Bits and Pieces for November, 2026

While a number of media sources seemed more than happy to comment on President Trump's 60 Minutes interview shown Sunday evening, it's amazing how his comment about UFOs apparently elicited little to no interest.  Asked about his interest in releasing government UFO files publicly, Trump recounted instances where he has spoken with military pilots who fly the country's most sophisticated and fast fighter aircraft, and they told him of "round" objects that surpassed their aircraft at three times their own speed.

From the media. . .the sound of crickets.  And so it goes.

Presto, change-o -- defrost-o!  Ah, the wonders of digital control. As they say in the commercials, we're all connected -- connected enough now so that even a bored teenager can tap into the world and defrost your freezer, whether you want it defrosted against your will at 128 degrees while full of food or not.  As several governments and our U.S. military discovered a few days ago, our inter-dependence upon the Internet for just about everything resulted in tons of spoiled food, thanks to hackers with no particular interest in feeding the world.  Not even blood bank refrigerators were immune and surely there are more "innovations" to come as all the high-tech security (a fantasy like no other?) folks stand around in shock, asking "What the hell?"  Someday, we'll all have personal robots scurrying around the house, each capable of defrosting or setting fire to everything at their own whim.  Remember the thrill running through your body when you bought appliances you could conveniently control remotely, even from hundreds of miles away?  Somebody else shared in your joy and now they've come to eat your (defrosted) lunch.  Next up: The power grid and water sources and ???

Emboldened:  The "new" Democrats a.k.a. socialists seem hot on keeping the Department of Education whole.  Of course they do, for this is the bastion of protection for teachers unions and proponents of leftist education for 
every school child in America.  No better than a whorehouse of leftist ideas and brain-rotting plans, the Dept. of Education deserves the sledge- hammering it's getting from Trump.

NVIDIA:  NVIDIOT

I.C.E., borders and Stephen Miller:  Yes, yes, yes!  I'll have what he's having!

Those automobile injury lawyers:  Insurance costs are bad enough, but the success of these vampires in extracting millions from insurance companies for their clients and themselves simply raises insurance premiums to astronomical heights. "Pain and suffering" and duress cover a lot of territory on both sides.  Reform is needed, but who will accomplish reform, lawyers? Hmm.

Unions:  The combination of Democratic socialists and unions will result in a marriage of which we could only dream until now.  Socialism, Marxism, communism, fascism, after a while one ism is about as impressive as the next ism and all are terrifying.  Note to self:  Remember to vote for a Republican president in 2028, lest all manner of national balance be shredded.

Sports:  An emphasis on "professional" athletics is about as helpful as union activity, except all the heads consumed with sports often seem less engaged with their surroundings otherwise.  It's no wonder that politicians get away with so many crimes and incredibly bad legislation.  Sometimes I wish balls were square, except for the ones with which your pet plays (pets don't vote).

Fires:  For all the forest, field or structure fires to which dedicated fire personnel respond every year, there should be a national list, with names, of how many were caused by the actions of idiots.  There are intentional fires, there are accidental fires and there are blazes caused by carelessness, ignorance and blind stupidity.  These instances, of course, are never outlined in any depth in the eleven o'clock TV news.

Sex police:  How many do we want?  Where do you want them?  Sex is sex.  Whadayagonnadoaboutit?

Fertility fears:  Fertility continues to decline among humans.  Is that a bad thing?  Well, look at it this way: If you don't have children, they can't grow up to be forced into an Islamic marriage with people who are actually having lots of children.  No covering of your daughter from head to toe as she is forced to grow a mustache under all of that fabric, either.

Gallant Wild Horses of the Wild West:  May care of these precious animals be taken out of the hands of the Bureau of Land Management, which really could not care less about the pleas of Americans, and put in the hands of private concerns begging to take on the responsibility.  If BLM personnel and politicians seemingly deaf to this issue want to continue secretly making deals to send these fantastic creatures off to slaughter, why not just come forward and admit it so you may be properly dealt with?  Horses are horses and dog food is dog food, mate, especially in China. Obviously China.

On Getting What You Didn't Really Wish For, But Voted For It Anyway

So, how about that, that election thing?  You know the one.

I remember a weekend evening years ago when famed entertainer Jackie Gleason, star of TV's "The Honeymooners" and motion pictures returned to network television to host a new show.  The show was called 'You’re in the Picture," a 1961 CBS game show format, not one of Gleason’s usual comedy or variety programs. Celebrity guests put their faces through cutouts in oversized illustrations and tried to guess the scene by asking Gleason questions. The premise failed immediately and the premiere was quickly savaged by critics. 

