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HALF-FULL REPORT 09/25/26

Mark the date, yesterday September 24, 2026, when the official consolidation of the three great barbarisms of modern times merged together into one. All three are  pathologies of envy: Nazism, preaching race-envy toward "rich exploitative Jews;" Communism, preaching class-envy toward "rich exploitative capitalists;"and Jihadism, preaching culture-envy toward "rich exploitative Western Civilization."

We’ve become familiar with all three embodied into one person like Zohan Mamdani, Hasan Piker, Ilhan Omar, Spain’s Pedro Sanchez.  Yesterday, we witnessed this embodiment globally institutionalized at the United Nations. The UN has 193 Member States and 2 non-member Observers, the Vatican, and “Palestine.”  Claims are made that up to 77 country delegations walked out on Bibi.  That would mean 116 stayed (at least, as a number of those 77, such as Ireland and Slovenia, have denied walking out).

So it is interesting that the only Europe delegation walking out was Spain. China stayed, India stayed, Islamic UAE and Morocco stayed, as did Japan and Australia.  At least 46 out of 49 countries of Sub-Saharan (Black) Africa stayed.  So a quite substantial majority of the world’s nations reject embracing Communism, Nazism, and Jihadism in a devil’s brew – at least publicly on the floor of the UN General Assembly.

Yet, as we all know, so many are doing so surreptitiously or surrendering to it – like Britain, France, Holland, Belgium, Australia, Carney’s Canada, and America’s Democrat Party.

Okay, here we go with news to think about, news to celebrate (like CNN’s coming bloodbath), funny news, and inspiring news.  We have it all, so jump on in!

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ON YOM KIPPUR

[On this particular Monday, in lieu of an Archive, I have to get something off my chest. Please bear with me.]

In 2026, the holiest day of the year for Jews, is today, September 21st(until sundown. It is called Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, where one reflects on whatever moral wrongs they have done, commits to never do them again, confesses them to God, and does whatever possible to repair those wrongs done to others.

I am not Jewish, so hope I have expressed correctly this succinct description, as this day is far, far more deeply meaningful to Jewish people than the few words above. Yet this day is for me an opportunity to express a grievance I have that I must explain.

Plainly, I am completely, totally, and utterly sick and tired of this epidemic of Anti-Semitism that has taken over the Democrat Party, that is ubiquitous on social media, college campuses, and news stories of yet another “Free Palestine” protest that often turns violent. If I make even a seemingly pro-Israel comment on X, some bozo will ask “Are you Jewish?” as a smirking condemnation.  Another Dumbtard will go on a rant about “Christ-killers.”  Yet another will express his hatred for “Zionists” as the cause of all the evil in the world.

So let’s be clear. “Anti-Semitism,” “Christ-killers,” or “Zionist” are all euphemisms for Nazism.

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THE GREENLAND TRIUMPH IS A SEA CHANGE IN US FOREIGN POLICY

The deal is everything we could ask for, and infinitely more than the Enemedia told you was possible.

But the bigger news is the agreement’s implications for the rest of the world.

With [yesterday’s] signing of the tripartite deal between the United States, Greenland, and Denmark, Donald Trump has achieved yet another masterstroke — like the NATO commitment to increase defense spending more than two-and-a-half times, like the EU trade deal, like booting China out of Panama — that the Enemedia unanimously told you was not merely impossible, but laughable.

Lesson: don’t listen to the Enemedia. It’s not just that they’re biased. They’re also almost always wrong.

To quote Greenland Premier Jens-Frederik Nielsen, the “world has changed a great deal since 1951,” referring to the original security agreement. The people of Greenland “recognize the long-term security threats that you, Mr. President, have rightly spoken about.”

“This agreement should put to rest any doubt today and in the future about where Greenland’s loyalty lies,” Nielsen said.

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THE LIB DEMS’ TRANS MADNESS IS A SYMPTOM OF THE LEFT’S COWARDICE

In the UK:

“Only the Conservatives and Reform can be relied upon to uphold women’s rights.”

There is a danger that we draw the wrong conclusions from the Liberal Democrats’ decision to champion trans demands over women’s rights on the very first full day of their conference.

On the face of it, it feels like an own goal, made even worse by a clear misunderstanding on the part of delegates about the guidelines issued by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) in the wake of the ruling by the Supreme Court on how the Equality Act should be interpreted.

