CITIZEN OPEN THREAD.

Slingshot. A white-tail deer known for its (annual) giant antler racks, has died of suspected rut fight injuries.
https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/11/17/slingshot-colorados-famed-giant-mule-deer-dies-after-brutal-buck-fight/

Midnight Rendezvous – The Babys

Musk later doubled down: “Optimus will actually eliminate poverty.”

“You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭26‬:‭11‬ ‭CSB‬‬

My money’s on Jesus.

Nobody wants ChiComs
“RFE/RL reported that the authorities – who are also currently trying to quell frustrations over electricity shortages in the country – had attempted to downplay the incident, which involved drivers of the China Road & Bridge Corporation and the Kyrgyz company Zhongzi. It said “the brawl has highlighted anger in Kyrgyzstan over Chinese-funded projects and the influx of Chinese workers to the impoverished country”.
https://www.intellinews.com/kyrgyz-president-says-chinese-worker-comments-after-mass-brawl-are-pre-election-provocation-412430/?source=china

“Speaking to the Axios, American and Russian officials shared details of this sensitive ongoing process. According to the information provided by the officials, the draft plan consists of 28 articles in total.

The document in question is divided into four main categories: achieving peace in Ukraine, security guarantees, the security architecture in Europe, and the future relations of the US with Russia and Ukraine.”
https://harici.com.tr/en/us-russia-drafting-secret-28-point-peace-plan-for-ukraine/

For those thinking “Traditional Turkey” for Thanksgiving… Instruction and Discounted Seasonings, Brine, etc…
[I’m thinking Bone-In Pork Roast, but Matt always has a great alternative…]

The real news from Porsche is NOT that they put 1,100 HP into a car, it’s that they put it into a production car that costs only $163k, a feat formerly only done by Bugatti with their $3mil Veyron 20 years ago. But I doubt this Porsche soccer mom status-mobile will be hitting 250+ mph anytime soon.

Here are some others from recent years:

https://www.motor1.com/features/663381/1000-hp-cars-supercars-evs/

Pretty Sure These Two HillBilly Chicks Are Related To Me

Video:
https://x.com/ArmaLite15OU812/status/1990621123872997544?s=20

https://x.com/KarluskaP/status/1991168662406115676?s=20

Wait a minute — how many illegal aliens are in our country again?

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It’s at least 40 million, that article did zero research.

Bear Stearns pegged the number at 30 million and that was 25 years ago.

They did some deep analysis, Ann Coulter has cited their research before.

https://unherd.com/2025/11/mamdanis-trumpers-are-americas-future/

There were an estimated 60,000 NYC residents who voted for Trump in 2024 and then for Mamdani in 2025.
(Wuh-kow! Whiplash!)
In a city of eight million, that may not seem like much, but they exemplify a broader trend across the country. …

“Trump brought too much chaos, man,” says Ramon*, … “My bills are still high and my wife can’t afford no groceries.”
A part-time car mechanic by day and cleaner at the new JP Morgan office by night, Ramon says that he voted for Trump in 2024 because he thought he’d bring down the price of gas and groceries, but “that ain’t happened”.
“I don’t know if Mamdani’s going to make things better or worse,” he said, “but we need something different from this.”

“Turkey has replaced the term Central Asia with Turkistan in its national school curriculum.”
-“…the ministry is removing geographical terms that he described as having imperial roots and said the curriculum should reflect Turkey’s own historical vocabulary…”-
https://www.turkishminute.com/2025/11/19/turkey-renames-central-asia-turkistan-in-school-curriculum/

and they wanted to keep it shutdown to Thanksgiving ~

-Today
“World Toilet Day 2025: Why Malaysians Will Never Give Up The Bidet
Walking into a toilet with no bidet when you need to do some “big business” could feel like a life or death situation.”
https://www.therakyatpost.com/fun/2025/11/19/world-toilet-day-2025-why-malaysians-will-never-give-up-the-bidet/

From the Stack:
Loose wire caused bridge collapse ~

Morning, everybody. Still on first cup of coffee.

Morn’n from Colorado

You all have a GREAT day!!

