The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 1/14/26

Good morning kids. It's all well and good that President Trump has named a few Muslim Brotherhood branches overseas as terrorist organizations. Which should've been done ages ago but the existential threat to whatever shred of America as founded that still exists is right here.

When the Trump administration sent some 2,000 immigration agents to the Twin Cities area, they were met by activists who trailed their movements and harassed them outside their hotels. The activists are members of radical groups that together have received millions of dollars from the Left's premier foundations and dark money networks, including George Soros's Open Society Foundations, the Ford Foundation, the Tides Foundation, and the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a Washington Free Beacon review found.
At the center of the unrest is the Sunrise Movement, a left-wing group founded to fight climate change that has since directed its local chapters to fight the Trump administration. For Sunrise Twin Cities, that means tormenting ICE agents on the ground. The group holds in-person "action trainings" on how to "stop ICE & build a revolution." It also maintains a running list of the Twin Cities hotels housing ICE agents and organizes late-night "noise demonstrations" aimed at making it "impossible" for those hotels to operate.

It's a very short walk from childish pranks to disturbing the peace and then ultimately terrorism. The decomposing zombie who attempted to ram ICE agents in Minneapolis didn't just make a snap decision that led to her demise. She was propagandized to the point of brainwashing. No right thinking rational person would have ever put himself/herself in the position to be directly confronting law enforcement officers let alone attempt to kill them. They allowed themselves to be absorbed into a death cult to become cannon fodder. Cut off the money and you cut off the lifeblood of the cancer that is killing us from within.

Meanwhile, the citizens' uprising in Iran which has been going on for days has led to ever increasing violence and repression on the part of the Mullahs, which is in direct proportion I assume to the growing fear that their hold on power might at long last be at an end. Beyond crucial moral rhetorical and diplomatic support for the Iranian people, President Trump is upping the ante.

As the death toll from Iran’s crackdown on anti-regime protests reaches staggering levels — with families searching through body bags, over 10,000 arrested, and executions underway — President Donald Trump canceled all talks with Iranian officials, declared “help is on its way,” warned that regime killers “will pay a big price,” and urged protesters to “take over your institutions” against the brutal Islamic Republic theocracy, while the U.S. urged Americans to leave the country.

Is it bluster or will the President back up the tough rhetoric with concrete action, meaning military strikes on regime targets? There are pluses and minuses to be sure, as the erudite Michael Goodwin notes in his analysis of the situation...

American power can make itself known in various ways, as Teddy Roosevelt brilliantly outlined with his famous admonition to “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
Truth be told, Donald Trump has never been a fan of speaking softly, but his Tuesday comments on the upheavals in Iran still managed to be close enough for now.. . .He noted that “hawkish U.S. policies toward Iran have historically empowered hardliners” and that military action “risks changing the subject from Iranians’ justified grievances against the regime to its international opponents,” namely Israel and the US.
“Trying to appropriate domestic opposition inside Iran risks undermining it,” he adds, and argues that “a pragmatic, hands-off approach should guide U.S. policy in the days ahead.”
Additionally, with Washington increasingly focused on the midterm elections, Trump is already facing domestic controversies, such as the ICE crackdown, and, most important, tough polling numbers on his handling of the economy.
A Real Clear Politics average of surveys taken in recent weeks shows 41% of respondents approving of his economic policies and actions, with 56% disapproving. . . Against that backdrop, and with events in Venezuela still unsettled, a military entanglement in Iran would probably not be popular at home.
That’s not to say the US should turn its back on the brutal regime’s crackdown. But the political reality is that the president can’t afford to turn his attention too far or too long from Americans’ kitchen table issues.

Elsewhere, In the most electrifying news from way out of left field, Associate Justice Kentanji Brown-25 Jackson is a complete embarrassment.

As you probably could have guessed, Jackson struggled through a series of nearly incomprehensible statements about sex, gender identity, and sports classifications. It was embarrassing.
“You have the overarching classification, you know, everybody has to be, um, uh, uh, play on the team that is the same as their sex at birth. Um, but then you have a gender identity definition that is operating within that. Meaning, a distinction, meaning that, um, for, uh, cisginger [sic] girls they can play consistent with their gender identity, w- for transgender girls, they can’t.”
It’s hilarious that Jackson stumbled over the pronunciation of one of the left’s favorite made-up words, all while failing to understand the difference between real girls and boys who pretend to be girls.

SCOTUS observers have noted that it was not a shining moment for those promoting the transexual madness and that sanity might actually prevail. But of course this is the Supreme Court and the preservation of Leftism and its pomps has been its priority, Heller and Dobbs among a few other rare exceptions notwithstanding.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS

Lloyd Billingsley: When Somalia-born Minneapolis cop killed the woman who called 911.
When Mohammed Shot Justine

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

At the center of the unrest is the Sunrise Movement, a left-wing group founded to fight climate change that has since directed its local chapters to fight the Trump administration. For Sunrise Twin Cities, that means tormenting ICE agents on the ground. The group holds in-person "action trainings" on how to "stop ICE & build a revolution." It also maintains a running list of the Twin Cities hotels housing ICE agents and organizes late-night "noise demonstrations" aimed at making it "impossible" for those hotels to operate.
Who Funds the Groups Harassing ICE Agents in Minnesota? The Left's Premier Foundations and Dark Money Networks Have Given Millions, Records Show.
Homan’s comments on the show followed a federal Special Response Team swarming Ross’ Minneapolis residence and removing belongings on Friday, according to the Daily Mail. After host Will Cain suggested ICE agents should sue prominent left-wing individuals for defamation, Homan said they likely would and discussed Ross’ situation. (He deserves the highest citation for valor there is! - jjs)
Tom Homan Confirms ICE Agent Who Shot Renee Good ‘In Hiding’
ICE in recent days has arrested Sriudorn Phaivan, a criminal illegal with a long rap sheet, including strongarm sodomy of a boy and a girl.
Deceased Deluded stooge Renee Good Gave Her Life To Protect Child Rapists And Killers From ICE Arrest
From Iraq to Minneapolis, false moral certainties have replaced facts, turning tragedy into pretext and unrest into strategy—fake wars waged at home with real consequences.
The Left’s Fake Wars and the Addiction to False Pretexts

"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY, NEWSOM/DEMOCRAT VIOLENT INSURRECTION RIOTS
a city council staffer accused of overstaying his visa after being involved in an assault case. . . The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified the man as 53-year-old Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez, Fox News reported Monday.
NYC’s Zohran Mamdani ‘Outraged’ over Detention of Staffer Accused of Assault, Overstaying Visa
"It breeds fraud and crime and all of the other problems that come."
President Trump Vows To Cut Sanctuary City Funding Starting February 1
Sadiq Daud, a Somali man, told the outlet, “They just showed up, spraying people and this is not good. Everybody is scared. They are scared for their life.” (Good, vayr ge hargit - jjs)
Tempers Flare as Hundreds of Somalis Protest ICE Operation at Minnesota Strip Mall

IRAN ON the BRINK?!
On Tuesday, President Trump took to Truth Social with one of his most forceful statements yet in support of the Iranian uprising.
Trump Tells ‘Iranian Patriots’ Help ‘Is on Its Way’: Keep Protesting, ‘Take Over Your Institutions’ — Killers Will Pay ‘Big Price’
“In the largest killing in Iran’s contemporary history – carried out largely over two consecutive nights, Thursday and Friday, January 8 and 9 – at least 12,000 people were killed.”
Trump Calls on Iranians to ‘Take Over Your Institutions’ as Death Toll Mounts
The revolution no one can ignore.
The Future of Iran in Plain Sight: The Final Battle
A regime in deep trouble.
Khamenei, We Have a Problem
American power can make itself known in various ways, as Teddy Roosevelt brilliantly outlined with his famous admonition to “Speak softly and carry a big stick.” . . .Ah, but what kind of help and when will the Big Stick swing into action? The lack of specifics is intentional because it allows the president to ramp up the pressure while retaining the flexibility to negotiate and unleash the military if all else fails.
Michael Goodwin: Using the military for regime change in Iran would be a gamble — don’t turn it into another Iraq

THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
For everyone in politics the only thing that matters is hanging on to power.
Behind the Protesters are the Ballot Harvesters
Dr. Abdillahi Hashi Abib, a sitting member of the Somali Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee in the House of the People, told the Caller the corruption surfacing in Minnesota and across the United States did not emerge spontaneously, but is a downstream consequence of Somalia’s deeply entrenched system of corruption.
Pirates Without Borders - EXCLUSIVE: Somali Official Shows How Entrenched The ‘Fraud Pipeline’ Really Is
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Congressman Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ) emphasized the urgency of the reconciliation bill during a press conference earlier today, saying, “Republicans in Congress can and must go it alone with the second reconciliation bill.”
House Republicans Pass Reconciliation Bill Banning Welfare for Illegal Aliens
‘If the American people can’t expect the judiciary to stay in its lane, then federal judges shouldn’t expect the American people to follow them.’
Judge Ho Takes A Sledgehammer To Judicial Supremacy And Its ‘Elite’ Enablers
The legislation includes significant funding for globalist deep state entities like the National Endowment for Democracy and the Helsinki Commission, along with several million dollars for infrastructure projects in Belize.
New Congressional Minibus Contains Millions in Anti-Trump Deep State Funding.
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
The State Department has designated the Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood as an FTO and SDGT, and its leader, Muhammad Fawzi Taqqosh, as an SDGT, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced in a statement.
Treasury, State Departments Designate Three Muslim Brotherhood Chapters Terrorist Organizations After Trump-Ordered Review
And Western society has criminalized discussion about it.
The Slow and Silent Islamic Transformation of the West
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY
Today in New York, we are witnessing a replay of 1930s Germany.
Santayana Was Right — Hitler Is Back!
Mamdani ally shuts down group for claiming "that Muslims 'hate America'"
After 2 Years of Pro-Hamas Riots, NY AG Announces Shutdown of Pro-Israel Group

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Plenty of people disagree with infant baptism, but it is the traditional practice of the Catholic Church.
Former President Of Ireland Claims Baptism Denies Babies Their Human Rights
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Workers erupted in applause as Trump made his way through the factory. The president heard from some workers and took selfies with several of them.
Ford Workers Cheer Trump During Tour of F-150 Plant in Michigan
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Tuesday, the annual inflation rate for 2025 was 2.7 percent. Inflation for shelter rose 0.4 percent in December “and was the largest factor in the all items monthly increase,” the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Food prices rose 0.7 percent in December while energy prices rose 0.3 percent. Even so, the annual inflation rate for 2025 matched economists’ expectations.
2025 Inflation Was Lowest Since Last Time Trump Was President
Let the market run free. (assuming nefarious globalist/communist actors aren't gobbling up housing to destroy the American Dream - jjs)
Investors Should Not Be Barred From Buying Homes
The move to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes is a step in the right direction, but it won’t fix the major housing affordability crisis we face right now.
Banning Wall Street From Buying Houses Is Great, But Trump Needs To Do More
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Potential for rolling blackouts and increased electricity rates for consumers.
AI Data Centers Overwhelm Power Grid, Sparking Supply Crisis and Rate Hikes.
In his post on Truth Social, Trump emphasized his administration’s dedication to protecting consumers from bearing the financial burden of corporate technology expansion. The president stated that his administration is actively collaborating with major American technology companies to secure commitments that safeguard the interests of American citizens, with additional announcements expected in the coming weeks. According to Trump, the companies sucking every drop of electricity possible from America’s grid must “pay their own way.”
Trump: Big Tech Must ‘Pay Their Own Way,’ Protect Consumers from Rising Energy Costs Caused by AI Data Centers
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
This policy has contributed to the lowest gas prices in years in most of the nation. Laughably, California faces prices much high than the average.
‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ is Back: Federal Oil, Gas Permits Soar Under Trump

EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
The poll indicates a potential radicalization of the teaching profession, which is likely to influence their students.
Poll Shows Teachers’ Extreme Left-Wing Bias Is Getting Worse.
Schools’ mindfulness meditation programs come with a hidden cost — the collection of children’s data, which could potentially be misused.
How To Stop School ‘Mindfulness’ Apps From Harvesting Your Child’s Health Data

L'AFFAIRE EPSTEIN
Comer said he’ll begin contempt of Congress proceedings next week. It potentially starts a complicated and politically messy process that Congress has rarely reached for and could result in prosecution from the Justice Department.
Clintons refuse to testify in House Epstein probe as Republicans threaten contempt proceedings
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
Democrat Texas Senate candidate James Talarico presents himself as a Christian who prays, quotes Jesus Christ extensively, and grounds his politics in faith. However, on several defining moral issues, he does not submit his political ideology to scripture; instead, he reinterprets or ignores scripture to genuflect to his true “god”: far-left orthodoxy.
Rising Star James Talarico’s Soothing Voice Will Lead Lambs To Slaughter
Wade faces life in prison if convicted and is currently held on a $750,000 bond. (Projection ain't just a river in Egypt - jjs)
Far-Left Prof Who Called Trump a Pedophile Charged With Child Molestation.
Weaver burst into tears when reporters asked her about her claim that ‘homeownership is racist’—and the fact that her mom owns a $1.6 million house
NYU Deletes Extremist Mamdani Housing Czar’s Information From Website As Cea Weaver Faces ‘Harassment’ Over Calls To ‘Impoverish the White Middle Class’
POLITICS
Glenn Reynolds: If the public realizes you can actually solve problems, there will be more pressure to do that — rather than just manage them endlessly. That’s unforgivable. No wonder Trump is the villain in their eyes.
Trump has cut the technocratic Gordian Knot — and elites hate it
While Democrats are planning day-one action on the amendments, they also have legislative goals — including a ‘right-to-contraception’ bill.
Virginia Democrats Move To Establish Limitless Abortion, Ban Guns, And Gerrymander Districts
The poll showed a stark contrast in party identification across generations.
Independent Voters Hit Record High As Both Parties Lose Ground: Poll
"The President gave an appropriate and unambiguous response."
Trump Flips Off Auto Worker During Ford Plant Visit

MADURO TAKEN DOWN
The takedown of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, and the apparent subservience of his successor, will have far-reaching consequences in Russia, Iran, and Communist China, but also in Europe.
The Dominos Begin to Fall
Trump’s arrest of Maduro wasn’t war or nation-building—it was law enforcement abroad, striking narco-communism, curbing migration, and defending American interests without bloodshed.
Trump Arrests Maduro, and The Axis of Evil is Crumbling
A major victory for American interests.
Maduro’s Downfall
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
The U.S. aims to secure strategic advantages in the Arctic, potentially altering diplomatic relations with Denmark and Greenland.
Trump’s Arctic Policy Chief Suggests Next Move on Greenland Coming in ‘Weeks or Months.’
A tiny country freaks out over a giant chunk of ice.
In Denmark, Hysteria over Greenland
Around 350 tractors rolled into Paris on Tuesday morning demanding “concrete action” from their national government against the impending Mercosur trade deal with Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, which is set to be signed by EU chief Ursula von der Leyen in Asunción on Saturday.
Farmers Blockade Paris with Tractors over EU Trade Deal with South America
The outcome of the appeal will determine whether Le Pen can run in the 2027 French presidential election.
Le Pen Appeals Ban on Running for Presidency.
The profile of a cruel and evil man.
How a Vindictive Erdogan Rids Himself of His Perceived Enemies

HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Meanwhile, two high-profile MAID cases have recently drawn controversy and media attention in Canada. One of the cases features a physician who previously bragged about euthanizing 400.
HHS Warns Canada’s Assisted Suicide Organ Donation Pipeline Crosses Ethical Red Lines
Why is it only a ‘crisis’ when a spending program expires on Republicans’ watch?
Democrats Who Let Covid-Era Child Tax Credits Expire Now Cry ‘Crisis’ Over Lapsing Obamacare Giveaway

ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
The first time in the ISS’s 25‑year history that a mission is being ended early because of a medical problem.
NASA Orders First-Ever ISS Medical Evacuation as Crew‑11 Returns Early to Earth
Considering the numbers of stars in the galaxy, and the recent data that shows most have planets, it seems strange that there have been so few candidate detections, and even these are questionable. Could it actually be the case that we are the first sentient intelligence species in the Milky Way?
No alien civilizations? After analyzing two decades of data SETI@Home produces 100 signals “worth a second look” (Almost none here on Earth- jjs)
If Isaacman was so committed to transparency and truly believes NASA’s investigation was based on “the best engineering judgment available”, why doesn’t he release that report, unredacted? Has he even looked at it himself?
Isaacman makes it official: Artemis-2 will fly manned around the Moon, despite Orion’s heat shield concerns
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
"I'm optimistic that it will be in our favor, in the favor of common sense, and in the favor of the overwhelming majority of the American people."
Women Rally At Supreme Court Steps As Justices Weigh Landmark Cases To Protect Female Athletes
How are courts supposed to be able to ‘determine whether there’s discrimination on the basis of sex without knowing what sex means?’ asked Justice Alito.
Justice Alito’s ‘What Is A Woman?’ Question Leaves Left-Wing Attorney Flailing
"How can a court determine whether there's discrimination on the basis of sex without knowing what sex means for equal protection purposes?" Alito asked Hartnett.
Justice Alito Obliterates Trans Ideology Effortlessly in Oral Arguments
"It must mean something"
ACLU Can’t Define ‘Sex’ in Transgender Supreme Court Case
I don’t think anyone would confuse Justice Ketanji Brown(-25) Jackson with a sharp legal mind. She often comes across as the poster child for what’s wrong with DEI hires. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Little v. Hecox, a case that will likely decide whether laws barring biological males from competing on girls’ sports teams are constitutional. Given that Jackson famously admitted during her confirmation hearings that she didn’t know what a woman was — because, as she put it, she’s “not a biologist” — you knew she was bound to be a real spectacle. And true to form, she did not disappoint.
As Expected, Justice Jackson Humiliated Herself During Today’s Oral Arguments

CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Affordability, family formation, and national identity rise or fall together—and rejecting globalism in favor of economic nationalism is essential to preserving the American future.
James Fishback and Redefining American Populism
Today’s condemnation of Israel—and America—comes from an intellectual lineage that sees the West as a permanent oppressor and any movement opposed to it as righteous.
The Third-Worldist Logic
Christian Toto: Former 'Man Show' star avoids siren song of 'clapter' at all costs
Adam Carolla Walks Fine Line with ICE Cracks
“Cheers” star and Pixar voice actor John Ratzenberger announced his support for Republican California gubernatorial candidate Chad Bianco, calling out Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s leadership.
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Cheers’ Star And Iconic Pixar Voice Backs GOP California Gov Candidate, Takes Shot At Newsom
HITHER & YON
“Born in Windham, New York in 1957, Adams started drawing comics at age 6, citing the ‘Peanuts’ comics as an early inspiration.”
R.I.P. – Dilbert Creator and Early Trump Supporter Scott Adams Passes Away at 68

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1 Its Hump Day

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 07:24 AM (gbOdA)

2 5.5 hours until I leave here and fly west.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 07:26 AM (NR6c1)

3 The group holds in-person "action trainings" on how to "stop ICE & build a revolution."

So insurrection is cool again.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 07:27 AM (NR6c1)

4 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 07:27 AM (NwnyJ)

5 "A Real Clear Politics average of surveys taken in recent weeks shows 41% of respondents approving of his economic policies and actions, with 56% disapproving."

Did they only poll retards?

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 07:28 AM (vFG9F)

6 If you tell people to rise up and you have their back, you had better have their back.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 07:28 AM (XV/Pl)

7 How does our asses taste now House Oversight Committee?

Yummy I bet!

Posted by: Bill and Hillary Clinton, sex and murder pests at January 14, 2026 07:29 AM (n+1Zi)

8 I think I prefer the short news cycle. I'm already bored with ALL of the Minnisomalia revelations and stunts.

The Left are going to do whatever the Left does.

The Uniparty is going to fund raise and otherwise ignore anything of consequence and let society collapse on its own

The Administration is going to talk big and do little

The rest of us are just going to bitch and whine and then go back to whatever we were previously doing.

I think I'll get some work done once the covfefe turns up the inner motivation dial.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 07:30 AM (9s47C)

9 Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday.

Javid Shah Javid Shah, Javid Shah

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 14, 2026 07:30 AM (RIvkX)

10 Phaivan, outstayed his welcome by nearly eight years. He’s a felon with a long rap sheet, including strongarm sodomy of a boy, strongarm sodomy of a girl, another aggravated sex offense, nine counts of larceny, four counts of fraud, vehicle theft, and two counts of drug possession.

You said strongarm sodomy twice.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 07:30 AM (gbOdA)

11 Diversity is our scourge.

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 07:31 AM (vFG9F)

12 I'm working, so I will just bring this over from the last thread:

Some woman in Minneapolis tried to wedge ice agents against another vehicle using her car yesterday. They arrested her without any shooting, but WTF?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 06:49 AM (tAPWz)

Exactly what I thought would happen. Since Good got blown away, the subsequent national MFM freakout and the riots in MN have now made ICE gun-shy. Which is exactly what the left counted on, and now they are going to triple down.

Expect no more dead protestors. Expect a number of dead ICE agents.

Do not expect Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 14, 2026 07:31 AM (ufSfZ)

13 >Is it bluster or will the President back up the tough rhetoric with concrete action, meaning military strikes on regime targets?
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well, bluster is part of the man's DNA, so it's a constant factor. But it is cruel to keep promising the Iranian people help, and not coming thru. The Iranian revolution has arrived at the mass murder of the people phase. I don't understand the delay- maybe it's target selection, maybe it's domestic politics and polling, fear of press backlash, weak knees, whatever.

IMO
I don't know what else to say on this.
Most will skip over this comment anyway.

Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 07:32 AM (ZxPkt)

14 Where is Trump holding the Somali Pirate clinic for boat seizures today?

Posted by: coliviti at January 14, 2026 07:32 AM (LcRVs)

15 Thanks, JJ! you rock!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 14, 2026 07:32 AM (Cjt/F)

16 The Bee claims the rest of SCOTUS brought in child groomer "Miss Rachel" to explain cases to KBJ. I believe this may be so.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 07:33 AM (SI46C)

17 Open Source Intel @Osint613
2h

BREAKING 🔴

Reuters Report: Some U.S. military personnel were instructed to depart the U.S. military’s Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar by Wednesday evening.
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48m

BREAKING 🔴

The Israel Defense missile systems are on high alert, with air defenses repositioned for any possible threat from Iran.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 14, 2026 07:33 AM (roqsI)

18 Diversity is Divisive.

Posted by: davidt at January 14, 2026 07:33 AM (Q+gd/)

19 Morning.

Just an observation: President Trump lives rent free in the heads of the left. I was outside working on a project and a neighbor stopped by to say hi. Leftist. Almost the first words out of his mouth were, "The Trump tariffs" blah blah blah.

I don't ever recall starting a conversation, during the Biden years, with, "And Joe blah blah blah."

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (UJMvS) at January 14, 2026 07:34 AM (UJMvS)

20 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 07:34 AM (ExV1e)

21 "The President gave an appropriate and unambiguous response."

That's My President, but stuff like that gives my Mom the vapors.
Sorry Mom, it's a brash new world.

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 07:34 AM (vFG9F)

22 hooray!!!!

Posted by: MAxIE at January 14, 2026 07:35 AM (3Dvl3)

23
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 14, 2026 07:36 AM (tljrc)

24 That's My President, but stuff like that gives my Mom the vapors.
Sorry Mom, it's a brash new world.
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 07:34 AM (vFG9F)
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When my late mother would get the vapors over such things, I'd point out to her her generation was taught manners and wouldn't cause a scene like that during a Presidential visit.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (UJMvS) at January 14, 2026 07:37 AM (UJMvS)

25 Core inflation, ex food and energy, in the 4th quarter was two tenths of one percent on an annualized basis in the fourth quarter, with several major categories actually negative. So said Larry Kudlow last night, as he marveled at the success of Trump anti-inflation policies. I don't know if I can recall deflation ever happening in the last few decades, even over a very short (quarterly) period.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 07:38 AM (UxJD/)

26 Happy hump day all. Praying for the fall of the mullahs and the safety of our folks in harm's way.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 14, 2026 07:38 AM (h/O4U)

27 From the last thread:

122 NR Pax, I cherish my memories of growing up in the Napa Valley with a large family. Now, I am totally happy in Texas.
Posted by: Ben Had

We were in that general area (Travis AFB) along with Cupertino and Redondo Beach. I finally left the state back in 98 and moved to MD. My folks retired in CA and I'm trying to see them on a regular basis starting this year.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 07:39 AM (NR6c1)

28 Bluster? Trump is not like you.

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 14, 2026 07:39 AM (cS1cw)

29 No American Thinker I will not sign up.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 07:39 AM (gbOdA)

30 Could it actually be the case that we are the first sentient intelligence species in the Milky Way?
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Duh.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 07:40 AM (UxJD/)

31 That's a lot of links!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 14, 2026 07:41 AM (0N4FZ)

32 18 Diversity is Divisive.
Posted by: davidt at January 14, 2026 07:33 AM (Q+gd/)

Divisity - Go Long on long division...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 14, 2026 07:41 AM (x0n13)

33 *happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 14, 2026 07:41 AM (RIvkX)

34 Could it actually be the case that we are the first sentient intelligence species in the Milky Way?
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Duh.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 07:40 AM (UxJD/)
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We're doomed.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 07:41 AM (ESVrU)

35 I believe the anti-ICE "professional protesters" come from a couple groups that get taxpayer dollars as non-profit social services. If not that source, one of the dozen or so billionaires who get into this sort of stuff.

Soros and Reid Huffman are two names that surface. But there's this guy; Neville Roy Singham, a US born billionaire who's currently in Singapore. He's aligned with the ChiComs. He's big time into anti-ICE.

So... perhaps indirectly, China is behind much of the unrest and supplying the funds to train these "professional protesters." No doubt they're being brainwashed into thinking nothing will happen to their passive resistance, other than a trip to the local police department where they'll meet up with someone from their group with the money to bail them out.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 07:41 AM (NwnyJ)

36 34 Could it actually be the case that we are the first sentient intelligence species in the Milky Way?
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Duh.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 07:40 AM (UxJD/)
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We're doomed.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 14, 2026 07:41 AM (ESVrU)

What about the Mars Bar and Snickers?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 14, 2026 07:42 AM (x0n13)

37 SCOTUS Jackson is the Dunning-Kreuger effect personified. Midwits who deludes themselves into thinking they're smart.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 14, 2026 07:44 AM (fXEAc)

38 I remember my mom saying that Eartha Kitt was rude to Lady Bird Johnson at a social gathering in which Eartha was invited.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 07:44 AM (qFwJc)

39 I'm not sure what Trump accomplishes with all the bluster and I do not see what is gained by any further delay in acting.

This is the best opportunity in almost 50 years to rid the world of a scourge.

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 14, 2026 07:45 AM (RIvkX)

40 “It wasn’t until this year — following the inauguration of a new President — that the Federal Judges Association suddenly found its voice, and suddenly discovered a crisis over judicial independence,” Ho wrote. “After years of silence, it’s obvious that these concerns are not sincere, but strategic. What they’re really championing is not judicial independence, but judicial supremacy. What we’re really seeing in the judiciary is not principle, but arrogance.”
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Trump has fought so many battles for us, but this crucial fight against judicial supremacy is one where he needs Roberts help, and Congress's help (especially).

Unfortunately, Roberts is absolutely horrible at his job and should resign. He should give Trump a chance to appoint a decent Chief Justice, one suited to the battle.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 07:46 AM (PtAHv)

41 The Soros op needs to be taken down like a bad case of COVID in a NYC convalescent center for the elderly.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 07:47 AM (BSdIE)

42 So... perhaps indirectly, China is behind much of the unrest and supplying the funds to train these "professional protesters." No doubt they're being brainwashed into thinking nothing will happen to their passive resistance, other than a trip to the local police department where they'll meet up with someone from their group with the money to bail them out.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 07:41 AM (NwnyJ)
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It's a professional, paid army of street thugs. Some of them may be everyday activists with spare time, but most of them are led by people who do this for a living. Literally a Sturmabteilung

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 14, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)

43 @34

>> Could it actually be the case that we are the first sentient intelligence species in the Milky Way?

Well, since we have not see any signs to date and owing to the vastness of space, assume yes.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 07:49 AM (XV/Pl)

44 CJ Roberts is the kind of guy who looks in the mirror and tells himself he's good enough and smart enough and goshdarnit people like him.

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 14, 2026 07:50 AM (RIvkX)

45 Activist teacher who claimed Republicans are pedophiles charged with child molestation in WA

… projection is strong in this one

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 07:50 AM (VK3KQ)

46 The move to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes is a step in the right direction, but it won’t fix the major housing affordability crisis we face right now.

I've been giving this more thought. I don't think it is enforceable and it does nothing to solve housing costs.

Institutional buyers serve a role (don't know if its vital) in lowering risk and adding stability. When the next down turn in the economy happens, similar to when people were walking away from mortgages, banks aren't good landlords and want to clear that inventory from their books. That is where institutional investors can come in.

If I have two buyers for my property, one is paying cash and the other makes me wait a month to MAYBE secure financing, al other things equal, I'm going with the cash buyer. I don't want yet another Populist government ban to get in the way.

Eliminating vectors for pension, insurance and hedge funds to stabilize their portfolios and establish performing income streams increases risk and raises prices.

Go attack local governments for policies that jack housing costs. Embrace new technology (3D printing of homes), kick out 50 million illegal aliens.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 07:50 AM (rgGn5)

47 The Ford factory worker who yelled at Trump has been suspended. I expect he will be the darling of the Media for the next few days.

