Trump Objects to Queer Starmer's Giveway of Critical Chagos Islands

The important Indian Ocean base of Diego Garcia is located at these islands.

President Trump has called the U.K.'s decision to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius -- a deal his administration previously supported -- an act of "great stupidity" that further justified his desire for the U.S. to acquire Greenland. One of the islands, Diego Garcia, is the site of a key U.K.-U.S. military base in the Indian Ocean.
"Shockingly, our 'brilliant' NATO Ally, the United Kingdom, is currently planning to give away the Island of Diego Garcia, the site of a vital U.S. Military Base, to Mauritius, and to do so FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER," Mr. Trump said early Tuesday on his own Truth Social platform. "There is no doubt that China and Russia have noticed this act of total weakness. These are International Powers who only recognize STRENGTH, which is why the United States of America, under my leadership, is now, after only one year, respected like never before. The UK giving away extremely important land is an act of GREAT STUPIDITY, and is another in a very long line of National Security reasons why Greenland has to be acquired. Denmark and its European Allies have to DO THE RIGHT THING. Thank you for your attention to this matter. PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP."
Mr. Trump issued his statement as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson, a Republican, was in the U.K. to address the British parliament, where he told lawmakers the U.S. and U.K. had "always been able to work through our differences calmly as friends. We will continue to do that. I want to assure you this morning that that is still the case."
The Chagos Islands were separated from Mauritius, which was then a British colony, in 1965.

The UK paid Mauritius for the islands, but Mauritius is claiming the deal was unfair.

Queer Starmer claims that Trump reversed his previous OK to pressure the UK over Greenland.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer went after President Trump on Wednesday for reversing position on a deal surrounding the Chagos Islands, suggesting the president did so because of tensions over his plan to acquire Greenland.
"I made out my position on Greenland absolutely clear on Monday and a moment ago. President Trump deployed words on Chagos yesterday that were different to his previous words of welcome and support when I met him in the White House," Starmer said in the House of Commons.
"He deployed those words yesterday for the express purpose of putting pressure on me and Britain in relation to my values and principles on the future of Greenland," he added, emphasizing he would not give in.

President Trump is absolutely right to point out the staggering stupidity of the United Kingdom handing over the strategically vital Chagos Islands to a country more than 1,200 miles away that has no connection to them (and that happens to be a vassal of China), purely as an act… pic.twitter.com/wLD0u3PBGY
— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) January 20, 2026

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1 > The UK paid Mauritius for the islands, but Mauritius is claiming the deal was unfair.
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But buying Greenland is beyond the pale.

Yea... about that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 21, 2026 05:05 PM (U2OZr)

2 Boobs.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 21, 2026 05:06 PM (Kt19C)

3 Pray he doesn’t reverse his decision again.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 21, 2026 05:06 PM (l5dSG)

4 Whelp... I'll go fetch 'em.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 21, 2026 05:06 PM (U2OZr)

5 "Mauritius....and that happens to be a vassal of China"

Well there it is. China has its tentacles into everything.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 21, 2026 05:06 PM (IifOV)

6 Prime Minister Keir Starmer has given up Brittain to the muzzies, so.....

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 21, 2026 05:07 PM (IifOV)

7 I say we just seize (or is it pounce on?) them.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 05:07 PM (0RTcs)

8 I thought we already deported Diego Garcia. Bad hombre.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 21, 2026 05:08 PM (N4KWG)

9 The UK paid Mauritius for the islands, but Mauritius is claiming the deal was unfair.

Pacific Islander givers?

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 21, 2026 05:08 PM (ycI94)

10 Time to go sci fi and develop floating islands and all that ...

Posted by: Adriane the Ethnic Cuisine Critic . . . at January 21, 2026 05:08 PM (3ZUWJ)

11 Hmm. Time to keep the "British " nuclear assets locked up at Kings Bay....

Posted by: man at January 21, 2026 05:08 PM (XuXeR)

12 The UK paid Mauritius for the islands, but Mauritius is claiming the deal was unfair.

Or red-dot Indian-givers?

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 21, 2026 05:08 PM (ycI94)

13 I bought some baseball cards back in 1965, and the gum was terrible. I want my money back, with interest.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 21, 2026 05:09 PM (vbXSk)

14 I love the fact that 47 just says the obvious stuff outloud. None of the folks running most of the world's powers have any balls other than what is necessary to LOOT their treasuries rather than serve those they hold power over.

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 05:10 PM (TN0g+)

15 test

Posted by: Pamazon at January 21, 2026 05:10 PM (b5MGU)

16 If we lose access to diego garcia we lose a significant part of our ability to project power in Asia and the indian ocean.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 21, 2026 05:10 PM (0N4FZ)

17 I thought we already deported Diego Garcia. Bad hombre.
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He was a decent shortstop, but couldn't hit a lick.

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 05:11 PM (TN0g+)

18 THANK YOU POWERS THAT BE. I don't post often. Much more of a lurker but was annoying to be blocked. Thank you.

Posted by: Pamazon at January 21, 2026 05:11 PM (b5MGU)

19 Oh wow the British poofters cucking out and letting the rest of the world have their way with yet another piece of their once-global empire?

I shall not believe it. I simply shannot.

Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 05:11 PM (5aZAZ)

20 Chagos >> Chagas

Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 05:12 PM (pDt9x)

21 "If we lose access to diego garcia we lose a significant part of our ability to project power in Asia and the indian ocean."

Thank God we still have Bagram in Afghanistan.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 21, 2026 05:12 PM (vbXSk)

22 Hey, what is going on in Europe is a designed and managed collapse. It will eventually devovle into a amorphous blob of smug twinks managing a bueracracy for the Caliphate. There is no shame adequate to heap upon them for what they have done to themselves.

Posted by: Its about that time at January 21, 2026 05:12 PM (0RQlF)

23 19 Oh wow the British poofters cucking out and letting the rest of the world have their way with yet another piece of their once-global empire?

I shall not believe it. I simply shannot.
Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 05:11 PM (5aZAZ)

Entire committees of British Women must have scoured their atlases for years to find the last little crumb of Empire left standing.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 21, 2026 05:13 PM (06Hmj)

24 I had read and posted earlier that someone said "Starmer is either Chinese asset or dumb as a brick". His lies about this deal should be reason enough to bounce him from office

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 05:13 PM (PTsqM)

25 I checked out the Euro demographic death spiral. Will be a Caliphate in a generation.

Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 05:13 PM (pDt9x)

26 If we lose access to diego garcia we lose a significant part of our ability to project power in Asia and the indian ocean.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 21, 2026 05:10 PM (0N4FZ)

And, of course, the inverse of that is that if China were to gain access to Greenland...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 05:14 PM (ExV1e)

27 Have to say, I trust Trump far more than SStarmer.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 21, 2026 05:14 PM (zZu0s)

28 13 I bought some baseball cards back in 1965, and the gum was terrible. I want my money back, with interest.
Posted by: illiniwek

Don't you just hate it when instead of being soft, pliable and sweet, the gum is hard, cracks, and is a sickly white color? Let's start a class action suit.

Posted by: Bankrupt Topps Today at January 21, 2026 05:14 PM (oftw2)

29 25 I checked out the Euro demographic death spiral. Will be a Caliphate in a generation.
Posted by: tubal at January 21, 2026 05:13 PM (pDt9x)

It'll be more like a satrapy.

That sounds way more gayer.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 21, 2026 05:14 PM (06Hmj)

30 The UK paid Mauritius for the islands, but Mauritius is claiming the deal was unfair.

How unfair can a deal be if you thought it was good enough at time to agree to?

Or is this one of those "we didn't properly appreciate the opportunity for graft at the time so we didn't make the deal then that we would have now, so you owe us more money" things.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 21, 2026 05:14 PM (a+4eV)

31 Where in the World is Diego Garcia?

Posted by: Diego Garcia's parole officer at January 21, 2026 05:14 PM (KhXwI)

32 It's worse,
What I have heard (not paying close attention) is that Mauritius was never culturally close to Chagos, and that the Brits moved the Chagosians to Mauritius as required.

