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Friday, October 31, 2025
Beach Report 10/31/25
Superstition
The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Barbara Eden up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.
Flotsam and Jetsam - All Hallows' Eve
Sundance hosts President Trump Meets with Chinese Chairman Xi Jinping – Livestream Links and Secretary Scott Bessent Provides Background on Trump/Xi Discussions and Agreement. Natalia Mittelstadt at JTN reports Trump says China to buy US farm products, export rare earth minerals in exchange for tariff cuts "President Trump also announced a potential deal with China to purchase U.S. energy" and help with fentanyl. From LifeZette, Trump Hammers Out Major Deal With Xi to Slash Tariffs, Boost U.S. Exports. But the Free Bacon claims A Potent Replacement for Fentanyl Is Emerging in the U.S. and Experts Say China Is Behind It. "'China is the number one source, not even a close second,' former DEA agent tells Free Beacon." I'll bet Xi's position is that it's not covered.
From Breitbart, Trump Administration Overhauls Biden’s DEI Broadband Program that Connected Zero Households in 4 Years. Just give them Star Link. Hat Hair's Dave Strom thinks It's Bizarre, but Democrats Are Arguing That Trump Is Senile. If that is senile, I hope to be so senile.
From News Wax news that CBO: Shutdown to Shave Up to $14B From US Economy, fortunately mostly in areas that need a razor taken to them, WashPost: Dems Holding Govt 'Hostage;' End Shutdown Now and Trump Renews Call to Replace 'Obamacare,' End Shutdown. Military.com hears Vice President Vance Says Troops Will Be Paid as Pressure Builds on Congress to End the Shutdown. Margot Cleveland @ProfMJCleveland, "Senate Minority Leader AOC has told Schumer to create a fake problem to solve to end the shut down. He's gonna have Senate Dems vote for the CR as the only way to restore SNAP. It's all a fake sideshow." Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal has A Modest Proposal for SNAP Amid the Schumer Shutdown and Jacob Adams says ‘Shame on the Senate Democrats’: Florida Congressman Slams Democrats for Shutdown and Refusal to Pay Troops. Guy Benson @guypbenson, "He’s losing. He was always going to lose." Quote David M. McIntosh @DavidMMcintosh, "Chuck Schumer is melting down. Democrats have absolutely lost the plot on the shutdown. The only thing they can do now is reopen the government with a clean CR." Hat Hair's Duane Patterson thinks Democrats Setting Themselves Up to Cave Twice in Two Weeks on the Same C.R. due to the timing problem we've already identified. By now, most of the CR the House passed will have elapsed. Sen. Lankford to Newsmax: Moderate Dems May Vote With GOP on Shutdown. PJM's Matt Margolis sees Scalise Just Ended Schumer’s Shutdown Spin With a Brutal Reality Check and thinks Jasmine Crockett Accidentally Proved Republicans Are Right on the Shutdown. "“You don’t have 60 in the Senate. That means you have to talk to the other side.” Cute. Except here’s the part she conveniently left out: The current government shutdown, which began on Oct. 1, is the first in American history triggered by the refusal to pass a clean continuing resolution." Amy Curtis at TownHall hears Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers Blames Trump for SNAP Shutdown While Sitting on $370 Million. Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog, "Well, congratulations then. EBT feeds Doritos to fat people AND funds private jets also. Billions of dollars are funneled to Walmart, junk food companies, and Coca Cola through food stamps. You’re getting ripped off by the poor and the rich at the same time. What a great program!" Quote WarMonitor @TheWarMonitor Replying to @MattWalshBlog "I’d rather my tax dollars feed families Doritos than fund private jets." From Twitchy, Kamala Harris Loses It Ranting About Trump's Ballroom and Starving Babies. Catturd ™ @catturd2, "Two more days until the Democrat Party starts starving little children because they want to give illegals free healthcare." The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "Democrats Vow To Starve As Many Food Stamp Recipients As It Takes To Get Free Healthcare For Illegal Immigrants https://buff.ly/6ZGT5F8."
From Sundance, Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at TPUSA Conference and Answers Questions – Full Video and Transcript. Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson, "Please don’t miss this… Tonight was just remarkable. When have you ever seen a sitting Vice President take hostile questions for a straight hour from the American people? No vetting, no screening. JD Vance took the fire tonight — and crushed it. Proving he’s 48 every day." Jen O'Connell at RedState has the clip, JD Vance Hits It Out the Park When Confronted by Student on His 'Inter-Cultural' Marriage, Immigration.
