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Mimosa, Bloody Mary, nice flute of champagne — or maybe a favorite tipple in your coffee. Make yourself one and join me at our own Algonquin Round Table, the spirit of Dorothy Parker abides.
Happy Sunday, dear friends! We have arrived at the last Sunday of the month. I’m happy to say I love fall; the colors, the weather and all the wonderful holidays. Are you ready for Halloween? Preview here at brunch, besides all the hearty fair from omelets to bacon to buttermilk pancakes there’s a treat bag for you to take with you. Need something sweet to sustain us after another week of exhausting Leftwinger outrage, seemingly permanently dialed to 11. And “Maine Democrats still behind candidate with N@zi tattoo” certainly wasn’t on my 2025 Bingo Card. So pass the plates, dears, while I fill up your flutes and let’s get to it. L’Chaim!
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Today’s phrase: “Performative Outrage”
Democrat Performative Outrage continues to hit whole new levels.
Yeah, you guys remember that terror attack that killed nearly 3,000 Americans and changed the whole world? Renovating a building so they don't have to use stupid tents for big events is totally the same. https://t.co/T0GvtbGWxI— Larry Correia (@monsterhunter45) October 24, 2025
Part Deux:
Hello, Ms. Setmayer,
I've been seeing people quote-tweet your comment all day.
At first, I brushed it off as typical social-media derangement.
Then I saw you double down:
"This isn't about messaging. This is how I feel, and I won't apologize for it."
So I looked you up,… pic.twitter.com/oXRG48gAGd
— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) October 25, 2025
Boom.
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This is the wildest attack ad I’ve ever seen in politics. Andrew Cuomo pulling out all the stops. pic.twitter.com/rPQ77Z3bE7
— Stephen Taylor (@stephen_taylor) October 23, 2025
Cuomo is scum, but he’s not wrong here.
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Should have told your parents pic.twitter.com/uHRWcXdeye
— A Guy in Carmel (@kelleyiub01) October 24, 2025
Ouch.
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Democrats are cheating, again, to game the 2026 mid-terms.
Officials in President Trump’s Justice Department have been scrutinizing crime data in recent months — they’ve found evidence that Democratic politicians have been skewing crime stats for their own benefit ahead of the midterm elections, The Post has learned.
Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker — a vocal opponent of Trump’s use of federal troops for both immigration enforcement and fighting big-blue-city crime — has lately touted double-digit declines in Chicago crime rates where “shootings and homicides on our highways are down 60, 70, 80% depending on where you look.”
But the number of felonies in Chicago — not to mention New York, Los Angeles and Portland, Ore. — is declining only because woke prosecutors are knocking down felonies to something less severe for political reasons, DOJ sources say.
This is an old trick … look at California, especially when George Gascon and Chesa Boudin — Soros District Attorneys — in Los Angeles and San Francisco. There were whole categories of misdemeanors, laws on the books, these DAs refused to file on because “lifestyle” crimes. Half the law enforcement agencies in CA don’t report stats to the FBI. Ilk like Gavin Newsom or Pritzker can claim crime is down, but their one trick to that stat is just pretend the crime happening doesn’t exist. No filing, no crime.
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Impressive that Jesus managed to be born in a Muslim-majority county more than 6 centuries before Islam was even founded.
The Columbia School of Journalism in the bio really brings the whole thing full circle. pic.twitter.com/l3gQv7bitc
— AG (@AGHamilton29) October 24, 2025
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No one can tell a story like Mike Rowe:
You Got the Pipes
I told the Uber driver I was headed to DFW, and he asked me what airline.
“American,” I said. “God help me.”
“I got a million miles on those guys,” he said.
“Me too."“And another million on United,” he said.
“I got you beat there. Two and a half million… pic.twitter.com/3FaGJTJN4D
— The Real Mike Rowe (@mikeroweworks) October 24, 2025
Rest of the text:
“I got you beat there. Two and a half million for me, last I checked. And maybe another million on Delta.”
My driver, whose name was Peter, nodded slowly. I could tell from the back of his head that he could feel my pain.
“That was another life,” he said. “But I’m done with all that. I don’t travel anymore.”
“Well Peter, I hate to break it to you but you’re driving me to the airport. And according to your odometer, you’re still racking up the miles.”
Peter chuckled and glanced in the rearview mirror, but I was on the passenger side, and mostly out of site.
