Cold, wet weather practically demands chili. I love all kinds of chili. This is one I make around this time of year, because I can use fresh pumpkin rather than the canned stuff. It makes a huge difference!

Ingredients:

• 2 cans navy beans* OR 1 bag (soaked overnight)
• vegetable or chicken broth
• butter or margarine
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 can fire roasted stewed tomatoes
• 1 small can tomato sauce
• 1 tiny can chopped green chillies
• 1 “pie” pumpkin (small), roasted and the meat scraped out
• spices: coriander, cumin, garlic flakes, rosemary, chili powder, red pepper flakes, oregano, salt, pepper

If you want to make this vegan and gluten free, dump all of the above into a crockpot, put it on high, and cook for about 6 hours. Check the beans at the 4 hour mark and every hour thereafter. Cook until the beans are soft but not too mushy. Add in extra liquid if necessary. You can add heat to it with a hot sauce, or simply sprinkle with more red pepper flakes at the table.

If you want this to be meaty, I actually recommend ground turkey or chicken rather than beef for this one. You don’t want to overpower the flavor of the pumpkin, which ground beef will do. Instead, brown up your ground turkey or chicken, then add it in with the other ingredients.

When it comes to the *beans, you don’t have to use navy beans. Feel free to use whatever type or combination of types that you like. Because I want the pumpkin to shine through, I went with navy beans. You could use little white beans, kidney beans, black beans… it’s up to you. One bag of dried beans, soaked overnight, is equivalent to 2 of the big cans of beans, rinsed and dumped into the cooker.

Serve your chili with a side of cornbread, and top it with green onions, parsley, sour cream (or a dairy free alternative), and/or cheese. Enjoy!

Yesterday was interesting in terms of our security posture.

On Friday we discussed the probability of bad things happening at the local stores when people’s EBT cards stop working. I consider this a real consern.

Because of our agreed-upon concerns, we agreed to wait until today to do our weekly grocery shopping. Monday being the day when I can actually provide security for my lady while she is shopping.

Sunday morning my wife gets a message from her Aunt stating that my brother-in-law’s EBT would not be affected by the shutdown because “a federal judge has ordered Trump to use emergency funds for SNAP.” My wife heard this as a change in DEFCON. I heard it as BS from her liberal Aunt.

Article III courts have no authority over the Article III Executive’s enumerated powers. That includes how he deals with a budget shortfall.

My security posture is still high. I don’t use DEFCON values for myself or my family. Regardless, I will continue to provide armed security for my lady when she is shopping until the threat level goes down.

Side Note

We watched House of Dynomite yesterday. It is a well-done movie, handling multiple aspects of an incoming ICBM from multiple points of view.

For me, the two things that stuck out for realism are that nobody was stupid and nobody violated security protocols. In terms of security protocols, a common trope in this type of movie is the characters making a call to their loved ones to tell them to evacuate.

The loved one tells a few of their loved ones, and before you know it, there is mass panic, and the mob has closed the city, and egress is impossible.

While people did call their loved ones, they just told their loved ones they were loved with reasonable excuses. No mass panics.

We talk about “them” living in a bubble. And I do mean “us” and I do mean “them”. Both teams make the accusation.

The question then becomes, how much do other viewpoints leak into your bubble?

From where I sit, I am constantly exposed to what the other side seems to be saying. It is on every mainstream media. Often times in lockstep. I do mean lockstep. There are more than a few examples of talking heads saying the same words.

I don’t know how much of the conservative viewpoint actually reaches into the left’s bubble. I assume there is some, but I do not believe it is very much.

As an example, consider this piece of dialog from Last Man Standing

This was done as comedy. It was funny because it reflected a reality. That the left has a view of the right that is a caricature of reality.

When we deal with the caricature of a person, we are not interacting with a person; we are interacting with a clown like version of that person. It is insulting to the person in question, and it leaves you looking foolish.

EBT and SNAP

This is a good example of the strawmen being built.

“The left cares more for illegal aliens than they do about Americans!”

vs.

“The right doesn’t care that people are going to starve without EBT and SNAP!”

These are strawman arguments. Or maybe better, they are such misrepresentations that it is impossible to have an honest discussion.

If you look at me and tell me that I, personally, don’t care that people will starve, I will point you to the donations our family has made. Anticipating SNAP and EBT being cut off, we reached out to people and communities that we know, offering help.

So why would you say I don’t care? Why would you say that my family doesn’t care?

“Well, that’s different.” isn’t really an answer. The left has used a very broad brush to paint people standing over here as evil, uncaring subhumans.

We arn’t.

I believe, no, I know, that the left doesn’t care more for illegal aliens than Americans. What I believe is that they want to help everybody, regardless of the cost. Because they wish to help everybody, they are willing to do things to accomplish those ends.

How do we get here? We get here because it is easier to fight the bogeyman than to fight real evil. It is easier to fight the uncaring conservative that just wants people to starve than it is to talk to them and find out the reasons.

It is easier to write off a progressive as caring more for non-Americans.

Hand up or Hand out?

Much of this revolves around a perception of how help should be handled and what the costs are.

I would hope that both sides can agree that there are people who are cheating or gaming the system. I hope both sides can agree that there are people who need and deserve help. The question then becomes a balancing act. How much fraud are we willing to endure such that every person in need and who is deserving gets help? How many people will struggle to reduce fraud?