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 07:50 AM (vFG9F)

48 Thank you JJ

I couldn’t help but notice this sentence:
>> 41% of respondents approving of his economic policies and actions, with 56% disapproving…

Now, either the poll is total BS or the respondents are stupid. I mean it’s been a little over a year since the “respondents” voted convincingly for Trump with a major factor being the economy. Did they expect him to deploy a magic wand?? Have they looked at gas prices recently? People are stupid

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 14, 2026 07:51 AM (YobFY)

49 Let the market run free. (assuming nefarious globalist/communist actors aren't gobbling up housing to destroy the American Dream - jjs)
Investors Should Not Be Barred From Buying Homes

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Letting the rich buy up everything isn't a good idea.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 14, 2026 07:51 AM (Vh9CX)

50 > It's a professional, paid army of street thugs. Some of them may be everyday activists with spare time, but most of them are led by people who do this for a living. Literally a Sturmabteilung
Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return
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Disrupting the United State, in any manner, shape or form is a Chinese national policy under Xi.

I get the feeling they're so far up our national ass that we're unable to effectively counter it. Or don't want to.

Either of those possibilities is disturbing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 07:52 AM (NwnyJ)

51 Majority of Americans — including whopping 66% of Hispanics — support US military intervention in Venezuela

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 07:52 AM (VK3KQ)

52 United State = United States

*sighs*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 07:52 AM (NwnyJ)

53 @34

>> Could it actually be the case that we are the first sentient intelligence species in the Milky Way?

Well, since we have not see any signs to date and owing to the vastness of space, assume yes.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 07:49 AM (XV/Pl)

I’m reminded of the old witticism: I’m not yet convinced there’s an intelligent species right here!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 14, 2026 07:53 AM (YobFY)

54 The Southside Family Charter School in Minneapolis is where the scissoring sisters of Saintly Good were influenced to become militant protesters against ICE and join ICE Watch.

When does Nick Sortor or Andy Ngo investigate the school? Nick Shirley?

Posted by: Inquiring Minds at January 14, 2026 07:53 AM (2Ez/1)

55 "Now, either the poll is total BS or the respondents are stupid."

Both can be true, you know.

Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 07:53 AM (vFG9F)

56 Afghan national convicted for attempted honor killing of sister taken into custody by ICE in New York

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 07:53 AM (VK3KQ)

57 The Ford factory worker who yelled at Trump has been suspended. I expect he will be the darling of the Media for the next few days.
Posted by: fd at January 14, 2026 07:50 AM (vFG9F)
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Itth brave and thtunning thpeaking truth to power!
-the media

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 14, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

58 Could it actually be the case that we are the first sentient intelligence species in the Milky Way?

Consider the Drake Equation.

I'll save you the hassle. Chances of intelligent life anywhere else? 0.000% Physics, maths and Holy Scripture all agree here.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 07:54 AM (rgGn5)

59 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 07:54 AM (u82oZ)

60 Aliens from outer space checked out this planet and decided to pass.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 07:54 AM (0KSrI)

61 >>So... perhaps indirectly, China is behind much of the unrest and supplying the funds to train these "professional protesters."

Just like they were behind the BLM/antifa riots. Neville Singham is married to Jodie Evans, one of the co-founders of Code Pink, which is also being funded by China.

Some of the funding and organization comes through groups and people like Singham and Code Pink and some comes directly from China. If you remember during the riots the Chinese consulate in Houston was raided and a mysterious fire burned a bunch of their records.

The CCP is asshoe.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 07:54 AM (viF8m)

62 Join ICE
Now with real bullets

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 07:54 AM (VK3KQ)

63 Silver spot at $92.36 per oz. This is the "paper" price, not the actual physical price for a physical oz of silver. The reason that the spot price is rising so fast is that the actual price for a physical oz of silver is HIGHER than the paper spot price. That is not supposed to happen in an open market, it can only happen if the paper price is being manipulated by the commodities market banks who are caught trying to short silver prices and DO NOT HAVE THE ACTUAL SILVER TO DELIVER TO COVER THEIR SHORTS. There is another, shorter word for what is occurring in the paper silver market: "FRAUD".

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 07:55 AM (Da7Vv)

64 CJ Roberts is the kind of guy who looks in the mirror and tells himself he's good enough and smart enough and goshdarnit people like him.
Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 14, 2026 07:50 AM (RIvkX)

Roberts isn't an idiot and he's not incompetent. He's deep state. He's succeeded in allowing the district judges to slow Trump's work while, eventually, overturning almost everything which gets to SCOTUS because it's so unreasonable and, thereby, keeping the easily fooled believing that he's a good guy who's, maybe, in over his head.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 07:55 AM (ExV1e)

65 Go attack local governments for policies that jack housing costs. Embrace new technology (3D printing of homes), kick out 50 million illegal aliens.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Hm. Nope. Too simple. The solution is socialism for everyone!

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 07:56 AM (NR6c1)

66 "Could it actually be the case that we are the first sentient intelligence species in the Milky Way?"

Nonsense. There are plenty of alien species. They all speak English too.

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at January 14, 2026 07:56 AM (vFG9F)

67 Neville Singham is married to Jodie Evans, one of the co-founders of Code Pink, which is also being funded by China.
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MTG's great friend

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 07:57 AM (tBdwD)

68 ‘Rockford Files’ Reboot Gets NBC Pilot Order

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 07:58 AM (VK3KQ)

69 Good morning Horde. Thx JJ.
KBJ is a definite embarrassment. It was nice of Gorsuch to step in and move the discussion away from the stupid, but even Sotomayor (no brain surgeon) and Kagan have to be saying "WTF?"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 14, 2026 07:58 AM (dN7BA)

70 > Could it actually be the case that we are the first sentient intelligence species in the Milky Way?
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Nah.

We're one of the primitive species. Galactic bacteria.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 07:58 AM (NwnyJ)

71 I'll save you the hassle. Chances of intelligent life anywhere else? 0.000% Physics, maths and Holy Scripture all agree here.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 07:54 AM (rgGn5)

One wonders why God made the universe so vast to only populate a tiny speck.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 07:58 AM (ExV1e)

72 >>>I’m reminded of the old witticism: I’m not yet convinced there’s an intelligent species right here!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt

>I'm beginning to think we are the cockroaches of the Milky Way. Nuclear holocaust? No problem.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 14, 2026 07:58 AM (BSdIE)

73 ACLU Lawyer Can’t Answer When Justice Alito Asks Her to “Define man or woman, boy or girl” During Questioning on Transgenders In Sports Case

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 07:59 AM (VK3KQ)

74 68 ‘Rockford Files’ Reboot Gets NBC Pilot Order
Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 07:58 AM

+++

Nobody watches TV anymore.

Posted by: Check your calendar at January 14, 2026 08:00 AM (2Ez/1)

75 Democrat Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) said she is being investigated by federal prosecutors after she urged members of the military to defy President Trump.

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 08:00 AM (VK3KQ)

76 Nonsense. There are plenty of alien species. They all speak English too.
Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at January 14, 2026 07:56 AM (vFG9F)
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Actually, the Klingons have their own language. The Vulcans too.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 14, 2026 08:00 AM (RIvkX)

77 SMOD, can't or won't because the answer would obliviate her whole argument.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 14, 2026 08:01 AM (0KSrI)

78 Go attack local governments for policies that jack housing costs. Embrace new technology (3D printing of homes), kick out 50 million illegal aliens.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Hm. Nope. Too simple. The solution is socialism for everyone!
Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 07:56 AM (NR6c1)

On the other hand, those portions of the country not being destroyed by tech ARE being destroyed by private equity. It might be time to put some limits on private equity or we can wait for the yoots to vote in communism because we older folks are too smart to fall for the banana in the tailpipe.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 08:01 AM (ExV1e)

79 Now, either the poll is total BS or the respondents are stupid.

I wouldn't say "stupid", but Mimetic Theory would definitely explain these numbers.

Mimetic Theory is a significant theme of the Apostles when they exhort the Elect to set their minds on things other than the interests of the world.

The English translations make copious use of the words "desire", "heart" and "temptations". Your will follows your desires. Your desires are external in the sense that for most people the desires come from someone/something else and are malleable therefore constant vigilance is needed to make sure that the influences on your desires come from God, not the world.

So given this Truth, if the world tells you to love criminal immigrants and hate ICE, then your own desires will bend that way.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 08:02 AM (c3sdc)

80 Good luck getting anything close to the paper or spot price for you precious metals.

Everything is a gigantic scam.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 08:02 AM (XV/Pl)

81 Boy Mayor Jacob Frey coming up on F&F

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 14, 2026 08:02 AM (RIvkX)

82 fd

Consider who answers polls. Those still with land lines and answer the phone when it rings. I used to be polled at least once a month. Then for a decade I was not answering those calls. Now I have no land line, and no calls at all.

Polls are not conducted on smart, knowledgeable Americans and me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 08:02 AM (u82oZ)

83 What's all this fuss about the Lesbianese Muslim Brotherhood?

Posted by: Emily Littila at January 14, 2026 08:03 AM (vFG9F)

84 Everything is a gigantic scam.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 14, 2026 08:02 AM (XV/Pl)
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Not everything

Posted by: Sydney Sweeney's Boobs at January 14, 2026 08:03 AM (tBdwD)

85 I’m reminded of the old witticism: I’m not yet convinced there’s an intelligent species right here!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 14, 2026 07:53 AM (YobFY)

Popular t-shirt slogan late '70s-early '80s: 'Beam me up, Scotty, there's no intelligent life here.'

Posted by: Nazdar at January 14, 2026 08:03 AM (NcvvS)

86 Join ICE
Now with real bullets
Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 07:54 AM (VK3KQ)
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"No more buwwets? Hey, laughing boy!"

BLAM!

"One buwwet weft!"

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 14, 2026 08:04 AM (X4XpB)

87 Stuff it, Wesley.

Posted by: Emily Littila at January 14, 2026 08:05 AM (vFG9F)

88 APMEX is charging $106.67 for silver eagles.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 08:05 AM (qFwJc)

89 Good luck getting anything close to the paper or spot price for you precious metals.
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Tell me you’ve never bought or sold gold or silver, without telling me you’ve never bought good or silver

Posted by: Common Tater at January 14, 2026 08:05 AM (XFvfj)

90 One bullet Vasily.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 08:06 AM (qFwJc)

91 Everybody knows the pawn shops pay the most for your precious metals.

Posted by: Ghetto Joe at January 14, 2026 08:06 AM (n+1Zi)

92

My mother's fromunda cheese is runnier than usual this morning.

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 14, 2026 08:06 AM (wthON)

93 On the other hand, those portions of the country not being destroyed by tech ARE being destroyed by private equity.

Remove private equity and I have to work until I die. Am I supposed to just stash savings under the mattress, losing value every day due to inflation and eventually just being stolen from me by fire or theft?

No, it is invested in things like the building you work in, the factory that built your car, the liquidity that banks have to make you loans, the infrastructure for farmers to decide what to plant this year and a myriad of other things euphemistically called "private equity".

You expect me to trust the government to either steal from a worker or just print money out of thin air to cover the expenses of the last few years of my life, or do you want me to self-fund?

Government has already proven completely unreliable in this, so it is private equity that will save us all.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 08:08 AM (c3sdc)

94 We're doomed.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

You are correct, Perfessor. Mounting evidence points to 2033 as the date of the end of all things visible.

Posted by: Make Plans Now at January 14, 2026 08:08 AM (oftw2)

95 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at January 14, 2026 08:09 AM (i+wP0)

96 Justice Alito’s ‘What Is A Woman?’ Question Leaves Left-Wing Attorney Flailing
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I'm skeptical about this case. Are we supposed to believe it revolves around a "trans-identifying male" named "Hecox"?

Really?

But I am, once again, reminded that the two best justices were - against all probability - appointed by the Bushes.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 14, 2026 08:09 AM (s0JqF)

97 Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Issac Asimov wrote a book and analyzed the factors in the Drake Equation.

One thing he left out was the formation of the Moon. That is an unlikely event which may be critical for intelligent life.

But still, given the huge size of the galaxy, the long time spans, and the unlikelihood of intelligent life, he stated that in our local area we are alone. With maybe 300,000 civilizations in the galaxy at the same time. His guess.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ)

98 AmericanThinker: The Quest for PeakStupid

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 08:10 AM (VK3KQ)

99 I enjoyed C.S. Lewis's "Space Trilogy."

The aliens did not suffer from "The Fall." They are still in the state of "Original Justice."

Walker Percy wrote an amusing book "Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self Help Book." In it, a space mission arrives at an habitable planet. The aliens ask them one question and refuse to let the humans land.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 08:10 AM (qFwJc)

100 BREAKING:

Saudi Arabia says it will not allow the US to use its airspace to attack Iran.

Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 08:10 AM (ZxPkt)

101 Burn this asshole to the ground.

BREAKING NEWS
A United States Secret Service agent assigned to Vice President JD Vance has been placed on administrative leave following allegations that he disclosed sensitive and classified security information.
Agent Tomas Escotto was suspended after an undercover video released by independent journalist James O’Keefe allegedly showed him revealing operational details related to the Vice President’s protective detail. According to the footage, Escotto discussed Vice President Vance’s schedule and upcoming locations during an active tour—information that, if accurate, could pose a serious security risk.
In the video, Escotto also reportedly made political statements, claiming he voted for Joe Biden and expressing opposition to Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
The situation has raised significant concerns, as the Secret Service is expected to operate as a strictly nonpartisan organization. Any disclosure of protected operational details—regardless of political views—undermines public trust and could compromise the safety of elected officials.
The Secret Service has not yet released further details on the investigation.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:10 AM (QGRvm)

102 The distances between habitable planets are truly astronomical.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 08:11 AM (qFwJc)

103
Re SETI. It's always been a waste of time. The inverse square law vs signal to noise mean that any alien civilization would have to be beaming very strong signals right at us to be detected.

We've been broadcasting for over 100 years. What's the bubble of detection for our general isotropic signal leakage? 5, 20 light years max. Some of our more powerful beamed signals, like radar might be detectable 100 light years out or a little better.

The most powerful signals we've sent are the "planetary radar" experiments we've done, like with the old Arecibo dish. Very powerful tightly beamed radar bouncing off the planets to measure distance precisely and other things. Those might make it out to a few thousand light years, but only in the narrow beam width.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 08:11 AM (w6EFb)

104 ‘Rockford Files’ Reboot Gets NBC Pilot Order
Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 07:58 AM (VK3KQ)

If it’s set during our current epoch (ubiquitous smartphones etc) a lot of the old gags and tricks Rockford used (mini printing press in car to make fake business cards on the spot) just won’t work. A modern Rockford will have to be some kind of computer hacking genius…. Meh anyway without James Garner it’s not gonna work anyway…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 14, 2026 08:11 AM (YobFY)

105 One of the leaders of the Everything Is Epstein movement is Thomas Massie. He's been so adamant about releasing all the files that he and others have forced the DOJ to put hundreds of lawyers on the declassification process which has drained resources that could be used to go after more timely issues like Somali pirates and the massive fraud ring perpetuated by leftists in government.

He has yet to comment on Bill Clinton defying a subpoena to testify about Epstein. What a hero.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 08:11 AM (viF8m)

106 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 08:11 AM (u82oZ)

107 101 Burn this asshole to the ground.

I like the fact that O'Keefe actually gave the SS a heads-up about what he was doing and released the audio to them before going to print.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 08:12 AM (NR6c1)

108 Good luck getting anything close to the paper or spot price for you precious metals.

Now you know why I have been posting the spot price here for so long. Yes there is and has been for years, massive fraud occurring in the precious metals commodity markets by the very banks you trust with your cash.

