Sunday Overnight Open Thread - October 19, 2025 [Doof]

The Sunday ONT is here. And so are you. As are the gray boxes. Content is MoMe focused, but this is an open thread, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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Gun Thread: Post-TXMoMe X Edition!

Howdy, Y'all! Welcome to the wondrously fabulous Gun Thread! As always, I want to thank all of our regulars for being here week in and week out, and also offer a bigly Gun Thread welcome to any newcomers who may be joining us tonight. Howdy and thank you for stopping by! I hope you find our wacky conversation on the subject of guns 'n shooting both enjoyable and informative. You are always welcome to lurk in the shadows of shame, but I'd like to invite you to jump into the conversation, say howdy, and tell us what kind of shooting you like to do!

Holy Shitballs! How in the ever-loving Hell did it get to be the Post-Texas MoMe Edition? Please use this thread to discuss your TXMoMe X experience!

With that, step into the dojo and let's get to the gun stuff below, shall we?

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Food Thread: Ovens...A Poor Man's Grill?

Yes, yes, I know. Grilling and barbecuing is always preferable to cooking in the oven. Except that isn't really the case, especially when it is spitting rain and windy and altogether unpleasant.

Can I grill or smoke or barbecue in the rain? Yes.

Do I enjoy it? No.

And when there are excellent recipes for such standards as pulled pork or barbecued chicken that work quite well in the oven...why not give them a try?

Last night I made chicken thighs. Yup! Plain old chicken thighs, and not from the fancy end of the display case. No, these were the commodity thighs that were minimally trimmed. And that's how I like them, because I get a bounty of several ounces of chicken fat and skin that is just perfect for a small portion of chicken cracklins, or in Chez Dildo...Gribenes.

To be fair to my very good local supermarket, their commodity chicken is miles better than the big chains' versions. But still, fancy it ain't!

I salted the thighs a couple of hours before cooking them, then dusted them with my own dry rub (sound familiar? I wrote about the grill version a couple of weeks ago) and put them on a rack in a baking sheet, then into a 300 degree oven for about an hour. Sort of a reverse sear! Then out, painted with my own barbecue sauce (thank you again, Bluebell), and into a 425 degree oven for 10 minutes or so, just until they got nice and brown.

The advantage of the outdoor grill and smoker is obvious...all of that delicious smoke and byproducts of fat combustion that flavors the meat. But the oven version is solid, with the advantage of being able to control the temperature very easily. From summer to winter I'll bet my grill high-end temperature varies by 100 degrees!

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First-World Problems...

Hex, Torx, Slotted, Phillips, Square, and there are others! I think I have a Tri-Wing driver from about 10 years ago when I was pretending to repair a laptop.

The number of different fasteners is bad enough, but keeping the various wrenches and drivers in some sort of order is impossible.

Gun and gun accessories might be the worst offenders. I think every scope I have uses different size Hex or Torx bolts! And the makers helpfully provide a wrench! But...throw it out, knowing that I probably have seven just like it?

No! That is wasteful. I'll put them in one of the 83 small containers I save for just this eventuality!

Now I need a label maker...

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Can Religious Morality Be Coherent Without Belief?

Charles Murray of "The Bell Curve and "Losing Ground" fame, has written a book called Taking Religion Seriously.

That, in and of itself is a good thing, as the examples of the failures of societies that move away from religion are piling up. You know...the West! But his take seems to suggest an intellectual approach to religion, rather than the more common belief-based one. And that is immensely appealing to me, because regardless of the significant scholarship of Judaism, the intellectual analysis of Christianity is many times larger and more comprehensive.

Taking Religion Seriously is Murray's autobiographical account of the decades-long evolution in his stance toward the idea of God in general and Christianity in particular. He argues that religion is something that can be approached as an intellectual exercise. His account moves from the improbable physics of the Big Bang to recent discoveries about the nature of consciousness, from evolutionary psychology to hypotheses about a universal Moral Law. His exploration of Christianity delves into the authorship of the Gospels, the reliability of biblical texts, and the scholarship surrounding the resurrection story.

