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Saturday Night "Club ONT" January 3, 2026 [The 3 Ds]
Welcome to first Club ONT of 2026. A collaboration the 3D's - The Disco, The Dino, and The Doggo. New Year wishes to you: May your coffee be strong, your Wi-Fi stable, and commenting be witty. Did you get a new calendar? Mark Club ONTs for each 2026 Saturday - in pen. [Top photo: Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, MD]
The Ball Drop. ----- A doctor and a lawyer were talking at a party. Their conversation was constantly interrupted by people describing their ailments and asking the doctor for free medical advice. After an hour of this, the exasperated doctor asked the lawyer, "What do you do to stop people from asking you for legal advice when you're out of the office?" "I give it to them," replied the lawyer, "and then I send them a bill." The doctor was shocked, but agreed to give it a try. The next day, still feeling slightly guilty, the doctor prepared the bills. When he went to place them in his mailbox, he found a bill from the lawyer.
Ingredients
1 cup crushed ice
1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger vodka
1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger coffee flavored liqueur
1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle cola-flavored carbonated beverage
1 fluid ounce light cream Directions
Place ice into a tall 16-ounce glass. Pour in vodka and coffee liqueur, then fill to within 1 inch of the rim with cola. Fill to within 1/2 inch of the rim with light cream, and stir to blend.
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— Rash ™ (@Rashousmane) December 18, 2025
Club ONT Department of History Cheers to another year of freedom. Hope all stayed out of jail on NYE - after you hit 29, it's kind of the expectation. Let's tour some old jails and prisons. Opening with the prisons of Venice.
Both the Pozzi and Piombi found in the Doge Palace. Fantastic reading at the link - brief description of Casanova's escape from the Lead Chambers, and a architectural rendering of the layout.
High above the pozzi, tucked beneath the palace’s lead roof, lay the piombi—the Lead Chambers. These cells, while still prisons, offered a stark contrast to the wells below. Natural light filtered through small openings, and prisoners could at least breathe relatively fresh air. The irony was cruel: in summer, the lead roof turned these chambers into furnaces, while winter transformed them into freezers. Yet for those accused of lesser crimes—political dissidents, minor thieves, or those who had merely offended the wrong noble—the piombi represented salvation compared to the alternative.*** People have bizarre ideas.
Cebu Prison, PhilippinesOf course, Norway.
You’ve probably seen their video of Michael Jackson’s Thriller; this is due to Cebu Prison’s exercise program that consists of inmates dancing in sync. The warden was allegedly inspired by a scene from the “Shawshank Redemption,” giving birth to a viral sensation. The prison now does live shows and inmates perform at charities, and are even paid for their work.
Bastoey Island low security prison, NorwayIdleness sometimes leads to creativity. Clever criminals. Items prisoners made while incarcerated. Hit the link - thirty pictures.
Norway is home to the world’s first eco-friendly prison. It uses solar panels for energy, produces most of its own food, recycles everything and tries to reduce its carbon footprint. The solar panels have cut the facility’s power needs by 70 percent. Bastoey has also tapped grants from environmental bodies to help it produce high-quality, organic food. Surplus that isn’t cooked in the prison kitchens is sold to other prisons. The prison has also gained international fame for how it treats its prisoners; it resembles a summer camp, with tennis, horseback riding and swimming.
In 1982, Bruce Springsteen recorded this raw, dark demo of "Born in the USA" during the sessions that would spawn his Nebraska album
Freeze this moment a little bit longer...
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 03, 2026 10:00 PM (vzcgi)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 03, 2026 10:00 PM (U5+2P)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 03, 2026 10:00 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Tonypete at January 03, 2026 10:00 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 03, 2026 10:01 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Steve McQueen ('s stunt man) at January 03, 2026 10:01 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 03, 2026 10:02 PM (n9ltV)
Posted by: Cool Hand Luke at January 03, 2026 10:02 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 03, 2026 10:03 PM (gcUgZ)
Jolly, even.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 03, 2026 10:03 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 03, 2026 10:03 PM (bELOb)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 10:04 PM (RIvkX)
See the whole wide open field?
Used to be all trees.
We had to cut them all down to make this little fence.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 03, 2026 10:05 PM (/lPRQ)
You want a picture of my bathroom?
Posted by: Diogenes at January 03, 2026 10:05 PM (2WIwB)
heh.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 03, 2026 10:06 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 10:06 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: GWB at January 03, 2026 10:07 PM (9nBjT)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 10:08 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 03, 2026 10:09 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Sure. You don't want all the clanking ruining the surprise by setting off all their antiaircraft defenses.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 03, 2026 10:09 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 03, 2026 10:09 PM (/lPRQ)
To put it bluntly, the nominees were all terrible and will be forgotten and won't be remembered 40 years from now.
He also went off on the fact that some of the songs had dozens of writers to create such forgettable garbage.
He contrasted it with the 1983 Grammy Song of the year which was
1. All Night Long (Lionel Richie)
2. Beat It (Michael Jackson)
3. Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
4. Maniac (Michael Sembello)
5. Every Breath You Take (The Police)
Every Breath You Take won.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 03, 2026 10:09 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 03, 2026 10:10 PM (h/O4U)
Best wishes to Doggo and many thanks for your contributions!
And thanks to Disco and Dino for the ONTs going forward! They are muchly appreciated!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 03, 2026 10:10 PM (kB9dk)
Posted by: Cicero
There's a few bad guys who need to join Maduro as cell mates. Keep the pressure on.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 03, 2026 10:10 PM (vzcgi)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Okay, good song as far as it goes but isn't it about the male being a stalker?
Posted by: Tonypete at January 03, 2026 10:11 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 03, 2026 10:11 PM (4kXuG)
Posted by: PA Dutchman
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I highly recommend it, we've been many times. Drop me an email when you decide to go and we may well meet you there!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 03, 2026 10:11 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Steve McQueen ('s stunt man) at January 03, 2026 10:01 PM (uQesX)
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They call those things breastworks.
Heh.
Posted by: Beavis at January 03, 2026 10:12 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 03, 2026 10:12 PM (kB9dk)
I think I prefer the 'Nebraska' version of BitUSA.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 03, 2026 10:12 PM (gcUgZ)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 03, 2026 10:13 PM (4kXuG)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 03, 2026 10:13 PM (gcUgZ)
The Dino and Disco have consolidated power and squeezed you out. We will have to spirit you away to safety in Peruvia.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 10:14 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 03, 2026 10:14 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 03, 2026 10:16 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: davidt at January 03, 2026 10:16 PM (Q+gd/)
Springsteen still sucks.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at January 03, 2026 10:16 PM (Lo97M)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 03, 2026 10:16 PM (47diA)
If this is your last night as a Club ONT Cob:
1. Can I have your extra Club ONT bathroom tokens? No Dino doesn't always share, and
2. You are gonna have to leave the wobbly table...people have that reserved far in advance.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 03, 2026 10:17 PM (IQ6Gq)
Anyway, n to the oh no.
Posted by: RickZ at January 03, 2026 10:18 PM (gKDq2)
https://youtu.be/trRL_d8oudM
The fact tonight is a super moon kind makes it even more appropriate.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 03, 2026 10:18 PM (4kXuG)
Springsteen still sucks.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at January 03, 2026 10:16 PM (Lo97M)
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He dumped his loyal wife for a backup singer. But don't think for a minute he isn't better than you.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 03, 2026 10:19 PM (+HNx/)
If you say you like Springsteen you're either from Jersey and kind of have to or you think it's cool. Like Lou Reed.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 10:19 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 03, 2026 10:19 PM (BI5O2)
BUT, it did NOT include the M1 Carbine action designed and prototyped by David Marshall Williams while in prison for the death of a revenuer raiding his still. Yes, the action used in US rifles issued to our military. And, he started it withOUT the approval of the warden. He finished WITH the approval of the warden.
Posted by: GWB at January 03, 2026 10:20 PM (9nBjT)
Evening all
Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2026 10:20 PM (c115l)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 03, 2026 10:20 PM (4kXuG)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 03, 2026 10:21 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: scampydog at January 03, 2026 10:21 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 03, 2026 10:22 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 03, 2026 10:22 PM (47diA)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 03, 2026 10:22 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Cicero
Imagine this:
Maduro goes down. Since Maduro was propping Cuba up, Cuba's ruling commie government goes down.
Marco Rubio becomes president of a Free Cuba.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2026 10:22 PM (c115l)
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 03, 2026 10:23 PM (47diA)
Posted by: I blame Big Penguin at January 03, 2026 10:23 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: GWB
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He was a North Carolinian.
...and was hired by Winchester, IIR, after release.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 03, 2026 10:23 PM (XeU6L)
I just picture someone putting it together and telling all the prisoners to keep it on the down low or that Dahmer guy will ruin it for everyone.
Posted by: Orson at January 03, 2026 10:23 PM (dIske)
Posted by: scampydog
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1) I did ask nicely, and
2) You can keep the seat, just leave the wobbly table. Plenty of other seats in that back room
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 03, 2026 10:24 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at January 03, 2026 10:24 PM (w6EFb)
Happy ONT!
Posted by: Iris at January 03, 2026 10:25 PM (bOJ2I)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2026 10:25 PM (u82oZ)
*pours drink*
*offers "scooby snack"*
Cheers!
Best wishes for your next adventures!
Posted by: JQ at January 03, 2026 10:25 PM (rdVOm)
We'll keep the kibble bowl full.
Posted by: GWB at January 03, 2026 10:25 PM (9nBjT)
Best of Breed for The Big Dummy at today's Nolan River KC show in Glen Rose, TX. The Borzoi entry is huge this weekend. He defeated 36 yesterday and something similar today. Starting the year (with a new handler) on the right foot.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 03, 2026 10:25 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 03, 2026 10:26 PM (KDPiq)
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My first memories of politics are the fall of the Berlin Wall/Soviet Union. Back then, most Leftists certainly looked like someone shit in their mouths, but they at least felt the need to grit their pretend to be happy the CPSU was no more.
