hence why we are a constitutional Republic and not a democracy.

Or TLDR, it’s complicated but the Founders were worried about standing armies and their leaders. I suspect most had read the stories of Rome’s heyday, and wanted to avoid the trap of bread and circuses.”

I stand by my statement (and neither person has written back to me in the couple of hours since I wrote that). The Founders of this great country had just walked away from an oppressive government run by a tyrant. To insist that all Presidents going forward be military would be to exchange one tyrant for another. And while we can play nice with Britain now, at the time it was pretty touch and go.

Now… if you want to discuss requirements for VOTERS, that’s a whole other kettle of fish.

Initially, the only people who could vote in a newly formed America were white, adult males who owned property and paid taxes. Those rules were set by the States, not by the Federal government. “The framers and state leaders viewed voting as a privilege tied to independence, virtue, and stake in the community—not a universal natural right for all adults (https://theamericanleader.org/timeline-era/expanding-white-mens-right-to-vote-1787-1856/).”

Today, the bar for voters is so low that our Founding Fathers would weep. You have to be a citizen (but only 36 states require some form of ID). You have to be at least 18 years old. Most states have residency requirements, and you have to register. Felons can’t vote while incarcerated (except in a few states, where they can continue to do so), but few states restrict them from doing so once they’re back in society. Only 39 states allow a judge to take away the right to vote if someone is mentally incapable of voting (when legally adjudicated as incompetent).

Despite this deplorably low bar, only 64% of citizens voted in the last two Presidential elections… and they were considered historically unusual for the number of voters. Only about 50% of eligible voters voted in the most recent midterms.

Yes, everyone who didn’t vote is a Deplorable. And I stand by that.

How did we get here? The freest nation on earth and we can’t get 3/4 of our citizens to vote.

I like Starship Troopers (Heinlein) method for choosing voters. Only veterans can vote, but anyone can serve. If you want to serve, they’re legally bound to find a job you can do, even if that’s just greeting people at a doorway. Your service to your country buys your franchise. It means you have skin in the game. I’ve always found that to be… a good idea. It’s not a guarantee that the veteran is a better person than the general citizenry, but it’s a better indicator than what we currently have.

  This book is an important one for anyone interested in politics, in my opinion. This quote, though, is important right now. RIGHT now.

Politeness is dying. And it’s considerably more significant than a riot, though we’ve plenty of those, as well, despite their “mostly peaceful” monikers. While I’ve no desire to go back to a time where I would be forced to wear a corset every day and was bound to cook, clean, and bear children for my husband simply because I’m female… I do want to live in a time where doing so is not maligned or looked down upon. Or bad-mouthed.

I’m so very tired of many things right now, but the impoliteness is really getting to me right now. You can disagree with someone and be polite. It’s why the South invented the term, “Bless your heart!” Everyone knows if a Southern person says that to you, it’s the equivalent of saying to fuck off… but it’s not the SAME. It’s polite.

Why does it matter if we’re using polite language? I mean, if everyone knows that the polite language means the same thing as the brutal language, why bother to use the polite version? Because it’s social lubricant, that’s why.

Right now, the level of impoliteness is so damn bad. There’s sand in the gears, and no social lubricant at all. Important parts that really require lubrication are not getting it, and instead are being actively fed with things that gum up the works. That thin veil of politeness that was used until sometime in the 80s? That kept the machinery running. And now it isn’t. The machinery, the social machinery, is breaking down.

I will say that I noticed it first on the Right. That doesn’t mean it appeared there first, mind you… it’s just where I saw it. I ran into a couple of pundits (Ann Coulter immediately comes to mind, and Ben Shapiro from 10 years ago but NOT today) who really bothered me, and it put me off anything to do with the Right for a long time. Chris will tell you that anytime he tried to talk to me about something positive, I’d pull out, “Well, that Ann woman was just swearing and being a shit.” It was not good.

At the time, say 10 years ago, I didn’t see it on the Left. I see it daily on the Left, now. That could be entirely my perception, or it could be that the Left has gotten worse, or a combination of that and other factors, but the bottom line is that it doesn’t matter. Whether the Left learned it from the Right, or vice versa, or it all just happened at the same time, we’re here now. People are being so rude on a daily basis that it’s become endemic.

What scares me the most about all of it? America is (in my very strong opinion) the best country at the moment. We’re the most free, the most responsible (other than fiscally), the most helpful. We’re also the cheapest for our citizenry. And our people spend a good portion of their day complaining about how awful it all is. They have no idea what it’s like in other countries. Gas is $5.30 per gallon right now in Canada. In Britain it ranges from $7.50 to $8.10 per gallon. And those are the “free” countries. Housing is more expensive in Canada and Britain. Health care is, too, even if the cost is hidden. Food is ridiculously more expensive in both of those countries. Our citizens have no idea how they are faring in the world. They really don’t.

Our society is dying. If we don’t fix this soon… and by soon I mean in the next year or two at the outside… we’re not going to have a country anymore.

Post by Michael Smith on Facebook:

The most impenetrable fortress is not a citadel built of concrete and steel, it is a delusional mind built from lies and raw emotion.

It’s way past the time when a rational and moral people understand that while the American left’s causes are not real, their violence most certainly is.

Its not unusual for family and friends to describe a perpetrator of political violence as a “nice, quiet person who never bothered anybody”, because most of the time they are­­—but interestingly enough, the same gamma ray energy that transforms mild-mannered scientist Bruce Banner into a rage monster called the Hulk in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, transforms that quiet person into a monster who plans and executes an attack on the President of the United States and his cabinet.

Rather than radiation, this “gamma ray” energy is a concoction of hyperbole, half-truths, and lies constantly emitted from Democrat politicians, operatives, and social media influencers and then amplified and beamed directly into the brains and bloodstreams of the Democrat Bruce Banners by willing media mouthpieces who smuggle accusatory premises into dangerous minds via loaded questions as they hide behind a shroud of “objectivity.

Normal, moral people would be shocked if something they said or did cause threat, harm or death to another person and would question their reasoning behind what they did or said. Not so with the contemporary left, and I include the mainstream media in that group (because they are not just friends and allies of the left, they are the left).

President Trump’s interview with Nora O’Donnell last night was a perfect example. O’Donnell feigned concern for a few minutes but that quickly evaporated when she shifted the line of questioning from “Gee sir, we are so shocked that someone would do something like that, but what response do you have to the charge made by the person who wanted to kill you that you are a rapist, a pedophile, and a traitor?”

I found that question interesting in that Scott Pelley, O’Donnell’s risible co-anchor of 60 Minutes, had just minutes before casually and uncritically described the January 6th riot as “the insurrection” as if it had been declared such with legal finality and certainty.

The media did take a gut punch with this assassination attempt because the perpetrator expressed the degree to which he had been irradiated by the left-wing media narrative—and it stopped them for a fraction of a second. And I do mean a fraction of a second because the pause was not due to the assassination attempt, it was the temerity that someone would do it in their presence.

Their response was not to self-examine, they went immediately into cover your ass mode with both blame shifting and the “both sides” rhetoric they always use, but that isn’t working the way it once did. When a faction considers speech as violence (and even silence is defined that way) and the cold-blooded public execution of an insurance company executive is defined as “understandable”, you are not dealing with normal, moral people capable of self-reflection.

It isn’t like the world hasn’t seen this process before.

For all the left’s protestation that the right is filled with Nazis, they are essentially making accusations in a mirror. Their tactics of framing accusation as common knowledge are the same as used by Hitler’s movement in pre-WWII Germany to convince the populace that Jews were the real problem.

That shift didn’t happen in a single leap; it was built over time by the Nazi Party under Adolf Hitler by combining old prejudices with modern persuasion. Antisemitism already existed in Europe, but the Nazis reframed Jews as a racial and existential threat, then hammered that message through a coordinated propaganda machine led by Joseph Goebbels. Using newspapers, radio, film, and rallies, they repeated simple accusations—blaming Jews for Germany’s defeat in World War I and the hardship of the Great Depression—until those claims felt familiar and, to many, plausible. Economic collapse, political instability, and national humiliation made large portions of the population more receptive to scapegoating and promises of restoration.

Once in power, rhetoric became policy. The Nuremberg Laws stripped Jews of rights and citizenship, while escalating acts like Kristallnacht signaled that exclusion and violence were acceptable. Social pressure, fear of punishment, and even material incentives encouraged conformity, while dissent became risky. Step by step—stigma, exclusion, dispossession—the regime normalized increasingly extreme measures. What began as accusation and propaganda hardened into law and, ultimately, into systematic removal and destruction.

If that sounds familiar, it should—and you are not wrong to think that.

Germany stared into Hitler’s mirror and rather than seeing their own reflection, they saw Jews. When contemporary Democrats stare into their mirror, they don’t see themselves, they see Trump and his supporters.

The Democrats, their media allies and the American left, just had the opportunity to ask themselves if they are the baddies—and they paused for a second and then simply ignored it and returned to staring at themselves in Hitler’s mirror.

And just like that, I lost more friends. This time it was on me, admittedly (well, sort of), but still…

As most of you know, someone attempted to shoot at Trump yet again. I really tried to avoid anyone I knew in regards to this. I didn’t want to know their opinions on it. It’s faire season, and I just wanted to go to faire and relax and have a good fucking time. But nope. One person I’ve known for a decade, who I considered (until last night) to be a reasonable, rational person, said (and I quote), “Too bad he missed.”

Do they have the right to say that? Yep. They do. Being an asshole, being wrong, that’s protected in this country. And don’t get me wrong, though it irks me greatly to know people I considered close friends are actually assholes in disguise, I would not want our country to be any other way. But lately I have found myself asking, too many times, whether free speech should reasonably include lies.

I am reasonably certain that most of the people I’ve considered friends who’ve been taken in by the bullshit spewing out of the media would NEVER have gotten as bad as they are without the media helping. They may have still disliked Trump (hey, I’m not a die-hard Trumper, either), but they wouldn’t be actively wishing death on him. This is the fault of the media, and/or whomever controls the media. And I know they have a 1A right to spew their garbage up to a point. I just can’t help wondering… when do we reach that point?

There are so many people saying so many vile things that Trump can’t possibly take them all to court. He’d be doing it for a hundred years and never make it past discovery. Even though he would probably win most of the cases. But it takes money, and it takes time, and let’s be honest… he’s not going to live long enough to take most of these jackwads to court. He’s going to be 80 in a couple of months, which is a fairly advanced age for someone of his weight, and all these threats on his life and his family’s lives must be weighing on him. I am hopeful he’ll make it through his 4 years, but I have to be blunt and honest that he’s not likely to make it to 90. So most of those vile words will go unchallenged.

Someone once said that the victors write history, but I’m not so sure that’s true these days. Whoever has the most memes and bots writes history, and it’s being REwritten right underneath us. It doesn’t matter if it’s even related to the truth, because it was said on the internet and somehow we’ve brought up a whole-ass generation who can’t logic their way out of a paper bag. Present them with cognitive dissonance and they faint from panic. They can’t follow a thought through to it’s logical conclusion. They just can’t.

