Former Conservative Home Secretary Suella Braverman Defects to Reform, Denounces UK Tories as Traitors

Suella Braverman had been Secretary of the Home Office (one of the top positions in government) under former PM Rishi Sunak. She was kicked out of the office for speaking two truths the conservative party had declared heretical:

1, that unlimited third world migration constitutes an "invasion," and

2, that it is evident that the police punish native Britons much more harshly than foreign invaders, and this constitutes "two-tier policing."

So she's always been more #based than the average inbred paper-pusher in the "conservative" party.

But she was loyal to the dying Conservative Party.

Until now.

Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman has accused the Conservatives of "betrayal" as she became the latest MP from the party to defect to Reform UK.
She is the third sitting Tory MP to join Nigel Farage's party in the last eleven days, and takes Reform's tally of MPs to eight.
At a press conference following her defection, Braverman said she had felt "politically homeless for the best part of two years" pointing to differences over areas including Brexit and immigration.
Her defection comes hot on the heels of Robert Jenrick and Andrew Rosindell, who also left the Conservatives earlier this month.
Responding to her defection, the Conservative Party said it was "always a matter of when, not if, Suella would defect".

As you know, the dying establishment's main weapon is left's weapon of denunciation and defamation:

The party's initial statement also said: "The Conservatives did all we could to look after Suella's mental health, but she was clearly very unhappy."
They later issued a corrected statement which removed the sentence, saying the original lines were "a draft version" which had been "sent out in error".
Braverman said the reference to her mental health was "a bit pathetic" and "more signs of a bitter and desperate party that seems to be in free-fall".
...
She accused the Conservatives of failing on Brexit while delivering "out-of-control immigration" and high taxes.
She said "the final straw came in the last few days" as there appeared to be a "concentrated effort, a witch hunt to hound out right-wingers".

...

In addition to the four sitting Conservative MPs who have now switched to Reform, around 20 former Tory MPs have made the move since the general election, including former ministers Nadhim Zahawi, Nadine Dorries and Jake Berry.
Henry Smith - one of those ex-MPs to make the switch - said Braverman had tried to "steer the last government in a Conservative direction" but had been "very much stopped in her tracks".
Speaking to Matt Chorley on BBC Radio 5 Live, the former Crawley MP said that while the Conservative leadership "might be making noises to the right", many Conservative MPs were "quite frankly more comfortable in a much more Liberal Democrat position".

I saw a Lotus Eaters video in which they predicted -- or put down as a prediction for a 2026 prediction Bingo game -- that the "conservatives" would wither away down to their most liberal members, at which point they would just merge with the Liberal Democrats. As the BBC points out above, that's all they are now anyway.

Braverman denounced the remaining "conservatives" as cucks for the liberal globalist one-world maxi-state. Or "wets," as she called them.

She now says the Conservatives are "too weak to save themselves, let alone the country".
...
She was not offered a position in Kemi Badenoch's shadow cabinet, and became a vocal critic of the party's record in office on immigration, net zero and what she branded "woke" thinking.
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At a press conference alongside Farage, she dismissed her former party as dominated by "centrists" and "One Nation wets".

"Wets" has a specific meaning in British politics. I guess we'd call them "RINOs."

Google AI:

In British political slang, "wets" referred to moderate members of the Conservative Party, particularly under Margaret Thatcher, who were seen as weak, unprincipled, or too willing to compromise on her strict monetarist and spending-cut policies, contrasting with her hardline "dries".
The term, used pejoratively by Thatcher and her supporters, described those who opposed her tough economic medicine and favoured more consensus or less drastic reforms, like reducing government spending and challenging unions.
Key Aspects of "Wets":
Origin: Popularized by Margaret Thatcher in the late 1970s/early 1980s to criticize internal party dissent.
Meaning: Lacking firmness, being effete, ineffectual, or weak in character and resolve.
Policy Stance: Opposed to Thatcher's radical economic agenda, including spending cuts and confronting powerful unions.
...
Contrast: Directly opposed to "dries," Thatcher's loyalists who fully embraced her free-market principles.

The first video below is her full 18 minute speech. If that's too long, check out the clip from the press conference she gave after her defection. It's a lot punchier.

.@SuellaBraverman tore into the Tories! 🔥

She rightly called out two-tier policing and rising Islamism and antisemitism at hate marches. She was sacked as Home Secretary, none of her colleagues backed her.

Jewish people have been murdered thanks to unchecked antisemitism. pic.twitter.com/qswRm8e9g3
— Chris Rose (@ArchRose90) January 26, 2026

"We've got to stop telling the British people they are racist... This concept of white privilege is a nonsense"

"Say that to underachieving white working class boys."

"Tell grooming gang victims they have white privilege."

Suella Braverman was WAY too good for the Tories. pic.twitter.com/W0FiVKR79P
— Lee Harris (@LeeHarris) January 26, 2026

Posted by: Ace at 04:32 PM

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1 Welcome to the party, pal.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2026 04:32 PM (ExV1e)

2 The prior thread has been nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2026 04:32 PM (ExV1e)

3 They later issued a corrected statement which removed the sentence, saying the original lines were "a draft version" which had been "sent out in error".

In other words, that's what we think but it looks bad.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2026 04:34 PM (ExV1e)

4 The UK lacks an eighth amandment like foundational document.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 26, 2026 04:35 PM (YlWIZ)

5 The Lord is separating the chaff from the wheat.

Posted by: kingsman at January 26, 2026 04:35 PM (ehY6c)

6 Nor can they speak or shoot.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 26, 2026 04:35 PM (YlWIZ)

7 Oh, NO!!!

Anyway....

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 26, 2026 04:36 PM (cxFcK)

8 "Wets" has a specific meaning in British politics.

I'd have said that "wets" refers to politicians more concerned about the people who show up in boats than the ones whose families have been here for millennia.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2026 04:36 PM (ExV1e)

9 One can hope it is timely.

Posted by: Adriane the Time . . . May Not Be On Your Side Critic . . . at January 26, 2026 04:36 PM (3ZUWJ)

10 Wow. But is there still time?

Posted by: Fen at January 26, 2026 04:36 PM (ciYHQ)

11 The cucks over at Lotus Eaters are blaming Trump for the failures of the European Conservative Movement.

I love hearing EuroFags cry and piss.

Posted by: garrett at January 26, 2026 04:36 PM (ZcsJV)

12 Surly to fall on deaf ears

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2026 04:36 PM (Ia/+0)

13 The Conservatives did all we could to look after Suella's mental health

Hysteria? or was it The Vapours.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 26, 2026 04:37 PM (gKWVE)

14 A drowning rat grows a million teeth. She better hire a shitload of security. The Muz don't like women who say these things. Sporty times.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 26, 2026 04:37 PM (DHre5)

15 Braverman is not the most eloquent, which partly sounds like it's because she's parsing everything she says to minimize the damage to her own political future. Still, she's a lot braver than most of the UK's invertebrate "conservative" politicians, so two marks.

The movement from Conservatives to Reform reflects the dawning realization among Conservatives that their political viability is nil if they don't make the move.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 26, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)

16 So wets = squishes.

What would a WAP be?

Posted by: banana B Dream at January 26, 2026 04:37 PM (3uBP9)

17 Did she lob a scimitar at Farage?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 26, 2026 04:37 PM (u73oe)

18 Muslim rape social clubs hardest hit.

Posted by: Axeman at January 26, 2026 04:37 PM (krQz2)

19 I'm no expert on UK politics but I love to make fun of their teeth.

Posted by: wth at January 26, 2026 04:38 PM (UjdFS)

20 The cucks over at Lotus Eaters are blaming Trump for the failures of the European Conservative Movement.

I always love to hear them talk about how severely conservative the average Brit is and how important it is that the massive welfare spending in the country go to natives.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2026 04:38 PM (ExV1e)

21 Just a reminder that the whole Western world is watching what happen in Minneapolis. A triumph for the US Constitution in Minnesota means a strong breeze at the backs of the UK Reformists.

Posted by: mrp at January 26, 2026 04:38 PM (rj6Yv)

22 Who here has ever worked in the UK - or interacted with anyone from the UK - or generally read a book about any interaction with the United States and UK.

Here's the thing - the UK is not our friend. Its easier to get along with a Russian or Chinese, on a one-on-one basis, that anyone from the UK.

The entire Trump Greenland thing ? I don't want them as a State. But a good Air/Land base ?

Yeah. Because the UK. If we continue to deport folks ? The UK will be the first government to "take it to the UN". And then the first to send assets to do more than that.

Posted by: Nope at January 26, 2026 04:38 PM (GvwA4)

23 Did she lob a scimitar at Farage?

Her arms are not clad in the purest shimmering samite, that's for sure.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 26, 2026 04:38 PM (Riz8t)

24 If anything can save Old Blighty, it may be Amelia.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 26, 2026 04:38 PM (0sNs1)

25 heh, not only does Adrian comment-block me, his is better than mine.

