April 15, 2025
The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition
Okay, so they get to keep their "civilian" nuclear facilities? How much of a stretch is it to go back to military research? I'll bet not much. And here, just a few days after the first round of talks comes that fabled lying and manipulation! Tehran says next round of Iran-US nuclear talks in Oman after Rome named by officials
That was quick! But President Trump needs to act decisively, or he will be seen as a big talker but a small doer. He promised to end the Ukraine War in one day. Nope. He told Hamas that if they didn't release the hostages that he would open the gates of hell. Nope. If these threats against Iran are merely talk, then he will have proven to the world that he is a blustering buffoon when it comes to Iran, just like the other presidents who were taken in by their mendacity. There will come a time when Iran simply stops enriching Uranium, because they will have enough for the number of bombs they wish to use on Israel and, perhaps, on America. They might even announce to the world that they have stopped enrichment...in the interests of world peace of course! Then they will focus on the engineering obstacles, which are manageable. How long before they have a few functioning nuclear devices? How much help are they getting from North Korea and Russia? Will it take a few months or a year or two? It doesn't matter, because it isn't worth the risk. Iran must be stopped now,and no degree of compromise is acceptable. This is a binary question: Will we allow an Iranian nuclear device or will we stop it? [Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter] And the Apple and Spotify feeds for CJN's podcast should be working!
US President Donald Trump is seeking to limit Iran's uranium enrichment to 3.67%, White House special envoy Steve Witkoff told Fox News on Monday night. This is a significant statement, as it is considerably more lenient than the Israeli demand—publicly voiced by the Prime Minister—which calls for the "Libyan model," meaning the complete physical dismantling of Iran’s military nuclear facilities. "Iran should not have nuclear weapons. This can be achieved through an agreement—but only if it's a Libya-style agreement," said Prime Minister Netanyahu following his meeting with President Trump last Monday. "That means going in, blowing up the facilities, dismantling all the equipment—under American supervision and executed by the US" Last week, the Post reported that the US administration would allow Iran to retain a civilian nuclear program—even as part of a nuclear agreement. "Trump said Iran will not have nuclear weapons. Military nuclear facilities—no. Civilian nuclear program—yes," said a source familiar with the details of the Netanyahu-Trump meeting to The Jerusalem Post.
Okay, so they get to keep their "civilian" nuclear facilities? How much of a stretch is it to go back to military research? I'll bet not much. And here, just a few days after the first round of talks comes that fabled lying and manipulation! Tehran says next round of Iran-US nuclear talks in Oman after Rome named by officials
It wasn't immediately clear where the negotiations would be held after Tehran's overnight announcement. American officials have not said where the talks would be held. President Donald Trump separately complained Monday about the pace of nuclear talks between the United States and Iran as the two countries start a new round of pivotal negotiations. "I think they're tapping us along," he said in the Oval Office during a meeting with El Salvador's president.
That was quick! But President Trump needs to act decisively, or he will be seen as a big talker but a small doer. He promised to end the Ukraine War in one day. Nope. He told Hamas that if they didn't release the hostages that he would open the gates of hell. Nope. If these threats against Iran are merely talk, then he will have proven to the world that he is a blustering buffoon when it comes to Iran, just like the other presidents who were taken in by their mendacity. There will come a time when Iran simply stops enriching Uranium, because they will have enough for the number of bombs they wish to use on Israel and, perhaps, on America. They might even announce to the world that they have stopped enrichment...in the interests of world peace of course! Then they will focus on the engineering obstacles, which are manageable. How long before they have a few functioning nuclear devices? How much help are they getting from North Korea and Russia? Will it take a few months or a year or two? It doesn't matter, because it isn't worth the risk. Iran must be stopped now,and no degree of compromise is acceptable. This is a binary question: Will we allow an Iranian nuclear device or will we stop it? [Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter] And the Apple and Spotify feeds for CJN's podcast should be working!
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The Morning Report — 4/ 15 /25
And before the trolls start in with but Josh Shapiro, it seems as if his mansion was set on fire by a certifiable and confirmed psychotic who might actually be a leftist and/or Democrat. And lastly, a quick shout-out and thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know.
