by | November 3, 2026 · 4:31 am

Election Day

CONNECTICUT: Anne Hughes (left) is the Democrat incumbent running to keep her seat representing the 135th House District. Darrell Harris (right) is the GOP nominee running for that same seat. When Harris’ campaign signs started getting stolen, the campaign installed AirTag trackers in some of them. Those got stolen and were tracked to property owned by Hughes. Hughes is being charged with a misdemeanor for sixth-degree larceny.

EDUCATION: CLICK https://x.com/adamfrancisco_/status/2117219018348077298 [:45] to see before and after clips of Temulun Togochog. The before is from 2024 when, at the age of 17, she testified before the U.S. Congress how blessed she was to have fled Communist China with her parents and been welcomed into the United States where she can live freely.

She is now a student at the University of Michigan where she has been infected with the leftist mind virus which inspired her to launch a foul-mouthed assault on conservative Jews who had set up a table on campus. CLICK https://x.com/camhigby/status/2117018072347480378 [2:45] to see a fuller picture of the behavior that got her arrested on November 1.

ENERGY: @SaltyGoat17 posted, “You know what’s more expensive than $4 a gallon gas?

-Paying student loans I never took out

-Paying for free food for something that shouldn’t even be here

-Paying healthcare for people that jumped the border

-Paying for infrastructure in a country I’ve never been to

-Paying for military protection for people that hate us

THAT is costing me a Hell of a lot more than $4 gas!!!”

ICE: She said that like it’s a bad thing.

MAINE: The Department of Justice is investigating CCTV video from Lewiston City Hall that appears to show dozens of instances of NGO workers — operating as “interpreters” — coaching illiterate Somalis on how to vote and even filling out ballots for them.

The shocking footage was obtained by The Maine Wire under the Freedom of Access Act and shows left-wing NGOs running an industrial-scale ballot stuffing scheme, using non-English-speaking migrants to obtain ballots and then instructing them on how to vote a party line ticket for Democrats.

Under Maine law, voters may request a translator, but there are strict rules as to what aides can and cannot do when it comes to assisting voters. Translators are not allowed to offer assistance but must wait until assistance is requested, and they are not allowed to influence voters’ choices. The translators are not allowed to mark up a ballot, and they cannot approach or interrupt a voter who is already in the booth.

As is evident from the CCTV video, virtually every one of these rules was violated over and over again by a small cadre of political activists who can be seen shepherding illiterate Somali voters through the ballot-casting process.

MICHIGAN: Rep. Haley Stevens is a Democrat who lost her primary bid to Abdul El-Sayed by a slim margin. CLICK https://x.com/HaleyforMI/status/2116945962706862397 [1:38] to hear her endorse Mike Rogers, the GOP candidate.

STUPID PEOPLE: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CZd1sVNUIMU [2:57] to understand why so many of our political opponents are so persistently and aggressively stupid.

SUCCESS: @Chris_X_ posted, “Democrats measure success by how many people get government help. Conservatives measure it by how many people don’t need it anymore.”

TOLERANCE: @BoLoudon posted, “I‘m voting for the party that didn’t celebrate President Trump getting shot and Charlie Kirk getting murdered.”

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by | November 2, 2026 · 5:49 am

All Souls Day

ALASKA: Dan J. Sullivan, who filed to run as a Republican against GOP incumbent Sen. Dan Scott Sullivan, has not campaigned at all. His son, Noah, is a registered Democrat who works as a field representative for Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA). Perez (left in photo above) is good buddies with the Democratic candidate, Mary Peltola (right in photo above).

DEMOCRATS: Lynching political enemies is nothing new for the members of the party that founded the KKK.

DOUBLE STANDARDS: You know the saying … if they didn’t have double standards, they would have no standards at all.

