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The Classical Saturday Coffee Break & Prayer Revival
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AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update. Prayer Requests: 11/6 - D sent an update on his wife Susan, and her battle with cancer. He sent his thanks to everyone for the prayers. They are helping and much appreciated. Susan had an infection which is being treated, but her sodium levels are bad again. She will be sent home soon, but is on restrictive fluids until this is cleared up. The good news is that she has gained some weight back and her voice is much stronger now. Thank you, and please keep up the prayers. They appreciate everyone!
11/20 Update – Susan is out of the hospital, after 2 weeks. For the first time in months, she doesn’t have any drainage tubes. Chemo is on hold for the next 2 weeks, to give her time to rest, recover, and gain some weight back. Thank you, everyone, for your prayers – please continue them!
12/18 Update – Susan has been receiving IV antibiotics at home for the last few weeks. Thankfully her white count is back to normal, and she was able to start chemo again. Some of that cancer did come back, in the meantime, but they think it will be knocked back down now. She has been having abdominal pains. Thank you, everybody, for your prayers. 11/15 – Sponge posted an update on the “First lady”. She is doing OK from the surgery pain-wise, however it appears her compromised immune system from chemo is susceptible to viruses. She has been spiking a fever all weekend.
12/13 Update – The First lady is doing well. She is still on restrictions but things are progressing nicely. The last mammogram showed clean. They are grateful to all who have been praying for her. 11/20 - Bluebell sent an update on grammie winger - good news! At her appointment, the doctor said her bloodwork is nearly perfect and her cancer cell count is dropping. She is in minimal pain. The chemo is working, thanks be to God! She will go back in 3 weeks for another round of chemo and then they will do a CT scan to see if she can have surgery to clean out the rest of the tumors. She is convinced – CONVINCED – that this is due in no small part to the treasured prayers of friends and family! They gave her weeks, and now she is looking at possible remission.
12/17 Update – Bluebell sent along another update from grammie winger. She has had 4 rounds of chemo, which have fried her short term memory (her words) and caused great fatigue. She was scheduled for surgery this week, but the doctor decided she was too weak, so she will continue with chemo until she is stronger. She apologized for not being around much because she can’t follow conversations, but is praying that will get better once her chemo is over. In the meantime, she wishes to share her Christmas greetings with the “motley crew”, and she appreciates every prayer. 11/29 – From about That Time asked for prayers after a lymphoma diagnosis. From about That Time has already begun chemo, and the kids and granddaughter had fun cutting off a ponytail and shaving hair in preparation.
12/13 Update – The first week of chemo was “like buttah”, but the second week was spent in the hospital, dealing with side effects. 12/3 – Teresa in Fort Worth posted an update. She had an MRI on 12/3, and will meet with the oncologist on 12/4, the surgeon on 12/8, and the surgery on 12/11. This is a good thing, because it looks like more tumors are starting to crop up in her liver. It doesn’t appear to have spread beyond there yet, thank goodness.
12/18 Update – Teresa will have a “pump fill” on Friday, then head out of town. (The fill is just Heparin and saline to keep the pump flowing for the next 2 weeks.) After they are back, the pump will have the new chemo medication. The best Christmas present is, if this pump works, she could go 2-3 YEARS before worrying about the cancer coming back. It is truly a Christmas miracle. She wrote that they are blessed to have such stellar medical care nearby and so many people saying prayers on their behalf. 12/12 – Bulg requested prayers for his wife’s brother’s wife, whose dementia has taken a turn for the worse. This week she entered a memory care facility. He asks for prayers for her, Bulg’s brother-in-law, and their two grown daughters. Bulg also asked for prayers for a woman from church who has cancer, and the woman’s granddaughter, who lives with her. 12/13 – Our Country is Screwed asked for prayers for a dear friend’s 3 week old granddaughter who is battling meningitis. They are waiting on results from an MRI. Another friend’s wife is having kidney issues. She has only one kidney, and it isn’t functioning well. 12/13 – San Franpsycho requested prayers for Mrs. F, who sprained her foot due to a fall on 12/12. 12/13 – FenelonSpoke asked for prayers for retired organist Jessie, for strength and for her to feel God’s love. In the past month Jessie’s daughter has died from cancer, as have her two closest friends from church, whom she had known about 85 years. 12/13 – Schnorflepuppy asked for prayers for his wife. She was diagnosed a few weeks back with inflammatory breast cancer and started chemo on 12/2. On 12/3 she spiked a 104 fever and had to be brought to the hospital, where they discovered pneumonia. She has been in ICU for most of the week, to get her enough oxygen and work on the pneumonia. She is improving, but slowly.
12/22 Update – Unfortunately, the improvement trend has reversed. She has spent the last 8 days on oxygen support. The doctors would like to wean her off the vent eventually, but they need to see more improvement in her condition and thus far, they haven’t.
12/26 Update – Schnorflepuppy’s wife got progressively worse on Christmas Day and started a rapid decline, despite the best efforts of the doctors and staff. She transitioned to palliative care on 12/26 and passed away in the afternoon. 12/16 – Jim in Kalifornia sent an update that surgery went well, and his thanks for the prayers. 12/16 – Banana Dream asked for prayers for his wife, who is having surgery on 12/17 to remove pins, steel, hardware, etc. that was put in a year ago after a really bad break of her ankle. The hardware has caused various nerve issues and inflammation over the last year, so the surgeons will be removing it.
12/17 Update – Banana Dream sent his thanks to everyone who offered prayers for his wife’s surgery. It went well. The surgeon removed most of the hardware. There was one part that was too fused with the bone, so it had to stay in. She is doing well. In about 2 weeks, she should be able to walk and then in 6-8 weeks she should be fine. 12/17 – Annie’s Stew sends thanks to God for notsothoreau, who sends many, many prayer requests from the various comments and postings. Notsothoreau is so diligent and such a sweet person! 12/17 – Weird Dave requested prayers. His parents have realized they need to move to assisted living, but they are 1500 miles from Weird Dave. Prayers for clarity on how to make the necessary changes as efficiently as possible, as well as to find the best place for his parents, that will also work for the entire family. 12/20 – Legally Sufficient asked for prayers for a brother who was having carpal tunnel surgery on Christmas Eve. There was a cancellation, so he took the spot, even though the brother is hosting the family dinner on Christmas Eve. 12/20 – Morgan, longtime lurker, takes tango lessons from Sebastian, whose son, Matias, is recovering from brain surgery. The MRI were read on 12/19, and the surgeons did not remove the entire tumor. Even though the biopsy indicated the tumor was benign, the boy is probably facing several rounds of chemo. Please pray for the boy’s continued recovery in El Salvador. 12/20 – Nurse Ratched requested prayers for her friend T. He is having some unrelenting (probably cancer treatment related) pain and needs comfort – both physically and spiritually. 12/23 – Joe Kidd asked for prayers for his friend, Bill, who is grieving the sudden death of a former girlfriend. They had broken up a few months ago over her alcohol use. Bill describes the loss as the toughest thing life has dealt him. Bill is the sole caregiver for his 90 year old mother and may need to take early retirement to continue in that role. Prayers for comfort, strength, and wisdom are welcome. 12/23 – Prayers are requested for Inspector’s boss, “B”, who is in his early 40s, and is being hit hard by Covid. He went to ER, after coughing so badly that he separated a couple of ribs. The pain in his ribs is so bad he doesn’t want to cough, which increases the odds of pneumonia. Please pray for healing. 12/27 – buzzion asked for prayers for a friend named Christina. Christina has struggled with a lot, including addiction and relapse. Buzzion has not heard from Christina in a while and hopes she is okay. Please pray that Christina finds her way and knows that people love and care for her and believe in her. 12/27 – JB asked for prayers that he would gain peace about what God has planned for his job in 2026. Also, please pray for JB’s estranged son, that he and his household will be saved. 12/27 – San Franpsycho posted a praise report from a former colleague, who has defeated metastasized uterine cancer. 12/27 – BlackOrchid requested prayers for a Navy Veteran uncle who has been struggling with his health the last few weeks. The root cause is undetermined, but recurrent infection/sepsis keeps sending him back to the hospital. It seems to be worsening his dementia, which makes it harder for BlackOrchid’s aunt to handle him. 12/27 – pookysgirl posted that their unborn baby girl, Violet Marie, had passed away. 12/27 – free tibet posted about his diagnosis with Giant Cell Arteritis and subsequent vision lost of the right eye. This is a recurrence of the same from 5 years ago in the left eye. The treatment is not painful but regaining vision is “very iffy”. Thank you all for the prayers. For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update. 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: TALACHULITNA at January 03, 2026 07:01 AM (+YrDU)
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Posted by: Boss Moss at January 03, 2026 07:03 AM (1Usuo)
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Posted by: M. Gaga at January 03, 2026 07:07 AM (KiBMU)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 03, 2026 07:08 AM (1Usuo)
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1h
Just got off the phone with @SecRubio
He informed me that Nicolás Maduro has been arrested by U.S. personnel to stand trial on criminal charges in the United States, and that the kinetic action we saw tonight was deployed to protect and defend those executing the arrest warrant
This action likely falls within the president’s inherent authority under Article II of the Constitution to protect U.S. personnel from an actual or imminent attack
Thank you, @SecRubio
, for keeping me apprised
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2026 07:08 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 03, 2026 07:09 AM (1Usuo)
On second thought, there are a lot of parallels between those names, although the earlier one is less malignant.
Posted by: Fenderbender at January 03, 2026 07:09 AM (1FEc1)
Good morning horde
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2026 07:10 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 03, 2026 07:10 AM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2026 07:11 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 03, 2026 07:12 AM (cxFcK)
*looks at current clock*
Put Ace's time machine back on the shelves.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 03, 2026 07:12 AM (O7YUW)
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29m
Democratic members quickly denounced the operation as unlawful. They may want to review past cases, particularly the decision related to the Noriega prosecution. Rep. Jim McGovern (D., Mass) declared:
"Without authorization from Congress, and with the vast majority of Americans opposed to military action, Trump just launched an unjustified, illegal strike on Venezuela. He says we don’t have enough money for healthcare for Americans—but somehow we have unlimited funds for war??"
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2026 07:12 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2026 07:14 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 03, 2026 07:15 AM (tcsrY)
Posted by: Just Wondering at January 03, 2026 07:16 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 03, 2026 07:16 AM (tcsrY)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 03, 2026 07:16 AM (VnsnO)
Thanks Annie's Stew
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2026 07:16 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 03, 2026 07:17 AM (tcsrY)
"120 what I'd like to see is this kind of operation against ... eh, let's just say domestic enemies and leave it at that.
the list is long."
my opinion has not changed.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 03, 2026 07:18 AM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 03, 2026 07:19 AM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2026 07:21 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 03, 2026 07:23 AM (cxFcK)
the list is long.
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Yes. We saw how quickly the feds were able to round up every person within 5 miles of the Capitol on J6 and lock them in the basement of the D.C. jail inside of a week.
The feds can move with all deliberate speed and efficiency when it suits them. The left isn't shy about leveraging that power and the corrupt judiciary helps.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2026 07:24 AM (NwnyJ)
May hashem bless our armed forces, the people of Venezuela liberated today by our great country and President Trump.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 07:25 AM (RIvkX)
g'mornin' again, 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 03, 2026 07:27 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: CBS News at January 03, 2026 07:27 AM (R/m4+)
Two-tier Kier is stumbling over himself to say the UK had nothing to do with this. And it seems he was caught off guard completely. Trump apparently gave them no inkling this was going to happen.
I don't think anybody knew. Maybe Bibi.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 07:28 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2026 07:28 AM (8QiLC)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2026 07:29 AM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 07:30 AM (RIvkX)
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Why would Trump tell Starmer anything?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2026 07:30 AM (8QiLC)
https://tinyurl.com/mrk5kx6h
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2026 07:31 AM (Yl2Ob)
This is why its very important not to talk to members of Congress during or shortly after an operation...
... because the vain need to let the world instantly know that you are in the treehouse and privy to inside information.
Sort of like when Biden bragged about his specific knowledge of the very expensive secret bunker by telling everyone where it is.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 07:31 AM (a4flb)
Good. Keeping them all off balance, a Trump trademark.
And why should he? Because of our "special relationship"? They trashed that when they decided to go after our free speech.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 03, 2026 07:31 AM (VnsnO)
Insurance companies employ an army of clerks to seek details in the documentation of fifteen minute doctor appointments, in order to deny payment for the service. In response, the healthcare organizations need to employ an army of clerks to be compliant with extensive irrelevant documentation demands.
Maybe a fifteen minute doctor appointment should not require multiple (wo) man-hours to be reimbursed by a third party payer.
IIRC, the president of the EPIC medical software company was a campaign funds “bundler” for BHO.
Posted by: Fenderbender at January 03, 2026 07:32 AM (1FEc1)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2026 07:32 AM (8QiLC)
Other than shutting down their airspace to commercial traffic, forward-deploying F-35s to Rosie Roads, PR, sending America's most-advanced aircraft carrier and component ships just off their coast and sending a couple of missiles into the port facility harboring drug boats -- yeah, it was a complete surprise.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 03, 2026 07:33 AM (Y1sOo)
The grabbing of Maduro is bound to make other bad actors a bit nervous. The mullahs have had a bad week and this is got to make them a bit runny in the gut
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 03, 2026 07:33 AM (zNwXb)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 07:33 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2026 07:32 AM (8QiLC)
Another 20-80 issue for them.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 03, 2026 07:34 AM (VnsnO)
Which Senator is going to do margaritas and some skinny dipping in the pool with Maduro first?
