Doctor removes prostate -- from 35 miles away!
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Suez Canal Transits 3Q2026 vs 3Q2023: Houthi Red Sea menace drives tanker traffic south to north through Suez down 26.6%, net tons down 25.3%, all vessels both directions down almost 38%, all tonnage down almost 50%
3Q2026
Number of vessels 4050 (down 37.9%)
Net Ton 203,762,000 (down 49.5%)
Vessels per day 44.0
Number of Tankers 1688 (down 19.0%: NtoS down 9.4%; StoN down 26.6%)
Net Ton 84,985,000 (down 17.6%: NtoS down 7.2%; StoN down 25.3%)
Tankers per day 18.3 (NtoS 9.1; StoN 9.3)
3Q2023
Number of vessels 6523
Net Ton 403,144,000
Vessels per day 70.9
Number of Tankers 2083
Net Ton 103,076,000
Tankers per day 22.6 (NtoS 10.0; StoN 12.6)
Monday, October 26, 2026
Old John Anderson is still in the news feed this Monday
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/26/john-anderson-obituary?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
John Anderson, who has died aged 71, reinvigorated country music in the 1980s by returning the genre to its unvarnished roots.
... His adoption of what became known as “New Traditionalism” was so successful that he scored 40 hits on the Billboard country charts in the US, five of which made No 1 – and his work inspired a new generation of singers in Nashville, including George Strait, Randy Travis and Dwight Yoakam, all of whom followed his credo and went on to enjoy great success.
... His 1981 album, John Anderson 2, featured two Top 10 hits and inspired a number of commentators to compare him to Lefty Frizzell and George Jones, two of country’s finest male vocalists.
... His 1987 MCA album, Blue Skies Again, demonstrated what an expressive ballad singer he was ...
Yes, but the decision will be made by the voters
Trump says he’ll soon decide whether to ‘make a deal’ with Iran or ‘finish it off’
... "It’s getting to be decision time," Trump said in a Fox News interview on Sunday. ...
John Kass retires his pen
John turned 70 in June.
... Five strokes in three years, she said, And you can still speak, you can still read and use a search engine, you can read Victor Davis Hanson and Plato, you can still discuss the great ideas.
But another stroke? I didn’t need any further convincing. I couldn’t contemplate the alternatives. ...
Here.
One week away from Election 2026 Real Clear Politics polling averages predict Democrats will pick up 4 seats in the U.S. Senate, 25 seats in the U.S. House
10 seats in the Senate are too close to call, and another 25 in the House.
https://www.realclearpolling.com/maps/house/2026/toss-up
https://www.realclearpolling.com/maps/senate/2026/toss-up
Sunday, October 25, 2026
Ukraine claims Starlink never worked outside Ukraine making it impossible to use for offensive operations against Russia
You'll notice that neither side is talking about Starshield lol.
Ukraine contests Musk’s claim that country’s military violated Starlink service agreement
... “It is very strange that Elon Musk is unaware of the operational limitations of Starlink in Ukraine,” Beskrestnov wrote in a post on Telegram, noting that Starlink’s civilian system in Ukraine “does not function over the territory of Russia” and that Ukrainian drones operating with Starlink have had a speed restriction of 70 to 90 km/h (roughly 43 to 56 miles per hour) for months.
“Consequently, it is PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE for us to use commercial Starlink for deep-strike or medium-range strike operations,” Beskrestnov wrote. ...
Saturday, October 24, 2026
10 days later
Ukraine says Starlink and Starshield high speed restrictions have been lifted
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said Starlink and Starshield connectivity is again stable on equipment moving above 400 km/h (249 mph). ...
The low hire, low fire economy: People who work don't realize how good they've got it compared with the past
Just 0.066% of the civilian population made first time claims for unemployment in 3Q2026, a number which has never been lower.
IT'S A NEW RECORD LOW.
Average 3Q claims were 0.182549m.
Average 3Q civilian population was 275.417m.
% = 0.06628.
Never been equaled.
Meanwhile the unemployment level at 2.62% of civilian population in 3Q has very rarely been lower. It's been low like this so much recently that we forget how rare this level has been.
The 2025 average was higher at 2.67%, same as it was in the year 2000, but still remarkably low.
There have been just 16-years averaging lower than 2.62% from 1948 inclusive, including two years under Trump I and three years under Joe Biden.
80% OF THE TIME IT'S WORSE.
And the downward ten year trend for the measure, whether quarterly or monthly, remains intact, which is saying a lot given what we did to ourselves during the COVID-19 panic.
... a low-hire, low-fire environment, where there is little job growth but where employers are reluctant to cut workers. ... “Despite extremely pessimistic views expressed in consumer confidence surveys regarding the economy overall, countless headlines describing job cuts from a variety of businesses, and the phantom job-stealing power of AI, the claims data suggests that labor market conditions are stable,” Thomas Simons, chief U.S. economist at Jefferies, said in a client note. ...
Most GLP-1 users say they no longer recognize themselves in a mirror
Most GLP-1 Users Say They No Longer Recognize Themselves In Mirror...
... 72% of GLP-1 users said they no longer recognized themselves in the mirror.
... 68% said they would still choose to take it.
... 56% reported a loss of identity at some point. ...
Friday, October 23, 2026
Statism and libertinism are two of the greatest threats faced by the American republic
Hear, hear.
... the so-called “Dissident Right” can offer America nothing like renewal.
... the axioms of ideological liberalism cannot answer the present crisis.
... Tradition, not fusion, is the surest guide.
This isn't an election poll, this is a poll designed to show political support for prosecuting Trump & Co after Democrats win the election
The poll found exactly what Democrats had hoped for . . . by 2-points over the pure economic issue.
Give me a break.
If it's really true that corruption is the top issue then the economy must not be as bad as everyone has been saying for months.
People who have the leisure to preoccupy themselves with the alleged dishonest gains of public officials have l e i s u r e , the same people who are making a bundle off Trump's stock market, his Big Ugly Bill, and government transfer payments to the Baby Boomers, the ungrateful bastards.
"It's still the economy, stupid", and even the story admits it.
Corruption is voters’ top issue ahead of midterm election, CNBC survey shows
... The finding follows a monthslong messaging effort by Democrats to link widespread economic dissatisfaction with what they allege is rampant corruption by President Donald Trump and his Republican allies. ... To be sure, the question asking voters to name their top concerns lists several economy- and cost-related topics separately, subdividing an issue that might otherwise rank higher if lumped into a single category. ...
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Old John even made the news feed, and the CBS story about him illustrates how his hometown name got mangled in the first place
The Seminole name of his place of birth was Ahapopka.
You know it as Apopka, but CBS calls it Apaka lol.
Gotta say John looked pretty tired last Sunday compared to August in Texas. May he rest in peace.
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