EVERYDAY HEROES: @SamuraiShibaJP posted the following to X – I asked 50 Japanese people, ages 9 to 91, one question. “What do you admire most about Americans?” Here are the top answers. 10. “They clap when the plane lands.” (Office worker, 34) … 9. “They say ‘I love you’ every time they hang up the phone. Even men. Even to other men.” (Taxi driver, 61) … 8. “A stranger told me she liked my shoes. Then she just walked away. She didn’t want anything.” (High school girl, 16) … 7. “They thank the bus driver when they get off.” (Bus driver, 55. He got emotional saying this.) … 6. “They tell you their whole life story in the grocery line. I know about one man’s divorce, his boat, and his knee surgery. We knew each other for four minutes.” (My mother, 64) … 5. “They stand for the anthem at a children’s baseball game.” (Little League coach, 47) … 4. “When they lose, they shake hands and say ‘good game.’ And they mean it.” (Sota, 12) … 3. “They fly the flag on a regular Tuesday. No holiday. Just because.” (Nurse, 28) … 2. “They help a stranger push a car out of the snow, then leave without saying their name.” (My cousin’s husband, 52, who got stuck in Colorado once).

And the number one answer came from the oldest person I asked. My grandfather. He’s 91. He thought about it for a long time. Then he said: “They still believe tomorrow will be better than today.” I asked him what he meant. “In 1946, we had nothing,” he said. “The American soldiers I met were young and far from home. But they acted like the future was coming, and it was going to be good. After a while, we started to believe them.” I asked him if he thought Americans still believe that. He nodded slowly. “Tell them,” he said, “not to stop.”

FAFO: Allison Albro (21) was arrested after posting a selfie on social media with unsettling statement on committing assassination of the US president. The post reportedly ended with “Wish me luck, guys.”

Volusia County (Florida) sheriffs says she claimed it was a joke, that she does not have access to a firearm, and had no intention of hurting anyone.

18 U.S. Code § 871a states, “Whoever knowingly and willfully ,,, makes any such threat against the President, President-elect, Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President, or Vice President-elect, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.”

MIDTERM: If you want that too, vote Republican.

OBAMA: [12:42] – “The tally of promises” … let’s to that, Barack. Let’s start with “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.“

OHIO: CLICK https://x.com/AshSavesUSA/status/2116568518783107326 [1:49] to hear the Democrat gubernatorial candidate channel drunk Kamala.

SPIRITUAL WARFARE: It starts at home. – CLICK https://x.com/USADocumented/status/2116880771054961095 [:30] and CLICK https://x.com/USADocumented/status/2116857969757339798 [:20]. I’m noticing not just the kids’ behaviors, in the presence of their parents, but also who photographed and posted the images. The first one is a porch cam that the home owner posted. The second was filmed and posted by the mother.

STUPID PEOPLE: The kid was right. @RealTJS2 elaborated with, “Marty’s was a Chicago deep dish and Luis ate a thin crust.” LOL

VIRGINIA: The letter says the appropriate officials have carefully examined the dead dog’s criminal record and determined it deserves a second chance.

GRAMMY NOTES: I love what Mama Buzz did to celebrate the Catholic feast of All Hallow’s Eve! They were going out trick or treating, so she placed a decorated table in front of their door with a bowl of treats on it.

Then she created a science-project-style display of family photos from our genealogy binders labeled “Pray For Our Dead” with an explanation about the Catholic 3-day feast called “Hallowtide.” Then she added a sign saying they would pray for all the people whose names got put into the jar and provided paper, pencils, and a jar.

She emailed me, “I wrote some of our names in a couple pieces of paper to start the jar so no one feels intimidated about being the first one. I tried to make it inviting and loving, not preachy or intimidating. When we got back from trick or treating, there were lots of names in the jar!”

I can’t tell you how whelmed I feel right now, knowing I helped raise this amazing woman.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://x.com/Fealehta_/status/2116532564127334751 [2:00] to see an All Saints Day event at a Catholic school.

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by | November 1, 2026 · 6:26 am

All Saints Day

2A: A 36-year-old illegal alien from Colombia got thoroughly plastered, entered a Dollar General store in Polk County, Florida, pulled out a knife, threatened customers, and even stabbed a soda bottle for good measure. Two Florida residents pulled their guns out and held her until police arrived. I’m pleased to see the one in the photo was holding his firearm correctly and practicing good trigger discipline.

