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Everybody's talking about Elon Musk's new roadster, the one that flies, but how many people have this classic? First person to e-transfer $99,999 to Walt gets this*.

* The picture, that is. Ed.

Technical trouble... we will return... eventually

Ed. here. We must admit that we use some pretty antiquated technology here, about as old as this video test pattern from the old daze of TV. (Did you see the Indian move?) Old computer programs will only stand so much tweaking, and a couple of days ago I, yes I gave it one tweak and one twerk too many. 

A complete reinstall has been effected and we are now scrambling to recover files, particularly Walt's slush pile where we had saved stuff which would serve to fill this space on days when Walt can't think of anything. When we find it (and not until then), there will be new posts.

Do you believe what the media says or what you see for yourself?

Walt [and Ed.! Ed.] created this blog way back in 2009 to present real facts and honest opinion, not the fake news and liberal propaganda fed to you by the lickspittle media.

In times past we've had a number of posts deleted, or (more often) the embedded videos therein disabled, usually because of some copyright problem or, occasionally, because the content violated "community standards" or promoted "hate speech". You won't find the Evalion videos here, for example.

Lately, though, Ed. has noticed that some of our posts -- the "Your Sikhs today" -- are getting only a small fraction of the "hits" that most posts receive. We have never been warned by the Alphabet People who control Blogger, but we suspect we're being "shadow-banned".

A shadowban (or stealth ban) is an action taken by a social media platform or online community to partially or completely hide a user's content or profile from other users without telling the person it happened. 

Today, along with (we presume) all users of Blogger, we have received a warning -- they call it an "update" -- as follows: "We are making some changes to our policies, effective December 16, 2026. To see how these changes may affect you, please find more information in the Blogger Content Policy." Do we need to tell you that the changes are all about DEI, protecting children, censoring hate(ful) speech, and preventing the spread of "false and harmful information" about things like voting and immigration.

Really, it's about censorship, about the syndrome depicted in the cartoon -- turning a blind eye to the ills of our society and pretending that the Great Replacement isn't happening. By Christmas-time we may be effectively prevented from posting any realistic social and political commentary. If it comes to that, we'll continue WWW on a more truth-friendly platform. [Hey! That has a ring to it! Ed.] Walt will not be silenced!

Too old to live under socialism

Dedicated to Agent 10, who knows all too well what it's like.

MUSIC VIDEO: "She taught me how to yodel" (NOT by Frank Ifield)

While we're waiting for President Trump's "energy ceasefire" supposedly agreed to by Ukraine and Russia to take effect, how about a little musical fun to distract us from the unpleasant reality. 

Today we present a version of a novelty song which has been around for six decades: "She Taught Me How To Yodel". The link goes to Frank Ifield's performance of the song on The Ed Sullivan Show 7/5/67.

Frankie was born in the UK but his parents wisely moved to the land of Oz when he was a tot. He grew up in rural Australia [Is there any other kind? Ed.] where he started performing hillbilly music in his teens. He released singles which were successful in Australia and New Zealand. In America,  not so much.

But that's not the version Walt wants to share with you today. We are pleased to repost this performance by a good Ukrainian girl, Софїя Шкїдченко (Sofia Shkidchenko), on Ukraine's Got Talent, in 2018.

This video has had something like 211 million hits since it was posted in 2018, and close to half a million likes. The title onscreen says that Ms Shkidchenko was 11 when it was recorded, but Ed. read elsewhere that she was born in 2005, which would have made her 13. 

We're not sure if  Sofia has been able to remain in Ukraine since the Russian invasion, but we understand she is actively continuing her music career internationally, performing concerts and sharing new vocal and yodeling projects across her YouTube channel and social media platforms. 

She has performed live and taken part in charity events and international competitions, including appearances in Boston and on Poland's Got Talent and Spain's Got Talent. She regularly drops original tracks and covers blending pop, jazz, and traditional yodeling. Of course yodeling is not part of Ukrainian culture or tradition, but hey...

Michael Moore explains why Canadians are giving thanks today

The slobbish crypto-socialist film-maker now working to put the Dimocrats back in power is not wrong about everything. For instance, he correctly predicted the demise of Senile Joe and the huge victory for DJT. And he is not wrong when he lauds things Canadian society does better than than America, like providing adequate (if not outstaneding) basic health care "free" for all. 

It's things like that, Mr Moore will tell you (even if you don't ask him) that make Canucks say "Thanks, but no thanks" to President Trump's repeated urgings -- a mix of threats and promises -- to become the 51st state. By far the majority of ordinary Canadians believe that even though Canada is a nitwit country, life is better off there amidst the winter snows than it is for their American counterparts. 

For that reason, Walt, along with several US senators and state governments, recommends that  President Trump lay off Canada! Union with the land of the free yada yada isn't going to happen, and yapping about it will not help the Republican mid-term election campaign, which, from our corner of the forest, looks like a lost cause.

Thanksgiving wish for our Canadian friends and readers

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day in Canada. Some say it's because Canada invented the harvest celebration. Others say it's because Canadians have less to be thankful for. We think Canadians have more to be thankful for!

Never mind. Walt [and Ed.! Ed.] wish all our Canadian readers and friends

Happy Thanksgiving!