There are thousands of people who deserve and need supplemental food assistance. I want us to take care of those people.

What is the best way to do so? That is a discussion that we should have. My conservative beliefs suggest, strongly, that such help should come as close as possible to those in need. Their local community, be that a church or the community center, as local as possible. Then, maybe, we should be looking at town- or city-sized communities. Then state and rarely federal.

This begs the question, who decides?

Dick was my best friend. He is now in the special prison for kiddy diddlers. His wife worked hard; he didn’t work nearly as hard. There were always reasons he wasn’t getting a job. Because he was a thief and unwilling to work, his family lost their home.

We took them in. We found room in our home for them all. We were feeding them and housing them. His wife was buying food for all of us to contribute to the running of the house. He contributed nothing.

One day my wife had had enough and went off on him. Get his lazy ass off the couch and DO something. Get a job or make her life easier. He chose to leave to live with his mother.

His stepdaughters accused him shortly after, he was arrested, he was prosecuted, and he was found guilty.

We knew he wasn’t producing. He didn’t deserve our assistance. His wife was. His wife and stepdaughters lived with us for another year or more before they found their home.

We know our neighbors. Even those that don’t associate. We know them. I’m always unhappy that my grayman fails because people call me by name and greet me when I am out and about. I don’t think I have done anything to be recongized.

I’m sure if we needed help, we would get it from our local community.

Another example of local. A friend of ours lost their house to a house fire. People started showing up that evening to offer them help.

We handed them a chunk of cash with no expectations. Others in the community did the same. They had a place to stay that night. They had food and clothing the next day. Insurance kicked in a few days later. But the community were the first responders. They community took care of their own.

That expresses how I have observed conservatives respond to issues.

I know that progressives also responded to that fire and helped out.

The difference, which I have personally observed, is that progressives check to see if the person has the correct social score before they assist. Conservatives respond first and worry about politics and social scores later.

I know that the person that we helped out has full-on TDS, or did.

Conclusion

Stop looking at the labels. Stop looking at the strawmen. Instead, look at what people are actually doing.

Open your mind and listen; maybe there is a reason for their opinion. Don’t write off a differing opinion as evil, most people are not evil.

My brother-in-law is an addict. Drugs and alcohol. There is nothing he wouldn’t sell to get booze or drugs. For a while his scam was to con his sister into believing he was starving; she would order him a pizza. He would then sell slices at $2 a slice.

She bought the pizza for $25 delivered. He ate one of the pieces, sold the other 7 and got something from it.

He sold canned goods. He sold his mattress. He sold everything he was given, then begged for more. Always preying on his mother’s and sister’s sympathy. For his mom, it was cleanliness. He would con her into paying for laundry and clothes. For his sister, it was food. With his daughters, it was something else.

Of course you can sell your EBT card. My BIL sold his, many times.

We’ve talked elsewhere about making sure you don’t go shopping over the next couple of weeks, because some people have made what we consider to be credible threats. So here’s the thing… if you’re not already stocked up on canned goods at this point, you’re not ready.

Going out today to pick up a few things, that’s fine. I’m picking up “milk, bread, eggs” on Monday, in the morning when I can have Chris ride shotgun (literally). If something violent happens between now and then, I’ll bake bread, buy eggs from the lady up the street, and pull out the milk powder. We have toilet paper, cleaning supplies, food (fresh, frozen, canned, and dehydrated), oil and wood for heating, gas for the stove. I just picked up a zillion candles for free, and we have 2 big jugs of oil for our decorative (and very useful) oil lamps. The world can go to hell; we’ll be fine.

If your cupboard is bare, you’re too late. If you don’t have things squirreled away “just in case,”  you’re too late. I need to hammer that into everyone’s heads. The only excuse for not having a stash, at this point, is if you just started prepping in the past couple of months. Even then, if you’ve been reading my posts, ignorance is not an excuse. You KNOW.

Head on a swivel is not enough. If shit is going down, you’re not going shopping. You’re going to tell your spouse she can’t have the milk and eggs she wants. She’s going to make unhappy noises, and your life is going to be miserable. The fact that it’ll be short lived doesn’t mean a thing when you’re actually living it.

If you want food security, you have to make it. That means long term stuff like planting a garden, knowing how to hunt and trap, understanding how to dress and prepare meat for canning or the freezer. It means having canned goods on hand, stashed in a back corner or under a bed. It means having enough toilet paper or equivalent on hand so that you don’t have to be concerned. If you truly want to be prepared, and today is a good day to be prepared, then starting now is not good enough.

I am hoping that the people calling for riots and stealing are just making noise. I am preparing for them to be telling the absolute truth. If that means I don’t go shopping this week or next, we’ll be fine. Instead of beef tips and chicken breast, we’ll be eating tongue and heart and lots of soup over the next couple of weeks. But we have the food. Do you?

Range Day

Last week I made it to the range in time for the orientation class. The “Range” is large enough to take about 45 minutes to get the orientation tour. It was about 20 minutes of filling out forms. It was another 2.5 hours waiting for people to take the range safety and operating procedure test.

You need to score 90% on the SOP test to get your membership. I was unhappy because I got 2 wrong and scored a 95%. I passed on the first attempt. Nobody else passed on the first attempt. There was a membership person overseeing the test taking and answering questions.