ALASKA: The DOJ has asked a federal judge to block Alaska from certifying its U.S. Senate election if Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan loses to Democrat Mary Peltola. Both state and federal criminal investigations are underway into an alleged scheme to place Daniel J. Sullivan, a retired teacher from Petersburg, Alaska, on the ballot to draw votes away from the incumbent, Senator Daniel S. Sullivan. The DOJ argues in its lawsuit that Daniel J. Sullivan was brought into the race “to confuse voters,” and that the sole purpose of his candidacy “is to benefit the Peltola campaign by reducing the number of votes for Senator Sullivan.”

CATHOLIC: Today is the second in a Catholic triduum of feasts that focus on death and life after death. All Hallows’ Eve calls us to prepare our hearts for the event each and every one of us will experience. All Saints’ Day shows us the glory we’re called to attain. And All Souls’ Day reminds us to pray for those who have died and are on their way to Heaven, but not there quite yet.

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS ENDED AT 2 AM TODAY: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JCjHM7nk-NY [1:56] to hear Michael McIntyre perfectly describe what it’s like to change a wall hung clock.

FDA: President Donald Trump recently established a women’s health task force and a new division at the health department focused on women’s health. One of its first actions is to remove outdated “black box” warnings on Minivelle, Vivelle, and Vivelle-Dot patches, which provide menopausal women with estrogen.

Secretary Kennedy said, “Under President Trump’s leadership, we are changing how the federal government approaches menopause care. We are updating labels to reflect current science, confronting barriers to treatment, and working with manufacturers to expand supply.”

FRAUD: The DOJ announced Thursday they have uncovered a multimillion dollar Kenyan student loan fraud ring. The Kenyans were stealing American identities, using the names to apply for student loans, and then sending the money back to Kenya. They weren’t here to assimilate. They were here to steal.

ILHAN OMAR: In an academic paper published in August, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi wrote, “As a gay man of the East African diaspora, my fieldwork was never neutral.” Elmi’s work, entitled “Out in the Field: Notes on Researching Queer Violence in Kenya,” explored violence against LGBTQ people in Kenya. Elmi is the man who married Ilhan Omar in 2009, after she divorced her baby daddy. She later divorced Elmi, who has long been rumored to be Omar’s biological brother, and remarried her baby daddy.

ISLAM: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3T3Zac_DG8U [2:40] to hear yet another example of how evil this religion is.

JOBS: Vote for more of this. You don’t get people out of poverty by giving them a handout. You get them out by creating jobs.

PROCRASTI-PAINTING: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/G8ESymjtr3E [2:26 ] for a nifty approach to self care.

St. JOHN the APOSTLE: Among the Twelve Apostles, St. John the Evangelist stands alone in one striking way: no church or city claims to possess his body.

Early Christian witnesses—Polycrates of Ephesus, St. Irenaeus, and St. Jerome—agree that the Beloved Disciple returned from exile on Patmos, lived to an advanced age in Ephesus, and was buried there around the year 100.

A church later rose over the site, and Emperor Justinian eventually built a great basilica upon it. Yet when the tomb was opened in later centuries, it was empty. No bones, no relics. The place remains marked today among the ruins of the Basilica of St. John in Selçuk, near ancient Ephesus, but the body itself has never been found.

Local tradition, already known to St. Augustine and St. Gregory of Tours, held that John was not lying dead but sleeping in the earth until the Lord returns. Fine dust called “manna” was said to rise from the tomb as if stirred by his breath, and pilgrims gathered it for healing.

Other accounts speak of a quiet assumption into heaven, echoing the enigmatic words of Jesus in the Gospel: “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?” (John 21:22–23). Unlike the other Apostles, whose remains were claimed and venerated across the Christian world, John’s body simply disappeared from ordinary sight.

The mystery has endured for centuries. Whether one reads it as a sign that the disciple Jesus loved still waits, or as a quiet fulfillment of the Lord’s promise, the empty tomb at Ephesus continues to invite reflection on the life that remains when the body is no longer seen.

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by | October 31, 2026 · 7:03 am

Bits & Bytes

CATHOLIC HISTORY: On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther sent his Ninety-five Theses to Albert of Brandenburg, Archbishop of Mainz. Although they addressed only the selling of indulgences, something the then-devout Catholic priest correctly sought to stop, the incident is considered the start of the so-called Protestant Reformation. The actual reformation of the Catholic Church occurred between 1545 and 1563 at the Ecumenical Council at Trent.

