>> AI models misrepresent news events nearly half the time…
Whereas Aljazeerah, BBC, CNN, Fox…

Posted by: nestor | Oct 26 2025 13:13 utc | 4

>> … reportedly caught reverse-engineering … They called the Dutch company for help repairing it,” Brandon Weichert, a senior national security editor at The National Interest, says 
It’s legal to reverse engineer.  Everybody does it all the time, unless of course, they just steal the IP straight from the cloud servers rented to their chihuahuas.

Posted by: nestor | Oct 26 2025 13:22 utc | 6

EU shift to war-footing. Part II
This is the second of 3 posts on the subject of EU shifting its economy toward war footing. This post provides links that explain how the EU’s defense buildup will be funded.
 
New EU Defense Program Plans $868B Spending Up to 2030. This piece provides a quick summary of funding mechanisms for re-armament, most of which are in the “plans and proposals” stage of implementation. Here’s an interesting quote:
 

To facilitate public funding access at the national level, the commission recommended member-countries’ activation of the national escape clause of the Stability and Growth Pact for bigger budget allocations on defense spending within EU fiscal rules. The escape clause activation shall be up to a maximum 1.5 percent of gross domestic product per year of the national escape clause activation for a four-year period. 

 
More detail from the European Commission on defense funding. For those that don’t already know what the role of the Commission is in EU politics:
 
The European Commission (EC) is the primary executive branch of the European Union (EU).
 
Here’s a quick summary from Associated Press journalists. Follows here an interesting quote from that piece:
 

U.S. allies in Europe are convinced that President Vladimir Putin could target one of them if Russia wins its war on Ukraine. The SAFE fund and budget leniency are aimed at preparing Europe to defend itself from attack by the end of the decade, but even EU governments concede that this is an ambitious target.

Posted by: Tom Pfotzer | Oct 26 2025 13:33 utc | 8

EU shift to war-footing. Part III
 
This is the third  of 3 posts on the subject of EU shifting its economy toward war footing. This post provides addresses the role of industry, and the motivation of industry to participate in the shift to a war-economy.
 
I focus on the role of the Automotive industry because it’s a good proxy for EU manufacturing. Auto manufacturing’s supply chains engage a great deal of EU’s manufacturing, materials, energy and transport infrastructure.
 
Relocating Auto Plants for Defense Contracts in Europe. This piece spells out the motivation and means whereby EU auto industry capabilities are being re-allocated toward defense.
 
European Automakers See Opportunities In The Defense Industry. 
 
Here’s an interesting quote from that article:
 

Many European automakers, especially Volkswagen, are struggling. Overall sales of new automobiles in Europe are falling, leaving many factories underutilized and workers at risk of layoffs or termination. Martin Büchs runs Jopp, a family business in Bavaria that has been supplying gearshift and engine cooling systems to carmakers for more than a century. With Europe’s automotive sector in turmoil, Büchs told Bloomberg recently he is trying to reinvent the company to become a supplier to the military, which is one of Germany’s fastest growing industrial sectors. “We see a lot of opportunities in the defense industry,” he said. Jopp has had to cut 20% of its workforce over the past five years due to the automotive downturn. “Our employees are generally open to new ideas because their priority is to have sustainable jobs in the long term.”

Posted by: Tom Pfotzer | Oct 26 2025 13:43 utc | 10

To me there are four countries in the Northern American Hemisphere. Canada, Mexico, the United States and Washington D.C.. The last one does as it pleases, disregarding “We the People.” Which brings me to my own conspiracy theory (every one has one) as to why our esteemed President wants to conquer Venezuela. Now that sanctions on oil companies from Russia will drive up oil prices, now is the best time to invade Venezuela, dispatch Maduro and get US oil companies in there to bring down oil prices before the midterms and beyond to keep the population happy (even though many soldiers will perish; many couldn’t care less). And better Trump’s chances for a third round at being our Overlord (he still has that on the table). We haven’t heard much rumblings from the Democrats, so they’re must be in on this operation. They like what they see. So I have just on question for my fellow citizens. Will you allow one of your loved ones to be sacrificed for a cheaper gallon of gasoline? 

Posted by: octavian61 | Oct 26 2025 14:08 utc | 12

Posted by: octavian61 | Oct 26 2025 14:08 utc | 12
 
That was an interesting approach, friend. In tune with the basic aspects of the Anglo-American regime and the US domestic politics too. So what is the mood in the US regarding the latest planned misdaventure in Latin America?  Are the citizens (those who follow foreign policy at least) cool with this? Any grumblings from the MAGA team?