Those who don’t learn history are doomed to repeat it, yes… but those of us who DID learn it are doomed to watch the vast majority of idiots repeating it. There’s only so many facepalms I can do before I get a major headache. I’ve taken to bitching at grok, because I don’t want to whinge at my family anymore. They don’t need to be exposed to my upset and anger.

So yes, I deleted someone on FB who I’ve considered a good friend for a long time. If I run into him at faire, which I likely will, I will be forced to walk away. I am not going to hug someone or spend “quality time” with someone who advocates murder. Not even if “it was just a joke.” Or whatever the excuse de jour is. One more person to avoid. One more person to step away from. I’m running out of people, folks. And I’m damned tired.

Well, I just ordered the proof/galley copy of my latest book. It’s been professionally edited, updated, fixed, futzed with. Provided there aren’t any major problems with the galley, it should be available on Amazon within two weeks. This will be my fourth cookbook. Once it hits the screens/shelves, I can start serious work on my 18th century cookbook, which is long overdue.

This one is a story about bread. About half the book is anecdotal, stories of how I got from “can’t even make pucks” to “loaves like you get at fancy stalls at the farmer’s market.” The other half is recipes. There is one chapter dedicated to BREAD. There is a second chapter dedicated to bready things like bagels and babka and challah. There’s a third chapter called “Bread Adjacent” which is all things you eat WITH bread.

It’s my hope that this book will be of use to people who want to learn how to bake. It’s taken two years to get it from “written” to “published” (which, for the record, is pretty darn fast), and I’m glad to be done with it. We’re all on diets because of this book (because I have to test cook stuff, don’t blame me).

The back blurb:

Bread, stories, and second chances in the kitchen.

I spent years failing at bread. Every attempt ended in frustration, with inedible bricks or doughy masses. I was told my hands were too warm, that I kneaded too much or not enough, and that one day the mystical “silky smooth” stage would simply make sense. It did not. It took me years of practice, failures, successes, and work to finally perfect my baking skills.

This book is written for every beginner who’s ever stared hopelessly into a bowl of dough that didn’t rise, for those who desperately want to bake but haven’t managed to succeed, and those who are just starting on their journey. It’s also a great collection of recipes for veteran bakers.

The first half of the book includes the real, often funny story of my own messy journey—from a childhood with no baking at all, through years of setbacks and irritation, to the gradual discovery that good bread is possible for everyone.

The second half is filled with the approachable recipes that finally worked for me: straightforward loaves, comforting sandwich breads, crusty rustic rounds, and sweet treats, all written with the nervous beginner in mind. No intimidating jargon. No vague instructions. Just clear, patient guidance, honest troubleshooting, and the gentle encouragement you need to keep going.

Join me on this journey. Whether you’re baking your very first loaf or trying again after past disappointments, I hope these stories and recipes help you find the same. Never give up, and you’ll be baking delicious loaves in no time!

This is part of why I haven’t been writing on here. My usual typesetter has  been so busy that he hasn’t been able to help. I am not a typesetter. I struggled. I think, I hope, I pray that I got it right. Whew.

Apr 10

I just…Don’t understand the mentality that can do this…
https://oldnfo.substack.com/p/i-just?The FBI arrested Courtney Williams, 40, of Wagram, North Carolina, yesterday, and a federal grand jury indicted her today in connection with her alleged transmission of classified national defense information to individuals not authorized to receive it, including a journalist (the Journalist). Williams allegedly violated 18 U.S.C. § 793(d).
“Clearance holders accept a solemn obligation to protect the classified information entrusted to them,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg. “That they do so is critical to the security of our Nation. When clearance holders violate that trust, the National Security Division will act swiftly to hold them accountable.”
“We trust our war-fighting individuals to cooperate as a team to protect our military and country,” said U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina Ellis Boyle. “We will pursue criminal charges to keep these warriors safe whenever we find leakers exalting their own feelings over the safety of the United States.”
I guess the real irony is the ‘journalist’ is the one who outed her in the article, by name…
She had TS/SCI clearance, and had signed Nondisclosure Agreements (NDAs), which include wording that distribution of ANY of those documents or other things is prosecutable…
So why did she do this for four years??? Was it money? Pissed off at the Army???
WHY???
I cannot fathom anyone doing this, much less to the actual people she worked with every day. I only hope she is convicted and sent to jail for MANY years.
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Full article, HERE from DOJ OPA website.
Former Army Employee and Top Secret Clearance Holder Arrested and Charged with Leaking Classified National Defense Information
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-army-employee-and-top-secret-clearance-holder-arrested-and-charged-leaking-classified
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Disgruntled Army Employee Arrested For Leaking Classified Info To Media Putting Troops in Harm’s Way
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/disgruntled-army-employee-arrested-for-leaking-classified-info-to-media-putting-troops-in-harms-way.html
Army veteran Courtney Williams faces Espionage Act charges for allegedly leaking classified information to journalist Seth Harp.

Mamdani’s New York: Muslim Bomber Declared, ‘All I Know Is I Want to Start Terror, Bro’
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/mamdanis-new-york-muslim-bomber-declared-all-i-know-is-i-want-to-start-terror-bro.html
Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, were indicted on Tuesday for allegedly hurling two homemade incendiary devices in an ISIS-inspired March 7 attack during the dueling protests outside Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s official residence. The two homegrown terrorists were caught on footage — from a built-in dashboard camera on their car ride from Pennsylvania to Manhattan — casually chatting about how they planned to target Lang, who organized the hateful rally, and hoped he would be “split in half” in the bombing attack. The pair also discussed how they wished for maximum casualties — and their chilling backup plan to toss the explosives in a café if all else failed, according to court documents.
Elite media outlets were altogether uninterested in the gravity of the attack.

Iran Conflict Reveals the Left Opposes War, Rejects Peace, and Lives Only to Oppose Trump
https://www.westernjournal.com/iran-conflict-reveals-left-opposes-war-rejects-peace-lives-oppose-trump/
The loudest voices on the left clutched their pearls when the first strikes in Iran began in February, warning of catastrophe and insisting that escalation would be reckless, immoral, and entirely unnecessary…When Iran signaled Tuesday that it was willing to begin talks toward a two-week ceasefire, President Donald Trump stepped back from further escalation, choosing restraint…Instead, the reaction from many of the same critics was immediate and revealing, as the “TACO” label, short for “Trump Always Chickens Out,”
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Michael Moore Defends Iran, Slams US for Bombing Japan in WWII in Deranged Rant: ‘We’re the Bad Guys!’
https://www.westernjournal.com/michael-moore-defends-iran-slams-us-bombing-japan-wwii-deranged-rant-bad-guys/
“We’re the bad guys! If you didn’t realize that under previous presidents, at least Donald Trump has ripped off the mask and shown you who we really are!” Moore asserted.

Colorado State University releases its 2026 hurricane forecast: Here’s what it means for Houston – We can expect a slightly below average tropical season
https://www.click2houston.com/weather/2026/04/09/csu-releases-its-2026-hurricane-forecast-heres-what-it-means-for-houston/
Colorado State University (CSU) released its annual Atlantic hurricane forecast yesterday, predicting slightly below-average activity with 13 named storms, six hurricanes, and two major hurricanes (Category 3 or higher). The historical average is 14 named storms, seven hurricanes, and three major hurricanes.
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Meteorologists Warn About Super El Nino Event
https://www.zerohedge.com/weather/meteorologists-warn-about-super-el-nino-event
Across the U.S., an El Niño influences seasonal rainfall, especially during winter. The stronger, more active jet stream typically shifts south, bringing wetter-than-average conditions to the southern U.S., including California, the Gulf Coast, and the Mid-South.
The good news is that El Niño reduces Atlantic hurricane activity.

U.S. crude oil production rose in 2025, setting new record
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67404
Texas accounted for nearly half of the country’s oil production last year, with 6.6 million barrels per day coming from the Permian Basin, according to a recent report from the Energy Information Administration.

LGBTQ+ mob lose their minds after coffee chain decides to stop lecturing with flags and just serve coffee
https://www.theblaze.com/news/lgbtq-mob-lose-their-minds-after-coffee-chain-decides-to-stop-lecturing-with-flags-and-just-serve-coffee
…Philz Coffee began with a single store in the Bay Area in 2003 and has since expanded to 60 stores across California and Chicago. For some time, Philz cafes have notably displayed the Pride flag, implicitly lecturing about sexuality and gender to patrons who may simply want a cup of coffee or a pastry…the company confirmed that all Philz stores will soon remove Pride and other flags and decor, claiming that doing so will create “a more consistent, inclusive experience.”…”Our long-standing support of the LGBTQIA+ community is unchanged. We are working toward creating a more consistent, inclusive experience across all our stores, including removing a variety of flags and other decor. This is a change in how our stores look, not in who we are,”

Florida police pull dozens of immigrant truck drivers off roads: ‘People with no names’
https://www.theblaze.com/news/truck-drivers-florida-driver-violations
…they inspected approximately 3,300 drivers. From those drivers, authorities removed 176 from service, with 42 of them cited for federal immigration violations, while another 35 drivers were arrested for criminal charges… another 54 drivers were relieved of service over language deficiencies…Some of the driver’s license that we would find wouldn’t even have a name on the CDL,”…”Literally no name. … But you got a CDL, no first name, and it even says no name given; from other states, that is not from the state of Florida.”

In Which I Discuss What Mustard, Ramen, Historical Timekeeping, Fasting, And Booze Have In Common
https://wilderwealthywise.com/in-which-i-discuss-what-mustard-ramen-historical-timekeeping-fasting-and-booze-have-in-common/

Why we don’t break perimeter.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/why-we-dont-break-perimeter
An absolutely unhinged individual believes himself a famous literary wizard. Now, we know he is not really Harry Dresden because the doorbell camera kept working. Joking aside, nothing good would have come by opening the door and facing this idiot. This is when the call to 911 comes to play and you staying inside the house with a clear view of the point of entry from a position of cover and preferably sporting a long gun to repel a possible break-in.
EMBEDDED VIDEO- 00:02:47

We should start thinking about the Northern Border
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/we-should-start-thinking-about-the
I bumped into a strange mix of letters purportedly to be an acronym and to my surprise, it is a real official governmental one: MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA
OK, I get it. We need Canada to do all these weird political things in order to show people here how stupid and dangerous they are, but we should really start considering applying some serious filters to the border least they start seeping in and adding their kind of crazy to the local fauna. Invasive species are a thing, you know?

Today’s bit of insanity:
Video: Hunter Biden Hits New Rock Bottom, Agrees to Insane Cage Match Against Don Jr., Eric Trump
https://www.westernjournal.com/video-hunter-biden-hits-new-rock-bottom-agrees-insane-cage-match-don-jr-eric-trump/
video – 00:00:46 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2042361397242163265
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Active Response Training – Weekend Knowledge Dump- April 10, 2026
https://www.activeresponsetraining.net/weekend-knowledge-dump-april-10-2026
Armed Lifestyle Magazine Issue 24 ★ Detecting a Tail and What to Do Next ★ You Should Be Stocking Up Right Now ★ Adversarial Attraction: the Predator’s Optic ★ A Crash Course in Real World Self-Defense ★ He Thought He Was Stopping a Mass Shooter. Now He’s Facing Prison ★ Near Miss: Former student attempted “shooting like Columbine” in rural Oklahoma

What Your Neighbors Will Do First When SHTF
https://www.askaprepper.com/what-your-neighbors-will-do-first-when-shtf/
You Were Never as Invisible as You Thought ⋆ The First Knock at Your Door ⋆ Set Limits Without Burning Bridges ⋆ How to Choose Who Deserves Your Trust ⋆ Preparing Your Home for the Worst ⋆ That knock at your door is coming eventually. Be the house that already figured it out!

