Welcome to CaturSaturday, November 29, 2025, a day of shabbos for Jewish cats (no work permitted; it’s a day to nap) as well as National Chocolates Day. My favorite commercial chocolate is See’s Candy, and it’s best when you go into one of their stores and pick a whole box, piece by piece (give me the apricot bon-bons, which aren’t really chocolates). Below is a video showing the history of the confection. See’s also has its own Wikipedia page, and relates its history: Lucy and Ethel practiced dipping chocolates there for their famous “candy episode,” and Cher met Sonny when she was working at a See’s Candy store.
It’s also National Lemon Creme Pie Day, and National Rice Cake Day.
Reader Pyers sent two pictures of a famous Mallard. His captions: “Here is a very famous Anas platyrhynchos found in the National Railway Museum, York. It holds the record to this day!”
Posting will be light today as I didn’t sleep well last night due to disastrous events that ruined Thanksgiving. Stay tuned.
Readers are welcome to mark notable events, births, or deaths on this day by consulting the November 29 Wikipedia page.
Da Nooz:
*One of the National Guard members (Spec. Sarah Beckstrom) shot in Washington by an Afghani suspect has died. She was only 20 years old. The suspect,
In mid-August, Beckstrom, 20, went with the Guard to D.C. as part of President Donald Trump’s plan to use the Guard to counter crime in the city. Beckstrom was deputized this week to maintain her status to conduct those security patrols, according to the National Guard’s Joint Task Force-D. C.
On Wednesday, less than 24 hours later, Spec. Beckstrom and another Guard member, Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, were on patrol near 17th and I streets in Northwest Washington when a lone gunman opened fire on them with a Smith & Wesson .357-caliber revolver, officials said. Officials have described the attack as “brazen and targeted.”
On Thursday night, Trump said that Beckstrom had died with her parents at her side. “Incredible person. Outstanding in every single way,” he said during a video call with service members from Mar-a-Lago. Her body was moved to the medical examiner’s office late Thursday, escorted by dozens of law enforcement vehicles.
The other wounded Guard member, Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, is in critical condition. This summary at the WaPo is a bit out of date, for the suspect will now be charged with at least one count of first-degree murder.
Lakanwal has been charged with three counts of assault with intent to kill while armed and three counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence.
Lakanwal served with a military group, called “Zero Units”, that partnered with the CIA to go after suspected terrorists in Afghanistan. As usual, Trump is using this murder as a reason to search out other undocumented immigrants:
After announcing the death of Beckstrom on Thursday, Trump threatened to halt migration “from all Third World Countries,” while the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said the government has stopped processing all immigration requests for Afghan nationals “pending further review of security and vetting protocols.”
The Alliance of Afghan Communities in the United States, a network of advocacy groups representing Afghans in the United States, condemned the shooting, while also asking the Trump administration to punish the perpetrator rather than the community as a whole.
Trump is now examining the status of all green-card holders from 19 countries, which sounds like a bit of overkill.
The head of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, Joseph Edlow, said the president had directed him to conduct “a full scale, rigorous re-examination of every green card for every alien from every country of concern”.
When asked by the BBC which countries were on the list, the agency pointed to a June proclamation by the White House that included Afghanistan, Cuba, Haiti, Iran, Somalia and Venezuela.
Expect more deportations of people who have been upstanding, or who may have incurred a speeding ticket while in the U.S.
*Regarding the Trump administration’s policy of blowing up suspected boats running drugs to the U.S., I’ve questioned what the evidence was that the boats really were carrying drugs, and also the policy of imposing an immediate death sentences on the boat people rather than capturing them and bringing them to trial. Now the WSJ has interviewed some of the drug-runners, so it seems that at least a high proportion of those destroyed by the U.S. really were carrying drugs:
They see themselves as the cowboys of the drug trade, highly experienced crews that ferry narcotics on small boats across the open seas, running on a mix of bravado, skill and dreams of a massive payday.
Now, designated as terrorists by the Trump administration, they face not only the perils of a capricious sea but the new danger of getting blown out of the water by the U.S. military. The trade’s unofficial motto—“deliver or die”—has never rung so true.
Three men who have manned these drug boats, known as “go fasts,” spoke to The Wall Street Journal, describing a once little-known but essential part of the narcotics trade that is now in President Trump’s sights.
