An Investigation Into Ilhan Omar's Sudden Fortune and Foreign Dealings Was Opened -- Under the Biden Administration

And when the Corruption Hawks of the Biden Administration think that you're grifting money from foreign interests, you're shadier than a $400,000 Hunter Biden "watercolor."

The Justice Department under the Biden administration opened an investigation into Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, in 2024 to scrutinize her finances, campaign spending and interactions with a foreign citizen, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
The inquiry, initiated by the U.S. attorney's office in Washington and the department's public integrity unit in June of that year, appears to have stalled for lack of evidence, according to one of the people who requested anonymity to discuss internal department matters.

Uh-huh.

The investigation appeared to be thrust into the public spotlight on Monday, when President Trump blindsided department officials by posting about it on Truth Social, singling out Ms. Omar. It was part of a rambling statement announcing a shake-up of the team overseeing immigration raids in Ms. Omar's Minneapolis district that misspelled her name.
"The DOJ and Congress are looking at 'Congresswoman' Illhan Omar, who left Somalia with NOTHING, and is now reportedly worth more than 44 Million Dollars," he wrote. "Time will tell all."
It was not clear whether Mr. Trump was referring to another investigation altogether or how he arrived at the $44 million figure.
Ms. Omar, a Somali-born refugee who emigrated to the United States when she was 12, has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.
"Sorry, Trump, your support is collapsing and you're panicking," she wrote on social media on Monday. "Right on cue, you're deflecting from your failures with lies and conspiracy theories about me. Years of 'investigations' have found nothing."

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Ugly personal attacks against Ms. Omar have been a staple of Mr. Trump's speeches since her election to Congress in 2018, when she and Representative Rashida Tlaib, Democrat of Michigan, made history as the first two Muslim women elected to Congress.
Ms. Omar's sharp criticism of Israel, her repetition of antisemitic tropes and her comparison of U.S. actions to those of Hamas have elicited bipartisan criticism.
But few people have demonized her more than Mr. Trump, who has veered into racist and xenophobic vitriol, in the view of Ms. Omar and other critics of the president.
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In recent weeks, House Republicans have threatened to open their own investigation into Ms. Omar, an apparent effort to tie her to the Minnesota fraud scandal that has revealed evidence that some members of the Somali community set up companies that billed state agencies for social services that were never provided.
Representative James R. Comer of Kentucky, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, has vowed to subpoena Ms. Omar's husband. His venture capital firm made millions over the past few years, according to Ms. Omar's financial disclosures.
No evidence has yet been produced showing that Ms. Omar was connected to the fraud scheme. A spokeswoman for Ms. Omar said her office had received no official inquiries from the Oversight Committee or the Justice Department.
Mr. Comer is still seeking to raise ethical questions about how Ms. Omar's husband has been able to accumulate his wealth and he has promised an update on a potential investigation soon.

🚨How did Ilhan Omar make millions from a 100% fake winery?

This is insane. We investigated. Check this out…

Illhan Omar lists a California winery on her financial disclosures. You can see them below. The winery name is ‘eStCru LLC.’

In 2023 it was valued at $15k.
In 2024 it… pic.twitter.com/VoQd5ppGur
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 26, 2026

His "winery" isn't a real winery.

It's a "virtual winery." I don't know what that means. I would guess it means he just buys other people's wines and puts it into his own bottles, maybe?

Adam Housley
@adamhousley
So after doing a quick dive. This was a virtual winery with basically one wine that nobody in wine country had ever heard of. There is absolutely zero chance the valuation on this went from $20,000 to $ 5 million in one year.

The whole business is accused of being a, get this, fraudulent scheme.

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar's husband accused of swindling investor in their California winery

Tim Mynett and his business partner Will Hailer deny defrauding the investor, while another company they started owes $1.2 million to cannabis growers in South Dakota

In fall 2021, D.C.-area restaurant owner Naeem Mohd was presented with an unbelievable investment opportunity.
Two political operatives turned venture capitalists would triple Mohd's money in just 18 months if he invested $300,000 in their new California winery.
The pair had been paid in grapes by a former client and had hired a well-respected Sonoma winemaker to turn those grapes into profit.

I guess that's why it's a "virtual winery." They literally just took grapes given to them by a "client" and put them into barrels.

And somehow this turned into a $40 million business in a year.

They promised if they didn't pay Mohd the full $900,000 on time, they would tack on 10% monthly interest on any outstanding balance, according to the contract shared with the Minnesota Reformer.
The offer might have seemed suspicious if not for the person making it: Tim Mynett, a well-connected political consultant and husband to U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, whom he married in 2020.
Mynett came recommended by Mohd's attorney, Faisal Gill, a former Democratic operative himself who knew Mynett from his days working on Keith Ellison's congressional campaigns. Mynett and Gill had been friends since. Omar endorsed Gill in his unsuccessful bid for L.A. County Attorney, and Gill donated $1,000 to Omar's campaign in 2021.
"I trusted Tim," Gill said in an interview. "If it was not for Tim, the deal would have never happened."
Mohd wired the $300,000 to Mynett and his long-time business partner Will Hailer, with whom he founded a political consultancy called E Street Group in 2018.
But 18 months came and went without Mohd receiving the 200% return he was promised from the winery, eStCru.
Mynett and Hailer only returned Mohd's $300,000 -- about a month late -- according to a lawsuit Gill filed on behalf of Mohd in California last fall seeking at least $780,000.
The complaint, which has not been previously reported, claims the pair "fraudulently misrepresented ... that estCru, LLC was a legitimate company."
Hailer and Mynett deny they defrauded Mohd. Rather, they say they simply struggled to build a successful business in a challenging industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"ESTCRU LLC like many wineries is living invoice to invoice, sale to sale to stay afloat given the economic conditions of the industry," Hailer wrote in response to a list of questions from the Reformer. Hailer declined requests for an interview on the phone.
The winery's struggling finances represent a significant change in fortune for Mynett and Hailer since Omar announced she would no longer use their firm E Street Group on her campaigns after paying them around $3 million in the 2020 election.
Still, Hailer defended the potential for large returns in the wine business, writing, "If any investor put $X dollars in to allow the company to purchase grapes and we turned those grapes into bottles of wine that we sold you would see a 3 or 4x return."

This sounds like a scam. Actual wineries struggle to make this much of a return. Heck, they struggle to save into business. So this "business's" big innovation is to just not bother growing the grapes yourself?

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1 Deport her.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 05:43 PM (lpTXP)

2 While you're at it, find out what the hell happened to her hair.

Posted by: kingsman at January 27, 2026 05:43 PM (ehY6c)

3 Little Rag Head needs a visit from a Blackhawk.....

Posted by: Jackson at January 27, 2026 05:45 PM (J9q9v)

4 Nood Ilhan Omar

please no

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 05:46 PM (PYyV9)

5 Have none of the democrat propagandists understand that Trump doesn't do things without an underlying reason.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 27, 2026 05:47 PM (xvV+O)

6 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 27, 2026 05:47 PM (LdBR/)

7 Honestly I wish people would stop doing these kind of investigations and reporting on them. All it does is eat another layer out of my stomach because not a damn thing will come from it. You can just add it to the gigantic scroll 8 miles long of crimes the left gets away with while Republicans have the power to do something about it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 05:47 PM (PYyV9)

8 Ugly personal attacks against Ms. Omar have been a staple of Mr. Trump's speeches since her election to Congress in 2018, when she and Representative Rashida Tlaib, Democrat of Michigan, made history as the first two Muslim women elected to Congress.
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"Ugly personal attacks?"