And how fast before there is a fist-fight among district judges to order his release and total restitution?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 07:36 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 03, 2026 07:36 AM (cxFcK)
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why not
Chavez was
Sean Penn very upset this morning
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2026 07:37 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2026 07:37 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2026 07:37 AM (8QiLC)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 03, 2026 07:38 AM (cxFcK)
Look what happens when you don't and you follow the government reimbursement and permanent subsidies racket - the "insured" will instantly discover that their child has autism, peanut allergies, ADHD and whatever the hell else can be monetized into a constant income stream.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 07:38 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 03, 2026 07:39 AM (1D2Ie)
Took out Chavez's shrine and tomb. Blew it up real good.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 07:39 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 03, 2026 07:33 AM (zNwXb)
No, no, no! No more! Not this time! No more meetin's! No more discussions! No more dirty mullah tricks! You give 'em one message; I want those mullahs dead. If not, it's all-out war, we go to the mattresses.
Posted by: Marco Sonny Rubio at January 03, 2026 07:39 AM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 03, 2026 07:38 AM (cxFcK)
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Epic teabagging.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2026 07:39 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
Maduro t-shirts and red berets on sale now!
Posted by: DNC at January 03, 2026 07:39 AM (DsA2n)
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How much day care could this have paid for? "How much!" I ask.
Posted by: Minnesota at January 03, 2026 07:39 AM (8AONa)
Nostradamus and the Mayan Calendar predicted all of this.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 07:40 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2026 07:40 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: TeeJ at January 03, 2026 07:40 AM (9Rrur)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2026 07:40 AM (8QiLC)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 03, 2026 07:41 AM (Y1sOo)
It would have been hilarious if Maduro fled to Iran and then been captured by the Iranian people and hanged alongside the Mulahs!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 03, 2026 07:42 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 07:42 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 03, 2026 07:42 AM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2026 07:43 AM (8QiLC)
I saw that same picture of Maduro supposedly captured. Almost certain it's AI fakery.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 07:43 AM (w6EFb)
Sad to report that Maduro fell down a flight of stairs on the way to his arraignment.
His funeral will commence once the McCain funeral ends.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 07:43 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 03, 2026 07:44 AM (wzUl9)
No president really did much about that since. But the drug trafficking and the belligerence from the drug dealing cartel/terrorists might have been the trigger.
And, yea, the Democrats have a new hero to champion.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2026 07:44 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 03, 2026 07:45 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2026 07:45 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Pusinhead at January 03, 2026 07:46 AM (1D2Ie)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2026 07:46 AM (8QiLC)
I have stock in Conoco Phillips. I wonder how it'll do next week.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 03, 2026 07:46 AM (x0n13)
Who does she pick to talk to?
An afro-topped African wearing a North Face coat with a mumbling accent.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 03, 2026 07:47 AM (6ydKt)
It was the sombrero that gave it away, wasn't it?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 07:47 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 03, 2026 07:47 AM (VnsnO)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 03, 2026 07:47 AM (zNwXb)
Somewhere I saw a meme that Che had said he'd end capitalism, so capitalism put him on a t-shirt and made millions selling them to useful idiots.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 03, 2026 07:49 AM (3Ope8)
I really enjoyed Dune (the book) as a kid, and reading the book was the only way to make any sense out of the movie.
When I heard that Hollywood had remade Dune, I paid to see it in a theater. The remake was massively disappointing. They viewed Frank Herbert's writing as mere suggestions, and cast Chani as an angry feminist who frequently and publicly went off on angry rants against her husband, and openly doubted his leadership.
And that's what I get for giving money to Hollywood.
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 03, 2026
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Not to mention that everything was filmed in the dull, hazy, and murky style H'wood prefers nowadays. The 2000 TV version of the story, with William Hurt as the Duke, seemed much better visually. And Hurt made an excellent Duke.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 03, 2026 07:49 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 03, 2026 07:50 AM (2Ez/1)
and
I have stock in Conoco Phillips. I wonder how it'll do next week.
and
Mike Lee tweeted that Rubio via phone told him Maduro was arrested
Want to get Congress to look the other way or celebrate this action?
Give them South American related "investment advice" just prior to the action.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 07:50 AM (a4flb)
Blutarsky and publius -- I thought you were joking, but there is at least one report out there that this is real.
That is f*cking hilarious if true.
Posted by: Pastafarian at January 03, 2026 07:50 AM (sifs3)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 03, 2026 07:50 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2026 07:32 AM
That's already happening.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 03, 2026 07:51 AM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove"
PDT strikes fear into our enemies by demonstrating that he is just crazy enough to do it.
Posted by: fd at January 03, 2026 07:51 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: fd at January 03, 2026 07:51 AM (vFG9F)
It was all over X earlier, including footage of an explosion right there at the shrine.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 07:52 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
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I would imagine they'd do pretty good. All oil/petro stocks should get a bit of a bump.
I have ExxonMobile in my portfolio, but being a Saturday there's no financial news about it... yet.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2026 07:52 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2026 07:53 AM (ZxPkt)
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We're not exactly calm either.
Posted by: The good actors at January 03, 2026 07:53 AM (2Ez/1)
Two hour regime change. I can't get over how quick this went down.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 07:53 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 03, 2026 07:54 AM (zNwXb)
Including Intermittent Fasting into one's soon-to-be-abandoned New Year's resolutions is a bitch.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 07:54 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Fenderbender at January 03, 2026 07:54 AM (1FEc1)
Maduro will
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2026 07:32 AM
FIFY
the leftards have been tossin' his salad for years
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 03, 2026 07:55 AM (tljrc)
How many dead from Fentanyl?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2026 07:55 AM (u82oZ)
https://tinyurl.com/2e5w78th
prove me wrong
*****
It's a puppy. Not yet a dog. Tell me what I won, Don Pardo!
Posted by: one hour sober at January 03, 2026 07:55 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 03, 2026 07:55 AM (6ydKt)
Rubio did not leak anything
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 03, 2026 07:55 AM (eZ5tL)
Regarding prayers - - -
Thanks to all who were thinking of my spouse. She is now scheduled for surgery on 1/22 to take care of her NPH issues. Hoping we can move that up so she can get back on her feet sooner.
God bless you all.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 03, 2026 07:55 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Stoner living in his parent's basement at January 03, 2026 07:56 AM (2Ez/1)
Trump has always been a bit envious of Chuck Norris' gift of persuasion.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 07:56 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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I've never seen it. Wonder if it would be available anywhere. Thanks for that.
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 03, 2026 07:56 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 03, 2026 07:56 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2026 07:56 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 03, 2026 07:57 AM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2026 07:58 AM (gDbHk)
Posted by: Mitt Romney at January 03, 2026 07:59 AM (jZ3ZM)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 03, 2026 08:00 AM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Accomack at January 03, 2026 08:00 AM (IG7T0)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 03, 2026 08:00 AM (2Ez/1)
There is no one left to govern Cuba responsibly. The demographics are dire. The good people all left.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2026 08:00 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: davidt at January 03, 2026 08:01 AM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 03, 2026 07:57 AM (zNwXb)
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Who's even in charge of Cuba right now?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2026 08:01 AM (ESVrU)
Because I saw a guy wearing a T-shirt with the (soon to be) iconic photo printed on it of two US Soldiers hustling Maduro out of a US Blackhawk helicopter after his capture.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2026 08:01 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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I've never seen it. Wonder if it would be available anywhere. Thanks for that.
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I saw it once, when it was originally on Sci-Fi.
it’s a mini-series so it gets into the details a lot more and it probably follows the book closer.
They also did a few sequel mini-series following the book series.
It might be on DVD, I haven’t checked,
They all came out in the late 90s - early 2000s if I recall correctly.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 03, 2026 08:02 AM (6ydKt)
There is a legitimate leader who was cheated out of office by an election. And a Noble Peace Prize winner to help.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2026 08:02 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: callsign claymore at January 03, 2026 08:02 AM (F2t41)
If the condition persists for two more hours, contact your doctor.
Contrast this to the previous MIC tool presidents who took decades, spent trillions, left hundreds of billions in military armament and permanently pipes $40 million a week to those who withstood your regime change attempts.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 08:03 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2026 08:03 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 03, 2026 08:04 AM (1D2Ie)
Posted by: fd at January 03, 2026 07:51 AM (vFG9F)
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The core principle of Trump foreign policy
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2026 08:04 AM (r7+k8)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2026 08:01 AM (NwnyJ)
Ahh, the infamous Pinochet maneuver.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 03, 2026 08:04 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 03, 2026 08:04 AM (jrgJz)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 08:04 AM (RIvkX)
It was a Learjet. Not a helicopter.
My bad.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2026 08:05 AM (NwnyJ)
it’s a mini-series so it gets into the details a lot more and it probably follows the book closer.
They also did a few sequel mini-series following the book series.
It might be on DVD, I haven’t checked,
They all came out in the late 90s - early 2000s if I recall correctly.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 03, 2026 08:02 AM (6ydKt)
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Yep. You can get both Dune (Sci-Fi miniseries) and Children of Dune on DVD. Children of Dune is actually a combination of Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. It's not as good as the first miniseries, but it's not bad.
You can get the 5-disc set on Amazon right now for $32.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2026 08:05 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: fd at January 03, 2026 08:05 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 03, 2026 08:04 AM (1D2Ie)
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Days? Try the next three years...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2026 08:05 AM (ESVrU)
The CIA, until they can find a Muslim radical to be that country's "controllable" war lord.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 08:06 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 03, 2026 08:04 AM (6ydKt)
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Exiting the aircraft after landing is certainly not the Pinochet maneuver.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 08:06 AM (RIvkX)
We call for immediate clarification of this situation."
~ Russian Foreign Ministry
Allow me to clarify it for them:
Maduro and his wife were forcibly removed from their country this morning via aggressive action by the United States.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 03, 2026 08:06 AM (Y1sOo)
Lord love us, not the CIA. They be stupid.
This capture looks like Special Forces all the way.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2026 08:07 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2026 08:01 AM (ESVrU)
Brave AI sez:
The current leader of Cuba is Miguel Díaz-Canel, who has served as President of Cuba since 2018 and as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba since 2021, making him the most powerful figure in the country
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 03, 2026 08:08 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Gref at January 03, 2026 08:08 AM (5rh/l)
The CIA, until they can find a Muslim radical to be that country's "controllable" war lord.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 08:06 AM (a4flb)
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There's probably a mullah or two in Iran that might be looking for a career change right about now.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2026 08:08 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Jaimo at January 03, 2026 08:08 AM (sOA7y)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2026 08:08 AM (u82oZ)
Who cares...they just better behave or I will whack their asses too.
Posted by: President Donald J. Trump, Shot Caller With All The Keys at January 03, 2026 08:08 AM (R/m4+)
Maria Machado will likely take over. Could be another opposition leader, though. It was just in Dec. 11 when they rescued her out of Venezuela (this seems to me like it was farther back than that, but that's when it was) and she won the Nobel Peace Prize. And then praised Trump.
She said "trust Trump and trust Rubio, they know what they're doing". I'm sure they've got a plan.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 08:08 AM (w6EFb)
Maduro and his wife were forcibly removed from their country this morning via aggressive action by the United States.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 03, 2026 08:06 AM (Y1sOo)
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I believe the Russians prefer "special military action"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 08:09 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 03, 2026 08:09 AM (zNwXb)
Posted by: The ghost of Imelda Marcos at January 03, 2026 08:10 AM (2Ez/1)
"He has been branded a corrupt authoritarian who has presided over the economic collapse of his nation, rigged subsequent elections and crushed dissenters. "
Posted by: fd at January 03, 2026 08:10 AM (vFG9F)
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I had no idea she has been ill! I looked up NPH, not being familiar with the term, and the surgery is apparently very successful generally, so prayers up for her that she falls into that group. Thanks, JJS, for all you do.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2026 08:10 AM (n3U+x)
Right ...
Can we put Hillary in a go-fast boat from the Venezuelan coast for a quick return to the US?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2026 08:11 AM (u82oZ)
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Probably an American IC puppet who'll do stupid shit and be deposed by a local, radical hero by this time next year.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2026 08:12 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 03, 2026 08:04 AM (6ydKt)
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Exiting the aircraft after landing is certainly not the Pinochet maneuver.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 08:06 AM (RIvkX)
Yup, I red the comment wrong.
Wishful thinking on my part. I guess.
It would make a cool t-shirt with Maduro being hoisted out of a Blackhawk, though.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 03, 2026 08:12 AM (6ydKt)
~ Russian Foreign Ministry
Maybe you should reconsider your playground tactic of painting a Russian flag on a tanker as a rookie move and not see how Trump countered with an immediate checkmate.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 08:12 AM (a4flb)
Subtext on your clarification: Putin, we know where you live.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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Another subtext would be "Any dictator who thought they had an emergency exit plan, based on Russian assurances, will now have to review their ability to execute said plan."
Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 03, 2026 08:12 AM (8AONa)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 03, 2026 08:13 AM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 03, 2026 08:13 AM (1D2Ie)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2026 08:13 AM (n3U+x)
Looks like Trump is swinging a big stick. This is also a warning to Iran and the rest of the world.