Not now. Some fatassed tinpot dictator with an 85 IQ gets busted and they wail as if you were actively raping them in the ass. They don't bother hiding it anymore.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 03, 2026 10:26 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: JQ at January 03, 2026 10:26 PM (rdVOm)
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There was a movie made, starring Jimmy Stewart.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 03, 2026 10:26 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 03, 2026 10:26 PM (vzcgi)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2026 10:27 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Crusader at January 03, 2026 10:27 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: James Earl C. at January 03, 2026 10:27 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: scampydog at January 03, 2026 10:28 PM (41CYW)
JQ - the bar is open for business. Dispense as you see fit.
Posted by: TRex - ruggedly individual dino at January 03, 2026 10:28 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2026 10:28 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Piper at January 03, 2026 10:28 PM (OoFl2)
If you say you like Springsteen you're either from Jersey and kind of have to or you think it's cool. Like Lou Reed.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 10:19 PM (RIvkX)
I have to admit, I liked his first two albums.
Springsteen has the honor, from my collection, of being the only artist who had an album I sold as is: His 'Born to Run'.
I hated that song/album when it came out -- and it was played everywhere. More than happy to sell it to a college roommate. True Bruce hatred started on my part in '75 with that album. Never looked back.
Posted by: RickZ at January 03, 2026 10:29 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 10:30 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 03, 2026 10:26 PM (BI5O2)
Wait. I thought they liked that?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 03, 2026 10:30 PM (uQesX)
Best of Breed for The Big Dummy at today's Nolan River KC show in Glen Rose, TX. The Borzoi entry is huge this weekend. He defeated 36 yesterday and something similar today. Starting the year (with a new handler) on the right foot.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January
This is awesome! Congrats!
Posted by: Piper at January 03, 2026 10:30 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Case at January 03, 2026 10:31 PM (4rWc3)
Posted by: Case
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Sounds like he is claiming he was "briefed" by the WH after the operation. What an ego on that commie.
Posted by: scampydog at January 03, 2026 10:32 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 03, 2026 10:22 PM (pkeXY)
Time escapes, but does not leave.
Posted by: RickZ at January 03, 2026 10:32 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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Whaaaaat?! Double D's were *made* for that!
In fact, that should be our Drink of the Week for the Grand Re-Opening.
Right?... Right?
Posted by: JQ at January 03, 2026 10:33 PM (rdVOm)
I think I prefer the 'Nebraska' version of BitUSA.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 03, 2026 10:12 PM (gcUgZ)
Post-Hollywood Jamie Gertz did pretty well for herself. She married the co-founder of Ares, the PE firm. He' a multi billionaire.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 03, 2026 10:33 PM (5bhRb)
Nice optics, Hollywood. Give us one more reason to hate you.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 03, 2026 10:33 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Case at January 03, 2026 10:31 PM
I like how he claimed he was "briefed" about the raid. As if.
Turns out he just called the White House to cry for a little while, and Trump said "whatever homo. Bye."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 03, 2026 10:33 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Case
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Sounds like he is claiming he was "briefed" by the WH after the operation. What an ego on that commie.
Posted by: scampydog
Haqueen Jeffries was crying because he wasn't briefed.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2026 10:34 PM (c115l)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2026 10:34 PM (u82oZ)
Some fatassed tinpot dictator with an 85 IQ gets busted and they wail as if you were actively raping them in the ass. They don't bother hiding it anymore.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 03, 2026 10:26 PM (BI5O2)
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It's because they hate this country. Not that we often fail to live up to the ideals upon which it was founded. No, they think those ideals are fraudulent and its history an unrelieved story of blood and oppression.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 03, 2026 10:35 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
Okay, good song as far as it goes but isn't it about the male being a stalker?
Posted by: Tonypete
Yeah, a band called "The Police" had a lot of songs about criminals. EBYT is about a stalker, Roxanne's about a prostitute, Don't Stand So Close To Me is about a teacher who's boinking one of his students.....
Posted by: mikeski at January 03, 2026 10:35 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 03
It sounds like a spiked version of Laverne De Fazio’s milk and Pepsi.
Posted by: Piper at January 03, 2026 10:35 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: scampydog at January 03, 2026 10:32 PM (41CYW)
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Yeah. Right after the WH briefed Yoko Ono.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 03, 2026 10:36 PM (+HNx/)
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Another pointed out he pretended to receive a "briefing" on the events in Venezuela. He's a marxist mayor, not a president. The next time Trump gets bored hunting marxists he could do worse than focus on NYC.
Posted by: Crusader at January 03, 2026 10:36 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Case
I like how he claimed he was "briefed" about the raid. As if.
Turns out he just called the White House to cry for a little while, and Trump said "whatever homo. Bye."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
As I said in one of the daytime threads about it:
He was "briefed," in the same sense as "he was pantsed."
Posted by: mikeski applies the atomic wedgie at January 03, 2026 10:36 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2026 10:37 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Case
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Sounds like he is claiming he was "briefed" by the WH after the operation. What an ego on that commie.
Posted by: scampydog
By 'briefed', he means he saw it on 'X' like everybody else. Also, he's the mayor of the 'world' now. It will explain his actions and words. This is going to be fun to watch! Kind of like watching a flaming clown car crash into an orphanage and the burning clowns start running around hugging the dying orphans to the sounds of Yakkity Sax.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 03, 2026 10:37 PM (gcUgZ)
Posted by: The Grateful
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That seems rather mean... put the Doggo outside on his last shift?
*more Scooby snacks*
You may have my place at the wobbly table tonight, Doggo.
Posted by: JQ at January 03, 2026 10:37 PM (rdVOm)
Taiwan media has already pointed out that “Venezuela was immediately paralyzed by the US air raid because its Chinese early warning radar failed to function properly.”
Will China be confident that their early warning radar can protect Xi and their military installations when they strike Taiwan a retaliation starts?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 03, 2026 10:37 PM (U5+2P)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2026 10:38 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 10:38 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Crusader at January 03, 2026 10:40 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2026 10:40 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: mikeski applies the atomic wedgie
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Lol.
Posted by: scampydog at January 03, 2026 10:40 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 03, 2026 10:40 PM (gcUgZ)
I bet you were a tad nervous with a new handler.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2026 10:34 PM (u82oZ)
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At least our association with our previous handler concluded with an exchange of gracious e-mails.
Unlike Delilah, who oozed charisma, The Big Dummy will deliver only as much as you ask of him. That's why we felt a change was needed. Further affiant sayeth naught.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 03, 2026 10:40 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 03, 2026 10:41 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: The Grateful
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That seems rather mean... put the Doggo outside on his last shift?
*more Scooby snacks*
You may have my place at the wobbly table tonight, Doggo.
Posted by: JQ
*************
Please let me clarify....I am only saying after he leaves tonight, he needs to leave the wobbly table behind in Club ONT. He can sit there all night, and even take his own chair home if he wants....I hope this clears things up.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 03, 2026 10:41 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 03, 2026 10:01 PM (+HNx/)
Aguardiente, Coca Cola and a splash of lime.
Posted by: Kindltot Ea Nasir, Say His Name! at January 03, 2026 10:41 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Puddleglum
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The mental image cracks me up
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2026 10:41 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: GWB at January 03, 2026 10:07 PM (9nBjT)
I had the same thought!
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 10:41 PM (KVmIX)
Posted by: scampydog at January 03, 2026 10:21 PM (41CYW)
Thank you for your service Doggo!
JQ - I wouldn't say no to a cold beer....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 03, 2026 10:42 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 10:42 PM (RIvkX)
Sounds like he is claiming he was "briefed" by the WH after the operation.
__________
That's funny. PDJT didn't mention he'd done that when he called me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 03, 2026 10:43 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 10:43 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: The Grateful
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Okay. A souvenir chair sounds pretty good. The original statement came off... off. LOL.
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Going Away Party for Doggo!! Woot!
Posted by: JQ at January 03, 2026 10:43 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at January 03, 2026 10:44 PM (rdVOm)
Oh, and whenever one of them would point out that Venezuela would resort to graft, I thoroughly enjoyed asking them if they would support Trump in his efforts to root out the fraud found in the Somali daycares. None of them took me up on the offer.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 03, 2026 10:44 PM (/mCq0)
Posted by: scampydog at January 03, 2026 10:44 PM (41CYW)
That'll get you fired at a university.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 03, 2026 10:45 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 10:42 PM (RIvkX)
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You would think so, but I just couldn't take any more.
Posted by: Tom Jones at January 03, 2026 10:45 PM (+HNx/)
I just picture someone putting it together and telling all the prisoners to keep it on the down low or that Dahmer guy will ruin it for everyone.
Posted by: Orson
Sold by Amazon it might make a good package deal with AoS Cookbook. Gotta be a GI MRE cookbook out there too.
Three volume set.
One low price.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 03, 2026 10:45 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: four seasons at January 03, 2026 10:45 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2026 10:22 PM (c115l)
I said it before when Rubio was nominated for SoS that his one goal was to give a speech in Havana's Plaza de la Revolucion. Preferably after that monstrosity of modern art showing Che is ripped off the side of the building.
Posted by: Kindltot -- Ea Nasir, Say His Name! at January 03, 2026 10:45 PM (rbvCR)
Not sorry I'm late. I just didn't give a flip tonight.
"The Doggo has decided to turn in his keys to the Club."
So, we'll be able to assess what Doggo did or did not contribute to the group effort. Like when Lennon and McCartney split. Or Kirby and Ditko left Stan Lee at Marvel. Or Dino and Jerry went their separate ways. But mostly that Beatles thing.
Posted by: mindful webworker - atomic past and future at January 03, 2026 10:46 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 03, 2026 10:47 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 03, 2026 10:47 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: JQ at January 03, 2026 10:44 PM (rdVOm)
Catches beer, tips imaginary hat, and says Thank You darlin'.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 03, 2026 10:47 PM (QGaXH)
Did anyone see the supermoon tonight?
We are fogged in here in Wyoming, which is very unusual for us to have fog.
Posted by: four seasons at January 03, 2026 10:47 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: scampydog
Haqueen Jeffries was crying because he wasn't briefed.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2026 10:34 PM (c115l)
Just a swirly.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 03, 2026 10:47 PM (S/Y4j)
HEGSETH: "Sir, the raid was a success. Maduro is secured on the Iwo Jima."