Is the NYT lobbing these right over the plate on purpose?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:48 PM (MABZ1)

9 A Stupid-aligned Paladin cannot Detect Magic, as much as a Detect Opportunity To Be An Ass.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:48 PM (krQz2)

10 Somalian wine gets ripe in time

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 27, 2026 05:48 PM (NtVYv)

11 But few people have demonized her more than Mr. Trump, who has veered into racist and xenophobic vitriol, in the view of Ms. Omar and other critics of the president.
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Oh, blow me.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:48 PM (MABZ1)

12 Convict.
Deport.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 27, 2026 05:48 PM (xcxpd)

13 Somali money laundering. To jail with her, her "spouse", her retarded daughter, and there rest of her barbaric clan.

Posted by: runner at January 27, 2026 05:49 PM (g47mK)

14 Why would we investigate Omar Sharif who died on 10 July 2015 ????

And you call me a box of rocks and an idiot ????

Posted by: Kami Harris at January 27, 2026 05:49 PM (38587)

15 8 Ugly personal attacks against Ms. Omar have been a staple of Mr. Trump's speeches since her election to Congress in 2018, when she and Representative Rashida Tlaib, Democrat of Michigan, made history as the first two Muslim women elected to Congress.
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"Ugly personal attacks?"

Is the NYT lobbing these right over the plate on purpose?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:48 PM (MABZ1)

I mean...they ARE ugly people...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 27, 2026 05:49 PM (xcxpd)

16 She's just a plucky immigrant who made it rich through hardly working and grift.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 05:49 PM (lpTXP)

17 Pam Bondi knocked over three nuns and a 9 year old girl on crutches to get to a Fox News show and talk about his.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 05:49 PM (PYyV9)

18 A Stupid-aligned Paladin cannot Detect Magic, as much as a Detect Opportunity To Be An Ass.
Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:48 PM (krQz2)
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The can cast Feeblemind at will, but only on themselves.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 05:49 PM (ZOv7s)

19 old wine, new bottles.

Biblical.

Posted by: alanon at January 27, 2026 05:50 PM (OhUhe)

20 17 Pam Bondi knocked over three nuns and a 9 year old girl on crutches to get to a Fox News show and talk about his.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 05:49 PM (PYyV9)

How was she dressed?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 27, 2026 05:50 PM (xcxpd)

21 Say it with me now - unexpectedly !!!

Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Tuesday . . . waiting for Clyde the Camel. . . at January 27, 2026 05:51 PM (3ZUWJ)

22 Uhm. All financial transactions and movements are tracked, you can find out pretty quickly how and from where money inflowed and outflowed.

That is if you are serious about finding out such things.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 27, 2026 05:51 PM (XV/Pl)

23 It's a "virtual winery." I don't know what that means. I would guess it means he just buys other people's wines and puts it into his own bottles, maybe?
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I doubt it. That would require *some* infrastructure. Bottles and filling equipment and distribution and whatnot.

I bet it's a "white label" operation. Some real wine outfit - purely because of their scale and tremendous amount of business at all levels globally, I would make a wild guess that it's Gallo - just slaps their label on it and drops it into distribution at the client's direction, or uses their own distribution for a bigger cut.

Just like lots of "store brand" goods. The store specifies the formulation or picks from the menu, and the manufacturer puts their label on it and sends it out the door.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:51 PM (MABZ1)

24 I'm in wine country and know vintners. It is a very difficult business that is usually used for tax offsets and write offs like avocado orchirds are. I know very few independent wineries that make it... and they know what they are doing. Dentists and doctors used to be the main independents in Santa Ynez valley in our neck of the woods.

This is another stealing Somali scam to fleece the taxpayers. Nothing is legit.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 27, 2026 05:51 PM (xvV+O)

25 I'm sure all of them have investigations like this after the first few years. They need something to hang over these loathsome creatures of fear, hate, and power.

"Lack of evidence, Ilhan... for now."

I suspect the DoJ has hundreds of such investigations on ice, and Trump/Bondi are leaking this one because he wants to bag that Somali bitch.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 05:51 PM (BI5O2)

26 Not true! I was sipping some eStCru just last night haters! Or that might have been a box of Sutter Home Pink Surprise...anyway, leaved Omar alone! Hic...

- Hillary

Posted by: Cheri at January 27, 2026 05:52 PM (oiNtH)

27
Virtual wine is the safest kind to drink while driving.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:52 PM (krQz2)

28 I find it hard to believe that anybody would trust an attorney named Faisal.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 05:53 PM (8zz6B)

29 "I always use virtual wine when cooking"
--Jamie Oliver

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 05:53 PM (PYyV9)

30 So after doing a quick dive. This was a virtual winery with basically one wine that nobody in wine country had ever heard of. There is absolutely zero chance the valuation on this went from $20,000 to $ 5 million in one year.
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Easily could have.

It's the "valuation," not the value. How was the valuation determined? All it would take is one Party-connected "investor" throwing a million bucks at the Party Preference in exchange for 20% of the "business" (which makes it not a donation subject to reporting, just a bum investment - oh whoops, whoopsie, this one didn't pan out) to arrive at a $5 million "valuation."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:53 PM (MABZ1)

31 "The pair had been paid in grapes by a former client and had hired a well-respected Sonoma winemaker to turn those grapes into profit."

paid in grapes? he gave $300,000 to his new business partners who lacked liquidity, because all their money was tied up in grapes?

I love this country, but some of these people are really getting on my nerves.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 27, 2026 05:53 PM (w/O5Q)

32 Somali has a rich and fruitiful wine growing region?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 05:54 PM (wVcYX)

33 "Virtual Winery" sounds a lot like so many Bourbon brands. They don't make anything themselves. They go to MGP or one of the other huge distillers and buy barrels with the mashbill they want, then blend it up and sell it as their own.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 05:54 PM (5aZAZ)

34 So they couldn't pay an investor back but the winery is valued at many times that?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 05:54 PM (n5tGW)

35 lol

Grifter Bidens smelled blood in the water and wanted their cut.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 05:54 PM (dK+Kv)

36 Isn't it fascinating that Hunter Biden and his art proficiency have just fallen off the face of the Earth. No interest whatsoever. No galleries or glam mags insisting that he grant them an exclusive to cover his nouveau lifestyle and artistic niche. No agents clamoring for him to tour with his art. No fanbase artisans or Hollywood groupies chasing him for autographs. Nothing.

And on the financial side, no concern or notice about the unique circumstance of getting historic payouts for his initial tranche of content and then not even a cent once his dad got excommunicated during the reelection campaign. Media amnesia in fullest of force.

It's such a mystery and no one in the MFM is interested in follow-up. It's so very puzzling. I get the sense that they were a tad disingenuous during the election. I suspect they might have been misleading me on other things, too. Don't want to be hasty but I'm having some persistent concerns.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 27, 2026 05:54 PM (gLikB)

37 What makes the profit even weirder? Long established wineries in Calif are closing because of regulatory problems, AND lack of sales.

Even the largest Liquor distributor here closed.

Money Laundering?

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 27, 2026 05:54 PM (mP0Kj)

38 Omar is a Somali fraudster, but dumb as a stump. Hubby set these companies up to siphon money from other fraud committed by Somalis with the aid of the Minnesota DFL. Grab hubby and put the screws to him. He'll sing like a bird. Hit the weak link. He's it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 05:54 PM (IDEQi)

39 That woman is a product of a poor environment. There's nothing wrong with Ilhan Omar, I can prove it.

Posted by: Randolph Duke at January 27, 2026 05:55 PM (R/m4+)

40 Inbreeding is a Somali team sport.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 27, 2026 05:55 PM (Cifda)

41 I guess that's why it's a "virtual winery." They literally just took grapes given to them by a "client" and put them into barrels.
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I still don't buy it. That would require work. Even for a bad product, it would require capital and effort, and likely a payroll consisting at *least* of laborers and someone who can make into wine, however bad.