“The administration’s prescription goes beyond the power of the federal government,” whined Garber. “It violates Harvard’s First Amendment rights and exceeds the statutory limits of the government’s authority under Title VI. And it threatens our values as a private institution devoted to the pursuit, production, and dissemination of knowledge.” Weird what happens when you take money from the government.Even weirder is the fact that Harvard's endowment, which is valued at somewhere north of $53 Billion dollars is somehow getting money from Uncle Sugar. Now expand this to not only academia but to every area of the private sector that receives money from the government and you quickly see how over the course of decades the parallel trajectory downward of our freedom and society and our economic well being. Repulsive as it may be, if Harvard wants to employ a gaggle of Claudine Gays and teach Jew-hatred and whatever else, let them do it with their own damn money, not ours! As the late great Milton Friedman so brilliantly observed, there is nothing so permanent as a temporary government program. I thought the 16th amendment was an emergency measure to help fund our involvement and pay for our debt incurred in fighting the First World War. Then again, if it was, then where was the follow-on amendment to abolish it? And from Wilson to FDR to LBJ and on and on and on, the Leviathan exploded. Update: the income tax was ratified in 1913 before WW1. I stand corrected. So what is the Federal government's actual purpose beyond merely supposedly our national defense and postal service as was originally intended by those old white guys. And how was it funded in the first place? Could it be that this is what DOGE and tariffs are meant to address. Whether Trump understands history in the first place, he like all of us know and have known for years that something is rotten in DC, hence his descent from the Trump Tower escalator 10 years ago this summer and the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune not to mention the bullets and kangaroo courts. Speaking of which, we have the interrelated topic of a now feral , out of control tyrannical judiciary to contend with as per our good friend the estimable and erudite author and historian Michael Walsh lays out in his latest essay:
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master—that’s all.” And so here we are, with the battle for the soul of the Constitution now having assumed semi-human shape in the person of a "Maryland man" named Kilmar Abrego Garcia who is now dwelling in a maximum security prison in El Salvador -- his native land, as it happens. On one side is President Trump and the plain language of Article 2 of our founding document, and the principal members of his cabinet. On the other is the federal judiciary, whose sole constitutionally mandated member in Article 3 is the chief justice of the Supreme Court, all other federal justices and judges having been invented by Congress. The rest of Team 3 consists of the fleets of legal barnacles who feed off the body of the Republic and whose devotion to punctilious adherence to their own largely invented rules and principles is purely self-interested.Of course whatever the courts can't do, there is a growing number of pyschopaths, and others who will use any means at their disposposal with zero compunction since, as was inscribed on the belt buckles of the S.S. Gott mit Uns God is on our side. Rather ironic considering the nietzschian-worshipping left is about as far removed from God as one can get. Example the first for your consideration:
Federal charges have been filed against Jamison Wagner, a self-described “queer” electrical engineer, in connection with recent firebomb attacks in Albuquerque, New Mexico targeting the Republican Party headquarters and a Tesla Showroom. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the FBI Albuquerque Field Office jointly investigated the case with assistance from the Albuquerque Police Department and the New Mexico Department of Justice, the Department of Justice said in a press release. Investigators linked Albuquerque resident Wagner to both incidents through surveillance footage and evidence from the scene, according to the Justice Department. Wagner, 40, is a member of the LGBTQ+ group “500 Queer Scientists.”Moving right along:
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday it charged a Georgia man with sending violent threats against the head of the Trump administration’s intelligence community. Aliakbar Mohammad Amin, 24, allegedly sent threats to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and her family over text and social media posts, the DOJ said in a press release. The announcement comes after a week full of charges related to violent animosity against Republicans and the Trump administration.https://www.city-journal.org/article/progressives-political-violence-donald-trump-assassination-attempt
“Death to America means death to America literally, Tulsi is living on borrowed time,” Amin said in a text message to an unknown recipient, according to the DOJ. “The home you two own . . . is a legitimate target and will be hit at a time and place of our choosing,” he allegedly texted regarding Gabbard’s family
“Prepare to die, you, Tulsi, and everyone you hold dear,” Amin allegedly said in another text. “America will burn.”
A new report from our group, the Network Contagion Research Institute, provides answers. Our research, based on nationally representative surveys and analyses of online activity, demonstrates the existence of online subcultures that support the murder of public figures like Trump and Musk. This “assassination culture,” incubated on social media, has migrated from the margins of public life into the mainstream. We found that nearly one-third of Americans surveyed—and around half of those identifying as left-of-center—believe that the murder of certain public figures is at least somewhat justified. The figures are startling: 38 percent of respondents, and 55 percent of those left of center, said assassinating President Trump would be at least somewhat justified; 31 percent of respondents, and 48 percent of those left of center, said the same about Musk. Forty percent of respondents, and 58 percent of those left of center, deem it at least somewhat acceptable to “destroy a Tesla dealership” in protest. . . . . . This finding is especially concerning, as it reveals that many progressives have adopted a coherent ideology that justifies political violence. While right-wing extremism certainly exists, its left-wing equivalent merits considerable attention. Unfortunately, it has been historically understudied and, according to corroborating reports, is on the rise. The rise of this ideology is troubling for American democracy. Political assassinations often occur when perpetrators believe a critical share of the public will tolerate—or even justify—them. Given the growing number of Americans who now express support for political violence, and the surge in threats to political figures, we recommend heightened security precautions across all levels of government.What this otherwise informative essay does not mention is the constant drumbeat of hateful rhetoric about President Trump, conservatives and their supporters coming from every level of leadership and membership of the Democrat Party and their allies in the media and culture, along with the aforementioned American academia from pre-school to post-graduate. And of course to mention Islam is utterly verboten! But to deny Harvard $9 Billion to foment pogroms and political violence is somehow antithetical to the Constitution or something.
And before the trolls start in with but Josh Shapiro, it seems as if his mansion was set on fire by a certifiable and confirmed psychotic who might actually be a leftist and/or Democrat. And lastly, a quick shout-out and thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know.
- ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
- Michael Walsh: The President vs. the courts. And now we're here again. It's been instructive to watch friends of mine in the legal profession, with experience at top levels, choose pettifogging and punctiliousness in a time of national existential crisis as the hill on which to die.
THE COLUMN: Which Is to Be Master?
- Boston Democrat Mayor Michelle Wu’s 2021 campaign received hundreds of thousands of dollars from a fundraiser who is listed by a Chinese intelligence agency as an official, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation discovered.
EXCLUSIVE: Anti-Trump ‘Resistance’ Leader’s Campaign Bankrolled By Dem Power Broker Tied To Chinese Intel Agency (there should be a waterboard with her name on it at GITMO - jjs)
- Glenn Reynolds: No wonder the Washington establishment went crazy when Trump and DOGE started cutting off such funds. And it was striking to see how many NGOs folded their tents almost immediately when Trump shut down USAID’s sprawling and largely unmonitored grant-making activities. An NGO that can’t function without government money is anything but “non-governmental.” This is part of a global pattern.