They run drug cargoes worth as much as $70 million on the sleek 40-foot-long boats, often built from fiberglass and powered by oversize outboards. These boats are the workhorses for the traffickers along 2,000 miles of Colombian coastline—and hundreds more miles in Ecuador and Venezuela.
“These people are experts at sea,” said a Colombian prosecutor who has tried members of drug-boat crews. Pursuing drug cases is so dangerous that the country’s attorney general doesn’t allow prosecutors to be quoted by name. “They have to know it perfectly,” the prosecutor said. “They need to understand how waves move, how to move a boat through them.”
Prosecutors and former naval officials say many of the pilots and crew of the go-fast boats got their start as fishermen before transitioning into smuggling. The crews are usually made up of three or four men: a pilot, the most experienced and best paid; a mechanic who troubleshoots and keeps the boat’s fuel tanks full; a guarantor trusted by the buyer and seller; and sometimes a navigator to chart the way.
One Colombian pilot who plies the Caribbean said crews look for any advantage, from sailing at night or in rough weather, even in storms when Colombian government patrol boats might stay in port. Before the U.S. military strikes, he said, his main concerns were capsizing, drowning and arrest.
Even with the new threats, the incentives remain huge. The pilot said a clean run of two or three tons can mean $100,000 for a day’s work. With that kind of money at stake, he said it wouldn’t be hard to find willing men to keep running the boats, even with the threat of military strikes.
So yes, there may be drugs in these boats. But I still say the U.S. should capture the boats and bring the drug-runners to trial. Further, Trump’s claim that each boat destroyed saves 25,000 American lives is preposterous:
There is no way of knowing how many lives are saved as a result of drug interception efforts, drug experts have told PolitiFact.
Additionally, if Trump’s statement were accurate, the strikes on five boats in less than two months would have saved nearly double the number of U.S. lives lost to drug overdoses in an entire year.
*As usual, I’ll steal a few items from Nellie Bowles’s weekly news-and-snark column in The Free Press, called this week, “TGIF: Gratitude Edition.” It’s a very short one, giving three things Nellie’s grateful for, including her partner Bari Weiss, and it’s serious rather than snarky.
→ The National Guard: I’m thankful for the National Guard because somebody has to be the grown-up in the room, and it’s them. They have normal civilian jobs and give up their free time for all of us. It’s a cliché, but it’s true that soft, bookish people like me can exist only because folks like the National Guard will show up in a mess, and get me out of it. I’m reminded of them, of course, because someone just shot two of them in Washington, D.C. I’m reminded how close to barbarity we always are. We think peace is the normal state of things. We delude ourselves that the world is one big organic garden of people all wanting to get along, that violence comes just from bad childhoods or need, rather than from other human beings who genuinely want to destroy everything we have and love, held at bay by part-time soldiers in our midst. Too dark, you might say, and I do too! Back to watching the kids and maybe a new movie tonight. (I’m grateful to the National Guard for letting me continue to delude myself.)
→ The Free Press team: The other day, our incredible office manager and events runner Ryan Engelhardt organized a team lunch. And next to the pizza, she’d set up a Thanksgiving card station for everyone to make cards for folks in a local homeless shelter. I stood there watching dozens of Free Pressers grabbing food and drawing turkeys, writing notes, thinking what might comfort someone. And I started crying! It’s hard to believe how much this community has grown and how much of a world it is now. And I don’t mean the subscribers; I mean the community of our staff. They’re ambitious and brilliant, but they’re also fun. I’m not invited out to any of the hangouts (I’m sure they just forget to text?), but I like knowing they’re happening. I’m reminded of being 22 years old and starting at the San Francisco Chronicle, the pack of us young reporters, and how we stayed a pack as our careers all evolved. The Free Press is a few things: It’s a subscriber community; it’s a media company; it’s also a brand-new community of journalists and editors who are going to support each other for decades to come. History will decide, but that may end up being the most impactful part of this whole experiment. So I’m thankful for that—and especially for Ryan.
→ My Bar: I’m thankful for Bari, this year more than ever. First of all, she lets me make fun of her in TGIF and always laughs (I usually get her approval but sometimes forget). Of course, she makes me better in the thousand ways a great life partner does, remembers where I put things, makes me laugh (she’s not nearly as funny as I am but she tries, and I love that). Humans think in conversation, not monologue, and I can’t believe how lucky I am to think in conversation with her.
