October 26, 2026
Leftwing Brazilian Strongman Lula Puts His Personal Lawyer on the Supreme Court, Who Then Orders the Polls to Remain Open in Lula Strongholds
Throughout election day, prediction markets were confidant that Lula's right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsanaro would win -- but the moment Lula's personal mob lawyer intervened so that his supporters could stuff ballot boxes, they reversed to predict a Lula "win." They knew the communists had fixed the election.
AGBeege Wellborne at Hot Air:
@AGHamilton29 14h Lula put his own former lawyer on the Supreme Court. He asked the courts for voting to be extended by 2 hours. Skipped the court that should decide it and had that same former lawyer unilaterally decide to order it 2 minutes before polls close. BUT only for places that still had voting open, which were mainly Lula strongholds that were aware of the request and waited for it to be granted. This isn't just optics. They knew exactly what they were doing. It's open corruption.
To recap: Brazilian polling stations are supposed to close at 5 p.m. sharp. A last-minute extension from a Supreme Court justice - who once happened to be the president's personal attorney - extended voting for two additional hours. This word arrived too late for many areas considered Bolsonaro strongholds. Their election officials were caught by surprise, had closed the polls and shut down the machines as prescribed, and sealed the boxes holding the ballots. There were no do-overs or restarts possible. Strangely enough, as Lula-friendly districts seemed to be lagging in closing up shop to begin with, they weren't bothered by the short notice on the extended hours and kept the doors open for all comers. Unsurprisingly, Lula votes soared. By 9 our time last night, mainstream media were crowing about 'Lula's amazing come-from-behind win!'
Throughout election day, prediction markets were confidant that Lula's right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsanaro would win -- but the moment Lula's personal mob lawyer intervened so that his supporters could stuff ballot boxes, they reversed to predict a Lula "win." They knew the communists had fixed the election.
Brazil's markets and currency plunged Monday in the aftermath of leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's reelection victory, prompting a temporary halt in trading in the South American country. Futures on the Brazilian stock index, Bovespa, fell nearly 15%, and the country's currency, the real, fell nearly 12% Monday morning, according to the Financial Times. Sunday's election victory for Lula marked a comeback after he narrowly lost to hard-right candidate Flavio Bolsonaro in the first round of voting earlier this month. Polls had shown the son of imprisoned Trump ally Jair Bolsonaro on track for a big win in runoff voting. In the aftermath of the first round, Brazilian markets had one of their best days in years, according to Bloomberg. Stocks had their biggest gains since 2020 and the real went up by 5%. Investors including the world's top meat producer competed for meetings with the candidate, seeing Bolsonaro as more market-friendly than Lula. Bolsonaro's loss has sent ripples beyond Brazil, which has been dealing with a debt crisis. Shares in the US arm of Brazilian investment firm XP were down 50% premarket. A Brazilian beer company that's part of Anheuser-Busch lost more than 10% in early trading, according to the Wall Street Journal. Lula, 80, first took office back in 2003 and was the first leftist leader elected since the fall of the country's dictatorship. He scored 51% of the vote on Sunday to secure his fourth non-consecutive term.So is that it, then? Do the communist thugs win again by cheating? Maybe not:
Collin RuggBolsanaro is now saying he will request an annulment of the elections. I don't expect this to work. In this sort of crisis, where the communists have demonstrated they are playing for keeps and will do literally everything to cling to power, people tend to side with the party that appears to be winning, because the "winners" will probably arrest and kill the "losers." So the establishment defaults to supporting the fake "winners" just out of self-preservation.