That's a real operation at that point. I don't see it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:55 PM (MABZ1)

42 19 billion dollars of fraud in Minnesota. Often with Somalis are involved.

What are the odds that it would involve the most politically powerful Minnesota Somali??!!

Especially with a net worth around 40 million.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:55 PM (krQz2)

43 They promised if they didn't pay Mohd the full $900,000 on time, they would tack on 10% monthly interest on any outstanding balance, according to the contract shared with the Minnesota Reformer.
__________

10% per month? Them's mafia vig rates.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 27, 2026 05:55 PM (XvL8K)

44 I would make a wild guess that it's Gallo - just slaps their label on it and drops it into distribution

Forty million buck Chuck?

Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 05:55 PM (Fs0KI)

45 Grab hubby and put the screws to him. He'll sing like a bird. Hit the weak link. He's it

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I approve this message !

Posted by: runner at January 27, 2026 05:56 PM (g47mK)

46 So instead of getting the grapes wholesale, you buy hem retail?

Growing your own grapes is much cheaper than buy grapes someone else grew. Likely 20% cheaper.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 27, 2026 05:56 PM (tV890)

47
>>stalled for lack of evidence

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

This wouldn't surprise me. Ilhan strikes me as a very devious and savvy operator, capable of keeping her fingerprints off her work. I hear she frustrates her staff with her thickness about policies and processes, but fraud is a different way of thinking.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 05:56 PM (Px6E0)

48 This sounds like a scam. Actual wineries struggle to make this much of a return. Heck, they struggle to save into business. So this "business's" big innovation is to just not bother growing the grapes yourself?
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I'm going to assume "white-label" unless there's compelling evidence otherwise. Buy a run of wine from a real maker and launder money through it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:56 PM (MABZ1)

49 Seems a little odd that a "devout Muslim" like Ilhan Omar would invest in a winery as alcohol is considered haram (forbidden) in Islam.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 05:56 PM (ESVrU)

50 nbreeding is a Somali team sport.

===

Just Somali ...??

Posted by: runner at January 27, 2026 05:56 PM (g47mK)

51 Virtual Wine, Chateau 2115.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:57 PM (krQz2)

52 Seems a little odd that a "devout Muslim" like Ilhan Omar would invest in a winery as alcohol is considered haram (forbidden) in Islam.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 05:56 PM (ESVrU)

It's for a good cause !

Posted by: Muslim Brotherhood at January 27, 2026 05:57 PM (g47mK)

53 Seems a little odd that a "devout Muslim" like Ilhan Omar would invest in a winery as alcohol is considered haram (forbidden) in Islam.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 05:56 PM (ESVrU)
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Muslims don't care. Even if they don't partake themselves, business is business.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:57 PM (MABZ1)

54 paid in grapes? he gave $300,000 to his new business partners who lacked liquidity, because all their money was tied up in grapes?

I love this country, but some of these people are really getting on my nerves.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 27, 2026 05:53 PM (w/O5Q)
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I mean, you can also just sell the grapes. The whole thing is just layers of stupid cover stories.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)

55 Hey, that winery has delivered many cases of their best wine to the National Learing Center, as a treatment for their ADHD students. Definitely not a scam.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 27, 2026 05:57 PM (Da7Vv)

56 #36 Hunter's baby mamma wants him locked up. Seems he's not making good on court ordered child support. Who in the hell could have seen that coming?? And this woman wanted her child Navy to have the Biden last name? I hope that she has woken up out of her stupor.

Posted by: Cheri at January 27, 2026 05:57 PM (oiNtH)

57 This is another "litmus test" the administration is faced with.

Minneapolis and Portland were two... and one failed, the other's in limbo.

If she's ejected from Congress (which would be the minimum) I'd be surprised.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 05:58 PM (jtM2q)

58 That woman is a product of a poor environment. There's nothing wrong with Ilhan Omar, I can prove it.
Posted by: Randolph Duke at January 27, 2026 05:55 PM (R/m4+)

She'd make an acceptable prostitute in a lower-tier brothel.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 05:58 PM (8zz6B)

59

She is a smug looking con artist.

Posted by: four seasons at January 27, 2026 05:58 PM (3ek7K)

60 We will sell no wine before its time.

Posted by: eStCru LLC at January 27, 2026 05:59 PM (wVcYX)

61 We traded all of our virtual wine made from the grapes we supposedly acquired as payment from a former client for two pieces of Hunter Biden's artwork, then donated the proceeds to an NGO that totally doesn't pay us hilariously handsome salaries for not actually doing any work.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 05:59 PM (5aZAZ)

62 Seems a little odd that a "devout Muslim" like Ilhan Omar would invest in a winery as alcohol is considered haram (forbidden) in Islam.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Tomorrow, she'll be an investor in a pig farm.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 27, 2026 05:59 PM (Cifda)

63 She'd make a~~n acceptable~~ barely employed prostitute in a ~~lower~~bottom-tier brothel.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 05:58 PM (8zz6B)
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FIFY

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:59 PM (MABZ1)

64 @46 "Perfesser" I doubt virtual wineries are Haram, the alcohol doesn't exist

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 06:00 PM (IDEQi)

65 Seems a little odd that a "devout Muslim" like Ilhan Omar would invest in a winery as alcohol is considered haram (forbidden) in Islam.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Tomorrow, she'll be an investor in a pig farm.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 27, 2026 05:59 PM (Cifda)
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Yeah, and then her "husband" will quietly disappear, never to be heard from again...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 06:00 PM (ESVrU)

66 No one is above the law. No, really.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 27, 2026 06:00 PM (YlWIZ)

67 @46 "Perfesser" I doubt virtual wineries are Haram, the alcohol doesn't exist
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 06:00 PM (IDEQi)
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Good point.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 06:00 PM (ESVrU)

68 Possibly already covered, but there are many different kinds of "winery" business. Usually off-label or alternative label wines from a particular actual winery will simply be bottled and labeled differently. Trader Joe's has several wineries that provide the juice on which TJ's puts its various labels, as an example.

And sourcing grapes off-estate is very common. So those two things don't in themselves raise the least suspicion. The $ numbers obviously do. A valuation like that would need to rest on a hefty revenue number and probably even medium-term contracts, which I believe are completely absent.

Housley's in the wine business himself for years so he can speak authoritatively about all this off the cuff.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 27, 2026 06:01 PM (U/Byj)

69 This thing is going to get even bigger.

Once the AWFLs find out they can buy balloon headed rapetard wine from THE Ilhan Omar, they're gonna drink enough of this swill to float the USS Lincoln all the way to Iran.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 06:01 PM (BI5O2)

70 Virtual feet in virtual vats of virtual grapes virtually stomp out virtual grapes in keeping with long traditions.

It's virtually organic and uncontaminated by things that affect non-virtual wine making.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:01 PM (krQz2)

71 I do not think a "virtual winery" ever touches grapes. Or barrels, or bottles or wine.

This is like Eddie Murphy buying and selling pork bellies - it is all on paper.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 27, 2026 06:01 PM (YGcde)

72 No one is above the law. No, really.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 27, 2026 06:00 PM (YlWIZ)
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Hah! You had us there for a second!

Posted by: The January 6 Select Committee at January 27, 2026 06:02 PM (krQz2)

73 If Ilhan is ejected from Congress- the Somalis will riot. She'll be their version of George Floyd, just alive And yes, I think she's a crook- crooked with her lies to become a citizen and her crooked schemes

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 06:02 PM (ix8EF)

74 Virtual wine headaches are better than actual wine headaches.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 06:03 PM (n5tGW)

75 Hearings! We need to hold hearings!!!!

Posted by: Weasel at January 27, 2026 06:03 PM (3zhHY)

76 The inquiry... appears to have stalled for lack of evidence

The check cleared. What a rookie. She was trying to grift without cutting everyone else in on the action.