How Democrats used NGOs to end-run voters: A ‘parallel government’
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Daily Tech News 15 April 2025
Top Story
- AMD is moving to TSMC's N2 process (2nm) for its Zen 6 cores next year, jumping straight over 3nm. (Tom's Hardware)
This rumour comes from... AMD and TSMC during an official announcement that AMD has the first Zen 6 silicon in house for testing.
So probably legit.
N2 is 15% faster than the current N3 node, only AMD's CPUs and GPUs are all still on the N4 node which is older again.
Also mentioned during the announcement is that AMD has qualified TSMC's fabs in Arizona to start manufacturing its current 4nm chips.
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April 14, 2025
Monday Overnight Open Thread - April 14, 2025 [Doof]
Sunset over southwest Florida
(Mystery Click dedicated to Jewells - Dust Warning)
The ONT says so long to our dear friend Jewells. A lovely 'ette who will be missed around here. Let's raise a glass in her honor! Rest in peace, sweet lady.
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Golden Bozos Cafe
The Lions Bridge over the River Ain in Northumberland
Built 1773
The Lions Bridge over the River Ain in Northumberland
Built 1773
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Quick Hits
Katie Perry, Jeff Bezos' slam-piece and various other women were sent to the lowest level of orbit one could call "sorta space" for fifteen minutesby a man. Katy Perry thinks she's a Real Astronaut now.
Had enough yet?
Royal Navy ready to escort crucial fuel shipments to Scunthorpe steelworks amid 'sabotage' threats The move would ensure a 'cargo of coking coal' reaches the UK without being intercepted or redirected Ministers are considering deploying the Royal Navy to escort a vital fuel shipment to Scunthorpe's steelworks following yesterday's landmark takeover. The move would ensure what's said to be a cargo of coking coal reaches the UK without being intercepted or redirected - as without fresh supplies, the furnaces would burn out and be nearly impossible to restart. The Ministry of Defence said no decision had yet been taken on the Navy's involvement - nor have Ministers filed a formal request. But it comes as a separate shipment of coking coal is currently sitting at Immingham port on the Humber Estuary, with no sign of unloading. The Times reports that British Steel owners Jingye attempted to sell the shipment to an unnamed Chinese firm, which would have starved the Scunthorpe works of crucial fuel. The Government was then forced to intervene, with police securing the shipment. That came as MPs and peers were recalled to Parliament for a rare Saturday sitting - the first since the Queen's death in 2022 - and pushed the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Bill through both Houses in a matter of hours. The emergency legislation empowers Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds to direct British Steel's board and staff, and allows him to enter company premises "using force if necessary". The Government was forced to act after negotiations with Jingye broke down - with Reynolds telling Parliament that the firm had demanded "hundreds of millions of pounds" beyond the Government's offer. The company also refused to accept conditions preventing fund transfers to China or ensuring blast furnaces were maintained. Reynolds said it became clear Jingye intended to cancel orders for raw materials and would have "irrevocably and unilaterally closed down" Scunthorpe without intervention. A delegation of "six to eight" Jingye executives gained access despite having their security passes revoked before barricading themselves in a room.Let's sell all of our industrial capacity to China!
Katie Perry, Jeff Bezos' slam-piece and various other women were sent to the lowest level of orbit one could call "sorta space" for fifteen minutesby a man. Katy Perry thinks she's a Real Astronaut now.
The GeneralShowing off their boobs and butts in form-fitting costumes (more costumes than space-suits) by a man counts as one of the greatest triumphs of feminism. Apparently the Real Astronauts vetoed pockets on their costumes, because pockets would make their hips look big. I remember Neil Armstrong having the same complaint, but he wasn't a Strong Empowered Woman so he just accepted the unflattering pockets.
@GeneralMCNews BREAKING: Katy Perry said she felt deeply connected to the "strong divine feminine" after her spaceflight alongside an all-female crew.
Chloe Cole
@ChoooCole The "historic" all female rocket barely even touches what is technically considered "space" On the right is Elon’s Falcon 9 orbital rocket, the booster alone goes twice as high as the Katy Perry rocket. I'm all for women’s achievements but this is not one of them...
Had enough yet?
WOKE. IN. SPACE! CBS Host Apologizes for Saying 'Mankind': 'I'm Sorry. I'm Sorry'Surprise! Boston Mayor and Sanctuary Resistance Heroin Michelle Wu is being bankrolled by a man listed as an agent of a Chinese intelligence agency.
In space, no one can hear you scream; but the aliens can apparently pick up your virtue signals on their scanners. CBS Mornings co-host Vlad Duthiers was sending out distress calls during Monday's show after he was scolded by Dr. Mae Jemison (the first black woman in space) because he used the highly offensive term "mankind" to refer to the entire human species. As they were sitting the West Texas desert, awaiting the launch of the Blue Origin rocket that would take their friend and co-host Gayle King to "space," Duthiers received his first scolding by Jemison when he tried to tee her up to rebuke those who were supposedly downplaying the launch because the passengers were all women:"But he's speaking to the perspective and some of the narrative that's are out there," co-host Nate Burleson added, trying to defend Duthiers, who added: "The narratives that are out there, that I was hoping to correct with this interview. And I'm glad you're here to help me correct that narrative."
