New York Circa 1746 Open Thread

This better not be AI.

One of my favorite parts of movies is -- or was -- the use of models and later CGI to recreate historical cities.

Now people are cranking these out at home.

Posted by: Ace at 02:50 PM

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1 >>>This better not be AI.

lol
Caption on video:
New York 1746 (AI Reconstruction)

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 01, 2026 02:52 PM (syz1S)

2 Where's all the horse shit on the pavement and human shit in the river?

Posted by: Shitposter at January 01, 2026 02:54 PM (oftw2)

3 Unrelated but fun! We were on the news last night!

https://tinyurl.com/mrxtmr7x

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 02:55 PM (Wmg4n)

4 Ps - Ace, the video I linked is not AI. 😂 It’s us. I am in there. But like where’s Waldo, I am not telling who! Lol.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 02:57 PM (Wmg4n)

5 whare's e'erbody?

Posted by: DanMan at January 01, 2026 02:57 PM (8uzBS)

6 3 Unrelated but fun! We were on the news last night!

https://tinyurl.com/mrxtmr7x
Posted by: Piper

That's pretty cool. A denizen of this site in the News-for something good!

Posted by: Felonious Jenkins at January 01, 2026 02:58 PM (oftw2)

7
Where are the bawdy houses and the pails of night soil getting dumped out the windows?

See what you've got coming your way, Mamdami Mamas?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 02:58 PM (xG4kz)

8 Videos from 1746 tend to be stuttery.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 02:59 PM (jc0TO)

9 Narration sounds like AI, too. Pacing and emphasis on syllables is subtly wrong.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 03:00 PM (8zz6B)

10 As they say, money can’t buy happiness

but it can darn sure rent it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 03:01 PM (jc0TO)

11 Went to Powerline. I notice that Scott Johnson is Butthurt that Nick Shirley was covering HIS (Scott's) story, and stealing his thunder.

Now, why won't people complain about this kind of squabble on the right?

Posted by: Eeyore at January 01, 2026 03:02 PM (s0JqF)

12 Got thrown out of the last gym I was in. I kept asking if I was being detained.

Posted by: Sovran Sitticen at January 01, 2026 03:02 PM (oftw2)

13 Test

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (t/2Uw)

14 "altered or synthetic content", LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (Cjt/F)

15 Can someone tell me who Brian Krassenstein is and if I should give it flying fuck?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (8CIFn)

16 Ps - Ace, the video I linked is not AI. 😂 It’s us. I am in there. But like where’s Waldo, I am not telling who! Lol.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 02:57 PM (Wmg4n)

You're the one who waved to the camera, aren't you.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (lH8E4)

17 Apparently, some police stations in Iran have been overrun. The feed I'm watching just shut down for a break. Maybe there's another one.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 03:05 PM (vV6n9)

18 that's so cool, Piper!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 01, 2026 03:06 PM (Cjt/F)

19 Narration sounds like AI, too. Pacing and emphasis on syllables is subtly wrong.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 03:00 PM (8zz6B)

I hate AI narration. Even if they didn't mispronounce things, or have odd cadence, it's just lazy.

How long would it have taken you to read the damn thing.

Plonk.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 03:06 PM (q/UWX)

20 Ps - Ace, the video I linked is not AI. 😂 It’s us. I am in there. But like where’s Waldo, I am not telling who! Lol.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 02:57 PM (Wmg4n)

so cool!! Happy new year!

Posted by: LASue at January 01, 2026 03:07 PM (/DBoU)

21
You're the one who waved to the camera, aren't you.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (lH8E4)

Hahahah! I am the one in the work out video pretending like it’s super fun and I am not dying.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:07 PM (p4NUW)

22 How long would it have taken you to read the damn thing.

Longer than it took the AI to write it, I bet.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 01, 2026 03:08 PM (PH3st)

23 Hahahah! I am the one in the work out video pretending like it’s super fun and I am not dying.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:07 PM (p4NUW)

Well, all the women look lovely, so whichever one you are...

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 03:08 PM (q/UWX)

24 You're the one who waved to the camera, aren't you.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (lH8E4)

Hahahah! I am the one in the work out video pretending like it’s super fun and I am not dying.

I like watching as some figures appear and disappear, or walk through walls.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:09 PM (Riz8t)

25 Tech is gonna be skunked.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 03:10 PM (jc0TO)

26 I guessed the work out video! I'm glad everyone is faking how fun it is

Posted by: LASue at January 01, 2026 03:11 PM (/DBoU)

27
so cool!! Happy new year!
Posted by: LASue at January 01, 2026 03:07 PM (/DBoU)

18 that's so cool, Piper!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 01, 2026 03:06 PM (Cjt/F)

Thank you! And Happy New Year as well!

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:11 PM (OoFl2)

28 Yep, this game had promise, but fizzled out at the half. Hopefully we get better performances in the upcoming games.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 03:11 PM (vV6n9)

29 Went to Powerline. I notice that Scott Johnson is Butthurt that Nick Shirley was covering HIS (Scott's) story, and stealing his thunder.

Because Nick was chosen to be the one for X to amplify the views so that the population would be enraged at the fraud.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 03:11 PM (a4flb)

30 15 Can someone tell me who Brian Krassenstein is and if I should give it flying fuck?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (8CIFn)

Brian Krassenstein and his brother are two of the biggest engagement farming / hateposting trolls on X.

No you should not give a fuck about anything they say.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 03:12 PM (m7iZ5)

31 New York Circa 2026. Anti American, communist Muslim sworn in on the devils book. Chief lawyer defended Al qaeda terrorists who killed thousands of Americans and demolished the WTC.

New York delenda est. Way to go AWFl’s. You finally did it.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 01, 2026 03:13 PM (IeX0j)

32 >>> Can someone tell me who Brian Krassenstein is and if I should give it flying fuck?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (8CIFn)

One of two twin microtwink lefty scum popular on social media. They are ignorable nobodies.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 03:14 PM (3uBP9)

33 Hi
I am now home from my holiday excursion from where I could not comment on the blog. My Ipad died and my phone kept giving me the red letters of death. Thought it might be because i was somewhere I had never been before. Now home, this is working on my lap topbut still can't get my phone to accept my name and email so I can comment. Going to try and replace my Ipad asap but anyone know why This is happening with the phone.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 03:17 PM (t/2Uw)

34 New York Circa 2026. Anti American, communist Muslim sworn in on the devils book. Chief lawyer defended Al qaeda terrorists who killed thousands of Americans and demolished the WTC.