The two questions I got wrong were about the 50/100/200 yard rifle range. The range is split between the 200 and the 50/100 targets. I consider them to be two separate ranges. But, there is only a single firing line. I messed it up because I was thinking of them as separate. 2.5% off.

The other was just as stupid.

I almost walked out. The gentleman taking the SOP when I first got there was not doing well. He was failed and was denied membership.

As I told the orientation officer, if they had passed him, I would have taken my money and walked back out.

How nice is this range? Let’s start with “The Range is closed, but here’s a bay for you to shoot in”. The 600 yard rifle range extends over most of the full range. When the 600 yard range is in use, all the other ranges are closed. But they open up the bay just outside the gate for people to use while waiting for the rest of the range to open.

The 600 yard range is scheduled for Thursdays, 0800-1200.

Next come the two trap ranges. The lower one has all the stuff for shotgun people. The upper range has a pavilion. The clay launcher is fully automated. You yell “pull” and the machine does it. No humans except for loading more clays. $5 for 25 clays.

Next is the 50/100 and 200 yard ranges. Then the rimfire bay, both rifle and pistol, .22 and .17 rimfire.

Next are the pistol bays; the first is for paper targets. Don’t draw from behind the bench; use the open slot or off to the side. Place your targets where you want. Then there is the steel bay. Pistol calibers only, no magnums. So I can’t shoot my .357 Mag rifle or pistol in that bay. .45ACP and 9mm all day long. Finally, is the “carbine bay”. Carbine is defined as “yes”. This is for people that want to do two gun practice.

There are more bays that are only open during competitions.

Finally, there is a 25 yard indoor range. As a member, I can use the indoor range 24 hours a day except when it is reserved for a group.

If things don’t break, I’ll be there today.

Food Budget

We eat well. We eat darn well. With the children gone off to university, we eat even better.

My wife grew up with “Love is food, food is love.” While the children were living at home, she constantly purchased crap food for them. I’d guess that 25 to 35 percent of our food budget went to crap food. Today, we buy almost no crap food. Our budget has gone down slightly.

At the high end, we spend about $8.30 per person per day. When we are running short on cash, I reduce that to $5 per person per day.

Here’s the thing: I’ve been using that $5 per person per day for the last 40 years. It has always included nice food.

There are people who have never used a budget. Much less used a budget for food. My wife was like that. For years every meal required a trip to the grocery store. And every week we tossed the dead food, because she doesn’t like leftovers. I eat them for lunch.

We now use a budgeting grocery shopping list. Everything we want for the week goes on the list. We have a chat channel just for groceries. If you think you are going to need it next week, you say it and it gets added to the list.

We don’t buy it if it isn’t on the list.

If you need help budgeting for food, please reach out to us if you want help. If you are hungry, please reach out to us if you want help.

I have sent care packages to people around the world.

Surprised Shooting

Firearm skills are a perishable skill. I finally had a chance to put rounds on paper out of my .357 wheel gun. It actually shot much better than I thought it would. Well, it always shoots well. I, on the other hand, can easily fail.

I’m looking forward to finding out what some of these WWII rifles I’ve collected can really do at range.

Head, Swivel, Keep

Stay strapped. Stay out of stupid places. Stay away from stupid people. Nothing good happens after midnight; don’t be out and about at stupid times.

The next couple of weeks will be touchy. Be careful.

IPKVM

I’ve used Keyboard, Video, and Mouse devices in data centers in the past. They are great when you have many servers that you need to work with but don’t want to have multiple monitors and I/O devices for.

In one data center, we had a KVM with ports on the front for video out and keyboard connection. The monitor, a big-ass CRT, was on a cart. You rolled the cart to the rack with your server, plugged the CRT into power, and connected things up. You then had console access to 8 or more servers.

The price of a four-port KVM is down around $35. I have them in all the data closets. This made life much easier.

What I really wanted, though, was a KVM over IP. With this type of gizmo, you can access the console of a remote server over the network.

The cost of a four-port KVM starts at around $400. An 8-port runs around $650. For that, I’d build out another server.

Enter the iGL.net Comet and, shortly, their upgraded version. Plug a USB C into the side for power. Connect HDMI and USB to the computer. Plug in the Ethernet.

A few minutes later you have web access to the console of that computer. $89 for the gizmo. I have them plugged into the regular KVM.

Now I can select the computer I want on the KVM, go back to my desk, and do all the console work I need to do remotely.

The only issue I have is that if I have it in full screen mode and do any editing, the first time I press ESC, it reduces the size of the window.

vim uses the ESC key to leave insert mode. emacs uses the ESC key as a lead character for META control sequences.

If you have a need for remote access to a console, give it a try.

Oh, I had a friend who required support. I had him pick up one of these IPKVMs. I was able to reboot his computer remotely, configure BIOS, and bring his Linux back to life from 1500 miles away.

The hardest part was getting him to use the correct USB cables. I was attempting to use the power only cable(s) instead of power + data cables.

Question of the Week

What was your favorite range and why?

A Right leaning friend of mine posted the above, and it made me think. This was my reply to him:

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The Democrats have decided to shut down the government. Federal payrolls are only partially funded during the shutdown.

Amazingly enough, our Constitution says the federal government will maintain a standing army. Yet the shutdown affects their pay.

Senators that are bouncing around telling us how horrible the Republicans are are still taking a paycheck.