Those gathering in Brighton have stated that the EHRC code is “discriminatory and unworkable” and should be overwritten with more “inclusive” rules. But the EHRC is bound by law to issue guidance entirely in line with the Equality Act.

It would be absurd – not to mention illegal – for the EHRC to issue guidance that didn’t reflect their lordships’ ruling on what the Equality Act meant by “women.”

This detail seems to have escaped the trans activists among the Lib Dem delegates, who are also calling for the actual law to be changed but haven’t made their minds up as to what change is needed.

Ultimately, their aim, as is the aim of trans rights activists across the political spectrum, is to deny women the right to exclude from their spaces – changing rooms, toilets and even prisons – men who identify as women. Such men, after all, are women if they say so.

This motion will dominate today’s debate at the conference, and it is understandable that thoughtful observers predict difficult times ahead for a party that places the demands of trans-identified men above the hard-fought-for sex-based rights of women.

But they miss a key factor in all of this.

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A FLOCK OF IDIOTS

It may be that the humble camera in America will have to change its name from mundane “camera” to “Flock camera” at the rate some are going. Or possibly they will begin to think that the latter is an entirely new piece of technology. Over the past several months a great deal of misinformation (increasingly, the most common kind of information) has been spread about Flock cameras and their uses.

It has gotten so bad that even some Republicans who are supposed to know better have jumped on the bandwagon, and all of this betrays a great gap in what the public knows regarding who is watching them and what information is being gathered and used.

Unfortunately and predictably, it also betrays the continued inability of law enforcement officials in the United States to treat their now dying profession seriously, and stand up for the truth and be counted on a matter, and to articulate the law as it is versus according to someone’s feelings.

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CAN TUCKER CARLSON NAME ANOTHER RELIGION THAT KILLS APOSTATES?

Tucker Carlson has famously written off his distrust of Islam to western propaganda. “I was hysterical,” he said. “I believed [the threat was real]. No, that's not true. Nothing about that is true, but I believed it.”

Going a step further, Carlson now claims, “Sharia Law has made Islamic societies more advanced than the West.”

If Carlson wishes to remain secure in his sanctimony, I would advise him not to speak to a former imam whose book, The Apostate, I had the honor of editing.

If, however, Carlson is as open to the the truth as he claims to be, I will happily send him a signed copy and pick up the postage to boot.

As a boy, Muhammad Abdullah was groomed to become the Franklin Graham of Egyptian Islam, his father being that nation’s preeminent political imam.

As an adolescent, Abdullah was already leading hajjes to Mecca.

Having been educated in English schools, he had a language advantage over his father. His goal was to exploit that advantage and win over the West.

To that end, Abdullah took a year off after college to master the faith so completely no westerner could ever challenge him.

“I had begun my studies from a place of total and complete submission to Allah,” writes Abdullah. “I believed that Islam was superior to all other faiths and that those faiths had borrowed from Islam. I believed that Islam’s every prayer, every ritual, every law had no other purpose than to serve Allah.”

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DEFENDING YOURSELF AGAINST VIRUS INFECTIONS – Part 2

[TTP:  We’ll start right where we left off last week, repeating this warning that Durk emphasized, before continuing. The References are repeated at the end, as well.]

Important Notes

Your first line of defense against the flu is hand washing. Most flu infections occur via hand-to-mouth, hand-to-nose, and hand-to-eye transmission. Most aerosol particles produced by coughing and sneezing quickly settle out onto objects in the environment. People touch their faces hundreds of times per day, usually without noting it or realizing it. We think that the biggest effect of wearing a gauze mask is to help interrupt the hand to mouth/nose infection route, though N-95 respirators can filter out small long-lasting aerosol particles. We suggest carrying a small flip top squeeze bottle of rubbing alcohol with you, for convenient anywhere/anytime hand washing.  (Remember that rubbing alcohol is flammable, so don’t use it near flames or while smoking.)

 This formula is NOT intended as a replacement for the prescription drugs Tamiflu and Relenza. If you develop the symptoms of a flu infection, see your doctor immediately to get a prescription, and start taking the drug promptly at the prescribed dose. To be effective, these drugs must be taken within 48 hours after developing flu symptoms, and it may be difficult to obtain an appointment with your physician this rapidly, particularly if there are a large number of other people developing flu symptoms at the same time in your area.