“You sound like Mike Rowe,” he said. “Anybody ever tell you that?”
“Only when I say something incredibly clever.”
Peter chuckled. “Yeah, that guy was a real smart aleck. I used to watch him on The Discovery Channel 20 years ago. He did some crazy crap.”
I asked Peter would he did in his other life – the one that kept him up in the air so often.
“I was a tech guy, he said. “Worked for Sun Microsystems and a bunch of other big companies. I also write books.”
What kind of books?
“I wrote a ‘How To’ book ten years ago,” he said.
“How to what,” I asked.
“How to Organize Your Photos in 7 Easy Steps. The First in a Series About Personal Information Management by The PIM Coach, Peter Gailey.”
“Who couldn’t use a “PIM Coach,” I asked? “Did you sell any?”
“As a matter of fact, I did. Published it myself, and it went to #1 on Kindle.”
“That’s great!” I said. “Congratulations.”
I told Peter about my mother’s 60-year writing journey, and the thrill of becoming a best-seller at the tender age of eighty.
“Good for her,” said Peter. “Publishing is a tough business.”
“It’s a knife fight in a phone booth,” I said. “Are you working on anything now?”
“Well, believe it or not, I’m working on a book about the characters who wind up in the back of my car.” Peter grabbed a thick notepad on his dashboard and held it up. It was filled with scribbling.
“I always keep this handy, he said. You wouldn’t believe the people I meet, driving for Uber and Lyft. I got a thousand stories.”
“That’s funny,” I said. “I’m writing a book about the Uber and Lyft drivers who have driven me to the airport.”
Peter cocked his head, and I could tell from the lines on the back of neck that he was wondering if was yanking his chain.
“I’m serious,” I said. “In fact, you can read the first chapter after you drop me off. Just google, ‘A Pretty Good Lyft.’ https://bit.ly/4ni3WKh It’s the true story about the guy who drove me to Will Rogers Airport a couple years ago. Talk about a character.”
“You really do sound like Mike Rowe,” he said. “You should get into voiceovers.”
“I’ll take it under advisement,” I said. “Maybe, if I ever finish my book, I should do the audio version myself?”
“You definitely should,” he said. “You got the pipes.”
As we pulled up to the curb, I thanked him for the ride, and the conversation.
“What are you gonna call your new book,” I asked.
“I was thinking about ‘Life is a Trip,’” he said.
“Not bad,” I said. “Think I’ll make the cut? Maybe a short story about a fellow road warrior who sounds like Mike Rowe with a mother who just happens to be a selling author?”
“Possibly,” he said. “You were fun to talk to.”
“What if I can get Mike Rowe to narrate it for you? Would that seal the deal?”
This time, Peter adjusted the rearview mirror and stared at the guy who used to do some crazy crap on the Discovery Channel.
“Son of a bitch,” he said.
We shook hands, wished each other a pleasant life, and promised to read each other’s next book – assuming either of us ever finishes. And with that, ‘The Original PIM Coach’ went in search of more content, as I entered the familiar environs of Terminal A, to further solidified my status as a glutton for punishment, somewhere in the friendly skies…
Fess up now, when you read that you heard his voice, amirite?
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Helping our troubled vets, one tiny house at a time.
This week, the nonprofit Veterans Community Project (VCP) broke ground on its sixth tiny home village, this time in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to offer more military veterans a fresh start with housing and individualized care.
Each 240-square-foot home is part of a larger community designed to help residents regain stability and independence.
Since its founding in 2018 when they welcomed their first residents in Kansas City, VCP has helped hundreds of vets transition out of homelessness.
Four combat vets, Bryan Meyer, Brandonn Mixon, Vincent Morales, and Mark Solomon, met each other while doing volunteer work helping out other vets. They are the founders of VCP and built their first tiny houses in 2017.
Bravo, gentlemen, and here’s to many more years of success.
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Oh my, look at the time. It does pass quickly when you’re with friends. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday, don’t forget your treat bags, and enjoy Halloween. Casa Click is decked out, and I swear I haven’t touched the candy … much. Cheers!
featured image original graphic by Darleen Click
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Wfjag says: Ahhh, Yes. The East Wing tantrum parade – recently capped by Rachel Maddow being reduced to on air tears when she learned that Comcast, the owner of MSNBC, was one of the donors to the Trump East Wing renovation project.
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