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Matt Margolis says Wait, There Are Still Democrats Who Claim That Biden Wasn’t Cognitively Impaired? Ace, Key Biden Advisor Ian Sams Previously Claimed that Biden Was Sharp as a Tack. Only Now Does He Admit: I Only Met With Biden Twice In the Two Years I Worked For Him. "Via Twitchy, he previously swore to the American people that Biden was, as they say, sharp as a tack." From Da Blaze, Reporter humiliates Kamala Harris over Biden health cover-up: 'That is a world-class pivot'. See the video, Jason Cohen @JasonJournoDC "NEW: Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Sarah Ferguson *REPEATEDLY* CALLS OUT Kamala Harris for ducking question on Biden's decline FERGUSON: "Wasn't his refusal to recognize his own frailties the reason that you faced a nearly impossible task?" HARRIS: *Rambles about TRUMP* FERGUSON: "I want to interrupt you — because that is a world-class pivot, but it is not the question that I asked you."" Anxious anxiously Biden "didn't want" 2024 debate, Harris says, Jay Caruso @JayCaruso "This 14 second video had so many cuts its almost like a claymation film." Quote Joe Biden @JoeBiden May 15, 2024, "Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020. Since then, he hasn’t shown up for a debate. Now he’s acting like he wants to debate me again." At Da Caller, ‘Shut The F*ck Up’: James Carville Tears Into Hunter Biden, Says ‘He Was Guilty Of Some Sh*t’, no sh*t! Jim Geraghty at NRO looks at The Left’s Disingenuous Pile-On of Karine Jean-Pierre. It's like making fun of the retarded. It's fun for a minute, but then you feel bad.
Carl Campanile and Ryan King at NYPo claim Ciattarelli, Sherrill in dead heat for NJ governor in final days of campaign: poll. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, Once Upon a Shoo-In: Jersey Mikie Has an Old Fashioned Fight on Her Hands. Ace, Schmock Schmoll: Ciattarelli Now Virtually Tied With Cheater and Grifter Mikie Sherrill for NJ Governor, "Sherrill 49%, Ciattarelli 48%, 2% undecided. And this is via a public poll, and those tend to skew Democrat by three or more points." It still means it's not outside the margin of fraud. At the Pop Times, Jack Ciattarelli Gets Green Light to Sue Mikie Sherrill Over Opioid Crisis Remarks. Dave Strom worries Could There Be a November Surprise?
@FDRLST that Biden’s DOJ deliberately chose the name “Arctic Frost,” rather than follow the customary procedure of using a randomly generated name from agency computers. Why? Because Arctic Frost is also a type of orange tree cultivar that can withstand cold temperatures. The name itself proves the entire corrupt operation was designed from the beginning to take down the Bad Orange Man and his Florida estate. It turns out that Donald Trump can withstand filthy Beltway blight just as well as he can handle the cold." Rachel Bovard @rachelbovard, "I really, really need the political right to understand how existential Arctic Frost was to our entire movement. I literally don't care who Tucker had on his podcast. Joe Biden's government tried to judicially assault us all out of existence, and was very close to doing it."
Sundance notes the FBI Leadership Stakes a Position in Opposition to Expanded Authority of Director of National Intelligence "It has often been said that a person cannot serve two masters. Throughout years of reviewing the activity of the FBI, one larger picture is clear; the primary mission of the FBI is to protect the interests of Washington, DC – not to protect the interests of truth."
Ace woke up and noticed Antifa Terrorists Are Being Arrested and Convicted, "Finally. Andy Ngo reports that an Antifa terrorist, "Anarchy Marie, has been arrested on suspicion of aiding and abetting the sniper who shot an agent at an ICE facility in North Texas." From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.30.25, Twitchy, Federally Indicted Democrat Kat Abughazaleh Quits Interview After Clip Of Her Blocking ICE SUV Is Shown, Jeff Charles at TownHall, This Progressive Candidate Thought She Would Stop an ICE Vehicle – Now She's in Deep Trouble "Kat Abughazaleh, a progressive Democrat running for an open House seat in Illinois, faces federal charges after attending a protest at a U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement processing center outside Chicago." News Wax cites DHS: Death Threats Against ICE Officers Soar 8,000% Shipwreckedcrew discusses The Insurrection Act: Officials In Blue States and Cities Are "Running with Scissors" Expecting Nothing Bad Will Happen From Opposing DHS/ICE. "The factual preconditions for invoking the Insurrection Act have already been met -- only President Trump's forbearance in asserting his lawful authority has prevented it from happening."