We will need several presidents in a row willing to do this to have effective deterence again.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 03, 2026 08:13 AM (cuae1)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2026 08:08 AM (ESVrU)
Working my network on LinkedIn and checking the ads in Indeed and GlassDoor.
Posted by: Iranian Mullah at January 03, 2026 08:14 AM (6Ga6M)
Posted by: Jaimo at January 03, 2026 08:14 AM (sOA7y)
You know what I think I'll do?
I'm going to go straight to CBS News to get straight objective reporting with just the facts and no left wing bias.
Yep. That's just what I'm gonna do.
Posted by: Says nobody at January 03, 2026 08:14 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2026 08:11 AM (u82oZ)
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Put the Squad on there too!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2026 08:15 AM (n3U+x)
That is actually not a bad tactic since it would convince many people that Venezuela is not a vassal state of the US.
Just need to find someone who is also too stupid in the IC community who doesn't have the intellectual firepower to overcome his vanity and recognize this as a a death trap.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 08:16 AM (a4flb)
We just continue to enforce immigration law, and that stops. Columbia would be the next best place after Mexico for the real thugs.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2026 08:16 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 03, 2026 08:16 AM (znREB)
Marco Rubio is one hell of a wartime consigliere. The strategerizing this was mainly his, I'm reading.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 08:17 AM (w6EFb)
Otherwise, makes no sense.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 03, 2026 08:17 AM (1Nv0l)
Little turdlettes,
Possessing neither
sound nor fury,
Found wanting
In every little way,
Save stench,
muchlike your mother...
Posted by: Inlaw Poet at January 03, 2026 08:17 AM (OXNGv)
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 03, 2026 08:17 AM (1D2Ie)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2026 08:17 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 08:18 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 03, 2026 08:18 AM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2026 08:18 AM (n3U+x)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 03, 2026 08:18 AM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 03, 2026 08:18 AM (VnsnO)
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 03, 2026 08:18 AM (X+xvk)
Tanned, rested and ready!
Posted by: Marjorie Taylor Green at January 03, 2026 08:19 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 03, 2026 08:19 AM (zNwXb)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2026 08:05 AM (ESVrU)
Just make sure you get a Region 1 DVD or it won’t play on your DVD player.
I see Amazon has a BluRay version of the original series so there arr no Regions to worry about on that one.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 03, 2026 08:19 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 08:19 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 03, 2026 08:19 AM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 03, 2026 08:18 AM (zNwXb)
Those old 80-20 blues once again.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 03, 2026 08:19 AM (VnsnO)
Posted by: Caffiend at January 03, 2026 08:19 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 08:20 AM (77rzZ)
Bravo Zulu to the American Forces that carried this out.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2026 08:20 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: davidt at January 03, 2026 08:21 AM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 03, 2026 08:21 AM (EyfuW)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2026 08:21 AM (n3U+x)
Posted by: Blutarski
No way. Tell me it ain't so.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 03, 2026 08:22 AM (1Nv0l)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 03, 2026 08:22 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 08:22 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 03, 2026 08:21 AM (n3U+x)
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I'll have to consider this carefully.
*pours fresh cup, grabs cherry chocolate biscotti*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 08:23 AM (RIvkX)
THey already done the meme of Marco sitting there "When you realize you're going to have be president of Venezuela".
Also maybe Cuber soon.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 08:23 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 03, 2026 08:23 AM (cxFcK)
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We have given up the stars, and all of us made poorer, so the bottom 10% can live a little more comfort in their desired squalor.
F you.
F your poor.
F your fraud that's made you richer than kings.
Stolen from me while you demanded I make do with less.
So your poor could have more for free.
Paid for by me.
F you.
As was said, I'm getting damned sick and tired of being told I must fund the lifestyle of a thousand bastards when I didn't even get the dubious pleasure of f'ing their mother.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 03, 2026 08:23 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 03, 2026 08:23 AM (u82oZ)
Loophole for the loopy lacky.
Posted by: fd at January 03, 2026 08:23 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 08:22 AM (77rzZ)
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Conspiracy, weapons, drugs.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 08:24 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Sy Sperling, Client and President! at January 03, 2026 08:24 AM (oftw2)
Prayers for all of you.
My heart is heavy with the losses some of you have suffered these past few weeks.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 03, 2026 08:24 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2026 08:25 AM (Ia/+0)
I guess the first step is some kind of military tribunal.
Then what?
Life in prison?
Firing squad?
Exiled to East St. Louis?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 03, 2026 08:26 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 03, 2026 08:26 AM (sDNVV)
Bishop Robert Barron. I am now wondering if Pope Leo is going to have him defrocked over that remark.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 03, 2026 08:27 AM (7xrfc)
I guess the first step is some kind of military tribunal.
Then what?
Life in prison?
Firing squad?
Exiled to East St. Louis?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 03, 2026 08:26 AM (2Ez/1)
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They have been indicted and will be tried in federal court in NY.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 08:27 AM (RIvkX)
This is the Donroe Doctrine. It's aimed at the Chicoms big time. And Rooskies and mullahs to some extent. Venezuela has a been a hub of anti-American subversion for a long time by all these players. The fentanyl and drug thing is encouraged by China as a way to fuck us up.
Trump is saying no more. This our fucking hemisphere, and you're gonna stay the fuck out. Trump is actually using American power, military and economic, for American interests. And that means no Chicom influence in our hemisphere.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 08:27 AM (w6EFb)
Given Mark "White Rage" Milley is no longer around, it's possible. But I doubt it. They knew. They're not unhappy with this.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 03, 2026 08:28 AM (1Nv0l)
Why do Dem always make unconvincing, dumbshit arguments like this? I doubt the operation to capture Maduro cost what the US govt. spends on healthcare in 1 day.
Posted by: Ripley at January 03, 2026 08:28 AM (PTDkx)
I guess the first step is some kind of military tribunal.
Then what?
Life in prison?
Firing squad?
Exiled to East St. Louis?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
Take him to Detroit!
Posted by: A Fistful Of Yen at January 03, 2026 08:28 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 08:22 AM (77rzZ)
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Conspiracy, weapons, drugs.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 08:24 AM (RIvkX)
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Malicious lingering.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2026 08:29 AM (ESVrU)
Obligatory answer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny4a-oxOndo
Posted by: NR Pax at January 03, 2026 08:29 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 03, 2026 08:29 AM (EyfuW)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 03, 2026 08:29 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: fd at January 03, 2026 08:29 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: t-bird at January 03, 2026 08:30 AM (iHitY)
Because the Somalians stole it. That is being corrected.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 03, 2026 08:30 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 08:31 AM (a4flb)
L asked for prayers for her brother Ron, who has been sick on and off for 6 months, with a nasty infection in his knee.
Posted by: Anniestew at January 03, 2026 08:31 AM (VEsJT)
Posted by: Ripley
Apparently Trump can't take a dump until he's solved the healthcare problems.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 03, 2026 08:31 AM (1Nv0l)
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2026 07:12 AM (ZxPkt)
I'll bet it was less expensive than a single Somali daycare.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 03, 2026 08:32 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: A Fistful Of Yen
NO! NO! Anything but that!
You have...our Gratitude!
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 03, 2026 08:32 AM (cxFcK)
THe Chicoms were about to send a bunch of tankers to Venezuela to defy Trump's blockade as well. This just short-circuited that nicely.
And that Chicom delegation was still in Caracas this morning when it all went down. That's quite the message to the ol' Chicoms the Don was sending.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 08:32 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 03, 2026 08:31 AM (1Nv0l)
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A bowl of Colon Blow cereal will clean him right out.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2026 08:33 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: t-bird at January 03, 2026 08:33 AM (iHitY)
The US started on open war with Venezuela, fought it and won it in 12 hours with no casualties? Are you f’n kidding me?
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 08:33 AM (otNgF)
Posted by: IYKYK at January 03, 2026 08:34 AM (2Ez/1)
The US started on open war with Venezuela, fought it and won it in 12 hours with no casualties? Are you f’n kidding me?
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 08:33 AM (otNgF)
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Bad.
Ass.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2026 08:34 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 03, 2026 08:34 AM (zNwXb)
You misspelled '20 minutes'.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2026 08:34 AM (iMotb)
Tell him we found that money and more for at least Mullah disposal and Cuban intervention just from withholding funds from their Somalian-DNC Money Laundering Operations in Ohio alone.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 08:34 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 03, 2026 08:35 AM (6ydKt)
Two hours, actually. Reports of first splodeys in Caracas were around 2:50AM EST. By 5AM EST, Trump announced Maduro and his wife were in custody and out of the country.
Regime change in 2 hours.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 08:35 AM (w6EFb)
'Which Senator is going to do margaritas and some skinny dipping in the pool with Maduro first?'
Amy Klobuchar. It's part of Maduro's punishment.
Posted by: Romeos GG Grandfather at January 03, 2026 08:35 AM (fd80v)
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 03, 2026 08:35 AM (1D2Ie)
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Were you going to sleep all day?
Posted by: Tom Servo's mom at January 03, 2026 08:35 AM (RIvkX)
You misspelled '20 minutes'.
It will be much longer than 20 minutes and far more glorious after Michael Bay directs the documentary.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 08:35 AM (a4flb)
Iran and China have been nosing around the greater Caribbean area for a quite a while. China's a real menace. Iran was, IIRC, running some Hezbollah types through training camps in Maduro's neck of the woods. Probably training the drug dealers on how to do terror the "right" way.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2026 08:36 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: 1 Hour Martinizing at January 03, 2026 08:37 AM (6Ga6M)
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2026 08:37 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Chinese envoy to Venezuela at January 03, 2026 08:37 AM (1Nv0l)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 03, 2026 08:37 AM (zNwXb)
And, at least according to some of the shit DataRepublican dug up, a lot of our domestic trantifa and domestic marxist types were getting some training with Venezuelan (and Cuban) assistance.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 08:37 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: I gotta ask at January 03, 2026 08:37 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: 20 minute Trumpinizing at January 03, 2026 08:38 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: I Rate'Em at January 03, 2026 08:38 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Skip
________
Interwebs say there are just over 1 million doctors in the US (seems a bit high), with average earnings of a little over 275,000. So that's about 275 billion in physician earnings. Add in PAs, APRNs, nurses and others, and I'm guessing it's got to be close to a trillion per year.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 03, 2026 08:38 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2026 08:38 AM (iMotb)
The condemned is found guilty of the crimes of murder, armed robbery of citizens, state banks and post offices, the theft of sacred objects, arson in a state prison, perjury, bigamy, deserting his wife and children, inciting prostitution, kidnapping, extortion, receiving stolen goods, selling stolen goods, passing counterfeit money, and, contrary to the laws of this state, the condemned is guilty of using marked cards...
Posted by: President Donald J. Trump, Shot Caller With All The Keys at January 03, 2026 08:38 AM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 08:38 AM (77rzZ)
Come to find out we just needed a new President and a new Department of War
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 08:39 AM (a4flb)
I love him very much. my dad was basically a wastrel, and he was my stand-in dad a lot of the time
he will probably need to be put in a LTC facility although we are trying to do everything possible to avoid this.
he's just at the stage where I guess his immune system can't fight back against infections/viruses very well. or at all.
he is 86 so ... I hope he's aware enough to know what has been going on geopolitically. because it would make him VERy happy.
especially today
thank you for the prayers
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 08:39 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2026 08:37 AM (Ia/+0)
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He would not be safe from any of the thousands of expat Venezuelans there.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 08:40 AM (RIvkX)
More importantly, who will play his wife?
Posted by: I gotta ask at January 03, 2026 08:37 AM (2Ez/1)
I vote for Cheech Marin and Salma Hayek.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 03, 2026 08:40 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 03, 2026 08:40 AM (znREB)
You know what I think I'll do?
I'm going to go straight to CBS News to get straight objective reporting with just the facts and no left wing bias.
Yep. That's just what I'm gonna do.
--
They have chosen to "Buzzfeed" themselves over the MN fraud.
Not just the embarrassing stupid " we called and they said they weren't committing fraud " but now "the state agency tells us there's no fraud so there's no fraud."
You mean the state agency that has seen a 500%+ budget increase, that has employees getting kickbacks, that is wholly staffed by AWFLs?
But for real, you have to read the press release. It's so carefully parsed and vague. To make you think they are legit.
But all it actually says is, 8 of the nine we checked are open.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 03, 2026 08:40 AM (HXT0k)
More importantly, who will play his wife?
This will be the only time that the Left demands Sydney Sweeney
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 08:40 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 03, 2026 08:40 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 08:40 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 08:41 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 03, 2026 08:41 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 03, 2026 08:41 AM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 03, 2026 08:41 AM (6Ga6M)
You can't fault them they have Protanopia when seeing all of the flags.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 08:41 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 03, 2026 08:41 AM (1Nv0l)
Posted by: 1 Hour Martinizing
It's 2026. It's time to revolutionize the Industry. We are fixin' to roll out- Half-Hour Martinizing!! The time has come today. Stay Tuned!