This presents two problems.
1. Why give it to Mauritius, as they have nothing to do with that land.
1. Now that there are native Chagoisians identified, and they are not Mauritiusavians, UK law states that they can not "sell" the land to anyone, but instead have to some how repatriate the Chagoisains (I am not really clear on this bit, I just know that the originally planned deal is now considered a violation of UK law.)

Also, it is important to note that
- Mauritius is totally controlled by China
- The deal would give $7.8 trillion dollars to every Mauritiusavian, (or something like that.)
- And absolutely no MP or Lords were paid by CCP to facilitate this nonsense

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 21, 2026 05:14 PM (pKhVe)

33 checked out the Euro demographic death spiral. Will be a Caliphate in a generation
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Thus the need to obtain greenland.

Posted by: Its about that time at January 21, 2026 05:14 PM (0RQlF)

34 >>>Trump Objects to Queer Starmer's Giveway of Critical Chagos Islands

Alternate: Trump Grabs Europe's Pussy

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 21, 2026 05:15 PM (dK+Kv)

35
Guess who's coming to visit you this weekend!

The New Ice Age!

https://myradar.com/videos/6341

Unfortunately, it's looks as though the DFW area is getting an ice storm with areas as far east as Nc and even NJ in the worst situation picking up to a foot of snow.

I hop-e it's exaggerated but if not...

Posted by: naturalfake at January 21, 2026 05:15 PM (iJfKG)

36 If we lose access to diego garcia we lose a significant part of our ability to project power in Asia and the indian ocean.

That is the point.

I think the UK surrender of land to China's vassal keeps a 99 year lease of Diego Garcia.

I'll be dead by the time the lease expires, so I don't care... unless Mauritius comes back a few months later and claims the lease is "not fair" and UK capitulates again.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 05:16 PM (pawvM)

37 I had read and posted earlier that someone said "Starmer is either Chinese asset or dumb as a brick". His lies about this deal should be reason enough to bounce him from office
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 05:13 PM (PTsqM)

Except that the next mandatory election isn't for, like, three years and right now Labour is so disliked that none of the MPs will try to get rid of him to save their own position since that wouldn't save it.

So, barring Trump invading the UK, the British public gets to enjoy finding out for a while longer.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 05:17 PM (ExV1e)

38 It's been only 30 minute later and I'm hungry for more.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 21, 2026 05:17 PM (mlg/3)

39 Diego Garcia is strategically important... but with the advent of aerial refueling and stealth bombers that can fly thousands of miles, is it really necessary?

During the Israel-US - Iran dust up last year we used that base as a distraction. B-2's from Whiteman AFB here in the US were used for that raid. We even moved aircraft off that airbase because Iran had ballistic missile capable of reaching it.

Probably, militarily speaking, not that important anymore.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 21, 2026 05:17 PM (U2OZr)

40 My current position on global events could be roughly summarized as "fuck's sakes just start nuking shit already if everyone's gonna be a retard".

More or less.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 21, 2026 05:17 PM (06Hmj)

41 Supposedly the SC case on DEI Lisa Cook looks to be going against Trump. Apparently there is a 4th branch of government and someone committing fraud on a mortgage application means you still cant fire them

Wondering exactly who has the ability to fire her ?

Posted by: Maroon at January 21, 2026 05:17 PM (O+zfw)

42 18 THANK YOU POWERS THAT BE. I don't post often. Much more of a lurker but was annoying to be blocked. Thank you.
Posted by: Pamazon

What on earth did you do? Every time I've been banned I deserved it.

Posted by: Doesn't Play Well With Others at January 21, 2026 05:17 PM (oftw2)

43 Willowed, but I needed you all to know how much I appreciate you:

>>> We should eschew real connections with people we know and replace them with media connections who will never even know our names.

I know it's sarcasm. But the sad thing is that I had family and friends I adored my whole life. And ever since 2016, many of them transformed into Karen Covidians valuing security over freedom (and as Ben Franklin warned us, getting neither), with rampant TDS. And they chose to sever ties with me.

So while it's a joke, there are people in little grey boxes here, and talking heads, I suspect would have my back over my own flesh and blood. And it's tragic that I lost them in my life. And I'm far from the only one.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 05:18 PM (Eng1Z)

44 Somebody should sell red shorts with "Thank you for your attention to this matter" on the front.

Posted by: DaveA at January 21, 2026 05:18 PM (FhXTo)

45 Some Chinese version of Epstein must have a mountain of kompromat on Starmer.

One reason we need sovereignty over critical national security locations like Diego Garcia and Greenland is because the Euro elites are so easily corrupted by Beijing or Moscow or Soros.

There was actually a German Chancellor that was hired by the Russian gas monopoly immediately after leaving office.

But then again, we have our Clintons and Bidens.

Posted by: TITP at January 21, 2026 05:18 PM (r3hkP)

46 Starmer and Carney both are getting as close to China as possible. The Chinese won't give then any static about human rights, or democracy, and even though they've watched the Chicoms screw people over, they think they are too smart for that.

Starmer is forcing a massive super-embassy on London for the Chinese.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 21, 2026 05:18 PM (ZOv7s)

47 >Unfortunately, it's looks as though the DFW area is getting an ice storm with areas as far east as Nc and even NJ in the worst situation picking up to a foot of snow.

I hop-e it's exaggerated but if not...
Posted by: naturalfake at January 21, 2026 05:15 PM (iJfKG)

16 - 24 inches predicted in the western Philly burbs. The 'snowmygod! hype machine is about to be cranked up to eleventy. I'll hit the grocey store to make sure I have enough cocktail mixers Fri morning. You could not pay me to anywhere near one Saturday.

Posted by: Jello Biafra at January 21, 2026 05:18 PM (GTqXr)

48 Wasn't Mauritius supposed to be underwater by now due to climate change ? Starner giving the land to a country which won't soon exist is a crime against humanity

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 05:19 PM (PTsqM)

49 ICE just started Somali hunting in Maine.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 21, 2026 05:19 PM (viF8m)

50
Unfortunately, it's looks as though the DFW area is getting an ice storm with areas as far east as Nc and even NJ in the worst situation picking up to a foot of snow.

Ice Storms = downed power lines.

It will be interesting to see who has the most juice to attract the line-men who will need to repair all of this.

I was planning on a four day outage, it might be a few weeks. The only hole-card I have is that the property has working oil wells and no power = no $$$. ETX ethos includes bribes.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 05:19 PM (pawvM)

51 Chagos >> Chagas >> Chiggers

Posted by: banana Dream at January 21, 2026 05:19 PM (l5dSG)

52 Oh yeah,
"So why are they paying Mauritius and giving it to them?"

Chagos is in the middle on nowhere. The only people there were put there by rubber tree plantation owners or something to tap the trees. (or something. Don't take me seriously as I don't really care enough to remember details.) they were as un-contacted as those guys who throw spears at drones. They all died of the common cold when outsiders showed up.

But, Mauritius is the nearest land so they figure to give it to them. It would be like finding Fiji, and handing it to Hawaii, and paying them quadrillions for the favor.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 21, 2026 05:20 PM (pKhVe)

53 It is not necessary to attribute to stupidity that which looks a lot like malignancy.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 05:20 PM (krQz2)

54 President Trump deployed words on Chagos yesterday that were different to his previous words of welcome and support when I met him in the White House,"

I'm going to guess that's because you lied to him about the terms of the agreement the same way you lied to Parliament.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 21, 2026 05:21 PM (a+4eV)

55 Weakness, ir evil? I think they know what they're doing. As long as someone keeps the money coming, they'll sell the West out to China and let their countries be overrun with jihadis. Checks fr9m China, checks from Arab potentates.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 21, 2026 05:21 PM (Vvh2V)

56 It'll be interesting to see what Mauritius does when they're two rowboat Navy sees the Molon Labe flag the US is flying under the Stars and Bars.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 21, 2026 05:21 PM (Hx0tZ)

57 Amelia disapproves.

Posted by: zombie at January 21, 2026 05:22 PM (se8lQ)

58 [Excellent Additional Point by Hans Mahncke:]

"More importantly, it shows that the people running Europe cannot, under any circumstances, be trusted with an even more consequential geostrategic asset, Greenland. The real world is far too dangerous to allow Europeans to play at geopolitics."