From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.30.25, Twitchy, Trump Officials Flee to Military Bases: Left-Wing Threats Force Miller, Rubio, and Noem into Hiding. John Sexton reports an ISU Teaching Assistant was Arrested for Threatening to Kill President Trump. Commentary comments on The Assassination Fan Base "Once horrifying, the targeted murder of prominent people now comes with a built-in subculture and cheering section." NYPo, Alleged Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson scores court win after making same request as Luigi Mangione, to wear civilian clothes in court to avoid prejudice. Brianna Lyman at Da Fed sees Nicolle Wallace Is Blatantly Lying About Democrats’ Assassination Prep.
Jeff Charles fears Letitia James Might've Found a Way to Avoid Being Convicted of Mortgage Fraud "The mortgage contract James signed does not prohibit renting out the house, according to POLITICO’s review of the contract and legal and real estate experts. In fact, the key language in the contract expressly allows renting under certain conditions." The AP whines the Justice Department is investigating fraud allegations in Black Lives Matter movement, AP sources say. John Sexton, Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation is Under Investigation for Fraud.
Shipwreckedcrew laughs at "They Are Deporting Me Too Fast, Please Make Them Stop" Says Mahmoud Khalil, Columbia Protest Leader to District Court. "The Anti-Israel Columbia Protest Leader -- In His 30s -- With A Removal Order based on lying on his visa application tells a judge without jurisdiction that he should make the Government slow down." Fox News, ICE says suspect accused of killing teen in second drunk driving incident was in US illegally "Franklin Oriel Fajardo-Arana has an active warrant 'for a separate DUI offense,' ICE says". At OTP, Pritzker Asks Federal Officials To Pause Immigration Operations On Halloween. But News Wax reports Noem Denies Pritzker: ICE Will Be Out on Halloween. Trick or treat!
OTP reports an Ousted CBS Reporter Threatens Suit After Contentious Huckabee Interview. Before the Bari Weiss takeover. At Da Mail, Gayle King expected to depart CBS News in bombshell move amid Bari Weiss takeover. From the Wrap, ‘The View’ Sets Marjorie Taylor Greene as Guest After Co-Hosts Call for More Republicans on the Show "The Republican congresswoman will visit the ABC talk show on Tuesday." I'm pretty sure they won't walk all over her, although she was clearly chosen because of stances she's taken against Trump. From NYPo, CNN’s Jake Tapper says Gen Z will be ‘a lot more conservative’ after schools forced lefty politics ‘down their throats.’ Rebellion is a thing.
From Da Wire, Loudoun County Schools Manipulated, Deleted Evidence In Transgender Locker Room Filming Case: Lawsuit "The school is punishing boys who questioned why there was a girl filming them in a locker room." At Insty, Driscoll wonders rhetorically Why is Glamour honoring men as its Women of the Year? J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling, "I grew up in an era when mainstream women’s magazines told girls they needed to be thinner and prettier. Now mainstream women’s magazines tell girls that men are better women than they are."
More links at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.30.25, but it's time to get ready for trick or treat.
More links at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.30.25, but it's time to get ready for trick or treat.
Fish Pic Friday - Jacqui Woods
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Thursday, October 30, 2025
Fifteen More Years to Save the Bay
From Lancaster Farming, Chesapeake Bay Program Committee Resets Bay Improvement Goals for 2040
A key committee of the Chesapeake Bay Program voted unanimously this week to accept a revised agreement that charts a way forward for bay improvements through 2040. The vote clears the way for the program’s executive council to give final approval in December. Members of the principals’ staff committee broke out in applause after consensus was reached at the meeting in Annapolis, Maryland, on Oct. 28.
The revision is the result of “tens of thousands of hours” of work put in by program partners, said Josh Kurtz, secretary of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and chair of the committee. While falling short of a 2035 target date favored by Maryland, Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation for some of the goals, Kurtz said the agreement aims to “improve and streamline” the current one from 2014.
Public comment this summer criticized the draft agreement as being weak and lacking clear target dates, leading to some revisions since the comment period closed on Sept. 1. “The desire for a stronger, time-bound commitment was the No. 1 thing heard from the public during the feedback period,” Kurtz said earlier in October.
The 2040 target date compromise came from recognizing that states are at “very different places” in meeting nutrient reduction goals, he said. Kurtz believes the timeline will be voluntarily accelerated for some of the desired outcomes. “We’re still going to meet a lot of those goals before the 2040 timeline,” he said.