I’m unsure of how federal law enforcement is funded, but I keep reading about good enforcement actions.

SNAP, and it was gone

What isn’t funded is SNAP. All SNAP payments stop at the end of this month.

You are going to have many people who are suddenly unable to just buy food. Many of them haven’t prepared for this. Many of them have children.

Worse, many of these people feel entitled to take what is not theirs.

Over the next few weeks, I expect to see a massive increase in crime around the country as these people decide it is easier to steal what they want than to get a job and pay for what they need.

Chris wants me to write about something else, but I just don’t have the words for it right now. I’ll get there… eventually. For the moment, SNAP and other food benefits seem to be the topic of the week, so I’m going to go with that.

So there are a lot of people doing a lot of things right now. There’s “rage bait” folks out filling carts with junk and claiming it’s with EBT. There are assholes who are scamming the system by making fraudulent claims. And then there’s honest, hard working people (and/or those who are disabled or otherwise unable to work) legitimately trying to make ends meet getting caught in the SNAP shut down, who are actually going to suffer. This last category is the only one that I actually care about.

Different states have different rules for SNAP. To my knowledge, all states have work requirements for eligibility. There are also new rules for ABAWD, or Able Bodied Adults Without Dependents, who are those between 18 and 54 who otherwise have no reason not to work. The ABAWD requirements do not apply to those who are not able bodied, or those who have children under 14. For the most part, I don’t have any issues with those rules, as written, with the sole exception of pregnant women. Pregnant women are considered “disabled” for ABAWD and work requirements for SNAP. This means that a woman who keeps herself continually pregnant is fully exempt from having to work in any way. Before anyone gets on my case, WIC takes care of pregnant and breastfeeding women, so they do not need a special exemption for this. IMO, of course.

The name SNAP means “Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.” The program, at its beginning, was meant to provide supplemental food for those who were working but not able to make ends meet. I know I’ve been there (though I’ve never been on SNAP). The important words here are “supplemental” (meaning “…provided in addition to what is already present or available to complete or enhance it.” – Oxford English Dictionary) and “assistance” (meaning, “…the provision of money, resources, or information to help someone.” – ibid). As most of us know, SNAP and the other helper programs were meant to be a hand up, not a hand out. They weren’t meant to be lived on, but instead were meant to help you get on your feet after something bad happened (death of a spouse or supporting guardian, loss of job/career, military families, etc.). That’s not what is happening now.

There are families who have been on SNAP and other benefit programs for generations. The reasons start out honest enough, with people being in low paying jobs and being unable to move or find better work, and going on from there. These generational problems are systemic. The current means of helping people doesn’t actually help them. It traps them.

At one point, I was a single mother. I left an abusive wusband, stayed in a women’s shelter until I could get to court, and eventually was given low income housing in a gated community and welfare to pay my bills. I had gone from being the breadwinner, when my wusband was staying at home with the kid, to being stuck at home for an undefined amount of time. I tried several times to get work. I WANTED to get work. I despised being on the dole. The problem was, the cheapest childcare I could get cost more than I would earn (as in, in its entirety… childcare was very expensive where I was living). I couldn’t get help paying for childcare, because a) if I could work, I obviously didn’t need help anymore and b) if I was at work, my wusband could take the kid. The fact that abuse was part of the pattern and an ongoing issue between us didn’t seem to matter. This is a social “help” trap. There’s no way to escape it without outside help, help which my father thankfully provided, at great cost I might add.

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(Apologies from Allyson, who hasn’t had time to post things as often as she should.)

October 24, 2025:

Whitexicans serve up satire with a side of salsa – progressives want it shut down
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/22/whitexicans-serves-up-satire-with-a-side-of-salsa-progressives-want-it-shut-down-1594512/

First Video Ever Inside Antifa Safehouse Located Just 1 Block from ICE Facility – When They Saw Camera, Intimidation Tactics Began Instantly
https://www.westernjournal.com/first-video-ever-inside-antifa-safehouse-located-just-1-block-ice-facility-saw-camera-intimidation-tactics-began-instantly/

‘No Kings’ Oligarchy Fighter Bernie Sanders Explains Why He Needs 3 Homes
https://twitchy.com/dougp/2025/10/22/oligarchy-fighter-bernie-sanders-explains-why-he-needs-3-homes-n2420688

‘WE F**KING DID IT’: Man wins ‘all-female’ video game tournament backed by US milk companies
https://www.theblaze.com/return/man-wins-all-female-fornite
“It’s a space designed for women to compete at the highest level, for serious money,” the company says. However, it took just one year since the tournament’s inception for it to become dominated by a male.

Robert De Niro melts down on MSNBC and attacks rural Americans
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/pat-gray-unleashed/robert-de-niro-melts-down-on-msnbc-and-attacks-rural-americans
The actor’s Trump derangement syndrome appears to have taken over his mind as he babbled live on air, openly insulting those who disagree with him.