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 05:22 PM (4MIMf)

59 UK paid Mauritius for the islands. But let's just say their ownership of the island was always highly questionable. Mauritius has an extremely weak claim to the island at all.

NOBODY lived on the island before the Europeans arrived. How do you think it got the name Diego Garcia? The French settled it in 1778, and the French Governor of Mauritius granted Monsieur Dupuit de la Faye the island of Diego Garcia. They abandoned it, and it was settled by the British. The British settlement failed, and the French took over turning it into a leper colony. Britian won it back during the Napoleonic wars. 1814 to 1965 Great Briton administered it as part of Mauritius. To settle any dispute, the UK purchased the Chagos Archipelago, which includes Diego Garcia, from the then self-governing colony of Mauritius for £3 million.

The island was never inhabited or colonized by Mauritius. It was only nominally part of their territory when Britian ruled Mauritius.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 21, 2026 05:23 PM (vOtXJ)

60 Starmer is trying to give England away piece by piece and turn it over to the Muslims

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 05:23 PM (Ia/+0)

61 >>>Except that the next mandatory election isn't for, like, three years and right now Labour is so disliked that none of the MPs will try to get rid of him to save their own position since that wouldn't save it. So, barring Trump invading the UK, the British public gets to enjoy finding out for a while longer.

Between watching the miniseries Victoria and The Crown, one would get a sense that Prime Ministers are at risk all the time of being thrown out of office on a threat of no confidence. Victoria had to play some crazy 3D chess, and give a title to some guy's wife, to get Lord M to stay on as her chosen Prime Minister. It seems like there is a threat of no confidence looming at any given moment.

Can the people just agitate enough there's a vote of no confidence, and the ponce is tossed out of Downing Street?

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 05:23 PM (Eng1Z)

62 Bring me the head of Diego Garcia.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 05:23 PM (krQz2)

63
Hmm. Time to keep the "British " nuclear assets locked up at Kings Bay....
Posted by: man at January 21, 2026 05:08 PM (XuXeR)

From what I understand, the warheads are Limey-built, but the Trident missiles they bolted them to are Made in USA. Time to cancel the maintenance contracts and parts supply.

There's actually a good chance that the warhead electrical systems were made by Lucas, which would be hilarious.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 21, 2026 05:23 PM (y9nCu)

64 Whenever I see a pic of Starmer, I immediately think Old, Gay Ralphie...

Posted by: Gunslinger at January 21, 2026 05:23 PM (R2gO3)

65 Starmer is trying to give England away piece by piece and turn it over to the Muslims

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 05:23 PM (Ia/+0)
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Accidently.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 05:24 PM (krQz2)

66 53 It is not necessary to attribute to stupidity that which looks a lot like malignancy.
Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 05:20 PM (krQz2)

There's kind of three layers of it, aren't there?

- Does he realize what he's doing?
- Does he not care that what he's doing is bad, because he values something else higher?
- Does he actively *want* to do this awful thing just for its own sake?

Stupid, Negligent, and Malicious, and any sufficiently advanced form of any one looks like the other two.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 21, 2026 05:24 PM (06Hmj)

67 He was a decent shortstop, but couldn't hit a lick."

Jobu can help

Posted by: man at January 21, 2026 05:24 PM (XuXeR)

68 I think the UK surrender of land to China's vassal keeps a 99 year lease of Diego Garcia.

I'll be dead by the time the lease expires, so I don't care... unless Mauritius comes back a few months later and claims the lease is "not fair" and UK capitulates again.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 05:16 PM (pawvM)

I'm betting that China will immediately begin building up the Egmont Islands as a military base only about 10 miles from Diego Garcia.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 05:24 PM (ExV1e)

69 Our glaciers are moving in over the weekend along with ice storms. The grocery stores are already crazy days out. Probably nothing but clam juice left now.

Posted by: banana Dream - and I dont even like clamatos at January 21, 2026 05:24 PM (l5dSG)

70 Is Starmer a foreign agent?

Posted by: Don Black at January 21, 2026 05:24 PM (ZxPkt)

71
Starmer "President Trump, We in the UK have chiggers."

(Trump takes step backward.)

Starmer: "We plan to give them to Mauritius."

Trump: "That's a good Idea there Keith. You do that."

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 21, 2026 05:25 PM (pKhVe)

72 There's actually a good chance that the warhead electrical systems were made by Lucas, which would be hilarious.

Regardless, the warheads probably leak oil.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 05:25 PM (kHd4y)

73 A woman I used to work with moved to Maine with her boyfriend. She's vin her late 60's and while real nice is a dyed in the wool leftist. She's a lawyer so allegedly intelligent, but she posts stuff from Occupy Democrats and The other99%. I wouldn't be surprised to see her at an anti ICE protest in Maine

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 05:25 PM (PTsqM)

74 Bring Me the Runway of Diego Garcia!
(directed by Sam Peckinpah, 1974)

Posted by: zombie at January 21, 2026 05:25 PM (se8lQ)

75 >>> Starmer is trying to give England away piece by piece and turn it over to the Muslims
Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 05:23 PM (Ia/+0)
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Accidently.
Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 05:24 PM (krQz2)

Allegedly!

Posted by: Starmer, joining King Charles in the secret bunker where they keep their personal Muslim prayer rugs at January 21, 2026 05:26 PM (Eng1Z)

76 70 Is Starmer a foreign agent?
Posted by: Don Black at January 21, 2026 05:24 PM (ZxPkt)

If not he's controlled by them is my guess.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 21, 2026 05:26 PM (8+C2v)

77
Regardless, the warheads probably leak oil.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 05:25 PM (kHd4y)

I didn't know that Harley Davidson was into military contracts...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 21, 2026 05:26 PM (y9nCu)

78 Isn't Mauritius the poster child for all those whining about Climate change? To hear them tell it, Mauritius will be underwater by this time next year anyway.

I know it's insane, but Starmer is one of the Climate change true believers. Maybe he thinks of this as a place for the Climate Change refugees of Mauritius to escape.

Posted by: Orson at January 21, 2026 05:27 PM (dIske)

79 I wouldn't care about a full divestment from Europe, and a full commitment of time and money to getting our own hemisphere cleared out of the commie vermin left to infest it over the centuries.

(Looking at you, Canada.)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 21, 2026 05:27 PM (06Hmj)

80 My current position on global events could be roughly summarized as "fuck's sakes just start nuking shit already if everyone's gonna be a retard".

More or less.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 21, 2026 05:17 PM (06Hmj)

yeah, as far as I'm concerned the planet failed, nuke it all and just go around planting United States of Earth flags.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 21, 2026 05:27 PM (snZF9)

81 Wasn't diego garcia the most interesting man in the world

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 21, 2026 05:27 PM (jrgJz)

82 62 Bring me the head of Diego Garcia.
Posted by: Axeman

Drat, beat me to the punch.

Posted by: zombie at January 21, 2026 05:28 PM (se8lQ)

83
As pointed out earlier today, GB is a rotting skinsuit.

Time for a revolution, but all the serfs are allowed for weaponry are flexible plastic butter knives.

Posted by: Auspex at January 21, 2026 05:28 PM (Y8DZL)

84 It is all kind of sad, though.

Mauritius was my favorite Bee Gee.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 21, 2026 05:28 PM (06Hmj)

85 Some people call me Mauritius.

Posted by: Some joker at January 21, 2026 05:28 PM (pkeXY)

86
There was an SF novel a decade or more ago, about an alternate history where instead of the West dominating the world scene in the modern era,

it was a world dominated by China and the Muslims and how great and peaceful and wealthy the world would've been. And Mother Gaia was all happy and such.