I'm going to go pout in the corner

Posted by: Fen at January 26, 2026 04:39 PM (ciYHQ)

26 Let's? Sounds kind of disgusting. Like calling a party the Moists. Or Swamp Asses.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 26, 2026 04:39 PM (zZu0s)

27 You know who have the shapeliest, most-toned arms?

Moi.

Posted by: Michelle O. at January 26, 2026 04:39 PM (0sNs1)

28 Here's the thing - the UK is not our friend. Its easier to get along with a Russian or Chinese, on a one-on-one basis, that anyone from the UK.

What a load of codswallop. The Brits can still pull back and become sane again, and there are signs that's happening.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 26, 2026 04:39 PM (Riz8t)

29
It's mildly interesting to me that a WOC seems heading for propah British leadership.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 04:40 PM (erZBp)

30 As far as Thatcher's daughters go, I want to see Liz Truss jump to Reform next. The Conservatives let her twist as PM. I hope she has the biggest barbed dildo to ram into their backs. She can paint it purple.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 26, 2026 04:40 PM (gKWVE)

31 19.

Why don't the English take care of their teeth?

Because nobody cares about the fence in front of an outhouse.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 26, 2026 04:40 PM (DHre5)

32 Britons: Stop the mass immigration!

Tories: So you’re saying you want more immigration? Got it!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 26, 2026 04:40 PM (u73oe)

33 If anything can save Old Blighty, it may be Amelia"

Purple haired bints helped get us here...

Posted by: man at January 26, 2026 04:41 PM (XuXeR)

34 I read this early this morning. While Farage is no Rupert Lowe in terms of mass deportation, he'll get things going and stop the boats. He will no longer pay for the invasion the way Starmer does. Maybe He'd make Lowe Home Secretary and throw out the fake refugees. There are only 3 places in the world wher muslim men are "persecuted", and none of these soldiers of Allah are taking dinghies from Myanmar, China, or parts of India willing to throw them out.

Posted by: night lifted at January 26, 2026 04:41 PM (kJmLc)

35 Britons: Stop the mass immigration!

Tories: So you’re saying you want more immigration? Got it!

Also Tories: Why does everyone despise us?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 26, 2026 04:41 PM (Riz8t)

36 >> Meaning: Lacking firmness, being effete, ineffectual, or weak in character and resolve.

In American Revolutionary terms we call these people “One Minute Men”. Which makes it more embarrassing this woman has more sack than them.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 26, 2026 04:41 PM (BfShq)

37 The conservative party in the UK must be well versed in the GOP playbook,

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 26, 2026 04:41 PM (abIsI)

38
Entryism?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 26, 2026 04:41 PM (tgvbd)

39 I don't really trust ol' Nigel. I mean, not that I think he's bad, but I get RINO vibes off of him.

They really need Tommy Robinson.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 04:42 PM (Vvh2V)

40 on that Maine jet crash ... earlier I saw 7 passengers dead, pilot badly injured.

"Investigative reporter Steve Robinson posted on X that the plane belonged to “top anti‑ICE / anti‑Trump lawyers who defended illegal aliens”, and that all passengers were presumed dead.

He named attorneys Jason Itkin and Kurt Arnold, known for representing immigrants in high‑profile cases in Texas. Robinson’s post also alleged political donations by the firms to a PAC that campaigned against Republican candidates in the 2024 elections. Those claims have not been independently verified beyond his post."

https://tinyurl.com/2v82uycm

Posted by: illiniwek at January 26, 2026 04:42 PM (vbXSk)

41 Yeah. Because the UK. If we continue to deport folks ? The UK will be the first government to "take it to the UN". And then the first to send assets to do more than that.
Posted by: Nope at January 26, 2026 04:38 PM (GvwA4)
====

If we continue to "deport folks", especially the most violent offenders of public order, that may just be enough for Brits to do the same and save their country.

Posted by: mrp at January 26, 2026 04:42 PM (rj6Yv)

42 "The Brits can still pull back and become sane again, and there are signs that's happening."

(pushes play

J'veux ton amour et je veux ta revanche
J'veux ton amour, I don't wanna be friends (ooh, oh)
No, I don't wanna be friends (oh, caught in a bad romance)
I don't wanna be friends (ooh, oh)

(stop)

Posted by: Fen at January 26, 2026 04:42 PM (ciYHQ)

43 When is their next election?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 26, 2026 04:42 PM (u73oe)

44 What a load of codswallop. The Brits can still pull back and become sane again, and there are signs that's happening.

The conservative party in the UK must be well versed in the GOP playbook

One of you get it. The other fondles the memory of Winston Churchill way too much.

Posted by: Nope at January 26, 2026 04:42 PM (GvwA4)

45 If anything can save Old Blighty, it may be Amelia"

Purple haired bints helped get us here...

There are several new variations on Amelia from Germany, France, and IIRC, Holland. They can all use the same basic plot because their governments are all doing basically the same idiotic things. This is how preference cascades begin.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 26, 2026 04:43 PM (Riz8t)

46 No idea where she is from, only obviously not a Anglo-Saxon

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2026 04:43 PM (Ia/+0)

47 I like the cut of her jib -

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 26, 2026 04:43 PM (SRRAx)

48 Which makes it more embarrassing this woman has more sack than them.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 26, 2026 04:41 PM (BfShq)

Given British private school elite, she may have had sex with fewer men than the average Tory.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2026 04:43 PM (ExV1e)

49 NPCs, here are your marching orders from The Reich:

"Across America and the world, people are realizing
it's not possible to appease America's dictator.

The only way to deal with him is to stand up to him — and the only way to stand up to him is by joining
together against him.

It's time for a massive general strike across the
country."

-- Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 26, 2026 04:43 PM (0sNs1)

50 My wife is right: Nigel Farage looks like a Simpsons character.

Posted by: Bulg at January 26, 2026 04:44 PM (77rzZ)

51 I don't really trust ol' Nigel. I mean, not that I think he's bad, but I get RINO vibes off of him.

They really need Tommy Robinson.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 04:42 PM (Vvh2V)

I think Nigel doesn't want to be seen as being mean. So he'll cave as soon as the press bitches about him.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2026 04:44 PM (ExV1e)

52 One of you get it. The other fondles the memory of Winston Churchill way too much.

Ah, the first refuge of someone who can't make an argument: you just don't get it. Welcome to the left.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 26, 2026 04:44 PM (Riz8t)

53 I don't really trust ol' Nigel. I mean, not that I think he's bad, but I get RINO vibes off of him.

The guy looks and acts like a clown. Farage sounds French to me

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 26, 2026 04:44 PM (abIsI)

54 well, good for her.

too bad we don't have a few like her in this country

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 26, 2026 04:45 PM (Cjt/F)

55 No idea where she is from, only obviously not a Anglo-Saxon

She certainly looks Indian.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 26, 2026 04:45 PM (Riz8t)

56 I suspect that the man of many handles is back again, only this time it's a one word nic. Yep: nobody here has ever interacted with someone from Britain or read a book about it. LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2026 04:46 PM (rZCVI)

57 >>It's time for a massive general strike across the
country."

-- Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social

Even the smolest man can make a big difference.

Posted by: garrett at January 26, 2026 04:46 PM (ZcsJV)

58
Who here has ever worked in the UK - or interacted with anyone from the UK - or generally read a book about any interaction with the United States and UK.

_________

I lived there for 18 months in 83-84 and my relations with my co-workers there were friendly enough. I also didn't discuss politics except for one occasion where my reply was so brutal that no one dared bring up the topic again.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 26, 2026 04:46 PM (tgvbd)

59 I'd say we have an oversupply of wets here at home too.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 26, 2026 04:46 PM (mxcbL)

60 Was reading this morning (I think from Conservative Woman UK?) about how the residents of Cowborough have made it very clear that they do not want a migrant camp next to their town, and they got it anyway. 3/27 "asylum seekers" have already slipped containment, and to add insult to injury, the camp has a 24/7 medical facility while the town residents have to travel for their medical care. Unreal.

Posted by: pookysgirl at January 26, 2026 04:46 PM (Wt5PA)

61 Fun fact. Wets is the term used when ordering French fries with beef gravy.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 26, 2026 04:46 PM (gm9Sb)

62 Ah, the first refuge of someone who can't make an argument: you just don't get it. Welcome to the left.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 26, 2026 04:44 PM (Riz8t)

Well then Here We Go. Let us begin.

Shall we start with "Who needs Who more ? The British ? Or us Americans" ?

You like a debate ? So do I. Debate.

Posted by: Nope at January 26, 2026 04:46 PM (GvwA4)

63 "Across America and the world, people are realizing
it's not possible to appease America's dictator.