Suppressors are protected under the 2A – (This is a donation request ad, doesn’t mean it is not the truth – jlr)
https://secure.gunowners.org/direct-suppressor-twitter-action
Pam Bondi’s Department of Justice is fighting to keep outdated gun bans like the NFA. They admit suppressors are protected by the Second Amendment, but they still want to restrict your right to own them. Suppressors are used by millions of law-abiding Americans. The ATF’s own data proves they’re safe and common, but anti-gun bureaucrats want to ban them anyway. This isn’t safety. This is gun control, plain and simple.
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IF you are interested
Hopi Prophecy for 29 October 2025 Will Shock the World — The 3I/Atlas Warning Has Begun​
video – 00:25″33 – https://youtu.be/Uv-_vxrUoYA

Why Will Astronomers Be Conducting A “Special Training Exercise” That Is Exclusively Focused On Comet 3I/ATLAS From November 27th, 2025 To January 27th, 2026?
https://michaeltsnyder.substack.com/p/why-will-astronomers-be-conducting
(Michael Snyder is a bit of an alarmist, and is trying to sell his books, so read “cun grano salis” – YMMV – jlr)
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Antifa Does Not Exist. Antifa is not and organization.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/antifa-does-not-exist-antifa-is-not

The “Trump Government Shutdown” is costing imaginary millions.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/the-trump-government-shutdown-is

Stopping the leaks…
https://oldnfo.substack.com/p/stopping-the-leaks
Hegseth changes policy on how Pentagon officials speak with Congress
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/10/22/hegseth-changes-policy-on-how-pentagon-officials-speak-with-congress/

One queue is not like the other
https://www.collapselife.com/p/when-the-same-metal-tells-a-different
Queues beget clues. But please, don’t mistake this story as a redux of Tuesday’s. There’s something far more important going on in the line-ups beyond Manhattan.
Tuesday: The quiet panic on West 47th Street
https://www.collapselife.com/p/cashing-in-on-gold

Flyers at Michigan Protest Threaten “Unparalleled Disorder” if Demands to Abolish Supreme Court and ICE Are Ignored
https://www.americanewsnation.com/2025/10/22/flyers-at-michigan-protest-threaten-unparalleled-disorder-if-demands-to-abolish-supreme-court-and-ice-are-ignored/ ( I suppose that the Left will have “mostly peaceful” “Unparalleled Disorder” – jlr)
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What Are The Chances Of A Food Stamp Collapse In November?
https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/what-are-chances-food-stamp-collapse-november
video – 00:02:14 – https://youtu.be/znUydRH0CUM

EBT Serfs Threaten Violent Mass-Shoplifting Spree if Food Stamps Cut
https://armageddonprose.substack.com/p/ebt-serfs-threaten-violent-mass-shoplifting
(I guess that they mean “mostly peaceful””Violent Mass-Shoplifting” if Food Stamps Cut – jlr)
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Muslim Migrant Declares ‘I’m Here to Rule You. This Is My Land, It Belongs To Allah.’
https://gellerreport.com/2025/10/muslim-migrant-declares-im-here-to-rule-you-this-is-my-land-it-belongs-to-allah.html/?lctg=92233992
When people show you who they are, believe them.
Imagine how embarrassed authorities will feel when they discover that this fellow wasn’t some lone nut, but was expressing views that are widespread among Muslims. (Sadley, the “FORMERLY Great” Britain has already effectively surrendered to Islam – jlr)
video – 00:02:10 – https://twitter.com/i/status/1975122191080620498
related
Jihadi Zohran Mamdani Claims It’s An “Illusion” that Muslims Can Become New Yorkers and Assimilate
https://gellerreport.com/2025/10/jihadi-zohran-mamdani-claims-its-an-illusion-that-muslims-can-become-new-yorkers-and-assimilate.html/?lctg=92233992
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The US Is Broke, and No One in the US Seems to Care – but the World Does
https://redstate.com/redstate-guest-editorial/2025/10/23/the-us-is-broke-no-one-in-the-us-seems-to-care-but-the-world-does-n2195337

Indivisible: The Next Step is to Normalize Direct Action
https://grayzoneresearch.substack.com/p/indivisible-the-next-step-is-to-normalize

October 27, 2025

USDA says food aid benefits won’t be issued next month due to ongoing government shutdown
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/usda-says-food-benefits-wont-be-issued-next-month-due-ongoing
( DO NOT TAKE THIS AS AN OFFICIAL NOTICE
While this is a good news site, it IS NOT https://www.usda.gov/ – jlr)

From Lifeline to Hammock: How Food Stamps Became a Way of Life
https://pjmedia.com/jamie-wilson/2025/10/26/from-lifeline-to-hammock-how-food-stamps-became-a-way-of-life-n4945282

States warn SNAP benefits may stop in November if government shutdown continues
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-snap-benefits-delayed-usda/

Notes from the edge of civilization: October 26, 2025 – Rome. Rome. And more Rome.
https://www.collapselife.com/p/notes-from-the-edge-of-civilization-48f
Three signs we’re living through the fall of empire: art heists, housekeepers, and — Oh SNAP! — hunger.
( … Don’t kid yourself: SNAP is the modern-day annona, digital grain credits uploaded to a plastic card. Rome’s grain dole ran on ships and coinage; ours runs on databases and debt. Both systems were built to preserve calm through consumption. When they break, hunger sets in along with panic, anger, and the realization that the empire never had a backup plan. Or cared, really. – jlr)
( Panem et Circenses, aka Bread and Circuses – translation: welfare (of all kinds) and entertainment (sports, political schanagans, the internet) – jlr)
video – 00:03:50 – https://youtu.be/fD1OQtXYEFE

Grrr…
https://oldnfo.substack.com/p/grrr-4d5
… So we ‘may’ get an answer as to how long it will take for the major cities to start rioting over food…