DOUBLE STANDARDS: You know the saying … if they didn’t have double standards, they would have no standards at all.

EVERYDAY HEROES: [3:29] – This feel-good story is all “no tricks, just treats.” You might need a tissue. My only complaint is that I want to buy the book, but I can’t find it.

FAFO: Salim Said sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role the $250 million “Feeding Our Future” fraud scheme. Said, a restaurant owner during COVID, applied for pandemic relief moneys, claiming he was feeding thousands of poor children every day, which he wasn’t. He was just pocketing the money, which the court has ordered him to repay.

MAHA: The Halloween edition of “The Real Food Show.” [17:57] – One year, we tossed our old Jack O’Lanterns into our then-open compost pile. Apparently, we had not cleaned all the seeds out, because we got a surprise crop of pumpkins the next year.

SOCIALISM: Dylan Alverson decided to prove that socialism works. He took all the prices off his Minneapolis restaurant’s menu and declared he would feed anyone who walked in the door. Neighbors began to be crowded out of the restaurant by people who could not pay and who lingered around the restaurant all day. Complaints mounted of open drug use, theft, discarded needles in the alley and overdoses on the sidewalk. After a series of contentious community meetings, Alverson closed the restaurant in July for a few weeks, then reopened in August with prices back on the menu.

UK: CLICK https://x.com/brenkav/status/2114105810020425855 [2:16] to see the video of the Bedford Borough Council investigator responding to a complaint about an illegal cafe. @ju25378 posted, “I’ve said it before. The reason Monty Python isn’t funny anymore is because we live in the world they created. The surreal is the new normal.”

GRAMMY NOTES: I wonder if this comes with the 24/7 drug-dealing husband-nurse I had after my real surgery.

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by | October 30, 2026 · 5:25 am

Bits & Bytes

CATHOLIC: Tulsa cathedral priest Father Brian O’Brien shared the story of a DoorDash driver who accidentally entered the cathedral after going to the wrong door to deliver lunch to a nearby office. The driver, who had never been inside a Catholic church, was struck by its beauty. After completing the delivery, he went home and began researching Catholicism. He has now started OCIA, taking his first steps toward joining the Catholic Church.

DEMOCRATS: Alaska has an unusual election procedure called ranked-choice voting (RCV) in which voters rank candidates in order of preference (like 1st, 2nd, 3rd). If no one gets more than 50% of first-choice votes, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated and those votes transfer to the next ranked choice until someone wins.

The current Democrat candidate for the U.S. Senate is Mary Peltola.

Her opponent is the Republican incumbent, Senator Dan S. Sullivan.

A third candidate is named Dan J. Sullivan.

A fourth candidate is another Dan Sullivan who used to be mayor of Anchorage.

One guess who is behind getting extra Dan Sullivans on the ballot.

FAFO: When Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla tried to silence Ambassador Mark Waltz’s speech exposing corruption in the Cuban government, he shoved an American. Sec. Marco Rubio has had him expelled from the country.

PJ Media reports, “The whole thing started over a non-binding resolution demanding an end to the U.S. economic, commercial, and financial embargo on Cuba, which comes up for a vote Wednesday. According to the New York Post, Waltz used his speaking time to show who actually benefits from the Cuban system. That would be a ruling class with real estate, luxury watches, and private jets, while regular Cubans suffer through blackouts and shortages.”

HAITI: CLICK https://x.com/BoLoudon/status/2114084817499513004 [:20] to hear how Haitian officials are claiming to be “overwhelmed” by the, in their minds, too rapid return of their own citizens.

MIDDLE EAST: Approximately 20 percent of Israeli citizens are Arab, and most Arab-Israelis are Muslim. Israeli Muslims have full citizenship, and women are equal to men in the eyes of the law.

SCIENCE: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/2343836526382545 [1:24] to hear how neuroscience has proven it’s best to let kids struggle, while encouraging them to figure things out for themselves.

SPIRITUAL WARFARE: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pOY0Ynl_LRI [2:45] to hear what Paul Cooper did during his final days on Earth.

TOLERANCE: This nation is supposedly systemically and irredeemable raaacist. Yet we had a black president for eight years and not one Republican, redneck, or white supremacist ever took a shot at him.

