Southern California resident Jovita Mendez doesn’t speak English. She can’t read or write, in any language. But she longed for a better future for herself and, this week, she achieved that by finally becoming a U.S. citizen.

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Jovita-Mendez-San-Diego-Immigrant-Passes-US-Citizenship-Test-Despite-Barriers-452171623.html

How predators use camouflage:

https://twitter.com/stone_toss/status/922919794180947968

Covfefe is the capital of Nambia!

No number of these will stanch the stupidities from those who think our soldiers are naive.

Note especially the dates in the introductory paragraph.

Russian TV news.

Picture of Iphone prototypes.

Interesting chart.: Many years ago some bright person said that Walmart's insistence on computerized connectivity from vendors did more for the microcomputer revolution than any other thing.

Tweets about animals in the natural world!

This one is scary but hope-inducing.

This one is grotesque but poignant.

Trump Justice Department argues college violated free speech rights with "free speech zones":

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/357145-justice-department-backs-lawsuit-alleging-college-violated-free

Supreme Court vacates 9th Circuit ruling against Trump's original travel ban.

It was so awful, it can no longer be used as a precedent:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/24/us/politics/supreme-court-travel-ban-appeal-trump.html

Kimmel runs his mouth again:

https://www.mrctv.org/blog/kimmel-honors-letterman-calling-trump-abusive-orange-stepfather

Kimmel runs his mouth again ~ mpetrie98 at October 25, 2017 12:47 PM

Kimmel, like many comedians, has become what he used to mock.

"We can do this the easy way or the hard way" said the criminal.

File under "Mistakes Were Made".

The Trump dossier was Clinton’s dirtiest political trick:

http://nypost.com/2017/10/24/the-trump-dossier-was-clintons-dirtiest-political-trick/

Speaking of sugar...Conservative Alex Beam is sick and tired of all the warnings against it.

(The "Peanuts" spoof at the top has nothing to do with it - this is the only link that doesn't have a paywall.)

http://pcwatch.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-war-on-sugar-by-alex-beam-on-eve-of.html