The only way to deal with him is to stand up to him — and the only way to stand up to him is by joining
together against him.

It's time for a massive general strike across the
country."

-- Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 26, 2026 04:43 PM (0sNs1)

Seriously ? Sounds Insurrectionary to me...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 26, 2026 04:46 PM (VE6XX)

64 No idea where she is from, only obviously not a Anglo-Saxon
Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2026 04:43 PM (Ia/+0)

Her parents are both Indian. She was born in London.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2026 04:46 PM (ExV1e)

65 I think Nigel doesn't want to be seen as being mean. So he'll cave as soon as the press bitches about him.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2026 04:44 PM (ExV1e)

Nigel has already been squishy on the Yaxley\Robinson question. But he may wise up if his base pushes the issue.
Yaxley is a philosemite and proSikh, he cannot be libeled as a racist.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 26, 2026 04:46 PM (gKWVE)

66 She certainly looks Indian.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 26, 2026 04:45 PM

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) at January 26, 2026 04:46 PM (0sNs1)

67 54 well, good for her.

too bad we don't have a few like her in this country
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

It's looking like Anna Paulina Luna is the only member of congress that has a set.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 26, 2026 04:46 PM (abIsI)

68 My wife is right: Nigel Farage looks like a Simpsons character.
Posted by: Bulg

This woman looks like a Spitting Image puppet.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 26, 2026 04:47 PM (cxFcK)

69 Good.

It's a start.

I hope.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 26, 2026 04:47 PM (WONhk)

70 >>Who here has ever worked in the UK - or interacted with anyone from the UK - or generally read a book about any interaction with the United States and UK.

Get a load of this retard.

Posted by: garrett at January 26, 2026 04:47 PM (ZcsJV)

71 56 I suspect that the man of many handles is back again, only this time it's a one word nic. Yep: nobody here has ever interacted with someone from Britain or read a book about it. LOL.

You're probably right. I should have known.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 26, 2026 04:47 PM (Riz8t)

72 It's time for a massive general strike across the
country."

-- Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 26, 2026 04:43 PM (0sNs1)

You do realize that this post will be seen by more people than see his bloop (or whatever they call a bluesky utterance).

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2026 04:48 PM (ExV1e)

73 It's time for a massive general strike across the
country."
-- Robert Reich

I agree.
What was used in Tokyo?

Posted by: gKWVE at January 26, 2026 04:48 PM (gKWVE)

74 In 2005, the Conservative Party reacted to its third consecutive loss in general elections by selecting David Cameron, the wettest of Tory wets, as its leader, and he proceeded to convert the Conservatives into New New Labour. Although the party was able to return to power, its abject inability to deliver conservative policies, other than reluctantly pursuing Brexit, has ultimately destroyed it.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at January 26, 2026 04:48 PM (hdNUA)

75 by: Maj. Healey at January 26, 2026 04:44 PM (abIsI)

Agree. He's by no means the worst they've got, but I don't like him as the leading man. And Farage does sound French!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 04:48 PM (Vvh2V)

76 My wife is right: Nigel Farage looks like a Simpsons character.
Posted by: Bulg

This woman looks like a Spitting Image puppet.
Posted by: Blutarski

And Keir Starmer looks like a Muppet.

Posted by: Bulg at January 26, 2026 04:48 PM (77rzZ)

77 I don't really trust ol' Nigel.

If you listen to Nigel long enough, he comes down on every side of an issue.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 26, 2026 04:48 PM (cxFcK)

78 BWAHAHAAH~! The tears! They are a joy.

@tomfriedman
@JeffBezos. I am the foreign affairs columnist of the New York Times. I have enormous respect for the foreign staff and foreign reporting of the @washingtonpost
. It has been indispensable for citizens, journalists, opinion writers and diplomats. Please preserve and expand it. Democracy dies in darkness.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 26, 2026 04:48 PM (mlg/3)

79 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2026 04:46 PM (rZCVI)

Have you ? Have you ever left that enclave where they respect you - in Jersey - to somewhere else where you're not protected or respected ?

Have you ever inched outside that little bit and looked at any personal danger ?

No. You have not. That's why you're what you are. That's why you are so adamant about it.

Posted by: Nope at January 26, 2026 04:48 PM (GvwA4)

80 "The cucks over at Lotus Eaters are blaming Trump for the failures of the European Conservative Movement."

I used to listen to them from time to time. But recently one was mocking an American for claiming their family went back to the Revolution. Lotus Eater guy says "then I'm even more American, because my family never left".

What ... you are more original British, still subservient to a Monarchy, certainly not "even more American" where our ancestors left Britain behind to form a more perfect union.

He also claimed America got everything from them anyway. Well, we got the Magna Carta, but it was not "borrowed/stolen" from the Brits. The settlers were themselves British. It was the settlers' own heritage ... for Pete's sake.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 26, 2026 04:49 PM (vbXSk)

81 And Farage does sound French!
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor

Sounds Arabic to my ear.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 26, 2026 04:50 PM (gKWVE)

82 I also didn't discuss politics except for one occasion where my reply was so brutal that no one dared bring up the topic again.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 26, 2026 04:46 PM (tgvbd)

Might it have been something to the effect of, "Keep your fucking opinions to yourselves, you limey fucks?"

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2026 04:50 PM (ExV1e)

83 Robert Reich

Men of his stature are in short supply

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 26, 2026 04:50 PM (qFwJc)

84 “ One word Nick”. Would be a good nic.

Posted by: tubal at January 26, 2026 04:50 PM (pDt9x)

85 Take me back to the UK of "Sod off swampy!" Man, those were the days.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at January 26, 2026 04:50 PM (wBaIH)

86 Posted by: Archimedes at January 26, 2026 04:47 PM (Riz8t

Maybe not, but you know who always seems to start with " I know things. I've worked abroad I know people You just don't get it, do you?"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2026 04:50 PM (rZCVI)

87 So does the Conservative Party go defunct at some point? Or does it get subsumed by another group?

It's a very old party. I would hate to see the name go, though I guess I never cry about the Whigs.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 26, 2026 04:50 PM (jc0TO)

88 If you listen to Nigel long enough, he comes down on every side of an issue.
Posted by: Blutarski

We're only making plans for Nigel~

Posted by: XTC at January 26, 2026 04:50 PM (mlg/3)

89 And yes, she was named for JR's wife in Dallas

Posted by: night lifted at January 26, 2026 04:50 PM (kJmLc)

90 Suella's actual name is Sue Ellen. Her parents named her after JR Ewing's wife.

Posted by: Mark1971 at January 26, 2026 04:50 PM (CNl8/)

91 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2026 04:44 PM (ExV1e)

That's my opinion, too.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 04:50 PM (Vvh2V)

92 And here I thought our political system was dysfunctional.

The UK man.... wow.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 26, 2026 04:50 PM (qwVdq)

93 No. You have not. ...
Posted by: Nope at January 26, 2026 04:48 PM (GvwA4)

Internet toughguy here.
Or a Fed.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 26, 2026 04:51 PM (gKWVE)

94 Nope is yankeefifth. I's bet on it.

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 26, 2026 04:51 PM (ZdhjE)

95 Oh great. Another FenSpoke basher. Go away, Troll.

Posted by: Bulg at January 26, 2026 04:51 PM (77rzZ)

96 Posted by: night lifted at January 26, 2026 04:50 PM (kJmLc)

You beat me. Congratulations.

Posted by: Mark1971 at January 26, 2026 04:51 PM (CNl8/)

97 the former Crawley MP said that while the Conservative leadership "might be making noises to the right", many Conservative MPs were "quite frankly more comfortable in a much more Liberal Democrat position

Sounds familiar.

Posted by: Halfhand at January 26, 2026 04:52 PM (z0w8y)

98 Yaxley is a philosemite and proSikh, he cannot be libeled as a racist.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 26, 2026 04:46 PM (gKWVE)

Is that a challenge? Because that sounds like a challenge. -- the press

*as I understand it, libel laws in the UK are more strictly enforced than in the US and there's no bullshit "but they're famous" dodge so maybe the press wouldn't call him racist, but I wouldn't put money on it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2026 04:52 PM (ExV1e)

99 Suella's actual name is Sue Ellen. Her parents named her after JR Ewing's wife.
Posted by: Mark1971

Pame Ewing >>>>>>>>> Sue Ellen Ewing

Posted by: Bulg at January 26, 2026 04:52 PM (77rzZ)

100 >>I used to listen to them from time to time. But recently one was mocking an American for claiming their family went back to the Revolution. Lotus Eater guy says "then I'm even more American, because my family never left".

They are increasingly glazing the likes of Nick Fuentes and venting their bile re. Israel.

They can suffer alone in the hell they created for themselves, as far as I care.