The following week, with no game to play, Gleason sat alone onstage and apologized to viewers, calling the premiere “the biggest bomb in history.” The apology was so entertaining as Gleason excoriated executive decisions and the entire premise that it received better ratings than the game show.

This week's U.S. elections were a lot like Gleason's TV adventure, looking almost foolproof to the Republicans for weeks in advance. . .until they actually happened.  Talk about a "bomb!"

I cannot take back, nor would I, my hope that the Republicans would claim the prizes all across the country -- not because I love Republicans (which I don't), but because I value the conservative element among them.  You may have noticed that as the basic Republicans sat on their asses, doing virtually nothing to help steer either Trump or crucial issues important to Americans, the small segment known as conservatives at least tried to make strides.  Conservatives take their designation seriously, maybe too much so at times, but they truly try to be what their name suggests, to conserve and use thought and constitutional ideas wisely.

But why beat around the bush, as people who hide behind bushes used to ask just before laying out some truth?  Lots of people are hurting because of fuel and food prices, and the long, long continuation of the Iran War adds nothing to alleviate the cost of living.

What screams inside my head, however, is knowing a basic difference between the Republicans and Democrats.  One side at least offers chances for real opportunity and self-support, while the other skips along while basically stealing money from one segment of society to give to another, accomplished through taxing, spending and legislation guaranteed to screw over somebody along the way. Then there's DEI still waiting in the wings for a return appearance (did you forget?). Too harsh?  Too bad.

Truly, I believe much of the Democrats' election success is based upon desperate people of all or no party affilitions searching for a solution to economic concerns.  Unfortunately, we fear that the substitution of one horrible long-term choice over one that may be improved soon was a precarious move.

Notable, too, was a statistic I saw on TV during Election Day coverage, indicating that a large number of under-30 voters had taken to the Democrats like ducks to a shark pool, and they surely have a relationship to voting numbers.

The 2026 elections have almost concluded, save for some votes yet to be counted.  Now?  Now, we prepare to experience the consequences on a ride destined to be anything but fun.  After the Democrats -- especially the hard socialist types -- get through patting themselves on the back, one can only hope that sanity and American government standards prevail.  I fear that the "winners" neither realize nor care that they mostly won elections, not because of the danger and foolishness they plan for the nation, but because there seemed no other alternative at the moment.  Let's see how they look in two years after supposedly forced to deal with not only Trump's actions, but with the continuing mess that was the Biden administration (or did everyone forget old Joe's political influence, the gift that keeps on giving?).  

We'll See About That

A Look magazine cover from 1946.  Eighty years later, we're tempted to ask -- good grief, do it or don't do it, but get this over with so we can tentatively pack for better times, global human decimation or a return to the Stone Age.  If not Iran, then somebody or something else AI-ish may hit the all-encompassing radioactive gong eventually.  Don't bother packing the Play Station, but do remember to feed the cat before it and we potentially become mere x-ray images on neighborhood rocks.  Meanwhile, stock up on plenty of nonperishable food so that if The Moment comes, your neighbors with more firepower and ammo than you can treat your pantry like discount day at a free government grocery store in New York City.  Drones and nuke missiles with pinpoint accuracy, take-no-prisoners biological weapons and your close relative teetering on going berserk and murdering the whole family -- doesn't all of this waiting just kill you?

Definitions for Those Who Haven't Voted Yet

We are immersed in a political three-alarm fire.  Those who have successfully infiltrated or hijacked the Democratic Party literally despise the U.S. Constitution and they plan (see the Democratic Socialists' agenda online) changes destined to bring the nation to its knees.  The right and obligation to vote has never been more important.  But be aware of our definitions, specially picked like flowers from hell for your consideration:

Socialism has nothing to do with socializing or connecting with the social network. In fact, social media as we know it will be ended swiftly under socialism if it gets in the way, even if death is the solution.  Socialism is the soft entrance into the all-encompassing horrors of communism, a political takeover which almost always results in the death and imprisonment of millions and a forfeiture of all individual rights, property and hopes.  A vote for Democrats this time around will put us closer to the lap of socialism because many running are socialists at heart.

Marxism has nothing whatsoever to do with those old Marx Brothers comedies.  Karl Marx was no comedian and those who follow his writings are -- surprise! -- brutal communists.  Marxists are running for office as Democrats, or even as Independents.

