I am not making this up: Beans 42 Dallas 9, 3nd 1Q

FT Phila Phab Phive (11-3) Edge Past Yellow 131-124

76'ers and Beans are the cream of the East.

PAT good Chazz (4-8) 0 La-La Clip-Clip (3-8) 7, 9:48 1Q

He doesn't care

Trump was conspicuously quiet for 2 days

Trump had not commented publicly or on social media after the ground stop was ordered Friday afternoon. He had issued statements on social media about unrelated matters while frustrated passengers were left stranded and his team and airlines scrambled for a return to normal travel operations.

npr

At Home and Abroad: No Power + No Fear = No Relevance

Foreign leaders look beyond Trump on his Asian meeting spree

Foreign leaders will be looking past President Donald Trump at two Asian summits this week, though they’re expected to continue to court him in public.

President Donald Trump will encounter an unfamiliar dynamic when he flies to Asia this week: foreign leaders who see him as weakened by the results of Republicans’ historic losses in this month’s midterm elections.

...

The difference, say some familiar with discussions in Asian capitals ahead of the summits, is that countries don’t feel quite as afraid of Trump’s wrath.

No power + No Fear = Irrelevance

Fear of tariffs, export restrictions, U.S. troop withdrawals, humiliation in an Oval Office encounter and even — for Canada and Greenland, at least — the threat of U.S. military invasion have eased since his midterm loss. ...

Asian leaders “are pretty astute observers of power,” said Kurt Tong, former principal deputy assistant secretary for economic and business affairs at the State Department in the Obama administration. ...“They will view the president as somewhat weakened now.”

A second Asian diplomat said foreign leaders “no longer feel as intimidated by him.”

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“The Chinese are already thinking about what comes next, more than about how to manage Trump,” said Jonathan Czin, a former CIA analyst on China, now at the Brookings Institution. “They’re going to mollify Trump and string him along” to maintain the current status quo...

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Foreign leaders “won’t want to provoke him or give him motivation to potentially sacrifice what they’re collectively interested in by making it obvious that he’s irrelevant,” said Yuki Tatsumi, a former special assistant for political affairs at the Japanese embassy in Washington.

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Foreign leaders at the meetings in Manila and China “will be tiptoeing around Trump as they look ahead,” said Jane Hardy, a former leader of the Australian embassy’s congressional office in Washington. 

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Some Asian countries may try to exploit Trump’s midterms loss...by slow-walking commitments they’ve made under trade and investment deals with the Trump administration. Trump routinely touts nearly $20 trillion in investment pledges from foreign countries as a signature achievement of his second term.

The administration suspects that South Korea is already doing just that by delaying decisions on what projects Seoul will fund with the $350 billion it pledged last year to invest in the U.S. Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney said last month that he’d rather negotiate with the next U.S. president than seal a bad trade deal with Trump.

Asian leaders “may be thinking that there are areas where they felt a lot of pressure from Trump, and now they have an ability to very quietly and carefully wait him out,” said Scot Marciel, former principal deputy assistant secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs in the Obama administration.

Politico

Yes

Are Trump Officials Living in an Alternate Reality?

Sean Duffy and Markwayne Mullin’s deflection on the air traffic control debacle is a worrisome sign of the final two years of Trump’s presidency.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin started his White House news conference on the nationwide air traffic control meltdown with a little quip about it being Friday the 13th.

Oh, yes, ha-ha. I guess a little gallows humor is okay.

He quickly pivoted to what he evidently believed was the most important point to share with an anxious and, for those caught in the disruption, angry public: how well the moment reflected on President Donald Trump and his team.

“This is what the leadership of President Trump looks like by the organization and the team he put together,” Mullin stated. “We’re built to handle crises like this and that’s exactly what we’re doing.”👀
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The news conference with Mullin and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy raised something more fundamental: Do they have elementary self-awareness? What planet are they on?

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Instead, the performance by two top appointees was a vivid window into the late stages of Trumpism. The familiar signatures — bluster, boasting, blame-casting — were not so much triggering, as in the old days, as the height of irrelevance.

