This will disappoint those commenters who find that Trump coarsens the national public discourse. The execution of Nidal Hasan will be viewed by immediate family members of victims, if they so desire, but not by the general public.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said there were 188,667 in-person votes, which is up from 2022’s 134,962. There were also 10,267 absentee ballots turned in.
The increase is 53,705 above 2022. In 2018, the first-day total was 70,849 votes.
Black voters were more than 36% of the first-day votes, according to VoteHub. That’s 6% up from 2024.
Historically, strong turnout among black voters in Georgia has heavily favored Democratic candidates.
I dunno, but that site seems to show 18,394 absentee ballots in—an 8,000 jump from the 10,267 mentioned in the article. This doesn’t look right though—early voting tab shows 418,205 ballots accepted (???). That would be a big jump from the earlier 188,667 reported…
Update: that article was from Breitbart yesterday so that explains the big jumps…
This will disappoint those commenters who find that Trump coarsens the national public discourse. – Kate
I’m one of those, but I welcome instances where he or the Admin. choose some propriety. Sounds like a perfect choice to me.
Eric S. Raymond, known as ESR, has a remarkable post about using AI to read the binary code of a program, turn it into human-readable and human-usable source code, then transcompille it into a different language, compile that into a new binary code, which runs in a modern environment.
He was able to do it himself with AI on an old DOS game. He didn’t expect it to work so well. Turns out there are teams doing this on much larger modern programs. He concludes:
_________________________________
The end of software secrecy is almost upon us. The death of closed source, and the final triumph of open source.
Just imagine if the binary of PhotoShop were turned into code other people read and learn from and reuse for themselves! It would break the back of Adobe’s nasty racket of locking in customers, then raising the prices repeatedly, then charging large hidden cancellation fees if customers try to leave.
But alas, I had a long discussion a discussion ChatGPT and it’s not that simple, at least not yet.
This article will be obvious to some. Orwell addressed the importance of language & vocabulary. Mr. Gonzalez updates the tactics considerably.
The routine use of the “x-phobia” construct is mentioned. So this comes from psych world with its legitimate usage.
Re Ilhan Omar, the NYPost cites the WSJ today in the probe:
“The Wall Street Journal, citing US officials and others familiar with the Omar case, reported that the ultimate goal of the immigration investigation is to strip the lawmaker of her citizenship and deport her.”
Contrary to our reflexive skepticism, Change is a cummin. We hope.
Change can be spicy, cumin?
And in eights years that not that big a number is it?
Indeed.
As for the all-important issue of “who controls the language?”, here’s a hugely essential, spot-on, well-argued critique of a book championing unabashed, partisan liberal manipulation of SCOTUS decisions…and the Court itself:
Early evening Instapundit LINK to Ace of Spades gives us a deep and substantial account buttressing the WSJs story I’ve cited above. It looks deep and thorough. And Ace is optimistic about the outcome.
“YES: Trump’s DHS Is Preparing a Case for Deporting the Foreign Agent of Influence Ilhan ‘Omar'”
Israel ‘took the land’ from Palestinians, has ‘ceded moral ground,’ Obama tells Belfast crowd
So much for Harvard educations. Obama needs to learn some ancient history in the Middle East.
And yes, I know that he likely knows exactly what the history is and like so much of his own history in the public sphere, he is deliberately lying. He has absolutely no qualms about lying to anyone or everyone. He believes that is the way you “transform [a] country” or for that matter, the world. His activism didn’t stop when he got into politics. It didn’t stop when A.C.O.R.N. was dismantled. It geared up when he became a Senator, and once he got into the White House, no limits at no time. I can just see him after a giving a speech with a big whopper like “you can keep your doctor….” or ” all the shovel-ready projects…” and as he turns away from his audiences, he no doubt laughs with the knowledge no one is going to do a thing. Now he does the same thing transnationally, again deliberately, with a very specific goal: to spread hate and create chaos – just like he did in the US, which has spiraled to unimaginable heights (the hate) (to me, at least), and this is how he really is, rolling up his sleeves to transform not just America, but the world. I wonder if it goes back to what he was taught in the madrassas as a young child? Is it something he can profit from in some way to increase his wealth and standing worldwide? I mean, what makes this man really wreck destruction among men with his divisive speeches with no regard for reality? Is it entertaining for him? Does he get a kick out of manipulating other stupid people who are just waiting for a reason to hate and feel better, superior about themselves? Of course he’s not alone. Anybody wonder who or what motivates him? I don’t think he thinks twice about the potential consequences of his words. Then again, he may spend some time calculating exactly how to manipulate his audiences. (More likely) He gave me the creeps when he first ran for Senator. He REALLY gave me the creeps as he ra for President like the Pied Piper singing a tune I, for one, fortunately did not hear and was cognizant of that fact, but also aware of how many were following him like rats teeming to jump in a river and drown. I can just hear him after his speech in Belfast: turning away, chuckling at how great he is, at the fools listening to his every word, and then maybe lighting a cigarette…. (Or did he really quit those?)