The revised agreement streamlines the number of goals from 10 in the 2014 agreement to four broader goals that specify outcomes for clean water, fish and wildlife, healthy landscapes and engaged communities. Watershed-wide, conservation initiatives have fallen short of some targets outlined in the 2014 agreement, including those for reducing nitrogen and phosphorus loads by 2025.
ChesapeakeProgress, a public website tracking the progress of bay improvements, estimated that conservation practices are on track to achieve 59% of nitrogen reduction goals, 92% of phosphorus reductions and 100% of the sediment reduction target by 2025 compared to 2009 nutrient loads. Despite sediment reduction goals being met for the watershed as a whole, the website reported that Delaware, New York and Pennsylvania have not yet met their statewide targets. Meanwhile, the District of Columbia and West Virginia have met their statewide nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment targets, while Maryland has met its phosphorus and sediment goals and is on course to meet its nitrogen target for 2025.
I'll just be that in 2040, many of the goals will be unmet, and they will be looking at another round of funding. As Milton Friedman notes “Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.”
Who Will Save Your Soul?
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Beach Report 10/30/25
Halloween Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Storms Asia
As for the shutdown, Sauron's Eye reports Airlines are feeding air traffic controllers as they miss their first full paychecks. So why don't we shift the burden of paying for air traffic controllers completely onto the airlines? Ace, Trump Scrapes Enough Federal -- and Private -- Money to Pay the Troops for One More Week. But it's not all bad news, at NP, Democrat Shutdown Will Effectively Shutter EPA Next Week. News Wax, Shutdown Talks Gain Urgency as Deadlines, Union Pressure Mount. At Town Hall Jeff Charles sees Democrats Signal That It's Time to Wave the White Flag on Schumer Shutdown and Amy Curtis, 'This Is Extortion': Even CNBC Has Turned on Democrats Over the Schumer Shutdown. From Da Blaze, Here's every time Senate Democrats voted to keep the government shut down. John Sexton at Hat Hair is amazed by Tapper: 'This is Also a Choice by Senate Democrats Not to Open the Government' and Dave Strom hears Democrats Now Openly Saying the Shutdown Is Theirs. At RedState Nick Arama thinks you should Watch Rosa DeLauro Throw a Tantrum About Shutdown - Then Faces Some Inconvenient Facts, Democrat Senator Gets Roasted on Live TV With Perfect Term for Schumer Shutdown Tactics and Sister Toldja wants you to Watch Thune Goes Scorched Earth on Schumer Shutdown Dems in Blistering Floor Speech on SNAP Debate. Overton at Hat Hair, Hmmm: About Those Food Stamps and Hungry 'Americans': Overton @overton_news "Newsmax host @RobFinnertyUSA just said what no one in mainstream media will admit about SNAP. He tore the mask off the entire food stamps program...and what he revealed will infuriate taxpayers. It’s far worse than anyone realized. “There are 42 million people in this country that need food stamps on a weekly basis.” “And we’re saying ‘people’ deliberately instead of Americans because most of the people that are on food stamps aren’t even from this country.” “45% of Afghanistan immigrants are on food stamps.” “42% of Somali immigrants, 34% of every immigrant from Iraq, 23% of Haitians.” “59% of ALL illegal aliens are collecting food stamps, meaning that most of the people getting food stamps from the U.S. Government and the U.S. Taxpayer are not even Americans.” “Think about that.” From Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog, Democrats In Democrat-Run Cities Threaten To Loot Supermarkets If Democrats Keep Welfare Benefits Shut Down. From TNP, Trump Has REDUCED Food Stamp Dependence by 600,000. "While the exact cause of the drop in SNAP reliance isn’t entirely clear, declining inflation and increasing domestic industrial investment are two likely factors impacting the decline." Videos at Hat Hair, Chloe Trapanotto on Government Shutdown Chaos, Biden Autopen Scandal, and California’s Redistricting Battle and Larry, Democrats Abandon Schumer, Demand Shutdown Ends Now. Mark Tapscott at Insty, SURPRISED? DEMS WON’T SAY IF THEY COORDINATE WITH HEALTHCARE INSURERS: "The central demand of Hill Democrats is the government stays shutdown until Republicans and President Donald Trump agree to permanent extension of Joe Bide’s “temporary” Obamacare tax subsidies. . . "
From Da Caller, Fed Slashes Rates Again — Here’s How It Could Affect Housing Affordability. I wouldn't call 0.25% a slash, more like a nudge. News Wax, Powell: Fed Split on Policy, Dec. Cut Not Guaranteed. The market, initially buoyed by the cut, reacted negatively to his comment. Sarah Anderson at PJM Several Republicans Vote With Dems to Nix Tariffs on Brazil, Rand Paul showing his usual foolish consistency.