Politico

YES! That is exactly the point I have made! No power + no fear = Irrelevance. Regular people in America, and even abroad (see next post), are so over Trump and his clown show cronies. Nobody wants to talk to his scum supporters anymore to try to "understand" them. We've tuned them out as irrelevant. Switch the TV to channel 2028.

AIPAC Losses

How AIPAC Burned $55 Million in One How How AIPAC Burned $55 Million in One Midterm Cycle — and What the Losses Signal for the Israel Lobby's Future

A post-election review says the pro-Israel group's spending suffered major defeats even as its broader network retained significant influence in Congress.

The most expensive pro-Israel electoral operation in American history just delivered its most damaging results--a failure rate approaching two-thirds of its total outlay. 

• AIPAC and its super PAC, United Democracy Project, together deployed $120 million across the 2026 midterm cycle — a 26% increase over their 2024 combined total.
• A post-election analysis by the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft found that $55.3 million — nearly two-thirds of AIPAC's direct PAC and super PAC spending of $84.1 million — went to candidates who lost their races.
• AIPAC's costliest single investment, more than $31 million targeting Michigan's Senate seat, ended in a historic loss: Abdul El-Sayed became the first Muslim American ever elected to the U.S. Senate.
• Weeks before Election Day, AIPAC announced it would end direct candidate endorsements and PAC contributions, the first structural withdrawal of its kind in the organization's modern political history.

The Michigan Collapse: $31 Million, Zero Results

A Pattern of High-Dollar Defeats

Michigan commanded the headlines, but the losses ran far wider. In Maine, AIPAC-affiliated groups backed five-term Republican Sen. Susan Collins with more than $4.8 million, only to watch her fall to Democrat Troy Jackson — a fifth-generation logger and former state Senate president who had entered the race just 100 days before Election Day.

In Illinois's 9th Congressional District, the group spent close to $6 million opposing Daniel Biss, an Evanston politician and grandson of Holocaust survivors who had publicly criticized Israeli military operations, in a Democratic primary. Biss won regardless. In California's 14th District, AIPAC's super PAC channeled millions into an August special election runoff to seat moderate Democrat Melissa Hernandez over progressive state Sen. Aisha Wahab, an Afghan American who would become the first Afghan American member of Congress. Wahab won both the special election and the November general.

Additional defeats accumulated across the map: more than $5 million behind Melissa Conyears-Ervin in Illinois's 7th district primary, over $840,000 supporting Jon Husted in the Ohio Senate contest against Democrat Sherrod Brown, and nearly $960,000 behind Mike Lawler in New York's 17th Congressional District — all unsuccessful.

AIPAC Losses 

"To AIPAC...Thank you for giving me the opportunity to beat you twice."

The tables flipped so completely that allies of El-Sayed’s Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, reportedly even asked the group to stop spending on him at one point.

“They definitely have become a liability,” Adam Wood, a veteran Democratic campaign strategist with City & State Public Affairs, told AFP, noting several campaigns he worked on in years past had “coveted” AIPAC’s support.

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs has asked Americans to rate their favorability of Israel on a scale of 0 to 100 regularly since 1978 and this year marked a record low: an average score of just 44.

That’s down from 58 in 2022, when the previous midterms were held.

How much money does Hakeem Jeffries get from AIPAC? What we know

"Israel today, Israel tomorrow, Israel forever," he told a crowd in 2014.

Claim:

U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from New York, has taken campaign contributions from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobbying group.

Rating:

True

The claim was true — Jeffries has received money from AIPAC. He has an extensive history with the lobbying group, and they have publicly expressed mutual support. 

We looked at the official Federal Election Commission record (archived) of Jeffries' campaign funding, and found AIPAC had given many thousands of dollars to Jeffries over the years.