@Cindy Simon: [Obama] is deliberately lying. He has absolutely no qualms about lying to anyone or everyone.
Amen to that.
Trump often exaggerates. Obama outright lies with malice aforethought.
He’s a smooth operator. It works for him. And it’s for the Revolution.
His first mentor was a black sex weirdo and official member of the Communist Party (CPUSA). Later he launched his political career in Chicago in the home of Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, both communists and top leaders of the weather Underground.
Re: Obama’s teenage mentor, Frank Marshall Davis, communist/pornographer
Here’s the poem, “Pop”, which Obama wrote for some father figure in his young life in Hawaii. Though the descriptive details differ from Davis’s, FMD was close to the Obama family and apparently took some nude photos of Obama’s mother. FMD bears a noticeable resemblance to Obama, certainly more so than Barack Obama Sr. and some argue FMD may be Obama’s true father.
Anyway, whoever Barack wrote it for as teenager, it’s a bizarre poem with intimate details going beyond a normal adult-teenager mentor relationship:
_______________________________________
Pop
Sitting in his seat, a seat broad and broken
In, sprinkled with ashes,
Pop switches channels, takes another
Shot of Seagrams, neat, and asks
What to do with me, a green young man
Who fails to consider the
Flim and flam of the world, since
Things have been easy for me;
I stare hard at his face, a stare
That deflects off his brow;
I’m sure he’s unaware of his
Dark, watery eyes, that
Glance in different directions,
And his slow, unwelcome twitches,
Fail to pass.
I listen, nod,
Listen, open, till I cling to his pale,
Beige T-shirt, yelling,
Yelling in his ears, that hang
With heavy lobes, but he’s still telling
His joke, so I ask why
He’s so unhappy, to which he replies . . .
But I don’t care anymore, cause
He took too damn long, and from
Under my seat, I pull out the
Mirror I’ve been saving; I’m laughing,
[mirror for a line of cocaine?]
Laughing loud, the blood rushing from his face
To mine, as he grows small,
A spot in my brain, something
That may be squeezed out, like a
Watermelon seed between
Two fingers. Pop takes another shot, neat,
Points out the same amber
Stain on his shorts that I’ve got on mine and
Makes me smell his smell, coming
From me; he switches channels, recites an old poem
He wrote before his mother died, Stands, shouts, and asks
For a hug, as I shink, my
[“shink” can mean in urban slang to become awkward.]
Arms barely reaching around
His thick, oily neck, and his broad back; ’cause
I see my face, framed within
Pop’s black-framed glasses
And know he’s laughing too.
I dunno if Obama deliberately lies about history. I spent some time riding in my left-wing brother’s car recently. He was listening to an audiobook on American history by Jon Meacham. Left-wing history, for sure, and from comments my brother has made, he thinks it’s legitimate history.
On Obama’s “Pop” poem: That is indeed bizarre, and not healthy.
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This will disappoint those commenters who find that Trump coarsens the national public discourse. The execution of Nidal Hasan will be viewed by immediate family members of victims, if they so desire, but not by the general public.
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/10/15/mustnt-see-tv-trump-pulls-plug-on-fort-hood-killers-execution-livestream-n4958338
Turnout Turnout Turnout…
Georgia breaks first-day, early voting record with over 188K votes
Historically, strong turnout among black voters in Georgia has heavily favored Democratic candidates.
Election Data Hub – Unofficial Turnout
I dunno, but that site seems to show 18,394 absentee ballots in—an 8,000 jump from the 10,267 mentioned in the article. This doesn’t look right though—early voting tab shows 418,205 ballots accepted (???). That would be a big jump from the earlier 188,667 reported…
Update: that article was from Breitbart yesterday so that explains the big jumps…
This will disappoint those commenters who find that Trump coarsens the national public discourse. – Kate
I’m one of those, but I welcome instances where he or the Admin. choose some propriety. Sounds like a perfect choice to me.