Apr 11

Man Tries to Assasinate Pastor at Easter Service, Woman Runs People Down in Church Parking Lot on Easter
https://www.christianwarriortraining.com/p/man-tries-to-assasinate-pastor-at
Also in the news, another funeral murder occurred this week plus a shocking number of sexual assaults this week.

Iran Shifts to “Gig Economy” Terrorism Model Targeting Western Soft Targets
https://www.christianwarriortraining.com/i/193720820/iran-shifts-to-gig-economy-terrorism-model-targeting-western-soft-targets

ISIS-Inspired Attack Plot Targeted Public Parade with Explosive Drones
https://www.christianwarriortraining.com/i/193720820/isis-inspired-attack-plot-targeted-public-parade-with-explosive-drones
On April 3, 2026, Marvin Jalo, who was 17 years old at the time of the offense, pleaded guilty in Phoenix, Arizona to planning an ISIS-inspired attack on the 2024 Phoenix Pride parade.

JCAT: Arson as a Terrorist Tactic — What Church Security Teams Should Know
https://www.christianwarriortraining.com/i/193720820/jcat-arson-as-a-terrorist-tactic-what-church-security-teams-should-know
The Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team (JCAT) issued an advisory this week noting that foreign terrorist organizations, lone offenders, and other like-minded actors have increasingly leveraged arson as a low-cost, easily executed attack method.

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Terror Inciter and Rabid Jew Hater Mahmoud Khalil Finally DEPORTED
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/bravo-terror-inciter-and-rabid-jew-hater-mahmoud-khalil-finally-deported.htmlKhalil, a 31-year-old lawful permanent resident, has been at the center of a broader federal crackdown on noncitizens involved in anti-Israel campus protests tied to the war in Gaza. He was the first person whose arrest became publicly known as part of the crackdown…A final order of removal has just been issued for Mahmoud Khalil after he LOST his appeal in court. Khalil was one of the architects of the riots at Columbia University last year. He’ll be scheduled for deportation imminently

Congressional Bill Designates Hamas-Tied CAIR as Terrorist Entity
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/congressional-bill-designates-hamas-tied-cair-as-terrorist-entity.html
Congressman Chip Roy (R-TX) has introduced a bill (click here) finally designating CAIR a terrorist organization. The bill documents CAIR’s establishment as a public relations front for Hamas and its status as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation trial (2007–2008), in which founding board member of CAIR’s Texas chapter, Ghassan Elashi, was sentenced to 65 years in prison for funneling over $12 million to Hamas.

Pakistan ‘Peace’ Mediator IMPLODES: Defense Minister Calls for Israel’s Annihilation, “Evil and A Curse For Humanity,” “A Cancer,” “Get Rid of European Jews,” “Burn In Hell”
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/pakistan-implodes-defense-minister-calls-for-israels-annihilation.html
How is a failed seventh century jihad-terror state playing any kind of role at all in a peace negotiation? They can’t grasp the word – let alone achieve it.
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There Must Be More
https://townhall.com/columnists/erickerickson/2026/04/10/there-must-be-more-n2674209
In Western Civilization, Christian ethics still, in some ways, dominate society. Murder is wrong. Stealing is wrong. Lying is wrong. Iran is dominated by Shiite Muslims who, at heart, embrace Taqiyya, or religious dissimulation…Taqiyya, in practice, means lying to the infidel. The Hadith, or traditions of the prophet, says “war is deceit,” and commanders may use lies to advance their cause. The Iranian regime outmaneuvered the Obama administration with peace talks. To this day, Democrats insist Iran was not building a nuclear weapon, but Iran was clearly building a nuclear weapon. The regime lies to the West.

PURGING THE “NUT JOBS”: Trump Blasts Tucker, Megyn, Candace, Alex Jones “Low IQ” Losers
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/purging-thenut-jobstucker-megyn-candace-alex-jones.html
President Trump stepped up his long-overdue purge, crushing the faction tearing the party apart. And the president—no surprise—did not mince words. I know why Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones have all been fighting me for years, especially by the fact that they think it is wonderful for Iran, the Number One State Sponsor of Terror, to have a Nuclear Weapon — Because they have one thing in common, Low IQs…. These so-called “pundits” are LOSERS, and they always will be! Now Fake News CNN, The Failing New York Times, and all of the other Radical Left “News” Organizations, are “hailing” them, and giving them “positive” press for the first time in their lives. They’re not “MAGA,” they’re losers, just trying to latch on to MAGA. As President, I could get them on my side anytime I want to, but when they call, I don’t return their calls because I’m too busy on World and Country Affairs and, after a few times, they go “nasty,” just like Marjorie “Traitor” Brown, but I no longer care about that stuff, I only care about doing right for our Country. MAGA is about WINNING and STRENGTH in not allowing Iran to have Nuclear Weapons. MAGA is about MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, and these people have no idea how to do that, BUT I DO, because THE UNITED STATES IS NOW THE “HOTTEST” COUNTRY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD!” President DONALD J. TRUMP

Go-Bag, Gen Z style
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/go-bag-gen-z-style
Call them anxiety bags, panic pouches, calm-down kits — whatever the name, these DIY creations are rapidly gaining popularity online, especially among Gen Z women…In a survey of nearly 1,000 Americans aged 18 to 26, 61% reported having a diagnosed anxiety condition, and 43% said they experience a panic attack at least once a month…Rapid sensory interventions like holding an ice pack, sucking on a Warhead or even sniffing an alcohol wipe can interrupt escalating arousal in the nervous system…“In general, anxiety bag items work by shifting attention away from anticipatory thought loops back into the present — back into the body,”…“None of these tools resolve underlying anxiety, but they can be surprisingly effective in acute moments, especially when paired with broader skills like cognitive reframing or exposure work.”
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Is it insulting to your Generation?
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/is-it-insulting-to-your-generation
One Gen Z in need of those stress go-bags…I guess there is only one thing for us Old Farts to do…Fuck you and your easily-bruised feelings. We do not respect whinny assholes that can be brought to their knees by a light application of a magnetic nail sweeper.
emdedded video – 00:00:18

“Trust me honey. Nobody is going to know we are from California.”
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/trust-me-honey-nobody-is-going-to
I live way outside Nashville so this stands out a lot. And if you had any doubts, the kayaks’ rack on the roof seals the deal. Dude, just get a Ford Maverick or a Hyundai Santa Cruz. And this is not the most glaring example. I have seen at least one Porsche Cayenne and a couple of Audi SUVs configured similarly in the rich parts of the Nashville area. They probably get their salsa from New York City

Robbed Blind: Medicaid Fraudster Uses Taxpayer Millions to Post Bond in Walz’s Courts, Flees to Somalia
https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2026/04/10/medicaid-fraudster-flees-country-abdirashid-said-somalia-n2427013
It’s almost like everyone tried to warn the government this might happen. This guy stole a whole bunch of money from American taxpayers, then used some of that money to get out on bond and then took off with the rest of his money and fled to Somalia. Could he not have been monitored with an ankle monitor? Could they have taken his passport? It’s almost like they wanted to let him get away. Thanks Tim Walz.

Really, What’s Wrong with Islam? Nothing but a Few ‘Extremists,’ Right?
https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2026/04/11/really-whats-wrong-with-islam-nothing-but-a-few-extremists-right-n4951679
Islam can and does make terrorists out of individuals and parasites out of societies. It is virtually inconceivable in the current environment that these facts could become part of our national discussion, but that doesn’t make them any less true, and we ignore them to our detriment…The way in which Islam is bad for individuals is clear enough. Contrary to the still-prevalent popular assumption, the Qur’an really does contain numerous exhortations to violence against unbelievers, and all too many Muslims today regard those passages with extreme seriousness. A steady stream of converts to Islam end up being violent jihadis, not because they misunderstand their newfound faith, but because they read their new holy book and take its commands to heart. The worst aspect of this, aside from the ever-growing body count, is the fact that when these jihadis commit murder in the name of Islam, they think they’re performing a righteous act.

The Kremlin’s Shadow War on Undersea Cables
https://www.threatjournal.com/archive/tj04112026.html
UK Defense Secretary John Healey disclosed a significant Russian underwater reconnaissance and possible sabotage operation in the North Atlantic, north of the United Kingdom, which prompted a sustained allied response…Defense and intelligence professionals have long warned of GUGI’s unique mandate and equipment for enabling the particularly insidious hybrid tactic of the peacetime placement of dormant sabotage devices for wartime activation. The two specialist vessels in this situation are reportedly capable of deploying miniature unmanned underwater vehicles or remotely operated systems that can affix acoustic sensors, fibre-optic tapping pods, small shaped charges, or cutting devices directly onto or adjacent to pipelines and data cables. Once positioned, such “sleeping” assets could remain undetected on the seabed for months or years, activated remotely or by preset timers when Moscow chooses to degrade NATO’s transatlantic lifelines.

Academic Study: Why Won’t German Women Mate With Migrants?
https://armageddonprose.substack.com/p/academic-study-why-wont-german-women
The ongoing Western social engineers’ jihad to deracinate the white race by herding European women into the warm embrace of Third World migrants has not, so far, gone as swimmingly as the architects of globo-homo race communism had hoped. Indeed, the majority of the migrant-native sexual relations in Europe appear to be the non-consensual type. Enter the crack social scientists of EU-funded academia to figure out what went wrong so as to expedite the mongrelization

On IFAKs and Paramedic Cosplay
https://kellygraysonauthor.substack.com/p/on-ifaks-and-paramedic-cosplay
You Are Not a Medic, Even If You Play One at TCCC Classes
if there’s ANY question at all about what you can do as a layperson rescuer performing wound care, just remember this:
Putting stuff ON people (chest seals, tourniquets, pressure bandages) is just fine.
Putting stuff IN people (needle decompression, IVs,advanced airways) is the business of professional rescuers only.
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The Dignidad Act is a complete betrayal of Republican voters
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-dignidad-act-is-a-complete-betrayal-of-republican-voters
The proposed legislation is nothing more than thinly veiled amnesty for tens of millions of illegal aliens…It’s shaping up to be a classic standoff between monied special interests and the liberal Republicans they sponsor versus everyday Americans…Representatives Maria Salazar (R-Fla.) and Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) have started what hopefully will be a short but politically violent war by once again raising the specter of mass amnesty for illegal aliens via their Spanish-language-titled Dignidad Act…so much like every other failed Republican-led amnesty push, their chief sales pitch has been that the Dignidad Act is not amnesty, despite the plain language offering amnesty to more than ten million illegal aliens, by conservative estimates.