No matter one's religion...no matter one's belief or lack thereof, the intellectual and moral structure of Christianity has had a profound effect on the world. We live in a country founded by deeply devout men who also appreciated their religion for its ethical constructs. We are the product of Western culture that is based heavily on the teachings of the Bible (yes, both the Jewish and the Christian bibles) and the extrapolation of its teachings to an entire world.

And that is separate from the also vitally important belief in God, and his influence on us. What makes Murray's take so important is that in our current post-religious world, it is possible to construct a coherent moral framework from the teachings of Christianity. Is it ideal? No...absolutely not. Eventually it will fail in the absence of God, but perhaps as a bridge to a world in which there is a renewed sense of faith and religiosity (and there are signs that it is coming) it is a worthwhile endeavor.

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Reading Thread 10/19/2025

Howdy Readers! Welcome to the Reading Thread, your Sunday morning source for the insightful, lively and spirited discussion of books 'n stuff. I'm filling in for a while as this space re-invents itself under new management so please set your near-term expectations accordingly low.

What do we have this week? Why, it's none other than Pride and Prejudice, written by Jane Austen and published in 1813. As I mentioned in the other editions of the Reading Thread you may not always get such fabulous selections as this.

Anyhoo, feel free to discuss reading and books in general and share your thoughts on this week's selection if you're so inclined.

I know you're just as excited as I am, so just jump below the fold to get started!

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Daily Tech News 19 October 2025

Top Story

• Solar car maker Aptera is about to go public and I'm worried. (Elektrek)
  
  Also, prescient. This article was posted ten days ago.
  
  Aptera listed on NASDAQ last week with a share price around $20.
  
  Three days later it's trading below $6.
  
  Aptera has spent 19 years and an untold amount of money - something like $150 million - trying to build what has been unkindly but accurately described as an electric tricycle, and all it has to show for its efforts is a handful of shiny prototypes.
  
  Though given how similar the protypes have all appeared over the years it's not unimaginable that they just painted a solar cell pattern over the original diesel/electric model and called it a day.
  
  Production was originally scheduled to start in 2008.

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Saturday Night "Club ONT" October 18, 2025 [The 3 Ds]

Ladies and gentlemen, Ette's and Rons, welcome to Club ONT! A collaboration the 3D's - The Disco, The Dino, and The Doggo. Coming to you live from the one, the only Texas MoMe X. Live might be generous. Some pre-blogged content. Ok, most of it. Let's see what's on the docket this evening.

The 3D's are in Corsicana this evening. JQ has the door, bar, snacks, and jukebox tonight - for one night only... No tokens required for the restrooms.

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Coincidence that one would go to great lengths to make the journey to Corsicana?

My 3x grandfather, after serving in The War of Northern aggression, walked (no horse) from Eastern Tennessee to Corsicana, Texas. I think about that a lot. He must have known someone there. This picture was shared by a relative in California. pic.twitter.com/iX09Y74a0s

— Clint (@TexianKlan) August 28, 2025

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The Music Thread

[Mystery Click dedication to our resident SQ Fan]

Good evening, Charles is on vacation. So, you get what you pay for. Yours truly.

Once upon a time in a different world that stereo looked vaguely familiar. The Fabulous and I downsized earlier in the 2000s. We now have something much more compact, Bose Wave Sound. But, all good things must come to an end and so is that particular model.

Ours is still working and it works wonderfully with our turntable. So our stereo and turntable sit with the large dust collector television in the living room.

How do you listen to your music?

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Hobby Thread - October 18, 2025 [Astro Rex]

Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. A spin of the Ace of Spades Wheel of Hobbies (TM) landed on space shuttle air transport.

Are you thinking "That's an oddly specific hobby but I love space and modeling and I like history and traveling and engineering. There are so many aspects that make this more of an interest than a hobby. I can't wait to get into the content!" I knew it. Enjoy.

Going to be a slightly abbreviated thread this week...for reasons. TRex is in an undisclosed location doing undisclosed things.

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Ace of Spades Pet Thread, October 18

Courtesy EJ

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Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals.

Would you like a treat?

Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.