BONDI: "Excellent. I'll prepare the documents for arraignment."
RUBIO: "I've got my remarks for the press conference ready. It's scheduled for 11:00."
TRUMP: "No. It's gonna have to be 11:45, Little Marco. We can't go public with this until we loop in Zohran Mamdani."
RUBIO: "Are you sure that's important --"
TRUMP: "Silence, Marco! That vapid millennial shitstick is as important as he is handsome! We need him informed. Bring me the gold phone... I'm calling him personally."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 03, 2026 10:48 PM (BI5O2)
So glad we have a nation again, at least for another 3 years.
Posted by: HogWildforIslam with a side of bacon at January 03, 2026 10:48 PM (Q+twu)
Posted by: scampydog
Briefed, or pantsed? You decide.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2026 10:49 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: four seasons at January 03, 2026 10:50 PM (3ek7K)
I finally looked it up.
Warhariki Beach, New Zealand. North Shore of the South Island.
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at January 03, 2026 10:50 PM (8WtOr)
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I'm pretty sure the original contained both these lyrics. I guess they could have repeated "laughing and a runnin' hey hey" in the later verse, but I don't think it quite matches the meter.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 03, 2026 10:50 PM (4kXuG)
Posted by: Obi Wan Baloney at January 03, 2026 10:50 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 03, 2026 10:25 PM (tgvbd)
Glad he did so well. And I really like Glen Rose , it’s a really nice little town. Took my grandson there a couple of times to swim and see the dinosaur tracks on the Paluxy River.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 10:50 PM (KVmIX)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba
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I didn't see any "no backsies, no returns" disclaimers...
Posted by: scampydog at January 03, 2026 10:51 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 03, 2026 10:51 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 03, 2026 10:51 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Wonderful Wino at January 03, 2026 10:52 PM (oftw2)
1. All Night Long (Lionel Richie)
2. Beat It (Michael Jackson)
3. Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
4. Maniac (Michael Sembello)
5. Every Breath You Take (The Police)
Every Breath You Take won.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 03, 2026 10:09 PM (XV/Pl)
And now Diddy pays Sting $2,000 a day, every day, for unauthorized sampling of Every Breath You Take.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 03, 2026 10:52 PM (pIfcn)
Posted by: four seasons at January 03, 2026 10:52 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey
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Huh? Not sure what you're talking about. Quit trying to trick me.
Posted by: Ketanji Brown Jackson at January 03, 2026 10:52 PM (gf7Ez)
I can only imagine Trump "briefing" Mandami: "By the way, I had your wife too."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 03, 2026 10:51 PM (tgvbd)
************
Chasten would never cheat on me!
Posted by: Pete Buttgiggles at January 03, 2026 10:52 PM (/mCq0)
Posted by: four seasons
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Howdy, four seasons!
*pours drink for you*
Did you ever get that new dishwasher installed?
Posted by: JQ at January 03, 2026 10:53 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: GWB at January 03, 2026 10:07 PM (9nBjT)
I had the same thought!
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 10:41 PM (KVmIX)
Used to see them a lot in the Cariboo district of British Columbia, where there was a lot of jackpine. The logs were too small to mill into lumber, but they made dandy fence rails.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2026 10:53 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 03, 2026 10:54 PM (/mCq0)
How does the "collectisim" work?
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It's like you take an ugly girl out to dinner because you feel sorry for her and she brings five friends and expects you pay for everyone after ordering the most expensive things on the menu.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 03, 2026 10:55 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 03, 2026 10:55 PM (vzcgi)
JQ!
I think about you and your husband so often.
No, the dishwasher is still sitting the garage, lol.
We've gotten so use to handwashing dishes we are at the point we don't care, lol.
Living very rural is a blessing unless you need something done.
Posted by: four seasons at January 03, 2026 10:55 PM (3ek7K)
He’s the New Favorite Thing on the left so they’ll put him out there as often as possible until he runs NYC into the ground.
Hizzoner has a big head, similar to Siddiq Khan in London.
Runs a city of eight million but thinks he speaks for all eight billion people on the planet.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 03, 2026 10:56 PM (6ydKt)
At least it's gonna be above freezing for the next couple days/nights.
Posted by: JQ at January 03, 2026 10:56 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: mikeski at January 03, 2026 10:35 PM (nhCoE)
Then there's "Murder by Numbers" which was on the cassette version, but not the vinyl version, of Synchronicity. I beleive it was the b-side of the first single from thst album too (which might well have been "Every Breath You Take.")
Posted by: tankdemon at January 03, 2026 10:57 PM (4kXuG)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 03, 2026 10:57 PM (IhIKR)
https://www.youtube.com/live/S2KLYd-Ce3o
Brand new booster, landing a A Shortfall of Gravitas. Launch 2 for the year.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 03, 2026 10:57 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 03, 2026 10:52 PM (pIfcn)
I didn't much care for any of those songs on that list. Certainly not enough to buy a record.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2026 10:58 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 10:58 PM (KVmIX)
Posted by: Joyenz at January 03, 2026 10:59 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 03, 2026 10:52 PM (pIfcn)
That wasn't unauthorized, Sting approved ahead of time, though Andy Summers, whose guitar work was actually sampled and didn't make a dime off it, was none too happy.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 03, 2026 10:59 PM (4kXuG)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2026 11:00 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: four seasons
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Ain't that the truth...
Heck, it can be pretty bad when *not* very rural.
Posted by: JQ at January 03, 2026 11:00 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 11:00 PM (KVmIX)
Posted by: four seasons at January 03, 2026 11:00 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: JQ at January 03, 2026 11:00 PM (rdVOm)
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Yeah, but he's MAYOR Briefs Wedgied In-Between his butt crack.
This happened. He was elected. We've got to be fierce in laughing at *stupid* voters who vote for *stupid* people. They need to me mocked, and zero Federal relief provided. Let NYC suffer from what they did.
Posted by: Crusader at January 03, 2026 11:00 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 10:19 PM (RIvkX)
The only person I have ever known who liked Springsteen could not sing a note on key. Nor could he dance. I think this explains a lot.
I am very honored, but don't have my speech ready, to be in the Top Ten Moron Comments! Is there a tiara and bouquet of roses like Miss America?
I can't tell the guy I live with because he would be mortified to be married to me, seeing it in print and all. He thinks I am always a proper lady (No he doesn't, remember the conversation you had today in the foyer that was R rated at the least?).
Regardless,I have reached my goals and now peaked for 2026. (No, you have a goal to lose weight you dimwit!). Sadly, Sybil seems to be here with us tonight.
I need to watch that movie again.I will watch it because of Joanne Woodward.
I remember once in the movie she was wacked out and I think her piano teacher was to blame. My second piano teacher had halitosis and made me play with a pencil between my fingers. Would rap me at times with a ruler. So I understand, Sybil.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 03, 2026 11:00 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 03, 2026 10:55 PM (tgvbd)
Then they follow you home, set up house, squat and refuse to leave, bring over their Baby Daddy’s and start a daycare in your house and turn your yard into a community garden before having you evicted for white supremacy.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 03, 2026 11:01 PM (6ydKt)
We are fogged in here in Wyoming, which is very unusual for us to have fog.
Posted by: four seasons
Got a screenshot of it on the Ring Cam.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2026 11:01 PM (c115l)
Haqueen Jeffries was crying because he wasn't briefed.
Posted by: rickb223
Imagine that guy as Speaker of the House.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 03, 2026 11:01 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: JQ
Trying to snow up north but I think winter has taken a sabbatical. Betting the fanatics will be golfing down in your banana belt about mid February.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 03, 2026 11:01 PM (vzcgi)
Posted by: four seasons at January 03, 2026 11:00 PM (3ek7K)
Totally agree That goes for MTG and Massie as well.
Posted by: Joyenz at January 03, 2026 11:02 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 03, 2026 11:02 PM (BI5O2)
Did anyone whine when Obama authorized approximately 542 strikes in non-active war zones.
Most of them nuclear armed Pakistan?
https://tinyurl.com/nxrhp63y
Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2026 11:03 PM (c115l)
Posted by: Doof at January 03, 2026 11:03 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: rickb223
A brief? Trump will give him a tightey whitey atomic wedgie.
Posted by: Roy at January 03, 2026 11:04 PM (qwype)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 10:19 PM (RIvkX)
Lou Reed has a couple of classics, that are of the time.
Very evocative and will take you right back to the 70's
Posted by: browndog keeps on growing at January 03, 2026 11:04 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 03, 2026 11:04 PM (4kXuG)
Posted by: scampydog
Haqueen Jeffries was crying because he wasn't briefed.
Is that the new status symbol? it once was being chauffeured in a black Suburban, then you were important if you had people around you wearing ear pieces, now its if/when you were "briefed" and in what order.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 11:05 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 03, 2026 10:59 PM (4kXuG)
Sampling is retarded, paid for or not.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2026 11:05 PM (8zz6B)
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 6-88
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: January 4, 2026
Launch Time: 12:14 a.m. EST (0514 UTC, 06:14 CET)
https://youtu.be/S2KLYd-Ce3o
Posted by: Joyenz at January 03, 2026 11:05 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: davidt at January 03, 2026 11:05 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 03, 2026 10:37 PM (gcUgZ)
I just got the sudden urge to learn how to create AI animations.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 03, 2026 11:05 PM (4kXuG)
Posted by: GWB at January 03, 2026 10:07 PM (9nBjT)
I had the same thought!
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 10:41 PM (KVmIX)
Used to see them a lot in the Cariboo district of British Columbia, where there was a lot of jackpine. The logs were too small to mill into lumber, but they made dandy fence rails.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2026 10:53 PM (8zz6B)
You see them all up and down the Natchez Trace in MS. The speed limit is 55mph since the Civil War. I know this because it used to tick my father off and he'd speed anyway.