OpenSecrets, a nonprofit aimed at tracking money in U.S. politics, estimated Jeffries had received approximately $1,74 million through 2024 from pro-Israel donors generally, putting him slightly ahead of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. TrackAIPAC, an organization focused specifically on AIPAC and other pro-Israel lobbyists, connected $1.5 million in such donations to Jeffries.

@AIPAC

AIPAC 🇺🇸🇮🇱

@AIPAC

AIPAC congratulates the hundreds of pro-Israel Democrats and Republicans who won their elections last night. More than 234 candidates supported by AIPAC members have already won, with many additional races still too close to call. We congratulate Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries on the resounding victories for their caucuses.

AIPAC members are determined to expand their political activism in the cycles ahead. Our community will increase its support for Democrats and Republicans who recognize that a strong partnership with Israel helps keep both countries secure, advances peace and stability, promotes democratic values, and grows our economy through trade and innovation.

3:30 PM · Nov 4, 2026

·3.8MViews

 

That was the AIPAC post that Snopes published. I clicked on AIPAC's X account. These are some of the comments:

@LegalLionTN

Broken Spells

@LegalLionTN

Nov 4

Fuck Israel and fuck aipac

@JimmyMack0320

Jimmy McCambridge

@JimmyMack0320

Nov 4

“234 candidates supported by AIPAC”

Sounds like Americans have more work to do on eliminating Pro Israel money from our politics. 

Any who.

@TrackAIPAC

AIPAC Tracker

@TrackAIPAC

Nov 4

Donate here to help us crush AIPAC:

Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption is the anti-AIPAC PAC!

From secure.actblue.com

Nah, I'm having spam

 

Haley Stevens has "been with the Republicans ever since she’s come back."

"So she’s been on the Republican side of the aisle. This is just the epitome of a certain kind of transactional politics. And it’s really sad.”

This “isn’t just about endorsing the Republican … this is about a betrayal.”

“It showed that people were right in advocating for Abdul El-Sayed’s candidacy in the primary over someone like Haley Stevens."

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

The Hill

'Member when I exiled Klay Thompson to Ningbo Rockets?

Often wrong, always certain.

Klay has proven an exquisite addition to the "Heat". His career is rejuvenated. Look at these gorgeous numbers:

12 games, 24.4 mpg, 15.3 ppg, 44.8% from field, 42.1% from the arc.

44.8% is up 5.5 percentage points from last season with Dallas; 42.1% is 3.8% better.

Klay hasn't shot that well from the field since 2018/19 with the Splash Brothers.

Hasn't shot that well from trey since 2017/18. 

It's been an amazing transformation.  After an alarming start he has been lethal for us. 

After an alarming start also, the "Heat" are clicking with Giannis. What about our trade partner? I take no satisfaction in this, I had genuine affection for 3J especially, Kel'el, and Tyler, but Milwaukee is the dregs in the mug. They're 1-12. That's three games worse than any other team in the Least. That's tied with the Jizz for worst in the Association. They've lost 9 straight. Their per-game point differential is -14, worst by over one point per game. It was a good trade for the "Heat". We, finally, have enough.

Public Occurrences November 15, 2026

Protecting Family Business? Nutlick Resisted Diversion of AI Chips to China

Astonishing developments

Follow the money (and the pussy): 

• Nutlick was chair of investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald. 
• Cantor Fitzgerald was heavily, er, invested in AI chip maker Nvidia.
• Jensen Huang was Nvidia's CEO.
• Since becoming Commerce Secretary the firm is run by his two sons. 
• Nvidia was selling chips to Megaspeed, a Singapore-based company.
• Alice Huang is a chief executive of Megaspeed. 
• Alice Huang is a Chinese spy.
• Megaspeed was diverting Nvidia AI chips to China.
• Jensen Huang was shtooping Alice Huang.
• Every other U.S. government stakeholder, President, State, Treasury, War, Trade Representative urged Megaspeed be put on the Commerce "Entity List" of companies suspected of compromising U.S. national security and who are prohibited from receiving products made by U.S. companies. Nutlick, who has sole power of pen, didn't do it.
• As pressure on Nutlick to entity-list Megaspeed grew, Cantor Fitzgerald offloaded 50% of its holdings of Nvidia stock.
• Jensen Huang resigned as head of Nvidia over the Alice Huang sex-spy revelations.
• Nutlick will testify before the U.S. Senate on December 10.