DUTHIERS: You heard Amanda Nguyen tell me in the interview that she's conducting science experiments on this voyage, which I don't think a lot of people knew. They thought it was just six women going up into space for a joyride. JEMISON: Wait, what do you mean just six women? DUTHIERS: Well, that's what I mean! That was the criticism! JEMISON: It is six women. DUTHIERS: That's right! BURLESON: Right. Right. Right.
Boston Democratic Mayor Michelle Wu's 2021 campaign received hundreds of thousands of dollars from a fundraiser who is listed by a Chinese intelligence agency as an official, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation discovered. Gary Yu, the founder of Boston International Media Consulting, helped raise over $300,000 for Wu with the help of a Chinese civic association he leads. However, Yu -- whose Chinese name is Yu Guoliang -- is listed as an official by an agency of a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence and intelligence service called the United Front Work Department (UFWD), and also operates as a recruiter for the Chinese government, according to reports from the CCP, Chinese state media and civic associations led by Yu. "The Communist Party's UFWD never rests," author and China expert Gordon Chang told the DCNF. "There is no ethnic Chinese official in America who is not targeted. It's time for law enforcement to investigate the CCP's ties to Gary Yu and Yu's ties to Mayor Michelle Wu." Wu has risen to national prominence as a central figure in the Democratic resistance to Trump's border and deportation policies. Wu recently defended her city's refusal to cooperate with immigration officials during her March 19, 2025 "State of the City" address, during which she criticized "presidents who think they are kings," prompting the White House to fire back the next day with a press release labeling Wu a "radical mayor" who "puts violent criminal illegal aliens first." "Wu's ultra-leftism makes her the perfect candidate for CCP recruitment and capture," Chang said. "Or do we have it backward? Is her ultra-leftism the result of CCP recruitment and capture? More than just the people of Boston would like to know."
After Trump accused CNN and Magnum P.U. Star Kaitlin Collins of "hating the United States," America-hater Dana Bash interrupted the live feed to swear that noooo, no one at CNN hates the United States. They just want the US to suffer for its sins, forever. And then we'll be redeemed one day, except no we won't, because there is no redemption ever for a nation as tainted by Original Sin as the US. But besides that -- they love the US. It's an Ike Turner kind of love, baby. MSNBC propagandists befuddled that the UAW union president would go against the leftwing political narrative that tariffs are bad.
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I've been thinking on the below post, about the NGO problem. The Left is structured as a network of NGOs: ruthlessly efficient and ready to act the moment power changes hands. The Right has no equivalent infrastructure. If I sit down and ask myself, "How would I start an NGO to implement a conservative agenda in D.C.?" ... I draw a blank. Because the dominant instinct on the Right isn't to build, it's to dismantle. Most conservative goals center on shrinking or limiting the federal government. That creates a fundamental asymmetry. NGOs on the Left are designed to expand state power through policy scaffolding, and once federal funding flows in, it's nearly impossible to tear down. It would take an act of Congress to defund these mechanisms, and Congress rarely votes to shrink its own power. So, we can't fight fire with fire. As I see it, there are only three paths forward (not mutually exclusive): 1. Keep scaling the existing DOGE efforts.
2. Replace the majority of Congress with people willing to shut the spigot.
3. Trigger a Convention of States and rewrite the rules from outside the system. Each path demands broad public support, which, again, NGOs don't need. That's part of what makes them so dangerous. They just have to win the influence of a few.
While the leadership of the UAW backed then-Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election -- Fain even labeled Trump a "scab" during the Democratic National Convention -- many rank-and-file members of the union backed Trump. "Since NAFTA's inception in 1993, we've lost 90,000 manufacturing facilities in this country. Millions of jobs, and these weren't, you know, low end jobs. These were jobs that paid decent wages, had good benefits, retirement security-" Fain said before Sanders-Townsend interrupted him. "But here's my thing... NAFTA was 30 years ago. The situation that we are dealing with right now, and I agree with you, I'm on the side of the folks that said they... did the American workers wrong, absolutely," Sanders-Townsend said. "But right now we are dealing with a situation where it's not -- these are blanket tariffs. We are dealing with situation where manufacturing is not going to come back in two weeks. So what? How, I'm just, I'm really struggling to figure to understand how UAW has aligned itself with Trump on this."She's engaging in the usual leftist dishonest attack line of claiming, "I totally support this thing, but I also totally oppose it because the Bad Orange Man is not doing the thing I totally support in 'the right way.'" The "right way" does not actually exist. They just always find fault with whatever Trump (or any conservative) is doing, and claim that of course they support this popular policy, they just disagree with how it's being done. Of course they support securing the border. They just don't support any of the steps being taken to secure it. Of course they're anti-domestic-terrorism. They just don't like the way Trump is going after domestic terrorists. x1000. On every single issue.
Trump campaigned on imposing tariffs to help boost manufacturing in the United States. After co-host Michael Steele questioned whether the tariffs could create jobs, Fain responded. "NAFTA is still causing us to lose jobs in this country. Our broken trade system is still causing us to lose jobs in this country and no one from either party has been willing to even address the issue for 30 plus years. That's the first thing," Fain said. "And we support tariffs as a tool, a tool in the toolbox, not the end all be all. We got to fix the broken trade system. But tariffs are a motivator to make these companies do the right thing.”Video at the link.
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Bill Maher Praises Trump
Hell freezes over.