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Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, Oct 18

I've saved some spring flower photos from Neal in Israel. I like these. Above, an Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) that seems fitting today. Below, a dark hollyhock to attract some critters.

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They don't want kings. What DO they want?

One of my lefty social media "friends" seems really excited about the big protest planned for today, explained below by the "Tony Michaels Meme Machine":

The second No Kings protest against Donald Trump is planned nationwide for Saturday, October 18. Organizers are expecting over 10 million participants, which would make it one of the largest in American history. These events are organized by groups such as 50501, Indivisible movement, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Third Act, and Move On.

"No Kings" is an ultra-short theme which allows people to imagine that any criticism that they have of the President is shared by their fellow protesters and to misrepresent current events in ways that suggest that Trump wants to be a king for life. But sometimes I wonder if they have a shared vision of what they DO want?

What kind of leadership did they think they had when Joe Biden was in office? With Kamala's book tour underway and new interview clips starting to appear, I am thinking about their alternative in the last election, too:

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The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

[Mug H/T - JQ]
[Music H/T - Hadrian]

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Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few housekeeping matters to take care of. (Rulz for those of you in Albuquerque)

1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2) Be kind, be nice.
3) Are you kidding me? No, you may not run with anything sharp.
4) To those in Texas for the Texas MoMe, be careful with your travels. No, you may not request prays for bail money.
5) Have a great week!!

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Daily Tech News 18 October 2025

Top Story

• Your AI tools run on fracked gas and bulldozed Texas land. (Tech Crunch)
  
  You had me at fracked gas.
  
  
  
• Amazon has unveiled plans to build up to a dozen modular nuclear reactors in Richland, Washington generating a total of 960 megawatts. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  We can still use the bulldozers, right?

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Here's The Peck Of ONTs That Peter Piper Picked

Hi folks! Welcome to theTxMoMe Friday ONT! How many of y'all have made it to Corsicana already? I hope you're enjoying our Texas weather.

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Kamala Harris Is a Dirty Dumb Whore Cafe

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As a fan of Edward Hopper I couldn't help but take this photo in Greenwich tonight.

Teaching the puppy.

A mob of mobulas.

More Chinese quick-changing.

Li'l bronco buster.

Lava vs. snow. FLAWLESS VICTORY.

Content warning. A young goat falls as he attempts to climb a very vertical cliff. The goat lives and tries again, but it's hard to watch the little guy fall. (Note: Nature photographers and editors are sometimes pretty dishonest. For all I know, this little goat did die, and then maybe they edited in another goat making the climb and just claimed it was the first goat.)

"The Shepherd's Leap," a sexual act pioneered by Kamala Harris and then adapted for use in the mountains.

You need to drive vertically when you drive in the mountains.

Surprise: tiny little baby koalas turn out to be pretty cute.

So are baby platypuses, called "puggles," which is just adorable.

Baby elephant takes a bath with its favorite rubber bath toy.

Dachshund makes a friend.

You know that video I posted late last week? Where a giant tortoise kept asking to have his shell scratched? Apparently they love that.

Albino manta ray.

Lion sunbathes on a lake rock until the local hippo bullies him off it.

You know when they say that if an animal charges you, you shouldn't run, but instead stand your ground? I don't know if that works most of the time but it works here.

Horse surfs a hill.

Is this a real video? I'd like to think so.

Rescuing a giraffe who got himself tangled in a wire fence.

Bears: A Growing Concern.

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The Week In Woke

The hateful anti-Christian David French is back at it again:

Via Grateful Calvin at Twitchy, here's the Follower of Judas David French attacking Christianity:

But that is hardly the universal experience people are having with America's religious surge. There is darkness right alongside the light. Christians stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 ...

Trump: the vile and violent left-wing "has the Devil's ideology."

Taylor Swift did a Racism just by being white. That seems to be the most common form of "racism" today, the "just by being white" kind.

This philosopher's post excerpted by Ed Morrissey:

But as Rev. Dr. King points out, the protectors of the status quo are not so much those on the far right, but those who purport to be left-of-center, but who remain moderate in their thinking and their actions.