Welp...we're about to get a real time, real world experiment in that bit of wish casting. The Yourapeein's especially.

I hope Fortress America is up and running on all cylinders by then.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 21, 2026 05:29 PM (iJfKG)

87 Amelia disapproves.

Posted by: zombie at January 21, 2026 05:22 PM (se8lQ)

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

Make Amelia the Princess of Diego Garcia.

* cue Prince *

🎶
"Purple Reign, Purple Reign ..."
🎶

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 05:29 PM (aeOae)

88 Diego, from the Spanish, meaning "a whale's vagina".

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 05:29 PM (krQz2)

89 Since we have a base there tell the UK f@ck Off we aren't going anywhere.

Posted by: Beartooth at January 21, 2026 05:29 PM (GGatE)

90 Honestly at this point would anyone give two shits if Russia just took over Europe?

There's a high chance that the former British territory would be free of cancer, I mean Islam. I always get the two confused

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 21, 2026 05:29 PM (XLfSN)

91 Jim Garcia? Yeah, I knew that guy.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 05:30 PM (krQz2)

92 I know it's insane, but Starmer is one of the Climate change true believers.
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I wonder if there are ANY "Climate change true believers" other than that down syndrome chick Greta? No, I'm serious, if you were to inject them with truth serum and simply asked "Do you REALLY believe the earth is going to kill us all because of man-made climate change?", do you think even 10 percent of those in power would respond with "Yes"?

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 05:30 PM (TN0g+)

93 DFW ice storms. It will be interesting to see who has the most juice to attract the linemen who will have to repair all this.

Hell, that's easy. Highland Park won't even know it hit. $$$$

Posted by: Case at January 21, 2026 05:30 PM (4rWc3)

94 Pack up the whole base, rip out the runways, sail it all somewhere not fucked up, and send the government of Mauritius the bill.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 21, 2026 05:30 PM (06Hmj)

95 I mean, what are you going to do, The British are ridiculous people with bad dental hygiene who can't speak English for shit.

Puffs, the whole lot of them.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 21, 2026 05:31 PM (XV/Pl)

96 It isn't just Diego Garcia.

Panama tried to sell out to China, and as it stood in 2024, China effectively controlled both ends of the Canal an in times of war they would have made it impassible to the USA.

Philippines started selling out to China long ago, and for their troubles China claimed territory spitting distance from the Philippine Islands.

Both of these were USA territory and strategic, but China is very aggressive for that very reason. It is very easy to corrupt people into selling out.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 21, 2026 05:31 PM (pKhVe)

97 Honestly at this point would anyone give two shits if Russia just took over Europe?

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 21, 2026 05:29 PM (XLfSN)
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Putin might actually be better at preserving Western Culture than any of these fucks seem to be.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 05:32 PM (krQz2)

98 Winter storm a palooza-

As of now, we remain in the rain only section, there was a moment where ice was a consideration. Northern Alabama looks like it may get dicey. Monday and Tuesday highs are 47. No bueno.

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 05:32 PM (OoFl2)

99 Well shit.

Is my hair on fire?

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 21, 2026 05:32 PM (W2Pud)

100 "Hey, China, make ya a deal.

You stay the fuck out of our hemisphere, and we'll let you have Europe. You can clear out them rugfuckers easy enough. I've seen you do it. Deal?"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 21, 2026 05:32 PM (06Hmj)

101 Imagine the white refugees from Europe coming to America...
Sorry Somalia, you need to take your shithead pirate population back. We need room for productive members of society.

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 21, 2026 05:32 PM (XLfSN)

102 I hope Fortress America is up and running on all cylinders by then.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 21, 2026 05:29 PM (iJfKG)

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Golden Dome > Yellow Gnome

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 05:32 PM (aeOae)

103 Diego Garcia is strategically important... but with the advent of aerial refueling and stealth bombers that can fly thousands of miles, is it really necessary?

During the Israel-US - Iran dust up last year we used that base as a distraction. B-2's from Whiteman AFB here in the US were used for that raid. We even moved aircraft off that airbase because Iran had ballistic missile capable of reaching it.

Probably, militarily speaking, not that important anymore.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 21, 2026 05:17 PM

diego garcia is vital to the Navy for resupply of beans, bullets and bombs.

My information may be a bit dated as I have not been deployed to that area for some years but almost everything consumable that was brought onto our carriers deployed in the IO and the Gulf came through DG.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 21, 2026 05:32 PM (0N4FZ)

104 You stay the fuck out of our hemisphere, and we'll let you have Europe. You can clear out them rugfuckers easy enough. I've seen you do it. Deal?"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 21, 2026 05:32 PM (06Hmj)
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Muslims is practically Uyghurs.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 05:33 PM (krQz2)

105 Joba no help with the curve ball.

Posted by: Diego Garcia at January 21, 2026 05:33 PM (jc0TO)

106
As pointed out earlier today, GB is a rotting skinsuit.

Time for a revolution, but all the serfs are allowed for weaponry are flexible plastic butter knives.
Posted by: Auspex at January 21, 2026 05:28 PM (Y8DZL)

Years ago, the UK fielded the world's worst infantry rifle the SA80. Even worse than the Indian INSAS. The Limeys had to take the 80s to the Germans to please fix our rifles for us, please. HK decided that while the Limeys sucked and they hated them, they might as well fix 'em, because the check cleared.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 21, 2026 05:34 PM (y9nCu)

107 I hope Fortress America is up and running on all cylinders by then.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 21, 2026 05:29 PM (iJfKG)

It won't because the yoots will have been tiktoked into believing that communism is teh awesome and the people in power will sell us out for the opportunity to suckle the chinee (or Indian, depending on how long things take) penee for a while.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 05:34 PM (ExV1e)

108 Winter storm a palooza-

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 05:32 PM (OoFl2)
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Stormageddon.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 05:34 PM (krQz2)

109 1 > The UK paid Mauritius for the islands, but Mauritius is claiming the deal was unfair.
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But buying Greenland is beyond the pale.

Yea... about that.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 21, 2026 05:05 PM (U2OZr)

Yeah, about that Louisiana purchase...

Posted by: France at January 21, 2026 05:34 PM (mP0Kj)

110 There was a great stage play called The Audience about Queen Lizzy 2 and her audience of prime ministers over the years, speculating what they talked about in those weekly meetings. It was written by a leftist, so of course they made Maggie Thatcher a boorish woman and implied she and the Queen had a catfight going on. But the queen was played by Helen Mirren and she was as glorious in the play as she was in the movie The Queen.

But it makes me wonder, what on earth do Starmer and King Charles even talk about every week?

"What Ho, your majesty! Jolly good show, letting the fate of your people disintegrate while you focus on climate change."

"Why thank you! I'm quite proud of it. And arresting the peons for gardening tools and mean tweets? Pip Pip!"

They shake hands, and then (allegedly) unroll their matching prayer rugs and bow to Mecca.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 05:34 PM (Eng1Z)

111 Hell, that's easy. Highland Park won't even know it hit. $$$$

I can't imagine Highland Park having any utilities above ground.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 21, 2026 05:34 PM (9Hs2w)

112 @101 the white refugees from Europe will be the leftist elite fleeing from the mess they made. Just like here where the Dems flee Cali and destroy Colorado, Nev, Arizona etc.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 05:35 PM (PTsqM)

113 Winter storm Vance?

Posted by: fd at January 21, 2026 05:35 PM (vFG9F)

114 Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 05:18 PM

I am very sorry. I don't have family whom I lost over Covid , because they live abroad and I didn't discuss it with them, but I have a friend of more that 40 years whom I lost over it and it is very painful.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 05:35 PM (Yl2Ob)

115
I wonder if there are ANY "Climate change true believers" other than that down syndrome chick Greta? No, I'm serious, if you were to inject them with truth serum and simply asked "Do you REALLY believe the earth is going to kill us all because of man-made climate change?", do you think even 10 percent of those in power would respond with "Yes"?
Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 05:30 PM (TN0g+)

I don't think they believe it or they wouldn't fly private and buy beachfront property.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 21, 2026 05:35 PM (8+C2v)

116 Monday and Tuesday highs are 47. No bueno.
Posted by: Piper

Is that considered very low down there? (Not a height joke)

Posted by: Kratwurst at January 21, 2026 05:36 PM (zWGac)

117 At some point, we need to start asking these politicians if they really think China is going to honor the agreement to let them flee to China when SHTF, in exchange for betraying their countries.