Wait until you find out what a "bail in" is.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 08:13 AM (Da7Vv)

109 Not in any way knowledgeable on military matters. That said, with daily changes in Iran and so many protesters on the streets how do you target the bad guys. I know you can target the Iranian gestapo by bombing their bases, hq's etc. However, if they're out on the streets murdering protesters you cannot separate them from the innocent people. As for that murderous asshole khameini he's buried so far down in a protected bunker that you may never be able to take him out if you know where he is. In that regard I believe the Israeli's are the best hope of finding him and taking him out.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 14, 2026 08:13 AM (2NHgQ)

110 Actually, the Klingons have their own language. The Vulcans too.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher

There's Klingons in my pants, Mommy Doktor Jill!

Posted by: President Emeritus at January 14, 2026 08:13 AM (oftw2)

111 I never understand why our troll insists on calling Trump a pedophile as if he sees it as a bad thing. He and his kind are the ones who justify pedophilia as a beautiful lifestyle choice.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 08:13 AM (NR6c1)

112 I can't believe Alito and Thomas, at the least, and probably Gorsuch, don't feel ridiculous if not somewhat debased having to preside over a trial and decide whether men who call themselves women should be allowed to compete in women's sports. I know I would.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 08:13 AM (b4LBp)

113 The survey, which interviewed 13,000 respondents over the course of 2025, found that 45% of Americans are political independents. Of that 45%, 20% lean Democratic, 15% lean Republican, and the remaining 10% expressed no partisan preference.

Independents lean 100% left. I call bullshit on the numbers.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 08:13 AM (gbOdA)

114 111 I never understand why our troll insists on calling Trump a pedophile as if he sees it as a bad thing. He and his kind are the ones who justify pedophilia as a beautiful lifestyle choice.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 08:13 AM (NR6c1)

Alinsky Rule #4 ("Make Your Enemy live up to his own Book of Rules. You can kill them with this.")

Almost everything the left says and does traces back to Alinsky Rule #4.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 08:14 AM (iXqHn)

115 One thing he left out was the formation of the Moon. That is an unlikely event which may be critical for intelligent life.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ)
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He didn't fully leave it out; he made it the final fortress home of R. Daneel Olivaw

Posted by: Sydney Sweeney's Boobs at January 14, 2026 08:14 AM (xmTG8)

116 Zohran Mamdani ‘Outraged’ After NYC Council Staffer is Detained by ICE for Overstaying Visa and Alleged Assault

.. outraged, outraged … well not that outraged

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 08:14 AM (VK3KQ)

117 The distances between habitable planets are truly astronomical.
Posted by: no one

It's pretty big too.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:15 AM (QGRvm)

118 The aliens did not suffer from "The Fall." They are still in the state of "Original Justice."

All of creation falls under the curse though. (Romans 8:20-22)

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 08:15 AM (U4c/V)

119 >>I never understand why our troll insists on calling Trump a pedophile as if he sees it as a bad thing. He and his kind are the ones who justify pedophilia as a beautiful lifestyle choice.

At least they are no longer pretending Soros isn't funding all of their anti-American activities anymore. Progress.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 08:15 AM (viF8m)

120 Saudi Arabia says it will not allow the US to use its airspace to attack Iran.
Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 08:10 AM (ZxPkt)
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America's Best Ally in the Middle East

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:15 AM (RIvkX)

121 Democrats Are Being Warned Not to Say ‘Abolish ICE’ Because it’s a Losing Political Message

It is basically ‘defund the police’ all over again, and even though they meant that one too, they know that it damaged them politically.

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 08:16 AM (VK3KQ)

122 It's Science Fiction. There are no aliens on Venus nor Mars.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 08:16 AM (qFwJc)

123 I can't believe Alito and Thomas, at the least, and probably Gorsuch, don't feel ridiculous if not somewhat debased having to preside over a trial and decide whether men who call themselves women should be allowed to compete in women's sports. I know I would.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 08:13 AM (b4LBp)
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Agree. What a waste of judicial time. The left asserting a man is a woman is stupid enough, but anyone taking them seriously is all retarded and shit.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 08:16 AM (xmTG8)

124 Correction:

Extraterrestrial Civilizations, by Issac Asimov says"the number of planets in our galaxy on which a technological civilization is now in being is roughly 530,000." Went to my science shelf to check.

I aver he is optimistic.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 08:16 AM (u82oZ)

125 Am I supposed to just stash savings under the mattress, losing value every day due to inflation and eventually just being stolen from me by fire or theft?

Yes.

Posted by: Ravadem Patel, Money In A Mattress at January 14, 2026 08:17 AM (n+1Zi)

126 I thought Saudi Arabia was terrified of the Mullahs… or deadly enemies even if not scared.

If that is true then their denial of airspace is not a good sign as it would indicate they see little chance that the protests will successfully oust the Mullahs

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 14, 2026 08:18 AM (YobFY)

127 It's Science Fiction. There are no aliens on Venus nor Mars.
Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 08:16 AM (qFwJc)
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That's just what an alien posing as human would say.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 14, 2026 08:19 AM (X4XpB)

128 Kathy Hochul, Zohran Mamdani Announce Billions in New Spending on ‘Free’ Childcare Program With Associated Fraud

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 08:19 AM (VK3KQ)

129 Pro Tip: you may safely disregard any predictions the world "will end" as this directly contradicts hashem's Covenant with Noah

So everyone just unclench.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:19 AM (RIvkX)

130 I thought Saudi Arabia was terrified of the Mullahs… or deadly enemies even if not scared.

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blow to Islam will be tremendous if Revolution gets rid of the regime, and they cannot accept that

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 08:20 AM (g47mK)

131 No right thinking rationale person would have never put them in the position to be directly confronting law enforcement officers let alone attempt to kill them. They allowed themselves to be absorbed into a death cult to become cannon fodder.

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Indeed, a mother who orphaned her children for a little idiotic irrational cultish virtue signalling. This old Golda Meir quote comes to mind:

"Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us."

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' is Code for 'Hell On Earth' at January 14, 2026 08:20 AM (G0b3R)

132 This is why ICE is in your cities, and if I was the director, rummaging thru your closets in sanctuary cities looking for wetbacks:
If your damn local government had done their jobs she would still be alive
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WALKS FREE After KILLING 15-Year-Old Girl in Charlotte Hit-and-Run
A 15-year-old child is dead, and the man responsible is walking free.
According to emergency calls and witness statements, 40-year-old Julio Cesar Xocop-Vicente ran a stop sign in Charlotte and hit 15-year-old Amber Paris so hard that her body was lifted into the air. He didn’t stop. He didn’t check on her. He ran away on foot — later admitting he fled because of his immigration status.
Amber suffered two broken legs, internal bleeding, and major organ injuries. She was placed into a medically induced coma and passed away weeks later.
Vicente was arrested the next day… but released on just $10,000 bail despite being a flight risk. And while Amber was still in a coma fighting for her life, one of his charges — driving without a license — was dismissed.
After Amber died, his charges should have been upgraded to manslaughter or felony death by vehicle. That never happened. No new charges.
Cont.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:20 AM (QGRvm)

133 No accountability.

And this wasn’t his first run-in with the law:
• Driving without registration
• Failure to secure a child passenger
• Speeding
• DUI
• Driving without a license (multiple times)
• DWI
• Assault on a female
• Skipping court
• Violating probation

This man should have been deported after his earliest offenses.
He should have been held in custody long before this crash ever happened.
He should have been taken off the streets before he killed an innocent 15-year-old girl.
And Amber Paris should still be alive today.
A broken system protected a repeat offender — and failed a child who deserved a future.
Sarah Fields on X reported this story and has all the receipts if you want to know more.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:20 AM (QGRvm)

134 Some woman in Minneapolis tried to wedge ice agents against another vehicle using her car yesterday. They arrested her without any shooting, but WTF?
Posted by: Huck Follywood

I saw a very good video yesterday explaining that leftist women who never had a proper family role are displacing their motherly instincts toward illegal aliens.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 14, 2026 08:20 AM (IYYcg)

135 >If that is true then their denial of airspace is not a good sign as it would indicate they see little chance that the protests will successfully oust the Mullahs
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maybe they're just being dicks about it

Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 08:20 AM (ZxPkt)

136 Clintons refuse to testify in House Epstein probe as Republicans threaten contempt proceedings

Talk, talk, talk about making them testify. Why don't you yellow-bellied Rs just send someone to compel their appearance. Oh, right. Because you're yellow-bellies when it comes to acting against Ds. Your supporters on the other hand....

No alien civilizations?

No. There aren't.

As Expected, Justice Jackson Humiliated Herself During Today’s Oral Arguments

She should be told she's unfit for the job. Resign, or face impeachment. Oh, wait. The yellow-bellied Rs would never do that.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 08:21 AM (uQesX)

137 Those in the know, where, might I ask, would one sell their silver for the best price? I have 300 ounces and don't need to sell but would like to know the process to do so. Any one have experience in this?

Posted by: There's A Lot Of Knowledge Here at January 14, 2026 08:21 AM (oftw2)

138 “Temporary means temporary,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox News Digital in a statement. “Country conditions in Somalia have improved thanks to money transfers from fraud to the point that it no longer meets the law’s requirement for Temporary Protected Status.”

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 08:22 AM (VK3KQ)

139 There's Klingons in my pants, Mommy Doktor Jill!

Posted by: President Emeritus at January 14, 2026 08:13 AM (oftw2)
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Static Klingons?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 14, 2026 08:22 AM (roqsI)

140 San Franpsycho

We as a species are still kicking after so many predictions of Doom. So unclenching is warranted.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 08:22 AM (u82oZ)

141 Investors Should Not Be Barred From Buying Homes
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The trouble with these "market uber alles" arguments is that they are like the early formulas in physics, which ignored friction. It made hydrodynamics virtually worthless in the 18th and early 19th Cs, when it came to designing ships.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 14, 2026 08:22 AM (s0JqF)

142 A box of cheap 9mms (say 10) shipped to 1,000 addresses in Iran could make a big difference.
It would cost about $2 M, about the cost of 5 MRAPs.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 08:22 AM (gbOdA)

143 Saudi is seeing hundreds of mosques being burned down, korans mixed with ashes and anti-Islam chants. they would rather see a weakened Islamic regime than a secular constitutional mononarchy. No surprises there.

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 08:24 AM (g47mK)

144 >>Saudi Arabia says it will not allow the US to use its airspace to attack Iran.

Narrator's voice: oh, no. (pssst, the US doesn't need to use Saudi airspace to attack Iran).

Posted by: one hour sober at January 14, 2026 08:24 AM (Y1sOo)

145 Today is National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 08:24 AM (NpAcC)

146 As Expected, Justice Jackson Humiliated Herself During Today’s Oral Arguments

She should be told she's unfit for the job. Resign, or face impeachment. Oh, wait. The yellow-bellied Rs would never do that.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 08:21 AM (uQesX)
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Which senators voted to seat her? Where is their accountability? Have any of them stood up to say it was an error?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:24 AM (RIvkX)

147 Issac Asimov wrote a book and analyzed the factors in the Drake Equation.

One thing he left out was the formation of the Moon. That is an unlikely event which may be critical for intelligent life.

A couple guys put out a book "The Privileged Planet" and added a bunch of more factors into the original Drake Equation as more is known about the unique properties of our place in the cosmos and how those things make life possible here.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 08:25 AM (9Hs2w)

148 Now would be a good time for Iranian Kurds to start taking control of their territory, and see it it works.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 08:25 AM (Mssa9)

149 "Saudi Arabia says it will not allow the US to use its airspace to attack Iran."

Character will out.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 08:25 AM (b4LBp)

150 Have a great day, everyone.

May Iran break free of the shackles.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 08:25 AM (u82oZ)

151 Remove private equity and I have to work until I die.

What do you believe private equity is?

Banks aren't "private equity". The stock market isn't "private equity". The commodities market isn't "private equity".

Private equity exists to make money for the investors of the private equity fund. Great, YOU get to retire rich as the money managers you chose to get you money destroyed everything they touched in order to get 0.0001% more profit this quarter.

They're going to get reined in because they're fucking over everyone (except you, apparently). You can do it now, and easily, or you can wait and go hard.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 08:26 AM (ExV1e)

152 145 Today is National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 08:24 AM (NpAcC)

When is "National Slap a Hot Iron to it Day"?

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 08:26 AM (iXqHn)

153 One wonders why God made the universe so vast to only populate a tiny speck.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

God gave women a million plus eggs each with no way to use them all. He gave men millions of sperm, of which only one can fertilize an egg at a time.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 14, 2026 08:26 AM (IYYcg)

154 Which senators voted to seat her? Where is their accountability? Have any of them stood up to say it was an error?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:24 AM (RIvkX)

Of course not. But more to the point, has anybody demanded that they do?

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 08:26 AM (b4LBp)

155 She should be told she's unfit for the job. Resign, or face impeachment. Oh, wait. The yellow-bellied Rs would never do that.

There are several District Judges that wake up each day begging to be impeached and even with this low hanging fruit our feckless cowards who are far more invested in their graft and status than in preserving the Republic refuse to do anything except use it as a campaign funding issue.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 08:27 AM (+4Cf6)

156 Any one have experience in this?
Posted by: There's A Lot Of Knowledge Here at January 14, 2026 08:21 AM (oftw2)
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I sold coins last month by calling two dealers for a quote then went to the place that offered $100 more.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:27 AM (RIvkX)

157 Unknown Drip Under Pressure

Thanks for that cite. Will look it up. Still a lot of unknowns in the Drake Equation.

Now gtg.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 14, 2026 08:27 AM (u82oZ)

158 Of course not. But more to the point, has anybody demanded that they do?
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 14, 2026 08:26 AM (b4LBp)
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I was busy that day.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)

159 One wonders why God made the universe so vast to only populate a tiny speck.

And that is just the temporal world that will be done away with.

There is the whole spiritual realm that we know very little about but is far more vast.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 08:28 AM (+4Cf6)

160 > Saudi Arabia says it will not allow the US to use its airspace to attack Iran.
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They're afraid Iran will inundate them with ballistic missiles. The government in Iran, to the degree there's still one, has thousands of missiles in storage.

That is still a serious military problem to deal with.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 08:29 AM (NwnyJ)

161 I saw a very good video yesterday explaining that leftist women who never had a proper family role are displacing their motherly instincts toward illegal aliens.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
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Cats will be glad to hear this.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 14, 2026 08:30 AM (XvL8K)

162 Any one have experience in this?
Posted by: There's A Lot Of Knowledge Here at January 14, 2026 08:21 AM (oftw2)
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I sold coins last month by calling two dealers for a quote then went to the place that offered $100 more.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

1. Reputable coin dealers
2. We buy gold & silver places
3. Pawn shops
4. APMEX

In that order.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:30 AM (QGRvm)

163 Mornin’, All. Happy Wednesday.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 08:30 AM (77rzZ)

164 I sold coins last month by calling two dealers for a quote then went to the place that offered $100 more.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Thank you.