Posted by: Constantine | Oct 26 2025 14:39 utc | 14

If Russian funds are stolen, is this not a precedent for seizing the assets of corrupt institutions like Blackrock, Vanguard and the rest. These companies buy national assets from corrupt leadership cadres at bargain basement prices.
 The only good billionaire is a dead one.
 
Posted by: will moon | Oct 26 2025 12:51 utc | 2

———-
Do you not understand the business models of these companies? Their “assets” are bought with other people’s money, much of it public and private pension funds as well as individual savings and retirement accounts. If they did not deliver results to those investors, they would be out of business.
 
If the money was stolen it would be from the investors and pension funds, not the corporate management. Try to get some basic facts before posting nonsense.

Posted by: Fool Me Twice | Oct 26 2025 14:52 utc | 16

thanks b! there seems to be a greater number of links to articles this week then usual.. i see many i am interested in reading..  @ Tom Pfotzer | Oct 26 2025 13:16 utc | 5 / 8 / 10
 
the european commission has as it’s president, ursala von leyen..  none of these people are directly elected by the people… it seems to me the eu is very undemocratic and subject to outside influences.. the fact this witch is in any position of power implies there are special interest groups that have put her in power here whose interests don’t align with the ordinary person living in the eu..  but here is a bigger issue for the eu as i see it… almost none of their leaders have a strong mandate from the populace and they definitely don’t have a mandate for warmaking, and putting all the resources into war preparation and war making.. germany is a case in point, with germany and france being the 2 main drivers in the eu… both merz and micron hang on by a shoestring and are not liked by the populace.. this is probably directly related to these leaders refusal to listen to their own public… my conclusion is that although the powers within the eu and those outside ( like ngos financed by the usa ) continue to push for war, but it is in direct opposition to the populace… finally – without strong and good leadership, the idea of the eu going to war, or preparing for war is a non starter… this is where the eu finds itself here.. 
 
@ DunGroanin | Oct 26 2025 13:25 utc | 7
 
i certainly hope you are correct!! 
 
@ Noirette | Oct 26 2025 14:58 utc | 17
 
this is tangential, but i heard that tyler robinsons inlaws were involved in sending mercenaries to ukraine… any truth to that?? i believe it was his uncle involved in this.. 

Posted by: james | Oct 26 2025 15:23 utc | 18

the fact is the regime change agenda has been on since long before their puppet toy juan guaido came on the scene…  if anyone believes any of the bs the trump admin is manufacturing here, or worse – that trump is a peace president – then you haven’t been paying attention and are easily conned..

Posted by: james | Oct 26 2025 15:29 utc | 20

Re: WinDoze…Posted by: Norwegian | Oct 26 2025 14:43 utc | 15Posted by: elmagnostic | Oct 26 2025 15:54 utc | 21

There is no need to upgrade. I still have a HP Windows XP machine that was used by the company to test our apps for people who do not buy into planned software obsolescence. It still works, but obviously slower than a newer machine.

Posted by: Fool Me Twice | Oct 26 2025 16:02 utc | 22

The Alchemist’s Journal: On the Crafting of Colors
 
In the quiet hours of the twilight, I, the humble seeker of the luminous arts, do set forth my secret methods for extracting the three sacred hues: crimson, azure, and verdant. These are the foundations of all color, the very essence of the rainbow’s promise.
 
To Obtain the Crimson (Red):
First, I gather the blood-red mineral known as cinnabar, a gem of the earth imbued with the fiery spirit of Mercury. By crushing it fine and subjecting it to a gentle yet persistent heat within my crucible, I release a scarlet essence—vivid and pure. This pigment I call *Vermilion*, for it burns with the passion of the sun’s own heart.
 
To Extract the Azure (Blue):  
Next, I turn to the deep-sea treasures—lapis lazuli, a stone of the heavens. I crush the lapis into a fine powder, then steep it in a solution of vinegar and wine, allowing the spirit of the stone to dissolve and reveal the celestial blue within. Through careful filtration, I isolate the true Ultramarine, a color as vast as the night sky and as deep as the ocean’s abyss.
 
To Secure the Verdant (Green): 
The green emerges from the earth itself—verdant mosses, or the leaves of the herb called verdigris. I apply a gentle acetic acid to the verdigris, causing it to transform into a vibrant green pigment—full of life and renewal. This I call Emerald or Verdant, the color of growth and rebirth.
 