Posted by: t-bird at January 27, 2026 06:04 PM (kIFVO)

77 This is all just sour grapes.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 27, 2026 06:04 PM (WmF8p)

78 See, now, I would believe that Omar produces a lot of whine.

Are you sure it's not a whinery?

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:04 PM (krQz2)

79 Pagan Pink.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 27, 2026 06:04 PM (Kt19C)

80 Omar without headgear has hair like Larry from the Three Stooges

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 06:04 PM (IDEQi)

81 75 Hearings! We need to hold hearings!!!!
Posted by: Weasel at January 27, 2026 06:03 PM (3zhHY)

Shirtsleeves ready to be rolled up!

Posted by: The GOP at January 27, 2026 06:05 PM (PiwSw)

82 69 This thing is going to get even bigger.

Once the AWFLs find out they can buy balloon headed rapetard wine from THE Ilhan Omar, they're gonna drink enough of this swill to float the USS Lincoln all the way to Iran.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Wait till they find out it's just Thunderbird with a different label.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 27, 2026 06:05 PM (sAmhv)

83

The bad news? The entire Somali demographic is as corrupt and immoral as the day is long. The good news, is that with an average 65 IQ they really can't get away with much

Posted by: imp at January 27, 2026 06:05 PM (g6TN6)

84 Ah, well, "an update on a potential investigation soon" ...

my faith in the institutions is restored!

/s

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 06:05 PM (Cjt/F)

85 If Ilhan is ejected from Congress- the Somalis will riot. She'll be their version of George Floyd, just alive And yes, I think she's a crook- crooked with her lies to become a citizen and her crooked schemes
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 06:02 PM (ix8EF)

So? Let them riot. Then you can machine-gun them in droves. And deport the survivors.

Never let the threat of riots veto a good action.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 06:05 PM (8zz6B)

86 I'd love to see the Somalis riot because she got tossed. All the better to see these fraudsters.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 06:06 PM (n5tGW)

87 What's with doing wine anyway? All the celebrities are doing gin and tequila.

Although Francese Wine might be good. Cool bottles

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 06:06 PM (PYyV9)

88 And when the Corruption Hawks of the Biden Administration think that you're grifting money from foreign interests,

i'm'a just assume biden just wanted to make certain he was getting his cut.

Posted by: anachronda at January 27, 2026 06:06 PM (sGtp+)

89 If Omar is bounced from Congress, and I hope she is, she'll just be replaced by a dumber Somali

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 06:06 PM (IDEQi)

90
Shirtsleeves ready to be rolled up!
Posted by: The GOP at January 27, 2026 06:05 PM (PiwSw)
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And issue subpoenas which BETTER NOT be ignored!

Posted by: Weasel at January 27, 2026 06:06 PM (3zhHY)

91 Time for sternly-worded letters.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 27, 2026 06:06 PM (Cifda)

92 Ilhan Omar musical number with her Hollywood pals.

https://tinyurl.com/3aftjxah

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 06:07 PM (lpTXP)

93 Hearings! We need to hold hearings!!!!
Posted by: Weasel at January 27, 2026 06:03 PM (3zhHY)
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GOP used "hearings"
It's super ineffective!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:07 PM (MABZ1)

94
"If any investor put $X dollars in to allow the company to purchase grapes and we turned those grapes into bottles of wine that we sold you would see a 3 or 4x return."

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

Okay, COVID's over. Surely you've gotten some new investors? As far as I can tell, you

1 - get the investors' money,

2 - purchase grapes,

3 - turn those grapes into bottles of wine,

4 - sell them to (investor? any consumer who wants them?),

5 - and pay the investor back 3 or 4 times what he invested.

3 OR 4 TIMES YOUR ORIGINAL INVESTMENT???

Why isn't EVERYONE giving you money to purchase grapes?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:07 PM (Px6E0)

95 eStCru is a "a women-led winery in California. Winemaker, Erica Stancliff crafts these wines in partnership with exceptional winemakers and small-lot growers in Lodi, Clarksburg, Sonoma County, and Willamette Valley, OR."

So, they don't even source within one region. This is blended wine.

Their Facebook page has ...148 followers.

They are ripping off Saint-Émilion Grand Cru from France. My guess is they were trying to blend up a version of St Cru wine using cheap wine from other Vinters. If they could do it and convince a gullible public their version of St Cru was worth half what the real things costs, fair play. But likely they failed - thousands of people have tried to blend up cheap wine and get it to taste like expensive wines - never works.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 27, 2026 06:07 PM (tV890)

96 Thunderbird was a fortified bum wine, no?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 06:07 PM (zZu0s)

97 Omar gets stuff for her thanks to Biden. Figures.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at January 27, 2026 06:07 PM (ZRzmB)

98 And when the Corruption Hawks of the Biden Administration think that you're grifting money from foreign interests,
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Their crime was a lack of10% for the Big Guy.

They might have fixed that.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:07 PM (krQz2)

99 89 If Omar is bounced from Congress, and I hope she is, she'll just be replaced by a dumber Somali
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 06:06 PM (IDEQi)

What's the residence requirement up there?

Posted by: Jasmine Crockett, thinking ahead at January 27, 2026 06:07 PM (PiwSw)

100

"replaced by a dumber somali"

That lightbulb-headed goon is still drifting around

Posted by: imp at January 27, 2026 06:07 PM (g6TN6)

101 Why haven't we see photos or video of Ilhan Omar, or Nancy Pelosi for that matter, barefoot and stomping grapes in the great tradition of the old country?

They both need a new PR staff.

So does AOC before her ass explodes and she resembles a rhino.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 06:08 PM (oT7pT)

102 Seems a little odd that a "devout Muslim" like Ilhan Omar would invest in a winery as alcohol is considered haram (forbidden) in Islam.

I lied. Devoutly.

Posted by: Am I My Brother's Keeper? Yeah, I guess I am. at January 27, 2026 06:08 PM (kIFVO)

103
If Omar is bounced from Congress, and I hope she is, she'll just be replaced by a dumber Somali
Posted by: Smell the Glove

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

Omar Fateh doesn't care what you call him as long as he gets the job.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:08 PM (Px6E0)

104 This thing is going to get even bigger.

Once the AWFLs find out they can buy balloon headed rapetard wine from THE Ilhan Omar, they're gonna drink enough of this swill to float the USS Lincoln all the way to Iran.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 06:01 PM (BI5O2)
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It will be ironic when the AWFLs make Omar *actually* rich.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:08 PM (MABZ1)

105 Ugly personal attacks against Ms. Omar
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Not being funny but has anyone endured more "ugly personal attacks" than the Trumps? I love the Left and their phony crying.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 06:08 PM (E0p3T)

106 Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 06:06 PM (IDEQi)

Probably true.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 06:08 PM (ix8EF)

107 75 Hearings! We need to hold hearings!!!!
Posted by: Weasel at January 27, 2026 06:03 PM (3zhHY)

We hold all the...wait. Oh hearings, not herrings. Never mind.

Posted by: Big Penguin at January 27, 2026 06:09 PM (TbWk/)

108 73 If Ilhan is ejected from Congress- the Somalis will riot. She'll be their version of George Floyd, just alive And yes, I think she's a crook- crooked with her lies to become a citizen and her crooked schemes
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026

We should speak to Mr. ilhan ‘s ex wife. I am thinking she would have some insight into his business acumen. Wasn’t she a doctor?