GRAMMY NOTES: If you have a few minutes, I think you’ll enjoy the article linked below.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4pB5p1f-nIo [1:22] to hear a homeschooling story. It’s not a dirty job, but I think Mike Rowe would like it anyway.

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by | October 29, 2026 · 6:56 am

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AMERICAN HISTORY: On October 29, 1998, John Glenn returned to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. At the age of 77, he was the oldest person to go into space.

CHICOMS: Chalk up another one for “the warmth of collectivism.” Citizens in eastern China’s Shandong Province have just been told the state will not be providing elder care. These are people who grew up with the draconian one-child policy, people who had been assured that they didn’t need offspring because the state would take care of them to the end.

COURT: A three-judge U.S. Fifth District Circuit panel has removed U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate, of the Southern District of Mississippi, from Jackson Federation of Teachers v. Fitch. The ruling said Wingate had “ignored and manipulated governing law, apparently to satisfy a policy agenda.”

CUBA: Click the link below to watch UN Ambassador Mike Waltz expose gross corruption in the Castro regime. One of Cuba’s “diplomats” tried to cut him off, creating a scene that made the whole thing go viral. It’s kinda funny, really, considering how few people would’ve heard about Waltz’s speech otherwise.

EVERYDAY HEROES: The searchers called the Air Force only to make sure their jets stayed out of the searchers’ helicopters’ way. Instead, the pilots stopped their training and joined the search.

FREEDOM TOONS: [44:22] – Take that, Joe Rogan.

MAHA: [8:43] – Three exercises that are better than standing on one leg to help reduce falls.

NEW YUCK STATE: The Cato Institute, a libertarian (not GOP) think tank, scored every sitting governor this year for the first time, on taxes, spending, housing, licensing, schools, guns and speech. Hochul came in dead last.

S&G: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/952796657551872 [1:38] to hear another “what has the world come to” news story.

TRUMP: A new report from the Department of Justice shows serious violent victimization (rape or sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault) fell 25%, from 9.9 to 7.4 per 1,000 persons age 12 or older. That equals roughly 669,000 fewer injured and traumatized Americans.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8KPA7OPQ1o [2:05] to watch Gabby absolutely kill it on the agility course at Westminster.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LHjUtx4RUW0 [1:04] to watch a teensy weensy puppy get her first bath.

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by | October 28, 2026 · 5:45 am

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AMERICAN HISTORY: On October 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty was dedicated by President Grover Cleveland.

COMEY: On October 26, the DOJ charged former FBI Director James Comey with leaking a sensitive national security document to The New York Times in October 2016. There is no grand jury indictment yet. If I understand this correctly, the charge was filed to keep the case alive after its 10-year statute of limitations has run out.

DOUBLE STANDARDS: You know the saying … if they didn’t have double standards, they would have no standards at all.

EBOLA: The Democratic Republic of Congo hit 10,060 cases this week, making it the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease in history. Since the start of the outbreak in May, the disease has killed about 4,800 people in the DRC. Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda have also reported several Ebola cases this year.

EVERYDAY HEROES: CLICK https://x.com/HumanityChad/status/2114398581885149516 [1:22] to see how two persistent little girls saved the day.

ILHAN OMAR: [12:24] – Marrying her brother is the least of her problems.

IMMIGRATION: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1951481879166168 [1:52] to hear the real story behind Moussa Diawara’s deportation. Click the link below to read the slimestream version.

ISLAM: On October 20 and 24, radical Islamic extremists (i.e., people who believe what Mohammed actually taught) killed at least 60 Orthodox Christians and severely injured 20 others in targeted attacks in Ethiopia. I googled and got only a handful of hits, none from any mainstream news outlet.

MAHA: [9:36] – When I was recovering from knee replacement, my dd bought me a pedometer. I was frustrated with it at first, because it was not recording my steps. Then, I figured out that it only records the kind of strong. heel-toe stride described here. I was greedy for those step numbers to go up, so I focused on the quality of my stride. One day, my PT saw me at the gym and exclaimed, “You walk like someone who never had knee replacement!” I told her I owed it all to my fussy pedometer LOL.