Posted by: George Jefferson-Movin' On Up at January 03, 2026 08:42 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 08:42 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 03, 2026 08:42 AM (1D2Ie)
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 08:42 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Samuel L. Jackson, Colored Guy Who Yells A Lot at January 03, 2026 08:42 AM (R/m4+)
they are just commies
this was a massive blow to the global communistic Elite
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 08:42 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 03, 2026 08:41 AM (1Nv0l)
We would have if possible.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 03, 2026 08:43 AM (KDPiq)
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"Armed Queers"? Or something to that extent. I seem to recall there being a connection between this group and Kirk's assassin.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2026 08:43 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 08:43 AM (emBoF)
This is exactly why you want a strong and growing economy so that assets with great cash flow do well.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 08:43 AM (a4flb)
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 08:41 AM (77rzZ)
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Muerte al tirano!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 08:43 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Halfhand at January 03, 2026 08:43 AM (edbiH)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 03, 2026 08:44 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 08:44 AM (emBoF)
omg YES!
and btw I'm always worried about female leaders but NOT HER. she's gonna rock it
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 08:45 AM (emBoF)
The US can and will install either one of those as the new Venezuelan President.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 08:45 AM (otNgF)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 03, 2026 08:45 AM (1Nv0l)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 08:46 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 03, 2026 08:41 AM (1Nv0l)
It’s a good question.
Especially since I recall that question being put forward back in 2002/3 until W & Cheney had already decided to go whole-hog instead of just taking Saddam, his sons, and the upper echelon out in a few days.
Would have saved us at least a few trillion$ if we had.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 03, 2026 08:46 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Bulg
As is the meme, someone got sick of her.
Her ex just recently remarried another hottie.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 03, 2026 08:46 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 03, 2026 08:47 AM (zNwXb)
And yet, Maduro is still alive.
Posted by: It's a Festivus miracle! at January 03, 2026 08:47 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2026 08:47 AM (Ia/+0)
I do so love this video lol
did you guys see Mr Rubio at that NYE party, singing? very cute
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 08:47 AM (emBoF)
lol ok I've only had ONE coffee!
the other commie
I can't remember lol
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 08:48 AM (emBoF)
thank you for the prayers
Posted by: BlackOrchid
Sorry to hear about your Uncle's health. It seems that all viruses have mutated in weird ways since Covid. Weird symptoms, lingering, weird progression, They really did a number on us. A cold is no longer a cold, and aged folks with weak immune systems suffer the most.
Posted by: Hang Fauci and Birx, For A Start! at January 03, 2026 08:48 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at January 03, 2026 08:48 AM (CwhoI)
hilarious
you guys! always with the humor!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 08:48 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 08:43 AM (emBoF)
They could make a mint just for the nostalgia factor of taking you back to the 1950s beach/casino resort lifestyle.
Complete with ‘57 Chevys everywhere.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 03, 2026 08:49 AM (6ydKt)
Yesterday she was screaming, "Stop following me!" as she followed me and Boy F.
Maybe with less fentanyl flowing in it will be weekly instead of daily.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 08:49 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 03, 2026 08:49 AM (6Ga6M)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 03, 2026 08:41 AM (1Nv0l)
We would have if possible.
Posted by: Opinion fact
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I didn't get that impression. Rumsfeld and Cheney were pretty high on their own supply. "Shining example of democracy in the region" and all that shite.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 03, 2026 08:49 AM (1Nv0l)
"He says we don’t have enough money for healthcare for Americans—but somehow we have unlimited funds for war??"
Check the Constitution, pal. You may learn some things.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 03, 2026 08:49 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Hollywood at January 03, 2026 08:50 AM (R/m4+)
fantastic mess for the ChiComs!
God I loved this! the ONE night I actually slept thru and missed it lol
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 08:50 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: davidt at January 03, 2026 08:50 AM (Q+gd/)
Complete with ‘57 Chevys everywhere."
Bring back Ricky Ricardo's Supper Club.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 03, 2026 08:50 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2026 08:50 AM (NwnyJ)
we will NEVER have ENOUGH money for entitlements
that's how those stupid things WORK
which of course these babies know that
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 08:50 AM (emBoF)
The drug trade narrative was just to make it palatable for the goodly, moral people in Mayberry.
One of the narrative writers' weaker plot lines, if you ask me. Needed more maps and a briefing from a gentlemanly Uncle Ben-type showing "credible intel" satellite imagery and little, plastic Risk board pieces showing groupings of fentanyl boats being pushed around by one of those telescoping back scratchers.
If you are gonna gaslight us, at least make the show a little more grandiose.
Posted by: Citizen Journalist at January 03, 2026 08:51 AM (4y4II)
my expat friends here seem absolutely certain she will.
she will.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 08:51 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at January 03, 2026 08:51 AM (CwhoI)
Jose Altuve for the next president of Venezuela.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 03, 2026 08:51 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Big Farma's Legal Department at January 03, 2026 08:51 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 03, 2026 08:52 AM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Ripley at January 03, 2026 08:52 AM (PTDkx)
so there are your evil fuckers who leak in case you were wondering, which I'm sure you were NOT
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 08:53 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 08:48 AM (emBoF)
Hugo Chavez.
Wannabe baseball star.
Failed coup plotter.
Comeback from Hell.
Then Dictator for life who ruined his country with his 21st Century Socialism, big mouth, big corruption, and small smooth brain.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 03, 2026 08:54 AM (6ydKt)
Solemn presser by democrats announcing impeachment in 4.3.2.1....
Posted by: Auspex at January 03, 2026 08:54 AM (pCWOd)
There's some talk that Trump was planning to do this on Christmas, but the Nigeria thing came up. And then the weather wasn't too good until now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 08:54 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Ripley
It's a quagmire.
Posted by: The MSM at January 03, 2026 08:54 AM (2Ez/1)
Working my network on LinkedIn and checking the ads in Indeed and GlassDoor.
Posted by: Iranian Mullah at January 03, 2026 08:14 AM
be prepared to get recruiting calls from every Kumar, Kahn, Patel, & Singh in the Bangalore phone book
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 03, 2026 08:54 AM (tljrc)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
Gale Gordon played Ricky's boss at the Tropicana in an early episode of I Love Lucy. He was in everything.
Posted by: Cuban Pete at January 03, 2026 08:54 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 08:55 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 03, 2026 08:55 AM (eZ5tL)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 03, 2026 08:55 AM (zNwXb)
anyway we just bombed his "museum" to smithereens on the way to pick up Maduro. where his body lay instate, or used to.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 08:56 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: davidt at January 03, 2026 08:56 AM (Q+gd/)
+++++
Harrumph!
Posted by: Senate Armed Services Committee members at January 03, 2026 08:56 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Tom Servo"
I seriously doubt the Venezuelan military even left their barracks to take a few pot shots at the helicopter. The remaining govt. officials will have noticed this.
Posted by: Ripley at January 03, 2026 08:56 AM (PTDkx)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 03, 2026 08:56 AM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Cuban Pete
Oh, Mister Mooney!
-- Lucy Carmichael
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 08:57 AM (77rzZ)
thousand F-ing percent!
can't wait to see what's next.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 08:57 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 03, 2026 08:52 AM (zNwXb)
Absolutely, this opens up an opportunity to open up Venezuelan day cares for all the immigrants you import here when it becomes war torn.
This just helps accelerate America's heritage of being an economic hub zone for foreigners on which the country was founded.
We're about to get a healthy addition of some spicy, South American peppers in this melting pot.
Posted by: Somali Spokesman at January 03, 2026 08:57 AM (4y4II)
it works bc most of his cabinet are people who've been utterly screwed by Globo-Homo previously
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 08:57 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2026 08:57 AM (R6aIA)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
No way! Astros cheat!
Posted by: Can't Trust A Trash Can Banger! at January 03, 2026 08:58 AM (oftw2)
What was that meme, something like "America. We will kill you in your sleep. On Christmas".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 08:58 AM (w6EFb)
Yes. A 2 hour regime change "war". Maduro is out, and in US custody.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 08:58 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Tucker Carlson at January 03, 2026 08:58 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Cuban Pete at January 03, 2026 08:54 AM
*****
Music and passion were always in fashion.
Posted by: B. Manilow at January 03, 2026 08:58 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: runner at January 03, 2026 08:59 AM (W3eFU)
'As was said, I'm getting damned sick and tired of being told I must fund the lifestyle of a thousand bastards when I didn't even get the dubious pleasure of f'ing their mother.'
Not to mention that the thousands of bastards are committing 50% of violent crimes while we are forced to subsidize them.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 03, 2026 08:59 AM (fd80v)
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 08:59 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2026 08:57 AM (R6aIA)
I took IT out.
Posted by: President Donald J. Trump, Shot Caller With All The Keys at January 03, 2026 08:59 AM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 03, 2026 08:59 AM (sDNVV)
Posted by: runner at January 03, 2026 08:59 AM (W3eFU)
Multiculturalism is our diversity which is our strength.
Posted by: Every Fat, Blue Haired 40 yr Old Woman at January 03, 2026 09:00 AM (XOmY9)
before I went to bed it seemed like the mullahs were fighting back, not sure how many deaths. of course they were going to.
I've been distracted by this great news but will see what's on X now. it's very very widespread.
Pahlavi made a great statement - a little scary - about how now is the time and they're right to be scared but please all stand together and they cannot be stopped
praying hard for them
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 09:00 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 03, 2026 09:00 AM (KDPiq)
This is better
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 03, 2026 09:01 AM (zNwXb)
Posted by: mrp at January 03, 2026 09:01 AM (rj6Yv)
Yes, thanks. Miley says she sent you an email when we got it. Did it not come through?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 09:01 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 03, 2026 09:01 AM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Tucker Carlson at January 03, 2026 09:01 AM (RIvkX)
I just read on my AI Newscast that President Trump has turned Maduro into a Frog!
Trump now has supernatural powers?!?!
Amazing.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 03, 2026 09:01 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Robert at January 03, 2026 08:57 AM (R6aIA)
I took IT out.
Posted by: President Donald J. Trump, Shot Caller With All The Keys
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golfclap
Posted by: Elaine Benes at January 03, 2026 09:01 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 03, 2026 09:02 AM (cxFcK)
This Venezuela thing is so far outside their scrip, they don't know what to say.
They are desperate to find the new NPC hot fix download.
So far, they're all trying to say how bad and wrong it is. But it's just more of the tired, pathetic "international law" escalation, blah blah blah.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 03, 2026 09:02 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Ripley at January 03, 2026 08:56 AM (PTDkx)
And I bet this had a lot to do with all of them knowing that Maduro was out of money, and wasn’t going to be paying them anymore.
And I’m also marveling at how 2 weeks ago Trump openly told Maduro “I’m giving you one last chance to take your stuff and leave Venezuela, go into exile. You’re going to regret it if you don’t.”
And everyone said “aww Trump’s just bluffing.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 09:02 AM (otNgF)
Someone wake up the flaming skull.
Posted by: Auspex at January 03, 2026 09:02 AM (pCWOd)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 03, 2026 09:02 AM (1Nv0l)
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Likely, the smartest play of the whole operation.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2026 09:02 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Post-nasal Drip at January 03, 2026 09:02 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)
coke has been fueling a LOT of places. when you combine Adderall (basically uppers) with coke, you get the utter mess of insanity we've been dealing with in The Current Year.
I welcome the crashout
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 09:04 AM (emBoF)
rumor is maybe there are interesting drones roaming about
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 09:04 AM (emBoF)
MSM, concentrating on stuff we need to know
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 03, 2026 09:04 AM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Post-nasal Drip at January 03, 2026 09:02 AM
+++
Try Parmesan.
Posted by: H. Biden at January 03, 2026 09:04 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Citizen Journalist at January 03, 2026 08:51 AM (4y4II)
Chavez expropriated all of the oil fields for the state petroleum corp decades ago you numb nut.
Venezuelan is dirty as hell and difficult to refine in the first place.
The only person gaslighting is you.
if we’d only wanted the oil we’d have tsken out Chavez around 2000.
This is a multi-dimensional international power play that you have no clue how to comprehend, obviously.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 03, 2026 09:05 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 03, 2026 09:05 AM (4p5Zb)
Regime change in 2 hours or less OR IT'S FREE!
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2026 09:05 AM (ZxPkt)
We can eliminate the "drug dealer" in Venezuela, but the one living down the street from you that has been arrested 17 times is still out on the streets to stab you in the neck.
Because the one in Venezuela is sitting on hundreds of billions of dollars of oil.
The one down the street only raped your neighbor's daughter. No money to be made there.
Posted by: Citizen Journalist at January 03, 2026 09:05 AM (4y4II)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 03, 2026 09:05 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 03, 2026 09:05 AM (h7ZuX)
Check out Reza Pahlavi's daughters. The oldest is the Crown Princess. They may actually return....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 09:05 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 03, 2026 09:06 AM (KDPiq)
This Venezuela thing is so far outside their scrip, they don't know what to say.
They are desperate to find the new NPC hot fix download.
So far, they're all trying to say how bad and wrong it is. But it's just more of the tired, pathetic "international law" escalation, blah blah blah.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 03, 2026 09:02 AM (HXT0k)
Norman! Coordinate!
Posted by: MSM at January 03, 2026 09:06 AM (Q+gd/)
"Keir Starmer has said the UK was not involved in 'any way' in airstrikes on military bases in Venezuela that led to the capture of President Nicolas Maduro.
The Venezuelan leader and his wife were flown out the country this morning and have been indicted in the United States on drugs and weapons charges.