Posted by: Poor Boy From A Poor Family at January 14, 2026 08:30 AM (oftw2)

165 Come join us tonight and we'll explain everything.
7 pm at the Elks Lodge.

Posted by: The Flat Moon Society at January 14, 2026 08:31 AM (2Ez/1)

166 People magazine (yeah, that still exists... surprised the hell out of me, too) couldn't resist slamming Scott Adams before his corpse was even cold, calling him "disgraced".

They're getting a Bud Lite-level backlash on X.

The "writer" in question, one Victoria Edel (pronouns dumb/bitch), has locked her account.

This woman (?) resembles an obese transgendered Cabbage Patch Kid. Because of course she does. She's also apparently a "furry", because of course she is.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 08:31 AM (IG3/x)

167 I saw a very good video yesterday explaining that leftist women who never had a proper family role are displacing their motherly instincts toward illegal aliens.

Would that be Hoe Math by any chance? That man's observations are absolutely brilliant.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 08:31 AM (NR6c1)

168 159 One wonders why God made the universe so vast to only populate a tiny speck.

And that is just the temporal world that will be done away with.

There is the whole spiritual realm that we know very little about but is far more vast.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 08:28 AM (+4Cf6)

God does everything for His glory, UDUP. Our chief purpose is to glorify God.

Posted by: tubal at January 14, 2026 08:31 AM (pDt9x)

169 I have bought and sold from/to APMEX. Best price? Maybe not. But easy.

20 years ago, I could buy and sell from dealers that are available in a big city (San Diego). I don't live anywhere near that sort of thing anymore.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 08:31 AM (qFwJc)

170 They're going to get reined in because they're fucking over everyone (except you, apparently). You can do it now, and easily, or you can wait and go hard.

Why wait for Gen-Z to go full communism, you are already there.

Hope you like breadlines where the Somalis take everything before your turn before the communal soup bowl.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 08:31 AM (/TiS1)

171 Saudi Arabia says it will not allow the US to use its airspace to attack Iran.

Narrator's voice: oh, no. (pssst, the US doesn't need to use Saudi airspace to attack Iran).
Posted by: one hour sober

Correct. Its performance art

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 14, 2026 08:31 AM (FxH7T)

172 This woman (?) resembles an obese transgendered Cabbage Patch Kid. Because of course she does. She's also apparently a "furry", because of course she is.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 08:31 AM (IG3/x)
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Big tribble.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 14, 2026 08:32 AM (X4XpB)

173 The "writer" in question, one Victoria Edel (pronouns dumb/bitch), has locked her account.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Artist George Alexopoulos started working on a cartoon to mock her. It should be out today.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 08:33 AM (NR6c1)

174 170 Why wait for Gen-Z to go full communism, you are already there.

Hope you like breadlines where the Somalis take everything before your turn before the communal soup bowl.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 08:31 AM (/TiS1)

You heard it from him first.

Letting BlackRock own everything is the ONLY thing standing between you and Communism.

*wanking motion*

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 08:33 AM (iXqHn)

175 I went to the biggest jewelry store in town. They low-balled me $300 per gold ounce coin.

"No thank you."

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 08:33 AM (qFwJc)

176 Boy Mayor is not doing well in his interview.

Kudos for showing up on Fox.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:33 AM (RIvkX)

177 When is "National Slap a Hot Iron to it Day"?
Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 08:26 AM (iXqHn)
******
National Slap Your Coworker Day is October 23rd.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 08:33 AM (NpAcC)

178 God gave women a million plus eggs each with no way to use them all. He gave men millions of sperm, of which only one can fertilize an egg at a time.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 14, 2026 08:26 AM (IYYcg)
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I was surprised to read this (of course, I know zippo about female reproduction stats), since all the women I know in their thirties are in a panic to freeze what few eggs they have, so I asked my new friend chatgpt. It says you are right on target:

Typical numbers (approximate)

At birth: ~1–2 million immature eggs

By puberty: ~300,000–500,000 remain

Over a lifetime: only about 400–500 will ever mature and be ovulated

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 08:33 AM (ZYJ1N)

179 > 120 Saudi Arabia says it will not allow the US to use its airspace to attack Iran.
Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 08:10 AM (ZxPkt)

That's nice.

In other news, mice vote to bell the cat.

What are they planning on doing about it if we just pat them on the head and do it anyway?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 08:34 AM (IG3/x)

180 Which senators voted to seat her? Where is their accountability? Have any of them stood up to say it was an error?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:24 AM (RIvkX)

No.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 08:34 AM (uQesX)

181 One wonders why God made the universe so vast to only populate a tiny speck.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

God gave women a million plus eggs each with no way to use them all. He gave men millions of sperm, of which only one can fertilize an egg at a time.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 14, 2026 08:26 AM (IYYcg)

Not only that, but look at your house. Is it only large enough for you to fit in? Is your ceiling only an inch over your head? Are your rooms only large enough for you to turn around in? A Big Guy needs lots of room.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 14, 2026 08:37 AM (uQesX)

182 > Big tribble.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 14, 2026 08:32 AM (X4XpB)

Chewbacca before going on WeightWatchers.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 08:37 AM (IG3/x)

183 Why wait for Gen-Z to go full communism, you are already there.

Hope you like breadlines where the Somalis take everything before your turn before the communal soup bowl.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 08:31 AM (/TiS1)

Private equity was almost nothing until the 1980s. Were we a communist country before that?

You should watch the video on the destruction of Hooters by private equity. You should read some of the articles about private equity landlords and the state of things.

Call me what you may, a reckoning is coming. You've voted for that to be hard.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 08:37 AM (ExV1e)

184 The Saudis may not let us use their air space but our bases their will be using radars, command and control etc. The Saudis saying this is just showing they aren't US vassals. It was probably cleared with the US before the announcement was made

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 14, 2026 08:38 AM (dN7BA)

185 CJ Roberts is the kind of guy who looks in the mirror and tells himself he's good enough and smart enough and goshdarnit people like him.
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Dred Taney Roberts.

Posted by: mustbequantum at January 14, 2026 08:39 AM (Of9Lz)

186 Would that be Hoe Math by any chance? That man's observations are absolutely brilliant.
Posted by: NR Pax

No it was some video of a woman that Carl Benjamin played on the Lotus Eaters.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 14, 2026 08:39 AM (IYYcg)

187 Over a lifetime: only about 400–500 will ever mature and be ovulated
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Not much of an Ovultine fan here. I'm a Bosco Man, myself.

Posted by: Milk Amplifier Rankings at January 14, 2026 08:39 AM (oftw2)

188 BTW, there is a third way to this hatred for private equity.

There is asset tokenization which digitizes and fractionalizes ownership of real-world assets via blockchain-based tokens.

That increases liquidity and faster settlement, reduces operational and regulatory overhead and anyone with internet access can invest without relying on regional stock exchanges or brokers.

Sounds great, right? Now for $20 you can also be an investor in private equity and share a slice of the business.

Oh - its pushed by WEF. And this animosity towards "private equity" is also propaganized by WEF so that you will hate it and embrace tokenization.

Rather than just accepting the desire to hate something, you should ask why I am supposed to hate this thing I'm being propagandized to hate.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 08:40 AM (nAS9C)

189 Federal prosecutors have charged a Maryland man with orchestrating a years-long theft scheme inside the U.S. House of Representatives, alleging he stole hundreds of government-issued cell phones and sold them for personal profit. The findings of this case were revealed by the Department of Justice on Monday. Christopher Southerland, 43, of Glen Burnie, was arrested Friday after a federal indictment was unsealed in U.S. District Court, according to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro. Authorities said the stolen devices were worth more than $150,000. According to the indictment, Southerland worked as a system administrator for the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 08:41 AM (RHGPo)

190 I have bought and sold from/to APMEX. Best price? Maybe not. But easy.

20 years ago, I could buy and sell from dealers that are available in a big city (San Diego). I don't live anywhere near that sort of thing anymore.
Posted by: no one

apmex.com/ sell-gold-sell-silver-overview

(remove the space)

Only problem with APMEX on the selling side?

1. Their business is selling. They are going to lowball you as much as possible so they can turn around and resell it at as high a profit as possible.

2. Unless you live in OKC, you will have to pay to ship 18 lbs of silver to them.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:43 AM (QGRvm)

191 “You have the overarching classification, you know, everybody has to be, um, uh, uh, play on the team that is the same as their sex at birth. Um, but then you have a gender identity definition that is operating within that. Meaning, a distinction, meaning that, um, for, uh, cisginger [sic] girls they can play consistent with their gender identity, w- for transgender girls, they can’t.”

I could eat an entire pot of alphabet soup and shit out a more coherent sentence than this.

Posted by: Taylor at January 14, 2026 08:43 AM (i67OH)

192 All the brave American civil rights warriors are busy bitching at immigration issues, in between $10 lattes and texting on their $1000 phones, instead of protesting in support of Iranian women getting shot in the streets for showing their hair.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 08:43 AM (ufeQq)

193 I'll save you the hassle. Chances of intelligent life anywhere else? 0.000% Physics, maths and Holy Scripture all agree here.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 07:54 AM (rgGn5)

I think this attitude is a good descriptor of human arrogance, not only in scientific terms but also in terms of putting limits on God.

Do I believe there might be intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? Perhaps. I don't know. The universe is too infinitely vast to rule it out.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 14, 2026 08:43 AM (g8Ew8)

194
How is diversity our strength?

Restaurants! The wide variety of restaurants that come with it!

And there you have as deep a thought as any leftist will ever bring to that topic.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 08:43 AM (xG4kz)

195 Right now the comment "why do you use real bullets?" is in the lead for quote of the year

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 14, 2026 08:44 AM (dN7BA)

196 Federal prosecutors have charged a Maryland man with orchestrating a years-long theft scheme inside the U.S. House of Representatives, alleging he stole hundreds of government-issued cell phones and sold them for personal profit.

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 08:41 AM (RHGPo)
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Maryland men are making Florida me look good.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 14, 2026 08:44 AM (roqsI)

197 My advice on where to sell silver: Don't. The market is so chaotic right now that it is not a good time to sell. Let the market settle down and a few bankers go to jail for fraud.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 08:45 AM (Da7Vv)

198
“You have the overarching classification, you know, everybody has to be, um, uh, uh, play on the team that is the same as their sex at birth. Um, but then you have a gender identity definition that is operating within that. Meaning, a distinction, meaning that, um, for, uh, cisginger [sic] girls they can play consistent with their gender identity, w- for transgender girls, they can’t.”

Behold! the towering intellect that required, nay, insisted(!) that Judge Jumanji be elevated to the United States Supreme Court.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 08:47 AM (xG4kz)

199 I'm with Goodwin. I don't think Trump should have stuck his oar in this water at all.

But I'm not most people.

Regardless of what people say about our constant foreign adventures, if we actually win something important for once, then they'll hail Trump as a conquering hero, without regard to "kitchen table" issues.

They want to feel like they "won" something, and all will be forgotten in that feeling, because they aren't thinking about any further implications of a new imperial power struggle for control of central Asia.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 14, 2026 08:47 AM (BI5O2)

200 > Physics, maths and Holy Scripture all agree here.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 07:54 AM (rgGn5)

"Holy Scripture" says nothing of the sort. Neither do physics or "maths".

"Maths"? What the fuck? Are you a Limey sleeper agent or something?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 08:47 AM (IG3/x)

201 Private equity was almost nothing until the 1980s.

So when uncle Joe asked you at the Thanksgiving table if you would help him open up his service station by lending him a few thousand dollars, and you countered with, forget the loan, I want to be part-owner, that wasn't private equity? Right?

PE has been around long before stock exchanges. It was how families created "The Family Business". That donut shop down the road? Private Equity - family members and maybe friends are co-investors.

"Employee Owned" businesses, or operations that let employees invest because it is not on the public market are "Private Equity".

I have been involved in private equity for years and rely on it for income.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 08:47 AM (pawvM)

202 My fav Dilbert of all time is when Wally made himself into a portable office.
He had computers, and monitors, and printers strapped to his body claiming he got more work done.
Last pic they are at the coffee bar and Wally asked to be excused as he had
FAXED IN HIS PANTS.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 08:48 AM (gbOdA)

203 the scripture does talk about Angels and Archangels..aliens , man !

Posted by: runner at January 14, 2026 08:49 AM (g47mK)

204
Where Is the UN on Iran?

... better yet .. where is Russia and China, both strategic partners with Iran

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 08:49 AM (RHGPo)

205 > Restaurants! The wide variety of restaurants that come with it!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 08:43 AM (xG4kz)

Yes, nothing like fermented buzzard cooked over an authentic elephant dung fire.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 08:49 AM (IG3/x)

206 Scott Adams' passing saddens me. But we knew it was coming.

In contrast, every day I think that Donnie 2 scoops could not get any greater, and then he flips off a loud-mouth lunatic and rises to a new height.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 14, 2026 08:49 AM (Hpgos)

207 Everyone knew that Kentanji Brown was an idiot but she was approved by the Congress.

I was literally freaking out when it was happening.

Nobody seemed to care that the Supreme Court would be compromised for DECADES.

Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 08:49 AM (rbIOb)

208 195 Right now the comment "why do you use real bullets?" is in the lead for quote of the year
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 14, 2026 08:44 AM (dN7BA)

also Lead Quote of the year

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 08:49 AM (gbOdA)

209 LOL.

I agree. I was just looking at receipts.

10 years ago, silver eagles were $20 each.

I have no intention of selling anything. I can leave it to my kids.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 08:50 AM (qFwJc)

210 146 As Expected, Justice Jackson Humiliated Herself During Today’s Oral Arguments
Which senators voted to seat her? Where is their accountability? Have any of them stood up to say it was an error?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

RACIST! SEXIST! shouts the crowd outside their bedroom windows.

Posted by: Auspex at January 14, 2026 08:50 AM (Y8DZL)

211 What is the alternative to "private" equity? Because I sure as hell don't like the sound of public equity.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 14, 2026 08:50 AM (XvL8K)

212
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

President Trump demands immediate deportation of the Somalis who smuggled $130 MILLION through the airport from Ohio to Minnesota — including “their loser Rep. Ilhan Omar, who married her brother (gross!)”

And ARREST whoever allowed it!

https://tinyurl.com/y9v5vt9m

Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 08:50 AM (NpAcC)

213 "Holy Scripture" says nothing of the sort. Neither do physics or "maths".

Then you haven't read Genesis, Psalms or Ecclesiastes.

Maybe you can explain how life comes from non-life.

I'll smash this bug. All of the components are right there, in the proper combination and ratios, everything that you need to make a living bug. Now go make it live.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 08:50 AM (pawvM)

214 Natalie Winters is hawt.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 08:51 AM (77rzZ)

215 >>>I'm working, so I will just bring this over from the last thread:
Some woman in Minneapolis tried to wedge ice agents against another vehicle using her car yesterday. They arrested her without any shooting, but WTF?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 06:49 AM (tAPWz)

She told ICE officers she is disabled and needs to get to her doctor, up ahead.