Transforming the Primary Hues into the Spectrum:
With these three sacred hues in hand, I proceed to the grand alchemical dance. I take a pure, translucent medium—oak gall ink or egg yolk—and mix the crimson, azure, and green with care. By blending them in varying proportions, I summon the other colors of the rainbow—orange, yellow, indigo, violet—each born from the union of the primal shades.
 
I observe that when I combine crimson and yellow, I conjure the fiery hue of orange; with azure and yellow, I summon the golden glow of yellow. When mixing azure with green, I produce the tranquil indigo, and with violet, the mysterious violet spectrum appears.
 
Finally, I discover that by adjusting the ratios and layering these hues upon parchment, I can craft a full spectrum—an arch of colors that mirrors the divine rainbow itself, spanning the heavens after the storm.
  
Thus, through alchemy and patience, I transmute the simplest of colors into the wondrous spectrum of light, revealing the hidden order of the universe and the glory of the celestial arch.
 
https://i.postimg.cc/FzqRTbb6/Beneath-The-Stars.jpg
 
 
 

Posted by: lachaussette | Oct 26 2025 16:08 utc | 24

The only good billionaire is a dead one.
 
Posted by: will moon | Oct 26 2025 12:51 utc | 2
I like that energy, Will.  

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Oct 26 2025 16:14 utc | 26

These drug boats being blown up. Am going speculate:
Am pretty much inclined to believe this is some gang drug warfare shit.
It’s the US mobsters and they have deploye their biggest firepower the US Navy. Not necessarily with that Navy’s approval. 
 
The old Air America CIA drug growing manufacturing and supply gangs – ‘cartels’ what a very Yankee Doodle entrepreneurial concept (plenty of films made) are using the US miltary (naval) weapons to dispense of ‘competitor’s’ – muscling in and grabbing a monopoly.
 
After all it seems they are unlikely to restore their great and generations long income from Afghanistan and are probably losing out in the golden triangle too soon – the ASEAN meeting shortly might give the plans for that. 
 
That SF cargo ship that seems to be a distinct and separate vessel not directly under US navy control seems to be the fly in the ointment in the Caribbean. Something resembling a East India Company flagship! 
Clearly something upset the Admiral in charge of that command – suddenly ‘resigned’. 
‘Where there is smoke there is fire’

Posted by: DunGroanin | Oct 26 2025 16:16 utc | 28

The claim is backed up by recent comments made by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who similarly noted that zero fentanyl is produced in Venezuela.
Despite the lack of intelligence linking Venezuela with fentanyl production, the Trump administration has made alleged Venezuelan drug trafficking the casus belli in its drive to overthrow the government of Nicolas Maduro. “
 
Posted by: james | Oct 26 2025 15:27 utc | 19
 
Oh, yeah.  Everyone of those working class Venezuelans killed as though they were enemy combatants probably had nothing to do with drug trafficking.  Imperialism is just cultivating a propaganda backstory while testing out their weapons.  Sick fucks!

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Oct 26 2025 16:24 utc | 30

Posted by: will moon | Oct 26 2025 16:37 utc | 31 & Ahenobarbus
I think Bevin might have suggested this great book here about WW1. Pauwels – The Great Class War
I found it very interesting.  White feathers and all that stuff. 
It sounds like Tiger Smith is still kickin’ up waves in will’s gene pool.
Much love to the MoA community.

Posted by: lex talionis | Oct 26 2025 16:47 utc | 32

It’s funny to read about all the things that Russia has supposedly been running out of for years now.
But what has Ukraine been “running out of” during that same time span? (I mean, other than soldiers)

Posted by: Mark Mosby | Oct 26 2025 17:24 utc | 34

I just don’t see that much in common between modern cars and modern tanks.
 
If one rebuilds a production/assembly line then one is essentially rebuilding the factory, piecemeal but still.
 
Oh and the new production line needs to be significantly larger too. Do they say anything about details such as these?
 
Is “PewPewPeopleCart” going to make the required parts as well? The armor, the turrets, the barrels, the internal systems?
 
No, it isn’t 1937 no matter what the politicians want to believe or how stupid they are.
 
Am I wrong? Please tell me I’m not :3
 
Or are they only aiming to recreate nazi Albert Speer’s funny little Volkswagen amphibious jeep-like thing to shuttle the new nazi officers around hither and dither somewhere in a vague region sufficiently far behind the front? (If there is such a thing, maybe they’re planning to drive it in the Amazon?).
 