Congress Declares the Border Was Invaded, Then Moves to Legalize the Invaders
https://texianpartisan.com/news/texasnews/congress-declares-the-border-was-invaded-then-moves-to-legalize-the-invaders/
What this means: This isn’t incompetence. It’s betrayal. The same people who declared an invasion now want to legalize it. As long as Texas remains in this union, our border security depends on politicians who say one thing in January and sign the opposite in April…San Jacinto proved Texas could win its independence. The federal government is proving every day why we need to win it again.

San Jacinto Day is eleven days out. In 1836, Sam Houston’s army won Texas independence in less than 18 minutes. Today, we’re fighting a different battle—against a federal government that acknowledges the invasion at our border and then rewards the invaders.

Congress Admits the Invasion, Then Offers Amnesty
In January 2025, every Republican member of the Texas congressional delegation signed a resolution formally declaring the southern border had been invaded. Article I, Section 10 of the Constitution. An invasion. Their word.
Three months later, one of those same signers—Rep. Monica De La Cruz—put her name on the DIGNIDAD Act, a bill that would shield millions of the people who crossed that border from deportation. The bill now has 39 cosponsors: 20 Republicans, 19 Democrats.
Rep. Brandon Gill called it what it is: “mass amnesty.” Senator Mike Lee was more blunt: “When you have to say ‘it’s not amnesty,’ it’s usually amnesty.” The bill’s author, Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, already admitted she hopes future Congresses will create a citizenship pathway for those who get legal status under it. That’s the game. Always has been.
What this means: This isn’t incompetence. It’s betrayal. The same people who declared an invasion now want to legalize it. As long as Texas remains in this union, our border security depends on politicians who say one thing in January and sign the opposite in April.

Read the full story: Congress Declares the Border Was Invaded, Then Moves to Legalize the Invaders
https://texianpartisan.com/news/texasnews/congress-declares-the-border-was-invaded-then-moves-to-legalize-the-invaders/

Eleven Days to San Jacinto
On April 21, 1836, Sam Houston’s army caught Santa Anna at San Jacinto. The battle lasted less than 18 minutes. Complete victory. Texas independence secured.
Houston didn’t rush. He waited until his enemy was exactly where he needed them to be. Then he struck—swift and decisive. That’s the lesson. Patience isn’t weakness. It’s strategy.

We’ve been at this for over 25 years. Building. Organizing. Waiting for the moment when Texans are ready to act. That moment is closer than it’s ever been. When you see federal politicians declare an invasion and then move to reward it, you’re watching the system prove our case for us.

What this means: The men at San Jacinto delivered independence and set the example we follow today. They didn’t ask permission. They acted.

One Year Ago: The Legislature Memo That Changed Everything. This time last year, a memo surfaced on the floor of the Texas House that shattered years of excuses. It confirmed what we’d always known: the Texas Legislature absolutely has the power to authorize a referendum on TEXIT. For over a decade, elected officials told us their hands were tied—that they couldn’t put independence to a vote unless it was a constitutional amendment. The memo proved they were either lying or didn’t understand their own authority. It stated plainly that “the legislature may pass legislation mandating a referendum on a particular topic.”

That memo matters because it took the excuse away. Now when a legislator says they can’t give Texans a vote on independence, you know exactly what you’re dealing with. What this means: The legal pathway exists. The only thing standing between Texans and a vote on independence is political will—and we’re building that every day.

Read the full story: Uncovered Memo Reveals Referendum Powers Legislature Has Denied TEXIT Supporters
https://texianpartisan.com/news/texit-updates/uncovered-memo-reveals-referendum-powers-legislature-has-denied-texit-supporters/

Houston waited for the right moment and then moved with decisive force. We’re building that force right now—one Texan at a time. Add your name to the fight.

San Jacinto proved Texas could win its independence. The federal government is proving every day why we need to win it again.
April 21st. Remember what’s possible when Texans decide they’ve had enough.

Apr 12

‘No Deal’: Vance Leaves Islamabad As Iran Talks Stall Over Nukes; US Starts Mine-Clearing Hormuz
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/several-us-warships-reportedly-transit-strait-hormuz-pakistan-talks-led-vance-star
US-Iran peace talks have broken down over Iran’s commitment to no nuclear weapons, Vance said “it’s bad news for Iran, much more than for the US.”
CENTCOM confirms two mine-sweepers are clearing the Strait, Iran claims it turned the warships back.
President Trump announces start of “clearing out the Strait” as a favor to the rest of the world.
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With the Collapse of the Iran Talks, Trump Hints at One Card He Could Play in Response
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/04/12/with-the-collapse-of-the-iran-talks-trump-hints-at-one-card-he-could-play-in-response-n2674310
Vice President JD Vance attempted to negotiate with the Iranians in Islamabad, Pakistan. They negotiated for 21 hours, but no agreement was reached on Iran’s uranium enrichment and nuclear weapons ambitions. This suggests that the next phase of Operation Epic Fury could happen soon, which would involve a devastating wave of airstrikes more intense than any previously carried out. There is another card President Trump could play. The US Navy has entered the Strait of Hormuz, where it has begun mine-sweeping operations. The Iranians warned they couldn’t fully open the waterway because they forgot where they placed the mines, or so they say. Not what you want to hear from a nation that desires nuclear weapons.
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Iran threatens to attack US Navy ships entering Strait of Hormuz after first American vessels moved through channel
https://nypost.com/2026/04/11/world-news/iran-threatens-to-attack-any-us-navy-ships-that-enter-the-strait-of-hormuz/
Iran responded to the voyage by issuing a violent threat, claiming the US was moving the ships toward Iran in a “possible cease-fire violation,”

Terror Regime Iran Nominated to U.N. Human Rights Panel
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/terror-regime-iran-nominated-to-u-n-human-rights-panel.html
The United Nations just nominated the Islamic Republic of Iran to help shape policy on women’s rights, human rights, disarmament, and terrorism.
UN credibility implodes – the scraps that were left of it. Why do we keep legitimizing this organization—with our presence, membership, and funding?

Michigan Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed Who Signed Pledge of Allegiance to Muslim Brotherhood, “You May Not Hate Muslims, But Muslims Definitely Hate You”
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/michigan-senate-candidate-abdul-el-sayed-who-signed-pledge-of-allegiance-to-muslim-brotherhood-you-may-not-hate-muslims-but-muslims-definitely-hate-you.html
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate, Abdul El-Sayed, signed a past pledge supporting Mohamed Morsi, the former Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood president…claims of Sharia support and Muslim Brotherhood ties. He signed a statement backing Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi…Abdul El Sayed, the jihadi candidate, continues to run for office, lose and run and run again. Who is funding this election jihad? Who in the Democrat party continues to puts forth these enemies of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?

California’s Nutria Nightmare: Someone Really Likes These 20-Pound Rats
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/04/12/californias-nutria-nightmare-someone-really-likes-these-20-pound-rats-n2201217
California sure seems to have a plethora of problems these days. The once-Golden state is broke. The state is overseen by one of the least capable governors in the 50 states. They have among the highest fuel prices, the highest taxes, and the highest cost of living in the country. Their population is fleeing; all the productive members, anyway. You can’t even rent a U-Haul to go from Los Angeles to Dallas right now; they’re all already in Dallas, taken there by families fleeing for greener pastures. And then, there’s the huge influx of illegal immigrants that the state has suffered over the last few years. Now there’s a new wave of immigrants, and they are something different: An invasion of 20-pound aquatic rodents…“Someone may have thought they could be an effective natural way to manage aquatic vegetation on their private property,” Buchalski added. “Also, some people just really like nutria… Or it could have been malicious in hopes that they would cause environmental damage.

Notes from the edge of civilization: April 12, 2026
https://www.collapselife.com/p/notes-from-the-edge-of-civilization-b82
Everyone loves the bad guy; virtue signaling becomes virtue spending; the dominoes are starting to fall. Americans are showing a growing willingness to identify with villains…examples like Oscar winner One Battle After Another and stage experiments like Luigi: The Musical, both tapping into an appetite to treat wrongdoing as something to understand — even excuse — rather than condemn. The crime hasn’t changed, but the framing has.

TEXAS: Zul Mohamed, Convicted of 106 Counts of Voter Fraud, Running for Mayor
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/texas-zul-mohamed-convicted-of-106-counts-of-voter-fraud-running-for-mayor.html
Zul Mohamed pleaded guilty to 106 felony counts of voter fraud involving forged mail-in ballot applications. He is now a candidate for mayor in Carrollton, Texas. How is a convicted felon (for mail-in ballot fraud, no less) allowed to run for office?

Apr 13

The Wack-a-doodle at the door – more info
Lessons should be learned – Some may not be obvious
https://thelawdogfiles.substack.com/p/lessons-should-be-learned
Thanks to modern surveillance technology, we have 4k video of how quickly a critter at the front door can turn into a critter in the hall.
So, apparently Critter du Jour got hisself a fixation on the daughter of a neighbor, and decided to pay a visit:
video – 00:02:48 – https://x.com/i/status/2042648222036881853
video – 00:02:59 – https://x.com/i/status/2043019915310092469
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A little humor…Since taxes are due this week…
https://oldnfo.substack.com/p/a-little-humor-7ce
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Taxes Sucked My Time, Enjoy These Memes Instead
https://wilderwealthywise.com/taxes-sucked-my-time-enjoy-these-memes-instead/
And I’m still doing taxes. I’m missing a form from a broker, so unless I can get it electronically, it’s extension city. – Ugh. – – – – –
*update, got the form online, taxes done. Taxes still suck.
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Machete attack in NYC
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/machete-attack-in-nyc
Machetes prove that an armed society is a polite society… the biggest concentration of people armed with machetes has to be South Florida where I believe it is required by county ordinances to have at least three: One by the front door, one by the back door and one in the bedroom. But you will be hard pressed to find stories of crazy assholes attacking unsuspected civilians with that thing unless you want to end up facing a bunch of Cubans about to make “picadillo” out of your sorry ass…a “progressive” type of individual who will just shoot you because he understand the grievous danger you can be.
(https://machetespecialists.com/products/machetes/ – just saying – I also own a few – jlr)

JUSTICE TWISTED: Bronx Judge Crushes Cop For Doing His Job, Coddles Criminals
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/justice-twisted-bronx-judge-crushes-cop-for-doing-his-job-coddles-criminals.html
Duran threw a bystander’s picnic cooler at fleeing crack cocaine suspect Eric Duprey, 30, knocking him off his motorized scooter into a parked car where he died from head trauma. Justice Guy Mitchell sentenced the 13-year NYPD veteran to three to nine years for second-degree manslaughter—the first on-duty death imprisonment for an officer in over 20 years—rejecting claims of protecting fellow detective. Law enforcement leaders like Sergeants Benevolent Association President Vincent Vallelong called it ‘the darkest day’ for policing…
This same judge has given light or no sentences or violent criminals and murderers.