The ICE-blocking drivers and a lot of drivers who don't want to be stopped by LEO all have a similar excuse memorized. "I'm going to get medicine my mother needs now!" "I'm not feeling well and am driving to the hospital!"

If police ultimately order them out of their vehicle for justified reasons some refuse and must be dragged out. When arrested, after voluntarily or involuntarily getting out of vehicle, many claim the cuffs are hurting them, they can't breathe, they're in pain and want to go to a hospital, etc.

I have not looked, but utube, facebook, X, and TikTok must have a crap-load of videos describing these tactics.

Posted by: Gref at January 14, 2026 08:51 AM (5rh/l)

216 Private Equity is just one of the Progressives Bad Words of the day.
My guess is not 2 in 10 people can describe PE and so they rest say it like a cuss word.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 08:52 AM (gbOdA)

217 195 Right now the comment "why do you use real bullets?" is in the lead for quote of the year
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 14, 2026 08:44 AM (dN7BA)

Weasel's commentary on this quote ought to be spectacular.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 14, 2026 08:52 AM (N39Ws)

218 If I do sell anything, my asking price will match APMEX's price.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 08:52 AM (qFwJc)

219 Wally was the best Dilbert character.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)

220 Diversity? Strength?

My only time in Minneapolis was in 1974. Met a nice young lady from the area, and flew out there to spend a week there. The city was clean, safe, very pretty. Went to the Minnesota State Fair, out to restaurants, etc. I was impressed.

What's there now looks like they are running on the fumes of former glory, full of retarded aliens. It's criminal. It can't and won't go on.

Posted by: Old Man Adams at January 14, 2026 08:53 AM (oftw2)

221 > Then you haven't read Genesis, Psalms or Ecclesiastes.

I've read all of them. Multiple times.

> Maybe you can explain how life comes from non-life.

Maybe you can explain why that means God couldn't (and didn't) also create life on other planets, you knob.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 14, 2026 08:53 AM (IG3/x)

222 Pierre Delecto, Murk and Collins were the Republican Senators who voted for KBJ. She still would have gotten on the SC because Kamala would have broken a tie, but eff those nitwits antway

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 14, 2026 08:53 AM (dN7BA)

223
We've found 6000 exoplanets so far, and we've only just begun to look.

Think of it this way. Let the Milky Way be the continental US. We've been isolated and shut up inside our little house somewhere. We've just emerged and are looking for other houses like ours.

The detection window for those 6000 lie in a bubble maybe up to a 1000 miles around us. The bigger the building the farther out we can see.

We've found a some house-like things in a radius maybe 50 - 200 miles around us. And we're nowhere near finding all the little houses in that range. It's only when their lights on are own in just the right way to see.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 08:54 AM (w6EFb)

224 My hate feed had some old bat trying to tell me I can't be a follower of Christ and support Trump.
Ok Boomer.
1) nice little bit of judging there
2) He does not care who is President, and leaders serve His purpose.

But it was kind of sad. She started with Ruby killing Oswald as a formative event in her life. Meanders on to her sister's recent death. Along the way, sprinkling in drive-by Biblical references.
All to reach the crescendo that the "Mad King" is going to kill millions.
You see a mind fully pickled by marinating in 60 years of media news propaganda.

But what was sad is the real lament: She desperately wants to believe there is an afterlife, a Heaven. For her. For her sister. For Good.
But she just can't get there without ... proof.
Because woven underneath her whole article is an abject fear of death-- that this life must have (political) meaning and purpose, held sacred, because we don't know what comes next.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 08:54 AM (j418K)

225 219 Wally was the best Dilbert character.
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)

The latter half of my engineering career in a large aerospace firm I was definitely 'Wally' - LOL!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 14, 2026 08:55 AM (QGaXH)

226 > As Expected, Justice Jackson Humiliated Herself During Today’s Oral Arguments
---------
Maybe her lingering on the bench as a reminder how utterly stupid DEI was as a "social construct" will be instructional to future generations.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 08:55 AM (NwnyJ)

227 214 Natalie Winters is hawt.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: Bulg

I've been watching her since she was 18 on the War Room. She is beautiful and intelligent. Graduated college at age 20.

Posted by: Can Pick'em at January 14, 2026 08:56 AM (oftw2)

228 Jumanji Action Jackson was put on the court to make the Wise Latina look smerterer.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 08:56 AM (gbOdA)

229 For every old bat trying to tell me I can't be a follower of Christ and support Trump, I use Fr. James Altman's "How many good Catholics voted for Hillary Clinton? None."

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 08:56 AM (qFwJc)

230 So when uncle Joe asked you at the Thanksgiving table if you would help him open up his service station by lending him a few thousand dollars, and you countered with, forget the loan, I want to be part-owner, that wasn't private equity? Right?

That's not what they're talking about and you know it.

They're talking about things like Blackstone - which buys whole subdivisions and turns them into slums - and Black Rock which buys companies, leverages them into debt to buy other companies, sells off the profitable parts and let's the rest burn.

I'm glad you're sitting pretty. You just sit tight and insist that you won't give up a single thing. I'm sure it'll all work out for you.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 08:57 AM (ExV1e)

231 >>I have been involved in private equity for years and rely on it for income.

I've been doing startup for 25 years, all funded through private equity.

PE is a category not a single defintion. Your Uncle Joe giving you some money for your gas station is not the same as a venture fund.

VC makes actual sharks look like guppies.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 08:57 AM (viF8m)

232 Wasn't our DEI Supreme Court Justice also notable for being reversed unanimously or repeatedly by either the full court or the Supreme Court?

What was Biden thinking when he nominated someone who was known for being reversed on appeal?

Oh never mind...'thinking' - ha!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 14, 2026 08:58 AM (QGaXH)

233
Jumanji Action Jackson was put on the court to make the Wise Latina look smarterer.

Posted by: r hennigantx

Well, then expect Timpon to wind up there because someone will be needed to make Jumanji Action Jackson look smarterer.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 08:58 AM (xG4kz)

234 Private Equity is just one of the Progressives Bad Words of the day.
My guess is not 2 in 10 people can describe PE and so they rest say it like a cuss word.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 08:52 AM (gbOdA)
====

Yeah!
-neocons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 14, 2026 08:58 AM (RIvkX)

235 I see the Saudi statement as their way of keeping the rest of the Middle East from seeing them as a viable target and maybe trying to take the position of "Champion of Islam" from Iran in the aftermath.

Posted by: American Hawkman at January 14, 2026 08:59 AM (6nplM)

236 As Expected, Justice Jackson Humiliated Herself During Today’s Oral Arguments

I like what someone upthread said.

I could eat a can of alphabet soup and shit a more coherent argument.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 08:59 AM (QGRvm)

237 Screw private equity. It fucks up everything it touches.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 08:59 AM (77rzZ)

238 Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

President Trump demands immediate deportation of the Somalis who smuggled $130 MILLION through the airport from Ohio to Minnesota — including “their loser Rep. Ilhan Omar, who married her brother (gross!)”

And ARREST whoever allowed it!

https://tinyurl.com/y9v5vt9m
Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 08:50 AM (NpAcC)
======================
According to John Solomon at Just The News, this tweet drastically understates what the Feds have found so far, and he says government stats show Biden approved over $700 million is cash couriers from Minneapolis alone, in 2023-24.

$700 million. One airport.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 09:00 AM (fWK67)

239 Judge Jumanji Action Jackson continues to impress. The Otto Pen picks some real winners. Give today to build Scranton Joe an appropriate Presidential Lieberry.

Posted by: Outhouse, Two-Holer at January 14, 2026 09:00 AM (oftw2)

240 Right now the comment "why do you use real bullets?" is in the lead for quote of the year
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 14, 2026 08:44 AM (dN7BA)

Weasel's commentary on this quote ought to be spectacular.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 14, 2026 08:52 AM

I, for one, look forward to the Sunday Gun Thread, and a deep discussion of "real" vs. "unreal" boolits. Do we need imaginary numbers to calculate unreal bullet ballistic coefficients? The mind boggles...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 09:01 AM (bFu5X)

241 Well, since we have not see any signs to date and owing to the vastness of space, assume yes."

"Yes"?

Heh. "civilization" is self limiting...

Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 09:01 AM (XuXeR)

242 The Billionaire Tax Act isn’t even officially on the California ballot yet, but that hasn’t stopped businessmen, entrepreneurs, and investors from fleeing the state, taking $1 trillion in wealth – along with jobs and opportunity – with them.

“We had $2T of billionaire wealth just a few weeks ago. Now, 50% of that wealth has left – taking their income tax revenue, sales tax revenue, real estate tax revenue, and all their staffs (and their salaries and income taxes) with them,” Tech entrepreneur Chamath Palihapitiya posted on X this weekend.

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 09:01 AM (RHGPo)

243 Nobody seemed to care that the Supreme Court would be compromised for DECADES.

Here is a disturbing thought.

You have an old car that is broken down and barely runs. You squeezed out nearly all of the life of it, but you need it for a couple more months to go to work and you discover that the tires are shot through and one has ruptured its side wall and can't be repaired.

Are you going to slap brand new performance tires on it or ask Hector if he has a used tire that will fit the wheel that he will put on for $5?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 09:02 AM (a6PrB)

244 Now, 50% of that wealth has left ...

causation is a difficult concept

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 09:02 AM (RHGPo)

245 Has anyone checked on the condition of the Mahdi In The Well?

Posted by: Call Lassie? at January 14, 2026 09:02 AM (oftw2)

246 Private Equity is just one of the Progressives Bad Words of the day."

This. FWIW, "public equity" ain't roses.

(note too that "buying out" requires... sellers. Who get $$$)

Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 09:02 AM (XuXeR)

247 The should be etched in granite and place on the steps of the SCOTUS:

"Is treating someone transgender, but does not have, because of the medical interventions and the things that have been done, who does not have, uh, the same, uh, threat to physical competition and safety and all the reasons the state puts forward - that's actually a different class, says this individual. So you're not treating the class the same. And how do you respond to that?"

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:02 AM (gbOdA)

248
I, for one, look forward to the Sunday Gun Thread, and a deep discussion of "real" vs. "unreal" boolits. Do we need imaginary numbers to calculate unreal bullet ballistic coefficients? The mind boggles...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Quantum bullets. Schrœdinger's Bullet. Charm quark bullets. String bullets.

Truly, a burgoo of bullshit!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 09:03 AM (xG4kz)

249 What we need is safer guns and safer bullets.

Posted by: Jocelyn Elders at January 14, 2026 09:03 AM (2Ez/1)

250 I listened to yesterday's SCOTUS oral arguments live on the webz. Stunning nonsense from Ketanji! and the woman lawyer for the plaintiff. Reading the quotes in the articles JJ linked, but not hearing the exchanges, can't give you a true impression of how it went down. I almost felt embarassed for those two, it was so bad.

Posted by: Gref at January 14, 2026 09:03 AM (5rh/l)

251 James Talarico has demon face.

Posted by: George Costanza at January 14, 2026 09:03 AM (HvW4E)

252 Maryland men are making Florida men look good.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

My brother lives out in Florida and I live in Maryland. One day we sent headlines back and forth to each other to see who won.

The fourth one he sent me about a Maryland person had me surrendering.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 09:03 AM (NR6c1)

253 (note too that "buying out" requires... sellers. Who get $$$)
Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 09:02 AM (XuXeR)

Capitalism vs Socialism vs Communism

Who get $$$

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:03 AM (gbOdA)

254 Private Equity is just another tool in the financial services box.

It's proper place in investing or whatever is based on how it's used and the the knowledge the user has of it's capabilities and suitability for the task at hand.

Any financial instrument; brokerages, VC, PE, etc. is subject to all that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 09:04 AM (NwnyJ)

255 Has anyone checked on the condition of the Mahdi In The Well?
Posted by: Call Lassie? at January 14, 2026 09:02 AM

Probably phoning the mullahs about their survival and warning them "seven days..."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 09:04 AM (bFu5X)

256
Has anyone checked on the condition of the Mahdi In The Well?

Posted by: Call Lassie?

If he's in Iran, I'd say he's pretty prached right now.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 09:04 AM (xG4kz)

257 Turley: Keith Ellison's Lawsuit Makes Us All Dumber

Ellison is actually trying to get a federal court to prevent the federal government from surging resources in the state to investigate and prosecute fraud. The filing is little more than a press release with a caption on it.

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 09:04 AM (RHGPo)

258 All the brave American civil rights warriors are busy bitching at immigration issues, in between $10 lattes and texting on their $1000 phones, instead of protesting in support of Iranian women getting shot in the streets for showing their hair."

Heh. And true.

Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 09:04 AM (XuXeR)

259 235 I see the Saudi statement as their way of keeping the rest of the Middle East from seeing them as a viable target and maybe trying to take the position of "Champion of Islam" from Iran in the aftermath.
Posted by: American Hawkman at January 14, 2026 08:59 AM (6nplM)

I somehow doubt that any Sunni nation sees a Shi'a nation as "Champion of Islam".

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 09:04 AM (uEmCf)

260 Has anyone checked on the condition of the Mahdi In The Well?

===

I am standing right here!

Posted by: Cucker Trollson at January 14, 2026 09:04 AM (g47mK)

261 It was them microplastics what made me do it. Or, uh... not do it. Or something. I'm not a Microplasticologist.

Posted by: Jumanji Jackson Browne at January 14, 2026 09:05 AM (+v/eN)

262 It's really painful to see somebody become a awful 'stereotype' before your eyes

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 09:05 AM (RHGPo)

263 I’m reading the comments and realize I don’t know what “private equity” means…. I couldn’t start to define it. So am I a-for or aginst it? I dunno

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 14, 2026 09:05 AM (/iXAp)

264 The biggest problem in Iran is that there is no clear way for airstrikes to turn into regime change. I hate the mullahs as much as any, but I see no clear path.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 09:06 AM (HTDyE)

265 My fav Dilbert of all time is when Wally made himself into a portable office.
He had computers, and monitors, and printers strapped to his body claiming he got more work done.
Last pic they are at the coffee bar and Wally asked to be excused as he had
FAXED IN HIS PANTS.

My favorite shows Dilbert and Wally sitting with the Pointy-Haired Boss, who tells them, "Let's get this pre-meeting going," to which Dilbert replies, "Whoa! Do you think it's safe to jump into the pre-meeting without planning it?"

The last panel has the three of them at a table with the PHB saying, "OK, let's get this pre-meeting meeting going." Wally looks to Dilbert and says, "You think you're funny, but you're not."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 14, 2026 09:07 AM (ufSfZ)

266 Maybe it's been noted, but I had a thought that the reason the left is so obsessed with J6 is they wanted it to be the new "JFK Assassination."

An event everyone witnessed, where they (the left) get to control the whole story. That no one is permitted to question.
Who are the heros, the villains, the martyrs.
Who must be punished, who must be rewarded.

All tied up in a nice, tidy package that gives them carte blanche to rule.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 09:07 AM (j418K)

267 The Billionaire Tax Act isn’t even officially on the California ballot yet, but that hasn’t stopped businessmen, entrepreneurs, and investors from fleeing the state, taking $1 trillion in wealth – along with jobs and opportunity – with them.