The leftwing media is attacking Maher for having platformed the President.Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin accused "Real Time" host Bill Maher in a testy exchange on Friday of having "fallen into the trap" by meeting with President Donald Trump the previous week. Maher, a longtime Trump critic who's nonetheless stood out on the late-night circuit with his criticism of leftist excess, said Trump was "gracious and measured" during his visit to the White House, acknowledging his warm words might not be well-received by progressives. Rogin, however, pushed back on Maher's decision to visit the White House and suggested that he had been used as part of a "PR stunt." "I think you've fallen into the trap, and I think I represent 99% of the internet when I say this: you've played the game of proximity is principle," Rogin said. "I'm not questioning your motivation, I'm questioning Trump's, OK?" Rogin emphasized that both he and the audience trusted that Maher met with Trump in good faith, but questioned Trump's motives for the dinner. The praise seemed to have struck a nerve with Maher, who told Rogin, "You don't have to patronize me, dude. I don't know you. I've never met you." "Not everybody has to like it. That's what we said. There are people who didn't want it to happen at all. You sound like one of them, it's OK." Rogin attempted to talk over the late-night host but was abruptly cut off by Maher asking, "Did you hear what I said? What is the alternative to not talking? Just sit at your lunch table and don't talk to anybody?" In his response to Maher, Rogin claimed that Trump saw this meeting as a "PR stunt," and used Maher as a "prop in that PR stunt." ... Not giving Rogin a chance to respond, Maher jumped right back into challenging his interpretation of the Trump meeting. "The fact that you began your little rant with 'the internet,' that tells me everything. You take your cues from the internet. Good luck," he told Rogin. Rogin attempted to push back on Maher, questioning whether the late-night host believed that Trump would be "changed" after the meeting. Maher quickly shut him down. "I said in the piece I did not think that was going to happen!" he sternly told Rogin, to which the columnist replied, "In that case then, go with God and enjoy."Keith Olbermann cried in his bathtub.
Media firebrand Keith Olbermann has unleashed a scathing rebuke of comedian and HBO/Max host Bill Maher for Maher's praise for President Donald Trump following a dinner set up by Kid Rock. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Olbermann dismissed the dinner as a transactional move to preserve Maher's career, directly attacking Maher's character and motivations. "BTW don't overanalyze Maher prostituting himself to Trump," Olbermann wrote in a post. "Maher works for the same fascists at Warner who took over and corrupted CNN." Olbermann, who has had a long and often combative career in media, claimed personal knowledge of Maher stretching back nearly five decades. "I've known Bill since 1978. He was a shameless opportunist with no real principles then and he remains so," he added. "This is so he can keep his HBO show."HBO has had the chance to cancel Bill Maher's unfunny show for like 20 years and they haven't done so. Why would they suddenly be hot to cancel it?
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Man Arrested for Attempting to Burn Down PA Governor Josh Shapiro's House as He and His Family Slept Inside
Pennsylvania State Police have arrested a Harrisburg man for the arson attack on Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family that sent them fleeing from the governor's residence on the first night of Passover. Cody Balmer, 38, of Harrisburg, is expected to face charges of attempted murder, terrorism, aggravated arson, and aggravated assault against an enumerated person, authorities said. Shapiro, who is Jewish, became visibly emotional as he spoke about the 2 a.m. attack on his home as he and his family slept inside.LOL, of course they can't determine the motive. But they have established that when the guy sought out Josh Shapiro's home, he was "targeting" it. He didn't try to burn down a random structure that turned out to be the governor's residence. Great job, guys. While we don't know his motive yet, he sure looks like antifa, as Stephen Green says.
"If he was trying to terrorize our family, our friends, the Jewish community, who joined us for a Passover Seder in that room last night, hear me on this: We celebrated our faith last night, proudly, and in a few hours, we will celebrate our second Seder of Passover," he said. The entire home was safely evacuated and no one was injured, Shapiro wrote on X. Balmer was allegedly carrying homemade incendiary devices when he snuck into the gated compound that is the official residence of the governor by jumping a fence, according to police. Investigators believe the attack was "targeted," but haven't determined a specific motive, Shapiro said. Police did not release more details on Balmer's actions.
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Chip Giant Nvidia to Build AI Supercomputer on US Soil for First Time
Unrelated: Trump mocked CNN and its Mustachioed Villain Kaitlin Collins. I don't think he's planning to bring the MS-13 gang member back to America any time soon.
NVIDIA announced Monday it will manufacture its AI supercomputers entirely in the U.S. for the first time. New facilities in Arizona and Texas are expected to create hundreds of thousands of jobs and strengthen supply chain security, according to CEO Jensen Huang. Key Details: NVIDIA is partnering with TSMC, Foxconn, Wistron, Amkor, and SPIL to build and test AI chips and supercomputers at new sites in Arizona and Texas. More than a million square feet of manufacturing space has already been commissioned. Blackwell chip production is underway at TSMC's Phoenix plant, with Foxconn and Wistron facilities in Houston and Dallas set to ramp up supercomputer manufacturing over the next 12 to 15 months. Huang called the move a first for the company, saying, "The engines of the world's AI infrastructure are being built in the United States for the first time," and emphasized the shift would "strengthen our supply chain and boost our resiliency."
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Police Charge Two More Would-Be Assassins
Another would-be assassin was arrested in... Butler, PA.
A Wisconsin teen murdered his parents so that he'd inherit enough money to kill Trump and overthrow the government.