@CollinRugg 16h BREAKING: Brazil's election could be annulled, according to the New York Times. Electoral lawyers say Brazil's current situation is "extremely serious" and a "critical situation." The NYT reports that confusion over a last-minute voting extension by Justice Cristiano Zanin, who was appointed by Lula, could lead to the election being annulled. "This is an extremely serious, critical situation," said electoral lawyer Priscilla Sodré Pereira to the New York Times. When Zanin made the last-minute decision to extend voting hours, some polling stations had already closed and shut down their voting machines. They could not reopen. "Fernando Neisser, an electoral law professor at Fundaçao Getulio Vargas, a Brazilian research institute, said the election could be annulled if the margin is very narrow and it is shown that polling stations stayed open longer in areas that strongly favor one candidate," the NYT reported.
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THE MORNING RANT: A Reminder that the Purpose of Election Prediction Markets Isn’t to Gauge Voter Sentiment but to Influence It
Early voting is under way for the mid-term elections, and Election Day itself is just eight days away. So today is a good day to remind everyone that as biased and unscientific as modern polling is, prediction markets are just as flawed in assessing political races. The reason is that they are not “prediction” markets at all. While they are sort of a gambling forum, they are also a mechanism for partisans to use their own money to influence election reporting in favor of their candidates, and Democrats are much more passionate about spending money this way than Republicans are.
In a piece back in May, I documented two Georgia Supreme Court races in which Polymarket showed the leftists’ odds of winning both exceeded 80%. Both candidates lost by crushing margins to the conservative candidates. There is currently a flood of stories out now touting “predictions” from Polymarket or Kalshi that are favorable to Democrats and the left, including James Talarico in Texas. Kalshi is stating as a fact that Talarico has a 65% chance to win, approaching a “new all time high.”BREAKING: James Talarico odds to win Texas Senate approach new all-time high 65% chance he wins. https://t.co/Y5eo9duhoz
— Kalshi (@Kalshi) October 23, 2026
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Mid-Morning Art Thread
Salvador Dali [Hat Tip: The commenter who suggested this last week, and whose name I have forgotten. Sorry!]
Salvador Dali [Hat Tip: The commenter who suggested this last week, and whose name I have forgotten. Sorry!]
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The Morning Report — 10/26 /26
Good morning kids. In a free-wheeling and wide-ranging discussion, that is our signature style of ranting, raving and yammering about the news of the day on the latest edition of the podcast linked here as well as in the sidebar and at the popular outlets listed at the bottom of the post, of course the massive rioting in France now spreading to other parts of Europe might and could very well erupt over here in America, especially with the absolutely crucial midterm elections now a scant week away and with the totally secure, safe and sane early voting well under way across the nation. what a pathetic and sick joke that is, but it's yet another signpost that America as founded and the civil society as it had been intended is fading fast. And yet, despite Western Europe and Civilization as it had been advancing for several thousand years is in flames courtesy of suicidal Leftism and Homicidal Islam, somehow in spite of it all America is still clinging on to a life raft as the waves do their best to swamp and drown us. Well despite the fake polling
Oh thank goodness we have committed professionals who have our backs But of course after the President himself enemy of the people #2 is Pete Hegseth! Before I develop an aneurysm let me nevertheless wish you all to
have a good day. And please do your best to VOTE EARLY AND OFTEN!!!
Good morning kids. In a free-wheeling and wide-ranging discussion, that is our signature style of ranting, raving and yammering about the news of the day on the latest edition of the podcast linked here as well as in the sidebar and at the popular outlets listed at the bottom of the post, of course the massive rioting in France now spreading to other parts of Europe might and could very well erupt over here in America, especially with the absolutely crucial midterm elections now a scant week away and with the totally secure, safe and sane early voting well under way across the nation. what a pathetic and sick joke that is, but it's yet another signpost that America as founded and the civil society as it had been intended is fading fast. And yet, despite Western Europe and Civilization as it had been advancing for several thousand years is in flames courtesy of suicidal Leftism and Homicidal Islam, somehow in spite of it all America is still clinging on to a life raft as the waves do their best to swamp and drown us. Well despite the fake polling
The Scamsters Unveiled: In August and this month, four different polling outfits were exposed for fabricating data.. . . .and so this expected so-called Blue Wave (puns and metaphors flying free here), there seems to be trouble in workers paradise. One big and kind of surprising item comes from Leftist and Muslim dominated Michigan:
Dems Hit Panic Button As El-Sayed’s Black Voter Problems Remain Problematic. . . “…everybody you talk to on the ground there says there is a very worrying problem with the black vote in Detroit. And I have not seen many Democrats win a state like Michigan where the black vote does not turn out.”Well is it just Michigan, where I fully expect Whitmer/Nessel/Benson to fire up the fraud machine... and is their seeming panic justified or what's really going on here? Well, what will the Democrats do? As the Sanford Townsend band sang in 1977 The Smoke From a Distant Fire, might very well be heading this way, regardless of a blue wave, or to ensure one!