Eric S. Raymond, known as ESR, has a remarkable post about using AI to read the binary code of a program, turn it into human-readable and human-usable source code, then transcompille it into a different language, compile that into a new binary code, which runs in a modern environment.
He was able to do it himself with AI on an old DOS game. He didn’t expect it to work so well. Turns out there are teams doing this on much larger modern programs. He concludes:
_________________________________
The end of software secrecy is almost upon us. The death of closed source, and the final triumph of open source.
–Eric S. Raymond
https://x.com/esrtweet/status/2106983467141509385
_________________________________
Just imagine if the binary of PhotoShop were turned into code other people read and learn from and reuse for themselves! It would break the back of Adobe’s nasty racket of locking in customers, then raising the prices repeatedly, then charging large hidden cancellation fees if customers try to leave.
But alas, I had a long discussion a discussion ChatGPT and it’s not that simple, at least not yet.
This article will be obvious to some. Orwell addressed the importance of language & vocabulary. Mr. Gonzalez updates the tactics considerably.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/he-who-defines-the-premise-wins-the-argument/
The routine use of the “x-phobia” construct is mentioned. So this comes from psych world with its legitimate usage.
Re Ilhan Omar, the NYPost cites the WSJ today in the probe:
“The Wall Street Journal, citing US officials and others familiar with the Omar case, reported that the ultimate goal of the immigration investigation is to strip the lawmaker of her citizenship and deport her.”
Contrary to our reflexive skepticism, Change is a cummin. We hope.
Change can be spicy, cumin?
And in eights years that not that big a number is it?
https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-orders-pentagon-to-cancel-execution-livestream-and-move-it-over-to-pay-per-view
TJ (2:44 pm) said:
“Contrary to our reflexive skepticism, Change is a cummin. We hope.”
Been there done that, especially the hope.
“Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me,” goes the old proverb.
Until/unless I am shown unassailable fait accompli results, I ain’t buyin’. Capiche?
Alrighty then.
Headline in the Jerusalem Post:
Israel ‘very close’ to creating conditions for regime change in Iran, Netanyahu adviser says
Also at the Jerusalem Post:
Israel ‘took the land’ from Palestinians, has ‘ceded moral ground,’ Obama tells Belfast crowd
“Watt on October 15, 2026 at 5:08 pm said:
https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-orders-pentagon-to-cancel-execution-livestream-and-move-it-over-to-pay-per-view”
Not only that, but charge big money for product placement. Smith and Wesson, RedWing, RayBan come to mind.
“Watt on October 15, 2026 at 5:08 pm said:
https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-orders-pentagon-to-cancel-execution-livestream-and-move-it-over-to-pay-per-view”
Not only that, but charge big money for product placement. Smith and Wesson, Adidas, RayBan come to mind.
Indeed.
As for the all-important issue of “who controls the language?”, here’s a hugely essential, spot-on, well-argued critique of a book championing unabashed, partisan liberal manipulation of SCOTUS decisions…and the Court itself:
“Progressive Buyer’s Remorse;
“The left is rediscovering century-old arguments for crippling the Supreme Court.”—
https://lawliberty.org/book-review/progressive-buyers-remorse/
H/T Powerline
Early evening Instapundit LINK to Ace of Spades gives us a deep and substantial account buttressing the WSJs story I’ve cited above. It looks deep and thorough. And Ace is optimistic about the outcome.
“YES: Trump’s DHS Is Preparing a Case for Deporting the Foreign Agent of Influence Ilhan ‘Omar'”
“I’m so happy.”
https://ace.mu.nu/archives/421783.php
Re Mike Plaiss comment:
Israel ‘took the land’ from Palestinians, has ‘ceded moral ground,’ Obama tells Belfast crowd
So much for Harvard educations. Obama needs to learn some ancient history in the Middle East.