But this year I’m thankful for what Bar’s doing in the world. This year I come to you as a Bari fan.
It’s been a dark year for the non-conspiratorial among us who love this country (for the conspiratorial who prefer Russia or Venezuela, it’s been amazing! Happy for you guys!). Anyway, Bar fights the good fight day in and day out. And I somehow made a series of brilliant decisions at 29 that led me to being here, having dinner with her every night. I’m so thankful for her.
*In a video op-ed by James Robinson and Binyamin Appelbaum in the NYT, “Goodbye price tags. Hello dynamic pricing“, we learn about the three ways that fixed prices are disappearing in America in favor of prices that change depending on what other stores do, and even on algorithms keyed to your own personal habits and wealth. There are three forms of these variable prices: illegal ones, legal ones, and ones that should be illegal. There’s a short text summary:
In the Opinion Video above, we tell the story of a little piece of technology that has delivered enormous benefits to consumers — and is in danger of disappearing. It’s called the price tag. Yes, the price tag.
Businesses increasingly are using algorithms to determine prices, and to rapidly adjust those prices throughout the day. This new technology is called dynamic pricing, and it’s poised to change the way businesses set and advertise their prices. Think of the ever-changing electronic signs at gas stations, but for everything.
Businesses can use dynamic pricing to deliver better deals to customers. But they also are using the new technology to jack up prices. As the video says, the humble price tag “was like a little handshake. It represented an agreement, one price for every customer. But now that agreement is breaking.” And we are all going to pay.
It’s nefarious, I tell you. ONE PRICE FOR ALL!
*Finally, ScienceAlert recounts the story of a kid may be the youngest Ph.D. in the history of the field, which is quantum physics. He got his doctorate at 15! (h/t Ursula)
A fifteen-year-old dubbed “Belgium’s little Einstein” has completed his PhD in quantum physics in what could be record time.
According to reporting from the Flemish television network VTM, Laurent Simons defended his thesis this week at the University of Antwerp.
Laurent may very well be the youngest person in the world to have earned a doctorate in this particular field, although there’s no real ranking system to consult.
Starting primary school when he was just four years old, Laurent had already finished by age six. Come age 12, Laurent had a master’s in quantum physics, exploring bosons and black holes.
It is reported that Laurent has a photographic memory and an IQ of 145 – a status only about 0.1 percent of people achieve.
. . .While it might seem incredible, others even younger than Simons have achieved doctor status.
The Guinness World Records currently lists Karl Witte as the youngest person to be awarded a PhD. Witte was a German child prodigy who received his doctorate in 1814 at the age of 13.
In the field of physics specifically, one of the youngest graduates in recent years is Carson Huey-You, who received his doctorate last year at the age of 21.
Carson’s mother said he was already reading chapter books by age two. By age five, it was precalculus.
According to The Brussels Times, IT giants in the US and China have already approached Laurent’s parents, inviting the child prodigy to study at their research centers. At the time of reporting, his parents had denied all offers.
“There are two Laurents,” his father told reporter Justin Stares in 2022, “the scientist and the boy.”
Here’s Laurent at 11, noting that his goal is achieving “immortality,” of which physics is one part.
Meanwhile in Dobrzyn, the dialogue is enigmatic:
Hili: How many skeletons can fit in one closet?
Andrzej: Human imagination knows no bounds.
In Polish:
Hili: Ile szkieletów może się chować w jednej szafie?
Ja: Ludzka wyobraźnia nie zna ograniczeń.
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From Animals in Random Places; a cat-mitten Oreo:
From Cats that Have Had Enough of Your Shit:
From Meow Incorporated:
Masih mourns the death of Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, killed at age 20 by an Afghani because she wore a uniform:
Tragic. A brilliant life taken far too soon. A nation in mourning.
Rest in Peace and Power, Sarah.
For the security of our people, and for the safety of the free world, we must stand united and unwavering against terror in all its forms.
