Unsafe at any Speed

Timothy Birdnow

Trump has overturned Biden's ridiculous CAFE standards in which American automakers had to produce fifty poiund vehicles to get the gas mileage required by the autopenidency.

Physics matters, and you cannot produce the kind of results Biden was demanding without making vehicles lighter, and hence less safe.

The inclusion of computers in cars had been a big leap forward in gas mileage and the left (at least the stupid left, not the plotting left) thought it proved gas mileage was just a matter of will. So, like the transgender movement, these lefties came to believe it was just a matter of telling automakers to do it and it would happen because it worked at one point, But the low-hanging fruit is all gone now and unless there is a major innovation that revolutionizes gas mileage as swith the precision coming from computerizing automobiles we have only the option of taking the weight off. Losing weight is good for fat Americans but not so good for fat Americans when it's the weight of their vehicles.

Biden was demanding 50 mpg - and that was doing nothing but driving up costs.

Bear in mind wha the automakers had to do was produce more electric vehicles and other vehicles people did not want. The CAFE standards are based on an average, not on individual models of cars. So if you build a gas guzzler you have to build a riceburner to balance it out. And lose money on them.

Thank GOD the autopen lost the last election!

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Update on Tim's Wife

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Dear readers,

I see Dana has updated you on my situation. Things have improved with my wife, but she's starting to slip again and the end could come at any time. Still, she rallied and had been talkative for a while this last week (we didn't expect her to make Thanksgiving) but her situation is still deteriorating.

Her feeding tube popped completely out; nobody had ever seen anything like it, according to the hospice nurse. No point reinserting it; that will just prolongue her suffering and would require a hospitalization to do it. So her nutrition is too low and it's just a matter of time. We are starting to see the signs, like her fingernails turning blue and the like.

At any rate, please pray for my dear Cathy. She is loved by all the caregivers, not just by her family, and it's going to be hard on all of us (but hardest on me, I fear). I cannot imagine life without her.

My new computer doesn't work so I'm back to using the old warhorse. I'll keep you all posted when time permits.

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Benedict Warner

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Isn't this essentially calling for a military coup against the Trump Administration?

”I think in many ways the uniformed military may help save us from this president and his lame people like Hegseth. Because I think that their commitment is to the constitution and obviously not to Trump.”

Virginia Democratic Senator Mark Warner

Uh, Senator, we have civilian control of the military for a reason. The Constitution is designed to put the People's choice for President in charge of our military precisely to avoid what you are popsing.

The President controls the military so it cannot become enslaved by Congress, which has the money to advance it's own interests with military power.

If Mark Warner fears Trump is becoming a tyrant (something he cannot prove but can merely make unsupportable allegations) it's HIS job, and the job of his fellows in Congress, to defund the Executive branch. But he knows he can't prove this and can't get enough Congressmen to support defunding the President, so he wants to convince the military to overthrow and disobey their commander in chief.

Warner would be the first one to call it treason if, say, Josh Hawley had called for a military coup against Joe the Autopen.

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Latest news from Timothy, for December First

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Update on Cathy

Dear readers,

My wife appeared to have reached the end as of the day before yesterday, and yesterday offered limited hope. But she has rallied and in fact she ate her Thanksgiving dinner, including turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, and gravy as well as a bun. Just nibbled what we hand fed her but she had something of an appetite! It's a temporary reprieve, of course, but it was still good to see. I snuck away to dump trash (missed trash day and so had to schlepp it to the homestead) and thought I'd take this moment to update you all.

My new laptop has had the cursor disappear, and also it's charger doesn't work. I'm going to take the one from my old computer and see if it works. Maybe. If so I can update you all with a big more frequency. If not I'll have to wait for cyber Monday to end to go for a new charger. Oh, and someone has to figure out how to get the cursor back (it was something I did, I'm sure.)

At any rate Cathy has that faraway look in her eye, like she is no longer seeing this world. It's heartbreaking to see her pass like this, but she's at least peaceful and we have her out of pain.

We are about to have a snowstorm and so I won't be back for a few days so this will probably be my last entry for a short bit. Please bear with me; I'll be back in the saddle in due course.

Thank you all for the prayers and concern. I am hanging in there but some days it's easier than others. Day before yesterday was a real bear.

God be with you all!

Tim

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Not Long Now

Timothy Birdnow

Sorry but posting will be limited for a time yet. My new computer has lost her cursor and I don't know where to find it. Alas, I was not apparently meant to have high tech. Oh, and the power cord doesn't work either.

More importantly I have no time. My wife has been gravely ill, as you all are aware, and she was diagnosed as terminal a while back. I fear we are coming to the end soon. Her oxygen levels are dropping and she is coughing and making snoring sounds while awake.