Z's L to us last night was BY FAR their most lopsided of the season

Trump Proof of Life Photo Needed!

The iDJiT-in-chief has been in the bunker or the foot cart since the FAA grounded all aircraft Friday. NO public appearances (and none scheduled), NO statements, NO posts except Natalie did post one on Gavin Newsome, one on the entertainment industry, one on an accident on the river in New Orleans--NOTHING ON THE NATION'S ENTIRE CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY BEING HALTED FOR FIVE HOURS.

The Miami "Heat" are good at basketball again

Cowardly Occurrences

As Crisis Circled the Skies, Trump Kept Out of Sight and Off Topic

The F.A.A. called a rare halt on flights nationwide, but the president stayed away from cameras and issued social media posts on the entertainment industry and Californias Democratic governor.

nytimes

Sports Scoreboard

Katrina, wave bye-bye. Pebbles sent them skidding to their 6L 116-108.

The Corrupt Cavs escaped with a dub, 127-117, Big D. They won't escape Commissioner Silver's fines.

In scholarly concussion football:

Oh my God cocks...That does it, I wasn't going to use this anymore since you elected Annie Andrews to the Senate, but enough is enough: FT in Fayetteville, Arkansas Soo Pig Sooey (4-6) 34 the supposably no. 17 team in the country SOUTH CAROLINA MUST BE DESTROYED (6-4) 6. A HUMILIATION of Cocks.

Texas DEI, man oh man. One year after going to the playoffs they're 4-6. Got beat today among the flaming logs by Rocky Top (8-2, 8th) 22-7. DEI can't score any of them points things!

The under the radar games that were on my radar, Paterno-Sandusky buried Goldy the Gopher 42-14. PSU is bowl eligible at 6-4. The Nits seem to have righted the ship. Um, don't sleep on James Franklin and the Hokie Hickies (6-4), no you can sleep on them. Stanford, STAN-FORD (5-5) ran away from them in Blacksburg 40 to 22. That is by far the worst loss of the season for Va. Tech, at home, as a 15.5 point favorite. There is no D in Virginia Tech or Hokies and that has shown all season: 35 points to Pitt at home, 25 at Cal, 24 to Ga. Tech, 51 to SMU, and now 40 to the Stanford "Cardinals." They are limping into Miami (7) in Miami Gardens and Virginia in Blacksburg in their final two games. Their only quality win was at Clemson. Rough start for Brother James in his new digs.

Good night, folks!

HOLY COW! THE "HEAT" BLOW OUT DETROIT 137-117 :o

Dang. Excellence throughout the box score:

Giannis 31', 34 pts, 13/17 field (!!), 1/2 trey, 7/9 FTs, 14 rebs, 8 asts,
MYGA 26', only 5 pts, 2/6 (1/5), but 9 rebs, 3 asts, 2 t.o.s, 2 blks.
BAMA 36', 20 pts, 5/8 (1/2), 9/13 FTs, 5 rebs, 4 asts, 1 t.o., 3 steals, 2 blks, 4 fouls.
Klay (!) Look at this shooting! Only 20' and 26 pts (!!), 10/17 (6/11).
Davion 32', 15 pts, 4/7 (3/5), 4/4 FTs, 4 rebs, 9 asts, 4 t.o.s, 2 steals, 2 blks, 4 fouls.

Every starter did a little bit of everything. That's what positionless means. 

I like Bam's and Davion's fouls, look at the rest of their stat lines, that means they were very handsy, very aggressive. I love to see that. 

We shot superbly as a team, 51% (39%) without sacrificing D. 

And look at our Bigs treys: FOUR between them. They are the pillars of the Wall. Ain't no wall if one of them is 23' from the basket. Klay Thompson's shooting, THAT is vintage Splash Brothers. 