My heart goes out to her family and… pic.twitter.com/jzvPh1m80k— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) November 28, 2025
From Bryan, yet another theory about how the pyramids were built. Bryan adds, “… there are a lot of assumptions here – remember, illusionists know how to entertain an audience! Appealing to intuition, to the amusement-seeking instinct… …But I can’t help it! Also an appeal!. Maybe I’ll try some of this with some rocks laying around.”
Wally Wallington claims he demonstrated how a single person can manipulate massive monoliths, or how they could have been moved in ancient times.
He claims that a pyramid could be completed using primitive tools in 25-year with only 520 workers.pic.twitter.com/0Qth2lL1Ts
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 28, 2025
From Malcolm, a discovery which appears to be real (see video below). The new blood lasts 2 years rather than only 42 days, the shelf life of whole blood used now.
Japanese scientists have created artificial blood that works for any blood type.
It’s made from expired donor blood and can last up to 5 years in the fridge or 2 years on a shelf, unlike regular blood that spoils in just 42 days.
This discovery could be a major breakthrough in… pic.twitter.com/PaJtrvRj4B
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) November 5, 2025
A video explaining how it’s done. Note that the new blood, if adopted, won’t be used until 2030:
Two from my “X” feed. First, male lions should not swat a random cub:
Dad lion gets scolded 😭🦁 pic.twitter.com/VmWxzRUmoM
— Nature is Phenomenal (@AnimalGeoLife) November 28, 2025
Look at the size of this moose! They should arrest him!
This happened in Minnesota! pic.twitter.com/H65r6qd1Tw
— Marin (@Marin_0x) November 27, 2025
One I reposted from The Auschwitz Memorial:
29 November 1929 | A Czech Jew, Tibor Taglicht, was born. As a refugee he went to Norway.He was deported to #Auschwitz with his sister Vera in March 1943. He was selected as able to work. He asked to stay with his younger sister. They were both murdered in a gas chamber.
— Auschwitz Memorial (@auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social) 2025-11-29T06:00:10.238798036Z
Two from Dr. Cobb, famous author. The first one links to an article suggesting that the spread of the domestic cat may have happened as recently as 2.000 years ago:
The domestic cat may be a far more recent arrival to Europe than previously thought, a new Science study. finds. The results offer new insight into one of humanity’s most enigmatic animal companions and identify North Africa as the cradle of the modern housecat.Learn more: https://scim.ag/44kov1S
— Science Magazine (@science.org) 2025-11-27T19:05:02.796109128Z
About this Matthew says, “Loonies gonna loon.” Indeed: the new age did not arrive:
Great talk among people how some of the Fanatiques do say that the end of the world is at hand, and that next Tuesday is to be the day. Against which, whenever it shall be, good God fit us all.
— Samuel Pepys (@samuelpepys.bsky.social) 2025-11-25T21:07:28.226181+00:00
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
If I can do no more, let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth’s sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won. -Louisa May Alcott, writer and reformist (29 Nov 1832-1888)
Regarding young genius: I sat next to Michael Grost in freshman chemistry at Michigan State University in 1966. He was 14 and a junior math major who lived with his parents in town and had entered MSU at 11. His manner was much like Laurent’s in the video; he was a kid; I did not do well in that class that quarter and I made the excuse to my father that even Michael Grost got a “B” and he’s a genius. I still remember my father’s reply was that Michael Grost is 14 and you are 18…you should do better!
Saw the Mallard at a Controls Society conference dinner held at the train museum in York in the 80’s. Beautiful examples of British engineering from the beginnings of the industrial age.
Speaking of the end of it all, it is too little recognized that, behind Marxist ideology, lays an utopian promise of a new world without sin. That promise seems to be implicit in the modern Progressives and Socialists, who have abandoned their predecessors rejection of revolution. Therefore, when you chuckle at the religious nutjobs who prophesy the end, don’t forget the secular ones.
I need to know whether to be worried, or at least amused enough to mark my calendar–which secular ones are prophesying the end, and when, and on what evidence?
Unusual for me to come to Dr. B’s aid here, but there is a quite a bit of apocalypticism about these days, Mr. Dentinger:
BLM says white cops are on some kind of murder hunt, metoo tells us all men are rapists and…. the worst – green apocalypticism has us all dead in a few years (not on evidence of climate change – which is real – but on the endtimes. Humans have this “thing” for the endtimes.)
best regards John,
D.A.