Please pray for her.

She is the loveliest person, a woman both kind and sweet and even now she's worried more about me than herself.

I have a lot of stories to tell about this current situation, from not being able to get her pain meds to them sending the food to her recent accommodations at the Hades Hilton, to somebody hooking her feeding tube to her cath, which I caught before it did any REAL damage.

But I believe it's now time or will be soon. It makes me so very sad; like losing half of myself. I really don't see how I'll keep going without her.

At any rate I probably won't be posting for a couple of days yet. I'll keep Dana informed and hopefully he'll have time to update all of you.

God bless you all.

Tim

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FBI - Trump Assassin Acted Alone

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Democrats Broke

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No King - Except Judges

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Grand Jury DID Indict Comey

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However, today, Halligan filed a "Government’s Notice Correcting the Record” that clarifies the handling of the indictment. "The official transcript of the September 25, 2025, proceedings before Magistrate Judge Vaala conclusively refutes that claim and establishes that the grand jury voted on – and true-billed – the two-count indictment,” according to the filing.

The filing shows that the Court asked, "So you voted on the one that has the two counts?” to which the Foreperson responded, "Yes.”

The Foreperson went on to explain that:

"…the three counts should be just one count. It was the very first count that we did not agree on, and the Count Two and Three were then put in a different package, which we agreed on.”

The fact is this judge is looking for reasons to toss this. Justice doesn't matter.

And the court recognized this as the true bill;

The Court recognized that the "two-count true bill is the valid, operative indictment” after it was determined that the grand jury could agree on only two of the three counts presented.

It's clear the spirit of the proceedings was to indict but Comey's lawyers and this judge want to protect him with a  loophole.

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Back Up Soon

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Hang in a little longer folks!

I'll be back before long - hopefully in the next few days. Please be patient.

I have a great many things going on with a sick wife.

Tim

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A note to readers from Tim

Dear readers,

Sorry for the hiatus; it should go on for at most another week. I'm in the middle of a major life change and haven't had any time to get online. I had hoped to post some stuff up today but time is too short so it isn't going to happen.

I'm going to get online in another day or two hopefully. And as I am going to upgrade my equipment drastically I should be able to start getting online regularly, and with far better stuff.

Please bear with me.

As many of you know my wife is seriously ill and so everything has been in motion. But it's about to settle down.

At any rate  I beg your patience. Thanks!

Tim

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France Meddles in Palestine, iran Sharpens Her Knives

Timothy Birdnow

Remember Quisling and Vicchy? The French are still nothing but troublemaking surrender monkeys.

France Announces That It Will Help Draft the Constitution for a Palestinian State as Israel and Iran Move Toward War

We've had multiple offers of a Palestinian state, all rejected by the Palestinians, who cling to "from the river to the sea" which means ALL of Palestine, not just their territory. They have never shown any willingness to compromise their dream of driving Israel into the sea and there is no reason to think they will honor any agreement if they get their own state now.

All that will happen if Palestine gets it's own state is they will use it as a platform to attack Israel all the harder.

I would point out that Palestine is dirt poor, and not because they have bad land or fewer resources but because they divert all their energy and wealth to making weapons to attack their Jewish neighbors. Despite that Israel provides electricity to them, and medical services, and natural gas. They are a client province of Israel, basically, and that because they are unwilling to do these things on their own. They hold the old concept of taking wealth rather than making wealth. That inevitably leads to poverty and suffering.

The French have to know this but don't care. They are trying to appease the Muslims in their own country, whom they invited in and who now are running amok.

There is an easy way for France to test Palestine's intentions; put a clause in the draft constitution that says they may not expand the territory agreed to under any peace settlement in any way. If there is any teeth in that clause (such as a warning the land will revert to Israel and international recognition of Palestine will be withdrawn) the Palestinians won't accept it. Then everyone will know.

But they won't do that; they'll be enamored of the "peace process" and say "we're so close to a deal, we need to not ruin it now with security demands for Israel" and the new Palestinian state will become the center of Jihadi activity against Israel - and the U.S.

Trump needs to make it clear to France we aren't going to tolerate their interference here. Heavy tariffs would be a good start.

Meanwhile Iran is building missiles as fast as Hunter Biden can snort down white powders, and it's clear they plan on another attack on the Promised Land. I doubt Israel will wait to be hit first.

Good news from all over.

Maybe Emmanuel Macron should move to Tel Aviv and live through a few bombardments before he meddles in affairs for which he is wholly unfit to judge.