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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE EXPECT A CATASTROPHE

I write sometimes in these columns about thinking biases that can affect our decision making.

Today I want to talk about a way of thinking that can undermine our resilience during hardship, as well as our ability to flourish and succeed.

Catastrophes happen in life.

Natural disasters, tragic accidents, terrible illnesses, heart-rending betrayals, economic calamities, war, famine… Human history has been filled with these, and most of us have been at least touched by something catastrophic.

But a catastrophe is not usually the most likely scenario – if they were common, we wouldn’t think of them as catastrophes; they’d just be the kind of normal troubles we expect in life.

There can be disappointments, hardships, struggles, and losses that hurt badly, requiring us to step up to challenges we would rather not have to step up to. These are not uncommon.

But a true catastrophe is rarely likely.

When we expect catastrophe as a likely scenario, that expectation creates its own troubles, and they can run deep.

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FLASHBACK FRIDAY: THE LOST CITY OF KUELAP

rh-at-kuelap10,000 feet high in the Amazon cloud forests of northern Peru is a mysterious lost city built by an unknown people many centuries before the Incas existed. Known as Kuelap by villagers in the lowlands below, the Incas called the people who built it Chachapoyas, “Cloud Warriors.” I led an expedition here in 1994, climbing high up into the Amazon Andes to come upon gigantic stone walls 60 feet high surrounding hundreds of stone structures. Here you see Rebel among them. We’ll be here again in a year or two in another exploration of Peru. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #153, photo ©Jack Wheeler)

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MONTEZUMA’S CASTLE

montezumas-castleWhen American explorers came upon this extraordinary cliff dwelling in 1860s Arizona, they dubbed it “Montezuma’s Castle” on a whim. The Aztec ruler had nothing to do with it, of course. The Anasazi people built a number of these marvelous structures in the Southwest, high up on cliffs above a river that seasonally flooded.

For hundreds of years the Anasazi flourished, skilled agriculturalists and brilliant at constructing vast irrigation systems. Yet it all came to naught with a devastating megadrought with no rain for many decades, culminating in the collapse of the Anasazi culture and abandonment of their cliff dwellings by the early 1500s.

Another lesson that it is nature that control’s the Earth’s climate, not us. You’ll find Montezuma’s Castle above Beaver Creek south of Sedona. It’s a marvel not to be missed. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #194 photo ©Jack Wheeler)

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LAKE BLED

lake-bledFirst Lady Melania Trump would instantly recognize Lake Bled, for it is considered the most beautiful place in her home country of Slovenia. It’s a glacial lake up in the Julian Alps near the border with Austria. The small lush island you see has been a pilgrimage site for millennia – first to the Temple of Ziva, the Slovene goddess of love and fertility, then until now to the Church of the Mother of God. For all that time, Slovene couples came here to get married.

There are 99 steps from the rowboat landing to the church, and from ancient times to today, the tradition is that for a happy and long-lasting marriage, the groom must carry his bride up all 99 steps while she must remain silent while he does.

Lake Bled is a place of deep serenity and joyous calm. Come here to experience both. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #178 photo ©Jack Wheeler)

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THE LESHAN GIANT BUDDHA

leshan-giant-buddhaCarved out of a cliff face of red sandstone on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau over 1,200 years ago by Buddhist monks, the 233 ft-high Leshan Giant Buddha is the largest and tallest stone Buddha statue in the world.

I took this picture from a boat on the river that runs past it.  As you can see by Buddhist pilgrims working their way down the stone steps on the side and in front carrying umbrellas, it’s raining.  Rain is so frequent here that a sophisticated drainage system was incorporated into the statue when it was built. It is still in working order. Behind the Buddha’s head, between his two ears, and scattered throughout his body, there are several hidden gutters and channels carrying out the rainwater that have kept the inner areas dry and prevented the Buddha from eroding since the 8th century.

Knowing this adds to the wonder of beholding this extraordinary achievement.  (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #268 photo ©Jack Wheeler)

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THE FORTRESS OF LUXEMBOURG

luxembourg-fortressOriginally built upon Roman fortifications on a rocky promontory in the 900s by the Counts of Luxembourg, the Luxembourg Fortress gained strategic importance located between the French Kingdom and the Hapsburg Empire. By the 1600s it became so impregnable it was called the “Gibraltar of the North.”