MILITARY: On October 20, a SpaceX rocket launched from Cape Canaveral delivered mission gear, batteries, a water desalinator, survival and medical supplies to a remote location. The Air Force called the test a success. The long-term goal is to be able to deliver tens of tons anywhere on Earth in roughly an hour without the need for a runway or friendly airspace at the delivery site.

SCIENCE: Researchers in South Korea found that the conventional plastic straws people prefer have a much smaller environmental impact than paper straws, biodegradable straws, and bio-based polyethylene straws.

STUPID PEOPLE: At one of the weekend rallies, Barack Obama asked snarkily, “What is radical about wanting everybody to have healthcare? How is that radical?” Hmmm … odd question from the man who promised back in 2009 that Obamacare would totally fix that problem forever. He signed The Affordable Care Act into law on March 23, 2010. Peter Heck writes, “Even he doesn’t seem to think his own time in office was a success.“

GRAMMY NOTES: Mine are in a box that is carefully labeled so I know where all the cables I will never need again are located.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1589834836229941 [:14] to see what Frank saw.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Qfiwk9_c9Jc [2:19] to hear why you should not put liquor into water bottles.

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by | October 27, 2026 · 5:25 am

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DOUBLE STANDARDS: “Native American advocacy groups” pushed the Washington Redskins to change their name and logo, which they claimed was offensive. The descendants of Blackfeet Chief John Two Guns White Calf want them restored, because they honor their ancestor and preserve his legacy.

EVERYDAY HEROES: Ebro Ahmed, of Saint Paul, Minnesota, was standing outside a convenience store when he saw a school bus rolling down the street with its flashers on and the doors open. He looked into the bus and saw that the driver appeared to be having a seizure. CLICK https://x.com/ABCNewsLive/status/2112956598918517176 [:28] to see what he did.

MIDTERMS: CLICK https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/2114175361277898899 [1:01] to watch what I wish I could say is satire, but I’m fairly certain is not.

NEW YUCK STATE: A federal judge has just struck down New York’s stupid ban on body armor, saying it’s protected under the Second Amendment. As Joel Abbott noted, New York legislators wanted to ensure that “when a criminal with a full-auto Glock and Level IIIA plates mugged law-abiding citizens’ in an alley, the perp could be certain that their prey was defenseless.”

OBAMA: The man responsible for the ugliest not-a-presidential-library says people should vote Democrat because Trump’s “got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory.”

PORTLAND: The Justice Department is investigating a heated confrontation that erupted at a women’s professional soccer game after roughly 20 fans revealed “XX-XY Athletics” shirts and unfured a “Save Women’s Sports” banner. Multiple videos show the peaceful protesters were verbally and physically assaulted repeatedly by pro-trans activists. Security responded by removing the peaceful protesters. Federal officials say the incident raises potential First Amendment and viewpoint discrimination concerns.

SCIENCE: People lose their windpipes due to tracheal cancer, severe intubation stenosis, crushing trauma, or congenital birth defects. Because windpipes are such a complex organ, attempts to replace them have mostly failed, until now. The article below goes into detail about how doctors in South Korea finally found a solution.

GRAMMY NOTES: I was looking through some of my old sketchbooks recently and decided to frame a drawing I did a couple of years ago when I was taking a colored pencil course. Dearest hung it up on Sunday. It makes me happy.

One of my granddaughters asked me recently if I thought my art could ever save my life. I told her I think it already has. Being disabled and in constant pain makes it very easy to fall into feeling like I’m a useless and expensive burden to myself and everyone around me. My faith tells me this is not true AT ALL, but the feelings need help, which I get from my art.

It makes me feel good about myself to look at something beautiful and know that I made it. Plus, the making is always a period of time during which I am NOT thinking about myself or my body. 🙂

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aWErtF3xRxg [2:01] to watch some really smart cats.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/auwwZe8A3-c [1;07] to hear a funny pediatrician story.

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by | October 26, 2026 · 8:32 am

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BORDER: When the graphic above scrolled into my Facebook feed, my first thought was “crop circles” LOL. If you have read more carefully and are wondering, the story is true. Many Amish communities use only manual tools, but some allow certain power tools. It depends on the specific community’s rules.

CATHOLIC: This is worth watching. The presenter makes a lot of great points. [16:44] – The Second Council of Nicaea occurred in the year 787, many centuries before the Protestant Reformation.