Or have they been promised Chinese troops to put down the domestic rebellion, like they're doing in Iran?
And will be doing in the UK and Canada?

When you see Trump tearing down the post-war order--including NATO--this is what he's destroying.
He sees this is what they are doing, what they intend for us.
Now you see how deadly serious this "obsession" with Greenland really is.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 21, 2026 05:36 PM (HXT0k)

118 Starmer is trying to give England away piece by piece and turn it over to the Muslims

Posted by: Skip

He feels Great Britain has a lot of evil colonization sins to repent for.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 21, 2026 05:36 PM (ycI94)

119 man f*** Mauritius

they are a flyspeck in the middle of the ocean
we ain't leaving DG

Posted by: Don Black at January 21, 2026 05:36 PM (ZxPkt)

120 I keep thinking Tierra del Fuego for some reason.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 21, 2026 05:37 PM (pkeXY)

121 Imagine the white refugees from Europe coming to America...
Sorry Somalia, you need to take your shithead pirate population back. We need room for productive members of society.
Posted by: melodicmetal at January 21, 2026 05:32 PM (XLfSN)

Productive members of society? The people who voted for the politicians who made them decide to become refugees? The ones who're willing to live in a phone booth in exchange for 'free' healthcare and August off? Those productive members of society?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 05:37 PM (ExV1e)

122 Stormalanche!

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 05:37 PM (krQz2)

123 >Starmer is trying to give England away piece by piece and turn it over to the Muslims
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he's England's 0bama

Posted by: Don Black at January 21, 2026 05:37 PM (ZxPkt)

124 Philippines started selling out to China long ago, and for their troubles China claimed territory spitting distance from the Philippine Islands.

Both of these were USA territory and strategic, but China is very aggressive for that very reason. It is very easy to corrupt people into selling out.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 21, 2026 05:31 PM (pKhVe)
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They are standing up to China now, hosting lots of US forces and training missions. Japan is building ships for them. Go watch the youtube of the patrol boat who outfoxes the Chicoms and makes the cutter ram the PLAN destroyer.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 21, 2026 05:37 PM (ZOv7s)

125 >>> I wonder if there are ANY "Climate change true believers" other than that down syndrome chick Greta?

Amelia the far-right UK waifu meme >>> Greta the real life climate/Hamas troll

I heard the Germans are going to do zero migration and open up coal plants again. Maybe with Angella Merkin gone, the new leader has some sense?

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 05:37 PM (Eng1Z)

126 I told you so.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 21, 2026 05:38 PM (IMmiQ)

127
Here in SW Wyoming our utilities are above ground.

We have had bad storms over the years and the power has never flickered or gone out.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 21, 2026 05:38 PM (3ek7K)

128 116 Monday and Tuesday highs are 47. No bueno.
Posted by: Piper

Is that considered very low down there? (Not a height joke)
Posted by: Kratwurst at January 21

Yes. We don’t really do cold well. The high tomorrow is 66. Our average January temp is 62ish.

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 05:38 PM (Wmg4n)

129 Puffs, the whole lot of them.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 21, 2026 05:31 PM (XV/Pl)

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The French identify as Bon-Bons.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 05:39 PM (aeOae)

130
Productive members of society? The people who voted for the politicians who made them decide to become refugees? The ones who're willing to live in a phone booth in exchange for 'free' healthcare and August off? Those productive members of society?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

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European sort-of refugees. Haven't seen that since the 19th and early 20th centuries, right?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 05:39 PM (jF1M6)

131 >>> I have a friend of more that 40 years whom I lost over it and it is very painful.

Hugs to you, Fenelon! I'm grateful for all the people in the little grey boxes here.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 05:40 PM (Eng1Z)

132
He feels Great Britain has a lot of evil colonization sins to repent for.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 21, 2026 05:36 PM (ycI94)

To be fair, he wouldn't be wrong. Limeys are asshoe. But being a Great Power is kinda like being in love, it means you never have to say I'm sorry.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 21, 2026 05:40 PM (y9nCu)

133 Here in SW Wyoming our utilities are above ground.

We have had bad storms over the years and the power has never flickered or gone out.

Posted by: fourseasons

No Trees?

Posted by: The Larch at January 21, 2026 05:40 PM (oftw2)

134 I think the problem is that it DG is useful, so we will keep our base.

But if SHTF, China will attack. That means we have to defend. That means we waste resources defending what was.

This is the Chinese strategy -- Make the cost of defense so high that the USA starts to pull back to our own little island. (North America.)

They *want* fortress America since that gives them free reign over the rest of the world, where they will rape and pillage their way to such great wealth and power that we are irrelevant.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 21, 2026 05:40 PM (pKhVe)

135 How is a nation that's barely larger than my backyard going to enforce its claims over a territory that's over a thousand miles away?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 21, 2026 05:40 PM (ESVrU)

136

Not many trees.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 21, 2026 05:40 PM (3ek7K)

137 >> Putin might actually be better at preserving Western Culture than any of these fucks seem to be.

Exactly

European "leadership" has devolved into prancing and preening while Euro normies watch in horror as their culture is being erased in front of their eyes.

Putin has pride for his homeland. He's not the most sociable guy but you don't see Aloha Snack bars blowin his people up daily.

Fuck it. Roll the dice. I'd rather deal with an individual that doesn't hide ambition and purpose. I still can't believe nobody rose up after 8 of the AFD members "Suddenly" died.

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 21, 2026 05:40 PM (XLfSN)

138 Blonde, in case you didn't see it, thanks for the book recommend! I'll check it out.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 05:41 PM (Eng1Z)

139 Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 05:40 PM (Eng1Z

Thanks. Hugs back to you. I'm sure there are quite a few people who can relate to this difficult experience. It is like a big chunk taken out of your life.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 21, 2026 05:42 PM (Yl2Ob)

140 European sort-of refugees. Haven't seen that since the 19th and early 20th centuries, right?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 05:39 PM (jF1M6)
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After WW2, a bunch of Dutch emigrated and settled with their relations in West Michigan.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 21, 2026 05:42 PM (ZOv7s)

141 They are standing up to China now, hosting lots of US forces and training missions. Japan is building ships for them. Go watch the youtube of the patrol boat who outfoxes the Chicoms and makes the cutter ram the PLAN destroyer.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Yes, I know. But as for the land that China already took, they said "what's done is done. It is too late to complain now...."

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 21, 2026 05:42 PM (pKhVe)

142 As pointed out earlier today, GB is a rotting skinsuit.

Time for a revolution, but all the serfs are allowed for weaponry are flexible plastic butter knives.
Posted by: Auspex at January 21, 2026 05:28 PM (Y8DZL)

Allowed? That's not how you conduct a revolution.