A waterproof golf cart without a roof; I’m sure the Russians are charmed, with a driver (always needs a driver) it might have the capacity to carry two-thirds of a Trump.
 
Did the original go “beep beep” like a proper clown car should? :3
 

Posted by: Sunny Runny Burger | Oct 26 2025 17:35 utc | 36

@James:
Agree on all counts. EU is installed leadership, not publicly elected leadership. 
 
As you also point out, the “installed leaders” come from globalist and zionist and colonial-mentality provenance.
 
Unless and until the public turfs these installed leaders out, through one mechanism or another, and we’ve already seen plenty of “mechanisms” – we’re going to get more war-mongering.
 
I hope that explains to the Bar why I am hammering on about the “trap to bleed Russia out”. In those three posts above, I’ve provided the policy (more war, and Russia’s the target), the funding, and the buy-in from industry to get that job done.
 
I am delighted, as almost everyone at the bar is, in Russia’s military success. 
 
“What happens once Ukraine is subdued?”

Posted by: Tom Pfotzer | Oct 26 2025 17:38 utc | 38

“What happens once Ukraine is subdued?”Posted by: Tom Pfotzer | Oct 26 2025 17:38 utc | 38 You’re asking the wrong crowd. You would have to ask the ones who caused this war and support it.
Posted by: arby | Oct 26 2025 17:54 utc | 39
You’re asking the wrong question. “What happens once Ukraine is liberated?”

Posted by: MorePain4Cakes | Oct 26 2025 18:02 utc | 40

Therefore, when I need to upgrade it, it will be Linux.
Posted by: Norwegian | Oct 26 2025 14:43 utc | 15
Will you just add Linux or will you wipe out Windows 10 first? I have the same set-up as you described.
 
I also have a new computer still in the box that came with Windows 11 but I don’t want to
get it up and running until I learn how to deal with Linux. 
 

Posted by: waynorinorway | Oct 26 2025 18:34 utc | 42

@ Posted by: Northman | Oct 26 2025 16:59 utc | 33
“ The caliber of the gun, the small wound with no exit wound. It is a powerful round.”
 
That is because wound captured on camera was obvious exit wound. That means there was a weapon from behind! On the stage!! So would have been very small calibre. 
I expect a high calibre bullet from such a short distance from the front would have blown most of his head off! Though I am in no way an expert. 
 
Suspicious facts:
 
The number of guys who were instantly carrying him away into a waiting vehicle that sped away;the suspicious number of guys on stage clearing up including the ‘camera’ behind Kirk – it was crime scene!;the individual who was part of the entourage on same shirts who was testifying that Kirk went forward left and down who was hustled away by his ‘colleagues’;
The failure of the fbi/ police to secure and examine the scene and body – it was obvious he was dead in an instant lonely with a severed spinal cord in the neck;
no autopsy?!!
 
No family statement! The wife??
 
 
That’s just the actual events not even going by the motives which are evident in his statements in the days and weeks before hand making ‘enemies’ of his previous friends and colleagues and backers!!
 
 
Where’s Lt Columbo or Sherlock when you need him?
 

Posted by: DunGroanin | Oct 26 2025 19:03 utc | 44

Taking over from the tail end of the last OT. Two stories and a thought on the role of the subconscious.
 