New York delenda est. Way to go AWFl’s. You finally did it.
Posted by: Vengeance

I can't visit any less than I am now so. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 03:17 PM (cYBz/)

35 I am proud to announce I have invited the Ayatollah and all Iranian Government Officials to come to NYC and to teach me and the people of NYC to love Islam and hate Western Pig Dogs like Trump

Posted by: Mayor Zohan Mandami at January 01, 2026 03:18 PM (J9q9v)

36 4 I am not telling who! Lol.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 02:57 PM

Is that you way in the back? ;-)

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at January 01, 2026 03:19 PM (LgsNJ)

37 Nice video, Piper! Everyone looks like they are getting stronger and maintaining good range of motion.

Posted by: Emmie at January 01, 2026 03:19 PM (FMtrg)

38 >>> Going to try and replace my Ipad asap but anyone know why This is happening with the phone.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 03:17 PM (t/2Uw)

It is normally because there is a weird character in the Comments, Name, or Email box. Try clearing them out, select all, delete/cut, then filling in again.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 03:20 PM (3uBP9)

39 Happy New year!!!

Did you see Mamdani got sworn in on a koran? How can you swear to uphold the Constitution and adhere to Islam. The two are diametrically opposed.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 03:20 PM (t/2Uw)

40 Piper, how's the new hair?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 03:21 PM (0sNs1)

41 Oregon scores in garbage time to win 23-0 over TTech.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 03:21 PM (jc0TO)

42 MTV Channels Signs Off The Air in 2025 With The Song They Debuted With When They First Began in 1981

MTV debuted in 1981 with the now-classic Buggles song "Video Killed the Radio Star"

The landmark synth-pop song released by the British group The Buggles in 1979 is most famous for its role in television history and its prophetic lyrics regarding technological change.

The song was written by Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes, and Bruce Woolley. Upon its original release, it topped charts in 16 countries, including the UK, Australia, and Japan.

On December 31, 2025, MTV Music officially ended its 44-year broadcast run by playing this same iconic video as its final transmission.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 03:22 PM (c115l)

43 Where's all the horse shit on the pavement and human shit in the river?
Posted by: Shitposter at January 01, 2026 02:54 PM

We do the opposite.

Posted by: San Francisco at January 01, 2026 03:22 PM (0sNs1)

44 20 Ps - Ace, the video I linked is not AI. 😂 It’s us. I am in there. But like where’s Waldo, I am not telling who! Lol.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 02:57 PM (Wmg4n)

so cool!! Happy new year!
Posted by: LASue at January 01, 2026 03:07 PM (/DBoU)

You're the person actually being interviewed?

I stayed at the Marriott in Fairhope one night back in the mid 90's - business travel but wanted to come back - it was really nice.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 03:22 PM (QGaXH)

45 I thought barre was outlawed under Geneva Convention.

Posted by: Hideki Tojo at January 01, 2026 03:23 PM (oftw2)

46 Bernie Sanders and AOC at the inauguration of Mandami is not a good sign..........

Free Stuff for everyone and Big Businesses need to pay their "FAIR SHARE" !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Red States here comes new Business...

Posted by: Jackson at January 01, 2026 03:23 PM (/dgQg)

47
I hate AI narration. Even if they didn't mispronounce things, or have odd cadence, it's just lazy.

How long would it have taken you to read the damn thing.

Plonk.
Posted by: BurtTC

==============

YouTube is infested with AI slop now. I block the channels when they're recommended to me. I won't watch any histories, disaster stories, or any of that stuff unless there are human talkers on the screen, like The Rest Is History or Kyle Hates Hiking.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 03:24 PM (2YF7/)

48 Did you see Mamdani got sworn in on a koran? How can you swear to uphold the Constitution and adhere to Islam. The two are diametrically opposed.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 03:20 PM (t/2Uw)

My thought as well.

Posted by: Emmie at January 01, 2026 03:24 PM (FMtrg)

49 If you visit 1 World Trade Center and take the elevator to the top, the walls of the elevator show the development of NYC as the elevator rises. It is pretty darn cool.

https://tinyurl.com/ym7b6zzz

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at January 01, 2026 03:24 PM (LgsNJ)

50 YouTube is infested with AI slop now. I block the channels when they're recommended to me. I won't watch any histories, disaster stories, or any of that stuff unless there are human talkers on the screen

You mean you don't think that kitten saving a baby by fighting off 100 polar bears is real?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:25 PM (Riz8t)

51 Probably the last time NY was worth a shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 03:25 PM (snZF9)

52 40 Piper, how's the new hair?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026

Still there! And I am still glad I did it. I maybe cut just a little too much off, but my hair grows really fast, so it will be fine in no time. It can still go in a pony tail and bun, so that is all that matters.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:26 PM (Wmg4n)

53 Even in 1746, there was no good Picante Sauce made in NYC.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 03:26 PM (0sNs1)

54
Ken Burns (yes, that Ken Burns) prepared a multi-episodic documentary about New York. The first episode covers its history up to the opening of the Erie Canal in the mid-1820s. It is what I will go back to view to take a nostalgic look at those times. I can pretty much do without the rest of the series. Here is the link to Episode 1

https://youtu.be/V1omW-OPlRk

I remain astonished that the warp and weft of our history, our doughty Somalis, were not mentioned even once despite their innumerable contributions to what this society has accomplished in 250 years.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 03:27 PM (xG4kz)

55 You're the person actually being interviewed?

I stayed at the Marriott in Fairhope one night back in the mid 90's - business travel but wanted to come back - it was really nice

No, that is one of my instructors. She is like human sunshine so I figured she would be the best face for this kind of thing.

Fairhope is a great little place that needs to stop growing.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:28 PM (Wmg4n)

56 So Piper runs a Learing Center too. Apply for grant.

Posted by: Allah Whackbar Child Early Learing Center at January 01, 2026 03:28 PM (oftw2)

57 I don't understand the workout places that have a big front window and you can see the gals inside, normally one of those pole or silks class. No not strippers. I wouldn't want anyone watching me off the streets.

I'm thinking about starting TRX again. That was a good workout. Imagine you are a slave in ancient Rome trying to earn your freedom. Straps, whips, kneeling, getting yelled at a lot. Accept your commander is a little gal with dancer legs screaming at you to hold position five more seconds and you are 4 seconds from collapsing.

Great stuff. Also might try a spin class if I can get up early enough. Spin, TRX, and some class with butt & gut in its name. My goal for this year.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 03:28 PM (3uBP9)

58 Speaking of being sworn in...

U.S. Presidents:
John Quincy Adams: A law book, emphasizing separation of church and state.
Theodore Roosevelt: No book at all.
Lyndon B. Johnson: A Catholic missal used by JFK, taken on Air Force One.
U.S. Congress (House & Senate):
Keith Ellison: The Quran, in 2007, beginning a trend.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz: A Hebrew Bible (Tanakh).
Ilhan Omar & Rashida Tlaib: The Quran.
Tulsi Gabbard: The Bhagavad Gita (first member of Congress to do so).
Robert Garcia: A rare Superman comic book.
Kyrsten Sinema: A law book.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 01, 2026 03:29 PM (NFX2v)

59 >>On December 31, 2025, MTV Music officially ended its 44-year broadcast run by playing this same iconic video as its final transmission.

Maybe they should have stuck with videos over trash reality tv?