November 1st Deadline: When 42 Million Americans Suddenly Have Their Food Stamp Benefits Shut Off, What Do You Think Is Going To Happen?
https://michaeltsnyder.substack.com/p/november-1st-deadline-when-42-million

Federal Workers needing food banks after missing one paycheck?
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/federal-workers-needing-food-banks

EBT Apocalypse: When the Purple Drink Runs Dry and the Cities Go Full Mad Max

https://wilderwealthywise.com/ebt-apocalypse-when-the-purple-drink-runs-dry-and-the-cities-go-full-mad-max/
We are at a period of significant SNAP (Social Norms Are Precarious) risk because of the EBT (Entitlement Brawl Trigger).
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Coast Guard Opens Fire as U-Haul Truck Drives Straight at Base Gate During Protest
https://www.westernjournal.com/wild-footage-coast-guard-opens-fire-u-haul-truck-drives-straight-base-gate-protest/
video 0 00:00:42 – https://youtu.be/weYGEwkHDoA?t=2
(This was a TEST. This was only a TEST. To see if the military would actually fire on US citizens illegally and violently trying to enter a base – jlr)
(Sooner or later, government LEO agents, and the military, are going to get the “weapons free under the following circumstances . . .” order – jlr)

Argentine Beef Import Stuns U.S. Farmers
https://unitedcause.com/argentine-beef-import-stuns-u-s-farmers/
Trump’s Proposal Sparks Outrage

“Like Giving A Map To A Hitman”: Democrats To Launch ICE Tracker
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/giving-map-hitman-democrats-launch-ice-tracker
In a move clearly designed to help illegal aliens avoid the authorities, the Democratic Party has proposed adding an ICE tracker to its website to allow anyone to track the movements of agents.

Steve Scalise was shot by a radical leftist — now he reacts to Jay Jones’ murderous fantasies
https://www.theblaze.com/news/exclusive-steve-scalise-was-shot-by-a-radical-leftist-now-he-reacts-to-jay-jones-murderous-fantasies
…They just think if they tag you a Nazi, then that makes it okay to kill you,” Scalise added. “That is telling certain people — it’s like a dog whistle to say, ‘Go kill that person.’ And it’s just what they say about their political opponents. It’s insanity.”

Two Federal Judges Admit Staffers’ Use of AI Led to Errors in Court Rulings
https://www.westernjournal.com/two-federal-judges-admit-staffers-use-ai-led-errors-court-rulings/
Two U.S. District Court judges — U.S. Southern District of Mississippi Judge Henry Wingate and U.S. District of New Jersey Judge Julien Neals — issued court orders drafted by staff that “misquoted state law, referenced individuals who didn’t appear in the case and attributed fake quotes to defendants, among other significant inaccuracies, according to a release on Grassley’s website.(https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/grassley-releases-judges-responses-owning-up-to-ai-use-calls-for-continued-oversight-and-regulation)

Journalists Uncover Antifa ‘Hit List’ on the Streets on Portland
https://www.westernjournal.com/journalists-uncover-antifa-hit-list-streets-portland/

DOJ gives stark warning after California Democrats threaten to have federal agents arrested
https://www.theblaze.com/news/doj-gives-stark-warning-after-california-democrats-threaten-to-have-federal-agents-arrested

That’s what I get for thinking – This should put me on some hate lists.
https://thelawdogfiles.substack.com/p/thats-what-i-get-for-thinking

Cities continue to expand, impose public camping bans over concerns of homelessness, deadly fires
https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/tacoma-expands-public-camping-ban-amid-homelessness-concerns

House Democrat Party Leader Hakeem Jeffries Endorses Jew-Hating Communist Mamdani for NYC Mayor
https://gellerreport.com/2025/10/house-democrat-party-leader-hakeem-jeffries-endorses-jew-hating-communist-mamdani-for-nyc-mayor.html/

Trump Wants New “Golden Fleet” Of Future Battleships For Hemispheric Defense
https://www.zerohedge.com/military/trump-wants-new-golden-fleet-future-battleships-western-hemisphere-defense
At the center of the Golden Fleet are plans for a 15,000 to 20,000-ton “future battleship” equipped with long-range, hypersonic missiles, described as the modern equivalent of the World War II battleship. Instead of cannons, these next-gen warships will be optimized for missile warfare.

Wind Power: Not the Utopia We Were Sold On
https://pjmedia.com/eric-florack/2025/10/25/wind-power-not-the-utopia-we-were-sold-on-n4945240
Wind Power: Not the Utopia We Were Sold On, Part Two
https://pjmedia.com/eric-florack/2025/10/25/wind-power-not-the-utopia-we-were-sold-on-part-two-n4945250

Guess Who Donated to the White House Ballroom Project? The Left Is Gonna Flip!
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/10/25/guess-who-donated-to-the-white-house-ballroom-project-the-left-is-gonna-flip-n4945248

They’re Coming For Your Wood-Burning Stove… Again
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/theyre-coming-your-wood-burning-stove-again
The Smart Air Monitor is the thing to watch here, I suspect. Full-on banning wood burners is a difficult sell – especially in the US – so the “compromise” measure may be mandated air quality meters to replace the smart meters in electrically heated homes.
(Leftist/Liberal countries have gone berserk – jlr)

“We’re Living Through A Coordinated Sabotage Of Truth-Seeking Institutions”
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/were-living-through-coordinated-sabotage-truth-seeking-institutions
video – 00:01:46 – https://twitter.com/i/status/1981410748275339312

Washington Student Group Holds Lecture on October 7 Massacre ‘VIctory’
https://gellerreport.com/2025/10/washington-student-group-holds-lecture-on-october-7-massacre-victory.html/?lctg=92233992
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The TDS Zone
BATSH*T  INSANE: Kansas Legislator Thinks the Trump Team Is Plotting an Escape to Argentina
https://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2025/10/24/bats-insane-kansas-legislator-thinks-the-trump-team-is-plotting-an-escape-to-argentina-n2420825
There is crazy, and then there is batsh*t, bars-in-the-window, over-the-rainbow, straitjacket-and-padded-room crazy.