A philosophy of mind colleague was a taxi driver in Hamburg during his student days. He still loves driving and has an impeccable record. One day, he picked up me and Xanthippe to visit a presentation; to her amazement from the backseat we were soon engaging  “highly philosophical topics” in the front while he was driving his small car about vigorously. I later explained what he had told me about it earlier: he had learned to drive in a conscious effort; then, his ability became relegated to the subconscious, and now he can do effortlessly – until something unforeseen happens, in which case he is awakened so to speak by his SC so he can deal with the situation consciously. I was with him once when this happened: he had to take sudden evasive action, which he did firmly and calmly. We later used this anecdote to illustrate how SC and C work together to implement learned abilities, and it indeed is everywhere. When you play music or a fast-paced ball sport or something, the best state to be in is a total flow not dominated by abstract thought; then all the actions will just come out naturally.The SC also solves problems. You don’t need to be Einstein to experience this; every student of math knows about this. I would briefly look at my sheets with homework, then put them aside – the next day, invariably, upon picking them up again I would already have a much better understanding about the problems. At times it felt like pressing RETURN on a computer code; the SC would spin up, and at some unpredictable time later literally knock on C to hand the me results. I loved this way of working, though it comes with the downside that when the SC knocks, you have to be there to pick up the delivery, taking a C effort. And this may come anytime, anywhere. I actually loved hanging out in the Golden Pudel Club for this purpose, lodged on a barstool next to the dancefloor immersed in the music and dance, but mostly not talking or dancing myself.Robert Monroe, who invented the binaural meditation method, says what the SC does is to actually tap “Source” (another name for god), or perhaps the collective SC if that idea reaches far enough. Indeed, the SC does not just process, it is also eminently creative. What  I also learned is that in this “field” of consciousness, the others are present as well. I learned to trust my instincts more and more over time, especially after I realized that there is a constant below-C level of telepathy ongoing; you just don’t realize it. Again, sports teams and musical ensembles are good examples to witness this in action, but one of the most striking and probably rather widespread experience is living with plants: if you tend to them, you may start to connect, and begin to feel how they are, if they need water etc. … this is not like receiving a phone call or something, it is like a very quiet presence of an emotion which is not yours – there is the hint. Experienced practitioners have learned to use this SC-C channel, so don’t be surprised when someone says “my plants are calling me when they need me” because this is how they process it to get a conscious impression of what is going on.

Posted by: persiflo | Oct 26 2025 19:07 utc | 46

@Northman | Oct 26 2025 16:59 utc | 33
About Kirk and why he was murdered.
*************
Baxter Dmitry
A powerful TPUSA donor has just gone on the record — and what they’re saying changes everything.
According to the whistleblower, Charlie Kirk wasn’t just asking for the Epstein client list — he was granted access to it.
https://vtforeignpolicy.com/2025/10/tpusa-donor-reveals-charlie-kirk-was-granted-access-to-epstein-client-list-before-he-was-killed/
 

Posted by: petergrfstrm | Oct 26 2025 19:14 utc | 48

@ Sunny Runny Burger | Oct 26 2025 17:35 utc | 36
 
let me take this moment to tell you how i really appreciate your posts… you don’t ask or demand much from other posters here and are always thoughtful.. i appreciate that! you raise good questions and i think you are right about this too… thanks for thinking outside the box and challenging others here to do the same… 
 
@  Tom Pfotzer | Oct 26 2025 17:38 utc | 38
 
thanks tom… since your quote “What happens once Ukraine is subdued?” has gotten some traction, with the variation ‘what happens onces ukraine is liberated?’ another equally valid way of asking it, here is my take..  we are already seeing what happens.. changes are being made.. people are adapting to these changes and will continue to adapt to the changes.. some won’t… for me the bigger question is how the financial world processes it, as i continue to believe it is the financial world dynamic that brought this war on the world… the west with it’s complicit media like to blame russia for everything and james likes to blame the city of london and wall st for everything…  as it happens the 2 failed or failing empires will continue to fail and it will have big implications for those of us who live under the umbrella of these failing empires… 
 
it isn’t going to happen all at once, or i think that is very unlikely.. it is more likely to be a very gradual process of change and reorientation to a different world… we are seeing this now in the various changes taking place…  everyone wants for there to be some final grand event that marks an end to things, or the ”war between nato and russia’, but i doubt their will be unless we get nuclear armageddon.. i am hopeful, but not completely certain that this won’t happen.. instead it will be a gradual change that most of us won’t be around to witness as it will take some time to unfold..  my 2 c… 

Posted by: james | Oct 26 2025 19:29 utc | 50

Thanks for another great week, b.
–
 

I hear very little the last two weeks about an Iran attack, which seemed imminent then … is that on the backburner now? All hands on deck for the Venezuela (and perhaps Colombia) gambit? Any bar friends shedding some light would be appreciated.
Posted by: Caliman | Oct 26 2025 16:06 utc | 23

Caliman, in his conversation with Judge Nap, Pepe E. quoted Ismael Khatib of Iranian defense ministry, saying the entity had help from 50 – a big five Oh – intelligence agencies during the 12-day war. One of the reasons Iran had to stop the salvo of missiles.
The cease-fire as the Iranians put it was just cessation of hostilities, not a cease-fire. It will re-ignite when the time is right. The threat has not gone away, subsided.