And yes, I know that he likely knows exactly what the history is and like so much of his own history in the public sphere, he is deliberately lying. He has absolutely no qualms about lying to anyone or everyone. He believes that is the way you “transform [a] country” or for that matter, the world. His activism didn’t stop when he got into politics. It didn’t stop when A.C.O.R.N. was dismantled. It geared up when he became a Senator, and once he got into the White House, no limits at no time. I can just see him after a giving a speech with a big whopper like “you can keep your doctor….” or ” all the shovel-ready projects…” and as he turns away from his audiences, he no doubt laughs with the knowledge no one is going to do a thing. Now he does the same thing transnationally, again deliberately, with a very specific goal: to spread hate and create chaos – just like he did in the US, which has spiraled to unimaginable heights (the hate) (to me, at least), and this is how he really is, rolling up his sleeves to transform not just America, but the world. I wonder if it goes back to what he was taught in the madrassas as a young child? Is it something he can profit from in some way to increase his wealth and standing worldwide? I mean, what makes this man really wreck destruction among men with his divisive speeches with no regard for reality? Is it entertaining for him? Does he get a kick out of manipulating other stupid people who are just waiting for a reason to hate and feel better, superior about themselves? Of course he’s not alone. Anybody wonder who or what motivates him? I don’t think he thinks twice about the potential consequences of his words. Then again, he may spend some time calculating exactly how to manipulate his audiences. (More likely) He gave me the creeps when he first ran for Senator. He REALLY gave me the creeps as he ra for President like the Pied Piper singing a tune I, for one, fortunately did not hear and was cognizant of that fact, but also aware of how many were following him like rats teeming to jump in a river and drown. I can just hear him after his speech in Belfast: turning away, chuckling at how great he is, at the fools listening to his every word, and then maybe lighting a cigarette…. (Or did he really quit those?)
@Cindy Simon: [Obama] is deliberately lying. He has absolutely no qualms about lying to anyone or everyone.
Amen to that.
Trump often exaggerates. Obama outright lies with malice aforethought.
He’s a smooth operator. It works for him. And it’s for the Revolution.
His first mentor was a black sex weirdo and official member of the Communist Party (CPUSA). Later he launched his political career in Chicago in the home of Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, both communists and top leaders of the weather Underground.
Re: Obama’s teenage mentor, Frank Marshall Davis, communist/pornographer
Here’s the poem, “Pop”, which Obama wrote for some father figure in his young life in Hawaii. Though the descriptive details differ from Davis’s, FMD was close to the Obama family and apparently took some nude photos of Obama’s mother. FMD bears a noticeable resemblance to Obama, certainly more so than Barack Obama Sr. and some argue FMD may be Obama’s true father.
Anyway, whoever Barack wrote it for as teenager, it’s a bizarre poem with intimate details going beyond a normal adult-teenager mentor relationship:
_______________________________________
Pop
Sitting in his seat, a seat broad and broken
In, sprinkled with ashes,
Pop switches channels, takes another
Shot of Seagrams, neat, and asks
What to do with me, a green young man
Who fails to consider the
Flim and flam of the world, since
Things have been easy for me;
I stare hard at his face, a stare
That deflects off his brow;
I’m sure he’s unaware of his
Dark, watery eyes, that
Glance in different directions,
And his slow, unwelcome twitches,
Fail to pass.
I listen, nod,
Listen, open, till I cling to his pale,
Beige T-shirt, yelling,
Yelling in his ears, that hang
With heavy lobes, but he’s still telling
His joke, so I ask why
He’s so unhappy, to which he replies . . .
But I don’t care anymore, cause
He took too damn long, and from
Under my seat, I pull out the
Mirror I’ve been saving; I’m laughing,
[mirror for a line of cocaine?]
Laughing loud, the blood rushing from his face
To mine, as he grows small,
A spot in my brain, something
That may be squeezed out, like a
Watermelon seed between
Two fingers.
Pop takes another shot, neat,
Points out the same amber
Stain on his shorts that I’ve got on mine and
Makes me smell his smell, coming
From me; he switches channels, recites an old poem
He wrote before his mother died,
Stands, shouts, and asks
For a hug, as I shink, my
[“shink” can mean in urban slang to become awkward.]
Arms barely reaching around
His thick, oily neck, and his broad back; ’cause
I see my face, framed within
Pop’s black-framed glasses
And know he’s laughing too.
— Barack Obama
_______________________________________
Make of it what you will.
I dunno if Obama deliberately lies about history. I spent some time riding in my left-wing brother’s car recently. He was listening to an audiobook on American history by Jon Meacham. Left-wing history, for sure, and from comments my brother has made, he thinks it’s legitimate history.
On Obama’s “Pop” poem: That is indeed bizarre, and not healthy.