At least one good thing came out of it: Sec. or Transportation Duffy and his wife met on an Mtv show, lol.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 03:29 PM (NuV6c)

60 On December 31, 2025, MTV Music officially ended its 44-year broadcast run by playing this same iconic video as its final transmission.
Posted by: rickb223

Somehow, I'm shocked by that. This seems appropriate:

1985 by Bowling for Soup

youtu.be/K38xNqZvBJI

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 01, 2026 03:30 PM (PH3st)

61 Videos from 1746 tend to be stuttery.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Half the things you read and see on the internet are fake.

Posted by: Andrew Jackson, at January 01, 2026 03:30 PM (13Txl)

62 > Hahahah! I am the one in the work out video pretending like it’s super fun and I am not dying.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:07 PM (p4NUW)

Ah... I was guessing the professor. Very classy-looking woman.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 03:30 PM (IG3/x)

63 NY looking pretty good in

Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 03:32 PM (Slgjz)

64 Altered or synthetic comment.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 03:32 PM (pkeXY)

65 Right now I am planning on putting in for retirement and getting the hell out of NYC in late 2027.

But I am making an appointment with a financial planner and seeing if I just might be able to pull the trigger earlier than that.

With Commie Mamdani now my Mayor (spit) it might be smart to make a move sooner than later.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at January 01, 2026 03:32 PM (LgsNJ)

66 1746.

Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 03:32 PM (Slgjz)

67 6 7

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 03:33 PM (3uBP9)

68 Ohio!

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 03:34 PM (3uBP9)

69
Given this "phrase", $1,800,000, we'd say, what?

"One point eight million dollars"

I no-shit heard an AI narration say it as

"One point eight dollars, million"

Very Somali-like! Very retarded!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 03:34 PM (xG4kz)

70 58, huh.

so, a book, any book? I could use a Horde cookbook if elected?
or a sci-fi novel? ACS Monograph?

oh, the possibilities!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 01, 2026 03:34 PM (Cjt/F)

71
Peak New Yawk.

It's been rotting ever since.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 01, 2026 03:35 PM (y9nCu)

72 37 Nice video, Piper! Everyone looks like they are getting stronger and maintaining good range of motion.
Posted by: Emmie at January 01, 2026 03

Thank you! We work hard in there, but are also very supportive so people actually do like it.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:35 PM (Wmg4n)

73 > Did you see Mamdani got sworn in on a koran? How can you swear to uphold the Constitution and adhere to Islam. The two are diametrically opposed.
---------
He has no intentions on upholding the Constitution. Or pretty much any American traditions or customs.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 03:35 PM (NwnyJ)

74
Is that you way in the back? ;-)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at January 01, 2026 03:19 PM (LgsNJ)

Maybe!

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:36 PM (Wmg4n)

75 Ah... I was guessing the professor. Very classy-looking woman.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 03:30 PM (IG3/x)

She is a former Miss Alabama and was on the Orlando Magic Dance team. She was also a winner of Mrs. Alabama. She is beautiful inside and out.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:37 PM (Wmg4n)

76 52 40 Piper, how's the new hair?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026

Still there! And I am still glad I did it. I maybe cut just a little too much off, but my hair grows really fast, so it will be fine in no time. It can still go in a pony tail and bun, so that is all that matters.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:26 PM (Wmg4n)

Was the news video taken before or after the haircut?

I have a few guesses but I'll just have to wait and see if I ever have the pleasure of meeting you.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 03:38 PM (QGaXH)

77
L - No nic, another fine day

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You neglected that Orange Man Bad would not put his hand on the Bible at his inauguration in January 2024, thus showing his intention to become our king!

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Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 03:40 PM (xG4kz)

78 Take a look at this and tell me Hollywood ain't doomed:

https://youtube.com/shorts/xw6yh0RoVbM?si=ojGpd8qi_F0JajcB

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 01, 2026 03:42 PM (Vh9CX)

79 57 I'm thinking about starting TRX again.

trx would be a good name for a somali day care center.

Posted by: anachronda at January 01, 2026 03:44 PM (edU/H)

80 New York, New York, it's a helluva town,
The Bronx is up and the Battery down,
The people ride through a hole in the ground,
New York, New York - it's a helluva town!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 03:45 PM (ZOv7s)

81 Who farted … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at January 01, 2026 03:46 PM (ayRl+)

82
Our scout troop used to go visit NYC every other year in December. We'd camp on Staten Island and use public transportation to visit the other boroughs after crossing to the foot of Manhattan on the Staten Island Ferry.

We've not been back since the Coof lockdowns. Given the way NYC is trending, I am a solid "no" vote against considering taking our young people there ever again.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 03:46 PM (xG4kz)

83 Whig, I responded last thread.

It started and ended with, "sorry I gored your ox"

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 03:46 PM (rbvCR)

84 YouTube is infested with AI slop now. I block the channels when they're recommended to me. I won't watch any histories, disaster stories, or any of that stuff unless there are human talkers on the screen, like The Rest Is History or Kyle Hates Hiking.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 03:24 PM (2YF7/)

------------

Dan Davis History, The Ancients, Ancient Architects, World of Antiquity.

All good. I think Dan Davis uses AI for some image generation now, but otherwise his presentations on European Bronze Age history are excellent.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 01, 2026 03:47 PM (Vh9CX)

85 If you visit 1 World Trade Center and take the elevator to the top, the walls of the elevator show the development of NYC as the elevator rises. It is pretty darn cool.

https://tinyurl.com/ym7b6zzz

Oof. Watch the dates and notice the building to the right disappear in 2002.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 01, 2026 03:47 PM (3nLb4)

86 Well NYC wanted Mamdani, they got him.
Now where is all their free shit?
Where is their better life?
I have my stopwatch going.

Posted by: Case at January 01, 2026 03:47 PM (G1OIb)

87
It's been rotting ever since.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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The Battery's up, the Bowery's down...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 03:47 PM (XeU6L)

88 65 Right now I am planning on putting in for retirement and getting the hell out of NYC in late 2027.

But I am making an appointment with a financial planner and seeing if I just might be able to pull the trigger earlier than that.

With Commie Mamdani now my Mayor (spit) it might be smart to make a move sooner than later.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude
======
Well, get out before teh inevitable wealth tax cometh. NYC and NY state are probably well on the way to require massive tax hikes for all the spending they plan to do.

NY Comptroller, "New York State’s Financial Plan shows a growing structural budget deficit with a cumulative three-year budget gap of $34.3 billion, as forecasted by the Division of the Budget. The gap is up $7 billion since the January release of the Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget Financial Plan, and is attributable to downward revisions to the economic forecast and projected revenues, as well as increases in projected spending. When the projected costs of the federal reconciliation bill are added, the gaps as a share of spending are comparable to gap levels last seen in April 2009 during the Global Financial Crisis."

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:49 PM (WDjG6)

89 >>New York, New York, it's a helluva town,
The Bronx is up and the Battery down,
The people ride through a hole in the ground,
New York, New York - it's a helluva town!

