TRUE BORN SONS OF LIBERTY

... The BLS said in Thursday’s release that almost half of September’s increase in processed goods for immediate demand was connected to the rise in diesel fuel prices. ...

96% white Vermont is very colorful this time of year

Trump is full of it, Emerson had Cornyn over Talarico by 2.8 in January, Paxton and Talarico tied

There hasn't been a poll since early August with Paxton ahead of Talarico.

Texas made a big mistake picking Paxton, but it's Texas. Everything is bigger in Texas.

Trump says ‘if Ken Paxton loses’ Texas Senate race, blame Cornyn and Karl Rove

Texas 2026 Poll: Talarico Leads Crockett for Democratic Senate Nomination, Cornyn and Paxton Face Potential Runoff

YouTube star Jackie the bald eagle died of the flu, CBS makes you click through

Big Bear bald eagle Jackie's cause of death revealed

So Katie Zacharia has a law degree but no law license and Abdul has a degree in medicine but no medical license

Glad we cleared that up.

PBS

Well now, this is really bad publicity for this life insurance company and it would be a shame if everyone canceled their policies with it because it wouldn't pay out a measly $30k benefit on a COVID-19 victim from 2021

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Trump has suddenly limited Ukraine's Starlink capabilities, most likely because Ukraine has been so successful at destroying Russian diesel and diesel refining capability

Trump is evil.

Overall cpi inflation is trending up since Trump was elected, whether you look at the year over year rate increases from a monthly or a quarterly perspective

Overall monthly cpi inflation in Sep 2026 increased at a rate of 3.71% year over year.

Overall quarterly cpi inflation in 3Q2026 increased at a rate of 3.458% year over year.

Despite the bad uptick in September, 3Q still ticked down.

CNBC has some good summary tables, as usual. In Sep 2026 fuel oil and gasoline price increases were the biggest drivers of the overall cpi rate of 3.71% year over year.

Here’s the inflation breakdown for September 2026 — in one chart

... “Crude oil is moving through the Strait of Hormuz but remains below its pre-war pace. Even after key waterways fully reopen, lost refining capacity and distribution problems may delay lower energy prices until mid-2027,” according to the Wells Fargo Investment Institute analysis. ... The average nationwide price at the pump was $4.33 per gallon on Wednesday, up 45% from $2.98 per gallon on Feb. 27, right before the Iran war began, according to AAA data. ... Average diesel prices were $6.30 per gallon on Wednesday, up about 68% from $3.76 per gallon before the Iran war, according to AAA data. ...

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Core cpi inflation remains too high in Sep 2026 at 2.5% yoy in 3Q2026 and 2.6% yoy in Sep 2026, but no one can deny that the trend for the rate increases is down since Trump was elected in 2024

Tariffs and war remain the forces blunting what could have otherwise been much better results in the fight against inflation, and those were by choice not by accident.

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You know only a heap of broken images

Clues Are Everywhere, Society Is Growing Stupider

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

The last time I updated this chart in July 2025 the very next big boy was the next day, an 8.8 in Russia, so watch out!

Historic earthquakes strike Atlantic as expert raises fears of seismic 'chain reaction'

Two powerful earthquakes have struck in the Atlantic Ocean, prompting one expert to warn of a possible seismic 'chain reaction' that could affect the US.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) detected a magnitude 6.9 earthquake along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between Africa and South America at 8.23am ET.

A magnitude 6.7 quake struck less than seven hours earlier at 1.44am, just 50 miles north along the same seafloor fault line where the bottom of the ocean is slowly splitting apart.

... Tuesday's earthquakes in the Atlantic were among the strongest to hit the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the last 50 years, with the 6.9 quake registering as the third strongest since 1976. ...

France caught four of last month's Renoir paintings thieves, but released them under judicial supervision even though the paintings were worth over $5 million and drug trafficking seems to be involved

Two stories out today illustrate the general decline in the ability to think critically, especially about religion

Back to back today at Real Clear Religion:

The Religious Revival That Never Came

Ryan Burge, Graphs About Religion

Religion and the Decline in Alcohol Use

Frank Newport, Gallup

I don't think either story is conclusive about much of anything, and each one in its own way wears blinders.

Unbelievably the first one uses pandemic years 2020-2021 as the end point for its analysis, when Canada forcibly closed down churches all over the country, limited public gatherings to handfuls of people, and citizens generally were afraid to congregate, about which Burge says nothing, and for which he fails to control.

Nor does he mention the hysteria against the churches in Canada which developed in May 2021 over long past and unsubstantiated general mistreatment of indigenous tribes, which describes a present social environment where open church affiliation might be perceived as a liability by people who otherwise might have an inclination to affiliate but no longer do.

Apropos of which, neither does Burge mention that arson attacks against churches in Canada doubled in 2021 to 90 from 31-45 per year on average in the prior decade, and that attacks continue near these high levels through at least 2024.

Canada is recently very openly HOSTILE to religion. Do you think that might have something to do with your stupid facts?

The second story is typical Gallup. It never mentions that the decline in drinking is a dramatic phenomenon amongst Gen Z and Millennials, who also happen to spearhead the decline of religion and the popularity of weed. With which of these is the decline in drinking to be associated? Gallup wants you to think its the religion angle, when I say it is not even simply a phenomenon of drug replacement or of youth, but of youth generally expressing their rebellion against their parents, who still drink and go to church, the hypocrites. Can't you just feel the sneer?

BOOMER HATE is real.

"Or, maybe they just don't have the money to go to the bar."

-- Martin Luther probably

OK, let the Protestants do it since Catholics don't have the thumos

Military Archbishop Says Catholic Soldiers Shouldn't Serve On Firing Squad

The annual Reformation Day present from Rome came early this year.

Just a reminder that Catholics had 1776 years to found an America, never did, and never will.

Just a reminder that 1 in 6 Americans will cast a vote in three weeks under the influence of antidepressants prescribed by a doctor

This is what I mean about the GOP defending the president no matter what

We're Not at War With Russia, Oil Deal Puts U.S. First

Mollie Hemingway, FOX News

Russia is at war with people seeking freedom and alliance with the free world, and Mollie couldn't care less.

Russia will earn up to $4 billion in hard currency in the deal, which it desperately needs and with which it will continue to oppress Ukraine.

The U.S. consumed about 3 million barrels of diesel a day in 2025 for transportation purposes. Russia's diesel is not even two weeks of supply.

It will make next to no difference. We don't need it.

It's not a deal. It's a troll.

Real Clear Politics' predictions for the U.S. House and U.S. Senate three weeks out from Election 2026

Democrats should be doing much better than this given the outrageous transgressions of Trump and his party.

It's an index of the crazy candidates Democrats have offered as the alternative, who aren't exactly galvanizing support.

The two main political parties are mental.

Senate: 46D,46R,8TU: Dem +3, Odds | House: 226D,189R,20TU: Dem +21, Odds

Monday, October 12, 2026

Joos Joos Joos! It's all Abdul ever talks about. There's 129,225 Joos in Michigan, what about the rest of us?

Joos know what happens when you open the door to Hamas.