Because while the violence across Europe has been described as “student protests,” it is anything but that. In fact, it’s a calculated effort by highly organized and well-financed extreme left groups to sow anarchy across Western civilization. Here in the U.S., the hard-left Democrat Party has all but declared it’s no longer a party of working-class people and middle-class taxpayers. It’s dominated by the Democratic Socialists of America and closely allied and networked with the global movement to destroy capitalism and impose socialism. An exaggeration? Nope. According to “DataRepublican,” a well-known data-crunching online influencer who previously worked as an analyst for the Pentagon, the Democratic Socialists of America have plans for all of us. She cites literally “thousands of new transcripts and hundreds of recordings” showing what those plans are.Arm yourself to the teeth, my friends. Hope for the best but prepare for the worst.On these and all the other cheery notes, including the lastest in the ongoing flea circus of the BRO-FO Omar chronicles . . .
Where is William of Occam when you need him? The celebrated author of “Occam’s Razor”—Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem—would be a useful chap to have around when trying to understand The Case of Ilhan. The hijab-clad, Trump-and-America-hating, Somali-born woman who has been representing Minnesota’s 5th congressional district since January 3, 2019, is everywhere in the news. The proximate cause of this new interest was the October 12 pre-dawn search of Ilhan’s Washington, D.C., home by Homeland Security Investigations. The search took about five hours and yielded a number of potentially interesting items, including cell phones, personal computers, notebooks, and her passport. That DHSI raid was an eyebrow-raising event. But really, at this point, the news was almost superfluous. Indeed, we have had Ilhan’s number at least since 2016, back when she was running for a seat in Minnesota’s state government. It was then that Powerline’s Scott Johnson first polished his magnifying glass and began, terrier-like, to follow the trail of this incestuous fraudster. Johnson recently released a compilation of research, originally put together by David Steinberg and published on X, about Ilhan. Their work was supplemented in 2020 with an excellent book by Benjamin Weingarten called American Ingrate.And with that we still have bullshit like this to contend with:
The FBI arrested a CIA contractor Friday for allegedly leaking highly classified national defense information to a romantic partner who operated an online publication known for publishing sensitive government intelligence. Ian A. Brinksman, 42, of Washington, D.C., faces federal charges of unlawfully transmitting national defense information following a search of his residence. According to a criminal complaint, Brinksman allegedly accessed sensitive intelligence outside his official responsibilities and provided it to an individual who published classified material on Substack. Attorney General Todd Blanche condemned the alleged breach, emphasizing the Trump administration’s commitment to protecting America’s national security secrets.
Oh thank goodness we have committed professionals who have our backs But of course after the President himself enemy of the people #2 is Pete Hegseth! Before I develop an aneurysm let me nevertheless wish you all to
have a good day. And please do your best to VOTE EARLY AND OFTEN!!!
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Daily Tech News 26 October 2026
Top Story
- There are at least 884,000 websites running an unsupported version of PHP - one for which there is no patch for the new lethal vulnerabilities. (Notebook Check)
The real number is probably closer to 20 million.
- How did the PHP foundation - the organisation responsible for maintaining PHP, a language powering an estimated 37.7 million websites - let things get so bad? They have one full-time staff member. (Reuters)
Yep, that'll do it.