It went as well as you imagine – “Hope is not a strategy”
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/it-went-as-well-as-you-imagine
San Francisco city leaders joined community members on the front steps of City Hall on Thursday to announce a 24-hour violence ceasefire beginning Friday. The event was promoted as a citywide, anti-gun and anti-violence effort under the theme “Silence Is Violence” and 24 hours of nonviolence. The focus is not only on reducing shootings and other violent incidents but also on raising awareness about possible solutions.
(ta dump – tish)
And here were the results: And just to keep it short, I selected gun calls since that was the original idea/wishful thinking of the community leaders…Yeah, it did not go as planned. Maybe they need more defunding the police and more “restorative justice’ and cashless bail to reduce crime of violence. But they have to wish it harder so it works this time. </end sarcasm>

They keep using that word. – Caught this from a Divemedic’s post.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/they-keep-using-that-word
They truly never experienced violence, only a politically watered down version of having their feelings hurt. Physical pain is mostly confined at the momentary sensation when they get a piercing or getting an “anarchy” tattoo. But that searing pain that comes from blunt objects impacting on any part of the fleshy parts of the body, or the violent slicing/perforation of skin and muscle by a sharp blade (or no to sharp) is alien to people who at most have gone to see the nurse because they got a paper cut. They do not understand the shock, numbness and then excruciating pain of being shot and your internal organs re-arranged by a projectile nor the amount of blood seeping out and taking what is left of their life with it. And certainly do not even have an inkling on the amount of pain that a fellow human can inflict on them, piecemeal, methodically and with gusto at their faces suddenly realizing how fucking wrong they were. And it is getting to the point one (or a lot) of them are going to make this mistake if issuing their version of violence and I am to the point of saying “Yes, please. Go right ahead. The first one is free.”

“I would like very much to ensure — and in some cases I have — that any man who offers violence to his fellow citizen begets a whole lot more in return than he can enjoy.” – Col. Jeff Cooper
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Violence
https://areaocho.com/violence-5/
The left is turning up the heat because it’s an election year, because of course they are…This is what they are using to justify committing violent acts. They want you to submit or die.

ESTABLISHMENT PANIC: Vindicated Bat Ye’or Targeted by New York Times Judith Miller Hit Piece
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/establishment-panic-vindicated-bat-yeor-targeted-by-new-york-times-judith-miller-hit-piece.html
Bat Ye’or is the OG, the original – posers and intellectual thieves like Daniel Pipes have long cribbed her work and sought to marginalize her in order to steal the mantle and pass off trimmed, second-hand ideas as their own. Judith Miller’s lengthy Tablet piece, attempts to discredit Bat Ye’or just as her warnings about Islamic influence and mass migration in Europe proved horribly right. While Miller pretends to offer faint praise, she ultimately portrays Bat Ye’or as fringe by amplifying critics and dismissing her “Eurabia” thesis as conspiracy. The piece frames this as a broader tactic: when a dissident thinker threatens dominant narratives, legacy media moves in for the kill – to smear, defame and undermine them rather than engage/debate on the merits and the facts.
video – 00:03:20 – https://twitter.com/i/status/1956787069470257364
book – Eurabia – https://www.amazon.com/Eurabia-Euro-Arab-Axis-Bat-Yeor-ebook/dp/B004FN2C40/ref=sr_1_1
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Hamburg prosecutors open criminal investigation into Christian YouTubers for criticising Islam
https://www.eugyppius.com/p/hamburg-prosecutors-open-criminal
In February 2025, the public prosecutor’s office launched an ex officio investigation into Niko over statements in a video from 2024 … The Protestant newspaper Idea was the first to report on the investigation against Niko. Apollo News has now learned that the second YouTuber, Tino, is also under investigation for the same video …

From “The Democrat Peoples Democratic State of” Massachusetts – Dems Advance Bill To Limit How Far You Can Drive In Your Own Car
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/massachusetts-dems-advance-bill-limit-how-far-you-can-drive-your-own-car
Massachusetts lawmakers are barreling ahead with a bill that would force the state to slash the total miles residents drive, all under the banner of cutting greenhouse gas emissions…The proposal, Senate Bill S.2246, doesn’t slap a hard cap on your daily commute… yet – but it orders the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) to set binding goals for reducing statewide vehicle miles traveled (VMT). It also creates a new government council tasked with pushing people onto public transit whether they like it or not…Need to visit family across town or haul supplies for a business? Too bad. The goal is fewer cars, fewer miles, and more dependence on government-run transit that’s already unreliable and crime-ridden in blue cities.
Europe is already testing the waters with energy rationing talk amid ongoing crises. Officials have floated work-from-home mandates, driving restrictions, and even limits on flying or heating homes to meet net-zero targets.
video – 00:00:32 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2043282994832756996
Massachusetts Democrats just proved again why voters are fleeing blue strongholds for red states that still respect individual liberty. If this passes, expect more families packing up and heading to places where the government doesn’t treat your car like public property.

Masked men open fire after storming into Chick-fil-A; 1 dead, 6 injured; manhunt under way
https://www.theblaze.com/news/masked-men-open-fire-after-storming-into-chick-fil-a-1-dead-6-injured-manhunt-underway
Authorities believe the shooting was targeted and not a random act of violence, the station said, adding that officials have not released the identity of the person who was killed, and it remains unclear whether the victims were employees or customers…suspects remain at large, and a manhunt is under way,

Young Adults’ Real Crisis Isn’t Affordability — It’s Lifestyle Expectation Inflation
https://thefederalist.com/2026/04/13/young-adults-real-crisis-isnt-affordability-its-lifestyle-expectation-inflation/
…our baseline expectations for what constitutes a decent middle-class life are far higher than they’ve ever been. It may be time for a renaissance of the old-fashioned American values of moderate expectations, frugality, and making do.

You Want Unexpected News? I’ll Give You Unexpected
https://redstate.com/andrewmalcolm/2026/04/12/iran-war-donald-trump-news-media-n2201203

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USPS suspends contributions to employee pensions after warning of “cash crisis”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/usps-pension-payments-fers-cash-crisis/
“The United States Postal Service is heading toward a cash crisis,” USPS spokesman David Walton said in a statement to CBS News. “The step we are now taking to suspend FERS payments helps conserve cash for our operations and other necessary payments.”
The USPS contributes about $400 million a month to its employee pension plan,

Apr 14

WMD: Israel Takes Out Chemical Weapon Factory Making Fentanyl Bombs in Iran
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/wmd-israel-takes-out-chemical-weapon-factory-making-fentanyl-bombs-in-iran.html/
A “fentanyl bomb” refers to the classification of illicit, synthetic fentanyl as a chemical weapon or Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD), rather than just a traditional illegal drug. ★ Extreme Lethality: Just two milligrams of fentanyl—equivalent to 10–15 grains of table salt—can be a lethal dose for a human. ★ “Weaponized” Potential: The designation stems from the belief that organized criminal networks (cartels) are using fentanyl in ways “closer to a chemical weapon than a narcotic,” creating risks for large-scale terrorism. ★ Scale of Death: With hundreds of thousands of deaths attributed to fentanyl overdoses, it kills more Americans than traditional weapons.
(Imagine – a bomb with 2000 pounds or MORE of pure ultra-fine powdered fentanyl exploded over any major city in the USA would make that city, and areas downwind, uninhabitable for years until the weather and decontamination efforts removed MOST of the fentanyl, there would always be fentanyl lurking in hidden spaces, because you can’t get it all – EVER … The immediate death toll would be in the 10s of thousands if not millions by immediate fentanyl contamination, and 10s of thousands by later by stupid people doing stupid things in buildings, vehicles, anything that was open to the air when the bomb detonated – jlr)

Illegals Killed 13,000 Americans, That’s 64% of All Murder Cases – 660,000 Illegals with Criminal Records
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/illegals-killed-13000-americans-thats-64-of-all-murder-cases-660000-illegals-with-criminal-records.html/|
The Department of Homeland Security knows of at least 660,000 illegal immigrants in the U.S. with criminal records, including 13,000 convicted killers, nearly 16,000 sex assault convicts and 56,000 involved with dangerous drugs.★ Illegal immigrants killed 13,000 Americans in 2024. ★ The total number of murder cases in the US in 2024 was 20,162. ★ That’s 64% of all murder cases. ★ And the Democrats want to abolish ICE. ★ And all in the name of the Democrats’ desire to win the election

California Democrats Are So ENTRENCHED With Fraud That Now They’re Trying to OUTLAW Investigating It
https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/04/14/ca-ab2624-van-laar-n2427122
California Democrats just introduced AB 2624, and if it passes, investigative journalists like Nick (and our sister site RedStates Jennifer Van Laar) could face misdemeanors, ten-thousand-dollar fines, jail time, and forced content takedowns simply for doing their jobs.
https://x.com/nickshirleyy/status/2043756610955423782
I’m not entirely sure how anyone would think this is constitutional in ANY WAY, but let’s not pretend Democrats give a single damn about the Constitution.

Uglification As Control: The Assault on Beauty
https://pjmedia.com/jamie-wilson/2026/04/13/uglification-as-control-the-assault-on-beauty-n4951754
…The American founding vision understood this instinctively. The Constitution and the classical liberal order it embodies were designed to safeguard the earned pursuit of wealth, power, and beauty. Not equal outcomes, but equal rules under which individuals can strive, create, and enjoy free of centralized gatherers and sharers warping the panels for control. Property rights protect wealth. Fragmented, checked power protects agency. Free expression and the right to pursue happiness protect the cultivation of beauty in all its manifestations — personal, artistic, architectural — without ideological veto.

Donald Trump Pulls The Wabbit Season Trick On the Iranian Regime
https://hotair.com/generalissimo/2026/04/13/donald-trumps-key-to-defeating-the-iranian-regime-treat-them-like-democrats-n3813827
…after the talks broke off, the ripples of which we’ll cover in the course of this column, President Donald Trump, a proven master at the art of unpredictability, flipped the script 180 degrees on its head. He all but slapped the cuffs on, looked the Iranians in the eyes, and said, “Do you really want to close the Strait? Do you wanna? Okay. Let’s close the Strait. Let’s do it.”

the iranian ink blot – assessing the geopolitics
https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/the-iranian-ink-blot
Iran seems to have become the great global ink blot, a world-spanning Rorschach test at once of surpassing complexity, scope, and divisiveness. The responses thereto come from 100 angles, each likely revealing as much about the speaker as about the events themselves and, to be honest, an awful lot of what is being said is just plain bunk, made-up facts, faulty calculations, emotive slop, and outright rage-baited lunacy crashing into an already toxic political environment governed by rank tribalism. meanwhile, like it or lump it, a new world order rooted not in soft power deference (some would say capitulation) but in the hard power exigencies of what was once called the “great game” among great powers is being forged. There are lots of ways to feel about that, and I suspect that a great deal of what is making this particular bone so irreconcilably contentious is that it’s one of those situations where folks on many sides have a point, and depending upon how one looks at it and which assumptions one embeds, you can get radically different answers.
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the iranian inkblot part 2 – some additional perspectives
https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/the-iranian-inkblot-part-2
I’m honestly not sure I’ve ever seen a disconnect like the Iran War in terms of the way so many people are looking at the same things and coming to such radically different conclusions, and, to be brutally honest, in many cases, flat out abandoning sense, core principles, and even basic discernment in their pursuit of wild, questionable conclusions.
It feels like derangement.
It’s an environment of bias, confirmation, and otherwise, crashing into outright propaganda and egged on by myopia and hyperfixation that is, frankly, missing huge parts of what is going on as everyone says “this is simple and my singular hobby horse explains it all.” But as i said in my last piece on this: now some of what is going on is clearly a one-time world order centered around the soft power of ideas like “international law” and “the UN” being shoved aside for a return to something more akin to the “great game” of the bad old days……………..