Are flag-wielding, MAGA-shouting Trump supporters a problem? Yes. They're horrifying. But the biggest obstacle in taking down fascism isn't far-right extremists.

It's "liberals." It's "progressives." It's "democrats."

It's folks with "BLM" in their bios who live in majority-white suburbs and send their kids to private school. It's folks who claim to be allies to the queer and trans communities and then have gender-reveal parties when pregnant. It's people who look at the United States' descent into fascism and ask, "How did we get here?" It's folks who compare their European ancestors' immigrations to what Black and Brown immigrants are experiencing today, as if race is inconsequential.

It's Taylor Swift -- and the majority of her fans.

Taylor Swift is a white woman whose success relies on cultural narratives of the fragility and purity of white femininity, while practicing zero interrogation into her own whiteness.

And her fans run to her defense whenever that is criticized. "But she publicly endorsed Kamala Harris!" they press, not realizing that this proves the point: Moderate politics dressed up as leftism don't stand a chance against far-right extremism, a lesson I wish the Democratic Party would learn.

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What makes Taylor Swift dangerous isn't that she writes lyrics that could serve as the background music to a pro-eugenics Sydney Sweeney ad. It's that she lacks the self-awareness to see how those two things could be connected.

They've been pushing this line for decades: You must be an "ally," and you are only an "ally" if you commit to the most extremist form of "anti-racism" (actually, straight up anti-white racism) imaginable. If you fail to match the zealotry of the most extremist member of the left's cult, you are excommunicated.

Thankfully, some people are finally starting to jump off this never-ending treadmill of violent left-wing escalation. At some point, even the stupidest liberal sees a rigged game in which they can never win, only constantly lose and be degraded as "bad allies."

Susan Collins' would-be Democrat challenger for Maine senator identified himself as a "communist" and branded all white people "racist" and "stupid."

Now that this has come to light, he's claiming he didn't really mean it when he repeatedly said these things.

Maine Democrat Graham Platner, who is seeking his party's nomination to run against Sen. Susan Collins (R.) in next year's midterms, called himself a "communist," claimed to own guns because he doesn't "trust the fascists to act politely," and accused "white rural America" of being racist and stupid in a series of social media posts, CNN reported.

Platner posted on Reddit under the name "P-Hustle," according to the now-deleted posts. In a 2021 response to a post about people getting more conservative as they age, Platner wrote, "I got older and became a communist." He made the post on a far-left subreddit called r/Antiwork that recommends Karl Marx books to readers.

r/Antiwork is even more infamous for just declaring that no human beings should work at all, and we should all just mandate infinite welfare from a government which has no money because no one is working and paying taxes.

The candidate also said that white people are racist and stupid. Replying to a post titled "White people aren't as racist or stupid as Trump thinks," Platner, who is white, wrote, "Living in white rural America, I'm afraid to tell you they actually are."

Maine, a purple state, is one of the most rural states in the country and has a population that is more than 90 percent white.

Platner in a statement to CNN tried to downplay the severity of his social media posts. "That was very much me fucking around the internet," he said. "I don't think any of that is indicative of who I am today, really."

These posts are from 2021. This is not about a Youthful Indiscretion with anti-work grifter communism.

He's also, get this, pro-terrorist.

Platner also sparked controversy in September, when the Washington Free Beacon uncovered an op-ed he wrote after 9/11 in which he argued that "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" and lamented that "every terrorist is portrayed as evil."

In the Reddit posts, Platner also described himself as "a vegetable growing, psychedelics taking socialist these days." The former vet said that after serving in the military, "I've pretty much stopped believing in any of the patriotic nonsense that got me there in the first place."

"Still got the guns though," he went on. "I don't trust the fascists to act politely."

Platner reserved some of his most incendiary comments for the police, writing, "Fuck these cops," and replying to a comment saying "Cops are bastards" with "All of them, in fact."

Content warning: Trans commentator "India" Willoughby -- real name "Herb" or something, I don't know -- goes to town on his fake breasts while standing naked in a women's changing area, pretty much establishing himself to be an autogynephile. He himself declared that he had never seen a fully naked woman in a locker room, thus establishing, by his own admission, that he is not a woman.