Sir Keir has said the UK was not part of the operation, adding that he wants to speak to Donald Trump to find out more information."
Posted by: one hour sober at January 03, 2026 09:06 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: tankdemon
No-one is up yet. Just us rank-and-file morons.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 03, 2026 09:07 AM (1Nv0l)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 09:07 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 03, 2026 09:08 AM (u73oe)
For very good reason since Keir Starmer would have done everything possible to alert Maduro ahead of time and help throw sand in the gears.
UK is no longer our ally.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 09:08 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: runner at January 03, 2026 09:08 AM (Y1v+4)
if we’d only wanted the oil we’d have tsken out Chavez around 2000.
This is a multi-dimensional international power play that you have no clue how to comprehend, obviously.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 03, 2026 09:05 AM (6ydKt)
All you offered up was an alternate reason as to the true reason behind the removal of Maduro,
But apparently you agree with me that it isn't about "fentanyl boats".
Gaslighting of the public confirmed.
Posted by: Citizen Journalist at January 03, 2026 09:09 AM (4y4II)
Posted by: Post-nasal Drip at January 03, 2026 09:02 AM (oftw2)
Things go better with Coke!
Posted by: Fatty Arbuckle at January 03, 2026 09:09 AM (6Ga6M)
Compare and contrast:
Putin vs. Ukraine (3 years, 10 months, 1 week and 3 days, so far)
Trump vs. Venezuela (2 hours)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 03, 2026 09:09 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at January 03, 2026 09:09 AM (iDFVA)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 03, 2026 09:09 AM (zNwXb)
He would love to do to Americans who post "hate speech" on social media what we did to Maduro.
Eff that turd and his increasingly shithole country.
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 09:09 AM (77rzZ)
Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou among women, and blessed it the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our deaths. Amen.
St. Genevieve, pry for us.
I have prayed Rosaries for the intentions, both stated and unstated, of the members of the Horde.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 03, 2026 09:09 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: Most people at January 03, 2026 09:10 AM (2Ez/1)
Yes, like the Epstein files, the LV shooting, the Hawaiian fire, the Butler PA attack...
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 09:10 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 03, 2026 09:06 AM (Y1sOo)
Thanks for letting us know you had nothing to do with freeing our country. No return of BP assets.
Posted by: Venezuelans at January 03, 2026 09:10 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 03, 2026 09:07 AM (1Nv0l)
This rank-and-file moron is drinking coffee. Second cup.
Posted by: dantesed at January 03, 2026 09:10 AM (Oy/m2)
Watching Trump's FOX interview now while my daughter fumes is precious
Posted by: Auspex at January 03, 2026 09:10 AM (pCWOd)
Posted by: runner at January 03, 2026 09:10 AM (Y1v+4)
Is this someone parodying a retarded Leftist or their libertarian brethren?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 03, 2026 09:10 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: St. Genevieve at January 03, 2026 09:10 AM (2Ez/1)
-The United States
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 09:11 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Florida Peasant at January 03, 2026 09:11 AM (Lo97M)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 07:56 AM (a4flb)
Cue up new memes with Chuck Norris wishing he were as badass as President DJT.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 03, 2026 09:11 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 03, 2026 09:11 AM (cxFcK)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 08:27 AM (RIvkX)
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A NY court? Maduro's best move would be to convert to Islam.
Hochul declared THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JANUARY "Muslim-American Month". State government buildings were lit up in green. One World Trade Center in Manhattan - all lit up in green. Even some of the libs were stunned. The Sultan of NYC is ecstatic.
Posted by: mrp at January 03, 2026 09:11 AM (rj6Yv)
Read a story last week that a lot of Maduro defectors in our custody were spilling the beans, naming names of which CIA and State Dept. officials were on the Maduro payroll.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 09:11 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius
I might make a play, myself. I wore a Crown back when Imperial Margarine was a big deal and I have Two thrones in my apartment.
Posted by: Not To Mention At Burger King On My Birthday at January 03, 2026 09:11 AM (oftw2)
Sir Keir has said the UK was not part of the operation, adding that he wants to speak to Donald Trump to find out more information."
Posted by: one hour sober at January 03, 2026 09:06 AM (Y1sOo)
"Your call is very important to us. Remain on the line and a representative will be with you shortly."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 03, 2026 09:11 AM (tgvbd)
'we will NEVER have ENOUGH money for entitlements
that's how those stupid things WORK'
What is the point of providing ANY money for entitlements when the democrats and their mutts steal it all?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 03, 2026 09:11 AM (fd80v)
Neither do I and I sift data all the time.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 09:12 AM (a4flb)
The files are on my desk!
Posted by: Pam Bondi at January 03, 2026 09:12 AM (4y4II)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 03, 2026 09:07 AM (1Nv0l)
Someone be sure to yell, Ten-HUTT!" when the ewok comes in.
Posted by: davidt at January 03, 2026 09:12 AM (Q+gd/)
since they look like Venezuela already.
Posted by: DBCooper at January 03, 2026 09:12 AM (aQNOn)
OH HELL YEAH!
I actually love Mexico and Mexicans and THEY DESERVE FREEDOM TOO
root out ALL the commie infiltrators!!!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 09:12 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 03, 2026 09:12 AM (1Nv0l)
Then transfer to an Indian call center.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 09:12 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 09:12 AM (RIvkX)
It would've been an hour and a half, but the last two minutes took forever with all the timeouts.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at January 03, 2026 09:13 AM (CwhoI)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2026 09:13 AM (NwnyJ)
Okay you are just retarded. The 90’s called and they want their blood for oil slogan back.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 03, 2026 09:13 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 09:13 AM (a4flb)
Keir who?
Posted by: Most people at January 03, 2026 09:10 AM (2Ez/1)
It's like trying to remember the name of the Foreign Minister of Bolivia. And about as worthwhile.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 03, 2026 09:13 AM (tgvbd)
He would love to do to Americans who post "hate speech" on social media what we did to Maduro.
Eff that turd and his increasingly shithole country.
Correct. He better watch his mouth or I might send some folks into his 3rd world shithole and send him off into "retirement". We have great dental plans in our federal prisons that he could avail himself of once he is in custody.
Posted by: President Donald J. Trump, Shot Caller With All The Keys at January 03, 2026 09:13 AM (R/m4+)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 03, 2026 09:06 AM (Y1sOo)
"Your call is very important to us. Remain on the line and a representative will be with you shortly."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 03, 2026 09:11 AM (tgvbd)
----
All part of Operation Nunya....As in Nunya Business.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2026 09:13 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 03, 2026 09:14 AM (cxFcK)
then Cali lol
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 08:55 AM (emBoF)
Now we will see if I’ve been correct - I’ve been saying for some time that once Venezuela falls, Cuba will collapse quite quickly without a shot being fired. Russia can’t afford to prop them up anymore. China could try, but I think the Chinese will accept that Cuba is too remote from them and already in too bad of a shape, thus not worth expending time or treasure on.
Plus there’s the factor that now every world leader has a new fear and respect for what Trump can do.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 09:14 AM (otNgF)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 03, 2026 09:14 AM (nljXp)
"Nicolas Maduro has been charged with Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy, Cocaine Importation Conspiracy, Possession of Machineguns and Destructive Devices, and Conspiracy to Possess Machineguns and Destructive Devices against the United States."
Posted by: IrishEi at January 03, 2026 09:15 AM (3ImbR)
George has a brand new pool of young boys and men to bugger. he'll stay in shape for those guys.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 09:15 AM (emBoF)
Hochul declared THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JANUARY "Muslim-American Month". State government buildings were lit up in green. One World Trade Center in Manhattan - all lit up in green. Even some of the libs were stunned. The Sultan of NYC is ecstatic.
Posted by: mrp at January 03, 2026 09:11 AM (rj6Yv)
That literally calls for tar and feathering Hochul. What a disgusting insult to the families of the 9/11 victims. I’m stunned that this was done.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 03, 2026 09:16 AM (KDPiq)
Then transfer to an Indian call center.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 09:12 AM (a4flb)
"Pleased to help you with your call. I strive for most excellent service in resolving your issue expeditiously. My name is Kevin."
Posted by: "Kevin" at January 03, 2026 09:16 AM (6Ga6M)
"Nicolas Maduro has been charged with Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy, Cocaine Importation Conspiracy, Possession of Machineguns and Destructive Devices, and Conspiracy to Possess Machineguns and Destructive Devices against the United States."
Posted by: IrishEi at January 03, 2026 09:15 AM (3ImbR)
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They left out Conspiracy to Commit Public Nudity.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2026 09:16 AM (ESVrU)
There's some talk that Trump was planning to do this on Christmas, but the Nigeria thing came up. And then the weather wasn't too good until now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 08:54 AM (w6EFb)
I feel like this is a good time, given the uprising in Iran. Good show for the mullahs. Let 'em know they might be next.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 03, 2026 09:16 AM (h7ZuX)
Where is the ACLU coming in to talk about Separation of Church And State?
Muslim is not an ethnicity nor a continent, its a death cult.
I bet there are 11 other religions who want their own month too.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 09:17 AM (a4flb)
Sir Keir has said the UK was not part of the operation, adding that he wants to speak to Donald Trump to find out more information."
Posted by: one hour sober at January 03, 2026 09:06 AM (Y1sOo)
*White House phone transcript*
"Hello, this is Prime Minister Keir of Great Britain. I spoil;d like-"
"Who is this again?'
"I am Prime Minister Keir of Great Britain, and I should very much like to-"
"How did you get this number, Mr Kerov?"
"Who is your superior? I connect me immediately to him or her. I am Keir the PM of Great Britain. And I demand to speak to President Trump immedia-"
"The President is dining on a Big Mac right now. I'll let him know you called after he finishes his Diet Coke. Now that was...Kerov, right? What's your first name?"
...
Posted by: naturalfake at January 03, 2026 09:17 AM (iJfKG)
A rock gets thrown through the window at 24 Sussex Drive, Ottawa. The attached note says only, "You're next."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 03, 2026 09:17 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: The clueless media at January 03, 2026 09:17 AM (2Ez/1)
We can eliminate the "drug dealer" in Venezuela, but the one living down the street from you that has been arrested 17 times is still out on the streets to stab you in the neck.
Because the one in Venezuela is sitting on hundreds of billions of dollars of oil.
The one down the street only raped your neighbor's daughter. No money to be made there.
The Democrats are protesting the ouster of Maduro. The Democrats also protest the attempted ouster of illegal alien gang members that commit crimes against American citizens. Who's making money where?
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 03, 2026 09:17 AM (0CU3H)
Ulitskaya's novel The Kukotsky Enigma discusses that WRT Russia, but on a bigger scale. She (a geneticist by original trade) wonders after the Revolution, Civil War, decades of Gulags, WW2, and really big emigration, what was left of the in-country Russian gene pool. And this was written well before the current war in Ukraine.
Posted by: Henry O. at January 03, 2026 09:18 AM (Wnkzy)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 03, 2026 09:18 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 03, 2026 09:18 AM (rkCBr)
Posted by: Ayatolla Yaso at January 03, 2026 09:19 AM (3nLb4)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 03, 2026 09:19 AM (tgvbd)
Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 03, 2026 09:19 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 03, 2026 09:12 AM (1Nv0l)
Umm.
We've removed Maduro, that story arc has been completed. We may make an ironic reference to it in future episodes for long time viewers, but you'll really appreciate what we've got on tap for Season 250.
It's gonna have Muslims and blacks and real good baddies. Mission to Somaliland!
I don't want to give spoilers, but rest assured there is gonna be some stuff in there that makes you feel really justified!
Tune in, patriot!
Posted by: Narrative Writers at January 03, 2026 09:20 AM (4y4II)
Posted by: Your Ship's Purser at January 03, 2026 09:20 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 03, 2026 09:20 AM (VE6XX)
She's probably on some Muslim payroll as well.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2026 09:20 AM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 09:20 AM (otNgF)
Naw, its On Brand.
It was only a few years ago where she stood behind a pulpit and blasphemously called forth her "disciples" to "evangelize" the state with the religion of Covid SCIENCE!1!™
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 09:20 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 03, 2026 09:16 AM (h7ZuX)
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President Trump already pantsed them once last year when he took out their nuclear facilities.
I'm sure he could do it again any time he wants to.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2026 09:20 AM (ESVrU)
Elica Le Bon, a child of Iranian expats, vowed she will be wearing this in Tehran next year on New Year's Eve:
(mildly NSFW, but I think X will block it without an account anyway):
https://is.gd/XRjIBy
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 09:20 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: mrp at January 03, 2026 09:11 AM (rj6Yv)
~~~~~
Never Forget
Posted by: IrishEi at January 03, 2026 09:20 AM (3ImbR)
https://is.gd/ogHqQB
Posted by: publius
What's going on beneath her left breast?
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 09:20 AM (77rzZ)
Illogical comparisons as usual. State action vs Fed action. Also talk to the Leftist judges and lefty bail organizations about your concerns.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 03, 2026 09:20 AM (KDPiq)
I believe January 19th is Martin Luther King Day. I guess Hochul hates black people.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 03, 2026 09:20 AM (rkCBr)
Even BONDI gets saved with this news.
Will Trump display his captives in a cage on the Capitol Steps?
Oh what fun. Oh what a time to be alive.