THE ASSASSINS NETWORK: MSNBC Claims Trump is Plotting to “Kill Anyone He Wants” Using The Military
https://gellerreport.com/2025/10/the-assassins-network-msnbc-claims-trump-is-plotting-to-kill-anyone-he-wants-using-the-military.html/

George Conway frets over White House being leveled and replaced with Trump Tower
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/25/george-conway-frets-over-white-house-being-leveled-and-replaced-with-trump-tower-1595454/

Swalwell Demands 2028 Democratic Candidates Pledge to Demolish Trump’s Privately-Funded White House Ballroom
https://istandforfreedom.com/swalwell-2028-dem-candidates-ballroom/
Rep. Eric Swalwell has other plans. The California Democrat took to X with a demand so bizarre it reads like satire:
“Don’t even think of seeking the Democratic nomination for president unless you pledge to take a wrecking ball to the Trump Ballroom on DAY ONE.”
Swalwell is making the physical demolition of a privately-funded improvement to the White House a litmus test for the next Democratic presidential nominee.
https://x.com/RepSwalwell – Rep. Eric Swalwell – @RepSwalwell – Don’t even think of seeking the Democratic nomination for president unless you pledge to take a wrecking ball to the Trump Ballroom on DAY ONE.
vide0 0 00:03:22 – https://youtu.be/vvfaOryzs1U

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“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.” – Alexander Fraser Tytler 1800s

That is a set of hypocritical cojones you have there.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/that-is-a-set-of-hypocritical-cojones

(Filed under FA to FO – jlr)
Mouth issuing body bank notes on a negative balance.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/mouth-issuing-body-bank-notes-on

Democrat Wet Dreams of U.S. “Cultural Revolution”.
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/democrat-wet-dreams-of-us-cultural
Dear Old James Carville speaks:
video – 00:21:13 – https://youtu.be/-5RYE4Mzp6M?t=686

A little humor…To start your week…
https://oldnfo.substack.com/p/a-little-humor-319

October 29, 2025:

How to fix the budget cycle – a quick Monday missive
https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/how-to-fix-the-budget-cycle
…Congress has not managed to pass a budget in 28 years. the last time was 1997.
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(This is worth the time to read, but remember he is a bit of a dark and dismal doom-sayer, and is trying to sell books.
The information is usually spot on tho – jlr)
“The Well Has Run Dry”: Are The People That Are Having Epic EBT Meltdowns Serious About What They Plan To Do Next?
https://michaeltsnyder.substack.com/p/the-well-has-run-dry-are-the-people
People all over social media are publicly threatening to steal food once their EBT benefits run out. Some of them are taking it one step further by threatening to get violent with anyone that tries to prevent them from stealing food.
video – 00:20:02 – https://youtu.be/wMtov4MI2hw

Food Lines Are Already Growing Longer All Over America
https://michaeltsnyder.substack.com/p/food-lines-are-already-growing-longer

Massive November Robbery Wave Promised as USDA Confirms No Food Stamps Next Month – Recipients Threaten Revolt: Graphic Videos
https://www.westernjournal.com/alert-massive-november-robbery-wave-promised-usda-confirms-no-food-stamps-next-month-recipients-threaten-revolt-graphic-videos/
video – 00:01:00 – https://twitter.com/i/status/1980805525404082450
video – 00:00:51 – https://twitter.com/i/status/1982167079798378966 – we’re gonna walk out of Walmart with our buggies
video – 00:00:35 – https://twitter.com/i/status/1981141543101878517 – Why haven’t I seen a single one saying they’re going to go out and get a job 
video – 00:01:18 – https://twitter.com/i/status/1981711194869129632 – she outright says she’s planning on visiting your home to eat your food
video – 00:01:12 – https://twitter.com/i/status/1982122481088668089 – “White people owe us food stamps”

FOOD STAMPS OVER, Ending Nov 1, Food RIOTS May Spark Trump INSURRECTION ACT
video 02:04:00 – https://youtu.be/r8ST1RLiD4I
read the comments on YouTube under the video
It’s the inner city that we have to watch out for the most. When they can’t trade EBT for drugs, it’s gonna get crazy.
“Avoid crowds – Get Out of the Cities. – NOW.  A year too soon is better than a day too late” – John Wilder

Dozens of States Sue Trump Administration Over Planned Food Stamp Cuts
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/us/politics/trump-food-stamps-snap-lawsuit.html
The states petitioned a federal court days after the Agriculture Dept. said it would not take emergency steps to provide aid during the government shutdown.