I wonder if some entrepreneurial sort would consider taking pallets of cuban AKs out of Venezuela and dropping them on the shore of England? Nah. That's not allowed.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 21, 2026 05:42 PM (Hx0tZ)

143
Blonde, in case you didn't see it, thanks for the book recommend! I'll check it out.
Posted by: LizLem

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I think you'll be engrossed and informed.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 05:42 PM (jF1M6)

144 Have they named the upcoming winter storm yet? They love doing that. Has Jim Cantore doomed an area by showing up?

Posted by: turambar at January 21, 2026 05:42 PM (Q0yOR)

145 These days, Greta just wants the Jews to stop making the earth so warm.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 05:43 PM (krQz2)

146 OT: Canadian visitor crossings into NY are down 21 percent.
Still too low.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 21, 2026 05:43 PM (abIsI)

147 >Starmer is trying to give England away piece by piece and turn it over to the Muslims
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he's England's 0bama
Posted by: Don Black at January 21, 2026 05:37 PM (ZxPkt)

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A member of the Muslim Motherhood.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 21, 2026 05:43 PM (aeOae)

148 They *want* fortress America since that gives them free reign over the rest of the world, where they will rape and pillage their way to such great wealth and power that we are irrelevant.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 21, 2026 05:40 PM (pKhVe)
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The current 'dynasty' will fall before that happens.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 21, 2026 05:43 PM (ZOv7s)

149 How is a nation that's barely larger than my backyard going to enforce its claims over a territory that's over a thousand miles away?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 21, 2026 05:40 PM (ESVrU)
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Thoughts and prayers.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 05:44 PM (krQz2)

150 They *want* fortress America since that gives them free reign over the rest of the world, where they will rape and pillage their way to such great wealth and power that we are irrelevant.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 21, 2026 05:40 PM (pKhVe)

Or, alternate version. Reagans plan against the USSR. Destroy their economy by making them go into debt by making them spend too much money on defense.

Especially defending other countries (Warsaw Pact).

Posted by: France at January 21, 2026 05:44 PM (mP0Kj)

151 We're supposed to get snow that's way deeper than FSJ and Gertie are tall.

Posted by: Weasel at January 21, 2026 05:44 PM (DJPFk)

152 How is a nation that's barely larger than my backyard going to enforce its claims over a territory that's over a thousand miles away?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 21, 2026 05:40 PM (ESVrU)
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Thoughts and prayers.
Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 05:44 PM (krQz2)
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And a lot of NOT.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 05:44 PM (krQz2)

153 >>>I know it's insane, but Starmer is one of the Climate change true believers. Maybe he thinks of this as a place for the Climate Change refugees of Mauritius to escape.

I deployed to Diego Garcia twice in the '80s. It's, like, six feet above sea level. It would be underwater long before Mauritius.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 21, 2026 05:44 PM (Y1sOo)

154
After WW2, a bunch of Dutch emigrated and settled with their relations in West Michigan.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

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Yes, definitely some after WWII. I was flashing back to the B&W photography at Ellis Island, raggedy Europeans from every country with their trunks and funny hats and kids. 50 years from now maybe, here we go again?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 21, 2026 05:45 PM (jF1M6)

155 Not many trees.

Posted by: fourseasons

Mystery solved.

Posted by: No. 1, The Larch at January 21, 2026 05:45 PM (oftw2)

156 Allowed? That's not how you conduct a revolution.

I wonder if some entrepreneurial sort would consider taking pallets of cuban AKs out of Venezuela and dropping them on the shore of England? Nah. That's not allowed.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 21, 2026 05:42 PM (Hx0tZ)

Britain's citizens were disarmed. They are now arrested for yelling "We Love bacon".

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 21, 2026 05:45 PM (mP0Kj)

157 Sounds like an outstanding protection racket for off-shoring money. Biden approved?

(Didn't the oldest granddaughter honeymoon in the posh islands? /R )

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 21, 2026 05:46 PM (NFX2v)

158 Are all English men queer adjacent or they just outright queers?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 21, 2026 05:46 PM (abIsI)

159 151 We're supposed to get snow that's way deeper than FSJ and Gertie are tall.
Posted by: Weasel

Not to mention Piper.

Posted by: So, I Won't Mention It at January 21, 2026 05:46 PM (oftw2)

160 Yes, I know. But as for the land that China already took, they said "what's done is done. It is too late to complain now...."
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 21, 2026 05:42 PM (pKhVe)
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They haven't given up any claims, but yes, they do lack the military force to expel China.

The fact that they are working with JAPAN (who they hate) shows you how pissed off they are now.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 21, 2026 05:46 PM (ZOv7s)

161 Monday and Tuesday highs are 47. No bueno.
Posted by: Piper

Tomorrow our daytime high will be -20 and will feel like -47.

Posted by: old chick at January 21, 2026 05:47 PM (F3Dlr)

162 types deletes. Who gets the $0.25 royalties?

Posted by: 80's music fan at January 21, 2026 05:47 PM (YlWIZ)

163 Are all English men queer adjacent or they just outright queers?
Posted by: Maj. Healey

They bat from both sides of the plate.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 21, 2026 05:47 PM (gkRAX)

164 Britain's citizens were disarmed. They are now arrested for yelling "We Love bacon".
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They can't play chess and will get arrested for posting something spicy on the internet. They are a nation of pansies. We should be negotiating with who we would allow to occupy them, with the unspoken caviat being that if we don't like the highest bid we could always simply do the job ourselves.

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 05:47 PM (TN0g+)

165 >>> These days, Greta just wants the Jews to stop making the earth so warm.

She had a crush on the Unabomber, her parents had to intervene to stop them from being pen pals. Her taste in murderous psychos has definitely plummeted since then.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 05:48 PM (Eng1Z)

166 I think the problem is that it DG is useful, so we will keep our base.

But if SHTF, China will attack. That means we have to defend. That means we waste resources defending what was.

This is the Chinese strategy -- Make the cost of defense so high that the USA starts to pull back to our own little island. (North America.)

They *want* fortress America since that gives them free reign over the rest of the world, where they will rape and pillage their way to such great wealth and power that we are irrelevant.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 21, 2026 05:40 PM (pKhVe)

China is unlikely to attack, at least in the short run because,

as I've been saying for a long, long time,

China has decided that- "War Is For Suckaz"(TM).

They have been able to achieve almost everything they want with bribes to those in power in gov't and industry.

And WEF made their job easy by loading up high(ish) trust productive societies in the West with 3rd World peasants and yobbos and dismantling their energy production.

Brilliant! You literally couldn't fight a traditional war or even an atomic one and get great results like these.

Unconditional Surrender By Stealth! Amazing.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 21, 2026 05:48 PM (iJfKG)

167 whatever the Chicoms have on Starmer must.be.good.

Posted by: runner at January 21, 2026 05:48 PM (g47mK)

168 They are a nation of pansies.

So, queer then.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 21, 2026 05:49 PM (abIsI)

169 161 Monday and Tuesday highs are 47. No bueno.
Posted by: Piper

Tomorrow our daytime high will be -20 and will feel like -47.
Posted by: old chick at January 21, 2026 05:47 PM (F3Dlr)

Oh my gosh! That sounds really bad.

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 05:49 PM (Wmg4n)

170
We've lived in NC and SC.

We've experienced power outages due to winter storms. It's not fun and feel bad for any of ya'll who are going to deal with the storms.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 21, 2026 05:49 PM (3ek7K)

171 22 Hey, what is going on in Europe is a designed and managed collapse. It will eventually devovle into a amorphous blob of smug twinks managing a bueracracy for the Caliphate. There is no shame adequate to heap upon them for what they have done to themselves.
Posted by: Its about that time at January 21, 2026 05:12 PM
Not twinks. Eunuchs.

Posted by: Eromero at January 21, 2026 05:49 PM (yw3eV)

172 Starmer just gave approval for China to build the Taj Mahal of embassies in London right on top of major fiber nodes.

He'll be bending the knee, ala Carney, to the CCP soon I'm guessing by attempting to ink a trade deal that will further kill off the UK's industrial base.

It seems running to China's arms is the obvious move to most of our dependent ally's leadership.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 21, 2026 05:49 PM (6ydKt)

173 High temp tomorrow in Rowley, Alberta is 0.

Posted by: Witches You-Know-What at January 21, 2026 05:50 PM (oftw2)

174 Diego Garcia will stand up and forcefully say, "It is MEAN to laugh at our ability to enforce our claim over Chagos!!
I'm telling the UN!!!"

"You ALL are a bunch of MEANIES!!"

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 05:51 PM (krQz2)

175 Is there a piece of modern plumbing anywhere in England?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 21, 2026 05:51 PM (abIsI)

176 >>> It seems running to China's arms is the obvious move to most of our dependent ally's leadership.