Posted by: Piper at January 27, 2026 06:09 PM (pZEOD)

109 Actual wineries struggle to make this much of a return.

In the Pacific Northwest, most wineries are run as hobby businesses by rich people - they don't need to make money.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 27, 2026 06:09 PM (n1OCj)

110 >>>This sounds like a scam. Actual wineries struggle to make this much of a return.

It's a write off, Jerry.

Posted by: Max Power at January 27, 2026 06:09 PM (Hucnr)

111 They are ripping off Saint-Émilion Grand Cru from France. My guess is they were trying to blend up a version of St Cru wine using cheap wine from other Vinters. If they could do it and convince a gullible public their version of St Cru was worth half what the real things costs, fair play. But likely they failed - thousands of people have tried to blend up cheap wine and get it to taste like expensive wines - never works.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 27, 2026 06:07 PM (tV890)

I remember Stemilion. It angries up your stem cells.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 06:09 PM (8zz6B)

112 In the Pacific Northwest, most wineries are run as hobby businesses by rich people - they don't need to make money.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 27, 2026 06:09 PM (n1OCj)
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So, like sports teams?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:09 PM (MABZ1)

113 BTW Comer was among the worms whimpering about the ickiness of ICE enforcement in MN after the two retards got themselves kilt. A perfect example of a useless GOP empty suit. Twenty years ago many of us there marveled at the number of miniature personalities who had somehow attained positions of influence. It seems much worse now, hard as that is to fathom.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 27, 2026 06:10 PM (U/Byj)

114 So, they don't even source within one region. This is blended wine.

I can't stand wine but supposedly there is some really good stuff being made in the Willamette Valley

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 06:10 PM (PYyV9)

115 By the way, you can "value" your winery as anything you like. These valuations take into account what you actually own, what you can sell, and what you think your good name is worth. Obviously the later is something you get to set.

My guess is the company as worth maybe $500k, and they just added some zeros for their "good name."

Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 27, 2026 06:10 PM (tV890)

116 You will be suprised to find that if a crime is committed by communists in one of the communist held states it is not a crime.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 27, 2026 06:10 PM (3uBP9)

117 thousands of people have tried to blend up cheap wine and get it to taste like expensive wines - never works.

Ahem.

Posted by: The Gallo Family! at January 27, 2026 06:11 PM (n1OCj)

118 Night Train has entered the chat.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 27, 2026 06:11 PM (Cifda)

119 The bad news? The entire Somali demographic is as corrupt and immoral as the day is long. The good news, is that with an average 65 IQ they really can't get away with much
Posted by: imp at January 27, 2026 06:05 PM (g6TN6)
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Hence it is likely that it was facilitated by Dems, for a share.

With so much stolen, I'm thinking that it's possible that the Somalis actually received a minority of the graft, and the Dem engineers took a much bigger part.

But it's the fraud that is necessary to keep the money flowing out of the treasury.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:11 PM (krQz2)

120 63 She'd make an acceptable barely employed prostitute in a lowerbottom-tier brothel.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 05:58 PM (8zz6B)
++++
FIFY

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:59 PM (MABZ1)

++++

Even at the bottom tier brothel, she looks mean like a viper. I know men have their needs but good God, you may end up with your unit either damaged or gone after a romp with her.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 27, 2026 06:12 PM (5fQW6)

121 Salt the earth of the winery!!!

Oh, wait.. Virtual.. shit.

Posted by: Blanco at January 27, 2026 06:12 PM (MHpW9)

122 So, like sports teams?

The sign that you have officially Made It in the Pacific Northwest is to start your own boutique winery.

It's not expected to make money - it's done for social status.

Posted by: The Gallo Family! at January 27, 2026 06:12 PM (n1OCj)

123 Leftists don't go after each other unless one wants the others position

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 06:12 PM (Ia/+0)

124 So the feds harrass me for years because I spent 30 bucks buying some generic ass part from a retailer who they later hemmed up via a confidential informant on totally pedantic charges (and who later killed themselves because the feds said he was going to get life, leaving behind a family)...

But Omar runs a multi million dollar money laundering scheme a 5 year old could probably figure out, and they just shrug and give up because they "can"t find evidence".

OK, sure. I still have the part; I showed it to my kids and explained how some people in government are evil fucks.

Posted by: heya at January 27, 2026 06:12 PM (h3Fno)

125 By the way, you can "value" your winery as anything you like. These valuations take into account what you actually own, what you can sell, and what you think your good name is worth. Obviously the later is something you get to set.

Same thing with real estate, you can overvalue. Unless you're president Trump, then its somehow illegal.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 06:12 PM (PYyV9)

126 By the way, you can "value" your winery as anything you like. These valuations take into account what you actually own, what you can sell, and what you think your good name is worth.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 27, 2026 06:10 PM (tV890)
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Then it sounds like they are getting around mark-to-market.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:12 PM (krQz2)

127 "So after doing a quick dive. This was a virtual winery with basically one wine that nobody in wine country had ever heard of. There is absolutely zero chance the valuation on this went from $20,000 to $ 5 million in one year."

They have to launder that stolen US taxpayer money somehow.

I remember drug dealers buying up tons of gift cards with cash at the gas stations all over our town next to the casino. They would take those cards to the casino and run them through the cash machine and get $100 bills. You knew when they were in the casino because there were stacks of discarded gift cards in the trash can next to the atm's.

Once they had pockets full of $$$ they would go and "gamble" on table games putting $20-30,000 on the table to buy chips with. After a couple of bets they cash out and take the chips to the cash windows where they would get checks for the chips. They could take those checks and put them in the bank all perfectly legal.

After a year or so the casino State police unit pretty much shut that avenue down.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 27, 2026 06:12 PM (0N4FZ)

128 Even at the bottom tier brothel, she looks mean like a viper. I know men have their needs but good God, you may end up with your unit either damaged or gone after a romp with her.
Posted by: washrivergal at January 27, 2026 06:12 PM (5fQW6)
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I wouldn't fuck Ilhan Omar with Ace's dick and Garrett doing the pushing.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (5aZAZ)

129 I'll gladly take $44M in "investments" today for a bottle of wine on Wednesday.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (vbXSk)

130 Even at the bottom tier brothel, she looks mean like a viper. I know men have their needs but good God, you may end up with your unit either damaged or gone after a romp with her.
Posted by: washrivergal at January 27, 2026 06:12 PM (5fQW6)
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Not at all. It's fine. There are also a TON of fringe benefits.

Posted by: Her Brother at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (MABZ1)

131 All this fraud by politicians and I'm worried about if I should round down my IRA distribution to the nearest hundred as part of my 72t SEPP distribution.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (Vh9CX)

132 The reality is that most wineries are like many restaurants and bars: they are owned by rich people who already have piles of money and who are looking for a vanity investment.

It’s not about profits, it’s about vanity. I know. I was part owner two speakeasy-type lounges in Manhattan. I didn’t care about any financial return. I wanted a cool, flashy investment that would attract hot girls. I got what I wanted.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (ILvsn)

133 I wouldn't touch her without a 10 foot pole

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (Ia/+0)

134 The Donald is bragging about no crime in D.C.
Hmmm. Point of order Mr. President. It's crime all the way to the gates of hell. Carry on.

Posted by: kingsman at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (ehY6c)

135 Night Train has entered the chat.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

I had nothing to do with it~~~!!

Posted by: Bob Seger at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (mlg/3)

136 "119 The bad news? The entire Somali demographic is as corrupt and immoral as the day is long. The good news, is that with an average 65 IQ they really can't get away with much
Posted by: imp at January 27, 2026 06:05 PM (g6TN6)
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Hence it is likely that it was facilitated by Dems, for a share.

With so much stolen, I'm thinking that it's possible that the Somalis actually received a minority of the graft, and the Dem engineers took a much bigger part.