All those fouls, 25, all those blocks, 14, and steals, 10, are mute evidence of ruthless defense. 

And it shows in the opponent's stats. The "Pistons" were misfiring team-wide and all night: 41% from the field, 32% from trey; their main man, the sublime Cade Cunningham harassed into 8/20 (3/8). He was the recipient of those annoying hands and fouls. We sent him to the line 14 times and he fucking made all 14, that's what a great player does, but we'd much rather put CC on the line than behind the arc. 

Duncan Robinson, who made us blush in G1 was more the Duncan I was glad to be rid of, more Donut than swish, 10 pts on 3/8 (2/6).

This was by far, by FAR, far, far, the best game so far for Miami, a thrashing win over an elite opponent. The "Heat" are on a 4L, they're 7-3 last 10, 7-6 overall good enough in the Middlesbrough East for the 4th seed, home-court ad smh if the playoffs started today.

Elles and Gees, this was Miami "Heat" basketball tonight. THIS is what the Miami "Heat" can be.

Cleveland is such a corrupt place

This was their starting lineup tonight:

Mario Hezonja
Thomas Bryant
Jaylon Tyson
Tyrese Proctor
Meleek Thomas

Declared inactive prior to game start:

Donovan Mitchell

James Harden

Peyton Watson

Jarrett Allen

Evan Mobley

You know the stated reason? Delayed flight from FAA ground stop last night. Do they have brains up there? If that reason was legitimate then the entire fucking team would be inactive. Oh, just your five best players were delayed...and couldn't play in the second game of a back-to-back set. I see. 

"Cavs" fans in the Pawn Shop BOOED when the inactive players were announced. I hope Adam Silver fines the ass off Dead Dan Gilbert and Drunk Koby Altman. That is BULLSHIT and the FANS KNEW IT!

Okay Cocks, you're really pissing me off. 17-0 to Arkansas at half-time. You're limpy dicks is what you are.

Man oh man, HT Va. Tech 7 Stanford 24

Don't be surprised if Hickey Hokies come back to win! That's a James Franklin team and Stanford blows!

An excellent 2Q by the Heats has them up 68-60 HT

In fucking G1 we were behind 65-53.

Pecans falling from the trees again. 8-18 4Q, 90-104, 5:11 left

Fucking Cocks! Now you're behind 10-0 to Soo Pig Sooey???

Heats 53-49, 4:17, "Heat" FTO

Katrina City 82 Pebbles 90, 10:37 4th. Who cares, right?

Katrina City right now is an example of why, if I had unlimited funds, I would travel the NBA seeing teams in person to try to understand what's going on with a team, like an anthropologist going to Papua New Guinea or some bite place like New Orleans. I get curious about some teams I could care less about. Katrina City is one of them. This is their season so far:

4L

4W

5L and counting.

What gives? Three of their four opening losses were tight; two of their next four dubs were close; three of their now five straight (and counting) L's have been absolute blow-outs: by 51, by 34, and by 31. That is fucking crazy, man.

"Heat"-"Pistons" 47-47, 6:44 2nd

The up-and-down Cavs

Heats beat 'em pretty good last night. We had a worse record than they did (we were favored). Tonight back in Sensitive City on the second of a back-to-back they are routing Big D (7-5) 79-58 in the 3rd. I don't know what it is with those guys.

What? Va. Tech, James Franklin, 6-3, 0 STANFORD 21, 4:19 2nd???

Ah jeez, Hokie Gobblers threw two INTs and lost a fumble. That'll get you down 0-21!

Holy Molio, Paterno-Sandusky (5-4) 28 Minnehaha (5-4) 0 at the half!

Pee Esse Ew had a nice win last week against somebody, I think in OT. I remember when I saw that they came back to win, "This could be a season-changer."

Cocks? You're losing at Arkansas 3-0? Cocks, you're the 17th best team around, come on. Arkansas blows.