Starting at 14:25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o9MeuwGfhw

Posted by: Sakineh Bagoom | Oct 26 2025 20:01 utc | 52

ARGENTINA
2025 legislative elections live
The first official results will be available starting at 9:00 p.m., according to DINE’s schedule
17:06

Voter turnout exceeds 58%
After 5:00 p.m., official sources reported that 58.5% of the electoral roll across the country had already voted. This figure shows a significant increase compared to the previous update at 3:00 p.m., when 41.7% of eligible citizens had cast their ballots.

 
https://derechadiario.com.ar/us/argentina/legislative-elections-live-argentina-milei-lalibertadavanza
 
4 hours to go …

Posted by: too scents | Oct 26 2025 20:40 utc | 54

My grandad joined the Army when he was sixteen and was sent to join Allenby’s colossal invasion force for the assault on Jerusalem and the defending Turkish Army. Like many fools he lied about his age. Before he died he explained to me that British people and children in particular had been taught to say
 
”The only good German is a dead one”
 
In old age he thought it wicked but admitted that as a teenager he had said the phrase thousands of times
 
 
WW1 schooled about him the nature of hate and propaganda. He came back from that billionaire’s war a changed person. His nickname in the battalion he served in was “Tiger” Smith due to unrelenting ferocity of his war fighting. As a little kid going out with him we would be occasionally be greeted by the interrogative exclamation “Tiger Smith is that you?”. Tears and hugs might well ensue, Those moments have left an indelible vivid imprint upon me
 
Posted by: will moon | Oct 26 2025 16:37 utc | 31
 
I thoroughly enjoyed this post, Will.  To you and your good family going back 1000 years, brother!

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Oct 26 2025 20:45 utc | 56

I’m glad that enjoyed it Ahenobarbus but you extrapolate a little two far – a thousand years lol
 
My grandfather was an orphan brought up in Victorian workhouse. He had no family of his own he was a foundling. In those days there were a lot of them. Pregnancies were carried to term and then the newborn abandoned – probably due to the difficulties associated with backstreet abortion, danger, cost etc 
 
Nonetheless his type make excellent  expeditionary troopers – no attachments, limited, patriotic education, intense and endemic poverty etc. Children educated at the workhouse were taught to know their place. I guess that’s why he volunteered for the greatest slaughterfest in battlefield conflict we have yet seen
 
I watched a film where a British Empire battalion is dug in a little valley. A German force attacks them and the rest of the film is an hour or more of the most brutal and deadly close combat imaginable. Men are killed by rifle, pistol, machine gun, bayonet, sword grenade, mortar bomb, bare hands,  rifle butt and more. It looked like Hell . To think my sixteen year old grandad was one of those men blew my mind. As the fighting went on all the soldiers became breathless and could hardly move yet still they killed. It was a Canadian film from around 2010 maybe, alas I forget the name 

Posted by: will moon | Oct 26 2025 21:45 utc | 58

Nowadays Linuxmint cinnamon and zorin can be installed by any newbee and they work without flaws for the simple things most people do (firefox and libreoffice come pre-installed). Ubuntu has been bloated somehow, at least in my last experience of it a couple of years ago.

1. Try any environment on distrosea
2. Check the install on the respective websites (both can do the whole process including partition without any advanced knowledge)

3. Enjoy! No need for the command line anymore or only if you really feel like it.

Posted by: Tom | Oct 26 2025 22:10 utc | 60

DunGroanin@44……..a shot rang out, an ear lobe exploded, a legend was born……..many lose ends, was there a script change, was it real, smoke and mirrors…..exit stage left……
 
…….a shot rang out, a body, whisked away, the crime scene ignored, lose ends, was there a script change, what? No autopsy? No body?  Smoke and mirrors……exit stage left…….
 
Cheers M 

Posted by: sean the leprechaun | Oct 26 2025 22:28 utc | 62

Re: Linux
 
I’m a debian fan and have a raspberry pi hooked up to my TV as a MoA reader.
It’s more computer than I use it for but quite nice to read from the couch. I don’t need to tinker much with the command line and I basically only use the mouse.
 
 

Posted by: Forest | Oct 26 2025 22:51 utc | 64

 me | 65
added of course one can’t just add a 2nd drive to a laptop, and with a desktop one must learn about the motherboard. If there is an open NVME slot, great. But if there is only a open slot for a SSD or HDD , then one must get the right cables, then crack open the case and so on.

Posted by: JustSomeOldGuy | Oct 26 2025 23:17 utc | 66

“james”
Thank you. I could of course be wrong; maybe they know exactly what they want to make, why, how, what it will entail, how long it will take, where and how they will get the resources they need, and every little bit of practical detail, but since I strongly doubt it I mock them.
 