But it's the fraud that is necessary to keep the money flowing out of the treasury.
Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:11 PM (krQz2)"

Prog whiteys are facilitating the fraud for a cut. Some of them even fill out all the paperwork.

Posted by: heya at January 27, 2026 06:14 PM (h3Fno)

137 This thread needs a musical accompaniment:

https://youtu.be/g0lmX06odhw

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 06:14 PM (8zz6B)

138 Not at all. It's fine. There are also a TON of fringe benefits.
Posted by: Her Brother at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (MABZ1)
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Or should I say "minge benefits"

HEYO

Posted by: Her Brother at January 27, 2026 06:14 PM (MABZ1)

139 We will sell no wine...

...before its crime.

Posted by: Somalian Citizen Kane at January 27, 2026 06:14 PM (47/pr)

140 She'd make an acceptable prostitute in a lower-tier brothel.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 05:58 PM (8zz6B)

Not if they want any business. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 06:14 PM (snZF9)

141 I heard MPD is finally pulled the green flying dildoes out of their asses and going to work. Color me unconvinced.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 27, 2026 06:14 PM (wBaIH)

142 Maybe Michelle, Hillary, and Kamala can do a wine tasting.

I still think Ilhan looks as if she smells terrible.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 27, 2026 06:14 PM (s0JqF)

143 Peace and tolerance

@CollinRugg
NEW: Democrat Ohio Attorney General candidate Elliot Forhan says he is going to “kill Donald Trump” if he’s elected.

“I want to tell you what I mean when I say that I am going to kill Donald Trump,” the former Ohio state representative said.

“I mean I'm going to obtain a conviction rendered by a jury of his peers at a standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt based on evidence presented at a trial conducted in accordance with the requirements of of due process resulting in a sentence duly executed of capital punishment.”

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 27, 2026 06:14 PM (mlg/3)

144 I wouldn't fuck Ilhan Omar with Ace's dick and Garrett doing the pushing.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (5aZAZ)

Don't encourage them.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 06:15 PM (dK+Kv)

145 Shirtsleeves ready to be rolled up!

Posted by: The GOP at January 27, 2026 06:05 PM (PiwSw)
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Cue Judas Priest's "Sleeves Are Gonna' Roll"

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:15 PM (krQz2)

146 There's an address in the docs - it's 1160 Hopper in Santa Rosa. Business name is Punchdown Cellars. They do custom bottling.

Posted by: beckster at January 27, 2026 06:15 PM (I7J98)

147 Wait until George Will finds out.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 27, 2026 06:15 PM (YlWIZ)

148 It’s not about profits, it’s about vanity. I know. I was part owner two speakeasy-type lounges in Manhattan. I didn’t care about any financial return. I wanted a cool, flashy investment that would attract hot girls. I got what I wanted.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (ILvsn)
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I worked with a couple of guys who bought into a nightclub for that purpose. They didn't end up losing much, but the point was access, status and the club sluts that came with them.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:15 PM (MABZ1)

149 We ain't lyin' about taqiyya.....

Posted by: Blessed Emom at January 27, 2026 06:16 PM (9CBNQ)

150 I wouldn't touch her without a 10 foot pole

"I have one of those in my backpack"
--D&D Character

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 06:16 PM (PYyV9)

151 “I mean I'm going to obtain a conviction rendered by a jury of his peers at a standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt based on evidence presented at a trial conducted in accordance with the requirements of of due process resulting in a sentence duly executed of capital punishment.”

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 27, 2026 06:14 PM (mlg/3)
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Remember when Dems thought capital punishment was "too mean".

Of course, they meant for murderers and manglers.

Not for political opponents.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:16 PM (krQz2)

152 I wouldn't fuck Ilhan Omar with Ace's dick and Garrett doing the pushing.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (5aZAZ)

Don't encourage them.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 06:15 PM (dK+Kv)
——

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. Omar is an an average-attractiveness woman in a land of mutated abominations.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 27, 2026 06:16 PM (ILvsn)

153 Ilhan’s a one.
Rich, too

Posted by: Accomack at January 27, 2026 06:17 PM (8jVAy)

154 I wouldn't touch her without a 10 foot pole

-- The Paolo has entered the chat --

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:17 PM (krQz2)

155 Tha' bisch done stolt my money, she post to brings me some wine.'

Posted by: Eromero at January 27, 2026 06:17 PM (LHPAg)

156 "38 Omar is a Somali fraudster, but dumb as a stump. Hubby set these companies up to siphon money from other fraud committed by Somalis with the aid of the Minnesota DFL. Grab hubby and put the screws to him. He'll sing like a bird. Hit the weak link. He's it
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 05:54 PM (IDEQi) "

r's should have been doing this for 20 years or more; and I've been saying so for at least that long.
squeeze any of these scum as hard as a prosecutor would squeeze a dope dealer (back in the Before Time) and you would get a ream of dirt on every associate and contact ... but the will to investigate seems sadly lacking. weird, innit? you'd think they didn't want to know, or something ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 06:17 PM (Cjt/F)

157 The Donald is bragging about no crime in D.C.

Only if the next shutdown happens. I think we're scheduled for Friday.

Posted by: t-bird at January 27, 2026 06:17 PM (kIFVO)

158
By the way, you can "value" your winery as anything you like. These valuations take into account what you actually own, what you can sell, and what you think your good name is worth. Obviously the later is something you get to set.

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

And if you're really sharp, you can cash out big on your winery, software firm, whatever, when it inevitably implodes. Ask the WeWork guy.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:17 PM (Px6E0)

159 Buying up grapes and then making your own commercial wine happens

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 06:17 PM (Ia/+0)

160 Seems obvious this is a way to collect bribes.

You want her to vote on your issue?

Buy 100 cases of her husband's wine.

Its probably "decent" but charge 5X normal price.

Except wine pricing is subjective so its legal.

Posted by: coba at January 27, 2026 06:18 PM (IuIym)

161 Night Train has entered the chat.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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What a dick!

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:18 PM (krQz2)

162 Except wine pricing is subjective so its legal.
Posted by: coba at January 27, 2026 06:18 PM (IuIym)
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like art!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:18 PM (MABZ1)

163 For Somalians being lot IQ they sure know how to pirate and stealing

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 06:19 PM (Ia/+0)

164 Running a winery is pretty much a losing biz.

Especially in California.

What keeps you afloat is the subsides from state and federal entities.

Unless... you produce a nice, marketable product. Which is rare. Even in Europe, where they're tastes are unsophisticated.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 06:19 PM (jtM2q)

165 96 Thunderbird was a fortified bum wine, no? Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 06:07 PM (zZu0s)

It was port wine with lemon juice. I tried it once - not half bad. Port wine has a naturally higher alcohol content then regular wine. 20% ABV. Reg wine is more like 5-15%.

It was made by Gallo and targeted African Americans. Gallo employed celebrity actor James Mason to help market the wine in television ads. The ads are hysterical. Huge seller.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 27, 2026 06:20 PM (tV890)

166 For Somalians being lot IQ they sure know how to pirate and stealing
Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 06:19 PM (Ia/+0)

What little brain power they have is intensely focused.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 06:20 PM (8zz6B)

167 And yes, OFC it would be a virtual winery. They don't want to do any of the work.

And yes, OFC that means they can write off all their trips to Napa as business expenses.

Posted by: coba at January 27, 2026 06:21 PM (IuIym)

168 165 96 Thunderbird was a fortified bum wine, no? Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 06:07 PM (zZu0s)

It was port wine with lemon juice. I tried it once - not half bad. Port wine has a naturally higher alcohol content then regular wine. 20% ABV. Reg wine is more like 5-15%.