A Wisconsin teen allegedly killed his parents to "obtain the financial means and autonomy necessary" to kill President Donald Trump and overthrow the U.S. government, federal authorities said in court documents. Nikita Casap, 17, was arrested in March and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of hiding a corpse, according to Waukesha County authorities. Other charges include theft of property over $10,000 and misappropriating ID to obtain money. Court documents show investigators are pursuing federal charges including conspiracy, presidential assassination and use of weapons of mass destruction. The teen's stepfather, Donald Mayer, 51, and mother, Tatiana Casap, 35, were both found dead inside their home by the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department on March 1, according to a press release from the department. The sheriff's department issued a search warrant and say they found material on the teen's phone related to "The Order of Nine Angles," which is "a network of individuals holding new-Nazi racially motivated extremist views," according to investigators. The Federal Bureau of Investigation reviewed documents allegedly written by the teen, which calls for the assassination of Trump and the start of a revolution to "save the white race," according to federal court documents. The alleged writings shows images of Adolf Hitler with the following text: "HAIL HITLER HAIL THE WHITE RACE HAIL VICTORY," according to court documents.Wait but I thought Trump was a Nazi. I guess this kid doesn't watch Jake Tapper.
In this screen grab from a video, vehicles from the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department are shown outside the house where the Casap family lived.
Another would-be assassin was arrested in... Butler, PA.
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Less than a week after a horrifying survey found more than half of self-identified leftists believe killing President Donald Trump would be justifiable, a Pennsylvania man has been charged with threatening to murder the president and other U.S. officials. Shawn Monper, 32, of Butler -- the same Pennsylvania community where Trump came within a fraction of an inch of being assassinated last July -- faces federal charges of making threats to assault and murder Trump, DOGE advisor and Tesla founder Elon Musk, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, and others, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. "I want to applaud the outstanding and courageous investigative work of the FBI and the Butler Township Police Department, who thankfully identified and apprehended this individual before he could carry out his threats against President Trump's life and the lives of other innocent Americans," said Attorney General Pamela Bondi in a press release. Monper, who allegedly took to YouTube as "Mr. Satan," made a series of threatening statements between Jan. 15 and last weekend, according to the criminal complaint. On Tuesday, the FBI National Threat Operations Section (NTOS) "received an emergency disclosure," the Justice Department said. A subsequent federal investigation determined "Mr. Satan" was residing at Monper's residence, according to the DOJ. 'We Just Need to Start Killing People' Monper allegedly "sought and obtained a firearms permit shortly following President Trump's inauguration." In February, federal officials said he commented on his YouTube account, "I have bought several guns and been stocking up on ammo since Trump got in office." "Eventually im [sic] going to do a mass shooting," the suspect allegedly wrote in March. A week later, Monper stated: "I have been buying 1 gun a month since the election, body armor, and ammo," according to the criminal complaint. Here are the threatening statements Monper allegedly made, according to investigators. February 17, 2025: "Nah, we just need to start killing people, Trump, Elon, all the heads of agencies Trump appointed, and anyone who stands in the way. Remember, we are the majority, MAGA is a minority of the country, and by the time its [sic] time to make the move, they will be weakened, many will be crushed by these policies, and they will want revenge too. American Revolution 2.0." March 4, 2025: "im [sic] going to assassinate him myself." Wonper allegedly said this in a YouTube video titled "Live: Trump's address to Congress." March 18, 2025: "ICE are terrorist people, we need to start killing them." April 1, 2025: "If I see an armed ice agent, I will consider it a domestic terrorist, and an active shooter and open fire on them."
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THE MORNING RANT: Buck Shots - 4/14/2025*****
This Is Why I voted for Donald Trump
On a lighter note, this is why I voted for Donald Trump…
“Trump to lift water curbs to 'make America's showers great again'” [Reuters – 4/10/2025]
no spill always-spill gas cans that the scientifically illiterate bureaucrats at the EPA have inflicted on those of us who use power tools.
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This is also why I voted for Donald Trump…
“Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency; White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted” [Science.org – 4/11/2025]
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A Climate Update from the Bureau of Imaginary Problems
Democrats Will Never Forgive Laken Riley for Being Murdered By an Illegal Alien
When Joe Biden and Alejandro Mayorkas opened the southern border to an invasion of hardened criminals such as Jose Antonio Ibarra, it was fully understood and embraced by the left that those criminals would commit heinous acts of crime against law-abiding Americans. Laken Riley was one of those victims. Even after murdering Ms. Riley, Ibarra remained a hero to the left. In fact, President Biden actually apologized to Ibarra for using the term “illegal” to describe him. Unfortunately for the Democrats, most of the nation was aghast at Ms. Riley’s murder, and legislation was introduced in her honor by Congress mandating that illegal aliens accused of most felonies and violent crimes must be detained. Because of the notoriety of the Laken Riley murder, some Democrats broke rank out of political expediency and voted for the conservative legislation. Buyer’s remorse is starting to settle in on Democrats who broke rank, however. The base of the party still champions Laken Riley’s murderer, Jose Antonio Ibarra. Democrat Rep. Jahana Hayes went on CNN to express her regret for supporting legislation to lock up violent illegals.Democrats will never forgive Laken Riley for being murdered by one of their precious illegal aliens. They still consider Laken’s murderer to be the true victim. https://t.co/Njwgp01C5n
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) April 11, 2025
"In my case, I like to take a nice shower, take care of my beautiful hair," Trump said during a signing ceremony in the Oval Office. He said he has to stand under the showerhead for 15 minutes under the current regulations, which he called ridiculous.Now can we please do something about the ventless,
President Donald Trump’s administration is seeking to end nearly all of the climate research conducted by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), one of the country’s premier climate science agencies, according to an internal budget document seen by Science. The document indicates the White House is ready to ask Congress to eliminate NOAA’s climate research centers and cut hundreds of federal and academic climate scientists who track and study human-driven global warming.The entire premise is false. There is no human-driven global warming. “Climate science” is not science at all, it is simply the use of US taxpayer dollars to propagandize for global command and control of all human activities, and subject those same taxpayers to lives without liberty. It is bad enough that NOAA has lost its way in pursuit of global climate-communism, but it’s even more preposterous that NASA is wasting taxpayer dollars on climate propaganda. NASA is so lost and politicized that it’s no longer even capable of launching a person into space, having to rely instead on Russians and private companies. As best I can tell, NASA is now little more than a federal landlord leasing out launchpads to those capable of doing what it can no longer do.