Posted by: garrett at January 26, 2026 04:52 PM (ZcsJV)

101 It is speculated that Pretti's gun may have discharged in the scuffle, leading to the defensive CBP shooting.

Dumbass.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 26, 2026 04:53 PM (XcPAl)

102 So, turns out senator Cotton, during a news spot just admitted that their appropriations bill was written by the very conservative Republican senator from Washington, Patty Murray.

Wait, this just in,... sources are telling me now,... there may be a few problems with the assumption that Patty Murray is a very conservative Republican senator.

Posted by: banana Very Unsarcastic Dream at January 26, 2026 04:53 PM (3uBP9)

103 I think the significance of this is that Braverman was positioned for leadership in the Conservatives. Her defecting is a clear signal that the party has no future.

Also of note, I saw a clip of that WEF asshole Fink saying that "countries who did not have massive immigration are much better positioned for the future."

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 26, 2026 04:53 PM (OKjYk)

104 Nothing wrong with her view, just wondering is there any Anglo-Saxon in the government? They only come from there after all

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2026 04:53 PM (Ia/+0)

105 Pam Ewing, I meant. Played by the incandescently hot Victoria Principal.

Posted by: Bulg at January 26, 2026 04:53 PM (77rzZ)

106 Maybe not, but you know who always seems to start with " I know things. I've worked abroad I know people You just don't get it, do you?"

And if you were cold ? Or hungry ? Would you be so pissy about anyone that told you the answers to the questions then ?

Yes ... you would. You'd drink the water or eat the bread or sleep in the tent. And then you'd bitch, as soon as your were no longer hungry, thirsty, or cold.

Because you're pretty typical for a modern woman.

Posted by: Nope at January 26, 2026 04:53 PM (GvwA4)

107 Brits are our allies, not our friends.

I don't even consider these peckerwoods from Georgia or Kentucky to be my friends. That doesn't mean we can't be civilized and show respect.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 26, 2026 04:54 PM (oT7pT)

108 What was used in Tokyo?
Posted by: gKWVE at January 26, 2026 04:48 PM (gKWVE)

😂😂😂

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 04:54 PM (Vvh2V)

109
Might it have been something to the effect of, "Keep your fucking opinions to yourselves, you limey fucks?"

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2026 04:50 PM (ExV1e)

_______________

No. But I went over there as a mild internationalist and came back as a rabid superpatriot and isolationist. The British media, with the odd exception, looks at Americans as trailer trash that hit the lotto jackpot.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 26, 2026 04:54 PM (tgvbd)

110 What would a WAP be?
Posted by: banana B Dream at January 26, 2026 04:37 PM (3uBP9)

___________________

Italian typo?

Posted by: Orson at January 26, 2026 04:54 PM (dIske)

111 101 It is speculated that Pretti's gun may have discharged in the scuffle, leading to the defensive CBP shooting.

Dumbass.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 26, 2026 04:53 PM (XcPA

I'm a dunce when it comes to open carry but are you allowed to have the gun loaded ? That shows how dumb I am about these things

Posted by: It's me donna at January 26, 2026 04:54 PM (VE6XX)

112 btw hi Bulg, good to see you

Posted by: gKWVE at January 26, 2026 04:55 PM (gKWVE)

113 Wait, this just in,... sources are telling me now,... there may be a few problems with the assumption that Patty Murray is a very conservative Republican senator.

Posted by: banana Very Unsarcastic Dream at January 26, 2026 04:53 PM (3uBP9)
========

Her dirty, stinking sneakers tell the tale.

Posted by: mrp at January 26, 2026 04:55 PM (rj6Yv)

114 Reform claiming legal and illegal migration was horrendously mismanaged, only to hire the former Tory Home Secretary and Immigration minister in the last two weeks? It's a bold strategy Cotton

Conservatives changing their name to Reform are just going to give us more of the last 15 years, which they blamed Labour for every election...apparently working enough for idiots to believe them.

I said it a year ago, but here we go again. Vote Reform, get Tory. The right will succeed in turning us into a techno-feudal society within a generation. The white working class will emphatically vote for this because they don't understand the world and are easily conned.

Of course this dipshit who talked about the so called guardian reading tofu eating "wokerati" in the house of commons ends up in Reform. Utterly talentless except at creating noise.

"Welcome to Reform, an exciting new Tory rebranding exercise for a new era. Here's to 14 more years of Conservative incompetence, but now with more toadying up to US fascists than ever before!"

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 26, 2026 04:55 PM (JCZqz)

115 There are a lot of problems with Nigel Farage; but he seems to be the best that can be found in the UK today, since no one would run Tommy Robbinson.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 26, 2026 04:55 PM (giMmT)

116 "No. But I went over there as a mild internationalist and came back as a rabid superpatriot and isolationist. The British media, with the odd exception, looks at Americans as trailer trash that hit the lotto jackpot.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 26, 2026 04:54 PM (tgvbd) "

this!

we're talking about the country that wanted the Confederacy to succeed in breaking the US

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 26, 2026 04:56 PM (Cjt/F)

117 Latest study claims that married dot Indian women are the mostly likely to have an affair by a large margin.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 26, 2026 04:56 PM (abIsI)

118 btw hi Bulg, good to see you
Posted by: gKWVE

Thank you, Sir. (Or are you an 'Ette?) I hope you're well.

Posted by: Bulg at January 26, 2026 04:56 PM (77rzZ)

119 Call me when the invaders are being drawn and quartered.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 26, 2026 04:57 PM (e4I2N)

120 Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 26, 2026 04:54 PM (oT7pT

This Georgia peckerwood appreciates your civility! 😁

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 04:57 PM (Vvh2V)

121 Suella's actual name is Sue Ellen. Her parents named her after JR Ewing's wife.
Posted by: Mark1971 at January 26, 2026 04:50 PM (CNl8/)

She also, apparently, has two biological children which may explain her actual concern about the actual future of the UK.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2026 04:57 PM (ExV1e)

122 I think all of these Tory defections to Reform are just looking for a different lifeboat on the Titanic.

Rupert Lowe is the only person I would trust to try and save the UK. And I don't know that it is possible at this point.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 26, 2026 04:57 PM (0U5gm)

123 >>> 94 Nope is yankeefifth. I's bet on it.
Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 26, 2026 04:51 PM (ZdhjE)

The writing style here is completely different than yankeefifth's pattern.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 26, 2026 04:57 PM (ULPxl)

124 No. But I went over there as a mild internationalist and came back as a rabid superpatriot and isolationist. The British media, with the odd exception, looks at Americans as trailer trash that hit the lotto jackpot.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 26, 2026 04:54 PM (tgvbd)

And despite the fact they largely despise Starmer and mass migration, they bash us and Trump relentlessly over ICE. I'd love to see them try to make it happen peacefully.

Posted by: night lifted at January 26, 2026 04:57 PM (kJmLc)

125 *pops popcorn*

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 26, 2026 04:58 PM (W2Pud)

126
BWAHAHAAH~! The tears! They are a joy.

@tomfriedman
@JeffBezos. I am the foreign affairs columnist of the New York Times. I have enormous respect for the foreign staff and foreign reporting of the @washingtonpost
. It has been indispensable for citizens, journalists, opinion writers and diplomats. Please preserve and expand it. Democracy dies in darkness.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

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

wait, who said what to whom?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 04:58 PM (erZBp)

127 It's time for a massive general strike across the
country."

-- Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 26, 2026 04:43 PM (0sNs1)

Too bad the people he is calling on to "strike" don't work in the first place.

Or if they do, they don't work at what anyone would consider a "productive" job.

Mouthpiece at a think tank - or whatever it is that the American Peter Dinklage does - ain't exactly a rocket scientist.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 26, 2026 04:58 PM (SRRAx)

128 If memory serves, was there nota “ confederate 5th” too?

Posted by: tubal at January 26, 2026 04:58 PM (pDt9x)

129 Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 26, 2026 04:57

Yep.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2026 04:59 PM (Nx5jP)

130 Rupert Lowe is the only person I would trust to try and save the UK. And I don't know that it is possible at this point.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 26, 2026 04:57 PM (0U5gm)
========

Concur. Lowe seems well-based to me.

Posted by: mrp at January 26, 2026 04:59 PM (rj6Yv)

131 >>>This Georgia peckerwood appreciates your civility! 😁

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor

>I'm certainly not ruling out that we could be friends.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 26, 2026 04:59 PM (oT7pT)

132 11 The cucks over at Lotus Eaters are blaming Trump for the failures of the European Conservative Movement.