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October 25, 2026
Sunday Overnight Open Thread - October 25, 2026 
Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Sunday ONT. Appreciate you stopping by. Open thread, as always. Fashion and music, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?
Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Sunday ONT. Appreciate you stopping by. Open thread, as always. Fashion and music, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?
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Gun Thread: TXMoMe Withdrawal Edition!
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Food Thread: What A Lame Post!
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First World Problems...
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Modern Immigration Is A Far Cry From That Of Our Ancestors
The lives that many of our ancestors lived before they made the sometimes arduous trek to America were difficult for many reasons. Poverty of course, but religious persecution figured prominently, and the simple almost world-wide limitation on upward mobility was a huge driver of immigration. No matter our great-great-grandfather's intelligence and drive and desire to better himself, he was stuck as a serf or a blacksmith or a tenant farmer, and it was very difficult to change those circumstances.
Thus the allure of America! But to get there was difficult and expensive, and there was no guarantee that when he arrived he wouldn't be put right back on the ship and sent back to Russia or Germany or Sweden or Italy or... And that was just the beginning! He had to work...hard, and learn English, and fit into the culture that was American Exceptionalism. There was no welfare or immigration assistance or government payments for new arrivals or public medical care or public housing or any of the myriad services that current immigrants are given. So who came to America? The smart ones. The tough ones. The ones who truly valued freedom and chafed under the Czar or the Kaiser or the King or the Emperor. The great mass of people who were miserable, but unwilling to challenge themselves with the great unknown of leaving what they had, no matter how pitiful, stayed, and were gobbled up by the cataclysms that shook Europe. That selection turbocharged America, which was already the destination of the best and the brightest from its beginning. But all of that changed with modern transportation, the burgeoning welfare state, and the radical change in our immigration policies that began in the 1960s. No longer did America want immigration to be a reflection of the country. No...the progressives wanted a flood of new voters who would support their cradle-to-grave welfare dreams. And where to find those people? In countries without a foundation of personal freedom, the rule of law, and at least some sense of entrepreneurship and personal responsibility. And that's what we got! People who came here to be cared for by government, not to expand their lives and enjoy the fruits of liberty. It's as simple as that, and the progressive cant that claims the new immigrants (both legal and illegal) are functionally identical to the great immigrations of the 19th and into the early 20th century is arrant nonsense. A peasant from central America or China without education or any political conviction other than a desire to be cared for is a radically different person than the 19th century immigrant from Germany or Russia who came to America with nothing, built a small business, sent his children to college, and created vast wealth for America. And that filter of expense and difficulty and fear of the unknown has largely been removed, so there is no impediment to armies of societal leeches invading our country. Hell, there are American charities that teach illegals how to navigate the welfare systems for maximum payout, even before they get here! How to fix it? President Trump has tightened restrictions on legal immigration, and has simply enforced the law on illegal immigration. It is an excellent start, but the societal modifications necessary to return America to the concept of the melting pot are still very much in flux. Love of country, respect for individual responsibility, freedom as a powerful driver of political behavior...all need to return to the fore. And that begins with education, which has been completely hijacked by the rabid progressives of the educational establishment. Yes, it is a tall order, but the indications are modestly positive!Posted by: CBD at 12:00 PM | Comments (160) | Trackbacks (Suck)
The Book Thread: October 25th, 2026 [MP4]
The Moon Under Water
In 1946, George Orwell wrote an essay, “The Moon Under Water,” in which he described his favorite London pub. It was quiet, with friendly middle-aged barmaids who knew their customers’ names, had good yet inexpensive lunches and, of course, the perfect pint of stout. The sad reveal, however, was that the ‘Moon’ didn’t exist; it was only Orwell’s vision of what would be the perfect pub.