Misty Severi at JTN reports Trump admin secures 1,700 arrests in first month of Memphis takeover. "Bondi said the arrests include 126 alleged gang members, and that the federal taskforce has seized nearly 300 guns and located approximately seven dozen children." At Da Caller, ‘This Is Necessary’: Many Memphis Residents Happy About Trump’s National Guard Deployment.
From Breitbart, Zelensky Tells Allies Be Prepared to Keep Funding Ukraine For ‘Two or Three’ More Years. In response to Russia testing a new nuke capable missile, OTP reports Trump Orders Pentagon To Start Testing Nuclear Weapons. Coming to an atoll near you?
From Fox, JD Vance addresses possible presidential run with Marco Rubio after Trump teases 'unstoppable' ticket. "VP says focus remains on current duties, calls Rubio his 'best friend in the administration'" Vance-Rubio or Rubio-Vance? Either way, I'm good with it.
From Fox, Mamdani's mother in unearthed 2013 interview: 'He is not an American at all' "Mamdani's mother made the comments in a 2013 interview with the Hindustan Times." VodkaPundit at PJM, WHOA, Mamdani Is More Corrupt Than Even I Thought. "There's a bombshell report today exposing socialist New York mayoral candidate Zorhan Mamdani's "missing charity money… illegal campaign donations, and much more," courtesy of The Dana Show's Lorraine Yuriar." Peter Savodnik @petersavodnik "That so many Zohran voters expect and seek social credit for their Zohran vote tells you a great deal. This is the opposite of the so-called invisible majority. This is the poser class. The characterologically vapid. The new faux-progressive base." Quote sara hinkley @boneysoups, "
early voted for Zohran and an old lady called me pretty!" Coddled Affluent Professional @feelsdesperate, "The reason people hate Zohran is because he’s a spoiled retarded communist. His parents are privileged, placeless global citizens and Zohran was able to float along without real jobs in NYC taking a swing at a ‘rap career’ while living in a Chelsea apartment owned by his mother. Despite this he plays the victim and cries about being persecuted and is a vector for every bad idea that afflicts downwardly mobile creative affluents. . ." JNS warns Don’t fall for Mamdani’s Islamophobia gaslighting. "The mainstream media is trying to help the Democrats’ mayoral candidate silence criticism of his antisemitism and attempts to rewrite the narrative of the 9/11 attacks." VodkaPundit at Insty cites CHRISTIAN TOTO: Jon Stewart Betrays 9/11 Work with Fawning Mamdani Interview. “Why would someone so personally committed to helping 9/11 victims do such a thing? It’s a question best asked of Stewart directly. The chance that any journalist will do such a thing hovers between slim and none.” Atop Da Hill, Lawler calls Cuomo ‘lesser of two evils’ in New York City mayoral race. Mike Miller at RedState, DeSantis Makes Impassioned Pitch Directly to NYC Police Officers Ahead of Probable Mamdani Mayoral Win.
T. Beckett Adams at And Another Thing says Media Nazi hunters go on vacation "Self-appointed Nazi hunters suddenly deaf, dumb, and blind." Dave Strom asks Where Is Your Pride, Democrat Voters?
@SecretService Uniformed Division officers who guard the White House were so pissed off that they were forced to be part of a cocaine cover-up in 2023, as several Secret Service sources referred to it, that one officer made a "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" commemorative challenge coin about the ordeal to lighten the mood and improve morale within the ranks, according to the photos below and several Secret Service sources. The officer was punished (placed on administrative leave for an unknown amount of time) for making and distributing the unauthorized coin. The coin's distribution took place within weeks of the USSS closing the case in 11 days. . . " Mike Miller at RedState, This Is How One Secret Service Agent Dealt With That 'Mysterious' Bag of Cocaine in the Biden White House.
At Front Page, NJ AG Urges Barring Fed Election Monitors From Polling Places. "Democrat states are becoming sanctuary states for voter fraud." Jen O'Connell at RedState, More Fraudulent Voter Rolls Found in a Red State - Will This Cleanup Change the Midterms? "An investigation by Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has uncovered over 1,000 noncitizens who "appear to have registered to vote unlawfully in Ohio," his office announced Tuesday." Fox, Ohio uncovers over 1,000 noncitizens 'appearing' registered to vote, sends cases to DOJ for prosecution "Secretary of State Frank LaRose says 167 individuals appear to have cast ballots in federal elections since 2018." Da Fed's MD Kittle reports Sources Allege Illegal Electioneering By Democrat Mayor’s ‘Political Machine’ In New Jersey. From News Wax, Jeffries: Maryland Will Begin Redistricting Soon. But at the Balmer Sun, Bill Ferguson says Maryland Senate won’t draw new congressional maps. Winsome Earle-Sears @winwithwinsome, "Abigail Spanberger and the Democrats took $300,000 and then immediately called a special session to gerrymander Virginia. Pay-to-play on clear display. We won’t let your voice be silenced by Spanberger’s Sideshow Session."