Remove the "retroactive to January 1,2026" clause and there would have been a totally different outcome.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 09:07 AM (a6PrB)

268 The 12th Imam will come.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 09:07 AM (77rzZ)

269 264 The biggest problem in Iran is that there is no clear way for airstrikes to turn into regime change. I hate the mullahs as much as any, but I see no clear path.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 14, 2026 09:06 AM (HTDyE

We need exploding pagers and beds....)

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 09:07 AM (VE6XX)

270 Arctic Caucus co-Chairs Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Angus King (I-Maine) will meet on Wednesday with Danish Ambassador Jesper Møller Sørensen to reaffirm their opposition to President Donald Trump’s effort to acquire Greenland.

I would have cold feet about attending this meeting.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:07 AM (gbOdA)

271 So am I a-for or aginst it? I dunno"

Against. I think. Or not.

I don't eat cereal, so I don't have the latest Kaboom Sekret Dekoder Ring.

Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 09:08 AM (XuXeR)

272 270 Arctic Caucus co-Chairs Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Angus King (I-Maine) will meet on Wednesday with Danish Ambassador Jesper Møller Sørensen to reaffirm their opposition to President Donald Trump’s effort to acquire Greenland.

I would have cold feet about attending this meeting.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:07 AM (gbOdA)

You can always count on Lisa

Posted by: It's me donna at January 14, 2026 09:08 AM (VE6XX)

273 I would have cold feet about attending this meeting."

Due to the frosty atmosphere?

Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 09:09 AM (XuXeR)

274 My favorite Dilbert shows him at a chart, talking to a board room of people. The chart shows a 45 degree line descending, a sharp inflection and then a 45 degree (or faster) rise. He points at the inflection, saying "this is when we had the execution".

Love that one.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 09:09 AM (fWK67)

275 268 The 12th Imam will come.
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 09:07 AM (77rzZ)

Not if we nuke Dabiq so that the "Last Battle" can never happen.

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 09:10 AM (uEmCf)

276 Dilbert gets PHB the new laptop he has been asking for.
After an hour or so PHB said he is done with project and need to reboot said laptop.
Dilbert holds it over his head and shakes it vigorously and hands back to PHB.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:10 AM (gbOdA)

277 Here is the question of the day: "Who is going to be the last Billionaire in California?"

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 09:11 AM (Da7Vv)

278 Denmark and Greenland Foreign Ministers are meeting with Vance and Rubio today. We expect Greenland to be brought into our fold very shortly. The Northward Push will continue and accelerate. Excelsior!

Posted by: Penguin March For Freedom And Lebensraum at January 14, 2026 09:11 AM (oftw2)

279 The 12th Imam will come.
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 09:07 AM

Nonsense, he's not even breathing hard.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 14, 2026 09:11 AM (bFu5X)

280 Due to the frosty atmosphere?
Posted by: man at January 14, 2026 09:09 AM (XuXeR)

Getting the cold shoulder when suggesting a new plan.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:11 AM (gbOdA)

281
"OK, let's get this pre-meeting meeting going."

A pre-meeting to plan a meeting was the "It's turtles all the way down" moment for Organizational Effectiveness.

"Are we not required to conduct a pre-pre-meeting to plan the pre-meeting? And then, are we not required to conduct..."

Recursion's a real beeyotch, suckers!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 09:11 AM (xG4kz)

282 Here is the question of the day: "Who is going to be the last Billionaire in California?"
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 14, 2026 09:11 AM (Da7Vv)
=======================
Jensen Huang already volunteered.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 09:12 AM (fWK67)

283 "Who is going to be the last Billionaire in California?"

====

*looks around

Me?!

Posted by: Gavin Newscom at January 14, 2026 09:12 AM (g47mK)

284 242 The Billionaire Tax Act isn’t even officially on the California ballot yet, but that hasn’t stopped businessmen, entrepreneurs, and investors from fleeing the state, taking $1 trillion in wealth – along with jobs and opportunity – with them.

“We had $2T of billionaire wealth just a few weeks ago. Now, 50% of that wealth has left – taking their income tax revenue, sales tax revenue, real estate tax revenue, and all their staffs (and their salaries and income taxes) with them,” Tech entrepreneur Chamath Palihapitiya posted on X this weekend.

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 09:01 AM (RHGPo)

They know if it is on the ballot it will pass. If you don't want to live under it, may as well begin getting out in an orderly manner instead of rushing to get out between the Nov election and January 1 2027.

Posted by: Gref at January 14, 2026 09:12 AM (5rh/l)

285 "Is treating someone transgender, but does not have, because of the medical interventions and the things that have been done, who does not have, uh, the same, uh, threat to physical competition and safety and all the reasons the state puts forward - that's actually a different class, says this individual. So you're not treating the class the same. And how do you respond to that?"

Uh... 42.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 09:12 AM (c3sdc)

286 But what was sad is the real lament: She desperately wants to believe there is an afterlife, a Heaven. For her. For her sister. For Good.
But she just can't get there without ... proof.
Because woven underneath her whole article is an abject fear of death-- that this life must have (political) meaning and purpose, held sacred, because we don't know what comes next.

That's my problem, as well. I was born and raised RCC and still am (though a very bad one), but I just have no belief. I feel nothing, even at church.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 14, 2026 09:12 AM (ufSfZ)

287 Trans Sports participation ranks incredibly high on the ignorant hicks' list of concerns unfortunately. There's a reason Republicans focus on this instead of how they're wrecking the economy, covering for pedophiles, and dabbling in starting WW3. It riles up their base of morons and gets them to the polls.

It's simply insane the amount of space this issue takes up considering it affects like 8 people. As much as I hate to say it, I really wish they hadn't brought suit in this legal climate. It's going to be harder to undo in the future.

So, what, we should keep "separate but equal" indefinitely? The Equality Act, which Democrats tried and failed to pass the last time they were in the Congressional majority, would have given trans women the right to participate in women’s sports. It would have done many other things as well, but sports were the main focus of controversy.

the system needs to change to be ‘classes’ of participants rather than gender-based. Most likely, this would be best if based on the levels of hormones that the players have in their bodies. Similar to how boxers have classes based on their weight.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 14, 2026 09:12 AM (JCZqz)

288 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at January 14, 2026 09:12 AM (53oGX)

289 "retroactive to January 1,2026"

Something something about ex-post-facto laws.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 09:13 AM (qFwJc)

290 When Mohamad shot Justine, every Somali in America should have been shipped back to Mogadishu.

Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 09:13 AM (LHPAg)

291 It's simply insane the amount of space this issue takes up considering it affects like 8 people. As much as I hate to say it, I really wish they hadn't brought suit in this legal climate. It's going to be harder to undo in the future.
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No worries

Posted by: President Boasberg at January 14, 2026 09:14 AM (fWK67)

292

Regarding the chances of extraterrestrial intelligence, not merely life, in the universe, look up Drake's Equation.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 14, 2026 09:14 AM (x0n13)

293 Saudi Arabia says it will not allow the US to use its airspace to attack Iran.
Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 08:10 AM (ZxPkt)

And they would stop us, how? Amazing how many of those countries should have been curb stomped decades ago.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 14, 2026 09:14 AM (5xuJ/)

294 Something something about ex-post-facto laws.
Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 09:13 AM (qFwJc)

EN HOC SIGNO
EX POST FACTO
Is every Progressive idea that tries to explain the past using todays words and ideas.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:14 AM (gbOdA)

295
the system needs to change to be ‘classes’ of participants rather than gender-based. Most likely, this would be best if based on the levels of hormones that the players have in their bodies. Similar to how boxers have classes based on their weight.

That loud CRASH you just heard was "My body, my choice" pancaking on the pavement after being dropped from 10,000 feet.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 09:15 AM (xG4kz)

296 >>I’m reading the comments and realize I don’t know what “private equity” means…. I couldn’t start to define it. So am I a-for or aginst it? I dunno

There's nothing inherently wrong with PE. Virtually all of the new tech companies and a great number of other companies in other industries are funded with PE.

But you always have to remember the goal of VCs is not necessarily the same as those of the people running the businesses. And they are ruthlessly focused on their goals. In their world people are expendable and they usually know far less about the actual company and industry they are investing in than the people who work in the industry. They can run a spreadsheet like a boss but nuance and other issues are not in their vocabulary and as someone said last night when you take the King's money you are the King's man.

Or as the Joker asked "Ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?".

Posted by: JackStraw at January 14, 2026 09:15 AM (viF8m)

297 These are the GOP senators who support voter fraud:

https://tinyurl.com/mrvs52ch

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 14, 2026 09:15 AM (roqsI)

298 Somebody want to explain to Reddit the concept of Lung Capacity?

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 09:15 AM (uEmCf)

299 Hey MP4, Eddie Muller showed a flick from 1957 on Noir Alley last weekend.

One of the supporting parts was played by Fay Wray. She played Raymond Burr's wife.

It was a quarter of a century after she played Kong's main squeeze, but she still looked damn good.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 09:15 AM (77rzZ)

300 the system needs to change to be ‘classes’ of participants rather than gender-based. Most likely, this would be best if based on the levels of hormones that the players have in their bodies. Similar to how boxers have classes based on their weight.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

Guaranteed Ass Whoopin' would be a great class.

Fallon Fox vs all femail comers.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 09:16 AM (QGRvm)

301 290 When Mohamad shot Justine, every Somali in America should have been shipped back to Mogadishu.
Posted by: Eromero at January 14, 2026 09:13 AM (LHPAg)

When Mohamad shot Justine sounds like a bad 90s sitcom.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:16 AM (gbOdA)

302 You said strongarm sodomy twice.
____

He has two arms!
*sobs*

Posted by: Michelle Fields at January 14, 2026 09:16 AM (Dv3i1)

303 Somebody want to explain to Reddit the concept of Lung Capacity?
Posted by: XTC

Double DD's beats moobs.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 09:17 AM (QGRvm)

304 Billions and billions of earth-like planets

Posted by: Zombie Carl Sagan at January 14, 2026 09:17 AM (qFwJc)

305 These are the GOP senators who support voter fraud:

https://tinyurl.com/mrvs52ch
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 14, 2026 09:15 AM (roqsI)
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My contempt for the GOP Senate caucus is infinite.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 09:17 AM (fWK67)

306 >>>Arctic Caucus co-Chairs Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Angus King (I-Maine) will meet on Wednesday with Danish Ambassador Jesper Møller Sørensen to reaffirm their opposition to President Donald Trump’s effort to acquire Greenland.

They are simply protecting their constituents. And the scams. Mostly the scams. Both know ice can be mined and sold to FedGov cheaper in Greenland than in Alaska and Maine (seasonally in Maine). None of their cronies has ice mining rights and ice mining contracts with FedGov in Greenland. Panic City for them.

Posted by: Gref at January 14, 2026 09:18 AM (5rh/l)

307 My contempt for the GOP Senate caucus is infinite.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 09:17 AM (fWK67)

mine is infiniter!

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:18 AM (gbOdA)

308 Guaranteed Ass Whoopin' would be a great class.

Fallon Fox vs all femail comers.
Posted by: rickb223

I figured "Bitch" and "Giga-Chad" would be the bottom and top of the new hormone classification scale.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 14, 2026 09:18 AM (JCZqz)

309 MPPP, when you lose your faith, you have to pray to get it back.

Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 09:18 AM (qFwJc)

310 Remove the "retroactive to January 1,2026" clause and there would have been a totally different outcome.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 14, 2026 09:07 AM (a6PrB)

Certainly the departure would have been slower. Most would have waited to see if it passed.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 09:18 AM (ExV1e)

311 I'm OK with ours being the only planet with life in the universe.

Earth's a special place.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 09:19 AM (77rzZ)

312 When Mohamad shot Justine sounds like a bad 90s sitcom.
___

Starring - Justine Bateman!
*antics*
*laugh track*

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 09:19 AM (Dv3i1)

313 Ugh, more work coming in.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 14, 2026 09:19 AM (ufSfZ)

314 Both know ice can be mined and sold to FedGov cheaper in Greenland than in Alaska and Maine (seasonally in Maine). None of their cronies has ice mining rights and ice mining contracts with FedGov in Greenland. Panic City for them.
Posted by: Gref

Yeah! Uh...fuck ICE!

Posted by: Zombie Renee Good at January 14, 2026 09:19 AM (JCZqz)

315 > These are the GOP senators who support voter fraud:
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I don't even have to look... it's all of them. They all support anything that puts money in their pockets. Just as long as they don't have to do any really hard lifting to get it.

The massive theft of the public's wealth at the hands of our political class is staggering. It's the largest forced transfer of wealth from one group to another in history.

Trillions. You'd think the public would be a bit more agitated about it...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 09:20 AM (NwnyJ)

316 Christina McGovern, an investigator with Solomon Law who led a Warner Bros. investigation, said in a statement that she found no evidence of wrongdoing.

“Based on what was alleged, and all evidence gathered, including multiple witness statements, I found no corroborating evidence that Mr. Busfield engaged in inappropriate conduct or that he was ever alone with the twins on set,” she wrote.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 14, 2026 09:20 AM (gbOdA)

317 They know if it is on the ballot it will pass. If you don't want to live under it, may as well begin getting out in an orderly manner instead of rushing to get out between the Nov election and January 1 2027.
Posted by: Gref at January 14, 2026 09:12 AM (5rh/l)

It's retroactive. If they weren't out by January 1st, and the courts don't declare it a no-no, they're already fucked.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 09:21 AM (ExV1e)

318
Just looking up the exoplanet situation. So far we've found about 25 earth-sized planets. In the analogy above, those 25 are little house-like things we've found in our local county.

By 2040, there's a proposed mission, using some advanced tech "not yet matured" that hopefully will be able to analyze the chemical signatures of their atmospheres.

There are likely more than 25 in our county, we just aren't able to detect them. That will change with the Nancy Roman telescope, and it will find a lot more.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 14, 2026 09:22 AM (w6EFb)

319 Boys competing against girls is insane…. Because I wrestled in HS I love the sport… it was unheard of back in the day but now you can go on YouTube and find hours of videos showing girls wrestling boys and getting absolutely manhandled. They’re kinda depressing… I ask myself as I watch about what the fathers of those girls are thinking….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 14, 2026 09:23 AM (YobFY)

320 As much as I hate to say it, I really wish they hadn't brought suit in this legal climate. It's going to be harder to undo in the future.

That is an interesting comment coming from them.

Posted by: dantesed at January 14, 2026 09:23 AM (Oy/m2)

321 Good morning!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 14, 2026 09:23 AM (LlV+5)

322 Has anyone here ever changed how they thought/believed about something, based on reading comments here?

Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 09:23 AM (ZxPkt)

323 Something something about ex-post-facto laws.
Posted by: no one at January 14, 2026 09:13 AM (qFwJc)

SCOTUS has ruled, twice now - I believe, that the prohibition on ex-post facto laws only applies to laws which include a penalty of some sort and taxes aren't considered a penalty. There have been a few ex-post facto tax increases in US history. AFAIK, this is the first time one will be initiated in that manner. Still, I wouldn't count on the courts stopping it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 14, 2026 09:23 AM (ExV1e)

324 I'm expecting Minotaur Milking Farm-theme art today from CBD, so I'm enjoying the Morning Report while it lasts. A fine collection of links, it is.