..and I'm Brooklynn Bound
'Cause they don't know my name
only know my initials, building bombs in the attic
for elected officials

Posted by: BEASTIE BOYS at January 01, 2026 03:49 PM (grNgC)

90 NY still had a slave port in 1746(closed in 1762). Now it's occupied by sheep

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 03:49 PM (zNwXb)

91 New York, the city some dumb that they had to name it twice.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 03:50 PM (XeU6L)

92 Whoa: https://tinyurl.com/bdyfum8n

Activists Sabotage the Tech That Keeps F-35s From Getting Hit by Missiles

Only hours into 2026, an “autonomous” direct-action group says it broke into Bruntons Aero Products in Musselburgh, outside Edinburgh, and destroyed machinery used to manufacture aerospace components supplied to Leonardo.

Leonardo UK manufactures electronic-warfare and aircraft survivability systems — including BriteCloud, an expendable active decoy designed to confuse radar-guided missiles. Leonardo has also received contracts tied to integrating this system with the F-35.

So this wasn’t “property damage” in the abstract. They’re bragging about sabotaging a link in the supply chain for aircraft self-protection systems — the kind of tech meant to help jets like the F-35 survive radar-guided missile threats.

It’s sabotage in pursuit of a political cause and that’s exactly what terrorism is.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 03:50 PM (NuV6c)

93 In 1746 would it be an Eight Pence instead of an Eightball?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 03:50 PM (YT2Wn)

94 '...so dumb..'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 03:51 PM (XeU6L)

95
Take a look at this and tell me Hollywood ain't doomed:

https://youtube.com/shorts/xw6yh0RoVbM?si=ojGpd8qi_F0JajcB
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

It was nice of them to work podcaster Jennifer Welch into that sequence.

She's a dead ringer for Skeletor.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 03:51 PM (xG4kz)

96 or walk through walls.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:09 PM

Walk through walls? Let me look again.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:52 PM (Wmg4n)

97 Thinks became more interesting 30 years later.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 03:52 PM (XeU6L)

98 Kindltot,

You seem to want a fight. You aren't worth it.

Go kindly peddle your bait elsewhere.

Have a happy new year and I suggest moving to Vivek land in Ohio which will run with milk and honey after he gets elected. At least, I hope so for their sakes, they have been screwed enough by GOPe governors like DeWino and Taft.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:52 PM (WDjG6)

99 Posted Skybrows latest AI beats down in Sefton's Morning Thread.

So creamy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 03:53 PM (YT2Wn)

100 Fairhope is a great little place that needs to stop growing.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:28 PM

It is known. We haven't recovered from Billy Baldwin dying. The heirs are cashing out and changing the town.

They just tore down his mafia cabstand, you know.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 03:54 PM (jc0TO)

101 Geeze... installed a new keyboard yesterday, and the typing has been weird ever since.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 03:54 PM (XeU6L)

102 >>Well NYC wanted Mamdani, they got him.

Considering how much fraud has been uncovered in the past year by DOGE, Scott Pressler, etc.. can we really believe a lot of these Democrats were legitimately elected?

Citizen journalists on X are already linking the sketchy child care organizations to huge campaign donations and GoTV efforts.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 03:54 PM (NuV6c)

103 Hi guys what are we talking about?

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 03:55 PM (vFG9F)

104 It was nice of them to work podcaster Jennifer Welch into that sequence.

She's a dead ringer for Skeletor.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
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Behold the shape of our destroyer. We shoulda stuck with teh Stay Puffed Marshmellow Man.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:55 PM (WDjG6)

105 Mike Hammer

A Temu keyboard made in Somalia?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 03:55 PM (YT2Wn)

106
All good. I think Dan Davis uses AI for some image generation now, but otherwise his presentations on European Bronze Age history are excellent.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

=============

I don't mind good stuff. There are tons of true crime, disaster, and history videos out there with awful AI voiceovers. Some of them seem to be self-generated.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 03:55 PM (2YF7/)

107 101 Geeze... installed a new keyboard yesterday, and the typing has been weird ever since.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Workman, tools, etc.

Posted by: Xpert Typpist at January 01, 2026 03:55 PM (oftw2)

108 So this wasn’t “property damage” in the abstract. They’re bragging about sabotaging a link in the supply chain for aircraft self-protection systems — the kind of tech meant to help jets like the F-35 survive radar-guided missile threats.

It’s sabotage in pursuit of a political cause and that’s exactly what terrorism is.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 03:50 PM

I wouldn't oppose our CIA taking extralegal action against members of this group. That is what it is for.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 03:56 PM (jc0TO)

109 Happy New Year, all ...

Posted by: Adriane the Artistic License Critic ... at January 01, 2026 03:56 PM (3ZUWJ)

110 Same shit, different day/year...

Dr. Dawn Michael @DawnsMission

Can you believe this is happening in Congress right now, with all the chaos around illegals?

A 400+ page funding bill racing through the Senate packed with hundreds of millions for migrant programs & DEI initiatives. But the jaw-dropper? $5.6 BILLION for migrants who aren't even here yet!

How angry does that make you?

MOMof DataRepublican @data_republican

How can this be true? Surely, President Trump won't sign it, but what is going on... esp after what has been uncovered this week?

X: https://bit.ly/45dplhB

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 03:57 PM (P5BPp)

111 Who farted … ?
Posted by: Dr_No

ANOTHER good name for a somali daycare center.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 03:57 PM (c115l)

112 Have a happy new year and I suggest moving to Vivek land in Ohio which will run with milk and honey after he gets elected. At least, I hope so for their sakes, they have been screwed enough by GOPe governors like DeWino and Taft.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:52 PM (WDjG6)

Back at you dude.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 03:57 PM (rbvCR)

113 Considering how much fraud has been uncovered in the past year by DOGE, Scott Pressler, etc.. can we really believe a lot of these Democrats were legitimately elected?

Citizen journalists on X are already linking the sketchy child care organizations to huge campaign donations and GoTV efforts.
Posted by: Lizzy
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They probably did get elected as turnout for local elections are notoriously poor. That being said, Democrats have transferred their party into a vast crime syndicate similar to the Tammany Hall regime in NYC. Only difference is the color and ethnicity of the grifters in office.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:58 PM (WDjG6)

114 I wouldn't oppose our CIA taking extralegal action against members of this group. That is what it is for.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 03:56 PM (jc0TO)
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All the terrorists did was get a British firm to lose a contract. Cutting off the nose to spite the face.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 03:58 PM (ZOv7s)

115 Geeze... installed a new keyboard yesterday, and the typing has been weird ever since.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Loose nut on keyboard?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 03:58 PM (c115l)

116 Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson

Communist Zohran Mamdani at his inauguration: "We'll replace rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism"

Good luck, NYC.

X video: https://bit.ly/49BUei4

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 03:58 PM (P5BPp)

117 Lotus Eaters put out their 'Monkey News' piece for 2025.

Always good for a laugh.