The lefty media will blame Canada and the UK breaking up with us and running to bad boy China on Trump. But I assume this was happening long before Trump. He just called them out on their crap to their faces.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 05:51 PM (Eng1Z)

177 >> ICE just started Somali hunting in Maine

Let's see how governor tranny hero behaves.

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 21, 2026 05:52 PM (XLfSN)

178 China has decided that- "War Is For Suckaz"(TM).

They have been able to achieve almost everything they want with bribes to those in power in gov't and industry.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 21, 2026 05:48 PM (iJfKG)
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The tide has turned, thanks to Trump. China is now on the ropes.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 21, 2026 05:52 PM (ZOv7s)

179 Europe: mincing it's way to progress.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 05:52 PM (krQz2)

180
Are all English men queer adjacent or they just outright queers?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 21, 2026 05:46 PM (abIsI)

*ahem*

Posted by: British Public School Buggery at January 21, 2026 05:52 PM (y9nCu)

181 The current 'dynasty' will fall before that happens.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 21, 2026 05:43 PM (ZOv7s)
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Yeah, I agree with you there. I think we're less than a decade out from China having serious problems internally. They already do. 300,000 riot police recently hired. That's a better sign than anything else written on paper.

I have a relative who grew up on the mainland and married into my family. She was over there a couple months ago, and the thing that struck her was that the average resident is losing compliancy, and developing an animosity towards the ruling class. Beijing secondary to their locally installed behavior moderators.

Posted by: Orson at January 21, 2026 05:52 PM (dIske)

182 These Westerners are snuggling with the Chinese at the very moment China is going into the crapper. It's economy, environmental mess, population crash and building incompetence are taking the nation over a cliff. Good timing Starmer and Carney

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 05:52 PM (PTsqM)

183 Is there a piece of modern plumbing anywhere in England?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 21, 2026 05:51 PM (abIsI)
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There won't be by the time they are finished with Islamification.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 21, 2026 05:52 PM (ESVrU)

184 Is there a piece of modern plumbing anywhere in England?
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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Crappers?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 21, 2026 05:53 PM (XeU6L)

185 170
We've lived in NC and SC.

We've experienced power outages due to winter storms. It's not fun and feel bad for any of ya'll who are going to deal with the storms.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 21, 2026 05:49 PM (3ek7K)

My fav forecaster on YouTube, Mitch West (he lives near Columbia), has the freezing rain mostly missing the Lowcountry and going north, but it's close, so we'll have to see.

I'm seeing some areas of the South and Mid-Atlantic getting over .75 inches of ice accumulation, though.

I hope that misses us for sure.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 21, 2026 05:53 PM (6ydKt)

186 Oh my gosh! That sounds really bad.
Posted by: Piper

Not far off the norm for North Dakota. It used to be said it kept the riffraff away. Minneapolis has debunked that.

Posted by: old chick at January 21, 2026 05:54 PM (F3Dlr)

187 Take Greenland, pay off the residents, and be considerate of them in the future.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 21, 2026 05:55 PM (NFX2v)

188
America wanted to be the Melting Pot.
England has chosen the role of the Chamber Pot.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 05:55 PM (krQz2)

189 19 Oh wow the British poofters cucking out and letting the rest of the world have their way with yet another piece of their once-global empire?

I shall not believe it. I simply shannot.
Posted by: ballistic at January 21, 2026 05:11 PM (5aZAZ)

Hard to believe that these gelded faggots were once the nation that oppressed my ancestors for centuries.

Posted by: Winston Churchill spins in his grave at January 21, 2026 05:55 PM (TbWk/)

190 The lefty media will blame Canada and the UK breaking up with us and running to bad boy China on Trump. But I assume this was happening long before Trump. He just called them out on their crap to their faces.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 05:51 PM (Eng1Z)

I think it's less strategic and more Girlfriend Trying to Make Boyfriend jealous by dating his arch-enemy type of thing.

China could never replace us, and they know it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 21, 2026 05:55 PM (6ydKt)

191 Franpsycho and I will be stuck with weekend highs around 60 and lows around 44. No rain. Oh well.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 21, 2026 05:56 PM (KAi1n)

192 Take Greenland, pay off the residents, and be considerate of them in the future.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 21, 2026 05:55 PM (NFX2v)
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Watch it. We have nearly 3 dozen troops ready to roll! For about two days, and then it's too damn cold!

Posted by: NATO at January 21, 2026 05:56 PM (krQz2)

193 Power outage. This is why I don't heat with electricity.
Usually in the South you can get by with it until you can't. Every now and then we get one of "those" winters. Best to stay at home and don't get out in it. And heat with gas or propane. And of course stock up on easy to fix groceries. I just got back from Dollar General where I dropped a hundred bucks. But the dogs and I have to eat. BTW. Dollar General was packed. It will be worse tomorrow.

Posted by: Case at January 21, 2026 05:56 PM (4rWc3)

194 Supposed to get a very cold spell starting Saturday and Sunday a winter storm. Tomorrow I better get snow blower in front and tractor in back of garage

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 05:57 PM (Ia/+0)

195 The tide has turned, thanks to Trump. China is now on the ropes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 21, 2026 05:52 PM (ZOv7s)

This seems to be some sort of fighting analogy. Totally different to be on the ropes in 'rasslin than boxing.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 21, 2026 05:57 PM (Hx0tZ)

196 We've experienced power outages due to winter storms. It's not fun and feel bad for any of ya'll who are going to deal with the storms.

Posted by: fourseasons

I live in NC a mile from the ocean. Have dealt with hurricanes, nor'easters, etc. Have a generator, backup kerosene heater, it's hardly an inconvenience. One experience after a hurricane without a generator made me very ready for storms.

Posted by: No. 1, The Larch.. at January 21, 2026 05:57 PM (oftw2)

197 Hard to believe that these gelded faggots were once the nation that oppressed my ancestors for centuries.
Posted by: - (TbWk/)

Consider that the Irish at the time were just that drunk and dysfunctional.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 21, 2026 05:57 PM (gKWVE)

198 Ok, now that I got the gloat off my chest, to comment on what's been said.
Mauritius NEVER "owned" the Chagos Islands. NEVER.
They are over 1000 miles apart. The Republic of Seychelles and the Republic of Maldives are both closer. Hell, Sri Lanka is closer.
At one time the British Administration treated them as an entity (BIOT). That is the claim. Because the colonial British Empire clumped them all together to make it easier on some clerk in Old Blighty, some jumped up clown who stole/bought enough votes on an island a 1000 miles away should determine the fate of strategic US base.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 21, 2026 05:58 PM (IMmiQ)

199 "Oh my gosh! That sounds really bad.
Posted by: Piper"

There's a dang good reason I live down here.

Posted by: fd at January 21, 2026 05:58 PM (vFG9F)

200 The forecasters are saying we could get up to a foot of snow Sun to Mon.
Already a snowy winter in the mid Hudson

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 21, 2026 05:58 PM (PTsqM)

201 ... actually the same applies to India in the middle 1800s. What a mess it was

Posted by: gKWVE at January 21, 2026 05:58 PM (gKWVE)

202 >>> *ahem*
Posted by: British Public School Buggery at January 21, 2026 05:52 PM (y9nCu)

NGL, one the funniest parts of Downton Abbey was the servant Thomas getting outed after all those years to the Earl of Grantham and his wife, and the Earl just doesn't care. He's basically like so what, do you know how many blokes were gay at prep school? A completely unexpected reaction. Good on Fellowes for writing it.

Posted by: LizLem at January 21, 2026 05:58 PM (Eng1Z)

203 I think strategic points, areas that are in the US best interests for security should never be "rented."

Ever.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 21, 2026 05:58 PM (U2OZr)

204 > The island was never inhabited or colonized by Mauritius. It was only nominally part of their territory when Britian ruled Mauritius.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 21, 2026 05:23 PM (vOtXJ)

For that matter, it was never inhabited by anyone before the Europeans came along. Neither was Mauritius. The only victim of the "colonization" of Mauritius was the dodo (turns out that mixing hungry sailors with tasty, turkey-sized flightless pigeons with no inborn fear of humans doesn't work out well for the birds).