I love hearing EuroFags cry and piss.
Posted by: garrett

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

I saw a clip of Niall Ferguson blaming Trump for Carney. His logic is that Trump humiliated faggy little Justin at Mar a lago, and that pissed off the Canadians into voting for Carney.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 26, 2026 04:59 PM (OKjYk)

133 Friedman to Bezos, I think, Blonde Morticia

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 04:59 PM (Vvh2V)

134 Suella's husband is Jewish, which also makes her, but not Mrs. Starmer, anti-migrant

Posted by: night lifted at January 26, 2026 04:59 PM (kJmLc)

135 111 Donna, depends where you are. I keep up to date on constitutional carry laws, both concealed and open.Utah has gone to full blown constitutional carry, but for awhile they had a curious provision for open carry in that it couldn't be readily usable. Autoloader, empty chamber and you have to rack the slide. Revolvers were foggy, what to do, maybe next chamber up empty or carrying unloaded? Gone know.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 26, 2026 05:00 PM (gm9Sb)

136 Have the Brits considered establishing Sanctuary Cities for Native Brits?

Posted by: not sure at January 26, 2026 05:00 PM (n51Jp)

137 Beloved teacher, 28, found dead in snow 300 yards from where she vanished as monster winter storm kills 18
. . . .
Rebecca Rauber, 28, was last seen on Friday night leaving a bar in Emporia, Kansas, 70 miles northeast of Wichita.
. . . .
hypothermia just hours after she was seen on surveillance footage leaving the bar shortly before midnight on Friday.
The teacher left the bar on foot with no coat, purse, or phone as temperatures in the area dipped to 3 degrees, with a wind chill of negative 13.

-
She was obviously a genius.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 26, 2026 05:00 PM (L/fGl)

138 Pretti's gun went off? I blame Sig!

Probably should have saved that for Weasle's Saturday Gun segment

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at January 26, 2026 05:00 PM (wBaIH)

139 >>I saw a clip of Niall Ferguson blaming Trump for Carney. His logic is that Trump humiliated faggy little Justin at Mar a lago, and that pissed off the Canadians into voting for Carney.

Yep - That is their 'argument'.

It's pretty fucking weak.

Posted by: garrett at January 26, 2026 05:00 PM (ZcsJV)

140 >>> 128 If memory serves, was there nota “ confederate 5th” too?
Posted by: tubal at January 26, 2026 04:58 PM (pDt9x)

yankeefifth / y5 / confederatefifth / c5 / n has his own distinct voice and writing style.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 26, 2026 05:00 PM (ULPxl)

141 Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 26, 2026 05:00 PM (gm9Sb)

Thanks

Posted by: It's me donna at January 26, 2026 05:01 PM (VE6XX)

142 on that Maine jet crash ...
https://tinyurl.com/2v82uycm
Posted by: illiniwek

MSNs attempt to Putinize the crash is reprehensible.
They intersperse who WORKS for the law firm with lines about (anonymous) victims like "no FURTHER names have been released by first responders". Gives the impression that all these high-ranking CoughWagnerCough officers were conveniently taken out. By who? No idea, but let's remind the audience several times that Trump had motive

Related: sorority house burns to ground, 6 women killed. We're not saying Fen did it but all 6 had dated Fen, were pregnant, and Fen opposes paying child support

Posted by: Fen at January 26, 2026 05:01 PM (ciYHQ)

143 Nothing wrong with her view, just wondering is there any Anglo-Saxon in the government? They only come from there after all
Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2026 04:53 PM (Ia/+0)

I recall the Lotus Eaters folk bemoaning the fact that none of the higher ups in the Tory were Anglo-Saxon. My thought was... what did the white men in your party do for you the last time they were in power?

The white men in the UK who care about the UK get thrown in prison.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2026 05:01 PM (ExV1e)

144 WEF is responsible for Carney, as they were responsible for Trudeau, Starmer, Macron, Johnson, Sunak and Blair.

Posted by: night lifted at January 26, 2026 05:01 PM (kJmLc)

145 Beloved teacher, 28, found dead in snow 300 yards from where she vanished as monster winter storm kills 18

I would guess not a science teacher.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 26, 2026 05:01 PM (abIsI)

146 137 Beloved teacher, 28, found dead in snow 300 yards from where she vanished as monster winter storm kills 18
. . . .
Rebecca Rauber, 28, was last seen on Friday night leaving a bar in Emporia, Kansas, 70 miles northeast of Wichita.
. . . .
hypothermia just hours after she was seen on surveillance footage leaving the bar shortly before midnight on Friday.
The teacher left the bar on foot with no coat, purse, or phone as temperatures in the area dipped to 3 degrees, with a wind chill of negative 13.

-
She was obviously a genius.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 26, 2026 05:00 PM (L/fGl)

I suspect alcohol may have been involved..

Posted by: tubal at January 26, 2026 05:01 PM (pDt9x)

147 >>Beloved teacher, 28, found dead in snow 300 yards from where she vanished as monster winter storm kills 18
. . . .
Rebecca Rauber, 28, was last seen on Friday night leaving a bar in Emporia, Kansas, 70 miles northeast of Wichita.

I am just going to guess that she didn't teach a Winter Survival course?

Posted by: garrett at January 26, 2026 05:01 PM (ZcsJV)

148 It's a very old party. I would hate to see the name go, though I guess I never cry about the Whigs.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 26, 2026 04:50 PM (jc0TO)
**************************************************

The Liberals (Whigs) never entirely disappeared from Parliament, though they were supplanted as one of the two major parties by Labour. In the 1980s, a moderate section of the Labour Party broke off as the Social Democrats and ended up merging with the Liberals, renamed the Liberal Democrats. They won about one-eighth of the vote in the last two general elections, and their current share of the seats isn't that much lower than their vote share.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at January 26, 2026 05:02 PM (hdNUA)

149
Friedman to Bezos, I think, Blonde Morticia
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor

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

Ahhh, got it. lol, it is funny.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 05:02 PM (erZBp)

150 Beloved teacher, 28, found dead in snow 300 yards from where she vanished as monster winter storm kills 18

Thank God she didn't have a map. No telling how many others she could have led to their death with her.

Posted by: Nope at January 26, 2026 05:03 PM (GvwA4)

151 Meanwhile, I have a purring kitty on my lap.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 26, 2026 05:03 PM (ULPxl)

152 ***"Wets" has a specific meaning in British politics. I guess we'd call them "RINOs."***
--

Wets is a bit more direct and accurate allusion.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 26, 2026 05:03 PM (m24qK)

153 >>I saw a clip of Niall Ferguson blaming Trump for Carney. His logic is that Trump humiliated faggy little Justin at Mar a lago, and that pissed off the Canadians into voting for Carney.

Yep - That is their 'argument'.

It's pretty fucking weak.
Posted by: garrett at January 26, 2026 05:00 PM (ZcsJV)
====

Elbows up.

Posted by: mrp at January 26, 2026 05:03 PM (rj6Yv)

154 Pame Ewing >>>>>>>>> Sue Ellen Ewing
Posted by: Bulg at January 26, 2026 04:52 PM (77rzZ)

My mother used to refer to Linda Gray as the Human Fly-Trap because her mouth was always hanging open.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 26, 2026 05:03 PM (LxER7)

155 "It's time for a massive general strike across the
country.
-- Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social"

Every time he spews some liberal nonsense I hear him saying in munchkin voice "Follow the yellow brick road"

Posted by: Don Lemon at January 26, 2026 05:04 PM (GUOwU)

156 Rebecca Rauber, 28, was last seen on Friday night leaving a bar in Emporia, Kansas, 70 miles northeast of Wichita.

I am just going to guess that she didn't teach a Winter Survival course?

Posted by: garrett at January 26, 2026 05:01 PM (ZcsJV)

I am just going to guess that she wasn't very hot if she left the bar alone.

Posted by: Mark1971 at January 26, 2026 05:04 PM (CNl8/)

157 sock_rat_eez, you are probably thinking of PM Temple, Lord Palmerston...

*Some* Brits did feel like the CSA would put them n$'s in their place, in Jamaica and so forth. Palmerston was likely one of these.
Cooler heads across the pond didn't want a CSA to rampage through Cuba (as was the plan) which would then springboard into Jamaica to link up with Brits of that sort.
So Her Majesty's Government - wisely, for British interests - stayed away from that late unpleasantness. They had their hands full in recently-post-mutiny India anyway.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 26, 2026 05:04 PM (gKWVE)

158 Posted by: tubal at January 26, 2026 05:01 PM (pDt9x

Poor woman. I feel bad for the people who loved her. There was also a story about 21 year old at, who was a student at t the U of Michigan without a coat. They found him dead as well, and yes, I think alcohol was involved there too.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2026 05:04 PM (Nx5jP)

159 I like Kami Badenoch.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 26, 2026 05:04 PM (RIvkX)

160 22 Who here has ever worked in the UK - or interacted with anyone from the UK - or generally read a book about any interaction with the United States and UK.