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM (grNgC)

118 48 Did you see Mamdani got sworn in on a koran? How can you swear to uphold the Constitution and adhere to Islam. The two are diametrically opposed.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 03:20 PM (t/2Uw)
---

It's a clue.
It's a tell.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM (UZwsW)

119 "We'll replace rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism"

Burning times ahead.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM (vFG9F)

120 I fell sorry for all the animals in new york city: the whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, muzzies, chomos, somalis... sick, venal. Someday, a real rain will come and wash all this democrat scum off the streets.

Posted by: Travis Bickle 2026 at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM (R/m4+)

121 103 Hi guys what are we talking about?
Posted by: fd
========
The Animal House line goes "You guys playing cards?"

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM (WDjG6)

122 Hi guys what are we talking about?
Posted by: fd
========
The Animal House line goes "You guys playing cards?"
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM

What if our solar system is just one atom in a giant's fingernail?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM (jc0TO)

123 Willowed from Crossbow fun after I want looking for Kindltots ox goring comments:

300 >Heh. Don, I KNOW you are not new here.

Posted by: tubal
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I am not. And on my last day here, I will reveal my true identity.
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 03:55 PM (ZxPkt)

"And on my last day here, I will reveal my true identity."

You needed to add 'Muah Haw Haw Haw' after that statement.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM (QGaXH)

124 Dustin Grage @GrageDustin

The New Year brings more bad news for Minnesotans…

Property taxes are set to jump by $1 BILLION to cover for the mess Tim Walz created.

He blew through a $19B surplus, raised taxes $9B, hiked spending 40%, and let $9B+ get stolen in fraud.

Unbelievable.

X video: https://bit.ly/4jFKh6V

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM (P5BPp)

125 113 Considering how much fraud has been uncovered in the past year by DOGE, Scott Pressler, etc.. can we really believe a lot of these Democrats were legitimately elected?

Citizen journalists on X are already linking the sketchy child care organizations to huge campaign donations and GoTV efforts.
Posted by: Lizzy
=========

NO.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM (UZwsW)

126 "We'll replace rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism"

Burning times ahead.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM (vFG9F)

It can't come fast enough.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM (snZF9)

127 "We'll replace rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism"

Burning times ahead.
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM (vFG9F)
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I think he meant the "wrath of collectivism."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM (ZOv7s)

128
Workman, tools, etc.
Posted by: Xpert Typpist

Loose nut on keyboard?
Posted by: rickb223

-----------

You guys are cold...

The feel of the new keys are different, and the spacing and size of one or two are different.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 04:02 PM (XeU6L)

129 I think he meant the "wrath of collectivism."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM (ZOv7s)

"where there is a need, there is a right"

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 04:02 PM (rbvCR)

130
Hi guys what are we talking about?
Posted by: fd

========

Mamdani's New York
AI gonna destroy Hollywood

Hmm, New York and LA both declining...

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 04:02 PM (2YF7/)

131 Dustin Grage @GrageDustin

The New Year brings more bad news for Minnesotans…

Property taxes are set to jump by $1 BILLION to cover for the mess Tim Walz created.

He blew through a $19B surplus, raised taxes $9B, hiked spending 40%, and let $9B+ get stolen in fraud.

Unbelievable.

X video: https://bit.ly/4jFKh6V
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM

Representative democracy. The voters should get what they votef for, good and hard.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 04:02 PM (jc0TO)

132 The things that Democrats do best are cheat, manipulate and destroy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:02 PM (UZwsW)

133 Geeze... installed a new keyboard yesterday, and the typing has been weird ever since.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

QWERTY or Dvorak ???
: -))

Posted by: Adriane the Artistic License Critic ... at January 01, 2026 04:03 PM (3ZUWJ)

134 What if our solar system is just one atom in a giant's fingernail?
Posted by: toby928(c)
=====
"I won't go schizo, will I?"

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:03 PM (WDjG6)

135 The feel of the new keys are different, and the spacing and size of one or two are different.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

I hate when that happens. Yeah. I'm the one at work that stores keyboards and mice for our department. We try to reuse as much as possible when an employee leaves. Even identical keyboards from the same manufacturer doesn't feel the same.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 04:04 PM (c115l)

136
Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson

Communist Zohran Mamdani at his inauguration: "We'll replace rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism"

Good luck, NYC.

X video: https://bit.ly/49BUei4
Posted by: Clyde Shelton

=============

"The frigidity of rugged individualism," he said.

Where the hell did he get this notion of individualism being frigid? I think he invented it just for something to contrast with the "warmth" of collectivism.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 04:05 PM (2YF7/)

137 > How can this be true? Surely, President Trump won't sign it, but what is going on... esp after what has been uncovered this week?
---------
It's what Congress wants.

The massive fraud being exposed is being perpetrated by both Democrats and Republicans. They've been stealing the public's wealth for decades under the guise of a "budget" and "programs." You, me, everyone paying taxes has been ripped off for decades by our government.

It's the largest theft of wealth in history.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 04:05 PM (NwnyJ)

138 The feel of the new keys are different, and the spacing and size of one or two are different.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

That's where the endeavour to persevere part comes in.

Posted by: Dogged Determination And Inventiveness To Infinity at January 01, 2026 04:05 PM (oftw2)

139 QWERTY or Dvorak ???
: -))
Posted by: Adriane the Artistic License Critic
======
My problem is I still pound keys as I learned touch typing on a manual typewriter.

You got a physical dopamine hit when you actually had to hit the carriage return for each line.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:05 PM (WDjG6)

140 And now for something completely different:

Doberman nurses kitten along with her newborn puppies:

https://tinyurl.com/3kkh6t4u

Faithpot site

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 04:06 PM (2sfNr)

141 Where the hell did he get this notion of individualism being frigid? I think he invented it just for something to contrast with the "warmth" of collectivism.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

A lot of people are about to get a rude awakening when they realize democratic socialism is straight up communism.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 04:06 PM (c115l)

142 88 Well, get out before teh inevitable wealth tax cometh.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:49 PM (WDjG6)

California is floating a wealth tax 'on billionaires' but you know if they ever get it it will seep down to us normies.

The problem is people who advocate for wealth taxes don't seem to know anything about markets. Or more likely, don't care. If you are required to liquidate a portion of your unrealized gains - what does that do to the value of the underlying assets if millions of people are suddenly forced to say 'sell stocks' ? Are we still going to be taxed on the pre-crash value of the assets?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 04:06 PM (QGaXH)

143 120 I fell sorry for all the animals in new york city: the whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, muzzies, chomos, somalis... sick, venal. Someday, a real rain will come and wash all this democrat scum off the streets.
Posted by: Travis Bickle 2026 at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM (R/m4+)

We're hiring!

Posted by: Hedley Lamarr at January 01, 2026 04:07 PM (pIfcn)

144 Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok

Somalia’s ambassador to the UN is a…. Daycare administrator in Ohio…

You cannot make this up

X: https://bit.ly/4qdwoio

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 04:07 PM (P5BPp)

145 "I won't go schizo, will I?"
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:03 PM (WDjG6)

It's a distinct possibility.