Once he got caught by the Hwy Patrol when I was about 4yrs old. The officer made us follow him to a podunk town to pay. I was standing in the backseat crying because Daddy was going to jail (I watched a lot of Andy Griffith). It was always an adventure to travel with him.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 03, 2026 11:06 PM (WONhk)
That wasn't unauthorized, Sting approved ahead of time, though Andy Summers, whose guitar work was actually sampled and didn't make a dime off it, was none too happy.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 03, 2026 10:59 PM (4kXuG)
Sting is the only credited song writer on the song, Andy Summers should be none too surprised. Both Sting and Diddy have confirmed the arrangement, and Sting was given all the rights to the new song as well. So If Sting authorized, they didn't sign the paperwork.
Also possible, my internet searches have failed me and I'm completely wrong. My only info is because Google said so.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 03, 2026 11:07 PM (pIfcn)
Posted by: Sock Monkey
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They were probably out there *today*! It was sunny and almost 60! Hardcore golfers don't stay home when the sun shines, LOL.
We'll maybe get 'hit n melt' snow a couple of times next week. The weather-guessers say so.
Posted by: JQ at January 03, 2026 11:07 PM (rdVOm)
175 I'm pretty surprised nobody from the Pentagon leaked this to China. Milley publicly bragged that he was working for China, and I'm sure there are many flag officers like him.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 03, 2026 11:02 PM (BI5O2)
What that tells us is that Hegseth has done a fantastic job of clearing the trash out of the Pentagon. And kicking Snoopy reporters out of the building.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 11:07 PM (KVmIX)
Venezuela : Discussion avec les potes q
googleTranslate:
...Those who seem to be reacting by avoiding getting too worked up, calling for a peaceful solution. It's hard to be more conciliatory.
...
. And clearly, in Venezuela, he's already written off as a loss.
Well, tomorrow's another day, we'll try to take stock.
PS: Macron, as usual, never missing an opportunity, still managed to make a ridiculous proposal by suggesting that Gonzalez Urrutia take over 🙄. Frankly, he should stay in his lane and not try to play in the big leagues.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 03, 2026 11:08 PM (U5+2P)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 03, 2026 10:37 PM (gcUgZ)
I just got the sudden urge to learn how to create AI animations.
Posted by: tankdemon
Instead of clowns, Dem leadership.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2026 11:08 PM (c115l)
We've gotten so use to handwashing dishes we are at the point we don't care, lol.
Living very rural is a blessing unless you need something done.
Posted by: four seasons
Put on back porch and pipe it in with garden hose.
Unless it is the deluxe model. Then front porch.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 03, 2026 11:09 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: rickb223
Was he really? He cries about everything. I get annoyed with people crying and want to yell, "Man up!"
I do need to be nicer in 2026.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 03, 2026 11:09 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: davidt at January 03, 2026 11:05 PM (Q+gd/)
I sincerely hope so. I think the NYC jury will acquit him, and then Rubio will deport him back to VZ to be tried and executed there. This is probably just to keep that bloated turd burglar in a box until they can hold elections.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 03, 2026 11:09 PM (BI5O2)
Don't be surprised to see an "address unknown" if you do try to return it! Only fitting, since this was all your idea! Enjoy!
Posted by: The Grateful at January 03, 2026 11:10 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 11:10 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Puddleglum
I just got the sudden urge to learn how to create AI animations.
Posted by: tankdemon
I think I need to introduce you to my friend Eliza.
Posted by: Grok at January 03, 2026 11:10 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 11:11 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 11:07 PM (KVmIX)
Maybe the notices placed on bulletin boards around the Pentagon asking for firing squad volunteers in the event of a leak had some effect.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2026 11:12 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: JQ at January 03, 2026 11:12 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Brief that a specific Mullah with be taken out on the 7th. Their individual hard copies list a different name. Don't mention names at brief. Collect hard copies at the end.
See who leaks.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 03, 2026 11:12 PM (/lPRQ)
(rings bell behind the bar-- you USN guys know what *that* means!)
I'd like to buy a round for the house. Just because it's a new year and we have hope that it will be a good one!
Posted by: JQ at January 03, 2026 11:15 PM (rdVOm)
>>I beleive it was the b-side of the first single from thst album too (which might well have been "Every Breath You Take.")
It was indeed the B-Side to Every Breath You Take.
Another fun fact:
There are 36 different cover variations to the Synchronicity album cover.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 03, 2026 11:15 PM (XV/Pl)
Imagine that guy as Speaker of the House.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 03, 2026 11:01 PM (pkeXY)
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The GOP had Cryin' John Boehner , so it's a wash.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 03, 2026 11:16 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 11:16 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: four seasons at January 03, 2026 11:20 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2026 11:21 PM (8zz6B)
Aides Tell Disappointed Trump That Maduro And Mamdani Are Different People
Posted by: tankdemon at January 03, 2026 11:21 PM (4kXuG)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 03, 2026 11:22 PM (U5+2P)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2026 10:34 PM (c115l)
Ha! Reminds me of one of the (several) times I got kicked off Twitter in the pre-Musk days.
Seems that Joaquin Castro took exception to me calling him "Ho Queen".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 03, 2026 11:22 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 03, 2026 11:22 PM (IhIKR)
I'm still horrified the asshole was elected.
Posted by: four seasons at January 03, 2026 10:52 PM (3ek7K)
Curtis Sliwa says hello!
Posted by: Joemarine at January 03, 2026 11:23 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 03, 2026 11:23 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 11:24 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: PA Dutchman
Corpses and body parts strewn around?
[Sorry. Too soon?]
Posted by: mindful webworker - that's not funny at January 03, 2026 11:24 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 03, 2026 11:22 PM (U5+2P)
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I hope he went with a fish wrapped in newspaper. That has panache.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 03, 2026 11:24 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 03, 2026 11:24 PM (IhIKR)
The hat looks like it has flaps to put on his eyes if he's being annoying. Or his ears.Flaps sticking straight up.
The hat belongs on the Little Rascals or Three Stooges weird and not proper prison garb. He has the shower rubber sandals, however.
This will go into my "Never answered mystery section." Along with why Barky Obungo does not have that hideous nasal mole cut off. The list is long.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 03, 2026 11:25 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2026 11:25 PM (c115l)
My favorite drink in college and I still love it today!
Posted by: redridinghood at January 03, 2026 11:25 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Bulg
Seahawks dominated the 49ers. No. 1 seed in the NFC.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 03, 2026 11:25 PM (vzcgi)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 03, 2026 11:23 PM (IG3/x)
Hmmm...
On the one hand, the Venezuelans will hang him, which I like.
But Bukele will make sure that every remaining day the turdburglar has will be an unremitting Hell, which I also like.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 03, 2026 11:26 PM (BI5O2)
I just saw on Fox that the whore is criticizing Trump about the Maduro op today.
Eat shit and die whore.
Posted by: four seasons at January 03, 2026 11:26 PM (3ek7K)
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I dunno... mebbe let him screw-over those rough n tough Noo-Yawkahs good enough, and let *them* handle him?
I would purchase the PPV for ClubONT viewing!
Posted by: JQ at January 03, 2026 11:26 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2026 11:25 PM (c115l)
Seems like Venezuela's military sat on their hands during the Maduro operation, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2026 11:27 PM (8zz6B)
Has anybody ever seen both of them in the same room? Hmmm.
Posted by: mindful webworker - madmanny at January 03, 2026 11:28 PM (dESj/)
Eat shit and die whore.
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Well, you've narrowed it down to everyone on American public life. Which whore we talkin' about?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 03, 2026 11:28 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: JQ at January 03, 2026 11:28 PM (rdVOm)
Please find an update from my dear friend and colleague, Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Victor Davis Hanson. He remains in our prayers:
"I wanted to share a brief health update. I recently underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor and am now recovering. I’m doing well and hopeful as I move forward.
Thank you for the many messages of support and prayers—they truly mean more than I can say. As I focus on recovery, I may not be able to respond to everyone, but please know how grateful I am."
-- Victor Davis Hanson
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 03, 2026 11:28 PM (U5+2P)
Eat shit and die whore.
Posted by: four seasons at January 03, 2026 11:26 PM (3ek7K)
Which whore? They have a deep bench...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2026 11:28 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2026 11:25 PM (c115l)
It might be happening! I am here for it!
The wind is 55mph and could possibly put me back into the insane section if it lasts for days again. I can handle one night vs the bed in the guestroom with the foam toddler rails. I hope that is not tonight.
Need to go to bed early as tomorrow is another day and maybe Trump has kidnapped Macron! We never know.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 03, 2026 11:29 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: four seasons at January 03, 2026 11:29 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
People on Facebook were saying that Maduro gave half the military off for the Christmas holidays.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2026 11:29 PM (c115l)
Posted by: Piper at January 03, 2026 11:30 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January t03, 2026 11:29 PM (WONhk)
And maybe his wife, too. Then we can learn the truth!
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 03, 2026 11:31 PM (BI5O2)
Ten C-17s on the move tonight to England tonight. Looks like Iran maybe next with Iran killing 20 protesters today and putting another 30 in the hospital.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 03, 2026 11:31 PM (/mCq0)
Posted by: JQ at January 03, 2026 11:31 PM (rdVOm)
Eat shit and die whore.
Posted by: four seasons
You're gonna need to be more specific.
Posted by: mindful webworker - who re do you love at January 03, 2026 11:32 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
Seeing people on Facebook pleading for Trump to do Canada next. 😂😂😂
Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2026 11:32 PM (c115l)
Posted by: Joyenz at January 03, 2026 11:32 PM (2F0/Y)
Colorado Bulldog is proof positive that Doof is a retard, because he likes shitty drinks AND he thinks that Rush is a band for grown-ups instead of for prepubescent children who long to be be just like their older brothers.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Is it safe to lurke again? Shots were fired earlier.
*sips Screaming Blue Viking*
Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 03, 2026 11:32 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: four seasons at January 03, 2026 11:32 PM (3ek7K)
LARGE groups of Venezuelans have arrived outside the federal courthouse in Manhattan to CELEBRATE the arrest of Nicolas Maduro
This comes after NYC Mayor Commie Mamdani demanded Maduro’s release
Ain’t happening,
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 03, 2026 11:34 PM (U5+2P)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2026 11:25 PM (c115l)
Seems like Venezuela's military sat on their hands during the Maduro operation, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Heh. I seem to recall the Iraqi Air Force burying their planes after their brass being warned we were coming.