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The Morning Report — 4/ 14 /25 
But let's erase our borders and let everyone in so they can be free to set fire to sleeping subway riders or commit necrophilia on the subway, maybe commit necrophilia with the burning corpse. But deporting radical jihadist supporting professors and foreign "students" and it's a travesty against the founding principles of "our precious democracy!" Ditto Latin American illegal alien violent criminals.
Pennsylvania State Police have arrested a Harrisburg man for the arson attack on Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family that sent them fleeing from the governor’s residence on the first night of Passover. Cody Balmer, 38, of Harrisburg, is expected to face charges of attempted murder, terrorism, aggravated arson, and aggravated assault against an enumerated person, authorities said. Shapiro, who is Jewish, became visibly emotional as he spoke about the 2 a.m. attack on his home as he and his family slept inside. “If he was trying to terrorize our family, our friends, the Jewish community, who joined us for a Passover Seder in that room last night, hear me on this: we celebrated our faith last night, proudly and in a few hours, we will celebrate our second Seder of Passover,” he said.. . . . . Balmer was allegedly carrying homemade incendiary devices when he snuck into the gated compound that is the official residence of the governor by jumping a fence, according to police. Investigators believe the attack was “targeted,” but haven’t determined a specific motive, Shapiro said. Police did not release more details on Balmer’s actions.Could it be that some knuckle-dragging Jew-hater did this merely because Shapiro = Jew. Sadly, of course this is a possibility. Meanwhile, as I reported last week and we discussed on the latest episode of the podcast (linked here, sidebar and at RSS, Spotify and Apple Podcasts) Shapiro is essentially a Jew in name only given this latest item on his rap sheet:
Jewish Governor Gives $5M Grant to Mosque That Called Jews ‘Vilest People’ Gov. Shapiro promises to defend antisemitic mosque against Trump administration.I guess he's till bitter (herbs) about being Passed Over as VP for Tim Walz. And given the Democrats' and Deep State's known ability at faking insurrections and other high crimes and misdemeanors to take out their political enemies, that is anyone who is a fraction of an inch to the right of Boris Yeltsin. You could be forgiven for smelling a rat with this. It would also not surprise me if the perpetrator is perhaps a recent convert to the so-called religion of peace. And as it turns out, Ramadan was only a week or so ago.
Of course, rainbow flags are the least of what Muslims will ban as their power grows. Which is why we should all be worried about EPIC City, Texas. I’d never heard of it until just a few weeks ago. Since then, I’ve heard about it again and again. Maybe the word hasn’t gotten to you yet. If not, here you go. EPIC City, according to an April 3 report by Caroline Vandergriff of CBS News, is a proposed “Muslim community” that is a project of the East Plano Islamic Center (hence the name EPIC) in partnership with a real-estate firm called Community Capital Partners. The plan is to construct “a thousand homes, a mosque, apartments, a school and more” on 402 acres in Collin and Hunt counties near the town of Josephine, about an hour northeast of Dallas. Since the initiative was announced last year, the leaders of the Islamic Center have hired Dan Cogdell, a leading Houston lawyer, “to help them navigate multiple state investigations” that were ordered by Governor Greg Abbott. In reaction to Abbott’s criticism of the EPIC City venture, Cogdell told Vandergraff that his clients “aren’t foreign adversaries” but “Texans.” “Americans.” “United States citizens.” And their only goal, he contended, “is to build a community that allows them to live together with people who value family and faith.” Yes, that’s what they want to do – but it’s not all that they want to do. They want to do Molenbeek and Tower Hamlets and Groruddalen one better. They want the total Muslim experience: no kafirun (infidels) with their uncovered wives and daughters and haram puppy dogs. If you wanted to defend EPIC City, you might point to the way in which the Amish settled Lancaster, Pennsylvania, or the Mormons’ establishment of Utah. But neither the Amish nor the Mormons have a doctrine of jihadist conquest. They aren’t instructed to despise non-believers or throw homosexuals from rooftops. Their sexual politics may be old-fashioned, but they’re light-years more advanced than Islam’s.
But let's erase our borders and let everyone in so they can be free to set fire to sleeping subway riders or commit necrophilia on the subway, maybe commit necrophilia with the burning corpse. But deporting radical jihadist supporting professors and foreign "students" and it's a travesty against the founding principles of "our precious democracy!" Ditto Latin American illegal alien violent criminals.