Another "ALL AGES" pride party featuring drag queens and likely male prostitutes. I dunno, all of their photos feature them about to give a dude a blowjob or else touching their own genitals. I don't know what job apart from "prostitute" allows that kind of behavior.

If you're a fan of watching tone-deaf withered hippies "sing" songs that were musty and broke-ass even during Woodstock, or if you're a fan of cringe like I am, you'll want to watch this decrepit hippie hootenany. The Party of Youth, yo!

ZeroHedge: Feminists have discovered "Nose Ring Theory" and they are not happy about it.

"Nose Ring Theory" says, depending on who you ask, either that batshit-crazy women want to broadcast to the world that they are insane and toxic and do so by the same cultic mutilations (full sleeve tattoos, unnatural hair color, and, of course, septum piercings) or that women with septum piercings "make their traumas their entire personality." Or both. They're not incompatible.

Feminists have noticed that people are noticing their insanity and are, get this, insanely angry about it.

Feminists seem to have recently discovered "nose ring theory" and they are not happy. They admit that the theory is somewhat accurate, but they also argue that men are not being honest about why they are avoiding feminists. They say that men are scared away by the septum ring (feminism) because it represents "freedom" and a "woman who will not be controlled". In reality, it simply indicates a women who has succumbed to woke ideology, a form of insanity that very few men are interested in dealing with (and these women then wonder why they are living alone with their cats).

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Jimmy Kimmel's Ratings Have Now Fallen Lower Than They Were Before His Dangerous Disinformation Propaganda

Before that: All of the cable "news" networks are seeing their ratings fall.

MSNBC and CNN saw the biggest losses, of course.

Fox News, long a dominant force in cable news, maintained its position at the top despite the downturn. The network averaged 2.483 million total primetime viewers and 243,000 viewers in the Adults 25-54 demographic during Q3 2025. For total day viewership, Fox News recorded 1.568 million total viewers and 159,000 in the demo. Compared to Q2 2025, the network saw a 6% decline in total primetime viewers and a steeper 20% drop in the demo. Total day figures showed a 4% decrease in total viewers and a 21% decline in the demo.

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MSNBC faced even more pronounced declines during the same period. The network averaged 802,000 total primetime viewers and just 66,000 in the Adults 25-54 demographic. For total day, MSNBC recorded 492,000 total viewers and 41,000 demo viewers. Compared to Q2 2025, primetime viewership fell by 20% in total viewers and 27% in the demo, a drop attributed in part to anchor Rachel Maddow's transition to hosting her show only once a week. Total day numbers reflected a 17% decline in total viewers and a 28% drop in the demo.... As a result, MSNBC's rankings slipped, moving to third place in primetime total viewers and dropping from 15th to a tie for 20th in the demo alongside Investigation Discovery. For total day, the network fell from second to third in total viewers and slid three spots to 14th in the demo.

CNN also struggled to retain its audience in Q3 2025, averaging 538,000 total primetime viewers and 87,000 in the demo. Total day viewership stood at 396,000 total viewers and 61,000 demo viewers. Compared to Q2 2025, CNN's primetime viewership remained flat in total viewers but fell 17% in the demo, while total day saw a 2% dip in total viewers and a 14% decline in the demo... In the rankings, CNN placed fifth in primetime total viewers and tied for 10th in the demo with Discovery Channel and Nick at Nite. For total day, the network climbed one spot to fourth in total viewers but held steady at sixth in the demo, tied with the Food Network.
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The sharp declines across all three networks highlight a broader trend in the cable news industry, as audiences increasingly turn to alternative platforms for information and entertainment.

On to Schlubby Jimmy Kimmel.

Earlier, we saw that his ratings plunged over 70% from his post-suspension high.

And now they've fallen below where they were before he got Pity Views from Trump Deranged leftists.

Kimmel had renewed interest and lightning in a bottle. But he squandered it by refusing to change the same act that got him booted in the first place.