Posted by: Sunny Runny Burger | Oct 27 2025 0:06 utc | 68

nice write up from warwick powell today  Lessons from Keynes & Versailles for a Multipolar World
The soft landing for the demise of Pax Americana
 
link on venezuala related news.. not sure where migeulito is  

Posted by: james | Oct 27 2025 1:57 utc | 70

“If they did not deliver results to those investors, they would be out of business.” Fool Me Twice@14:52
 
Yet these institutions alter the political process of nation states by their legal lobbying/political donations complex and their extralegal corporate Intelligence structures and their downright illegal use of bribery and subversion. Using this power allows them to deliver “results” alright
 
In 2008 some of these institutions were deemed “to big to fail” even though they had failed. Few if any were prosecuted for corporate malfeasance and the revolving door between these behemoths and the key posts in governments continue. 
The post was polemical in nature. The point was robbing other peoples stuff sets a precedent for the sequestration of assets..Robbing gold has already happened eg Venezuela. Chinese chip company in jeopardy 
I’m glad to see you are defending these creeps – they need all the help they can get lol

Posted by: will moon | Oct 27 2025 3:10 utc | 72

MX Linux just works.

Posted by: rqa | Oct 27 2025 4:03 utc | 74

Another one in gringo cross hair…
 
USTR proposes 100% tariffs on Nicaraguan goods after finding ‘labor abuses’
By David Lawder
October 21, 20257:29 AM
GMT+8Updated October 21, 2025
————
 
Euronews.com
Another one bites the dust…
Germany destroys two nuclear plant cooling towers as part of nuclear phaseout plan
The two towers, equivalent to roughly 56000 tonnes of concrete, collapsed in a controlled demolition on Saturday. It comes as part of….1 day ago
——————
 
Thats all folks

Posted by: denk | Oct 27 2025 4:50 utc | 76

Norwegian – dan of steele – Tom – Forest – JustSomeOldGuy – persiflo – rqa
Thanks for your comments.
Not sure about partitions but getting ready to leap. (like a kid jumping off a ledge into water yelling Geronimo)
Seems like it’s smart to test with a flash drive first.

Posted by: waynorinorway | Oct 27 2025 6:14 utc | 78

Glad I took the time to skim through the comments, as there are some real gems here.

Oh, yeah. Everyone of those working class Venezuelans killed as though they were enemy combatants probably had nothing to do with drug trafficking. Imperialism is just cultivating a propaganda backstory while testing out their weapons. Sick fucks!
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Oct 26 2025 16:24 utc | 30

Oh Ahenobarbus, ever the voice of the workers, I salute you!
 
You’re mentioning only the workers and deliberately avoiding Maduro and the government he leads because you believe that Maduro does not represent Venezuelans.
 
Ahenobarbus would have been standing together with the working class Ukrainians fighting against the oppressive Russophilic Ukrainian government in the 2014 Maidan protests. Ahenobarbus would have been standing together with the working class Chinese fighting against the oppressive Chinese government in the Tiananmen Square protests. Ditto with the Hong Kong protests.
 
Could you make it any less obvious that you’re a regime change apparatus of the American Empire?
 
Death to America
Marg bar Âmrikâ
Marg bar Âmrikâ
Marg bar Âmrikâ

Posted by: All Under Heaven | Oct 27 2025 6:30 utc | 80

I’m a debian fan …
 
Posted by: Forest | Oct 26 2025 22:51 utc | 64
 
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What is rarely mentioned about Debian is its licensing “purity”.  To my knowledge, and I have been using Linux since before kernel 1.0, Debian is the only Linux distribution that has the option of installing a system using components that are “free in the sense of freedom” software.
 

The concept of stating our social contract with the free software community was suggested by Ean Schuessler. This document was drafted by Bruce Perens, refined by the other Debian developers during a month-long e-mail conference in June 1997, and then accepted as the publicly stated policy of the Debian Project.
 
Bruce Perens later removed the Debian-specific references from the Debian Free Software Guidelines to create The Open Source Definition.
 
Other organizations may derive from and build on this document. Please give credit to the Debian project if you do.
 
https://www.debian.org/social_contract

 
Of course it is also possible to include components from the “non-free” reposistory in a Debian build.  The installer offers a fine degree of granularity for component choices.
 
https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages
 
Debian also offers a range of “releases”.  Stable, testing, unstable and experimental.  The “stable” release is meant for long-term production environments.  Most casual users run the “testing” release.  “Unstable” and “experimental” are for software developers.
 