Posted by: JJS Is Awesome! at January 14, 2026 09:23 AM (oftw2)

325 295
the system needs to change to be ‘classes’ of participants rather than gender-based. Most likely, this would be best if based on the levels of hormones that the players have in their bodies. Similar to how boxers have classes based on their weight.

That loud CRASH you just heard was "My body, my choice" pancaking on the pavement after being dropped from 10,000 feet.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 14, 2026 09:15 AM (xG4kz)

The plaintiffs lawyer said periodic hormone testing would not burden a state's government because the trans-girl or her family will pay for it.

The most brazen lie I've heard in quite a while. Leftists will demand some government pay for the testing. And succeed, everywhere. Everyone in the chamber yesterday knew it.

Posted by: Gref at January 14, 2026 09:23 AM (5rh/l)

326 New November inflation numbers are out this morning. Short answer: there is no inflation.

Excluding food and energy, core PPI was flat on the month against expectations for a 0.2% gain.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 09:24 AM (fWK67)

327 But what was sad is the real lament: She desperately wants to believe there is an afterlife, a Heaven. For her. For her sister. For Good.
But she just can't get there without ... proof.
Because woven underneath her whole article is an abject fear of death-- that this life must have (political) meaning and purpose, held sacred, because we don't know what comes next.

That's my problem, as well. I was born and raised RCC and still am (though a very bad one), but I just have no belief. I feel nothing, even at church.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 14, 2026 09:12 AM (ufSfZ)
********
God is such an important part of my life. He helps me through hard times. I can't imagine living life without him in it.
Going outside and seeing all the beauty that he has created, it's just amazing when you ask for help you would be surprised how much of a difference it can make in your life. You'll be a happier person.
It's good to pray, but it's also good to thank him for all the good that he does.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 09:24 AM (NpAcC)

328 Chicago Teachers’ Union misspells the word “Governor” on leftwing propaganda poster.

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 09:24 AM (RHGPo)

329 >>Trans Sports participation ranks incredibly high on the ignorant hicks' list of concerns unfortunately.

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE TRANS RIGHTS AND THE VARIOUS FORCED ACCOMODATION FOR THEM HAS BEEN AT THE TOP OF THEIR LIST FOR YEARS. HOW DARE WE MAKE IT A PRIORITY TO RESIST.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 14, 2026 09:25 AM (LlV+5)

330 At least 6 Minnesota federal prosecutors resign amid pressure to treat Renee Good killing as assault on ICE agent

... too stupid to resign earlier

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 09:25 AM (RHGPo)

331 322 Has anyone here ever changed how they thought/believed about something, based on reading comments here?
Posted by: Don Black

Yes, I became vehemently anti-Red Toaster!

Posted by: You Asked For It at January 14, 2026 09:26 AM (oftw2)

332 Sundown you better take care.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 09:26 AM (A32KF)

333 Federal regulators on Tuesday told drugmakers Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly to remove label warnings about potential suicidal thoughts and behaviors from their blockbuster weight-loss medications. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said a comprehensive review “found no increased” risk related to suicide among users of the GLP-1 drugs for obesity, including Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy and Saxenda and Eli Lilly’s Zepbound. A preliminary review in January 2024 showed no link between the drugs and suicidal thought or actions, the FDA said. At that time, however, officials said they could not rule out that “a small risk may exist.”

.. no warning for becoming social misfits or homicidal maniacs.

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 09:27 AM (RHGPo)

334
I GOT MICROPLASTICS ON MY FINGERS!!!!

YAAAAARRRRRRRRRERRG!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2026 09:27 AM (iJfKG)

335 Has anyone here ever changed how they thought/believed about something, based on reading comments here?
Posted by: Don Black

My thoughts about carrots in chili have definitely evolved.

Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 09:27 AM (77rzZ)

336 Breaking new: Imprisoned Dictator Nicolas Maduro surges to 4th Place in the 2028 Democratic primary.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 09:28 AM (QGRvm)

337 They know if it is on the ballot it will pass. If you don't want to live under it, may as well begin getting out in an orderly manner instead of rushing to get out between the Nov election and January 1 2027.
Posted by: Gref

If it passes it's effective 1.1.2026.

If you're not gone, you're paying

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 14, 2026 09:28 AM (FxH7T)

338 The left is deadly confident that a killing of an ICE officer by their protestors will:
1) spark an over-reaction by the other officers, killing more protesters
2) lead the rest of the US to join in "over-throwing the fascists."

No where in their morbid calculations is there an accounting for "Americans request a Genghis Khan to sweep through the blue cities and leave behind a field of bleached bones baking in the summer sun."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 14, 2026 09:29 AM (HXT0k)

339 My favorite Dilbert was Dilbert asking PHB about a jar he was holding.

"It's the soul of Willie the Mail Boy. You shake it and it glows."

Last panel is Dilbert talking with Willie who says this wasn't a good year for his union.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 14, 2026 09:29 AM (NR6c1)

340 At least 6 Minnesota federal prosecutors resign amid pressure to treat Renee Good killing as assault on ICE agent

... too stupid to resign earlier
Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 09:25 AM (RHGPo)
====================
Harmeet Dhillon disputes this, as fake news. She says these people all retired early and had turned in their notices well before the Renee Good shooting.

Of course, the lead "retiring" prosecutor did say they were leaving because of DC political interference, but who really knows....

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 14, 2026 09:29 AM (LWmBa)

341 TheFederalist: Jack Smith Deposition Shows His Get-Trump Lawfare Was Also A War On Free Speech

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 09:29 AM (RHGPo)

342 >>At least 6 Minnesota federal prosecutors resign amid pressure to treat Renee Good killing as assault on ICE agent

THE TRASH TAKING ITSELF OUT?
#WINNING

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 14, 2026 09:29 AM (LlV+5)

343 Has anyone here ever changed how they thought/believed about something, based on reading comments here?
Posted by: Don Black

Yes. Especially after it is pointed out that my thoughts on certain topics were old and the situations have changed.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 14, 2026 09:29 AM (QGRvm)

344 Has anyone here ever changed how they thought/believed about something, based on reading comments here?
Posted by: Don Black

My thoughts about carrots in chili have definitely evolved.
Posted by: Bulg at January 14, 2026 09:27 AM (77rzZ)
********
No one will every convince me that maple syrup doesn't belong on French toast.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 14, 2026 09:29 AM (NpAcC)

345 They know if it is on the ballot it will pass.
___

The "billionaire" tax will grow quickly to encompass pretty much anyone who isn't on the government dole.

Ask me how I know.

Posted by: 16th Amendment at January 14, 2026 09:31 AM (Dv3i1)

346 Britons Now Watch More YouTube Than BBC, Yet Government Persists With Mandatory ‘TV Tax’

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 09:31 AM (RHGPo)

347 post card kiosk is open

Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 09:31 AM (ZxPkt)

348 Rep. Vindman Sees ‘Irony’ in Iran Killing Thousands of Protesters vs. ICE Agent’s Self-Defense

.. both of them were always dilusional

Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 09:32 AM (RHGPo)

349 Has anyone here ever changed how they thought/believed about something, based on reading comments here?
Posted by: Don Black

Yes.

Hundreds, if not thousands of AOSHQ readers, have changed their minds and embraced the true American Freedom and honest delight of -

The Shaken Manhattan!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 14, 2026 09:33 AM (iJfKG)

350 Throw the TVs in the Thames.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 09:33 AM (A32KF)

351 328 Chicago Teachers’ Union misspells the word “Governor” on leftwing propaganda poster.
Posted by: SMOD at January 14, 2026 09:24 AM (RHGPo)

Groveler?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 14, 2026 09:34 AM (x0n13)

352 >>the system needs to change to be ‘classes’ of participants rather than gender-based. Most likely, this would be best if based on the levels of hormones that the players have in their bodies. Similar to how boxers have classes based on their weight.

"Welcome to this weekend's game/race/tournament! First, check in at the booth to your right, then drop by the lab to the left to submit blood, urine samples as well as a dna swb. We'll determine your current class upon processing, but until then, there's a waiting area tent beyond the food truck, that offers a wide variety of vegan snacks a beverages . . "

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 14, 2026 09:34 AM (LlV+5)

353 The story about M. Noor, the cop that shot the woman who called 911 in 2017, is infuriating. That POS spent a whopping 5 years in prison for an egregious violation of police procedures, basic gun safety rules, common sense, and murder. Compare and contrast to Derek Chauvin.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 14, 2026 09:34 AM (nJ/vH)

354 Has anyone here ever changed how they thought/believed about something, based on reading comments here?
Posted by: Don Black
================
Oh, absolutely

Posted by: Maple Syrup Sellers Association at January 14, 2026 09:35 AM (LWmBa)

355 Someone needs to explain @352 why it's funny. In all CAPS.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 14, 2026 09:35 AM (Dv3i1)

356 Going to be willowed, but BLM is getting in on the anti-ice train after an off-duty ICE agent shot Keith Porter Jr. on New Years Eve in Los Angeles.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 14, 2026 09:36 AM (Y1sOo)

357 *anti-ICE

Posted by: one hour sober at January 14, 2026 09:36 AM (Y1sOo)

358 Ben found the caps lock key.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 09:37 AM (A32KF)

359 354 Has anyone here ever changed how they thought/believed about something, based on reading comments here?
Posted by: Don Black
================
Oh, absolutely
Posted by: Maple Syrup Sellers Association at January 14, 2026 09:35 AM (LWmBa)

I'm on #TeamCrossbow

Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 09:38 AM (uEmCf)

360 354 Has anyone here ever changed how they thought/believed about something, based on reading comments here?
Posted by: Don Black
================
Oh, absolutely
Posted by: Maple Syrup Sellers Association at January 14, 2026 09:35 AM (LWmBa)

I'm on #TeamCrossbow
Posted by: XTC at January 14, 2026 09:38 AM (uEmCf)
==================
It's not that people are stubborn, it's just being loyal.

Posted by: Ginger at January 14, 2026 09:39 AM (LWmBa)

361 Where's Goldie?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 14, 2026 09:40 AM (A32KF)

362 Has anyone here ever changed how they thought/believed about something, based on reading comments here?
Posted by: Don Black at January 14, 2026 09:23 AM (ZxPkt)
——-

Sure. I once thought people who stirred manhattans were mistaken. I changed my mind. I now think they are insane. See? Mind changed.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 14, 2026 09:42 AM (AuNgU)

363 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 14, 2026 09:42 AM (NcvvS)

364 292

Regarding the chances of extraterrestrial intelligence, not merely life, in the universe, look up Drake's Equation.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 14, 2026 09:14 AM (x0n13)

I liked their cupcakes......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 14, 2026 09:44 AM (QGaXH)

365 Has anyone here ever changed how they thought/believed about something, based on reading comments here?
Posted by: Don Black

I try not to talk like a fag and make sure my shit isn't retarded.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 14, 2026 09:45 AM (ufSfZ)

366 The massive theft of the public's wealth at the hands of our political class is staggering. It's the largest forced transfer of wealth from one group to another in history.

Trillions. You'd think the public would be a bit more agitated about it...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 14, 2026 09:20 AM (NwnyJ)

The truth of the matter is, most of the public pays zero attention to what's going on in the world outside their little bubble. Until election time. Then, they vote for the candidate who "seems nice, I like him/her". We're screwed.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 14, 2026 09:47 AM (5xuJ/)

367 This place changed how I think about Queensryche lyrics.

Posted by: Geoff Tate at January 14, 2026 09:48 AM (+v/eN)

368 KBJ's familiarity with the esoteric term "cisginger" implies that she's been searching for photos where the carpet matches the drapes, and I for one will not judge the justice for that.

Posted by: SciVo at January 14, 2026 09:54 AM (Sy6m/)

369 Has anyone here ever changed how they thought/believed about something, based on reading comments here?
Posted by: Don Black

Yes, I have.

One of the reasons I come here is to get an education and hear other folks opinions on things.

I'm not afraid of admitting I was wrong.

Posted by: pawn at January 14, 2026 09:59 AM (rbIOb)

370 Trump is certainly better informed on Iran than any of us, but I hope he doesn't over-promise and under-deliver for the Iranian people!

And of course, the Democrats remain silent, ready to come down on whatever side of the issue seems to eventually win, and hopefully it won't be our side, right boys?!

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 14, 2026 10:27 AM (FpP3s)

371 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

>'The Climate Movement Helped Biden Win the White House,' NRDC Action Fund Nov 13, 2020

In part, "And all the while, a global movement of young climate activists—led by groups like Sunrise Movement, Zero Hour, and Fridays for Future—grew bigger, louder, and more organized."

>Wikipedia, Aru Shiney-Ajay, executive director of the Sunrise Movement since Sep. '23. Swarthmore (PA), no surprise, but training for 35,000 new recruits? Yeah.

>Movement updates, 'The American Climate Corps EXPLAINED,' September 20, 2023, Sunrise Movement

"Every single young person should know the newly established American Climate Corps (ACC). It is not only proof of our generation’s power, but it is and will be the government of the future – by and for us.

The American Climate Corps is a visionary new policy that will employ and train tens of thousands of young people in good-paying jobs to stop the climate crisis. That’s right – any person in this country, regardless of their background or education level, can work for our government, conserving America’s lands and waters, bolstering community resilience to climate disaster, restoring wetlands and so much more."

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 14, 2026 10:31 AM (NFX2v)

372 >NY Times, 'A Leading Environmental Group Calls on Biden to Step Aside,' July 12, 2024

>Grist Org, 'The American Climate Corps is over. What even was it?' Biden's green jobs program was never what it seemed. Now it's shutting down before Trump takes office. Published Jan. 15, 2025

The Movement is very broad (See Sunrise Hubs), especially in PA. >City of Philadelphia, Climate Resilience Division Office of Sustainability 'Announcing the Climate Resilience Partner organizations' Nov. 24, 2025

I don't Facebook but a public Sunrise Movement's post, 16 hours ago:
"Selling land in the occupied West Bank isn't just a war crime. It's a climate crime.
As a youth movement fighting the twin crises of climate collapse and rising fascism, we know this.
Palestinians deserve the right to their land. We deserve the right to a livable future.
Fight for both with us at the link in our bio."

A young lady in the post does a well written speech linking a number of issues to climate change including, but not limited to, greed & billionaires. However, in particular, she talked about a NYC synagogue selling land off in the West Bank, thereby depriving Palestinians.

However...

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 14, 2026 10:31 AM (NFX2v)

373 Another group had a different slant to the story:
>Facebook · Viva Viva Palestina
30+ reactions · 1 day ago
"The protesters outside an illegal West Bank land sale in Queens last week got thrown under the bus by AOC and Zohran Mamdani."

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The kids are being used by dark money groups in a dangerous game. How to make them see they're being controlled for the wrong purposes by the very people and groups they say they're against, IDK.

Good day! 🤗🙏

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 14, 2026 10:31 AM (NFX2v)

374 “Rising start” James Talarico is a Jew-hating bastard. Fuck him.

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 14, 2026 10:37 AM (0GYGE)

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