On October 13, 787, the united bishops decreed that “venerable and holy images are to be dedicated in the holy churches of God, namely the image of our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ, of our immaculate Lady the Holy Theotokos, and of the angels and all the saints. They are to be accorded the veneration of honor, not indeed the true worship paid to the divine nature alone, but in the same way, as this is accorded to the life-giving cross, the holy gospels, and other sacred offerings.”

How wonderful that the date Our Lord chose to honor His Blessed Mother with the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima was also October 13!

DOUBLE STANDARDS: You know the saying … if they didn’t have double standards, they would have no standards at all.

EDUCATION: The best way to improve anything is to introduce some healthy competition. When my sister was a state-level swimmer in high school, she practiced with the boys, because the girls weren’t fast enough to challenge her and help her improve.

MAHA: There is no legal definition for “plant-based” in our labeling laws. Beware of packages that use this meaningless, feel-good phrase on the front. Better yet, read the ingredients list on the back. If you have to google any of the items on the list, you probably shouldn’t eat it.

PSALM 22: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6gtJjqMaBlw [2:53] to hear the moving truth behind the words Jesus spoke from the cross. I encourage you to read the article at Nazarenes of the World linked below.

STUPID PEOPLE: Some Americans think corporations have too much power. Their proposed solution is to merge your landlord, your employer, your insurance companies, your banks, your utility and internet providers, and all of your stores into a single entity that not only has no competition, but also has a police force and a military.

WHAT DO PROGRESSIVES REALLY WANT: The Lionel Shriver speech linked below is worth your while. To whet your appetite … “I grew up in a household that was ‘progressive’ before the tag became a thumbnail for the modern American Left. My parents were lifelong liberal Democrats. Moreover, my own baby-boomer generation is abundantly responsible for where the Democratic Party, the charity sector, the public sector, the churches, the universities, the arts world, and even many corporate boardrooms have ended up. In our naiveté, vanity, arrogance, historical ignorance, provincialism, psychological cluelessness, entitled prosperity, and political gullibility, my peers and I sowed the seeds for both ‘woke ‘ and democratic socialism. … The state of the American Left is partly my fault.”

Also this … “The point of being progressive is the fostering of an internal state: a sense of superiority, certainty, contempt for unbelievers, and moral vanity. And when you look at that list of emotions—again: a sense of superiority, certainty, contempt for unbelievers, and moral vanity—you understand why, despite glaring doctrinal differences, the contemporary far Left allies with radical Islam. Both Islamists and left-wing Democrats cultivate communal narcissism.”

And this … “The claims of ‘white guilt’ by Robin DiAngelo’s exploitable honky book buyers were forms of moral display—occasions of public preening, like fan dances in burlesque. … During the post-Floyd delirium, did white progressives feel ashamed? No, they felt proud of themselves for claiming to feel ashamed. They broadcast their guilt expressly to exempt themselves from it.”

GRAMMY NOTES: Shout out to Mascot Bunny, who is fifteen today!

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/i6GCZVfoLsM [1:34] to watch Baby News Network cover the FBI’s raid of Ilhan Omar’s home.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/t5pbOO5ql0U [2:30] to hear a wonderful God moment.

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CALIFORNICATION: If voters pass a first-of-its-kind billionaire wealth tax on Nov. 3 (or whenever the Dems decide to stop finding ballots), Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he’ll leave the state.

EVERYDAY HEROES: [5:07] – I am not a big fan of dance, but wow. These two really moved me.

GERMANY: Police have arrested the man t hey believe started the fire that destroyed Adolf Hitler’s mountain retreat. The Eagle’s Nest has been a tourist destination for years, with a restaurant and beer garden. No one was hurt in the blaze.

MAHA: So many of these could be greatly reduced if more people prayed, exercised regularly, and ate whole foods.

MAMDANI: CLICK https://x.com/NYCMayor/status/2113636993179513337 [1:35] to hear Mayor Zo explain, in Spanish, how illegal aliens can evade ICE. Doing so is a federal offense under 8 US Code 1324.

MIDTERMS: [12:17] – Dearest and I voted today.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/t62PK2HdxLw [1:13] to hear Father Columba explain the difference between being loving and being nice.

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