Posted by: mindful webworker - who re do you love at January 03, 2026 11:34 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2026 11:32 PM (c115l)
Well, you wouldn't need a real big helicopter to rendition Mark Carney; he's a bit of a runt.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2026 11:35 PM (8zz6B)
Ten C-17s on the move tonight to England tonight. Looks like Iran maybe next with Iran killing 20 protesters today and putting another 30 in the hospital.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie
Hmmm. My nephew's youngest is a Ranger in the 75th. Hope his mom isn't paying attention.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 03, 2026 11:36 PM (vzcgi)
Ten C-17s on the move tonight to England tonight. Looks like Iran maybe next with Iran killing 20 protesters today and putting another 30 in the hospital.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie
Everyone over 29 should have a hardon for the ayatollah.
If not for the fact that the country is apparently minority Muslim I'd be fine nuking them to this day for the hostage crisis....
So taking out the mullahs it is.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 03, 2026 11:36 PM (/lPRQ)
This comes after NYC Mayor Commie Mamdani demanded Maduro’s release
Ain’t happening,
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 03, 2026 11:34 PM (U5+2P)
It'd be a hoot if they broke into Gracie Mansion, kidnapped Mamdani, and lynched him.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2026 11:37 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2026 11:35 PM (8zz6B)
What about the woman with the weird body movements, like she can't sit/stand still?
I want her rendered down to fat.
Posted by: RickZ at January 03, 2026 11:37 PM (gKDq2)
I just saw on Fox that the whore is criticizing Trump about the Maduro op today.
Eat shit and die whore.
Posted by: four seasons at January 03, 2026 11:26 PM (3ek7K)
You are really going to have to be more specific.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 03, 2026 11:37 PM (4kXuG)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 03, 2026 11:32 PM (c115l)
Commenters on the UK DM are always saying they want a Trump. The ones who despise their prissy PM. I'll bet the cat in #10 poops in his shoes!
What a mewling buffoon he is, going national to say, "We Brits had nuthin' to do with what that evil colonist did with Maduro!!!He does not speak for us!"
Kidnap him, too! Put 'em all in El Salvador and start over!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 03, 2026 11:38 PM (WONhk)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 03, 2026 11:38 PM (bss/y)
Mmmm, JQ! That went down waaay too easy.
I’ll have another please! Today was a GOOD day!
I voted for this! Thank you GOLDENSCALPWEASEL!
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 03, 2026 11:38 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2026 11:37 PM (8zz6B)
************
A good tar-and-feathering would be fun to see happen, too.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 03, 2026 11:39 PM (/mCq0)
That's Jove. Venus is currently too close to the Sun to be seen. Superior conjunction will be Jan 6, and then Venus transitions from Morning Star to Evening Star mode. You'll start to see it on the sunset side come late February.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 11:39 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, First of his name at January 03, 2026 11:39 PM (0aYVJ)
Eat shit and die whore.
Posted by: four seasons at January 03, 2026 11:26 PM (3ek7K)
You're going to need to be a bit more specific 4S ...
Posted by: browndog keeps on growing at January 03, 2026 11:40 PM (3sXRv)
Typical commie move. Talk bullshit like its really true and in a way that makes you look really involved, and the rubes will believe it.
Meanwhile Maduro is now ensconced just down the street. Whaddaya say about that Mayor?
Posted by: Diogenes at January 03, 2026 11:41 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 11:39 PM (w6EFb)
I looked outside a few minutes ago. Could partially see the Moon through thin cloud. Jove was not in evidence.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2026 11:42 PM (8zz6B)
*brings fresh glass to Nurse*
Hey, girl-- let's share this! LOL!
Posted by: JQ at January 03, 2026 11:42 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 03, 2026 11:42 PM (QGaXH)
There is a lot of situation monitoring going on out there. I was chuckling reading Eugyppius going about Kaja Kallas, the current EU foreign affairs poo-bah. She's a scolding schoolmarm Karen type.
She put out a statement about the EU actively monitoring the situation in Venezuela to make sure International Law and all that was respected.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 11:42 PM (w6EFb)
Just looking, there will be a triple conjunction of Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury this year around June sometime. Don't know how close they will all be.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 11:44 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 11:42 PM (w6EFb)
They have a dozen EUrocrats reading Twitter feeds.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2026 11:44 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 03, 2026 11:44 PM (vzcgi)
I swear to God that before all of this is over there's going to need to be long prison sentences for those of the "media" that acted as enemy agents.
Posted by: Crusader at January 03, 2026 11:45 PM (Cjcf6)
Wooooooooooof!!!!
May your fire hydrants be numerous and freshly painted.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at January 03, 2026 11:45 PM (eISTN)
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The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 03, 2026 11:45 PM (+HNx/)
Posted by: JQ at January 03, 2026 11:46 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 11:46 PM (KVmIX)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 11:44 PM (w6EFb)
If Jove and Venus conjugate, will Mercury get Mooned?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2026 11:46 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 03, 2026 10:55 PM (tgvbd)
Then they follow you home, set up house, squat and refuse to leave, bring over their Baby Daddy’s and start a daycare in your house and turn your yard into a community garden before having you evicted for white supremacy.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 03, 2026 11:01 PM (6ydKt)
^^^This is why I am here as an anthropology professor. It rings true to society today and please invite the Somolians as it is in the DEI contract.
I love you all and need to sleep or pretend to. Give the potential insomnia a head start.
Thank you for the ONT and Scampy Dog, I hope your dreams come true and/or a fire hydrant.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 03, 2026 11:46 PM (WONhk)
A) Ain' no sech thang as "International Law."
B) Taking down terrorist-funding drug lord dictators would be lawful if there was sech a thang.
C) EU is next after Cuba and Iran.
Posted by: mindful webworker - so I've heard at January 03, 2026 11:46 PM (dESj/)
I am currently forming a flotilla to assist the true and downtrodden Venezuelans with their pharmaceutical distribution programs. We will be sailing from Barbados next Tuesday. Dress appropriately.
Sincerely,
Greta Thunberg
Posted by: Greta Thunberg Inc. at January 03, 2026 11:46 PM (dIske)
Eugyppius called her "mentally vacant EU foreign affairs girlboss Kaja Kallas "
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 11:47 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: clarence at January 03, 2026 11:47 PM (MXMX4)
Posted by: publius
It's debatable who has less relevance on the World stage, Mamdani or the EU.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 03, 2026 11:47 PM (vzcgi)
Posted by: JQ at January 03, 2026 11:48 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 11:48 PM (KVmIX)
I just saw on Fox that the whore is criticizing Trump about the Maduro op today.
Eat shit and die whore.
Posted by: four seasons at January 03, 2026 11:26 PM (3ek7K)
You are really going to have to be more specific.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 03, 2026 11:37 PM (4kXuG)
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You mean to ask whether there's a missing comma or not?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2026 11:48 PM (tpex2)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 11:42 PM (w6EFb)
They have a dozen EUrocrats reading Twitter feeds.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2026 11:44 PM (8zz6B)
***
Its very early morning in Europe. Probably just the night janitorial staff.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 03, 2026 11:48 PM (2WIwB)
Jupiter will be around the Moon's 4 o'clock. Castor and Pollux (the Twins of Gemini) are close by right above the Moon a bit.
And Orion is off to the west, with Sirius below the show a bit.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 11:49 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at January 03, 2026 11:49 PM (rdVOm)
So I see on Fox that there is a superbug killing lots of people.
Figures the assholes are trying anything to divert from the real news.
Posted by: four seasons at January 03, 2026 11:50 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 11:50 PM (KVmIX)
Probably just the night janitorial staff.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 03, 2026 11:48 PM (2WIwB)
...and the rape gangs
Posted by: Otto Pen at January 03, 2026 11:50 PM (sJHOI)
And Freddies Beach Bar, which is the closest gay bar to the Pentagon, is reporting very low traffic compared to usual.
Make of this information what you will.
https://tinyurl.com/ybez56j4
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 03, 2026 11:51 PM (/mCq0)
Posted by: JTB at January 03, 2026 11:51 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 03, 2026 11:51 PM (zVOnE)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 03, 2026 11:51 PM (/mCq0)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 11:50 PM (KVmIX)
Rubio impresses me every time I hear him speak.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 03, 2026 11:51 PM (2WIwB)
Canopus, the little dog (Sirius is the big, alpha dog), is just peeking up barely over the horizon here due South. If the horizon here were dead flat with no trees and shit, I could see it, but I can't.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 11:52 PM (w6EFb)
I will simply do as I always do. Hunker down and do my fucking job. And keep my mouth shut about anything not work related.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, First of his name at January 03, 2026 11:53 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: JQ
I'll stick with my chocolate milk. Tequila and I have a history.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 03, 2026 11:53 PM (vzcgi)
*drains margarota*
*knocks back tequila shot*
Let’s party!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 03, 2026 11:51 PM (zVOnE)
Woohoo!!!
*starts conga line in the den*
Posted by: Diogenes at January 03, 2026 11:53 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: four seasons at January 03, 2026 11:53 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, First of his name at January 03, 2026 11:53 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: mindful webworker - who re do you love at January 03, 2026 11:34 PM (dESj/)
That was so they would survive past the first raid. It is something you do when you have inferior air defense.
Posted by: Kindltot -- Ea Nasir, Say His Name! at January 03, 2026 11:54 PM (rbvCR)
Margarita 'backs', upon request...
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*brings out tray of fresh jalapeno poppers*
Posted by: JQ at January 03, 2026 11:54 PM (rdVOm)
Sorry, Canopus isn't the little dog. It's just related to the Big Dog and the little dog constellation somehow in mythology. Getting that mixed up in the ol' noggin.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 11:55 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 03, 2026 11:51 PM (2WIwB)
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Yep. He's got a few smudges on his resume but if I ever go gay, I may send him a text.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 03, 2026 11:55 PM (JkO4W)
I was so confused this morning when I started reading AOS.