Posted by: torabora at January 03, 2026 09:21 AM (CEDms)
Posted by: The media we USED to watch at January 03, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Flounder at January 03, 2026 09:21 AM (6Ga6M)
Posted by: Your Ship's Purser at January 03, 2026 09:20 AM (oftw2)
Bu... but, if Cuba falls apart, where will we go for our dream vacations??!!
Posted by: Canadians at January 03, 2026 09:21 AM (uQesX)
(mildly NSFW, but I think X will block it without an account anyway):
https://is.gd/XRjIBy
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 09:20 AM (w6EFb)
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It is.
Posted by: mrp at January 03, 2026 09:22 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Flaming Skull, Pudding Cup, Deprived at January 03, 2026 09:22 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 03, 2026 09:18 AM (Y1sOo)
I was guessing Burt.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 03, 2026 09:22 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2026 09:16 AM (ESVrU)
Public urination!
Posted by: runner at January 03, 2026 09:23 AM (cmmSn)
Posted by: torabora at January 03, 2026 09:23 AM (CEDms)
I vote for you as Communications Director for the WH.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 09:23 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
Yeah, when's ours?
-- Scientologists
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 09:23 AM (77rzZ)
Even BONDI gets saved with this news.
Will Trump display his captives in a cage on the Capitol Steps?
Oh what fun. Oh what a time to be alive.
Posted by: torabora at January 03, 2026 09:21 AM (CEDms)
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A Roman-style triumph procession from the White House to the Capitol Building for the State of the Union address. Maduro in chains walking behind President Trump. Then President Trump will declare himself the new American Caesar we've all been waiting for.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2026 09:23 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 09:20 AM (77rzZ)
Bulg, get your hand out of there!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 03, 2026 09:23 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 09:20 AM (
++++
Aaaaannnd it's a boob thread.
Posted by: I knew it! at January 03, 2026 09:23 AM (2Ez/1)
look at some of the islands around there lol. there are a few with remote Dutch supposed leadership. they're still fine.
it's not very populated. Royal Caribbean could just swoop in and clean things up and take over lol.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 09:23 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 03, 2026 09:24 AM (rkCBr)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 03, 2026 09:18 AM (Y1sOo)
I was guessing Burt.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 03, 2026 09:22 AM (KDPiq)
Eh, American victory means it's Black Pill time here at the HQ. Plenty of the usual suspects for that.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 03, 2026 09:24 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Henry O. at January 03, 2026 09:24 AM (Wnkzy)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 03, 2026 09:24 AM (nljXp)
Posted by: runner at January 03, 2026 09:24 AM (cmmSn)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 03, 2026 09:25 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2026 09:25 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 03, 2026 09:25 AM (Yl2Ob)
Jackass.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 03, 2026 09:24 AM (nljXp)
~~~~~
We only hear from him on election day anymore.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 03, 2026 09:25 AM (3ImbR)
"He has been branded a corrupt authoritarian who has presided over the economic collapse of his nation, rigged subsequent elections and crushed dissenters. "
Posted by: fd at January 03, 2026 08:10 AM (vFG9F)
But for the "rigged subsequent elections", I would have guessed Biden.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 03, 2026 09:25 AM (ExV1e)
Ok I’m in favor of throwing the book at him, but that seems like a joke to me.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 09:26 AM (otNgF)
Posted by: Almost afraid to ask at January 03, 2026 09:26 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Almost afraid to ask at January 03, 2026 09:26 AM (2Ez/1)
You hurt my feelings, sir.
Posted by: Benjamin Franklin at January 03, 2026 09:27 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Someone has to say it at January 03, 2026 09:27 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Almost afraid to ask at January 03, 2026 09:26 AM (2Ez/1)
$20. Same as in town!*
*Ackshewallee "a hundred".
Posted by: naturalfake at January 03, 2026 09:27 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 03, 2026 09:27 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Almost afraid to ask at January 03, 2026 09:26 AM (2Ez/1)
$20, same as in town in 1980.
Posted by: Citizen Journalist at January 03, 2026 09:27 AM (4y4II)
Also where is the ‘you don’t have to obey a unlawful order’ crowd today.
Posted by: Get out of my fucking shot at January 03, 2026 09:27 AM (jZ3ZM)
Posted by: Almost afraid to ask at January 03, 2026 09:26 AM (2Ez/1)
And rightly so. However, "hundy" in this case is slang for a hundred dollar bill. The preferred usage is "hundo."
Posted by: Pikiwedia at January 03, 2026 09:28 AM (uQesX)
Oh, so you were at the TxMoMe too!
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 09:28 AM (a4flb)
We're charging citizens of another country IN that country with violating the NFA? I've heard of padding charges but that's a.... "stretch" to put it mildly.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 03, 2026 09:28 AM (3nLb4)
The president offered multiple off ramps, but was very clear throughout this process: the drug trafficking must stop, and the stolen oil must be returned to the United States. Maduro is the newest person to find out that President Trump means what he says.
Kudos to our brave special operators who pulled off a truly impressive operation.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 03, 2026 09:28 AM (nLlkW)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
That had occurred to me. Being able to see a woman's ribs is a big turnoff. Looks like starvation, which is not sexy.
Eat a sammich or three, Lady.
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 09:29 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 09:29 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 03, 2026 09:24 AM (iJfKG)
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Bank on it.
Some folks aren't happy unless they're miserable. We have a subset who spent their time trying to found clouds in all the silver linings.
I relish the wins. We had a rought time of it, so I'll take what we can get.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 03, 2026 09:29 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Oddbob at January 03, 2026 09:28 AM (3nLb4)
Bondi has a hardon for the NFA. If she was the one who tacked that bullshit on to something that's actually geopolitically serious and relevant, just to dress up her hobby horse and dig her little heels in, she ought to be fired immediately.
Posted by: Benjamin Franklin at January 03, 2026 09:30 AM (06Hmj)
The judges would have also accepted:
"We drew his name out of a hat"
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 09:30 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 08:27 AM (RIvkX)
So they'll be acquitted then.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 03, 2026 09:30 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2026 09:30 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 03, 2026 09:30 AM (rkCBr)
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 09:29 AM (77rzZ)
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I'm sure the Padishah Empress will take careful notes of your desires.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 03, 2026 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: m at January 03, 2026 09:30 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Flaming Skull, Pudding Cup, Deprived at January 03, 2026 09:30 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2026 09:23 AM (ESVrU)
Yes! I was just thinking him that! It would be too slow to make him walk, so wrap him in chains like Quasimodo and put him in a tumbril that Trump can tow behind behind his limo while he cruises down Pennsylvania Avenue.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 09:31 AM (otNgF)
I'm the president of the Black Pilled Chapter of the AoSHQ and I'm struggling here to find a downside to this news.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 09:31 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 09:31 AM (emBoF)
Thank you, MisHum and Annie!
https://youtu.be/cFtLTSK4p2g
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 03, 2026 09:32 AM (kOluj)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 09:29 AM (RIvkX)
Should have charged him in Florida
Posted by: It's me donna at January 03, 2026 09:32 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 03, 2026 09:30 AM (rkCBr)
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To ask the question is to answer it. In Olden Thymes we had mature, responsible senators who valued national security and who could be trusted to keep secrets - for years if necessary.
Now it's a bunch of low-IQ clowns who actively want America to lose if it makes Trump look bad.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 03, 2026 09:32 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 09:29 AM (77rzZ)
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I'm sure the Padishah Empress will take careful notes of your desires.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 03, 2026 09:30 AM (ZOv7s)
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I have one thing to say to the Empress.
"How you doin?"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 09:32 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 09:29 AM*
Get some MREs for the cooking segments on the Monday TV morning shows.
Posted by: Someone has to say it at January 03, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)
That's right, Princess Noor is not merely HRH, she's HIH, Her *Imperial* Highness.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 09:33 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 03, 2026 08:35 AM (6ydKt)
Do they even know? And, if they do, are they openly excited or are they waiting to see who will grab the reins of power?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 03, 2026 09:33 AM (ExV1e)
"Hugo Chavez burial site targeted: report"
First couple of paragraphs:
"Colombian President Gustavo Petro posted about a series of Venezuelan targets reportedly hit in the US military attack overnight – including the mausoleum of late dictator Hugo Chavez.
The list, which includes 11 purported targets, includes the Cuartel de la Montaña in Caracas, which houses the mausoleum to Maduro’s despised strongman predecessor. Petro wrote on X in Spanish that it was bombarded according to “information confirmed as of now.”"
Posted by: mrp at January 03, 2026 09:33 AM (rj6Yv)
Presumably for when things get spicy.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 03, 2026 09:33 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 03, 2026 09:32 AM (ZOv7s)
Think of how useless and imbecilic the typical House Representative mutant is.
Now take those same useless imbeciles and shove them into the Senate for six years at a clip.
Whatever amendment that was that did the direct election thing, needs to be undid.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2026 09:34 AM (06Hmj)
The president offered multiple off ramps, but was very clear throughout this process: the drug trafficking must stop, and the stolen oil must be returned to the United States.
Vance is clearly a "numb nut" and "retarded" and has no clue how to comprehend.
Someone needs to tell him the 1990s want their slogans back.
Posted by: Citizen Journalist at January 03, 2026 09:34 AM (4y4II)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 03, 2026 09:32 AM (ZOv7s)
The first public statements from Democrats on that committee said they were “unjustified, unnecessary illegal and unconstitutional.”
I guess we do t need to ask which side Democrats are on.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 03, 2026 09:34 AM (rkCBr)
Posted by: DJT at January 03, 2026 09:34 AM (Q+gd/)
tons of live scenes of celebration! it's all on X
the news here is commie so they won't cover it.
people are celebrating all over Venezuela!!!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 09:34 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 09:31 AM (otNgF)
Just might do that...Susie!
Posted by: President Donald J. Trump, Shot Caller With All The Keys at January 03, 2026 09:35 AM (R/m4+)
The host made a few what about ism points and then they cut to him…
A grown man wearing a black silk shirt and a woman’s brooch at the top button.
What the actual fuck? You know you’re going to be talking about serious shit and this is what you choose to wear?
Take yourself to that moment…”I don’t know Carl, it’s a serious day. I think a brooch might not make me seem credible. But I does scream heeeeeeey guuuuurl, you slay qweeeeen!!!!!”
Posted by: MJ at January 03, 2026 09:35 AM (XOmY9)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 03, 2026 09:35 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: mrp at January 03, 2026 09:35 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: mrp at January 03, 2026 09:33 AM (rj6Yv)
According to a Department of War Spokesperson, "... Because Fuck You, That's Why".
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2026 09:35 AM (06Hmj)
Maduro is on a Navy vessel headed to NY
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 09:29 AM (RIvkX)
Should have charged him in Florida
Posted by: It's me donna at January 03, 2026 09:32 AM (VE6XX)
Trump wants to show Mamdani what happens if he's takes his commie crap too far.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 03, 2026 09:35 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: torabora at January 03, 2026 09:35 AM (CEDms)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 09:31 AM (a4flb)
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This is why projections about the midterms are pointless this far out. Trump has so many cards in his hand, and he will play them for maximum effect. He saw HW Bush piss away a 92 percent approval rating, so he knows the value of peaking at exactly the right time. The arrests should not be happening now. Why do them now? Do them in August, when the ballots have been printed and the primaries are over, and then the Dems have to scramble to find replacements up and down the ticket.
Maduro going down will drop oil futures, open up production and give us $2 a gallon gas by the Fourth of July. Iran toppling may put us in 1990s territory, bankrupting Russia.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 03, 2026 09:35 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 09:31 AM (emBoF)
And I had just arrived; it was sittin' right there.
Posted by: m at January 03, 2026 09:36 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2026 09:36 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: muldoon at January 03, 2026 09:36 AM (/iMjX)
We can eliminate the "drug dealer" in Venezuela, but the one living down the street from you that has been arrested 17 times is still out on the streets to stab you in the neck.
Because the one in Venezuela is sitting on hundreds of billions of dollars of oil.
The one down the street only raped your neighbor's daughter. No money to be made there.
Posted by: Citizen Journalist at January 03, 2026 09:05 AM (4y4II)
Pres. Trump sent the National Guard into several cities, precisely because of out-of-control crime. Curiously, the crime-rate plummeted and the citizens of those cities rejoiced.
In response, a durka-durka drove across the nation and assassinated two National Guard troopers. And the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Democrats that don't want National Guard troops in their cities.
You're angry at the wrong people, cretin.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 03, 2026 09:36 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2026 09:36 AM (Ia/+0)
I'd prefer the Hulagu Khan approach. Wrap him in a carpet and have the cavalry play soccer with him.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 03, 2026 09:37 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 03, 2026 09:37 AM (1D2Ie)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 09:37 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: DBCooper at January 03, 2026 09:37 AM (aQNOn)
lol omg yes
and when Cuba is liberated next week
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 09:37 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: Oddbob at January 03, 2026 09:37 AM (3nLb4)
In a way, your are right.
The revelations of the Somalian, Haitian, _______, atrocities and total contempt they have made abundantly clear to the average American has moved the culture from empathy and shedding tears to "KILL THEM ALL AND LET GOD SORT THEM OUT".
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 09:37 AM (a4flb)
I'd prefer the Hulagu Khan approach. Wrap him in a carpet and have the cavalry play soccer with him.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 03, 2026 09:37 AM (Riz8t)
Second look at scaphism?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2026 09:38 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: BlackOrchid
It will be the end of their fabulous healthcare system!