The competition for the worst prepping advice out there is pretty sharp. It’s been going on for many years and has a tendency to get even more ridiculous as time goes on.
https://www.theorganicprepper.com/selco-the-worst-prepping-advice/
Here are a few pieces of bad prepping advice I have seen…
About Selco: Selco survived the Balkan war of the 90s in a city under siege, without electricity, running water, or food distribution.

Virginia Gun Sales Surge as Background Checks Nearly Double Ahead of Proposed Assault Weapons Ban
https://americanjournaldaily.com/woke-gov-ban-residents/
…there’s something about the American spirit the ruling class just doesn’t get. They never have…a quiet resolve that values liberty over their empty promises of security, and principle over the comfort of compliance. This spirit doesn’t go looking for a fight, but when the self-appointed elites try to dictate the terms of our freedom, it always answers back. It is the inheritance of a nation born from defiance. The patriots across the Old Dominion deserve a round of applause. They aren’t just buying firearms; they are making a statement. Faced with a deliberate assault on their constitutional rights, they are responding with an overwhelming, and frankly beautiful, act of defiance. The FBI tracked an astonishing 79,846 background checks in Virginia in March. That’s a staggering jump from the 47,069 checks in the same month just a year ago. When the fundamental rights of a people are threatened by overzealous legislators, the response is often predictable…It is a peaceful and potent referendum on government overreach. A referendum conducted not in the marble halls of power, but on the main streets of America. Right now, in Virginia, that message is being sent loud and clear.

Today’s dulusional insanity
Post DROPPING Wokest, Most BATS**T Post Ever About Colonizing the Moon Belongs in Mic Drop Hall of FAME
https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/04/14/colonizing-the-moon-derp-n2427126
One of the most annoying things about our pals on the Left, and why we think so many of us hate the whole idea of wokeness and playing the victim, is that they are so damn tone-deaf about real issues. Not to mention, they must have way too much free time on their hands to worry about such things.
Case in point, this yahoo on Threds (we know, it’s Threads, still) is accusing the crew of Integrity of colonizing the moon………

Ghosts of Former Soviet Union Leaders Grin As Mamdani’s $30M NYC Communist Grocery Store Unveiled
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/04/14/here-it-comes-mamdanis-first-nyc-30m-communist-grocery-store-which-will-unfairly-compete-with-rivals-n2201259On Sunday, he announced that the city’s first city-run grocery store will open in East Harlem, and it will cost $30 million to build and take over a year to complete…Even assuming New York City’s priciest union-driven construction costs, a standard-sized 25,000-square-foot grocery store should only be about $15 million to build, said Adam Lehodey, an expert at the Manhattan Institute. “Thirty million dollars for one store is exceptionally high, considering land prices are a significant part of the capital costs of new construction, and the city has announced that rents will be waived,”… John Catsimatidis, the billionaire owner of one of NY’s staple grocery chains, Gristedes, threatened in June 2025, before Mamdani won the election, that he might head to greener pastures. “If the city of New York is going socialist, I will definitely close, or sell, or move or franchise the Gristedes locations,” he warned.

Apr 6

Senator Jeff Merkley, D-OR, Calls for Military Leaders to Refuse President Trump’s Orders on Iran Infrastructure Strikes

“President Trump’s profanity-laden Easter threat to attack Iran’s civilian infrastructure—power plants and bridges—are the words of a frustrated and immoral madman. Many experts agree that such attacks would be war crimes under international law,”…“To our military leaders, remember this: You are legally required to refuse orders to commit war crimes,” –
(18 USC Ch. 115: TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES – https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title18/part1/chapter115&edition=prelim – TREASON or SEDITION take your pick –  jlr)

Guns Versus Voting – One is a protected Right, and the other is not.
https://vineofliberty.com/2026/04/06/guns-versus-voting-one-is-a-protected-right-and-the-other-is-not/
I went to write an article about how guns and voting are similar because they’re both Constitutional rights… then discovered that the Constitution doesn’t actually give or protect a right to vote.
What the Constitution does say:
Article I, Section 2 – Article I, Section 4 – Article II, Section 1 – 14th Amendment, Section 2 (1868) – 15th Amendment (1870)

A little humor…To start the week!!!…And a few St. Paddy’s jokes… They took the slow boat…
https://oldnfo.substack.com/p/a-little-humor-578

The Dog Ate My Homework
https://wilderwealthywise.com/the-dog-ate-my-homework-2/
Feeling a bit under the weather, did have half-ish of the Civil War 2.0 Weather Report done, but ran out of umph. Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter.

Trump Vows to Hunt Down, Jail Leaker Who Endangered Missing F-15 Pilot by Tipping Off Iran
https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/04/06/trump-vows-to-hunt-down-jail-leaker-who-endangered-missing-f-15-pilot-by-tipping-off-iran-n2201013
Speaking in the White House briefing room on Monday, a clearly perturbed Commander in Chief declared that the media’s disclosure tipped off Tehran and directly endangered the airman’s life. Not to mention the lives of hundreds of troops searching for the missing crew member. “We’re looking very hard to find that leaker,” he said. “They basically said that we have one, and there’s somebody missing. Well, [Iran] didn’t know there was somebody missing until this leaker gave the information.”The President indicated he would pressure the media outlet that published the story to reveal their sources. “We think we’ll be able to find it out,” Trump continued. “Because we’re going to go to the media company that released it, and we’re going to say, ‘National security. Give it up or go to jail.’”
video – 00:01:44 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2041206188608455138

Actually that is a surprisingly low number
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/actually-that-is-a-surprisingly-low
I drive a lot around Nashville and not a day goes by that I cuss quietly to some simple moron crossing the street without looking. The Bipedal Morons come in two flavors: The “Nose-in-Phone” dumbass and the “I am Royalty” ass-wipe. The first one is walking around while checking the latest K-Pop video or make-up tips ignoring that several thousands pounds of steel and plastic are about to intercept his or her ass. The second type is more infuriating as they simply swear that you will stop because it is their legal and sacred right to play chicken with a moving vehicle. And have the attitude to demonstrate it by crossing the street at a slow museum-watching pace and the smug face that goes with it. I would love to say that older generations are better at this, but I would be wrong. The B.S. seems to apply to all that can walk faster, but simply do not give a flock of seagulls.

Roaches and Parsley – will survive Armageddon
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/roaches-and-parsley
finally got around to prep my planters to get some herbs. I am behind my seedlings, so I cheated and bought grown stuff in the form of parsley and cilantro and when I went to remove the weeds that had already taken over, surprise!

Darn Biscuits!
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/darn-biscuits
I am “cursed” with a wife that makes outstanding biscuits. Sweet Jesus, she has me wrapped around her little flour covered finger every time she makes them: Golden brown crust outside and a delicious soft inside begging to be covered in strawberry preserve, butter and stuffed sausage patty and half a slice of bacon, hold the cheddar and scrambled eggs on the side.

Scratch a Liberal, find the Racist underneath.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/scratch-a-liberal-find-the-racist
It is hard to be a Liberal in Florida, especially in South Florida. Accusations of racism seem to have a tough time sticking to cops down there…

Report: Israeli Commando Units Assisted U.S. in Rescue of Downed US Airman
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/israel-assisted-us.html
Forever united. Haters going to hate the good. That’s what real friends — real allies — do for each other. Juxta this to France who has been secretly aiding Iran and stabbing us in the back.

Apr 7

This…Could get ‘interesting’ in any number of ways…
https://oldnfo.substack.com/p/this-125
DHS Secretary Mullin raises the possibility of pulling CBP and customs officers from airports in large sanctuary cities, citing lack of cooperation with the federal government and funding refusals. International arrivals would be unable to clear customs at those airports. “It’s something we’re looking at,”…So, Boston, Philly, NYC, Chicago, Seattle, SFO, LA, and, if Spanburger has her way, Dulles could lose their customs services. Which would severely impact the airlines as they would have to find somewhere else to clear international travellers. Can you say Florida and Texas???

Texas Restricts Services for Illegal Immigrants, Tightening Access to Licenses and In-State Tuition
https://americanjournaldaily.com/texas-illegals-welfare/
Let’s start with a simple question: what is the point of a government if it doesn’t serve its own people? For decades, that question has gone unanswered as Americans watch their leaders bend over backward for everyone but them. We see our public services strained, our schools overwhelmed, and the basic rule of law treated as an inconvenient suggestion. It’s madness. This frustration has been simmering for years as a silent majority wonders why their tax dollars are being used to incentivize the very problems weakening our country. This isn’t about a lack of compassion; it’s a demand for basic fairness. When a government stops prioritizing its own citizens, it shatters that sacred trust. Thankfully, one state has decided to pick up the pieces with bold, unapologetic action.
“Benefits, licenses, and taxpayer-funded services should not be used to incentivize unlawful presence at the expense of hardworking Texans. These steps ensure compliance with federal law, protect the integrity of our systems, and prioritize jobs and resources for legal residents and citizens.”
That statement, from Governor Greg Abbott’s office, is the sound of sanity making a comeback.
Key Takeaways:
⋆ Texas is rightfully prioritizing its own citizens by cutting off taxpayer-funded benefits for illegal immigrants.
⋆ Strong governors must act decisively when the federal government fails to secure the nation’s border.
⋆ Enforcing immigration law is not cruel; it is the essential foundation of a fair and orderly society.
⋆ Ending these incentives restores fiscal sanity and respects the hardworking Americans who fund our government.
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Cardinal Sarah Gives Us a Warning
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/cardinal-sarah-gives-us-a-warning.html
n a video that began circulating widely on Thursday, the Roman Catholic Cardinal Robert Sarah, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, stated: “Wake up. Islam is a danger. If Christians don’t start caring about our faith, Islam will take over the West. They’ll impose their laws and culture. They’ll grow massively in number. And we will decline.”
video – 00:01:34 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2039846299516784977

Gov. DeSantis Signs Law Banning Sharia Law in Florida
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/gov-desantis-signs-law-banning-sharia-law-in-florida.html
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) holds a press briefing to sign anti-terrorism and anti-Sharia Law legislation into law – barring Florida courts from enforcing certain foreign or religious laws.