I couldn't figure out why was Ace was posting then I though it was Friday, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at January 03, 2026 11:55 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 11:42 PM (w6EFb)
______________________________
Just to clarify what's going on. You might have noticed Russia is pretty verbal in their opposition of what happened in Venezuela. It's because just over a month ago they signed a security and energy deal with Venezuela that included 15 year leases on oil development. They did so to get around sanctions imposed by the EU and the US. Now, everything they put into place has gone to hell, and Trump is sitting with a nice big fat negotiating issue on the Russia/ Ukraine negotiation. Trump cut the EU out of that process totally, and they are desperate to somehow take credit for the upcoming peace deal, and Trump isn't letting them back in. They are pissed. Majorly pissed, and any negative item they can grab from the Venezuela scenario is being explored.
Domino 1 has fallen.
Posted by: Orson at January 03, 2026 11:55 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Sock Monkey
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*nods, with full understanding*
Might as well try a Colorado Bulldog, then-- it's practically a version of chocolate milk, LOL!
Posted by: JQ at January 03, 2026 11:56 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 03, 2026 11:56 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Piercello at January 03, 2026 11:57 PM (NRGJj)
Posted by: publius
You could have just said, "that's Jupiter."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 03, 2026 11:57 PM (mlg/3)
See who leaks.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 03, 2026 11:12 PM (/lPRQ)
Should be "How many leak".
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 03, 2026 11:57 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: JQ at January 03, 2026 11:57 PM (rdVOm)
I was reading that Maduro had a few billion worth of Russian air defense equipment. And we saw just how well that worked.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 11:58 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2026 11:48 PM (tpex2)
With my history of dealing with terrible copy editors, I am probably in no position to complain about a questionably placed comma.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 03, 2026 11:58 PM (4kXuG)
Posted by: Orson at January 03, 2026 11:55 PM (dIske)
Nicely put.
Domino 1. A great band name.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 03, 2026 11:58 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2026 11:58 PM (8zz6B)
Pug,
That is the way to handle asshole coworkers.
Posted by: four seasons
Throw in a few smiles while you're at it. Confuses the crap out of Libtards.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 03, 2026 11:59 PM (vzcgi)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 11:58 PM (w6EFb)
Doesn't help when the guys running it are not wanting to play along.
There are rumors that Trump bribed a lot of the Venezuelan armed forces, but I wonder if the generals got tired of not getting paid.
Posted by: Kindltot -- Ea Nasir, Say His Name! at January 03, 2026 11:59 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: 496 at January 04, 2026 12:00 AM (6U6WV)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 03, 2026 11:48 PM (tpex2)
With my history of dealing with terrible copy editors, I am probably in no position to complain about a questionably placed comma.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 03, 2026 11:58 PM (4kXuG)
I say old chap ...
Posted by: Oxford Comma at January 04, 2026 12:01 AM (3sXRv)
One gets you a headstone, the other a mass grave.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 04, 2026 12:01 AM (4kXuG)
That pinhead from Captain Phillips when he said "I am captain now".
Picture of Trump with the two pointing fingers saying, "I am el Capitan now!"
Posted by: rickb223 at January 04, 2026 12:03 AM (c115l)
BONUS!!!!
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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It's so nice when you think it's a day *later* Hahaha. Makes up for those times when you were just certain it was a day *earlier* doesn't it?
Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 12:03 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 04, 2026 12:04 AM (JNQCZ)
https://tinyurl.com/msnrkb2n
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 04, 2026 12:04 AM (/mCq0)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 04, 2026 12:04 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 03, 2026 11:58 PM (2WIwB)
_____________________________
It's all connected. Venezuela was shipping heavy crude to the Iranians for refining. The act was an attempt for both countries to, also, circumvent economic sanctions. You'll notice that Iran currently has MAJOR infrastructure issues (water, structures, electricity). They were barely able to address some of the issues in response to residents growing dissatisfaction. They were very much dependent on their oil refining of Venezuelan Crude to at least pretend to make improvements. Then Israel pretty much took out major power station et al. and made it much more difficult. Then the US shut down the shipping of Venezuela....and *BANG* the Iranian populace hit the red line.
Iran is Domino #2.
Posted by: Orson at January 04, 2026 12:04 AM (dIske)
One gets you a headstone, the other a mass grave.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 04, 2026 12:01 AM (4kXuG)
Oh!
Nice!
I'm stealing that.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 04, 2026 12:04 AM (2WIwB)
There are rumors that Trump bribed a lot of the Venezuelan armed forces, but I wonder if the generals got tired of not getting paid.
Posted by: Kindltot -- Ea Nasir, Say His Name! at January 03, 2026 11:59 PM (rbvCR)
Maybe they just knew Maduro's goose was cooked, and saw no reason to sacrifice themselves or their new Russian toys in a vain effort to prevent it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 04, 2026 12:04 AM (8zz6B)
One is the bugger-er and one is the bugger-ee.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 04, 2026 12:04 AM (c115l)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2026 11:58 PM (8zz6B)
I am not a rock hound, but that does sound pretty kewl.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 04, 2026 12:05 AM (4kXuG)
*takes off shirt*
*climbs on wobbly table*
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Damn, girl! Whatcha tryna do? Get all these Morons excited?
Oh, honey....I luvs ya (no lesbo!) but put yer blouse back on before we lose our likker license!
Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 12:08 AM (rdVOm)
Nice!
I'm stealing that.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 04, 2026 12:04 AM (2WIwB)
Please do. I won't even ask for a commision.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 04, 2026 12:08 AM (4kXuG)
https://youtu.be/Ll34HfggyEg
Posted by: JQ
Heh. Learned the words to that song in Alaska. My last tryst with Mr. Patron I started celebrating early at a bar in the Spokane Valley (a client). Last call was at a bar in Moses Lake buying a round of shots of Patron for the bar. I was the only gringo in the bar. I ended up at the Motel 6 across the street. I had alot of splaining to do the next day.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 04, 2026 12:08 AM (vzcgi)
AOSHQ bringing the cruelty.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 04, 2026 12:09 AM (nljXp)
Posted by: JQ at Januarycommission.12:08 AM (rdVOm)
Killjoy.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 04, 2026 12:09 AM (4kXuG)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 04, 2026 12:09 AM (IhIKR)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 04, 2026 12:05 AM (4kXuG)
Well, I know pretty well where I found it. Where there was one piece, there might be more.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 04, 2026 12:09 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Bulg at January 04, 2026 12:10 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: PabloD at January 04, 2026 12:11 AM (cFv0u)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at January 04, 2026 12:11 AM (vgM9w)
They did put up a fight against the Delta raid team from what Raizin' Caine said.
When all this started, I was looking at all the stuff on X, and there were reports of "ground troops" and small arms fire on the ground. I guess that was accurate, and that was the black bag grabbing of Maduro afoot.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 04, 2026 12:11 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: mindful webworker
That was so they would survive past the first raid. It is something you do when you have inferior air defense.
Posted by: Kindltot
Yuh dot vuz my point, like today's self-preserving Iranian & Venezuelan military, nein?
I recall the Iraqi AF generals got forewarned by way of our calling all their own cell phones. That was amusing.
Posted by: mindful webworker - what a time to be alive at January 04, 2026 12:12 AM (dESj/)
Posted by: 496 at January 04, 2026 12:12 AM (6U6WV)
*takes off shirt*
*climbs on wobbly table*
Posted by: nurse ratched
* slaps a Grant on the table*
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 04, 2026 12:12 AM (vzcgi)
Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 12:12 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 04, 2026 12:12 AM (8zz6B)
New T-Zero: 1:07 a.m. EST (06:07 UTC, 07:07 CET)
https://youtu.be/S2KLYd-Ce3o
Posted by: Joyenz at January 04, 2026 12:13 AM (2F0/Y)
That sounds like a really cool find. I’d love to have a piece like that.
I have found small pieces of jade on the beach. I went to a Jade Festival up in the Cascade moi rains and met some folks who find beautiful rocks in the rivers.
Amazing. Beautiful. Soulful. Our planet is very cool.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 04, 2026 12:13 AM (IhIKR)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 04, 2026 12:13 AM (mlg/3)
What can I say here? If this can be done to dictators, like that, then the United States of America know what they should do next.
---
One unaware dude.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 12:13 AM (U5+2P)
Posted by: Joyenz at January 04, 2026 12:14 AM (2F0/Y)
Nurse can go ahead with the table dance, and keep ALL the tips youse guys can lay on that wobbly table--
Sorry I tried to intervene.
Have at it!
Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 12:14 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 04, 2026 12:15 AM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Orson at January 04, 2026 12:04 AM (dIske)
No offense but I think that's backwards.
When we hit Iran's underground nuclear facilities -- halfway around the world with no loss, it kind of made a statement. In that case, we weren't trying to capture anyone, just destroy nuclear facilities and kill scientists. And we did.
With Maduro, we went in and grabbed both Maduro and his wife, clean as a whistle. That sends another message to the world. This one is we can still reach out and touch you anytime we want, alive or dead.
The two are of a piece, that I agree, just the other way around. Iran set the stage for Venezuela.
Posted by: RickZ at January 04, 2026 12:15 AM (gKDq2)
JQ, the heck with my usual, those spicy margaritas sound great!
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 04, 2026 12:16 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 03, 2026 11:57 PM (mlg/3)
Why that’s Jupiter, by Jove!
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 04, 2026 12:16 AM (KVmIX)
Guess I've lost the plot, huh?
Cheers anyway!!!
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Hey, Double Ds-- what about "Amateur Go-Go Night?"
Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 12:17 AM (rdVOm)
That's fine. I'm into that shit.
Or anything concave, really.
Plus Mercury likes to swing both ways.
Posted by: Jupiter Optimus Maximus at January 04, 2026 12:17 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: publius
You could have just said, "that's Jupiter."
Posted by: weft cut-loop
No, because he was discussing a conjunction. So it had to be "By Jove!" Nobody says "By Jupiter!"
Posted by: mikeski at January 04, 2026 12:17 AM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 04, 2026 12:18 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 04, 2026 12:18 AM (c115l)
Posted by: nurse ratched
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*has second & third thoughts*
You know... "Behave" is NOT the concept of America.