Posted by: Professor Jennings at January 01, 2026 04:07 PM (R/m4+)

146 Rose Bowl about to kickoff. I have no dog in this fight, but I'm rooting for Indiana for novelty's sake.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 04:08 PM (vV6n9)

147 Mamdani : and if you don't feel the warmth of collectivism we will beat you, de-platform you, seize your bank accounts , and doxx you so random locals can beat you some more. Oh and you will wear your underwear on the outside of your pants

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 04:08 PM (zNwXb)

148 Did you see Mamdani got sworn in on a koran? How can you swear to uphold the Constitution and adhere to Islam. The two are diametrically opposed.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 03:20 PM (t/2Uw)

Destroy a couple buildings. Kill a couple thousand people. Wait25 years. Take over.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 04:08 PM (2WIwB)

149 The problem is people who advocate for wealth taxes don't seem to know anything about markets. Or more likely, don't care. If you are required to liquidate a portion of your unrealized gains - what does that do to the value of the underlying assets if millions of people are suddenly forced to say 'sell stocks' ? Are we still going to be taxed on the pre-crash value of the assets?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 04:06 PM (QGaXH)
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The destruction is deliberate.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:08 PM (ZOv7s)

150 Willowed:

What kind of sciencin’ do you do, if I might ask?

Posted by: tubal

Sorry, I was called away. Physical chemist / solid state physics /surface science / nanoscience and technology.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 04:09 PM (Riz8t)

151 Americans have near $20T in IRAs and other tax-deferred accounts. One it's face, it's mighty tempting to the Bolsheviks.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 04:09 PM (jc0TO)

152 "I won't go schizo, will I?"
Posted by: whig

It's a distinct possibility.
Posted by: Professor Jennings

Four out of five dentists agree, it's in the water.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 04:09 PM (c115l)

153 I have an old microsoft 4000 keyboard that I've been refurbishing and repairing over time, and I hope to never have to replace it.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 04:09 PM (3uBP9)

154 Rose Bowl about to kickoff. I have no dog in this fight, but I'm rooting for Indiana for novelty's sake.
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 04:08 PM

*stinkeye*

Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 04:10 PM (jc0TO)

155 So no one can help with the problem that I can comment from my laptop but not from my phone?
Am I going to have to get up early so I can ask on the tech thread? This is not an easy thing for me to do.
Now I'm worried because it would be horrible if I can't do Ace on a new Ipad which is also Apple like my phone while my laptop is PC.
Did I tell you how my Ipad went nuclear and then died? While on vacation when I couldn't do anything about it? And only had my phone and couldn't comment because I got the red letters of death?

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 04:10 PM (t/2Uw)

156 124 Dustin Grage @GrageDustin

The New Year brings more bad news for Minnesotans…

Property taxes are set to jump by $1 BILLION to cover for the mess Tim Walz created.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM (P5BPp)

Let's see if that works - raising property taxes will decrease the amount people can pay for the property thus lowering property values and the associated tax revenue based on that valuation.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 04:10 PM (QGaXH)

157 Destroy a couple buildings. Kill a couple thousand people. Wait25 years. Take over.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 04:08 PM (2WIwB)
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Dubya did that. Declared war on countries and then imported thousands of people from the same countries.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:10 PM (ZOv7s)

158
Somalia’s ambassador to the UN is a…. Daycare administrator in Ohio…

You cannot make this up

X: https://bit.ly/4qdwoio
Posted by: Clyde Shelton

Well, now that the UN is roped into the Somali fraud, prepare the groundwork to toss it out on its ear, too. Ans we bid it a fond, "Have fun financing your meddlesome schemes!" as we bail out of it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 04:10 PM (xG4kz)

159 Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok

Omg wait till you hear this

Somalia’s Ambassador to the UN Abukar Dahir Osman was a healthcare administrator in Ohio. There is another healthcare company in the SAME SUITE as his with a different name, and multiple others at the same address, all with Somali names

Of course…

X: https://bit.ly/45te7Ft

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 04:10 PM (P5BPp)

160 >>Did you see Mamdani got sworn in on a koran? How can you swear to uphold the Constitution and adhere to Islam.

You always know you are serious about an oath when you ask Bernie Sanders to administer said oath.

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 04:11 PM (grNgC)

161 It's the largest theft of wealth in history.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
=========
Obama years with no budget set the stage for debt to go from 64 percent of GDP in 2008 to 118 percent of gdp now in 17 years.

And the rest of the West is not far behind. Both France and UK exceed 100 percent debt to gdp.

Our ruling class figured out it was easier to steal from borrowed money than increase taxes which would piss off voters.

China is well over 200 percent and Japan is over 300 percent.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:12 PM (WDjG6)

162 You always know you are serious about an oath when you ask Bernie Sanders to administer said oath.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 04:11 PM (grNgC)
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Always take financial advice from a guy who has earned a government salary for his entire life and whose wife managed to drive a college into bankruptcy in only a couple of years.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:12 PM (ZOv7s)

163 If Alabama impresses me, I have no qualms about switching my fandom. Just want to see some good football. That last game was a tease.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 04:13 PM (vV6n9)

164 Rose Bowl about to kickoff. I have no dog in this fight, but I'm rooting for Indiana for novelty's sake.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 04:08 PM

As a Purdue alum, I can't root for Indiana. Plus I like Alabama. Though, I don't think Alabama has much of a chance as they have had zero running game this season. I am honestly surprised they have made it this far.

Ole Miss-Georgia should be interesting. An Ole Miss team whose coach left and a Georgia team who, if they win, will face their former QB, who now plays for Miami, in next game.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 04:13 PM (P5BPp)

165 152 "I won't go schizo, will I?"
Posted by: whig

It's a distinct possibility.
Posted by: Professor Jennings

Four out of five dentists agree, it's in the water.
Posted by: rickb223
=======
"My advice to you is to start drinking heavily."

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:13 PM (WDjG6)

166 >>> Americans have near $20T in IRAs and other tax-deferred accounts. One it's face, it's mighty tempting to the Bolsheviks.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 04:09 PM (jc0TO)

There are large changes to 401K this year pushing people into IRAs. They are edging closer and closer to just raiding it all. Don't think they won't.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 04:14 PM (3uBP9)

167 150 Willowed:

What kind of sciencin’ do you do, if I might ask?

Posted by: tubal

Sorry, I was called away. Physical chemist / solid state physics /surface science / nanoscience and technology.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 04:09 PM (Riz8t)

You are a lot smarter than I am. That being said: second look at Zelenskyyyyy?? JK, Happy New Year!!

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:14 PM (pDt9x)

168 ---------
It's what Congress wants.

The massive fraud being exposed is being perpetrated by both Democrats and Republicans. They've been stealing the public's wealth for decades under the guise of a "budget" and "programs." You, me, everyone paying taxes has been ripped off for decades by our government.

It's the largest theft of wealth in history.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
--------------

Let's not forget what congress does for itself:
Nine month, four day work week, generous pay, not bound by the laws they create, free healthcare (the best) in perpetuum, retirement pay after six years service. Surely, I've forgotten something.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (UZwsW)

169 This better not be AI.

Wow, I love this. Great use for AI.

Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (cUMVS)

170 Nice blitz there. 3 and out for Indiana.

Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (jc0TO)

171 Wow, the Tide Defense isn't fooling around.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (vV6n9)

172 Roll Tide now that Michigan is toast.

Posted by: Accomack at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (/Chlc)

173
Communist Zohran Mamdani at his inauguration: "We'll replace rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism"

He said he will "replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism"

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (pkeXY)

174 Always take financial advice from a guy who has earned a government salary for his entire life and whose wife managed to drive a college into bankruptcy in only a couple of years.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

I think you left out the part where Bernie was simply a bum writing bad rape fan fic for years before being elected mayor in Burlington. I guess people got tired of throwing money into his hat on the street so promoted him to mayor.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (WDjG6)

175 Let's not forget what congress does for itself:
Nine month, four day work week, generous pay, not bound by the laws they create, free healthcare (the best) in perpetuum, retirement pay after six years service. Surely, I've forgotten something.

Posted by: Braenyard
======
Having the taxpayer pick up the cost for sexual harassment claims is another.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:16 PM (WDjG6)

176 That being said: second look at Zelenskyyyyy?? JK, Happy New Year!!

Posted by: tubal

*in best Inspector Clouseau voice*
Nevair!

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 04:17 PM (Riz8t)

177 Now I'm worried because it would be horrible if I can't do Ace on a new Ipad which is also Apple like my phone while my laptop is PC.
Did I tell you how my Ipad went nuclear and then died? While on vacation when I couldn't do anything about it? And only had my phone and couldn't comment because I got the red letters of death?
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 04:10 PM (t/2Uw)

I have zero insight into anything Apple, and I plan to keep it that way. I don't even know if an Apple device be wiped and relaoded with Linux.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 04:18 PM (8zz6B)

178 There are large changes to 401K this year pushing people into IRAs. They are edging closer and closer to just raiding it all. Don't think they won't.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 04:14 PM (3uBP9)

Yes, just a matter of time. Bruce and Harriet are in for a big surprise when they get back from their cruise sooner or later. I told them to put their money in Rio Rancho Land Development but their nuts, you should have seen how they were living.

Posted by: Shelley Levene, Mitch and Murray Properties at January 01, 2026 04:19 PM (R/m4+)

179 Did you see Mamdani got sworn in on a koran? How can you swear to uphold the Constitution and adhere to Islam.

By lying.

Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 04:19 PM (cUMVS)

180 Never, ever, live your life according to the whims of a few supposed "experts".

Posted by: The Fifth Dentist at January 01, 2026 04:20 PM (oftw2)

181 interesting NY history video. well done.

first settlers
then the British
then American colonists
now the Socialists

Posted by: get out of my fucking shot at January 01, 2026 04:20 PM (jZ3ZM)

182 Did you see Mamdani got sworn in on a koran? How can you swear to uphold the Constitution and adhere to Islam. The two are diametrically opposed.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 03:20 PM

True, but not sure it really matters anymore. I tend to agree with John Adams' statement "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

As we have seen in Minnesota, Ohio, Maine and all the other states with just Somali fraud perpetrated by all levels of state government, this country is no longer moral or religious. So the US Constitution and state Constitutions have long been inadequate.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 04:20 PM (P5BPp)

183 Some guy named Lin -Manuel Miranda cancelled at the Trump Kennedy center. The left is at the pouting stage

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 04:20 PM (zNwXb)

184 >>> So no one can help with the problem that I can comment from my laptop but not from my phone?

And only had my phone and couldn't comment because I got the red letters of death?
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 04:10 PM (t/2Uw)

Have you tried clearing out the Name:, Email:, and Comments:, and maybe even URL

Try doing all that on your phone, tap in box, hold press - select all, cut/delete/erase/whatever, then re-enter in each box. If that doesn't work then delete all the site data and cookies for .mu.nu and try again.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 04:21 PM (3uBP9)

185 Obvious Horde member plug

Notsothoreau has commented here using a $39 dollar airpad purchased from Ebay. Yeah. She's got a project going.

I'm going to buy one just because.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:21 PM (UZwsW)

186 I made my first big money in development by building detention camps for Japanese for FDR. And you people buy into my "retirement" properties? Ha, Ha!

Posted by: DelWebb at January 01, 2026 04:22 PM (oftw2)

187 He said he will "replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism"

At least it's warm, if a little damp.

Posted by: The Stench of Collectivism at January 01, 2026 04:23 PM (6GFFE)

188 Some guy named Lin -Manuel Miranda cancelled at the Trump Kennedy center. The left is at the pouting stage
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 04:20 PM (zNwXb)

Maybe they could get Hank, Jr. to sub for him.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 04:23 PM (8zz6B)

189 184 >>> So no one can help with the problem that I can comment from my laptop but not from my phone?

And only had my phone and couldn't comment because I got the red letters of death?
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice)
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I always call Apple help. Most of the time they are Apple freaks and are polite and quick.
If I get the feeling that's not happening or they have a cheap headset I hang up and start over.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:24 PM (UZwsW)

190 The DelWebb community my in-laws live in is very nice. 2 square miles of gated property, expanding every time we visit. Country Club, golf course, dog park, roaming deer, what's wrong with that for retirees?

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 04:24 PM (vV6n9)

191 187 He said he will "replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism"

At least it's warm, if a little damp.
Posted by: The Stench of Collectivism at January 01, 2026 04:23 PM (6GFFE)

Huh. Never thought of Gulags as being warm and toasty before. Although, the ovens of Germany

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:24 PM (pDt9x)

192 I made my first big money in development by building detention camps for Japanese for FDR. And you people buy into my "retirement" properties? Ha, Ha!
Posted by: DelWebb at January 01, 2026 04:22 PM (oftw2)

Well, they were a lot more comfy than the camps Japan built for Americans in the same time period.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 04:25 PM (8zz6B)

193 Apple has the best help of ANY business. Period.

Stanley tools is close.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:25 PM (UZwsW)

194 As we have seen in Minnesota, Ohio, Maine and all the other states with just Somali fraud perpetrated by all levels of state government, this country is no longer moral or religious. So the US Constitution and state Constitutions have long been inadequate.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 04:20 PM (P5BPp)
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The key factor was people came forward and exposed it. That shows that all is not lost.

We are seeing a major shift in the direction of the country, including its moral foundation. Our parish bulletin noted that college student Mass attendance has increased by 50% over the last four years and the number of students currently looking at entering the Church (or completing Confirmation) is around 50, which is amazing. Used to be having 20 was a great year.