Sharia Law has nothing to do with sharing the law except for sharing terror, death, mutilation and a throwback agenda from the 7th Century.  Jews, Christianity, the entire West and free thought are its enemies and it will stomp out anybody or anything which will not bow to its total control.

Islam:  The religion we will be forced to endure along with Sharia and submission to its God called Allah.  Actually, Allah is likely everybody's God, it's just that he's made monstrous under Islam.  Islam also pays reverence to its hoary, long-dead, brutal, murdering leader of all terrors, the so-called prophet Mohammad -- who truly deserves the "mad" in his name. This freakin' nutjob dude hated Jews and all manner of things not ascribed to Islam.  We suspect he may have been caught having non-consensual sex with desert animals by his parents while young, setting in motion a life of anger and hatred after experiencing the beating of his life. Under Islam, even daring to draw or paint a picture of Li'l Mo will earn the artist a death sentence.  Maybe it has something to do with devil horns and a bushy, matted tail, who knows?  Followers of Islam who are literally trapped in ancient times with no reformation of this dung-pile belief system should be pitied and set adrift in some endless body of water, but definitely not accepted into our government's workings.  For those believing Islam is the one, true religion, I might agree -- if it were listed in a book entitled, The Most Goofy Religions in the World, and it was the only entry in the book.  Aha (!) be praised!

Suicide:  Slow national suicide is a good bet if Democratic socialists and all of their baggage (including Islam) gain power.  Sharia Law is absolutely incompatible with the U.S. Constitution and those in power would work quickly to replace one with the other, offering what seem sensible explanations all along the way until the noose is tight enough.  Beware.

Barack Obama:  Former black white U.S. President, made out well financially while in Office and now lives almost like a royal in Martha's Vineyard.  So, again -- what exactly did he do for poor black people on the streets of America?

Bernie Sanders:  U.S. Senator so concerned with poverty of the masses that he allegedly owns several houses for his own use.

Ocasio-Cortez:  A member of the House who SHOULD be most famous for screwing her constituents out of hundreds or thousands of jobs at a proposed Amazon facility when she misunderstood the terms of a loan for construction.  Look it up.

??? Omar, a.k.a. ????: Congressional representative from Somalia with apparently at least two names and maybe lots of mystery money.  Refer to DOJ and FBI for more information.

College campuses:  Expensive institutions of higher learning which may lack civics classes in exchange for radical, America-hating courses and lectures without end.  As time goes on, colleges provide a great argument for why students should go to trade schools instead.

Misinformed, self-ignorant or stupid adults and young people:  The voters we should fear the most.  Sorry, but we all know voters who have no clue about their choices in the voting booth, as they go through the motions simply because they are "supposed to."  Terrifying.

Please, be kind to animals, save your hard-earned country and your life, and vote Republican this time.

Halloweenomania 2026

Halloween treats gathered on a door-to-door basis are nice, but questionable snacks from strangers could no longer stand alone once scary motion pictures were invented. Those among us in the older class fondly remember attending theater showings of those great old Hammer, Universal-International, American International and other studio releases of classic horror films -- a time when a kid could pay 35 cents for a single or 50 cents for a double-feature at a matinee.

 

Even today's horror and science fiction film connoisseurs fondly embrace The Creature From the Black Lagoon, whilst swooning over any one of several reincarnations of The Mummy over the decades. 

 Christopher Lee as Dracula in several films, in my opinion, rivaled the pure evil of Bela Lugosi's original stage, and then screen vampire.

In the matter of art imitating life, a very interesting comparison could probably be made between the fifties movie, Invasion of the Saucer Men and, later, ongoing news reports around the world of small aliens with large heads observed near alleged spacecraft.  In this instance, the producer, director and writer were ahead of their time in predicting through albeit silly sci-fi the sort of creature affiliated with numerous future UFO encounters.

Nevertheless, when one discusses the strange products of pure Hollywood vintage, fictional horror themes could sometimes be overshadowed by harsh reality.  Who, for instance, would ever have guessed that Albert Dekker, star of Dr. Cyclops, would end up as a suicide attired in women's undergarments?  

Way back, cross-dressing -- transvestitism -- was secretive and publicly alarming, while in the modern world there are places where the lifestyle is almost worth a badge of courage and a medal of honor.  Me, I think I'll stick with old Drac' and all the mummies, thank you.