Da Caller reports the House Judiciary Says FBI’s ‘Arctic Frost’ Probe Potentially Targeted Over 150 Republicans. TNP, FBI May Have Spied On 160 Republicans Under Biden, Trump Calls for Prison Terms. Matt Vespa says Forget the Autopen Fiasco...This Is Joe Biden's Watergate. At the Center Square, WATCH: Cruz calls on House to impeach federal judge over subpoenas of Republicans, Judge Boasberg, then head of the FISA court, for signing off on the FBI's warrants and for allowing them to be hidden from the Republicans being surveilled. News Wax. Arctic Frost Targeted 160 GOP Operatives, Lawmakers, Rep. Jordan to Newsmax: Jack Smith Must Answer for 'Arctic Frost'. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, Learning There's No Statute of Limitations on Conspiracy, Adam 'Bout Schiffs His Drawers. From Da Caller, James Comey Hit With Bar Complaint Over Alleged Obstruction Of Congress.
Ace, The Man Arrested for Offering $45,000 to Anyone Who Could Kill AG Pam Bondi Turns Out To Be, Get This, a "Trans Nonbinary" "I'm not going to rush into the details because I'm aware that most of you are in a state of absolute shock. A left-wing trans nonbinary extremist? Implicated in political violence? Make it make sense! The world's gone mad!" Jonathan Turley reports a University of Colorado TPUSA Student Leader Attacked After Antifa Posted “Hit List”. The Great Victor Davis Hanson warns The Left is ‘Bleeding Kansas’ "America again flirts with its own “Bleeding Kansas”—a cycle of partisan violence and defiance where lawless zealots are hailed as patriots and the rule of law bleeds away." Victory Girls see Democrats Still Think They Are The Non-Violent Party. Collin Rugg @CollinRugg "NEW: Liberal podcaster Jennifer Welch suggests the Dem establishment needs to get on board with wanting conservatives dead or else far-leftists will come “after you in the same way that we come after MAGA.” Welch: *Plays video of protester celebrating Kirk's murder." Welch: "Listen up, Democratic establishment. You can either jump on board with this, or we're coming after you in the same way that we come after MAGA. Period."
Becca Lower at RedState believes a Biden-Appointed Judge Shows Bias in Ruling on DOJ Investigation of 'Transgender Care' Doctors. "U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead ruled that a wide-ranging subpoena the Justice Department served in June on QueerDoc, a medical practice offering gender-affirming care online, cannot be enforced because the demand was not part of a legitimate law enforcement investigation. Whitehead, a Biden appointee, said it was apparent that the subpoena is intended to advance President Donald Trump’s goal of wiping out such care for people with gender dysphoria." Da Caller, Obama-Appointed Judge Trying To Take Control Of Border Patrol In Chicago. At Twitchy, Judge Ellis Auditions for Border Boss: Border Patrol, Report to Mommy Daily or No Tear Gas for You, but Sauron's Eye whines when an Appeals court grants Justice Department request to pause daily meetings between Gregory Bovino, Judge Sara Ellis.
Misty again reports FBI arrests nine anti-ICE activists responsible for political violence over summer, "One of the protesters that was arrested in the early morning raid allegedly damaged a vehicle belonging to immigration agents during a marijuana farm raid near Los Angeles," and ICE continues arresting 'worst of the worst' illegal migrants accused of sexual crimes. At Fox, Feds nab anti-ICE activists in sweeping pre-dawn LA raid. Vicky Taft at PJM, ICE Rioters Had a Very, Very Bad, 'Find Out' Kind of Day. Matt Margolis hears There’s About to Be a Huge Shake-Up at ICE — and the Left Is Gonna Be Furious. "Among those being removed, Melugin reports, are ICE Field Office Directors in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Denver, El Paso, San Diego, Seattle/Portland, and New Orleans. The shift could mark a significant operational change, given that ICE and Border Patrol “do different things,” as Melugin explained." From Breitbart, Trump Ends Biden Policy of Automatically Extending Work Permits for Migrants and Wall Street Journal: ‘Easing’ Rent Prices Coincide with Less Immigration to U.S. Under Trump. Dave Strom claims The Trucker Crisis Is Not Invented for Political Gain. From Da Caller, Janet Mills Under Fire For Having Backed Free Health Care For Illegal Migrants. From Ryan King and Josh Christenson at NYPo, More Americans want illegal immigrants booted out of US, even if no criminal record: poll.