Here's the thing - the UK is not our friend. Its easier to get along with a Russian or Chinese, on a one-on-one basis, that anyone from the UK.

Posted by: Nope at January 26, 2026 04:38 PM (GvwA4)
____________________________

I used to do some work in the US for Lloyds of London. They'd send representatives over to audit sporadically. One particular time they sent a woman VP and a male black guy from the Caymans who ran their operations down there. W was president at the time and all she wanted to do was belittle US politics and US obesity. The black guy smiled whenever she did this but said nothing. When she left the room he turned to me and gave me a big ass smile and said, "Just ignore her. That's what I do. She's a bit of a c*nt."

I was still laughing when she re-entered the room.

Posted by: Orson at January 26, 2026 05:04 PM (dIske)

161 I'm a dunce when it comes to open carry but are you allowed to have the gun loaded ? That shows how dumb I am about these things

Posted by: It's me donna at January 26, 2026 04:54 PM (VE6XX)

Depends on jurisdiction, obviously, but it would be an outlier if you could open carry, but it had to be unloaded.

But I think he was concealed carrying from all reports I've read.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 26, 2026 05:05 PM (XcPAl)

162 WaPo is talking about folding its Sports section, which makes perfect sense, since there are no local professional sports teams.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at January 26, 2026 05:05 PM (wBaIH)

163 Blonde Morticia, Eddy Muller's Noir Alley offering on TCM last weekend had Caroline Jones as a blonde. Made me think of you.

Posted by: Bulg at January 26, 2026 05:05 PM (77rzZ)

164 158 Posted by: tubal at January 26, 2026 05:01 PM (pDt9x

Poor woman. I feel bad for the people who loved her. There was also a story about 21 year old at, who was a student at t the U of Michigan without a coat. They found him dead as well, and yes, I think alcohol was involved there too.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2026 05:04 PM (Nx5jP)

People forget that its’ not really antifreeze.

Posted by: tubal at January 26, 2026 05:05 PM (pDt9x)

165 >>Beloved teacher, 28, found dead in snow 300 yards from where she vanished as monster winter storm kills 18

She died doing what she loved...getting blackout drunk. She might not have been the best in earth sciences, but she knew all 54 genders!

Posted by: 1st Draft Obituary at January 26, 2026 05:06 PM (JCZqz)

166 Islam is using the Left to globalize the world. Once that is done, three quarters of Islam's job is done. And they didn't have to do anything except fund it.

Posted by: ... at January 26, 2026 05:06 PM (E0p3T)

167 Well, we got that going for us...

@LeadingReport 2m
BREAKING: House is moving forward with holding Bill and Hillary Clinton in Contempt of Congress.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 26, 2026 05:06 PM (mlg/3)

168 That masthead ought to read:

Democracy dies in darkness, and we are trying our best.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 26, 2026 05:06 PM (0U5gm)

169 There are a lot of problems with Nigel Farage; but he seems to be the best that can be found in the UK today, since no one would run Tommy Robbinson.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 26, 2026 04:55 PM (giMmT)

Everyone is afraid of being labeled mean. They'd rather die than assert their rights to their own country.

As the German version of Amelia asked, "Has the lineage of all men with balls already been wiped out?"

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2026 05:06 PM (ExV1e)

170 Depends on jurisdiction, obviously, but it would be an outlier if you could open carry, but it had to be unloaded.

But I think he was concealed carrying from all reports I've read.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 26, 2026 05:05 PM (XcPAl)

Yes... Concealed carry

Posted by: It's me donna at January 26, 2026 05:07 PM (VE6XX)

171 >>I am just going to guess that she wasn't very hot if she left the bar alone.

NGL - I don't care who you are or what your experience is, a real whiteout can be an extremely scary event to be out alone in. Panic can set in quick and that leads to bad decisions.

I had a buddy almost die from exposure on a hunting trip back in the early 2000s. He got turned around and around again out there and only survived because another hunter and I went out and found him.

Posted by: garrett at January 26, 2026 05:07 PM (ZcsJV)

172
I'm a dunce when it comes to open carry but are you allowed to have the gun loaded ? That shows how dumb I am about these things
Posted by: It's me donna a

-----
Since no one else is answering, Yes it can be loaded and usually is.

You are thinking for people who are in states where you can not carry. It has to be unloaded and inaccessible (usually locked in trunk,... varies. I am not an expert.)

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 26, 2026 05:07 PM (OKjYk)

173 There are some definite risks if you plan to marrying an Indian woman.

https://tinyurl.com/59jmxfzn

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 26, 2026 05:07 PM (abIsI)

174 *I'd point out here that at the start of the late unpleasantness, the CSA was a vital cotton supplier to the UK. But by the end, India was

Posted by: gKWVE at January 26, 2026 05:07 PM (gKWVE)

175 I know it's a matter of semantics but I object to this "two tier" crap. It's one tier. You're either on it or you're not.

Posted by: ... at January 26, 2026 05:08 PM (E0p3T)

176 All the English people who don't hate America have already moved here.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 26, 2026 05:08 PM (06Hmj)

177 166.

The other quarter of the job the muz better pack a lunch for.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 26, 2026 05:08 PM (ek6ey)

178 marry

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 26, 2026 05:08 PM (abIsI)

179 BREAKING: House is moving forward with holding Bill and Hillary Clinton in Contempt of Congress.

Renaming a post office would be more consequential

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 26, 2026 05:08 PM (pawvM)

180 I used to read a lot of CW books, and one was by an ADC on General Grant's staff. Talking about the meeting on the riverboat at war's end, President Lincoln was not happy with Her Majesty's government and had eyes on Canada. When you have the biggest and best equipped army on Earth I guess you can speculate.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 26, 2026 05:08 PM (gm9Sb)

181 I was chiseling the mini glacier that is blocking my car. It's nice that the condo keeps the main road clear, but blocking me in is a dick move. Anyway, done for the day, continue tomorrow. Sun setting, wind picking up, getting colder. Single digits overnight for a while here in Babylon DC.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 26, 2026 05:09 PM (sAmhv)

182 His logic is that Trump humiliated faggy little Justin at Mar a lago, and that pissed off the Canadians into voting for Carney.

If humiliating Justin Trudeau is wrong, I don't want to be right.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 26, 2026 05:09 PM (JCZqz)

183 She was obviously a genius.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 26, 2026 05:00 PM (L/fGl)

You misspelled drunk.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2026 05:09 PM (ExV1e)

184 >>> People forget that its’ not really antifreeze.
Posted by: tubal at January 26, 2026 05:05 PM (pDt9x)

It makes one feel warm because we equate heat transfer through skin with warmth. That feeling comes from you losing heat at an increased rate.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 26, 2026 05:09 PM (3uBP9)

185 173 There are some definite risks if you plan to marrying an Indian woman.

https://tinyurl.com/59jmxfzn

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 26, 2026 05:07 PM (abIsI)
____________________________

And that doesn't even get into all the various traditional dances they make you learn for the reception.

Posted by: Orson at January 26, 2026 05:09 PM (dIske)

186 I've been out of the loop. How did that business walkout, boycott, or what ever turn out last friday?

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 26, 2026 05:09 PM (ZdhjE)

187 I see Tom Friedman is still an arrogant idiot. The WAPO international section won't give you cab drivers viewpoint Tommy boy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 26, 2026 05:10 PM (e4I2N)

188 Sorry, O/T

Walz will renege on whatever he told Trump he will do. Bet on it. The guy is a weasel.

Posted by: Gref at January 26, 2026 05:10 PM (5rh/l)

189 Powerline has article on terms between President Trump and Walz ( M) we are coming, help us or get out of the way

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2026 05:11 PM (Ia/+0)

190 Have to be born Hindu to be Hindu, yes?? So no Hindu Billy Grahams I suppose.

Posted by: tubal at January 26, 2026 05:11 PM (pDt9x)

191 My brother-in-law Onslow and my sister Daisy vote Labour consistently as they have been on the dole for decades. Onslow is, in fact, bone idle. A couple of quid in benefits for a bacon butty and a wager down at the betting parlour is all he requires.

Posted by: Zombie Hyacinth Bucket at January 26, 2026 05:11 PM (oftw2)

192 >yankeefifth / y5 / confederatefifth / c5 / n has his own distinct voice and writing style.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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smartassery?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 26, 2026 05:11 PM (m24qK)

193 Thank God she didn't have a map. No telling how many others she could have led to their death with her.
Posted by: Nope at January 26, 2026 05:03 PM (GvwA4)

My dog just told me to tell you "fuck you", because that laugh of mine just woke him up.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 26, 2026 05:11 PM (06Hmj)

194 If anything can save Old Blighty, it may be Amelia"
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Purple haired bints helped get us here...
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Tell me you don't know the back story without telling me...