Retail giants offer special perks to struggling SNAP recipients, while non-welfare families get none
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/29/retail-giants-offer-special-perks-to-struggling-snap-recipients-while-non-welfare-families-get-none-1596269/
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US Domestic Terrorists Have Been Trained Overseas
https://www.ldsavow.com/forum/threads/us-domestic-terrorists-have-been-trained-overseas.314091/
THESE ACTIVIST GROUPS ARE NOT REGISTERED FOREIGN AGENTS. PURSUING THE EVIDENCE THAT THEY’VE RECEIVED FOREIGN AID IS A WAY TO PULL THE PLUG ON THEIR “PROTESTS”

Pentagon directs managers to fire low performing civilian workers with speed and conviction
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/29/pentagon-directs-managers-to-fire-low-performing-civilian-workers-with-speed-and-conviction-1596245/

Democratic Rep. Melanie Stansbury claims Trump starving Americans while her party blocks reopening the government
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/29/democratic-rep-melanie-stansbury-claims-trump-starving-americans-while-her-party-blocks-reopening-the-government-1596172/
embedded video – 00:01:06

DOJ pardon attorney doubts validity of Biden autopen pardons as nullification campaign picks up steam
https://www.theblaze.com/news/nullification-campaign-picks-up-steam-as-doj-pardon-attorney-rejects-validity-of-biden-era-pardons
US pardon attorney Ed Martin suggests there would be ‘serious difficulties’ in defending the Biden-era pardons and commutations.

‘Anti Greta’ activist seeks asylum in US over dangers in Europe, Elon Musk backs her claims
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/10/29/anti-greta-activist-seeks-asylum-in-us-over-dangers-in-europe-elon-musk-backs-her-claims-1596258/

RECORD Turnout First day of Early Voting in NYC Mayoral Race
https://gellerreport.com/2025/10/record-turnout-first-day-of-early-voting-in-nyc-mayoral-race.html/?lctg=92233992
This is important. New York City elections are renowned for notoriously low turnout.
(Q: How many NON-citizens will be voting in this US election? = A: as many as it takes for Mamdani to win – jlr)

19-year-old fatally attacked 52-year-old worker at Chick-fil-A with knife and hammer
https://www.theblaze.com/news/chickfila-worker-hammer-knife-killed
(Where are the leftist wackos screaming and crying for hammer and knife control? – I’ll wait – jlr)

House Oversight Committee deems some of Biden’s autopen orders ‘invalid,’ asks DOJ to investigate
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/emb-5am-oversight-committee-deems-some-bidens-order-invalid-asks-doj-review
The findings come after a monthslong probe into the Biden administration’s use of an autopen for executive decisions and pardons.

Dems’ Most Obnoxious Star Tried to Become Marijuana Queenpin, Tycoon – Crockett Financials Bringing Disastrous Attention
https://www.westernjournal.com/revealed-dems-obnoxious-star-tried-become-marijuana-queenpin-tycoon-crockett-financials-bringing-disastrous-attention/

President Trump, You Have a Very Limited Time To Put Down Insurrections With Deadly Force Before It Is a Civil War!
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/10/andrew-wallace/president-trump-you-have-a-very-limited-time-to-put-down-insurrections-with-deadly-force-before-it-is-a-civil-war/

Federal judge indefinitely blocks Trump admin from laying off federal workers during shutdown
U.S. District Judge Susan Illston ruled earlier this month that the firings had a “human cost that could not be tolerated.” The judge also said that she believes the administration’s efforts to fire the employees will be deemed illegal and an overstep of executive authority. Illston claimed in a hearing that the firings, which were expected to impact approximately 4,000 employees, were “political retribution.”

More than 160 Republicans potentially investigated in FBI’s Arctic Frost probe, House panel says
https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/160-republicans-potentially-investigated-fbis-arctic-frost-inquiry-house-gop
The size and scope of the Biden-era Arctic Frost investigation continues to be revealed to be larger than known, as more internal DOJ & FBI records are released.

Trump Getting Ready to End Violent US Revolution
https://usawatchdog.com/trump-getting-ready-to-end-violent-us-revolution-larry-klayman/

(it’s Alex Jones soooo cum grano salis – jlr)
The Democrat Party Is Officially Bragging That They Are Going To Use The EBT / SNAP Benefit Shut Down To Trigger Mass Looting & Civil Unrest In The Hope Of Igniting A Civil War!
https://www.infowars.com/posts/red-alert-the-democrat-party-is-officially-bragging-that-they-are-going-to-use-the-ebt-snap-benefit-shut-down-to-trigger-mass-looting-civil-unrest-in-the-hope-of-igniting-a-civil-war

Shock New Report Lays Out The Full Scale Of Environmental Damage Caused by Onshore Wind Turbines
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/shock-new-report-lays-out-full-scale-environmental-damage-caused-onshore-wind-turbines

“Need To Be Lean”: Amazon Cuts 14,000 Corporate Jobs In Major AI-Era Restructuring
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/amazon-plans-axe-30000-corporate-jobs-cuts-begin-tuesday

Again, you don’t break perimeter…But….
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/again-you-dont-break-perimeter

S. Korea President’s Gift for Trump Is a LOCK to Trigger ‘No Kings’ Lefties
https://twitchy.com/dougp/2025/10/29/s-korea-presidents-gift-for-trump-is-a-lock-to-trigger-no-kings-lefties-n2420990