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  [OCTOBER 28, 2025 (19:15 PDT)] Alright Critical Thinkers, we have had plenty of news on the Jamaican Hurricane , In case you have been checked-out, above, there is a link. We do not do sports here, but much as many of us have suspected for decades: games have been rigged, some players have been on the take, and the gambling subculture drives the corruption. For those who put on face-paint, responding to advertising by drinking watered-down ButtWipper,  Coors Light, and Bud Light . . . Not Talking to our regular readers who are informed, but frustrated by sports preempting news on every local TV channel! ESPN: Sports Mafia Ties Run Deeper Than NBA Gambling Scandal Message to Obsessed Sports Junkies: We hope you can muster-up a fraction of time to know who your county supervisors, state legislators, and congresspersons are and vote, for example. Try Regularly Reading CT& Reasoning: We Aggregate Top Stories for You . . . also try listening to talk radio, podcasts, and strea...

  [OCTOBER 23, 2025 19:30 PDT)] Crazy day in the Bay, critical thinkers, THINGS LOOK PRETTY NORMAL FOR HERE Anti-immigration demonstrators protest and block the entrance to the U.S. Coast Guard Island, where more than 100 federal agents, including personnel from U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), are expected to arrive in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)  EAST BAY TIMES:  PROTETERS CLASH WITH FEDERAL AGENTS ON COAST GUARD ISLAND KRON 4: Live Updates: Protests Fears Continue in Bay Area After Trump Pauses SF Surge Locally, the crime epidemic and homelessness, has improved over the last 4-8-months in SF; if federal help needs to go anywhere, it is Oakland. Today, it was strange to see a surge of the CHP on city streets; in fact, a string of multiple groups of 2 or 3-CHP-Dodge Chargers seemed to be heading down Market Street in the late afternoon--towards onramps to the Bay Bridge....

 This Should Be Interesting: Will 85-yr-old Pelosi Hang Up Her Dentures Rumors have been swirling for over a week, and a campaign website has been up for at least that long. Let us take a look: https://www.scottwiener.com/meet-scott A Bit of Marxist Imagery from this Fulbright Scholar CBS San Francisco: State Senator to Challenge Pelosi in 2026 I predict Pelosi will retire. . . . maybe Pelosi's daughter--who was in place with a camera crew to make a documentary on J-6--will jump in (?) Drake (15:45 PDT) KRON 4: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SENDING FEDERAL AGENTS TO SAN FRANCISCO DMD

  [OCTOBER 21, 2025 (19:00 PDT)] So much to cover, but I will try to do my best, critical thinkers, This aerial picture shows protesters forming a human banner during the "No Kings" national day of protest on Ocean Beach in San Francisco, Calif. on Oct. 18, 2025. Laure Andrillon/AFP via Getty Images The federal government shutdown has now completed a third week , strange clemency order for disgraced former Congressman, George Santos, and Saturday's No Kings protest failing to produce much of any violence predicted by some on the Right. THE HILL: Santo's Fines Restitution Wiped Out by Trump Clemency Order After my initial reaction--upon being reminded of the extent of the crimes committed--the suspension of his prison time after three-months served seems to defy justification. April 25, 2025: US ATTORNEY OFFICE EASTERN DISTRICT NEW YORK SANTOS SENTENCED TO 87 MONTHS FOR WIRE FRAUD AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT FBI Assistant Director in Charge Raia stated, “Today, former U...

  [OCTOBER 16, 2025 (13:00 PDT)] Lots of things-a-brewing on the news front, critical thinkers, Yesterday, it was revealed from Trump himself of CIA operating in Venezuela; this, going back at least a couple of months. An MH-6 helicopter flies over Tampa Bay, Florida, during a capabilities demonstration in 2024. (Demetrius Munnerlyn/Special Operations Command)   MSN/WAPO: US SPECIAL OPS HELICOPTERS MANUVERING NEAR VENEZUELA Look What I Found: Clear Evidence of Plagiarism by Washington Post  I wanted to go to some of the military sites for further info; surprisingly, almost paragraph after paragraph were lifted. They did not even switch around the order of what equipment or tactics are being deployed! An Attempt a Community College Professor Would Flag with an 'F STARS AND STRIPES: SPECIAL OP HELICOPTERS 90 MILES OFF VENEZUELA DAILY EXPRESS US: US DEPLOYS B-52s OVER YUCATAN CHANNEL WHICH SEPERATES MEXICO & CUBA Now, I have been aware of this special-ops ship operating ...

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