By continuing to politicize every current event, Kimmel has impressively lost 85% of his post-suspension bounce in just a few weeks among key demographics. With ratings hovering around 1.7 million viewers, his collapse in viewership is now lower than it was pre-suspension.

"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" wasn't cancelled because of government "crackdowns" on free speech, as some proclaimed, but because consumers stopped valuing Kimmel's program. His show was incongruous with their viewing habits and the national conversation, and it may face similar and necessary repercussions again.

American politics has long been fused with entertainment, and people are getting tired of it. The abundance of television shows like "South Park," popular music, and celebrities lampooning or critiquing current events has made politics inescapable. Pew Research Center (PRC) found that almost two-thirds of Americans feel exhausted when thinking about politics. More in Common's Hidden Tribe report found that most Americans are frustrated by division and tribalism, wanting officials to heal, not inflame, culture wars.

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Deloitte's 2025 media consumption survey revealed only 49% of consumers have cable or satellite TV subscriptions -- down from 63% three years ago -- a mass departure partially driven by a market oversaturated with political content. An observed desire for hosts to separate politics from programming has skyrocketed the demand and consumption for alternative media, which they find more trustworthy.

Watch out for the accounting/tax firm Deloitte -- they're SETTING THE RIVERS ON FIRE, says DEI Dum-Dum Alexandria Donkey-Chompers.

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Welcome to Islamo-Nazi Britain: Jewish Fans Barred from Attending Soccer Match in the UK Because Muslims Are Literally Threatening That Their "Safety" Cannot Be Guaranteed

Muslims (who else?) demanded that Jewish fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv not be permitted to attend a local game, and the UK police announced that it is now enforcing Islamic Sharia law, and would be barring Israeli fans because of "security" concerns.

The do not mean that Israelis will put Muslims in danger.

They mean Muslims will start murdering Jews and the police don't want to get involved in stopping the pogrom. Arresting people for tweets is about the level of commitment they can manage.

Here was the threat written by a barrister and Member of Parliament:

Pressure mounted Friday on police authorities in the English city of Birmingham to reverse a ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer fans attending a Europa League game at Aston Villa next month over security concerns, a decision that drew widespread condemnation.

Behind the scenes, the government was seeking to resolve the row, which comes at a time of heightened worries about antisemitism in Britain following a deadly attack on a Manchester synagogue earlier this month and calls from Palestinians and their supporters for a sports boycott of Israel over its conduct of the war against Hamas in Gaza.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the police recommendation to bar the visiting team's fans from the Nov. 6 game was "the wrong decision" and that "the role of the police is to ensure all football fans can enjoy the game, without fear of violence or intimidation."

Starmer spokesman Geraint Ellis said Friday that "the prime minister has been angered by the decision" and the government was working urgently to overturn it.

Simon Foster, the elected official in Birmingham responsible for overseeing the local police force and holding it to account, also urged an "immediate review," while local Mayor Richard Parker called on authorities to find "a workable solution" that may involve the government covering some policing costs.

Security worries over game

Premier League team Aston Villa said Thursday that police had informed the club that "they have public safety concerns outside the stadium bowl and the ability to deal with any potential protests on the night."

West Midlands Police said it had deemed the match to be high risk "based on current intelligence and previous incidents," including violence and hate crimes that took place when Maccabi Tel Aviv played Ajax in Amsterdam last season.

JRR Tolkein came from the Midlands. I think that's why he called it "Middle-Earth." (There's also an old Saxon term like "Mittle-erd" or something.)

Now it's just yet another Islamic shithole.

Fan bans are not unheard of in European soccer, but are typically based on a history of violence between fans of rival clubs. There is no history of violence between Aston Villa and Maccabi fans.

Look at terrorist-promoting AP dance around what the real source of danger might be!

However, Maccabi fans have been increasingly in the spotlight over the past year or so, partly linked to the war in Gaza. Most notably, Maccabi fans clashed violently with city residents in Amsterdam last season when the team visited for a Europa League game against Ajax.

Oh? They clashed violently with "city residents"?

Which "city residents," AP?

A "British" Minister of Parliament congratulated the town he'd threatened into banning Jews for their discretion in submitting to Islam:

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