NYC
I wonder what BLM says about the murder of the young Ukrainian lassie on the Charlotte NC light rail car.
lies (can’t help myself, former English teacher)
You beat me to it🤓 Former Math teacher and grammar nerd.😬
True
All of Leftism immanentizes an eschaton (Voegelin).
Leftism is a religion
Communism is a religion
National Socialism is a religion
Fascism is a religion
Gnostic cult religious theosophy all the way down with perfectible man and society as god, referencing the Ideal against the imperfect material world of contradictions to be 🚩transformed🚩 (dialectically) out of “duties of conscience” (Clements) until a holistic Oneness.
As above, so below
^^^^ ^^^^^^^
Ideal ——-the world
Re: the deportations of green card holders: This article in the NYT appalled me. It appears that ICE is arresting legal spouses of American citizens on the basis of slender or non-existent technicalities – even when the spouses are from ‘desirable’ countries, such as Germany or England. One woman had a 4 month old infant for god’s sake.
This makes me think that the Trumpists so inflated the numbers of illegal immigrants that the only way they can meet quotas for deportations is by trying to deport legal immigrants too.
Re: that genius kid who has an IQ of 145. It makes me skeptical of IQ tests, or at least mine. You see, I have an even higher IQ than that kid, and far from being able to grok quantum physics, I was barely able to pass calculus.
Most people have never taken a proper IQ test. By proper, I mean a test that is supervised by a psychometrician. If we all took these tests, about 70% of us would score between 85 and 115. Above 130 and you are now in the top 2.5%, and above 145 is quite rare indeed.
Yes they’re the correct metrics Mr. Vader. They’re undeniable. When it comes to this topic I’ve noticed a lot of twitter/X (and presumably bloo) has gone off the rails, both right and left. Interestingly this seems to confirm the psychometrics. 🙂
One thing I learned lately and I’ve been trying to test/disconfirm is the following proposition: 30 years ago a B.A. represented an IQ of 110. (grad degrees 10 points higher)… NOW… a B.A. represents 100. Food for thought.
Keep well Mr. Vader,
D.A.
NYC
Sorry to hear about a disastrous Thanksgiving.
I haven’t tried the pyramid building techniques yet – I’d be glad to hear any insight!
Insight: Do not try it with the c 25-50 tonne granite blocks of the Great Pyramid’s Grand Gallery.
LOL
Trump’s feigned compassion for Specialist Sarah Beckstrom and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe must be viewed in light of his prior comments regarding American soldiers who were killed, wounded or captured (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/john-kelly-confirms-trump-privately-disparaged-us-service-members-vete-rcna118543):
“Former Trump White House chief of staff John Kelly is blasting his onetime boss over disparaging remarks he says the then-president repeatedly made about service members and veterans . . . .
‘A person that thinks those who defend their country in uniform, or are shot down or seriously wounded in combat, or spend years being tortured as POWs are all ‘suckers’ because ‘there is nothing in it for them,’ Kelly said of Trump. ‘A person that did not want to be seen in the presence of military amputees because ‘it doesn’t look good for me.’ A person who demonstrated open contempt for a Gold Star family — for all Gold Star families — on TV during the 2016 campaign, and rants that our most precious heroes who gave their lives in America’s defense are ‘losers’ and wouldn’t visit their graves in France.’
The Atlantic reported that Trump privately made damning statements against U.S. service members and veterans, such as the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who had been a Vietnam prisoner of war, and former President George H.W. Bush, who was shot down as a Navy pilot in World War II. During a visit to France in 2018 for the centennial anniversary of the end of World War I, Trump also reportedly called Marines who died at Belleau Wood ‘suckers’ and fallen soldiers at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery ‘losers.’”
Note that these comments come from TRUMP’S OWN FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF, not from Rachel Maddow or NPR.
I trust Mr. Kelly on this one, Johne, he is an honorable man for sure. Wasn’t he the guy, rapidly fired, who called Trump “The most flawed man I’ve ever met?”
I loved that.
But not the Oil Guy (Dpt of State) – smart chap from Texaco I think – who called him a “Fucking Moron”. Many such cases. 🙂
D.A.
NYC
I would very much like to see the next 5 seconds of the video of mom and dad lion!
That video is almost certainly AI generated.