Something profound is happening. All the evils being exposed are a sign of it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:26 PM (ZOv7s)

195 My phone blanked the name email and url boxes and every time I reenter, just liek they looked before, it is underlined like I am doing something wrong and if I ignore and try and Test, i get the red letters of death.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 04:26 PM (t/2Uw)

196 Pulte, I believe, owns the Del Web name.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:26 PM (UZwsW)

197
183 Some guy named Lin -Manuel Miranda cancelled at the Trump Kennedy center. The left is at the pouting stage
Posted by: Smell the Glove

He was one of the driving forces behind the musical "Hamilton" and no doubt approved their fatuous and inappropriate hectoring lecture to Mike Pence, who was in the audience, when the then VP took in the show back at the end of Trump's first term.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 04:26 PM (xG4kz)

198 20 somalian daycares within a three blocks in a subsidized housing area in Seattle.
When a journalist goes to ask questions, they call the police on him.

No kids. Doors slammed in his face.

Industrial level fraud across the country.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 04:26 PM (c115l)

199 >>My phone blanked the name email and url boxes and every time I reenter, just liek they looked before

Your phone is clearing the cookies.

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 04:27 PM (grNgC)

200 Going to try the tried and true turning it off and turning it on.lol

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 04:28 PM (t/2Uw)

201 My phone blanked the name email and url boxes and every time I reenter, just liek they looked before, it is underlined like I am doing something wrong and if I ignore and try and Test, i get the red letters of death.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice)

Reboot your phone. Completely off. Wait a couple of minutes, restart and try again.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 04:28 PM (c115l)

202
Call Apple help. It's easy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:28 PM (UZwsW)

203 We are seeing a major shift in the direction of the country, including its moral foundation. Our parish bulletin noted that college student Mass attendance has increased by 50% over the last four years and the number of students currently looking at entering the Church (or completing Confirmation) is around 50, which is amazing. Used to be having 20 was a great year.

Something profound is happening. All the evils being exposed are a sign of it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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From reports on church attendance, it appears to be males driving the increases. UK is demonstrating the same effect to a lesser degree.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:28 PM (WDjG6)

204 Communist Zohran Mamdani at his inauguration: "We'll replace rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism

I see to many problems. Not facing a realistic reality.

If you were writing a book, it would be a rape of culture yet boring. Lying worked for Obama for a while. Has Obama been to any football games recently?

What did the reporter say about the crowd shouting/chanting to Biden at a game?

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 04:29 PM (EyfuW)

205 We are seeing a major shift in the direction of the country, including its moral foundation. Our parish bulletin noted that college student Mass attendance has increased by 50% over the last four years and the number of students currently looking at entering the Church (or completing Confirmation) is around 50, which is amazing. Used to be having 20 was a great year.

Something profound is happening. All the evils being exposed are a sign of it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:26 PM (ZOv7s)

I would not be surprised to see some mid-level civil servants turning State's Evidence once the investigations into the Somali fraud machine really get going.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 04:30 PM (8zz6B)

206 I asked my sister once, when she was having trouble with her phone how oftern she shut her phone down. She could not remember. Turned it off, turned it back on. Problem solved.

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:30 PM (pDt9x)

207 From reports on church attendance, it appears to be males driving the increases. UK is demonstrating the same effect to a lesser degree.

The women will follow. Any time the gender balance is skewed, the others eventually decide they want some 'o dat.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 04:30 PM (Riz8t)

208 Your phone is clearing the cookies.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 04:27 PM (grNgC)

If a Church of Scientology burned down, would that be "cooking the Clears"?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 04:31 PM (8zz6B)

209 From reports on church attendance, it appears to be males driving the increases. UK is demonstrating the same effect to a lesser degree.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:28 PM (WDjG6)
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When they get tired of scissoring, they'll come along, too.

Vocations are up a lot, and the religious sisters are wearing habits again. No more nuns in pantsuits.

My wife reports that the senior set is dismayed by all this, especially young people kneeling to receive the Eucharist on the tongue. Some are afraid altar rails will be coming back.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:31 PM (ZOv7s)

210 Anyone upset with FDR detaining Japanese Americans during the war should read Michelle Malkins book on that subject.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:32 PM (UZwsW)

211 I would not be surprised to see some mid-level civil servants turning State's Evidence once the investigations into the Somali fraud machine really get going.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 04:30 PM (8zz6B)
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A bunch already have, I'm sure. There are lots of incriminating emails being turned in for certain. No one CYAs like civil service staff.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:33 PM (ZOv7s)

212 COMMUNIST SMURFS

https://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=jYQmABfIUdo

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 04:37 PM (grNgC)

213 Anyone upset with FDR detaining Japanese Americans during the war should read Michelle Malkins book on that subject.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:32 PM (UZwsW)
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I saw a documentary on the legal case against it, and naturally it describes the filers (who refused their draft summons) as heroes.

No, the heroes were in the 442nd RCT, "Go For Broke," which covered itself and glory and proved their loyalty to a grateful nation. They were what discredited the camps. If all of them had refuse to serve, the whole lot would have been deported.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:37 PM (ZOv7s)

214 Anyone upset with FDR detaining Japanese Americans during the war should read Michelle Malkins book on that subject.

Anyone upset by FDR's attempt to turn America into a police state should read "The New Deal's War on the Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of FDR's Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance", by David Beito.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 04:39 PM (Riz8t)

215 0-0 after one but Indiana is poised for first blood with a FG.

Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 04:39 PM (jc0TO)

216 Tried turning off the phone. It refuses to recognize my email address. I put in my nic.when I put in my email it underlines with a dotted red line like I am making a mistake eventhough I am typing the exact same email address as before and on here.
500 Server Error

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 04:41 PM (t/2Uw)

217 3-0 Hoosiers

Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 04:42 PM (jc0TO)

218 500 Internal Server Error

is how it reads at the top

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 04:42 PM (t/2Uw)

219 sharon - best of luck.

I have no helpful tech expertise.

Posted by: Adriane the Artistic License Critic ... at January 01, 2026 04:49 PM (3ZUWJ)

220 The Rose Bowl has a big capacity for not having much in the way of upper decks.

Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 04:50 PM (jc0TO)

221
Can you dial out?

800 692 7753

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:52 PM (UZwsW)

222 Adriane, thanks for the sympathetic support. I am hoping replacing my Ipad will somehow fix this. I hate commenting from my phone anyways so as long as I can do it from the Ipad It won't matter. (fingers crossed.
At least i wasn't banned.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 04:52 PM (t/2Uw)

223 Anyone upset by FDR's attempt to turn America into a police state should read "The New Deal's War on the Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of FDR's Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance", by David Beito.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Double teaming with Kindltot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:53 PM (UZwsW)

224 My wife reports that the senior set is dismayed by all this, especially young people kneeling to receive the Eucharist on the tongue. Some are afraid altar rails will be coming back.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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I, for one, will be happy to see traditions return. Never cared for the hippy dippy version of religion.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:57 PM (WDjG6)

225 Nice by TD pass by Mendoza. 10-0 Indiana.

Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 04:58 PM (jc0TO)

226 Indiana is very well coached up. Their nose tackle just took up two lineman to allow a twist without getting a chopblock call by about a foot. Nice.

Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 05:08 PM (jc0TO)

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