Grummz @Grummz "Grokipedia enrages Wikipedia editors. Because Grokipedia does not need authors, and certainly does not need editors. They are out of a job, realizing their high priesthood of truth control is forever gone. They are replaced as of yesterday. It does not even really need contributors. As new events unfold, they will be integrated automatically. The past, already encoded and uploaded as the sum of human knowledge to date. Powered by Grok, who is now the world’s historian, watching and documenting its creators. . . " Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal "WHY GROKIPEDIA IS MAKING THE MEDIA MELTDOWN - AND WHY THAT’S A GOOD THING The legacy media is melting down over a digital encyclopedia. Not a government scandal. Not a war. A website. It’s called Grokipedia, Elon's AI-powered alternative to Wikipedia, and it has already done the unthinkable: challenged the establishment’s control over online “truth.” Launched in beta as version 0.1, Grokipedia already has more than 885,000 entries, and that’s just the start. Musk says version 1.0 is coming soon and promises it will be “ten times better”. Better than what? According to Musk: better than Wikipedia itself. And if you look at how both sites handle controversial topics, he might be right. Wikipedia is run by volunteers, but let’s not kid ourselves, ideological gatekeeping is baked into its DNA. From politics to culture to science, pages are shaped by editors who lean overwhelmingly left. Anyone who’s ever tried to update a conservative viewpoint knows what happens: instant reversion, flags, bans, and “consensus.” It’s not “the wisdom of the crowd.” It’s the orthodoxy of a very specific crowd. . ." I haven't tried it yet, but I will. Wikipedia is just awful whenever there's an opportunity for a political slant.
At PJM, Stephen Kruiser is Pondering How Much Magic Bari Weiss Can Work at CBS News. From Twitchy, CBS Staffer Calls Layoffs a 'Bloodbath,' Race and Culture Unit 'Gutted.' Mark Hemingway @Heminator "Oh no not the “Race and Culture” unit!" Quote Jeremy Barr @jeremymbarr, "One CBS News staffer described the cuts as a “blood bath.” I’ve also heard that the Race and Culture unit was “gutted.” x.com/jeremymbarr/st…" From Fox, Jewish CBS anchor forced to meet with Race and Culture Unit after grilling pro-Palestinian author: Report "Tony Dokoupil irked colleagues by grilling Ta-Nehisi Coates about Israel." Pre-Bari Weiss. Nate Honeycutt at Expression details How targeting scholars for speech leaves lasting scars.
Stacy McCain wonders Who Is Paying the ‘Racist Trolls’ Who Disagree With Alonso Gurmendi? "Well, I haven’t checked my PayPal balance lately, so maybe the Mossad is secretly paying me — keeping it a secret even from me — but I would gladly hate this particular son of a bitch for free. Anyone who wants to join the Volunteer Troll Army can just look at Alonso Gurmendi’s timeline on X and jump into the fight. Tell him the Mossad sent you." From the Free Bacon, University Leaders Say ‘Organized Networks,’ Including Iran, Drove Anti-Israel Campus Unrest "Former director of national intelligence Avril Haines announced in July 2024 the Islamic Republic encouraged demonstrations and provided financial support to activists."
The College Fix reports ‘We don’t want his likeness on campus’: Socialist students protest Kirk statue where he was shot. Beege Welborn is annoyed by Democrats and Their Sick Twisted Sister Harpy Parade. Greg Piper at JTN (Misty doesn't do all the work, just most of it), Moms for Liberty activist beats defamation suit by DEI employee over 'woke,' 'white savior' jabs "Wisconsin appeals court saves Scarlett Johnson, three years later, from "costly, pointless, and incoherent" trial over whether she implied "undisclosed defamatory facts" about a onetime social justice coordinator in hyperbolic posts."
Coddled Affluent Professional @feelsdesperate "It’s amazing how AI came along with its massive energy needs and in a blink they just dropped ‘climate.’" Quote ABC News @ABC "Bill Gates thinks climate change is still a serious problem, but says it's time to focus on fighting poverty and preventing disease. https://abcnews.link/ll3V9oJ."
The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Barbara Eden and FMJRA 2.0: Another Fine Mess up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.