Trump vows to find ‘sick person’ in Iran rescue leak, warns media could face jail for not divulging
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/04/07/trump-vows-to-find-sick-person-in-iran-rescue-leak-warns-media-could-face-jail-for-not-divulging-1631221/
Trump said the leak about the WSO placed American military personnel “at great risk,” and warned both the media and the leaker that consequences are coming…The president noted that divulging the rescue operation while it was underway could have been deadly to the servicemembers involved. He pointed out that Iran “put out a major note, as you all saw it, offering a very big award for anybody that captures the pilot.”
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Defiant journalist says he will protect his sources after Trump vows jail time
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/04/07/defiant-journalist-says-he-will-protect-his-sources-after-trump-vows-jail-time-1631303/
The sentiment of many was summed up in one post that asserted, “Someone committed treason and almost got an American killed. All for clicks.”
(Most people do not realize that going to jail to “protect my sources” is a resume enhansement for liberal reporters. It showes that they have what it takes to stand up to Trump, and if anyone gets hurt or killed that is just a price that the reporter is willing to pay – while the reporter should go to jail for redusing to devulge their sources, the leaker(s) of the clasified material should be punishned to the fulest extent of federal, or the UCMJ allowable and serve their sentance in general population, in a federal or military prison, day for day, no early release, no parole, and definatly NOT in Club Fed – jlr)

ID required: There are stricter standards for the Obama library than for voting
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/04/07/id-required-there-are-stricter-standards-for-the-obama-library-than-for-voting-1631325/
Presidential-level hypocrisy came courtesy of Chicago’s costly eyesore as the sanctuary city’s newest attraction included a telling caveat regarding its grand opening… “We all know that Obama has a big, beautiful presidential library coming — make your own opinions — but when you look at the requirements for the opening of that library, it says, ‘Promotion open only to U.S. citizens, or lawful permanent U.S. residents who are legal residents of the 50 United States …’”

“Why do we have stricter standards for the Obama library than for voting?” she asked her guest, Texas Rep. Brandon Gill (R)…“Well, because Democrats would like to allow non-citizens to vote in American elections,” he began. “That’s a core part of their long-term political strategy is flooding the country with illegal aliens, trying to give them amnesty so they can vote for Democrats, and, in the meantime, having open election systems in trying to get these illegals to vote for Democrats as much as they possibly can.” “Remember, it only takes a few fraudulent votes in key swing states and key swing districts to swing even a presidential election.

Mamdani’s racial equity framework prompts DOJ to open a probe
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/04/07/mamdanis-racial-equity-framework-prompts-doj-to-open-a-probe-1631329/
require[s] major city agencies to examine their work through a racial equity lens and identify and eliminate disparities,” It’s based on the false belief that disparities in outcomes are proof of discrimination. And so if, as an example, more black drivers are pulled over than white drivers, it must be because of racial discrimination. Or if fewer black students are accepted into college versus Asian students, it must again be because of racial discrimination. Those who subscribe to this false theory also believe that the only way to stamp out this alleged racial discrimination is by applying reverse racial discrimination

(Worth the time to read and THINK about given the nutcases, religious and other types, running loose – jlr)
Situational Awareness – It’s a little more complicated than that.
https://thelawdogfiles.substack.com/p/situational-awareness
I harp quite a bit on “situational awareness” and how it is vital to preventing dynamic social interactions, but I seem to have been somewhat negligent at explaining what “situational awareness” actually is… if this interests you, Jason A. Riley and Patrick Van Horne wrote probably the defining text on this subject — called “Left Of Bang”. If this is your bag of crisps, I heartily recommend it.

Whatever happened to Greta Thunberg’s Cuban Flotilla?
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/whatever-happened-to-greta-thunbergs
…I went to what seems to be the only place that collects information better than any News organization and that is X…I chose Code Pink’s account so there is no complaining that I am selecting Right Wing sources slanted against the “humanitarian effort”…once again Greta and company of Idiots just fizzle after their scheduled fifteen minutes of notoriety and the crew of the ship probably got a case of the crabs (non-edible) and tetanus by the look of the boat…

Antares Earns DoE’s First Ever Microreactor Approval As Modi Heralds ‘Defining Step In India’s Nuclear Energy Journey’
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/antares-earns-does-first-ever-microreactor-approval-india-marks-fast-breeder-milestone
These advancements in both advanced microreactors and large-scale fast breeder technology reflect growing worldwide interest in expanding reliable clean baseload nuclear capacity.

38-year-old Democrat found dead, wrapped in ‘blankets and black garbage bags’ — and now all eyes are on her husband
https://www.theblaze.com/news/38-year-old-democrat-found-dead-wrapped-in-blankets-and-black-garbage-bags-and-now-all-eyes-are-on-her-husband/
(somehow – through some TDS deranged, hyper-convoluted, other-worldly logic the radical left & Democrats will blame Trump – jlr)

The Democrats’ Comical Efforts to ‘Rebrand’ Candidates as Born-Again Populists
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2026/04/07/the-democrats-comical-efforts-to-rebrand-candidates-as-born-again-populists-n4951546
Buttigieg has followed Democratic central casting and undergone a complete reboot, reemerging with a beard, a trucker cap, and a flannel shirt… Democrats don’t believe the internet is forever, and that images and recordings of them making wildly radical statements and sneering at white working-class voters are forgotten because they don’t want to remember them…Talerico, like Obama, masks his radicalism in language that white working-class voters find appealing. Strip away the soothing words and a flaming liberal emerges.
(NEVER forget about the Current Virgina governor,Abigail Spanberger, who ran as a politically moderate centerest, but as soon as she was inaugurated, she ripped the mask off, and exposed her real politics as an extreme far left progressive hard core DemocRAT – jlr)

In todays insanity:
Boston replaced some cops with social workers — one was just attacked by sword-wielding man
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/04/07/boston-replaced-some-cops-with-social-workers-one-was-just-attacked-by-sword-wielding-man-1631252/
The man called 911, claiming that four armed people were trying to harm him. When police officers arrived, they found him behind a locked door and sent a clinician, who spoke with him for nearly 45 minutes while the door remained closed…However, as soon as the man opened the door at first responders’ urging, he brandished a sword, swiftly knocked the mental health worker to the ground, and stabbed one of the officers in the arm.

Nutball GA Democrat Running for Office Outlines How She’ll PUNISH Trump Supporters if She Wins (Watch)
https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/04/07/nutball-ga-democrat-wants-to-punish-maga-no-internet-n2426879
…Democrat candidate for the GA State House Suzanna Karatassos says when Democrats take back control, anyone who voted for Trump will lose internet privileges for 4 years…left-wing lunatic rambling about how she’ll punish anyone who voted for Trump. It’s always interesting to see how the people who claim Trump and his supporters are the violent ones are actually the dangerous nutjobs. And they justify their hate and violence on the lies they tell themselves about how their behavior is righteous because those awful people on the Right deserve to be punished. If you ask them what exactly we’ve all done, they ramble on about racism and xenophobia, but really have no idea why they hate us all so much.
video – 00:00:45 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2041249102168531233

Female No Kings protester wearing phallic costume tossed to the ground by cop — and faces a slew of charges
https://www.theblaze.com/news/no-kings-phallic-costume-arrest
The officer asked her to take off the offensive costume, and she allegedly refused…Gamble’s attorney argued that her right to wear an inflatable phallic costume to protest the president was enshrined in the Constitution…Police said she was initially charged with misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct as well as resisting arrest. They later added a charge of giving officers a false name because she allegedly told police her name was “Aunt Tifa”
embedded video – 00:01:45

FAKE NEWS FRENZY: Deranged Democrats Push “Trump Hospitalized” Hoax As He Leads High-Stakes Rescue Mission
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/fake-news-frenzy-deranged-democrats-push-trump-hospitalized-hoax-as-he-leads-high-stakes-rescue-mission.html
Most of the top-rated “influencers” on the left started pushing out a rumor that Donald Trump was in the hospital on Saturday, as he was in the Situation Room managing the rescue of the downed airman.

Apr 8

FBI Arrests Ex-SOCOM Employee Over Leak to Media 48 Hours After Trump Said Justice Was Coming for Leakers – DEVELOPING
https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-fbi-arrests-ex-socom-employee-leak-media-48-hours-trump-said-justice-coming-leakers-developing/
The announcement came just 48 hours after President Donald Trump promised that identifying a leaker in another recent case involving the Air Force pilot rescue operation in Iran over Easter weekend would be a top priority. Patel posted on social media, “FBI and our partners have arrested a former SOCOM employee, who supported our top-level military warfighters, for allegedly transmitting classified information to a member of the media.”
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(THIS is worth the time to read, THINK about, and fully understand – Islam has been at war with the rest of the world since 622 C.E. – jlr)
Christopher Hitchins Barely Touched Upon Islam’s Predations
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/03/christian_hitchins_barely_touched_upon_islam_s_predations.html
In a viral clip,(video – 00:00:57 – https://twitter.com/i/status/2035374905298980987) Hitchens spoke about the Muslims’ centuries-long slave trade against Europeans and Americans. He understated the severity of the problem. Anyone with a knowledge of history knows that Islam, born in seventh-century Arabia, has always been at war with Western civilization. Indeed, it has been the single most prolific conquering and colonizing force in history, much of it being Christian lands. And all of this has been driven by religious imperatives and duties written into the Koran. That is reality, not “Islamophobia,” a word the left recently invented to protect their radical Islamist allies in the West. The threat of destruction from radical Islamists, as we term them today, has always been real and as imminent as their abilities allowed. Were it not for a few brave Christians who blocked the Muslim invasions, Western civilization would have been overrun and extinguished centuries ago. Their names ring down through history.
⋆ In 732, Charles Martel stopped a Muslim invasion of Western Europe at the Battle of Tours.
⋆ In 1091, Roger I reconquered Sicily after 250 years of Muslim occupation.
⋆ In 1492, Ferdinand and Isabella reconquered Spain and Portugal after 700 years of Muslim occupation.
⋆ In 1571, Don John won the naval Battle of Lepanto, destroying an Ottoman fleet bent on conquering Christian lands.
⋆ In 1683, John Sobieski crushed the Ottoman army before the Gates of Vienna, halting their invasion of southern Europe.
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A weird case shows you don’t know what your attacker will look like. – This is from last December.2025
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/a-weird-case-shows-you-dont-know
It seems her addiction simply made her paranoid and it was last December when the gaskets finally blew. Her encounter with the man was just sheer happenstance and they had nothing in common other than both being armed. He was the better shot.
https://mtsusidelines.com/2026/04/03/new-details-released-on-mtsu-professor-ashleigh-mckinzies-death/

Why you don’t trust what Media says about guns.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/why-you-dont-trust-what-media-says
Accurate but misleading.

Sara Gonzales’ H-1B fraud investigation uncovers the city behind most of the scamming — now CBS is praising it
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/sara-gonzales-unfiltered/sara-gonzales-h-1b-fraud-investigation-uncovers-the-city-behind-most-of-the-scamming-now-cbs-is-praising-it
BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales has continued investigating and exposing H-1B fraud in Texas, she’s found that one city in India is behind most of the scamming: Hyderabad — the H-1B capital of the world…“So many tips that we’re receiving, it’s the same song and dance. These Telugu people have schemed the system so much that they’ve been able to corner the H-1B market here in the United States,”

It’s High Time That America Be Selective About Who Can Become an American Citizen
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/04/it_s_high_time_that_america_be_selective_about_who_can_become_an_american_citizen.html
The Fourteenth Amendment is clearly directed toward ensuring that slaves born in America, whose forebears were of African origin, would be considered American citizens after the Civil War. We know this to be a fact because many American Indians were also born on American soil, though they were not considered American citizens when the Fourteenth Amendment was ratified.