It was made by Gallo and targeted African Americans. Gallo employed celebrity actor James Mason to help market the wine in television ads. The ads are hysterical. Huge seller.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 27, 2026 06:20 PM (tV890)
_______
Why did they use Rommel?

Posted by: Eeyore at January 27, 2026 06:21 PM (s0JqF)

169 It’s not about profits, it’s about vanity. I know. I was part owner two speakeasy-type lounges in Manhattan. I didn’t care about any financial return. I wanted a cool, flashy investment that would attract hot girls. I got what I wanted.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (ILvsn)
++++
I worked with a couple of guys who bought into a nightclub for that purpose. They didn't end up losing much, but the point was access, status and the club sluts that came with them.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:15 PM (MABZ1)
——

Exactly. I expected to lose every penny. The fact that only lost some of the pennies was a surprise. But even if I lost them all, it was worth it because if you own a hot club you are considered very cool, and the girls will be lined up.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 27, 2026 06:21 PM (ILvsn)

170 Maybe Michelle, Hillary, and Kamala can do a wine tasting.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 27, 2026 06:14 PM (s0JqF)
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There's no way you can take Kamala's judgment, because the 50% gin she adds changes the whole profile.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:21 PM (krQz2)

171 144 I wouldn't fuck Ilhan Omar with Ace's dick and Garrett doing the pushing.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (5aZAZ)

Don't encourage them.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 06:15 PM (dK+Kv)

+++++

LOL. You Morons are a riot.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 27, 2026 06:21 PM (5fQW6)

172
I'd like to see Ilhan without all that head raggery. VERY unpopular opinion, but I bet she looks attractive. Anyway, she's good with accessories, colors, makeup, and she has an interesting ethnic-flavored wardrobe.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:22 PM (Px6E0)

173 The corruption in our local,state, and federal governments is, I believe,far more extensive than we yet know. It is a knife at the throat of America.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 27, 2026 06:22 PM (2WIwB)

174 night moves

Posted by: doug at January 27, 2026 06:22 PM (Hy+R4)

175 what's the word?
Thunderbird!
what's the price?
Thirty twice!

there are 4 more lines that I cannot remember ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 06:22 PM (Cjt/F)

176 156 "38 Omar is a Somali fraudster, but dumb as a stump. Hubby set these companies up to siphon money from other fraud committed by Somalis with the aid of the Minnesota DFL. Grab hubby and put the screws to him. He'll sing like a bird. Hit the weak link. He's it Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 05:54 PM (IDEQi) "

Not one of these Somali fraudsters have struck me as some sort of financial genius. And yes, she is also dumb as a stump. But if you make zero effort to catch them, and they steal from the public treasurer?

Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 27, 2026 06:23 PM (tV890)

177 I worked with a couple of guys who bought into a nightclub for that purpose. They didn't end up losing much, but the point was access, status and the club sluts that came with them.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:15 PM (MABZ1)

In my day it was called being in a band. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 06:23 PM (snZF9)

178 The corruption in our local,state, and federal governments is, I believe,far more extensive than we yet know. It is a knife at the throat of America.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 27, 2026 06:22 PM (2WIwB)
---
Also, the District of Corruption.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:23 PM (krQz2)

179 While we're thinking about Omar's behavior, let us not forget the reason George Santos was tossed out of Congress.

Surely Omar should be held to the same standards, correct? (Of course, she has the magical 'D' after her name, so I won't hold my breath waiting for her to be treated the same as Santos.)

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 27, 2026 06:23 PM (Eo/8K)

180 This busty brunette in a one-piece wouldn't mind a glass of wine:
http://tiny.cc/7h7y001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:23 PM (MABZ1)

181 I will sell no wine before it's time - I Omar

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 27, 2026 06:24 PM (NtVYv)

182 The can cast Feeblemind at will, but only on themselves.
Posted by.: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Unless of course they are feebleminded.

Sorry, Richard's fault that we needed a rule for that.

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 06:24 PM (ciYHQ)

183
Buying up grapes and then making your own commercial wine happens
Posted by: Skip

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

What about the 3-4x ROI? How often does that happen?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:24 PM (Px6E0)

184 night moves
Posted by: doug at January 27, 2026 06:22 PM (Hy+R4)
---
I remember.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:24 PM (krQz2)

185 Annie Green Springs

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 27, 2026 06:24 PM (Kt19C)

186 In my day it was called being in a band. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 06:23 PM (snZF9)
++++
Sure, but that requires that you play or sing, form the band, go play gigs, etc. These guys had full-time jobs. Buying into a nightclub just requires an opportunity and some cash.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:25 PM (MABZ1)

187 ...lack of evidence...
Isn't the mere fact that your net worth goes from -$40k to +$30M prima facie evidence of corruption? Come on, man...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 27, 2026 06:25 PM (XMwZJ)

188 >>> 172
I'd like to see Ilhan without all that head raggery. VERY unpopular opinion, but I bet she looks attractive. Anyway, she's good with accessories, colors, makeup, and she has an interesting ethnic-flavored wardrobe.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:22 PM (Px6E0)

Because *we* are paying for it.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 06:25 PM (ULPxl)

189 This busty brunette in a one-piece wouldn't mind a glass of wine:
http://tiny.cc/7h7y001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:23 PM (MABZ1)

She's going to need help sitting up.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 27, 2026 06:25 PM (2WIwB)

190
What about the 3-4x ROI? How often does that happen?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:24 PM (Px6E0)
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Far greater things have been done by Hillary with cattle futures.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:26 PM (krQz2)

191 There is a whole lot of math that doesn't add up in this.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 06:26 PM (0KSrI)

192 This busty brunette in a one-piece wouldn't mind a glass of wine:
http://tiny.cc/7h7y001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:23 PM (MABZ1)

"X" marks the spot.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 06:26 PM (8zz6B)

193 http://tiny.cc/7h7y001

Shadow gives her birthing hips.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 27, 2026 06:26 PM (Kt19C)

194 I like her smile and she is a hot shade of chocolate

Posted by: Accomack at January 27, 2026 06:26 PM (GbONR)

195 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:23 PM (MABZ1)

Really weird photo. Weird proportions of
Her legs.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 06:26 PM (PFs9e)

196 For Somalians being lot IQ they sure know how to pirate and stealing
Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 06:19 PM (Ia/+0)

wellll, all kinds of creatures are great at stealing, that is the first thing some animals and raptors learn

Posted by: runner at January 27, 2026 06:26 PM (g47mK)

197 I'd like to see Ilhan without all that head raggery. VERY unpopular opinion, but I bet she looks attractive.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:22 PM (Px6E0)

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I've always thought she has a rather pleasing bone structure and good skin.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:27 PM (krQz2)

198
Karen: "you simply MUST try this new cab, Caryn... it's called 'Five Brides,' and it's from Somali, woman-owned vintner...."

Caryn: "This tastes like it came out of a crankcase."

Karen: "...and that vintner is Ilhan Omar."

Caryn: "it does take just a minute to develop on the palate. It's quite good, actually. It has a robust, foetid earthiness, with overtones of sand, and... blood, I think. I will have Paolo drive Ken's QX60 down to Trader Joe's and tow back a trailer load of it."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 06:27 PM (BI5O2)

199 Sure, but that requires that you play or sing, form the band, go play gigs, etc. These guys had full-time jobs. Buying into a nightclub just requires an opportunity and some cash.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:25 PM (MABZ1)

With the money I pissed away over the years on gear, yeah I could have probably bought a club.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 06:27 PM (snZF9)

200 Did they lay off Biden's 87,000 IRS agents?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 27, 2026 06:27 PM (YlWIZ)

201 166 For Somalians being lot IQ they sure know how to pirate and stealing Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 06:19 PM (Ia/+0)

My kid's hamster kept getting out of its cage. I was frustrated because, I'm much smarter than a hamster. Then I realized, the hamster has 24/7 to try to get out of his cage, I have only a couple of minutes to think about keeping him in.