It's Good to Be Alive
The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Barbara Eden up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.
Thursday Tattoos
Halloween edition:
From the Guardian, a very topical article, Tattoo fixers on removing Nazi symbols: ‘You don’t know if they’re changing or hiding’ "Senate hopeful Graham Platner covered up his tattoo once he learned of its Nazi associations. It’s a problem so common there are free programs for it." That's a lie, he knew what it was.
Kate Widener, an advanced esthetician and owner of Undo Tattoo and Laser in Gresham, Oregon, averages about 70 tattoo removals a week. Of these, she wagers “25%” are part of her free removal program. “Everyone deserves a second chance,” she said. “I’ve seen it all, including some pretty bad ones. But they just pop in, pop out, and soon it’s gone.”
Some of Widener’s clients say they are coming in only out of discretion – they are still racist, but don’t want their co-workers to know. “I have one guy who comes in only for the tattoos on his face, and he’s keeping the rest from his neck down,” she says. “Thirty-plus [swastikas] on his neck all the way down. So there are a lot of people hiding who they really are.”
“There’s a big concern of: [are they] changing or hiding?” said Dustin Ortel, who oversees the free Ink-nitiative program at Removery, another national tattoo-removing chain. Since 2020, people every year submit applications – bolstered by letters of recommendations from parole officers or counselors – and about 300 are chosen for the procedure.
Ortel says he is a good judge of character and helps people who are genuinely changing. “I have a great gut feeling, and going through our paperwork and seeing the advocate letters, you really get to see where the person is coming from compared to the markings on their skin.”
The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Barbara Eden up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
The Witch That's on Your Back
The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Barbara Eden up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.
ASMFC Nixes Steep Menhaden Catch Cuts
Despite a 2025 stock assessment indicating that Atlantic menhaden biomass is one-third lower than previously estimated – and an immediate need to cut the coastwide menhaden quota by more than 50 percent to support striped bass rebuilding – the Menhaden Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission voted today to reduce 2026 commercial catch by only 20 percent. The decision, which will likely prevent striped bass and other predators largely reliant on menhaden like bluefish, weakfish, spiny dogfish, and ospreys from having sufficient forage, was a disappointment for conservation and recreational angling organizations.
“Rebuilding the Atlantic striped bass population has always involved more than just regulating striped bass harvest. It’s also about ensuring that enough of their key food source, Atlantic menhaden, remains available in the water,” said Chris Macaluso, director of the Center for Fisheries for the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. “The Menhaden Management Board’s decision to adopt only a 20 percent reduction in menhaden harvest, despite the science and input from ASMFC’s own scientists who highlighted the risks, makes it more challenging to achieve striped bass recovery by 2029. This step falls short of fully advancing more than a decade of progress toward ecosystem-based management and undermines public trust in the process.”
The Board’s decision, made at the agency’s annual meeting in Delaware, ignores its own
management framework based on “ecological reference points” (ERPs) — clear, science-based limits that tie menhaden harvest directly to predator health – and new estimates that show there are 37 percent fewer menhaden off the Atlantic coast than previously estimated. The Board also declined to vote for additional coastwide menhaden quota reductions beyond the 2026 fishing season, dodging additional quota cuts for 2027 and 2028 that could have collectively reached an ERP-based reduction that the recreational angling community called for after three years. The Board instead favored revisiting the issue in 2026 to determine if additional reductions are needed.
Notably, three years ago the Menhaden Management Board voted to increase the Atlantic menhaden total allowable catch for the 2023-2025 fishing seasons when the best available science indicated it was warranted. However, now that the best science indicates a reduction in catch is needed, the board has declined to reduce the catch to align with the ecosystem-based management model.
In early October, the ASMFC released its 2025 Atlantic menhaden stock assessment update, which indicated that the coastwide menhaden biomass is lower than previously estimated and suggested that slashing the coastwide catch limit by more than half would be necessary to ensure sufficient forage for rebuilding populations of striped bass. The Board’s decision today is not expected to achieve the standard 50/50 probability of not exceeding the ERP fishing mortality target – the precautionary approach that would dictate risk-tolerant, science-based management – and instead results in a 100 percent chance of exceeding the target in 2026.
The source is clearly biased in favor of cutting the Menhaden harvest, but then, so am I. But the point, that the new data show Menhaden population is 37% lower than previously thought, but the ASMFC responded by attempting to cut the harvest by only 20% suggests that they are not acting in the best interest of the Menhaden, let alone the Striped Bass and other predators that eat them.
The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Barbara Eden up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.