Evidence or do not say it!
Berkshire Hathaway has owned Sees Candies since 1972. Warren Buffett has called it his dream company, and it is always a star at the annual shareholder meeting in Omaha.
Crazy that you feature See’s Candies! We have a store within 2 miles of here and drove by it yesterday. My wife even went to their web site and regaled me with their history as we made our way to the gym. We haven’t been in the store for a while, but are now compelled to go inside and buy some candy!
I’m so sad that Sarah Beckstrom has died. And I hope for the best for Andrew Wolfe. The murderer drove to Washington, DC all the way from Bellingham, Washington, a city just a couple hours from me. Yes, Trump has overreacted to events, and the opportunist Democrats are predictably blaming Trump for the murders. But my thoughts are with the victims and their families.
No need to make dynamic pricing illegal. Buyers who prefer fixed prices can simply patronize only stores that display fixed prices. If they are loyal they won’t go next door where the same item is priced ten cents less at that moment. If they aren’t loyal they’ve endorsed the merits of dynamic pricing. Even a price that’s specific to you is just another real-time loyalty program. I suppose they could charge you more if they didn’t want your business.
Gas stations don’t advertise their prices except at the point of sale. It would be a marketing challenge to prepare promotional fliers and on-line shopping catalogues for other goods without showing promotional prices that the firm would later honour. if the price the customer was asked to pay at checkout was higher than the price in the flier, that would be false advertising and very bad public relations.
The price tag isn’t so much a handshake as a courtesy to the prospective buyer. It helps him decide, Can I afford this?, or Is this good value for money? If he has no idea what the item is going to cost him until he gets to the till, many items will just be left on the shelves. If each item has a electronic sign, like at a gas pump, displaying the price that will be good at least to the point where money changes hands, I don’t see a problem. Every seller and every buyer wants to get the best price. They just differ on the definition of “best”. The compromise is just what a price is.
You know, Leslie, like PPC(E) I found the idea of dynamic pricing predatory and just kinda repulsive a few years ago.
Consider: I live in NYC where we’re ripped off in some way or another every five minutes… and also the policy reminds me of airlines: “Would you like to pay the surcharge to have a pilot on that plane…?”
That said.. the free marketeer in me says it probably looks worse, feels worse, than it actually is – given the free-est markets provide – ultimately – the best for all.
D.A.
NYC
Perhaps dynamic pricing will bring back haggling.
“Two dollars is too much for these carrots. I’ll give you a dollar.”
“A dollar? I’d go out of business. What about one eighty? My own mother wouldn’t get such a deal.”
“That one on the end – he don’t look too good. A buck seventy five. Take it or leave it.”
Dynamic pricing as she was practised by a community of schnorrers in the North End of Winnipeg, 1939.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1960/09/requiem-for-bibul/658352/
by Jack Ludwig.
“That one on the end – he don’t look too good.”
That sounds like a line that Chico Marx might have used in a movie.
Sastra’s imagined dialogue was what brought Mr. Ludwig’s short story to my mind. We read it in high school and I was delighted to find it preserved on the Internet.
I don’t know if I’ve read this anywhere on WEIT, so I’ll add something to Trump’s claim that blowing up drug boats saves tens of thousands of American lives.
All the boats have been destroyed in either the Caribbean or the Eastern Pacific. These boats will be carrying cocaine or weed. The boats in the Caribbean are traveling to Africa and eventually the drugs will enter the European market. 70% of drug overdose deaths in the US are linked to fentanyl and its analogs. These drug boats are not carrying fentanyl as that is coming from northern Mexico over land, not sea. I doubt one American life has been saved by these wanton murders.
Just more gaslighting from the gaslighter in chief. To quote David above quoting Rex Tillerson: Fucking moron.
Re: Trump’s motives in the Caribbean
He cares so much about drugs he just pardoned another drug trafficker.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/28/politics/trump-honduran-president-juan-orlando-hernandez-pardon
That pardon was particularly wild FK.
Forget the drugs (none of any of this…. is about actual drugs).
That Honduran scoundrel was INCREDIBLY corrupt across the board. He is one of the several reasons why Honduras stands out, in a competitive field, as the worst country to live in in Central America.
But evidently a friend of The Donald.
D.A.
NYC
Birds of a feather.