Why do I bring this up? A few weeks ago, I traveled out to western Massachusetts to visit a used bookstore that was highly recommended on Facebook (yes, I know – more fool me). It was OK, but certainly not worth the four-hour round trip. The selection was eclectic, which I like, though it was a sobering experience to look through the ‘English history’ section and see that I already own most of the titles! But the place was infested with leftist slop – ‘No Kings’ flyers, ICE denunciations, pride flags, &c – and both the staff and customers ran the gamut from A to B in that they were snotty, pot-aroma’d college students, Karens in peasant dresses and jangling bracelets or man-bunned hipsters in locally-sourced clothes and carefully trimmed artisanal beards.
While I came away with a couple of good books, I was ultimately disappointed and angry at myself for wasting time visiting out west when there is a very good Used Book Superstore only half an hour away.
So what makes a good used bookstore? For me, the perfect one was the late Avenue Victor Hugo Books in Lee, New Hampshire. A converted barn with narrow aisles, tomes in every conceivable category tightly-shelved and overflowing, bundles of old sheet music and magazines, classical music at just the right volume, chairs to settle into while leafing through a possible purchase and an owner who loves books and has a story about every one you bring to the counter. And no posters, flyers or handwritten screeds damning everyone to the right of Pol Pot!
But, sadly, AVHB is now only an online business.
What makes a good bookstore for you? Which would you recommend? Which do you hate?
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Daily Tech News 25 October 2026
Top Story
- How did a couple of bugs in one minor programming language that nobody bothers with anymore almost destroy civilisation? (Tech Crunch)
The language Tech Crunch is referring to is PHP, which is literally as old as the web - it first appeared in 1993, the same year as HTML itself, the language that every single web page is written.
Tech Crunch runs on WordPress.
WordPress is written in PHP.
Around 70% of all websites run on software written in PHP, 40% of them on WordPress alone.
Inertia is a hell of a drug.
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October 24, 2026
Saturday Night Club ONT - October 24, 2026 [Disco & Dino] 
Welcome to Club ONT - a whelming collaboration of The Disco and The Dino.
Open thread - bar is open, too. Come in in, grab a drink or 2. Or 3. Keep it light and friendly. Be careful though. The Moose out front may be jacked up on pumpkin spice.
[Top photo: Evidence of organic brass farming at the Place for the Thing]
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Saturday Substitute Music Thread - October 24, 2026 [TRex] 
Looks like we need a music thread for the Hobby Thread afterparty and Club ONT pre-party. As a dinosaur with a small brain and short arms, I can't carry a tune or keep a beat, but I'm impressed but others that can.
Shall we talk tunes?
How about a baseball theme since we're in the midst of the World Series?
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Hobby Thread - October 24, 2026 [TRex]
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 officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. For this week, the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) is feeling adventurous and decided on a geocaching theme for this Hobby Thread.
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Ace of Spades Pet Thread, October 24
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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. 24
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Thread before the Gardening Thread, Oct. 24
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Live updates on the protests and riots in France, NY Post
FRANCE
Have you noticed the statue of Marianne used as a symbol of the protests in France?Why the Statue of Liberty's real name is (probably) Marianne
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The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival
Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. Before we enter the Prayer Revival there are a few housekeeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Cottage Grove) 1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate. Praying is also welcome and appreciated.
2) Be kind. Be nice. Or at least don't get caught.
3) No! After the TXMoMe there is definitely no running with sharp objects.
4) May your weekend be great and your upcoming week a breeze.
Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. Before we enter the Prayer Revival there are a few housekeeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Cottage Grove) 1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate. Praying is also welcome and appreciated.
2) Be kind. Be nice. Or at least don't get caught.
3) No! After the TXMoMe there is definitely no running with sharp objects.
4) May your weekend be great and your upcoming week a breeze.
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Daily Tech News 24 October 2026
Top Story
- NASA is planning to land astronauts on the Moon within two years. (AP News)
Likelihood of missing this target exceeds 100%. Though to be fair nobody has ever done this before, and we don't know all the complications involved in such a heroic effort.
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