Schrödinger’s Ceasefire
https://www.eugyppius.com/p/schrodingers-ceasefire
Last night did not quite usher in the feared Energy Apocalypse. At the eleventh hour, the United States and Iran agreed to a Pakistan-mediated ceasefire. This ceasefire was said to comprise an immediate two-week pause in hostilities and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz pending peace negotiations between Iran and the United States. Unfortunately it is impossible to write anything about this ceasefire because almost everything one might say about it is disputed and it appears to be crumbling as I type.
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Iran Is Already Blatantly Violating the Ceasefire, Large Missile Barrages Reported
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2026/04/08/new-iran-is-already-blantantly-violating-the-ceasefire-n2201075
…Israel faced multiple missile barrages in the hours following, despite being confirmed as part of the deal. Various Gulf nations also found themselves under attack, with Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain all reporting missile and drone strikes on their territory from Iran…while you could excuse a few stray missiles and drones in the immediate aftermath of the announced ceasefire, at some point, a ceasefire has to actually mean something. I think that point was well before the UAE came under yet another barrage today. Yes, it takes time to get the word out to underlings, but it doesn’t take half a day…The Iranians aren’t going to suddenly become benevolent business partners in the Middle East, and right now, they think they’ve just won a major victory.

“ONE-WAY STREET” ENDS: Marco Rubio MOVES TO AX 80% OF EUROPE BASES
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/one-way-street-ends-marco-rubio-moves-to-ax-80-of-europe-bases.html
…Marco Rubio is weighing a dramatic overhaul of the American military footprint in Europe—reviewing plans to shutter as much as 80% of U.S. bases after key NATO allies, including Spain and France, refused to grant access to bases and airspace during the Iran conflict…The proposal signals a potential strategic pivot away from the long-standing U.S. security umbrella over Europe, igniting debate between critics who warn of abandoning NATO commitments and supporters who argue it’s a long-overdue reckoning with allies seen as unwilling to carry their share of the burden.

ANTI-TERROR LAWS: Florida Passes Law to EXPEL Student Supporters of Terrorist Groups
https://gellerreport.com/2026/04/student-terror-purge.html
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a measure into law Monday that gives him along with other Florida leaders the ability to label groups as domestic or foreign terrorist organizations and expel state university students who support them…Once designated a terrorist organization, a group can be dissolved and it can no longer receive any state funding through school districts or state agencies. Universities also would have to report the status of expelled students attending on visas to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Situational Awareness, part 2 – How do I develop it?
https://thelawdogfiles.substack.com/p/situational-awareness-part-2
First thing out of the gate: situational awareness/baseline is something that every human being already does on a subconscious level. Fortunately this is fairly easy. Unfortunately it is also fairly boring, because it asks you to develop a new habit, and modern life discourages this sort of thing.

(ALWAYS worth the time to read in its entirety – jlr)
Civil War 2.0 Weather Report: The Danger Zone, 2026
https://wilderwealthywise.com/civil-war-2-0-weather-report-the-danger-zone-2026/
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.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Monday an investigation into a Dallas-based group accused of operating as a sharia law court.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/texas-investigating-islamic-tribunal-for-allegedly-operating-sharia-law-court-6008568
ccording to the release, the Islamic Tribunal has “reportedly sought to replace actual courts of law and to evade neutral, generally applicable state and federal laws.” Paxton warned, “Anyone or any entity that seeks to subvert the codified state and federal laws of this country will be stopped dead in their tracks. If the Islamic Tribunal is undermining the rule of law or misleading Texans about the legal authority it claims to hold, my office will ensure its operation is shut down.” “This is America, and we will not be governed by sharia law,” he added.

The Debt Spiral Ends In Dollar Destruction: 6 Hard Truths America Can No Longer Ignore​
https://internationalman.com/articles/the-debt-spiral-that-ends-in-dollar-destruction-6-hard-truths-america-can-no-longer-ignore/
#1: It’s Politically Impossible To Cut Spending – #2: Ever-Increasing Debt Is the Only Way To Finance Deficits – #3: Over Half of US Treasury Debt Matures by 2028 – #4: An Ever-Growing Interest Expense Fuels the Debt Spiral – #5: Surging Interest Expense Forces Fed To Ease Monetary Policy – #6: Ever-Increasing Currency Debasement Is Inevitable
(One of the answers is a ballanced budget aqmendment – forcing the government to spend ONLY what it collected the previous year, without borrowing except in the case of a declared war – jlr)

NYC Mayor Mamdani begs people to stop leaving NYC with what has to be the WORST pitch of all-time
video – 00:00:52 – https://www.facebook.com/reel/1253150413553342

Democrats Can’t Quit Their Favorite Hobby: Primary-Challenged Dem Files 13 Impeachment Articles Against Trump
https://istandforfreedom.com/democrats-13-impeachment-piracy/
“Through his serial usurpation of the congressional war power and commission of murder, war crimes, and piracy, Donald J. Trump has acted contrary to his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of law, liberty, and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States,” the resolution reads in part…I don’t care how many articles of impeachment one congressman files from the back bench. What I care about is what happens when people with actual power get the chance to do the same thing. The midterms aren’t just another election cycle. They’re the firewall. And firewall duty isn’t a spectator sport.

I went to write an article about how guns and voting are similar because they’re both Constitutional rights… then discovered that the Constitution doesn’t actually give or protect a right to vote. Call me flabbergasted.

What the Constitution does say:

Article I, Section 2: Members of the House of Representatives are “chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.”

This ties federal voting qualifications for the House to whatever qualifications a state sets for its own largest legislative body (typically the lower house). States originally set their own rules, often limiting voting to white male property owners (or similar restrictions).

Article I, Section 4 (Elections Clause): “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.”

States primarily control the “times, places, and manner” of congressional elections, but Congress can override or add rules.

Article II, Section 1: States appoint presidential electors “in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct.” Congress sets the uniform day for choosing electors and for them to cast votes. (This allows states flexibility in how they select electors; all now use popular vote, but the Constitution does not require it.)

Other early provisions (e.g., original Senate selection by state legislatures, later changed) and the 12th Amendment (1804) refined the Electoral College process but did not address voter qualifications.

15th Amendment (1870): Prohibits denying or abridging the right to vote “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” (Primarily aimed at protecting Black men after the Civil War.)
19th Amendment (1920): Prohibits denying or abridging the right to vote “on account of sex.” (Women’s suffrage.)
24th Amendment (1964): Prohibits denying or abridging the right to vote in federal elections (President, Vice President, Congress) “by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.” (Banned poll taxes used to suppress voting.)
26th Amendment (1971): Prohibits denying or abridging the right to vote for citizens “who are eighteen years of age or older… on account of age.” (Lowered the voting age from 21 during the Vietnam era.)

14th Amendment, Section 2 (1868): Reduces a state’s representation in Congress if it denies the vote to eligible male citizens (age 21+ at the time) for reasons other than “participation in rebellion, or other crime.” (This was a penalty mechanism, rarely enforced, and used “male” language that was later superseded.)
The Constitution also requires a “Republican Form of Government” for states (Article IV, Section 4), which implies elections, but courts have rarely used this to broadly define voting rights.

Voter qualifications (e.g., citizenship, residency, age minimums, felony disenfranchisement in some cases, registration rules) are still primarily set by states, as long as they do not violate the amendments above or other constitutional protections (like equal protection under the 14th Amendment).

Thank you Grok. Well that was a bit of an education. Every citizen of the United States of America is entitled to the right to keep and bear arms, with only a very few caveats (for instance, you’re in jail, or you’re going into a Federal building where they accept the burden of protecting you, etc.). I realize not everyone upholds it, but that’s what it says. Fair enough.

Apparently, that’s just not true with voting. Color me surprised. If the above is true (and it does appear to be), then California and NYC should legally be able to decide they want to ignore citizenship as a requirement for voting. It certainly seems to imply that there is currently a strong argument for ID-less voting in those states. That was not what I expected to be writing in this missive.

Looking at the above, I have to say that while I disagree with it and think it should be codified to be voting for citizens only, it appears that the Constitution does, at the moment, appear to uphold the states that choose not to check ID. So at this point, I urge you all to go talk to your Senators and Congress critters and demand they offer up an Amendment to the Constitution which allows only for citizen voters. If that is added to the Constitution, all the other stuff goes away.

I have to ask myself, why didn’t our Framers insist on having only citizens vote? Was citizenship so difficult to prove that it was egregious and impossible to enforce? I find myself at a hella loss for words right now. I’ll leave the information with you, and hopefully someone will be able to tell me I just read something wrong. Because … I’m currently confused and upset.

I do lots of things for my community. Some things are for my home community, the tiny town I live in. Some things are for my larger state community. Some things are for my country. But I give back, because so many people have given to me over the years. It’s the right thing to do.

I just posted this to FaceBook:

So I don’t want to get into politics. I’m happy to *talk* politics, OFFLINE, but I’m not interested in online debates. However…

Whatever side of the fence you’re on, if you are lacking ID for voting, whether that means voting today, or voting if the SAVE act is passed, then please attend to that now. I truly believe, if even half of the 8 million reported people who protested last weekend had *bothered* to offer their neighbors a hand, everyone would already have the necessary ID and it would be a moot point.

Since I believe in action over words, I am putting this out here now:

If you don’t have the ID you need, please reach out to me. I’m no guru, but I know how to work through paperwork and red tape, and I will happily help you fill out forms and go to appointments (online or off) to get your necessary ID. If I can’t do it, I will do the work to figure out who CAN do it, and I’ll make sure you get your ID. I am putting my money where my mouth is – PLEASE reach out for help if you can’t get your ID yourself. I’ll walk you through the process!

That stuff is stuff you ought to have no matter what, because if an emergency ever happened (tornado, flood, lava flow, zombies, etc) and you were separated from your family, you might need that ID to be reunited. If you had to leave the country for some reason, ditto. Not to mention, if you drive a car, buy alcohol or cigarettes, vote, or do a number of other things that require ID, you should have it on hand.

Please pass this around, and consider doing this yourself. The more people helping out, the less people who will have a problem come voting time. And again, whatever side of the fence you’re on, I WANT YOU TO VOTE. It’s not a privilege. It’s a duty.

I encourage everyone to do this, on all sides of this political divide. Why? Because as a conservative, it’s quite literally our patriotic duty. I’m sure at least some of the liberal kids out there have no idea how to do all this stuff, because their parents fell down on the job. That’s fine; I can be mom for them, if need be. As someone who leans more liberal than many of you, I believe that if you complain about something, you ought to offer a possible solution or three rather than just whinging. Therefore, if you’re a leftist and bitching that people might be disenfranchised, then you should help out the people you purport to be worried about.

That last one is the important one, by the way. If someone refuses to help people, you can then decry them as the idiot they are. They’re worried about people who might not get to vote, so if they refuse to help those people, then they’re in violation of their own internal rules. I will and do hold people to their own standards.