-- Michael Moore
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 09:38 AM (77rzZ)
Nobody watches MS-13NOW.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 03, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)
I think the machine gun thing includes the phrase "against the United States", and that's some specific narco-terrorist law.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 09:39 AM (w6EFb)
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Still a better hashtag than "#bring back our girls".
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2026 09:39 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: davidt at January 03, 2026 09:39 AM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2026 09:39 AM (NwnyJ)
#NoBloodForGoils
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2026 09:39 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
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I am holding several onshore drillers. Curious here too.
Posted by: scampydog at January 03, 2026 09:40 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 09:33 AM (w6EFb)
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I think Iranians want the monarchy in part because it puts them at the top of the food chain in the region. The Saudis, Empirates, etc. are all upstarts who should bow before the Peacock Throne.
Americans don't like monarchy, but is critical in certain societies. See also: Japan.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 03, 2026 09:40 AM (ZOv7s)
BREAKING
District Judge Boasberg has ordered the United States Navy to turn around and return Maduro to Venezuela
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2026 09:40 AM (ZxPkt)
So farrrrr...
Posted by: Archimedes at January 03, 2026 09:40 AM (Riz8t)
I relish the wins. We had a rought time of it, so I'll take what we can get.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 03, 2026 09:29 AM (ZOv7s)
My mind is boggled at thinking of the GOOD consequences that will glow from this! I was mentally making a list and it would be a full page or more!
What’s really going to piss off the left is that (almost) everyone loves a winner, and everyone hates a loser. Oh boy are they going to be gritting their teeth.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 09:40 AM (otNgF)
Posted by: seriously concerned and experienced politicians at January 03, 2026 09:41 AM (5LiC7)
Are we going to grease the treads of our tanks with their guts? Please tell me we're going to grease the treads of our tanks with their guts.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 03, 2026 09:41 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 03, 2026 09:42 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Taggart at January 03, 2026 09:42 AM (6Ga6M)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 03, 2026 09:43 AM (vzcgi)
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2026 09:36 AM (ZxPkt)
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Do people actually think his trial is meaningful? Are people that far gone? Do the black pills run that deep?
We're holding onto him until Venezuela can establish a successor regime which will demand he face THEIR justice, which means a long rope and a short drop, or a helicopter ride.
Trump has no intention of trying him.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 03, 2026 09:43 AM (ZOv7s)
JJ, good to see you here on the weekend.
How is your wife doing? You mentioned that she was having some issues a little while back.
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 09:43 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: occam's brassiere at January 03, 2026 09:44 AM (AkkXw)
As President of the Black Pilled Chapter of AoSHQ, I agree that he will likely be acquitted.
But who the hell cares? Venezuela has been liberated, the freely elected leaders can finally realize their positions, the drug cartels lost a major sponsor, Cuba is on the ropes.
Maduro seeing any form of justice is just sprinkles on a donut.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 09:45 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2026 09:45 AM (06Hmj)
It's lame, but not as lame as rooting for a drug-running dictator.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 03, 2026 09:45 AM (ZOv7s)
Maduro knows way too much. At the very least, he'll be ordered held in that Manhattan Metropolitan Correctional Center.
Posted by: t-bird at January 03, 2026 09:45 AM (iHitY)
Posted by: occam's brassiere at January 03, 2026 09:46 AM (AkkXw)
Vote for a different city government. Your local drug dealer isn't a federal issue.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 03, 2026 09:46 AM (ExV1e)
The guy is a beast!
T Rex has nothing on him.
From hundred billion dollar corporations to mom and pop stores, whale semen hair slays them all.
Posted by: torabora at January 03, 2026 09:46 AM (CEDms)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 03, 2026 09:47 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 09:40 AM (otNgF)
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China comes to mind. So much for their off-brand oil imports. If Iran falls and a pro-US government emerges there, Xi's going to find his economic nuts in a vice.
China's fleet runs on fuel, not nuclear power. No oil, no invasion.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 03, 2026 09:47 AM (ZOv7s)
Maduro seeing any form of justice is just sprinkles on a donut.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 09:45 AM (a4flb)
Maduro getting "acquitted" by some charlatain district court can only be a good thing.
No one whose opinion is still an opinion (and not a Pavlovian reflex) will think Maduro is actually innocent of anything. But they will start to think that our "justice" "system" is completely broken and needs a herculean amount of mucking out.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2026 09:47 AM (06Hmj)
It's lame, but not as lame as rooting for a drug-running dictator.
I saw an MSNBC report that all of Biden's plans and documents had been stolen.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 03, 2026 09:47 AM (Riz8t)
No supply.
Posted by: torabora at January 03, 2026 09:47 AM (CEDms)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 03, 2026 09:23 AM (ESVrU)
You left out the part where Caesar Trump rides in a chariot, while a servant whispers "Remember, thou art but mortal," in Trump's ear.
I suppose, we'll have to modernize it: so, Trump will have to stand in the Commander's hatch of an M-1 Abrams, and the servant can stand in the Gunner's hatch.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 03, 2026 09:47 AM (pJWtt)
To fully appreciate it, he would have not survived the extraordinary rendition.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 09:47 AM (a4flb)
The largest breast size that accounts for all the evidence is to be preferred.
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 09:48 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 03, 2026 09:33 AM (ExV1e)
I wil say again, it now will be trivially easy to install the true winner of the Venezuelan elections a few months back.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 09:48 AM (otNgF)
but the sad thing is I come here to celebrate this news, or text my one friend who's an expat.
this is SO AWESOME and yet the MSM is saying it was "illegal" and my friends and family are all decrying it. they cannot enjoy good news?!?!
it's depressing. they're nuts, yes, but made that way I guess by the Left. or something. I give up! this is a GREAT GREAT NEW DAWN!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 09:49 AM (emBoF)
If there were any plans, they would look very similar to the Afghanistan Withdrawal
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 09:49 AM (a4flb)
It's lame, but not as lame as rooting for a drug-running dictator.
I saw an MSNBC report that all of Biden's plans and documents had been stolen.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 03, 2026 09:47 AM (Riz8t)
From a Somali Learing Center?
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 03, 2026 09:49 AM (6Ga6M)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 03, 2026 09:47 AM (pJWtt)
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Giant banners with the Chi-Ro emblazoned and aircraft flying overhead skywriting "In hoc signet vinces".
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 03, 2026 09:49 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: publius,
My wife used to say that I was a Royal PITA.
Posted by: Blue Blood at January 03, 2026 09:50 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2026 09:36 AM (ZxPkt)
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Do people actually think his trial is meaningful? Are people that far gone? Do the black pills run that deep?
We're holding onto him until Venezuela can establish a successor regime which will demand he face THEIR justice, which means a long rope and a short drop, or a helicopter ride.
Trump has no intention of trying him.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 03, 2026 09:43 AM (ZOv7s)
Deja Vou all over again.
Posted by: Zombie Sadaam at January 03, 2026 09:50 AM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2026 09:50 AM (Ia/+0)
This day is going to difficult for the presstitutes to wreck.
Posted by: torabora at January 03, 2026 09:50 AM (CEDms)
Return of the Pahlavis to Iran would, likely, mean peace with Israel. The middle sister is married to a Jewish fella and daddy walked her down the aisle at the wedding.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 03, 2026 09:50 AM (ExV1e)
"I've never seen anything like this. I was able to watch it in real time, and I watched every aspect of it," says @POTUS on the U.S. capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.
"It was amazing to see the professionalism — the quality of leadership... Amazing."
X video: https://bit.ly/4bex0zF
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 03, 2026 09:50 AM (P5BPp)
MDKH
Just gettin' that out there.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 03, 2026 09:51 AM (3nLb4)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 03, 2026 09:51 AM (nljXp)
the live video is amazing and worth going to X to check out
it's beautiful to watch
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 09:51 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
I understand that the Shah had good relations with Israel.
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 09:51 AM (77rzZ)
Here is the untold story about Venezuela that the media will never tell you.
This man breaks down exactly why it was absolutely CRITICAL for Dictator Nicolas Maduro to be taken down.
- Venezuela has been strangled by a narco-dictatorship for over 25 years
- The regime erased entire families’ lives. Jobs, savings, pensions, and investments gone
- Venezuela is now the second-largest mass displacement on Earth, after Syria
- The regime has imprisoned hundreds of political opponents
- Thousands have been murdered for opposing the government or speaking the truth
- One-third of the country has fled
- Iranian militias, Chinese corporations, and Russian intelligence operate freely inside the country
- Foreign powers looting Venezuela’s land, oil, gold, and institutions
- The country has become a forward operating base for authoritarian regimes
- It is a direct threat to the Western Hemisphere
X video: https://bit.ly/49I3D6P
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 03, 2026 09:52 AM (P5BPp)
and yet the stupid people (not here! normies) are all like "derp this box say orange man invade derp derp"
they should be exceedingly proud. our boys did Very Very Good.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 09:52 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: Cucker Trollson at January 03, 2026 09:52 AM (ReBai)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 03, 2026 09:50 AM (ExV1e)
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Iran under the shahs was very friendly with Israel, as befits their historical relationship. The late Henry Kissinger remarked that having a pro-American Iran was huge, and its loss was a disaster of the first order.
Hamas is finished. Qatar will be in a squeeze play between the Saudis and Iran.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 03, 2026 09:53 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: occam's brassiere at January 03, 2026 09:53 AM (AkkXw)
Perhaps they'll put him in the Epstein suite.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 03, 2026 09:53 AM (Riz8t)
President Trump has called in to Fox & Friends to discuss taking out Maduro:
X video (1:32): https://bit.ly/4qFcCfS
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 03, 2026 09:53 AM (P5BPp)
LOL
LOL
Indistinguishable from a "No Kings" protest, both in age, attractiveness and energy.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 03, 2026 09:54 AM (HXT0k)
doesn't matter - result is AWESOMENESS
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 09:54 AM (emBoF)
Rapid Response 47
@RapidResponse47
@POTUS
says Maduro and his wife were first taken to the USS Iwo Jima:
"They're on a ship, and they'll be heading into New York... They went by helicopter on a nice flight. I'm sure they loved it."
https://tinyurl.com/s84adnfh
Posted by: redridinghood at January 03, 2026 09:54 AM (NpAcC)
There was a reason our original idea was to make Iran the strategic centerpiece of the region (with Israel). They're a people with a lot of potential.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 03, 2026 09:55 AM (Riz8t)
China had been courting Maduro for years. The PLA and the naval and air force spin offs in their military were in the process of modernizing some of Venezuela's airbases and naval facilities. Imagine a Chinese fleet cruising around the Gulf of America. Or ballistic missiles in Venezuela capable of reaching the US.
Makes the Cuban Missile Crisis pale in comparison with regards to the threats we'd face removing Chinese weaponry if it came to it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2026 09:55 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: redridinghood at January 03, 2026 09:54 AM (NpAcC)
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I hope they kept a door open all the way. For old times' sake.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 03, 2026 09:55 AM (ZOv7s)
https://tinyurl.com/s84adnfh
Posted by: redridinghood at January 03, 2026 09:54 AM (NpAcC)
"Here are your complimentary peanuts, Mr. Maduro."
"But I'm deathly allergic to peanuts!"
"We know."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2026 09:55 AM (06Hmj)
The people of Venezuela are celebrating in the streets this morning. If you're upset about the strike on Maduro, ask yourself why "you" are upset, but the people of Venezuela are throwing a party? Check yourself.
I Meme Therefore I Am @ImMeme0
I’m in tears. Venezuelans are flooding the streets, draped in and waving their national flags, celebrating the capture of Maduro and the fall of his regime.
X video (1:29): https://bit.ly/4beAKRM
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 03, 2026 09:55 AM (P5BPp)
The other daughters are Iman and Farah. Iman is the one who married the Jewish feller.
I'll have to say the Shah, or at least his wife, also named Farah, and still alive, had some good genes. Shah Jr's wife ain't too bad looking either.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 09:56 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 09:33 AM (w6EFb)
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I think Iranians want the monarchy in part because it puts them at the top of the food chain in the region. The Saudis, Empirates, etc. are all upstarts who should bow before the Peacock Throne.
Americans don't like monarchy, but is critical in certain societies. See also: Japan.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 03, 2026 09:40 AM (ZOv7s)
After reading C. Northcote Parkinson's boo, The Evolution of Political Thought, I've re-thought my position on Monarchy. Is it better to be ruled by a monarch with a personal stake in the good health of the nation, or ruled by hundreds of little despots skimming their vig for "helping the poor (tm)" while regarding themselves citizens-of-the-world that despise the native citizens?
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 03, 2026 09:56 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 09:57 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 03, 2026 09:57 AM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Oddbob at January 03, 2026 09:28 AM (3nLb4)
I believe that it's due to the weapons they have for TdA in this country.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 03, 2026 09:57 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 03, 2026 09:57 AM (4b7CV)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 03, 2026 09:57 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 03, 2026 09:58 AM (VnsnO)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 09:58 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: Mick at January 03, 2026 09:58 AM (HFx9z)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 03, 2026 09:58 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 03, 2026 09:56 AM (pJWtt)
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It's nice to know that Moron Political Thought leans heavily into whether or not the ruler has a bodacious rack.