According to a new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll, almost two-thirds of Americans support the deportation of non-citizen students who show support for ”internationally recognized terrorist groups.” 63 percent want those who “voice support” to be deported; 67% want those who “actively support” terrorists to be deported. The responses differ by party. 84% of Republicans support deportation of such people as Mahmoud Khalil, who “actively supports” Hamas, and 83% of Republicans would support deporting Rumeysa Öztürk, who has “voiced support” for terrorists. But a different picture is painted when we look at the responses of Democrats. The Democrats are morally muddled: some have held onto their wits and seen their way clear to supporting such deportations, but about half of them still think that holders of green cards should be allowed to stay, even if they “actively support” terrorist groups such as Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. More on this Great Divide can be found here: “Most Americans Agree With Deporting Mahmoud Khalil, Foreign Students Who ‘Support’ Terror Groups, Poll Finds,” by Corey Walker, Algemeiner, April 3, 2025:On a whole other front, it's back to the economy, tariffs and China. I and others touched upon the related issue of the national debt and how it relates to all of this and this just hits the nail on the head vis a vis tariffs, DOGE and the attempt to rein in an out of control crazy train bureaucracy. That has been going at warp speed for decades towards plummeting into the Grand Canyon
. . . In contrast, only 42 percent of Democrats said they endorse deportation for foreign students who voice support for terrorist groups, compared to 58 percent who want them to stay on US spoil. Meanwhile, a slight majority, 51 percent, indicated the government should deport those who “actively support” such extremist organizations, while 49 percent oppose deportation in such circumstances…. What a great and disturbing divide between the parties: while 83% of Republicans would want foreign students to be deported if they voice support for terrorist groups, just about half that number — 42% — of Democrats would deport them for the same behavior; 58% would let them stay. When it comes to foreign students who “actively support” terrorist organizations, only 51% of Democrats would deport them, while 49% would let them stay.
Regarding the massive debt caused by China's trade surplus, China's strategy is to maintain export-led growth, which aids in generating jobs and enables it, through continued growth, to keep its large population productively engaged (and fed). Since this strategy is dependent on exports, China requires the yuan to continue to have a relatively lower value than the dollar and thus offer cheaper prices.. . . International trading that involves two currencies has a self-correcting mechanism. For example, China, currently running a trade surplus with the U.S., is sending goods to the U.S. and is getting paid in U.S. dollars. There is consequently a huge supply of dollars being held by China, which causes the dollar's value to depreciate against the yuan. This depreciation of the dollar, however, will eventually make U.S. exports cheaper and imports from China more expensive. Gradually, the U.S. will start exporting more and importing less, due to its lower-valued currency. This will ultimately reverse the current trading scenario. This is the self-correcting mechanism occurs in the international trade markets regularly, with little or no intervention from any authority. . . China wants to keep its exported goods competitively priced in the U.S. market. That cannot happen if the yuan appreciates in value. China thus keeps the yuan's value low compared to the dollar by using the intervention mechanism described above. However, this action leads to a huge pileup of dollars as forex reserves for China.China also manipulates the value of the yuan to keep its value low. China owns the trade deficit amount and expects the U.S. to pay the interest and principal when due (unless the U.S. defaults on its loan payments, which isn't likely). Speaking of loan payment defaults, China is currently in default on its sovereign debt held by American bondholders. "Lest anyone wonder about the age of these bonds, it is irrelevant. What matters is that this is a sovereign obligation." Kinda tells us who we're up against.And we just kept on borrowing and spending, for decades now. Someone's going to have to pay the piper. And lastly, a quick shout-out and thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know.
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- New York’s Police Department is on the lookout for this sick bum accused of having sex with a dead man’s corpse on a Manhattan subway, reports to the New York Post. (Biden still tests negative for pregnancy - jjs)
New York Bum Allegedly Has Sex With Corpse on Subway - Now He's On The Loose!
- What decades of indoctrinating our youth will get you.
Pushing Communism in American High Schools
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- Facebook recently announced its new Llama 4 AI platform, with industry-leading scores. They lied. (Neowin)
The test results were from an unreleased experimental version. The actual scores put Llama 4 in 32nd place.
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First World Problems...
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A Tale Of Two Countries
France has double the percentage of Muslims as the UK, and it has more documented violence against Jews. Both countries lost control of their borders a long time ago, and the influx of Muslims and other third worlders has radically altered their demographics, increased violent crime, and has made both countries feel more like Germany circa 1938 than enlightened 21st century Europe.
But France has not had nearly the massive Muslim demonstrations in contravention of existing law, demanding Sharia, destruction of Israel, and implicitly the murder of Jews. The UK has, and it is getting worse. Every day there seems to be another example of the UK authorities favoring Muslims over all other Englishmen, from turning a blind eye to systematic grooming and rape, most famously in Rotherham, but also in other places, to arresting people for the crime of stating that the murderer of three young girls was undoubtedly a Muslim. He was. She spoke the truth, and for that she is spending more than two years in jail. This Is Britain: Mother Jailed For 2 Years Because of a Tweet She Deleted After 4 HoursUnfortunately, Great Britain isn't quite so great anymore and is looking less and less like a family member and more and more like a copy of Communist China, but with a less rational immigration policy. Child rapists are being excused from responsibility because they come from a savage culture. Tens of thousands march through the streets of London calling for the establishment of a Caliphate while people who criticize that are being tossed in jail. Mothers who fear for their children and speak out find themselves in the dock because, well, we can't offend the Muslims.
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