BTW the Saudis won't sign on to any peace accord unless/until there is a Palestinian state. Now why do you suppose that is? They never demanded that before; on the contrary they quietly opposed it. It's because the Saudis have always profited from the chaos in the region and if this war fully and completely ends and peace is in the region Israel will be able to fully defend herself against Iran and any others who may want to threaten her security. Israel will be a true competitor to the Saudis for power and wealth in the Middle East. The Saudis ultimately would like to build a Caliphate under their control and Israel would stop them. Saudi Arabia is not our friends; make no mistake. Oh, and the royal family there also fears the Wahhabists, who put them in power and who keep them there. They can't go too far or the terrorism that has tormented Isreael will come to the desert kingdom.

But to get back to France, they have had multiple constitutions over the last two centuries and most of those have failed; what makes them qualified to write one for another nation? Ours is the same now as it was in the beginning (although we often don't follow it); seems to me France shouldn't be telling anyone how to run their governments. We at least can claim our constitution worked and has worked all along. France can't say that. Maybe the new leader of Palestine should be called the Napoleon or something.

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Senators Can Sue Over Arctic FRost

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Here is a repost of a Daily /caller article about a proposed new law to allow lawmakers spied on by the Arctic Frost program to sue the government for up to half a million clams. The article quotes Gregg Jarrett who argues it is a terrible idea - and I concur.

As Jarrett points out, this is an ex post facto law, something that violates the Constitution. Congress can't make retroactive laws; it's not authorized under Article 1, Sections 9 and 10 of the U.S. Constitution.

But we have to ask; why do lawmakers get this special protection and not everyday citizens? This law should be applicable to anyone regardless of their employment status. In America laws protect everyone, not just the privileged few.

AND it allows them to sue the government. So in essence any judgments paid out will come from... drumroll please... The U.S. taxpayers! It's not coming out of the pockets of those who created Arctic Frost, or who implemented the unlawful taking of phone records and the like.

Basically the citizenry gets stuck for the sins of the Biden Administration.

Senate Republicans inserted this measure into the budget C.R.

I find this part interesting:

So, our old friend Yakov Bozoberg wouldn't let AT&T tell Sen. Cruz. The first order of business for the Senate after settling this shutdown matter should be to file articles of impeachment against the good judge. He's clearly acting not out of legal concerns but as a partisan for the Democrats.

At any rate there needs to be legal remedies for this, and heads need to roll over Arctic Frost, but special dispensation to bring lucrative lawsuits should not enter into it. Boasberg and Jack Smith should be the ones being sued, not the U.S. government. (I know; they can't sue Boasberg, but of course that law could be changed, although it won't happen with the current makeup of the Senate.)

If justice isn't done I fear the citizenry may start taking these matters into their own hands. The Left is trying to do that very thing now. This is the stuff of civil wars; an abusive, unresponsive government that lets lawlessness go unpunished. Under President Trump that lawlessness is waning, but it's still smoldering and the Left could fan it into a flame. If, say, the Left were to be successful in taking Mr. Trump's head off his ear next time all bets are off.

It's a tragic and horrible possibility and one no sane person should want. But I fear it may be where this will lead; the Left has gone completely bonkers, and the political machinery is now obviously rigged. America has become the very thing she fought in the Cold War. The Communists may have lost the battle but won the war.

Still, I oppose this particular measure; it does nothing that will lead to any real reform, or prevent this from happening in the future. It just gives one more privilege to the most privileged among us, the political class.

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Rotten Fruit from the James Family Tree

Timothy Birdnow

Remember, most of her houses are rented to family members.

Cops called to Letitia James’ Virginia homes two dozen times since she bought them


Her father was a Black Panther and it looks like the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

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Clinton Foundation Corruption Material Finally Released

Timothy Birdnow

High time. I don't know why Bondi refuses to take action, or moves so slowly. I fear she's not the person for the job.

‘Clinton Corruption Files’: Bondi, Patel unleash new evidence about former first family foundation

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The Nordstream Plot

Timothy Birdnow

Like I've been saying all along.

GERMANY’S ALLY, GERMANY’S SABOTEUR?

Three years later, the ghosts of the Nord Stream blast are back - and they’re wearing Ukrainian uniforms.

German investigators now say a Ukrainian special forces unit carried out the 2022 pipeline attack that torched Europe’s energy… https://t.co/sR4HxjnLaJ pic.twitter.com/kOZwqPkP9Y
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) November 10, 2025

And a Polish court just let the prime suspect - an Ukrainian - walk. Now why would they do that?

It seems likely Biden and Zelensky cooked up this particular false flag attack.

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SNAP Win

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Another win at SCOTUS.

Trump Secures Another Win as the Supreme Court Makes Emergency SNAP Ruling

Ordering the Administration to misapply funds to SNAP was a trap laid by the lower court, which knew full well that it is illegal for Trump to do that without Congressional approval and it would subject Trump to impeachment. Frankly, the judge in the lower court is the one who should be impeached for this.

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