It was fought over by so many armies that finally, in establishing the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg’s full independence and neutrality in 1867, Luxembourgers agreed to tear it down.

What you see here is what is left, and is now a World Heritage Site. The Chemin de la Corniche ­– the promenade along the top of the ramparts overlooking Alzette River and the Old City – is renowned as “Europe’s most beautiful balcony.”

Wedged between France, Belgium, and Germany, small 1,000 square-mile Luxembourg is a haven of peaceful beauty. Come here to stand on these ramparts to experience it yourself. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #233 photo ©Jack Wheeler)

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MUSLIMS SAY ITS UNFAIR TO JUDGE THEIR ENTIRE RELIGION BASED ON THE ACTIONS OF SEVERAL MILLION

WORLD — The international Muslim community issued a collective statement this week explaining that it would be unfair to judge their religion based on the bad actions of several million of its members.

Despite decades of repeated violent attacks in various parts of the world that have taken the lives of many thousands of innocents, Muslims urged the world's population not to judge the religion harshly based on the actions of such a large number of them.

"We don't appreciate all the Islamophobia going around these days," Iman Muhumman Abdul said in a written statement. "Our beautiful religion should not be judged harshly due to the errant actions of a few million of our adherents. Most of us, well, some of us — tens and tens of us — don't think all Jews and infidels should be murdered. There are more than zero peaceful Muslims living throughout the world. Probably."

The statement came on the heels of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, with many calling for renewed respect for the religion responsible for the greatest attack on American soil in history.

"Our people are mostly peaceful," Abdul explained. "True, we teach our children to hate Jews from birth, and there are many of us who fantasize daily about the complete annihilation of the West, but the hundreds of thousands of deaths attributed to Islamic terrorism over the past 100 years have nothing to do with who we really are as a people.

At publishing time, a suicide bombing plot had been thwarted against schoolchildren who accidentally drew the Prophet Muhammad during an art class.

~ Babylon Bee Reporting.

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HALF-FULL REPORT 09/18/26

Michael Desronvil – America’s Hero

This morning’s (9/18) NY Post: Holdout Juror In Lindsay Clancy Mistrial, Michael P. Desronvil, Speaks Out For First Time After Intense Backlash.

“Michael P. Desronvil, 48, clapped back at accusations from fellow jurors that he refused to budge on his belief Clancy was guilty of murdering her three kids despite expressing doubts:

‘I didn’t have any doubts. As I tried to explain different possible theories during deliberation, I kept getting cut off as if I had doubts based on the evidence present,” Desronvil said. “Based on all the physical evidence, key witnesses, and what the prosecution presents, I thought it was enough proof that she [Clancy] knew exactly what she was doing and planned’.”

 

His lawyer Edward Palzik’s announcement(entire announcement in the link):

“I can now confirm that I am representing the courageous and heroic lone holdout juror from the Lindsay Clancy Trial. He is an American Hero and Champion of Justice. Please pray for him and help us protect him. This American Hero and Champion of Justice loves the United States of America as the greatest country in the world; cherishes our sacred Constitution as the pinnacle of human liberty; and supports our amazing leader, President Donald J. Trump, as a fellow defender of common-sense, liberty, and sanity.”

 

This one Black man whose parents are from Haiti and who is a devout Christian and devoted father, stood up to 9 shrieking harridans saying it was morally okay for a woman to murder her three children in cold premeditated blood – you wonder how many of them murdered their own children with abortions themselves – then abandoned by 2 2 cowardly males.  He stood alone – for which he has been viciously smeared, doxed, and hated by the woketard social media plus legacy media led by the New York Times.  You can’t hate Feminazis, woketards, and the NY Times enough.

The lesson is immediate:  Every vote for Democrats this November 3rd is a vote for the morality of child murder; every vote for Republicans is a vote for the courage of Michael Desronvil.

Or, as TTPer Mike Ryan puts it in the Forum:

“11 white liberals hating on a black man for not freeing a white woman for murdering children is the greatest liberal own of all time. After all, the central, core belief of Progressivism, the belief that keeps the entire house of cards standing, is that a progressive is not responsible for personal choices or actions. It’s Morning in America again.”

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