Is she hawt? Then monarchy it is.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 03, 2026 09:59 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 03, 2026 09:59 AM (6Ga6M)
As always, "the world" means "communists in other countries".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 03, 2026 09:59 AM (IG3/x)
God bless America, and all those who defend Her.
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country. This operation was done in conjunction with U.S. Law Enforcement. Details to follow. There will be a News Conference today at 11 A.M., at Mar-a-Lago. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
X: https://bit.ly/45As6JE
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 03, 2026 09:59 AM (P5BPp)
"But I'm deathly allergic to peanuts!"
"We know."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2026 09:55 AM (06Hmj)
******
LMAO
Posted by: redridinghood at January 03, 2026 09:59 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Elizabeth II actually had a decent rack.
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 10:00 AM (otNgF)
Rangers 5
Panthers 1
Posted by: JackStraw at January 03, 2026 10:00 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 03, 2026 10:00 AM (1D2Ie)
Super easy, barely an inconvenience
Posted by: Departmen of War at January 03, 2026 10:00 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 03, 2026 09:56 AM (pJWtt)
A fine book. I recommend it to all.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 03, 2026 10:00 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Benjamin Franklin at January 03, 2026 09:30 AM (06Hmj)
He isn't being charged with being a narco-terrorist because he's dictator of Venezuela. He's being charged because he's sending narco gangs into the US. Narco gangs armed with illegal automatic weapons and explosives.
Try, for just one moment, to put aside your hatred for Bondi and understand what they're doing.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 03, 2026 10:00 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 03, 2026 09:57 AM (zNwXb)
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Their pitch will be that everything about the US is awful, they hate the country and its people, and crime is great. Also, castrate your kids and kill your babies.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 03, 2026 10:00 AM (ZOv7s)
My online feed includes Venezuelans celebrating Maduro’s ouster, Iranians praying for their own revolution, and some Western leftists doing their best to whitewash the brutal autocracies in Caracas and Tehran.
https://is.gd/8RrwRU
Posted by: Archimedes at January 03, 2026 10:00 AM (Riz8t)
Oooooh, wow, oh no, the vaunted Axis Of Eeeevil, what are we ever going to do? We need trillions of dollars and decades of war everywhere else but there to even begin to topple this fortress of Eeeeevil-itude....
And here comes ol' Donnie strutting up to their little bullshit house of pipe cleaners and shish-kebab skewers, sizes it up for a second, and flicks at one of the sticks and brings the whole thing down into a heap.
Immovable strongman? Nice knot you got there, Gordy. Now get in the bag, asshole. *yoink*
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2026 10:00 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 03, 2026 09:52 AM (P5BPp)
I'm glad to see that Trump is making the Monroe Doctrine great again.
If Cuba falls into our orbit as a result of this (statehood?...eventually?), this is a complete hemispherical game-changer.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 03, 2026 10:01 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 03, 2026 10:01 AM (L/fGl)
As always, "the world" means "communists in other countries".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 03, 2026 09:59 AM (IG3/x)
As I love to tell Euro’s on X, when we want to know what “the world” thinks, we’ll beat it out of them!
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 10:02 AM (otNgF)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Elizabeth II actually had a decent rack.
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)
In her younger days, so did Elizabeth I.
Point goes to Lizzy #1 for the low-cut neckline showing-off the boobages.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 03, 2026 10:02 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 03, 2026 10:00 AM (otNgF)
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Yes. Monarchs are better at long-term thinking and also provide protection for minorities, who the majority will just wipe out as scapegoats.
Make Zoroastrianism Great Again!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 03, 2026 10:02 AM (ZOv7s)
Across Venezuela, posters of Maduro are being torn down to the cheers of local residents following his arrest by the U.S. Delta Force.
X video (0:07): https://bit.ly/4jxtPWc
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 03, 2026 10:02 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: naturalfake
Somebody upthread called it the "Donroe Doctrine."
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 10:03 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 03, 2026 09:35 AM (iJfKG)
If we have to send in a team to get Mamdani, will they incinerate de Blasio while they're there?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 03, 2026 10:03 AM (ExV1e)
To a hero's welcome?
We'll see....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2026 10:04 AM (NwnyJ)
they'll take care of things
good lord that dude's swearing in was a mess
you almost had to laugh (darkly, bitterly)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 10:04 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: Inventiveness to Infinity!! at January 03, 2026 10:04 AM (oftw2)
The president offered multiple off ramps, but was very clear throughout this process: the drug trafficking must stop, and the stolen oil must be returned to the United States. Maduro is the newest person to find out that President Trump means what he says.
Kudos to our brave special operators who pulled off a truly impressive operation.
X: https://bit.ly/4pizsZD
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 03, 2026 10:04 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 03, 2026 10:05 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 03, 2026 09:56 AM (pJWtt)
A fine book. I recommend it to all.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 03, 2026 10:00 AM (IG3/x)
I learned about the boo ... er ... book in the Book Thread a year or so ago. I can't remember who recommended it, but it is a really important book that should be more widely known.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 03, 2026 10:05 AM (pJWtt)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 03, 2026 09:57 AM (zNwXb)
The Democrats are too invested in their anti-Americanism at this point. The narrative contortions you will see involve convincing us that the wider (and wiser) world is unanimously against us and only flushing Trump and the "far right" down the toilet will save us all.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 03, 2026 10:05 AM (VnsnO)
Mike, do you really appreciate the ability to chew food and stand erect?
Did you see that the whole operation took less than two hours?
Now what were your concerns again?
Posted by: Under Secretary of Congressional Outreach at January 03, 2026 10:06 AM (a4flb)
To which oil is he referring?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 03, 2026 10:06 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: occam's brassiere at January 03, 2026 10:06 AM (AkkXw)
Please pray for the repose of the soul of my Boss, who passed away suddenly early Sunday morning. Prayers for strength, faith and understanding for the wife he leaves behind, and prayers for all who loved him.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 03, 2026 10:06 AM (kB9dk)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Elizabeth II actually had a decent rack.
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)
In her younger days, so did Elizabeth I.
Point goes to Lizzy #1 for the low-cut neckline showing-off the boobages.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 03, 2026 10:02 AM (pJWtt)
They're regal and spectacular.
Posted by: Zombie Prince Philip at January 03, 2026 10:06 AM (6Ga6M)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2026 10:00 AM (06Hmj)
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Now do China. Too big, too powerful, nothing we can do.
Well, except tariffs, but those lead to recessions. Everyone says so.
And now China is buckling. Reports are filtering out that the region around Beijing is on high alert, with multiple ID checks needed to move around.
We now have one of China's main oil suppliers. Iran will pretty much wrap it up. Russia will get to do a 1990s rewind of crashing oil prices while trying to sustain a war.
Wow. So much to take in.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 03, 2026 10:06 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
I had forgotten that TdA was Venezuelan. We should off Maduro for that alone.
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 10:06 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop
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No such thing as a gunner's hatch.
There's a gunner's sight, though.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 03, 2026 10:07 AM (22p5n)
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In the photo of Maduro getting off the plane, escorted by two US Soldiers... the one on the right (Maduro's left) has a "DEA" patch on his uniform.
I would presume that is of significance.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 03, 2026 10:07 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2026 10:07 AM (ZxPkt)
he'd be in Florida or Hawaii or something
He's in a sex dungeon in Bangkok, wearing a gimp suit and with an "appliance" up his bunghole. He paid extra for the "humiliation package".
Posted by: Archimedes at January 03, 2026 10:07 AM (Riz8t)
Jul 27, 2025
Maduro is NOT the President of Venezuela and his regime is NOT the legitimate government. Maduro is the head of the Cartel de Los Soles, a narco-terror organization which has taken possession of a country. And he is under indictment for pushing drugs into the United States.
X: https://bit.ly/4qwAfH9
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 03, 2026 10:08 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 03, 2026 10:06 AM (Riz8t)
The US-owned oil fields and associated infrastructure that were stolen (pardon me, "nationalized") by Chavez.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 03, 2026 10:08 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 03, 2026 10:08 AM (zNwXb)
I would presume that is of significance
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hey I already got smacked around for posting that.
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2026 10:08 AM (ZxPkt)
That is a lot of words to say "FAFO"
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 10:08 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 03, 2026 10:06 AM (Riz8t)
The oil that is in the ground in Venezuela.
It belongs to an American corporation. They traded them a handful of colored beads for for it in 1960 and no takesy-backsies.
Posted by: Citizen Journalist at January 03, 2026 10:08 AM (4y4II)
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2026 10:07 AM (ZxPkt)
Well, it's the entire purpose of their existence now.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 03, 2026 10:08 AM (VnsnO)
Posted by: Because I don't like nation building at January 03, 2026 10:08 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 03, 2026 10:06 AM (Riz8t)
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They nationalized the oil industry. So equipment, wells, leases, etc. were all stolen.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 03, 2026 10:08 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: fd at January 03, 2026 08:05 AM (vFG9F)
That was New Year's Eve at the Mamdani inaugural block party!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 03, 2026 10:09 AM (x0n13)
And those strikes? Can you think of another country that can do that?
Why does the US need such over-whelming military power?
Because we are alone in the world; the entire world would turn against us if they thought they had a sliver of a chance.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 03, 2026 10:09 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Don Black at January 03, 2026 10:07 AM (ZxPkt)
Pray that they do. Or at least try.
What's better than a kangaroo court to hang some declawed erstwhile thorn in the national ass?
Watching some traitorous Officer of Justice and Muh Democracy let the kangaroo free to run amok and confirm for all to see that they're a fucking traitor.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 03, 2026 10:10 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2026 09:50 AM (Ia/+0)
It's amazing what you can accomplish when chicks with dicks and global menopause aren't your top military priorities.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 03, 2026 10:10 AM (UCEkw)
Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been indicted in the Southern District of New York. Nicolas Maduro has been charged with Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy, Cocaine Importation Conspiracy, Possession of Machineguns and Destructive Devices, and Conspiracy to Possess Machineguns and Destructive Devices against the United States.
They will soon face the full wrath of American justice on American soil in American courts. On behalf of the entire U.S. DOJ, I would like to thank President Trump for having the courage to demand accountability on behalf of the American People, and a huge thank you to our brave military who conducted the incredible and highly successful mission to capture these two alleged international narco traffickers.
X: https://bit.ly/4qt6EOM
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 03, 2026 10:10 AM (P5BPp)
This is primal and more importantly, existential for them. The last domino that needs to fall is the corruption of our electoral system. It’s the only thing keeping them in power. Once that is choked off, and that needs to be done in a timely way, their exile is nearer.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 03, 2026 10:10 AM (cUMVS)
The most expensive and useless luxury in the world is a second-best military.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 03, 2026 10:11 AM (IG3/x)
Given that Hochul has declared for at least for the month of January that NY is a Muslim Caliphate, I'm guessing that Maduro will be tried under Sharia Law.
Bondi needs to brush up on third world death cult legal systems.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 10:11 AM (a4flb)
As with CBS, only specific people are eligible to be considered "the world" by Reuters.
Posted by: t-bird at January 03, 2026 10:12 AM (iHitY)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 03, 2026 10:05 AM (pJWtt)
Absolutely. It'd be on my list of books that should be required college reading. Maybe even high school.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 03, 2026 10:12 AM (IG3/x)
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I wonder what Mamdani thinks watching that.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 03, 2026 10:12 AM (L/fGl)
Wooah, DAily Mail says Delta took Maduro and his wife *out of their beds while they were sleeping*.
And Maduro was sleeping in a different place every night....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 03, 2026 10:13 AM (w6EFb)
Yeah we have seen your definition of "full wrath of American justice" and it looks like humiliating acquittal at the earliest stages.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 03, 2026 10:13 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 03, 2026 10:14 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 03, 2026 10:14 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
I had forgotten that TdA was Venezuelan. We should off Maduro for that alone.
Posted by: Bulg at January 03, 2026 10:06 AM (77rzZ)
That's one of the reasons Maduro in now former dictator of Venezuela.
Some big messages has been sent to these other hostile rulers:
1) Send your thugs into the U.S. to kill and terrorize Americans, your days as a ruler can be brought to an end.
B) Try to ship narcotics via un-flagged boats into the U.S., we can and will blow-up your boats while they're in international waters.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 03, 2026 10:14 AM (pJWtt)
Her specialty is the strutting announcements. Not so much the follow-up.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 03, 2026 10:15 AM (VnsnO)
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries did not get a heads up that President Donald Trump's administration was planning to strike Venezuela and capture President Nicholas Maduro, per sources.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 03, 2026 10:18 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Why is if always NY??? Why not Texas or Florida?
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 03, 2026 10:18 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Skip at January 03, 2026 10:20 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: callsign claymore at January 03, 2026 10:30 AM (6NwXC)
'A hundy says "Citizen Journalist" is the retard It's Go Time, Donald.'
I think it's DoggLogg.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 03, 2026 10:34 AM (fd80v)
Posted by: buzzion at January 03, 2026 10:35 AM (3tZV2)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 03, 2026 09:17 AM (tgvbd)
Hah! If only...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2026 10:38 AM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 03, 2026 10:49 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Skip
It was time to come in from the cold.
Posted by: t-bird at January 03, 2026 10:51 AM (iHitY)
Posted by: Inventiveness to Infinity!! at January 03, 2026 10:04 AM (oftw2)
That's called a "miscible flood". It can be done, in some circumstances.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 03, 2026 10:54 AM (8zz6B)
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