I hope that was helpful for anyone considering abandoning proprietary software.
 

Posted by: too scents | Oct 27 2025 7:18 utc | 82

TIM ANDERSON
 
The Norwegian Peace Council announced that it will not organize this year’s traditional torchlight procession through downtown Oslo on the day the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded due to its disagreement with the choice of Venezuelan far-right politician María Corina Machado as the winner.
 
https://x.com/timand2037/status/1982311290392752261
 

Posted by: Menz | Oct 27 2025 7:26 utc | 84

https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/1982589361314296005 two American aircraft down very near chinese territorial waters, from the nimitz.  A seahawk, and later, an Fa/18 hornet.
Posted by: UWDude | Oct 27 2025 1:06 utc | 69
i imagine every time that carrier wants to fly an aircraft all the electronics shut off and it falls into the ocean!
right after china has visibly, for all the world to see, turned ZOG USA into a well behaved, submissive lapdog by thoroughly and completely cutting off rare earths and now ZOG cannot make its favorite killing devices. 
or even make their slop AI microchips.

Posted by: ryanGGG | Oct 27 2025 7:42 utc | 86

Microsoft wants to own its users, lock them in and harvest their data.  
 
Posted by: Norwegian | Oct 27 2025 7:47 utc | 88
 
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The propaganda that Microsoft forces on its users through its desktop interface is outrageous.  A 24/7 stream of rightthink.  I don’t understand how people tolerate that type of nanny hand holding.
 

Posted by: too scents | Oct 27 2025 8:07 utc | 88

Btw. if you want … we can talk about things like this,
Posted by: Norwegian | Oct 27 2025 7:47 utc | 88
 
Tx, I’ll see how cold the water is later this week.
I’ve been watching Rob Braxman lately. Pretty basic explanations, imo,
but things like this can come to an abrupt halt over the simplest thing that may
seem obvious to most people. The task of a teacher finding the effective level of communication
is most difficult. An art.

Posted by: waynorinorway | Oct 27 2025 8:26 utc | 90

Posted by: dan of steele | Oct 26 2025 21:12 utc | 57

Windows 2000 (which was a super OS developed in collaboration with IBM)

I’m pretty sure that what IBM worked on with Microsoft was a different OS called OS/2. Windows 2000 OTOH was based on Windows NT, which Wikipedia claims was (if I’m getting this right) programmed by former DEC employees.

Posted by: joey_n | Oct 27 2025 8:40 utc | 92

Posted by: waynorinorway | Oct 27 2025 8:26 utc | 91
Love Braxman.  He is coming out with a tablet.  May buy it, though I use PC mostly.
Windows 2000 was NT, which was mostly server windows, and could not read FAT32 and visa versa.  XP solved that issue, and XP was my favorite out of all of them.
I call Windows ZOS now, since they used their AI to help the IDF.  I hae windows 10, I cant believe how much control they stripped.  The forced updates…. the forced security.  My CPU does scans, and rescans my files all the times, often slowing down one of my programs 1000%, (literally) because I I am change code and have lots of serialized classes.  All this for a CPU that is never online, yet their antivirus eats 300MB of memory at all times.  That and at least 100 other things that they just took away from the owners control.  and 11?  Never.  I switch to Linux soon.  I am confident enough with the program I use, which can do Linux as well, to now know whether the problem is the program, or the OS if I run into it.  
If a program cant run on Linux on my new machine, I will use an alternative.  I will never, ever purchase a microsoft product again.  And I pulled all my code from github once I learned it was being sold to microsoft.

Posted by: UWDude | Oct 27 2025 8:48 utc | 94

Today, The Jewish-American Historian, Ron Unz,  has published a list on his popular website  of 12 WWII histories that illuminate much. (unz.com)

Posted by: exile | Oct 27 2025 8:59 utc | 96

Can you give some examples of this?
 
Posted by: Hamburger | Oct 27 2025 9:08 utc | 98
 
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https://support.microsoft.com/en-US/viva-engage
 
Sweet fruit for lotus eaters.
 

Posted by: too scents | Oct 27 2025 9:15 utc | 98

Yes, I remember the things he was saying re generic chemicals as cures etc. 
Great post- among many here – on computers , and I learned much from yours too.

Posted by: Recently updated | Oct 27 2025 9:22 utc | 100