Amelia was created by the British govt as the villain in an online game. Why did they make a young goth girl with purple hair the villain? At some point, with intersectionality one runs out of options. The villain couldn't be a young white male because that is who they were targeting. Total backfire and as the kids say, I am here for that!

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 26, 2026 05:12 PM (RkOfE)

195 I see Tom Friedman is still an arrogant idiot. The WAPO international section won't give you cab drivers viewpoint Tommy boy.

You would think that a man that's talked to cab drivers, carpenters, kitchen cooks and servers, and such would have a finger firmly on the pulse of the working poor.

He doesn't. He's a bullshit artist. Like a few here.

Posted by: Nope at January 26, 2026 05:13 PM (GvwA4)

196 Have to be born Hindu to be Hindu, yes?? So no Hindu Billy Grahams I suppose.
Posted by: tubal

This will start the Gnish - ing of teeth.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, diseased garbage human at January 26, 2026 05:13 PM (wOO3z)

197 Have to be born Hindu to be Hindu, yes?? So no Hindu Billy Grahams I suppose.
Posted by: tubal

I think you can convert to Hinduism. I think that's what Tulsi did?

Posted by: Bulg at January 26, 2026 05:13 PM (77rzZ)

198 I used to read a lot of CW books, and one was by an ADC on General Grant's staff. Talking about the meeting on the riverboat at war's end, President Lincoln was not happy with Her Majesty's government and had eyes on Canada. When you have the biggest and best equipped army on Earth I guess you can speculate.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 26, 2026 05:08 PM (gm9Sb)
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Things came to a head in Mexico. As soon as the rebel armies surrendered, Johnson sent Phil Sheridan and the Army of the Potomac's cavalry to Texas to keep an eye on Maximillian and the French.

Posted by: mrp at January 26, 2026 05:13 PM (rj6Yv)

199 I've been out of the loop. How did that business walkout, boycott, or what ever turn out last friday?
Posted by: Ouch the Grouch

Like a fart in a hurricane. Tho, some AWFUL loaded up a bunch of carts at Target, refused to pay, and demanded the employees walkout. So, again, flatulency.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 26, 2026 05:13 PM (mlg/3)

200 "There is a well-grounded tradition in Christianity that we do not overcome the world by acting as the world does."

"Whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning" Romans 15:4 ... before Pentecost I believe. Lots of OT learning about how to deal with evil ones ... with the jawbone of an ass, for example.

But also times when the prophets were hiding in caves, so each situation is different.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 26, 2026 05:13 PM (vbXSk)

201 Walz will renege on whatever he told Trump he will do. Bet on it. The guy is a weasel.
Posted by: Gref

Wow. When you put it that way...I never thought I'd see a human weasel gayer than Pauly Shore

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 26, 2026 05:14 PM (JCZqz)

202 I saw that article about the young girl dying in the cold. Very sad. It was bitter cold Saturday here in VA where I am and it got even colder once the snow was falling fast. Terrible.

Posted by: turambar at January 26, 2026 05:14 PM (Q0yOR)

203 yankeefifth / y5 / confederatefifth / c5 / n has his own distinct voice and writing style.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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In the business we call it staccato contrarianism.

Posted by: ... at January 26, 2026 05:14 PM (E0p3T)

204 This will start the Gnish - ing of teeth.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

"Stop, stop! Ganesh commands you!"

Posted by: Bulg at January 26, 2026 05:14 PM (77rzZ)

205 197 Have to be born Hindu to be Hindu, yes?? So no Hindu Billy Grahams I suppose.
Posted by: tubal

I think you can convert to Hinduism. I think that's what Tulsi did?
Posted by: Bulg at January 26, 2026 05:13 PM (77rzZ)

Hmmm. Have to look it up. BRB.

Posted by: tubal at January 26, 2026 05:14 PM (pDt9x)

206 I'm confused by all the people dunking on the poor teacher who got lost in a snowstorm and died. People here don't seem to be against drinking. I'm pretty sure I'm in the minority because I don't drink. Is it because she's a teacher? Or because she got lost in a snowstorm?

It's really common for people who get lost in the woods to be found near a trail but don't know it's there. 300 yards away from the bar in an active snowstorm might be far enough away the lights were invisible. Maybe she got turned around, tromped over her own footprints a few times, couldn't see anything, and panicked. You wouldn't even have to be very drunk for that to happen to most of us in a snowstorm.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 26, 2026 05:14 PM (Yp6az)

207 148 It's a very old party. I would hate to see the name go, though I guess I never cry about the Whigs.
Posted by: toby928(c)
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The British Whigs were very different than the American Whigs. Essentially the British Whigs stood up for individual rights, the Glorious Revolution, etc. The Tories, aka conservatives, were the King's men in parliament and served King George III during the American Independence. The American Whig party were basically those who were not Democrats.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 05:14 PM (E4rtv)

208 There are some definite risks if you plan to marrying an Indian woman.

https://tinyurl.com/59jmxfzn
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 26, 2026 05:07 PM (abIsI)

That's Indian women in India. Is it the same elsewhere? Who knows.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2026 05:15 PM (ExV1e)

209 Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 26, 2026 05:11 PM (06Hmj)

Get that Dawg a treat. Heat up a can of something if you have to.

Posted by: Nope at January 26, 2026 05:15 PM (GvwA4)

210 I think the British dalliance with the confederacy had more to do with cheap cotton than anything else.

On modern Britons, they are a whole lot more socialist in general than one might think.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 26, 2026 05:15 PM (0U5gm)

211 203 yankeefifth / y5 / confederatefifth / c5 / n has his own distinct voice and writing style.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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I think he is banned too.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 05:15 PM (E4rtv)

212 An architect firm I work with in Philly and Providence announced today they were taking off early to do the commie "Walkout".

Instant 25% Communism Tax applied to all future work.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 26, 2026 05:16 PM (ek6ey)

213 well not so much the French. They'd already looted the Mexican treasury and fucked off. All that was left on that border was Juarez who'd assumed the Presidency in exile, and was assembling men to retake the City.

Posted by: gKWVE says if you don't like the Brits, look at the Frogs at January 26, 2026 05:16 PM (gKWVE)

214 >>I think the British dalliance with the confederacy had more to do with cheap cotton than anything else.

It had just about everything to do with that.

Posted by: garrett at January 26, 2026 05:16 PM (ZcsJV)

215 You would think that a man that's talked to cab drivers, carpenters, kitchen cooks and servers, and such would have a finger firmly on the pulse of the working poor.
Posted by: Nope

Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings!

Posted by: The Walrus at January 26, 2026 05:16 PM (JCZqz)

216 How do you convert to Hindu? Dumpster fire pretending to be a religion?
A little song
A little dance
A little seltzer in you pants.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at January 26, 2026 05:17 PM (wBaIH)

217 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2026 05:15 PM (ExV1e)

I would think that if her name is Sue Ellen Braverman she's probably quite anglicized and if married, married to a rather conservative Brit

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2026 05:17 PM (Nx5jP)

218
Walz will renege on whatever he told Trump he will do. Bet on it. The guy is a weasel.

The GOP suffers from Intermittent Reinforcement with a side of cognitive dissonance in rationalizing that they can trust Lucy won't pull the football this time.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 26, 2026 05:17 PM (9Hs2w)

219 214.

Tea and cotton turned out to be the most expensive things in the history of mankind.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 26, 2026 05:18 PM (ek6ey)

220 Speaking of on the dole...Whole town in NY. It's gross. Zero shame.

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 26, 2026 05:18 PM (cS1cw)

221 There's not really such a thing as "Hindu" like it's one coherent, defined religion that everyone agrees on the broad outlines. There's like fifteen million different things that all call themselves Hindu and all more or less sort of kind of have something to do with at least one veda or gita or whatever the crap book or another. It's fascinating and confusing and I very quickly stopped giving a damn about it once I started poking around at it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 26, 2026 05:18 PM (06Hmj)

222 I’m back. Copilot says sure anyone can become a Hindu. A Hindu site said both yes and no. The big no group was due to one not having a caste, and caste is the Bomb over there. So, who knows??

Posted by: tubal at January 26, 2026 05:19 PM (pDt9x)

223 The Fed Slur doesn't follow. It's usually used as a personal attack. But why you expect an undercover Fed to be offended by being called an undercover Fed? So what if he's "outed", the worst part for him is the bother of replacing a 2 month old account. The only people such an accusation would sting are those who believe narcing on their own kind is reprehensible.

It also invites all the witch-hunters who need to virtue signal their "special ability" to detect "glowies" and I know from personal experience that they don't give a fck about friendly fire.