One could make some argument for handing over Mauritius to the descendants of the slaves who had been imported there (by France, not Britain), but no such argument applies to Diego Garcia. The French didn't even use it as a slave plantation. Unlike Mauritius, Diego Garcia is not suited for agriculture. The French mostly used it as a dumping ground for lepers.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 21, 2026 05:59 PM (IG3/x)

205 199 "Oh my gosh! That sounds really bad.
Posted by: Piper"

There's a dang good reason I live down here.
Posted by: fd at January 21, 2026 05:58 PM (vFG9F)

Here in NorCal it hit a low of 33 and we thought we were gonna freeze...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 21, 2026 05:59 PM (VE6XX)

206 177 >> ICE just started Somali hunting in Maine

Let's see how governor tranny hero behaves.
Posted by: melodicmetal [/i

ICE should advertise the Downeast Catch of the Day on their website.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 21, 2026 06:00 PM (abIsI)

207 > 197 Hard to believe that these gelded faggots were once the nation that oppressed my ancestors for centuries.
Posted by: - (TbWk/)

I saw Gelded Faggots open for Wham! at a club in the Castro District back in '82.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 21, 2026 06:00 PM (IG3/x)

208 Trump's plan to raise Thule and complete the system of German Idealism is becoming ever more critical to our national security because, as Napoleon said of Constantinople, Thule will prove to be the center of universal dominance due to its strategic location.

Posted by: Immanuel K. at January 21, 2026 06:00 PM (mjGIt)

209 190
I think it's less strategic and more Girlfriend Trying to Make Boyfriend jealous by dating his arch-enemy type of thing.

China could never replace us, and they know it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 21, 2026 05:55 PM (6ydKt)

True. But by the time the Euroweenies realize the error of their ways, China has them by the short hairs.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 21, 2026 06:01 PM (N39Ws)

210 Wow. Another CNN lib goes all commandeering.

Leigh McGowen told Ben Fergusen to prove that ICE is taking in all these murderers and rapists or "zip it".

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 06:02 PM (krQz2)

211 We've experienced power outages due to winter storms. It's not fun and feel bad for any of ya'll who are going to deal with the storms.

Posted by: fourseasons
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At the risk of being tedious about it, a full month in the afermath of Helene. No electricty, no cell, no WATER. No
anything for most of that time. At night, the county was like something out of the Twilight Zone.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 21, 2026 06:02 PM (XeU6L)

212 Here in NorCal it hit a low of 33 and we thought we were gonna freeze...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 21, 2026 05:59 PM (VE6XX)

I don't see my area getting as warm as 33 in the next 10 days.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 21, 2026 06:02 PM (Hx0tZ)

213 I saw Gelded Faggots open for Wham! at a club in the Castro District back in '82.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 21, 2026 06:00 PM (IG3/x)

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I would have gone with The Fixx....because...you know, gelded.

Posted by: Orson at January 21, 2026 06:03 PM (dIske)

214
I don't see my area getting as warm as 33 in the next 10 days.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 21, 2026 06:02 PM (Hx0tZ)

Our Highs have been in the mid 60's

Posted by: It's me donna at January 21, 2026 06:03 PM (VE6XX)

215 Ben Ferguson replied, "No, sorry, you're not my mom."

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 06:03 PM (krQz2)

216 When I did a year tour on Diego Garcia there was a Brit Governor (Navy O-5) and some UK Marines for security. The Governor was drunk all the time, and the UK Security was a joke.

That aside there are facilities and assets on Diego Garcia which are Strategically important for US Ops in CENTCOM Theater and USSPACECOM. It was also an emergency landing facility for the STS.

You can house and support a Wing of Bombers on the Island.
We built the base and run the place.

Posted by: Jackson K. at January 21, 2026 06:03 PM (J9q9v)

217 At the risk of being tedious about it, a full month in the afermath of Helene. No electricty, no cell, no WATER. No
anything for most of that time. At night, the county was like something out of the Twilight Zone.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 21, 2026 06:02 PM (XeU6L)

You think you're tough for eating beans every day? There's half a million scarecrows in Denver who'd give anything for one mouthful of what you got. They've been under siege for about three months. They live on rats and sawdust bread and sometimes... on each other. At night, the pyres for the dead light up the sky. It's medieval.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 06:04 PM (ExV1e)

218 Read this morning NY is raising a Brigade to fight ICE

I am waiting for ICE to hot Philadelphia

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 06:04 PM (Ia/+0)

219 212 Here in NorCal it hit a low of 33 and we thought we were gonna freeze...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 21, 2026 05:59 PM (VE6XX)

I don't see my area getting as warm as 33 in the next 10 days.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 21, 2026 06:02 PM (Hx0tZ)
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My sister is down in Texas whining about temps going down into the 20's in the next few days.

Posted by: Orson at January 21, 2026 06:05 PM (dIske)

220 Read this morning NY is raising a Brigade to fight ICE
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Exactly how did they plan on going about this?

Posted by: Crusader at January 21, 2026 06:05 PM (TN0g+)

221 Nood. Quickies.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 21, 2026 06:05 PM (ExV1e)

222
Losing trees because of ice is bad. An expensive job if you don't have the correct removal equipment.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 21, 2026 06:05 PM (3ek7K)

223 Not to mention Piper.
Posted by: So, I Won't Mention It at January 21, 2026 05:46 PM (oftw2)

🤣

Posted by: Piper at January 21, 2026 06:06 PM (pZEOD)

224 This seems to be some sort of fighting analogy. Totally different to be on the ropes in 'rasslin than boxing.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 21, 2026 05:57 PM (Hx0tZ)
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Trump came off the top rope with tariffs, knocked Xi down and did a Venezuelan Elbow Drop on his ass.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 21, 2026 06:06 PM (ZOv7s)

225 The UK paid Mauritius for the islands, but Mauritius is claiming the deal was unfair.
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But buying Greenland is beyond the pale.

Speaking of which...how exactly did Denmark get Greenland in the first place? Answer? They conquered it in 1721.

Which...remind me again are we good with Europeans conquering lands in the Americas now or does that make them "stolen lands"?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 21, 2026 06:06 PM (sKqQm)

226 Losing trees because of ice is bad. An expensive job if you don't have the correct removal equipment.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 21, 2026 06:05 PM (3ek7K)
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Seen that before. Had to lop off some major limbs on the side of the tree that got frozen to the ground one time.

Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 06:06 PM (krQz2)

227 Read this morning NY is raising a Brigade to fight ICE

I am waiting for ICE to hot Philadelphia

Posted by: Skip at January 21, 2026 06:04 PM (Ia/+0)

And they called the J6ers insurrectionists . These people need to be executed at moment of capture.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 21, 2026 06:08 PM (snZF9)

228 Does the king of England give a shit anymore? Is he really okay with watching his country go down the toilet at lightning speed? What is happening right now?

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 21, 2026 06:10 PM (XLfSN)

229 Pacific Islander givers?

Might be time to haul out the old Replogle.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 21, 2026 06:11 PM (zdLoL)

230 188
America wanted to be the Melting Pot.
England has chosen the role of the Chamber Pot.
Posted by: Axeman at January 21, 2026 05:55 PM (krQz2)

More like tosspot.

Posted by: Amiright or amiright at January 21, 2026 06:16 PM (TbWk/)

231 Read this morning NY is raising a Brigade to fight ICE.
Posted by: Skip
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"Raising". Riiiiight.
The " Colonel " in charge will run a GoFundMe and then decamp with the proceeds.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 21, 2026 06:18 PM (IMmiQ)

232 At the risk of being tedious about it, a full month in the afermath of Helene. No electricty, no cell, no WATER. No
anything for most of that time. At night, the county was like something out of the Twilight Zone.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Yes, you had it just awful. I remember your tales of delivering water in 5 gallon buckets.

Posted by: No. 1, The Larch.... at January 21, 2026 06:21 PM (oftw2)

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