Push it to the limit, and push it some more! Party on!
Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 12:19 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 04, 2026 12:16 AM (0nHVk)
Tequila does have a way of making clothing fall off.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 04, 2026 12:20 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 12:20 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: scampydog at January 04, 2026 12:20 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 04, 2026 12:20 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Orson
Not sure which falls first. Cuba or Iran.
Cuba was propped up by Venezuela.
Whichever is first, I think the other will be within a day or two.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 04, 2026 12:21 AM (c115l)
https://youtu.be/Ll34HfggyEg
Posted by: JQ
Hearing that, honorary ette MiladyJo said, You know what that calls for?
Some good ol' Steve Goodman
https://youtu.be/Ggux2-WgNZ4
And with that, I bid y'all g'nite on this remarkable January day.
Posted by: mindful webworker - wait this is not my house at January 04, 2026 12:21 AM (dESj/)
I just saw on Fox that the whore is criticizing Trump about the Maduro op today.
Eat shit and die whore.
Posted by: four seasons at January 03, 2026 11:26 PM (3ek7K)
You are really going to have to be more specific.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 03, 2026 11:37 PM (4kXuG)
...of Babylon....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 04, 2026 12:21 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 04, 2026 12:21 AM (4kXuG)
What can I say here? If this can be done to dictators, like that, then the United States of America know what they should do next.
---
One unaware dude.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 12:13 AM (U5+2P)
As I commented earlier... self reflection is NOT the Z man's strong point.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 04, 2026 12:22 AM (mP0Kj)
The Club will be here and we'll always have a bowl of kibble ready for ya! And Scooby snacks!
Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 12:23 AM (rdVOm)
They used the T. Rex brigade?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Arms?
*breaks down crying and runs off
Posted by: Michelle Fields
Posted by: rickb223 at January 04, 2026 12:23 AM (c115l)
Posted by: Rockin' Mel Slurp at January 04, 2026 12:24 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: scampydog at January 04, 2026 12:20 AM (41CYW)
You really do use it in real life.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 04, 2026 12:24 AM (4kXuG)
S'arright! I WAS bein' a killjoy... truth hurts.
For about 2 seconds!!!! Party!
Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 12:24 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 04, 2026 12:24 AM (3ek7K)
S'arright! I WAS bein' a killjoy... truth hurts.
For about 2 seconds!!!! Party!
Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 12:24 AM (rdVOm)
I need to find a festive little hat.
Or maybe a lampshade.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 04, 2026 12:26 AM (4kXuG)
Posted by: Cryin' All The Time at January 04, 2026 12:27 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 04, 2026 12:28 AM (3ek7K)
Iran's Khamenei: We will not back down before the enemy. We will bring the enemy to their knees.
Audience: Death to America! Death to Britain! Death to Israel.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 12:29 AM (U5+2P)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 04, 2026 12:30 AM (gcUgZ)
*takes off shirt*
*climbs on wobbly table*
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 04, 2026 12:04 AM (JNQCZ)
"Ethel! Ethel!
You put your clothes on...."
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 04, 2026 12:31 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Rockin' Mel Slurp at January 04, 2026 12:24 AM (oftw2)
Had a good look at this rock under a strong lamp in the workshop. It really is commingled red-brown jasper and epidote crystals, with some of the crystal being an inch long or so, embedded in the jasper. A cut through on the diamond saw would be revealing. One edge of the rock is sharp enough to draw blood.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 04, 2026 12:32 AM (8zz6B)
I just ran the June 9 date in Stellarium. I wouldn't call it a triple conjunction, more a "in the neighborhood" grouping. Venus will be by Jove pretty close, but Mercury will be a bit farther out, and probably too low for me to see it when it gets into twilight enough.
Jupiter will get closest to Mercury by mid-August, but that will be way to close to the Sun, looks like.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 04, 2026 12:32 AM (w6EFb)
Mamdani said he had been "briefed". I think what he meant to say was that he had been "pantsed".
Posted by: Paco at January 04, 2026 12:35 AM (2L+MU)
Black bagging an Ayatollah. I wonder if it's possible....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 04, 2026 12:36 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 04, 2026 12:37 AM (8zz6B)
Well more black-bagging to a proper Islamic burial at sea.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 04, 2026 12:37 AM (w6EFb)
"Hoy nacera un venezolano llamado Deltafors Donaltrom Vasques"
"Today a Venezuelan named Deltafors Donald Trump Vasquez will be born"
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 12:37 AM (U5+2P)
tiny.cc/146x001
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 04, 2026 12:37 AM (vzcgi)
It's a bit hazy here. Only the brighest stars can be see. The Moon's glare makes it even harder close by.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 04, 2026 12:38 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 04, 2026 12:36 AM (w6EFb)
Well, his bodyguard is likely more motivated than Maduro's. Religious frenzy and all that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 04, 2026 12:39 AM (8zz6B)
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About what? The Maduro thing? Why tf would he get any briefing about it? He's only a fking *mayor* of a *city*, not a senator or congressleach (at any level) or a governor...
Madmanny should just STFD and STFU in this case. Nobody cares what he thinks about it.
Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 12:40 AM (rdVOm)
Cheer, nurse and JQ!
AOP, I remember when the Chiefs won the super bowl in 2020, jewells promised to drink her tequila and dance nekkid.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 04, 2026 12:41 AM (0nHVk)
Yeah, that. I don't think anybody actually briefed him. I bet he does, however, think that NYC has a foreign policy. Who wants to tell him?
Posted by: Paco at January 04, 2026 12:43 AM (2L+MU)
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About what? The Maduro thing? Why tf would he get any briefing about it? He's only a fking *mayor* of a *city*, not a senator or congressleach (at any level) or a governor...
Madmanny should just STFD and STFU in this case. Nobody cares what he thinks about it.
Posted by: JQ
Maybe he was briefed by a sobbing commie Venezuelan butt buddy.
Posted by: Archer at January 04, 2026 12:45 AM (YGRGv)
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About what? The Maduro thing? Why tf would he get any briefing about it? He's only a fking *mayor* of a *city*, not a senator or congressleach (at any level) or a governor...
Madmanny should just STFD and STFU in this case. Nobody cares what he thinks about it.
Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 12:40 AM (rdVOm)
he has to have had a 'need to know'. They don't just share info willy-nilly like 6th grade girls in a school yard....
But he probs don't kno that
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 04, 2026 12:46 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 04, 2026 12:46 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 04, 2026 12:48 AM (4kXuG)
Launch Time: 1:48 a.m. EST (06:48 UTC, 07:48 CET)
https://youtu.be/S2KLYd-Ce3o
Posted by: Joyenz at January 04, 2026 12:49 AM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 04, 2026 12:49 AM (8zz6B)
Mamdani said he had been "briefed".
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About what? The Maduro thing? Why tf would he get any briefing about it? He's only a fking *mayor* of a *city*, not a senator or congressleach (at any level) or a governor...
Madmanny should just STFD and STFU in this case. Nobody cares what he thinks about it.
Posted by: JQ
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Probably a request to keep the road to City Jail clear. And I doubt he's up to it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at January 04, 2026 12:50 AM (n7rxJ)
LOL fourseasons, perhaps Piper could review scampy's fancy new Generalissimo uniform.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 04, 2026 12:51 AM (0nHVk)
mamdammi got the same briefing members of congress got. None. Don't let that waffletwat blow smoke up yer hole.
Maduro will be held in a federal facility so the city will have very little involvement in anything .
Posted by: 5 miles to nowhere at January 04, 2026 12:52 AM (G+z4C)
Jack Prandelli@jackprandelli . 11h
Venezuelan oil exports to China
From soaring hopes to sudden cutoff!
Pre-Maduro capture forecast: Flows expected to hit ~600k bpd in March 2026 highest since June 2023 amid partial sanctions relief.
Post-US intervention (Jan 3, 2026):
Maduro captured, regime in chaos → China's discounted Venezuelan barrels likely gone.
China was main buyer of sanctioned heavy crude
New US-aligned government → sanctions probably stay or tighten short-term
Exports to China → near zero in coming months
...
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Has Putin condemned US action in Venezuela?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 12:52 AM (U5+2P)
Both Russia and the Chicoms are heap big mad about this.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 04, 2026 12:54 AM (w6EFb)
Madmanny should just STFD and STFU in this case. Nobody cares what he thinks about it.
Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 12:40 AM (rdVOm)
It's almost as if this who left/right thing is a myth, and they're all part of the same cabal who rule over us, sometimes keeping us arguing with each other by pretending to be on opposite sides of political movements.
Almost.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 04, 2026 12:54 AM (Gz4YS)
Posted by: tankdemon
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And thank goodness he intends to "monitor the situation" and "issue relevant guidance. "
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at January 04, 2026 12:54 AM (n7rxJ)
This prisoner will be held in a federal high-security lockup within your city. You have no jurisdiction over this prisoner and no authority to speak about his case.
*end*
Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 12:55 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 04, 2026 12:54 AM (w6EFb)
I'm sure they're both extremely happy about it, because now they can do whatever they want, and there's nobody in the U.S. who can argue that they have no business taking over foreign countries.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 04, 2026 12:56 AM (Gz4YS)
Hey, Zohran, yeah, uh, we just took Maduro into custody.
Maduro. Nicolás Maduro. The "president" of Venezuela. Yeah, it's a country in South America. Well, we took him into custody, and, we'll, you might want to get ready, because there are a lot of very happy Venzuelans in New York right now, and there's a good chance they might want to go out and hit the streets to celebrate. So, maybe prepare for it. Maybe set out some porta potties, stuff like that.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 04, 2026 12:56 AM (Hd1lH)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 04, 2026 12:56 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at January 04, 2026 12:58 AM (n7rxJ)
No, they are quite pissed.
Venezuela was their little hub for messing around with us in our hemisphere (the "Occident" I just saw somebody call it). That has come to end with the Donroe Doctrine.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 04, 2026 01:00 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 04, 2026 01:00 AM (8zz6B)
*makes another pitcher of spicy margaritas*
*hands salted glass to Blondie & pours...*
Thanks again to BarelyScaryMary for the recipe!!!
Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 01:00 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 01:00 AM (rdVOm)
Chicoms were sending a bunch of tankers to Venezeula to defy Trump's oil blockade, too. This little Donroe Doctrine 2-hr regime change just short-circuited that little scheme.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 04, 2026 01:01 AM (w6EFb)
Trump will play him as best he can.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 01:01 AM (U5+2P)
https://tinyurl.com/cywp32z5
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 04, 2026 01:02 AM (/mCq0)
Venezuela was their little hub for messing around with us in our hemisphere (the "Occident" I just saw somebody call it). That has come to end with the Donroe Doctrine.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 04, 2026 01:00 AM (w6EFb)
No, they both issued public statements.
That's not the same as what they're actually thinking or planning. Neither of those countries are going to reveal their thinking to the media.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 04, 2026 01:02 AM (Gz4YS)
Venezuelan crude requires a specialized refining process. Assuming the Chinese refineries were setup to process the Venezuelan crude, it will require retooling before they are able to process other source inputs.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 04, 2026 01:02 AM (vzcgi)
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Wow, Kumswallah is just as stoopid as usual, LOL!
So much *wrong* to unpack in that tweet...
Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 01:04 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Libre Hemisferio Occidental
Viva Libertad
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 01:07 AM (U5+2P)
So much *wrong* to unpack in that tweet...
Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 01:04 AM (rdVOm)
***********
Read the responses - they're awesome!
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 04, 2026 01:08 AM (/mCq0)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 04, 2026 12:56 AM (Gz4YS)
A completely backwards take. First Russia has already demonstrated that they’ll invade whomever they want, so what we do makes no difference. Plus they’re fully committed to the war they’re in, they don’t have the depth to fight another.
With China, we’re talking about the invasion of Taiwan - what’s the biggest risk from their POV? The response of the US president. Now that they know that this President will launch an attack with no fear at all, what does that do to their planning for the invasion of Taiwan?
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 04, 2026 01:13 AM (KVmIX)
Posted by: Sasquatch
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O.m.g.... LMFAO! Bookmarked for later sharing!
Thanks!
*buys drink for Sasquatch*
Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 01:14 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 04, 2026 01:15 AM (IhIKR)
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It's better when viewed. He's a good speaker.
https://tinyurl.com/yedmnauu
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 01:16 AM (U5+2P)
The Chinese team sent to negotiate this landed in Caracas 3 hours before the US strike started. And of course the US knew they were there, we wanted them to see the show up close and personal.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 04, 2026 01:16 AM (KVmIX)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 04, 2026 01:13 AM (KVmIX)
Are you serious? You still believe this?
Whatever. I give up.
Believe what you want.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 04, 2026 01:16 AM (ECcuJ)
So much *wrong* to unpack in that tweet...
Posted by: JQ
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She appears to have briefed herself.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at January 04, 2026 01:16 AM (n7rxJ)
Next time I'll just STFU and let you have at it. The Morons were quite pleased to watch!
Will buy you another drink, if you like. Not sure if you want/need another at this point, hahaha...
Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 01:18 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: 5 miles to nowhere at January 04, 2026 01:22 AM (G+z4C)
Posted by: BurtTC
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Yeah, they have the moral high ground. Pure as the driven snow, that pair.
Tibet. Ukraine.
The only thing keeping them from doing whatever the hell they want isn't some high-falutin' moral pressure, it's the fear of counter force. If anything, they are less likely to get sporty.
Posted by: buddhaha at January 04, 2026 01:23 AM (M5t5H)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 04, 2026 01:25 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 01:26 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Tom Servo
In his first term IIRC, Trump was having a nice meeting with Xi when bombed the shit out of somebody.
I do not think Trump likes Chyna.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 04, 2026 01:29 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Yes, the timing of the 'pick up' was set to coincide with the Chinese visit. Nothing like a two-fer.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 01:32 AM (U5+2P)
Posted by: Arbalest at January 04, 2026 01:36 AM (FlRtG)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 04, 2026 01:36 AM (/mCq0)
Navy bar rules: You remove your cover (hat) upon entering. You *don't* place your cover on the bar. You don't enter an EM, CPO, or Officers' Club without a proper "sponsor" of appropriate rank (an EM, CPO, or Officer what is willing to vouch for you). You *do not ever* step behind the bar without the bartender's permission.
Penalty? Bartender notices your "non-compliance" and will ring the big brass ship's bell (always one behind the bar) & point at you... and then YOU WILL buy the bar a round.
Other times: if you simply wish to buy a round, you get permission to step behind the bar and then ring the bell yourself...
Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 01:40 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: 5 miles to nowhere at January 04, 2026 01:44 AM (G+z4C)
Democrat lawmaker Wasserman Schultz comes out in support of Trump's operation in Venezuela:
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A touch of sanity? Venezuelan constituents in her district?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 01:47 AM (U5+2P)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 04, 2026 01:49 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 01:50 AM (rdVOm)
——————
Maybe she owns some Chevron stock.
Posted by: Blonde Mortician on another device at January 04, 2026 01:53 AM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 04, 2026 12:56 AM (Gz4YS)
Right. Because neither Russia nor China ever invaded another country, in all of history, until Trump came along.
It is known.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 04, 2026 01:55 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 01:58 AM (U5+2P)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
China, Russia, Iran: We control dah worlt~!
EU/UN: Okey dokey!
US: UM, no.
EU/UN: AAAAAggg, rape, bastardy! No fairsey~!
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 04, 2026 02:00 AM (mlg/3)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 04, 2026 01:29 AM (/lPRQ)
I think you're right.
However, I do love hearing him say "Chyna", with that special tone of contempt.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 04, 2026 02:01 AM (IG3/x)
The Maduro capture, coupled with the air attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities, suggest an extraordinary level of skill, technology and daring.
Precisely the opposite signal from that sent by the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 02:01 AM (U5+2P)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 04, 2026 02:06 AM (WF/xn)
Tremendous essay by my brilliant colleague and friend @valerie_reads
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It looks like she is wearing socks, you know.
https://tinyurl.com/yc8mahuv
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 02:14 AM (U5+2P)
Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 02:23 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at January 04, 2026 02:25 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at January 04, 2026 02:28 AM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 04, 2026 12:56 AM (Gz4YS)
This is silly.
No clever rhetoric from us has any impact on whether other nations decide to invade lesser nations they feel they can beat. The only influence we have on those decisions is whether they think we might intervene sufficiently to make the effort (and potential consequences) not worth their while.
Posted by: Methos at January 04, 2026 02:32 AM (vSvIl)
- Brit Hume
The stuck clock
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 04, 2026 02:46 AM (/lPRQ)
https://tinyurl.com/bd9tppun
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 04, 2026 02:52 AM (tpex2)
Posted by: ChE99 at January 04, 2026 02:55 AM (esnLI)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 04, 2026 12:56 AM (Gz4YS)
Ridiculous take, Burt. Ever heard of Tibet? How about Ukraine? They are already taking over other countries and could not give one shit about precedent or permission.
We aren't taking over Venezuela. We are liberating it. Not the same thing at all. We will not be enforcing out own government over them. We will let the country sort that out all on its own.
We will restore the oil patches to the companies that developed them and that were stolen by Maduro.
We will not allow all those drugs that fueled his economy to stream into the US.
We are defending our country. If you can't get behind that, you better have a nice deep dark hole to hide in.
Just my two cents.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 04, 2026 02:57 AM (6Bc88)
Good commercial for getting rid of rap.
https://tinyurl.com/3tzzc43a
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 03:04 AM (U5+2P)
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 04, 2026 02:57 AM (6Bc8
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Just to add:
1. Venezuela is/was an Iranian back terrorist base in the western hemisphere.
2. Venezuela was deeply involved in the infiltration of terrorist and criminal masses into the US.
3. Go back and look into Venezuelan involvement with digital voting systems.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 04, 2026 03:06 AM (Ippjd)
Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2026 03:07 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: tcn in AK
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along with all the South China Sea region and all the fish in the Pacific.
Hope your shoulder's coming along OK.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 03:09 AM (U5+2P)
Good commercial for getting rid of rap.
https://tinyurl.com/3tzzc43a
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 03:04 AM (U5+2P)
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How about getting red of bad dental work?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 04, 2026 03:10 AM (Ippjd)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
Just saw a lengthy callback to Venezuelan getting into digital voting back to 2008.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 04, 2026 03:11 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Skip at January 04, 2026 03:07 AM (Ia/+0)
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https://youtu.be/hDMhl-GV79s
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 04, 2026 03:13 AM (Ippjd)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 04, 2026 03:14 AM (mlg/3)
@AtomicPirates 2h
The Chinese delegation is still stuck in Caracas.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 04, 2026 03:14 AM (mlg/3)
If they dig straight down they'll eventually be home.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 04, 2026 03:15 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 04, 2026 03:25 AM (Ippjd)
@AtomicPirates 2h
The Chinese delegation is still stuck in Caracas.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 04, 2026 03:14 AM (mlg/3)
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Trump needs to send Special Envoy Kid Rock (or Mike Lindell) to meet with them to discuss the 600 bilateral agreements the Chinese seek to get from the Venezuelans.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 04, 2026 03:25 AM (/mCq0)
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 04, 2026 02:57 AM (6Bc8
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Expanded upon by X poster Cynical Publius:
https://tinyurl.com/e859ssk7
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 04, 2026 03:34 AM (Ippjd)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 04, 2026 03:09 AM (U5+2P)
So far so good. PT hasn't started the truly tortuous stuff yet. It is easier the second time I think.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 04, 2026 03:34 AM (6Bc88)
https://tinyurl.com/5bdbjuaw
As I like to say, morons should be following DataRepublican's posts on X.
I wish Trump could do to traitors within the US what he did to Maduro.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 04, 2026 03:41 AM (Ippjd)
If you guessed Somalians, you're only partially correct:
https://tinyurl.com/5cdnr5y2
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 04, 2026 03:43 AM (Ippjd)
*deletes*
How about that local sports team?
Posted by: 5 miles to nowhere
We whooped your ass!! LoL!!
Posted by: suburb of somewhere at January 04, 2026 03:51 AM (gcUgZ)
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