Salem Witch trials were bad enough. Let's not repeat that just because someone wants to pretend the Feds are after her to establish victim cred so that she can sell more books. It's the Grifters you should be worried about, they'll turn brother against brother just to score a buck

Posted by: Fen at January 26, 2026 05:19 PM (ciYHQ)

224 I just saw this! LOL!!!

Open Source Intel
@Osint613
In Minneapolis clashes, an anti-ICE protester was severely injured after trying to throw a flashbang back at federal agents, losing part of her fingers in the explosion.
Video: https://x.com/Osint613/status/2015821415665049639
8:17 AM · Jan 26, 2026

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at January 26, 2026 05:19 PM (9aVck)

225 I think the British dalliance with the confederacy had more to do with cheap cotton than anything else.

They wanted cheap cotton from the south and to be exempt from the protectionist tariffs that the industrial north insisted on.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 26, 2026 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

226 Hindus will tell you that it is a civilisation (in their spelling), not a religion. They mostly just agree that the Buddha was wrong.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 26, 2026 05:20 PM (gKWVE)

227 212: is that what they call 'snow day' in Philly and Providence?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 26, 2026 05:20 PM (sAmhv)

228 221.
All I know is at work they all talk faster than a dolphin with a cattle prod up its ass.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 26, 2026 05:20 PM (ek6ey)

229 >>In Minneapolis clashes, an anti-ICE protester was severely injured after trying to throw a flashbang back at federal agents, losing part of her fingers in the explosion.

She could play on any World Cup soccer team.

Posted by: garrett at January 26, 2026 05:21 PM (ZcsJV)

230 I’m back. Copilot says sure anyone can become a Hindu. A Hindu site said both yes and no. The big no group was due to one not having a caste, and caste is the Bomb over there. So, who knows??
Posted by: tubal at January 26, 2026 05:19 PM (pDt9x)
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Hinduism believes in reincarnation, correct? Can you be reincarnated as an AI agent? If so, how bad of a human to do you have to be to be reborn as one?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 26, 2026 05:21 PM (ESVrU)

231 According to Wiki, Tulsi Gabbard converted to Hinduism when she was a teenager.

Posted by: Bulg at January 26, 2026 05:21 PM (77rzZ)

232 That's Indian women in India. Is it the same elsewhere? Who knows.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

You prefer Indians in the US? https://tinyurl.com/bddexapb

This dusky hued hottie may appear high maintenance, but is really down to earth with simple tastes.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at January 26, 2026 05:22 PM (JCZqz)

233 In Minneapolis clashes, an anti-ICE protester was severely injured after trying to throw a flashbang back at federal agents, losing part of her fingers in the explosion.

You gotta hand it to her. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at January 26, 2026 05:22 PM (cYBz/)

234 Nood Colbert

Posted by: Dad of Six at January 26, 2026 05:22 PM (+E4s2)

235 well not so much the French. They'd already looted the Mexican treasury and fucked off. All that was left on that border was Juarez who'd assumed the Presidency in exile, and was assembling men to retake the City.
Posted by: gKWVE says if you don't like the Brits, look at the Frogs at January 26, 2026 05:16 PM (gKWVE)
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French Imperial troops were very active in 1865. Maximillian met his end in 1867.

Posted by: mrp at January 26, 2026 05:22 PM (rj6Yv)

236 231 According to Wiki, Tulsi Gabbard converted to Hinduism when she was a teenager.
Posted by: Bulg at January 26, 2026 05:21 PM (77rzZ)

I am to be believing you, Mister Bulg. Can I interest you in believing in Krishna?

Posted by: tubal at January 26, 2026 05:23 PM (pDt9x)

237 In the business we call it staccato contrarianism.

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I'm so curious. What business has a term for an online writing style?

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at January 26, 2026 05:23 PM (RkOfE)

238
Blonde Morticia, Eddy Muller's Noir Alley offering on TCM last weekend had Caroline Jones as a blonde. Made me think of you.
Posted by: Bulg

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Hah! So I'm not the original Blonde Morticia.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 05:24 PM (erZBp)

239 In Minneapolis clashes, an anti-ICE protester was severely injured after trying to throw a flashbang back at federal agents, losing part of her fingers in the explosion.

She could play on any World Cup soccer team.
Posted by: garrett at January 26, 2026 05:21 PM (ZcsJV)
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She seems high as fuck. That seems to be a prerequisite for Antifag. Gay, fugly, smelly, mentally ill, and a junkie.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 26, 2026 05:24 PM (ILvsn)

240 The American Whig party were basically those who were not Democrats.
Posted by: whig

IIRC, the American Whig Party split in the 1850s, with those in the North and Upper South becoming Republicans and those in the Deep South becoming Democrats.

Posted by: Bulg at January 26, 2026 05:24 PM (77rzZ)

241 We're nothing like the Tories! Oooh, Bad Bunny ... in a dress! *notices bulg, OwO*

Posted by: Grand Old Pussies at January 26, 2026 05:26 PM (qUkBO)

242 214 >>I think the British dalliance with the confederacy had more to do with cheap cotton than anything else.
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How in the world did they manage those plantations well enough to produce large cash crops without white men?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 26, 2026 05:26 PM (m24qK)

243 >>>Rebecca Rauber, 28, was last seen on Friday night leaving a bar in Emporia, Kansas, 70 miles northeast of Wichita.
. . . .
hypothermia just hours after she was seen on surveillance footage leaving the bar shortly before midnight on Friday.
The teacher left the bar on foot with no coat, purse, or phone as temperatures in the area dipped to 3 degrees, with a wind chill of negative 13.

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She was obviously a genius.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer

>I've walked more than 30 miles in sub-zero temperatures before, but I was prepared. It's a sad situation that shouldn't happen to anyone. Why she was walking is curious.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 26, 2026 05:27 PM (oT7pT)

244
I’m back. Copilot says sure anyone can become a Hindu. A Hindu site said both yes and no. The big no group was due to one not having a caste, and caste is the Bomb over there. So, who knows??

Posted by: tubal

Is there a white priveledge caste? Asking for Suella.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 26, 2026 05:27 PM (QVmho)

245 I say again

NOOD

Colbert

has sucky ratings

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 26, 2026 05:29 PM (ULPxl)

246 Why she was walking is curious.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 26, 2026 05:27 PM (oT7pT)
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Why they let her go like that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 26, 2026 05:31 PM (m24qK)

247 Like a fart in a hurricane. Tho, some AWFUL loaded up a bunch of carts at Target, refused to pay, and demanded the employees walkout. So, again, flatulency.

Saw a video where they bought a pound of salt (like the Morton's blue tube kind of salt) then stood in line at the customer service desk to return it and demand a refund. From the length of the line, some of them must have waited hours to get their $1.98 back. But boy, they sure showed Target a thing or two, let me tell ya.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 26, 2026 05:31 PM (Fs0KI)

248 I'm a dunce when it comes to open carry but are you allowed to have the gun loaded ? That shows how dumb I am about these things
Posted by: It's me donna

Yes. In a LOT of confrontations, you don't have the time to rack the slide and if you carry the revolver on an empty cylinder, you take a significant reduction in firepower.

The issue is training. Almost all discharges are negligent, not accidental because people put their booger hooking fingers inside the trigger guard.

What some are arguing from what I have seen is that the slide got racked in the confrontation and maybe some sort of slam fire occurred. Very rare but can happen. Once you had one shot, then the leos who were already keyed up shot the nurse to stop the attack.

Semi autos can easily put a two or more bullets into someone in less than 2 seconds. Revolvers, too. Most people cannot react faster than in a couple of seconds to any input.

Jerry Miculek, a competitive shooter shows how the maximum of how fast someone can be
Miculek has held five officially sanctioned world records in revolver shooting and over 15 unsanctioned records, including:

1.00 second for 8 shots on a single target (1999).

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 05:31 PM (E4rtv)

249 IIRC, the American Whig Party split in the 1850s, with those in the North and Upper South becoming Republicans and those in the Deep South becoming Democrats.
Posted by: Bulg
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You are correct. The Whigs split over the Compromise of 1850 and the accidental presidency of Millard Fillmore. The Southern wing of Whigs was destroyed and the Northern wing congealed with other minor parties like the Free Soilers and Know Nothings.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 05:33 PM (E4rtv)

250 "The Fed Slur doesn't follow."

I'm not saying it doesn't happen (waves to Agent Garcia) just don't be casual and careless with the accusation. That's a real person on the other side and if he's a good guy, being falsely accused of treachery by your own people can be heartbreaking.

The originator of the "glowie" slur has such piss poor analysis that they confused a foreign anti-american with a native Texan/Marine. Worse, when they get it wrong and burn an innocent person at the stake, they don't admit to their mistake and correct the record. Feds or not, that type of person should not be entrusted with that kind of power. You could burn next just to feed the narrative

Posted by: Fen at January 26, 2026 05:40 PM (ciYHQ)

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