Bill Clinton, testifying under oath:

“I did not have sexual relations with that woman. Wait, what? Epstein? Sorry, I nodded off, I thought you were asking about Hillary. No, I didn’t have sexual relations with Jeffrey Epstein either.”

Lather, rinse, repeat.

Cloudflare in court over “helping” tech pirates.
“Tokyo District Court on Wednesday ordered U.S. information technology company Cloudflare Inc. to pay about 500 million yen in damages for assisting copyrights violations by pirated manga websites.
https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2025111900153/tokyo-court-orders-u-s-it-firm-to-pay-damages-over-pirated-manga.html

“Images of Japan official appearing to bow before China counterpart go viral”
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251119/p2g/00m/0in/023000c

Picture
“Images of “diplomatic superiority” shown by Chinese state media have exacerbated the Japan-China feud over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks about Taiwan.”
https://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articles/16167599

‘The Party’ slowly pulling Chairman Winnie into retirement?
“Three years ago, Chinese Premier Li Qiang took on a role largely stripped of its former glory. Now, in a surprise twist, he is becoming President Xi Jinping’s top emissary on the world stage.

When China’s No. 2 official steps out in Johannesburg at the first Group of 20 (G-20) leaders’ meeting ever held in Africa this weekend, it will mark his third stint representing Mr Xi at a major conference.”
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-president-xi-jinping-is-making-premier-li-qiang-his-top-messenger-on-world-stage

“Chinese premier’s visit to Zambia focuses on reviving a Cold War-era railway to help mineral access”
https://financialpost.com/pmn/chinese-premiers-visit-to-zambia-focuses-on-reviving-a-cold-war-era-railway-to-help-mineral-access

https://www.bluewin.ch/en/news/nestle-may-continue-to-sell-perrier-mineral-in-france-2970059.html
“In an urgent application, a consumer protection organization wanted to prohibit Nestlé from continuing to sell Perrier as natural mineral water due to allegedly unlawful treatment processes.”

Apple’s 1991 Macintosh shipped with a bug that should’ve stopped it from booting, but no one ever knew because an undocumented CPU trick ‘almost too crazy to be true’ miraculously made it work
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/apples-1991-macintosh-shipped-with-a-bug-that-shouldve-stopped-it-from-booting-but-no-one-ever-knew-because-an-undocumented-cpu-trick-almost-too-crazy-to-be-true-miraculously-made-it-work/

Morning CFP Patriots! Have a wonderful Wednesday.

Morning CFP ☕️

Boss,
Increased Military air traffic in and around Fort Stewart, Georgia.

Ok
Elon
WTH
With
Those
Shoes ?????
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“Amazing Grace” – Dan Vasc

SCOTUS Update…
Duncan v Bonta [California’s Magazine Capacity Limit/Ban] is now “DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025”

Trust the ____.
“New study upends erosion narrative for much of California’s shoreline
Good news for SF and Venice, bad news for Oceanside and San Clemente”
https://www.sfgate.com/california/article/new-calif-study-reveals-beaches-winners-losers-21193485.php

And because the bird flu isn’t enough, now they are trying to obfuscate the cancer caused by the vaxxes by blaming it on all drugs that everyone takes.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-15302429/medications-gut-microbiome-health-bacteria-antibiotics-colorectal-cancer.html

Uber just released its update privacy policies. Sheeesh, as in there is absolutely no privacy at any moment in time.

I think I’ll walk.

-‘Eighth graders want to take algebra. SF hasn’t honored a pledge to bring it back’-
“When SFUSD removed Algebra 1 from public middle and K-8 schools in 2014, the goal was to eliminate the “tracking” of students into high or low math tiers in hopes of alleviating racial disparities. But it didn’t work.”
https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/18/8th-graders-want-algebra-sfusd/

Colombian tinpot should change his name concerned about gasoline.
“The news prompted an immediate response from President Gustavo Petro on social media. Petro posted “Welcome to Colombia, Tesla” on his X account and framed the arrival as an opportunity not only for cleaner mobility but for industrial policy: He suggested Colombia could become a regional center for the manufacture and export of electric vehicles, and argued that internal combustion vehicles should face higher tariffs to accelerate the transition.”
https://colombiaone.com/2025/11/18/colombia-tesla-arrival-petro-welcome-production-ambitions/