Also, Somalis have been stealing aid money from NGOs in Somalia since 1978.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 27, 2026 06:28 PM (tV890)

202 I've always thought she has a rather pleasing bone structure and good skin.
So does Big Mike.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 27, 2026 06:28 PM (XMwZJ)

203 177 I worked with a couple of guys who bought into a nightclub for that purpose. They didn't end up losing much, but the point was access, status and the club sluts that came with them.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:15 PM (MABZ1)

In my day it was called being in a band. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 06:23 PM (snZF9)
——

I was in a metal band back in the day too! But the night club brought in way more chicks.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 27, 2026 06:28 PM (ILvsn)

204 159 Buying up grapes and then making your own commercial wine happens

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 06:17 PM (Ia/+0)

+++++

Yeah, for sure. There certainly are a lot of different varieties of wines; the shelves are full of them. But many don't last, and it has become sort of a Ponzi scheme or shell game for some naive investors.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 27, 2026 06:28 PM (5fQW6)

205 Today's posts seem to be just a parade of dweebs. Well, any coverage of current events involving leftists usually devolves into a parade of dweebs, but today seems to be attracting more and more of them.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 27, 2026 06:28 PM (6Bc88)

206 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:23 PM (MABZ1)

And the swimsuit looks cartoonishly painted on.
Not one of cash cow's better AI efforts.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 06:28 PM (PFs9e)

207 Richard's the one who kept ducking behind a wall every time the rogue's dart hit him. And re-establishing displacement every time he broke line of slight, thwarting every successful counter-strike he made.

Was the slowest most humiliating death I've witnessed.

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 06:29 PM (ciYHQ)

208 I've always thought she has a rather pleasing bone structure and good skin.
So does Big Mike.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 27, 2026 06:28 PM (XMwZJ)
---
No way does Michelle have the bone structure of Omar.

She's got a bone structure.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:29 PM (krQz2)

209 I've always thought she has a rather pleasing bone structure and good skin.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:27 PM (krQz2)

She is demonic but not physically unattractive.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 06:29 PM (lpTXP)

210 It was $30 million last month. $44 million now. Checks came in this month.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 27, 2026 06:29 PM (MZ+PY)

211 200 Did they lay off Biden's 87,000 IRS agents?
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 27, 2026 06:27 PM (YlWIZ)

And where are all the sidearms they purchased for them?

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 27, 2026 06:29 PM (6Bc88)

212
The corruption in our local,state, and federal governments is, I believe,far more extensive than we yet know. It is a knife at the throat of America.
Posted by: Diogenes

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

Up and down the hierarchy. We have to stop creating these damned Programs. You want more Latina girls to get into computer science? Start a program! Find a Program Director in your DEI Rolodex or hell, your family tree, and start taking money. When your Latina program needs more money, make some secret handshakes with a shady real estate developer and somehow waive all the restrictions on 10-story buildings on the coast.

I get sick thinking about all the grift. Just, for now, No More "Programs."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:30 PM (Px6E0)

213 I was in a metal band back in the day too! But the night club brought in way more chicks.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 27, 2026 06:28 PM (ILvsn)

Ok, so he was proficient at stocking the shelves. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 06:30 PM (snZF9)

214 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:22 PM (Px6E0)

I join you in your unpopular opinion.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 06:30 PM (PFs9e)

215
Honestly I wish people would stop doing these kind of investigations and reporting on them. All it does is eat another layer out of my stomach because not a damn thing will come from it. You can just add it to the gigantic scroll 8 miles long of crimes the left gets away with while Republicans have the power to do something about it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

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

In all seriousness, does anyone think Comer is going to find anything actionable?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:30 PM (Px6E0)

216 I've always thought she has a rather pleasing bone structure and good skin.
So does Big Mike.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 27, 2026 06:28 PM (XMwZJ)

Especially between her legs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 06:31 PM (8zz6B)

217 >>> Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 06:27 PM (BI5O2)

If this isn't in the comments of the week I'll have to (temporarily) rename myself Karen so I can call the management of this blog.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 06:31 PM (ULPxl)

218 Did they lay off Biden's 87,000 IRS agents?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 27, 2026 06:27 PM

They never got hired. That money timed out with the BBB.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 27, 2026 06:31 PM (0N4FZ)

219
I don't care about the her bone structure and nice skin.

She is a piece of shit who is stealing hardworking American's money.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 27, 2026 06:31 PM (3ek7K)

220 180 This busty brunette in a one-piece wouldn't mind a glass of wine:
http://tiny.cc/7h7y001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:23 PM (MABZ1)

*******

Any pictures of her wearing a bikini as real as the grapes Omar used?

Asking for a friend...

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 27, 2026 06:32 PM (Eo/8K)

221 11 But few people have demonized her more than Mr. Trump, who has veered into racist and xenophobic vitriol, in the view of Ms. Omar and other critics of the president.
++++
Oh, blow me.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:48 PM (MABZ1)

If they think Trump is racists and xenophobic, imagine what they would make of our comments. LOL.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 27, 2026 06:33 PM (6Bc88)

222 In all seriousness, does anyone think Comer is going to find anything actionable?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:30 PM (Px6E0)
++++
Sure he will. They aren't subtle and they aren't hiding. We don't even *need* Comer to find anything. The "citizen journalists" and the like are finding plenty all on their own.

It's out there now. There is surely much more, and it will possibly even be found.

The problem isn't the "investigation" or whatever, the problem is that these "investigations" have an unblemished record of resulting in nothing. The Party rules.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:33 PM (MABZ1)

223 Virtual Winery serving virtual wine makes 40 mil in a year. Yeah, I should have taken that job.
It is definitely a scam. Don't know about Winerys but a small local brewery I like has been quietly building up for years. They are still afloat but still very limited reach in my state. You would never see that kind of money that fast; just more Hunty Biden paintings.

Posted by: Nelly at January 27, 2026 06:33 PM (7gpcF)

224 After a year or so the casino State police unit pretty much shut that avenue down. Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 27, 2026 06:12 PM (0N4FZ)

The classic is a laundromat. All cash; nobody knows how much it is actually pulling in. The goal of the laundromat was simply to make enough money to keep the lights on and pay the rent. The profit was cycling dirty money through the business.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 27, 2026 06:34 PM (tV890)

225 157 The Donald is bragging about no crime in D.C.

Only if the next shutdown happens. I think we're scheduled for Friday.
Posted by: t-bird

Just in time for that possible Nor'easter arriving in Babylon DC. Maybe. Or not. The weather witchdoctors are still reading the chicken entrails.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 27, 2026 06:34 PM (sAmhv)

226 >>>No way does Michelle have the bone structure of Omar.

She's got a bone structure.

Posted by: Axeman

>Big Mike is one tooth short of being an extraterrestrial Predator.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 06:34 PM (oT7pT)

227 I notice she didn't say "hey, let me show you where this money came from", she just attacked Trump.

Its all laundering.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 06:35 PM (n5tGW)

228 Ugly personal attacks against Ms. Omar

--

Ms.? I find that curious. Also, I'm perplexed. The NYT is concerned about "ugly personal attacks," but not the ones we've heard for 8 years about Donald Trump. Those using ugly personal attacks didn't get a blip of coverage. How mysterious!

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 06:35 PM (qBdHI)

229 >>> 224
==
The classic is a laundromat. All cash; nobody knows how much it is actually pulling in. The goal of the laundromat was simply to make enough money to keep the lights on and pay the rent. The profit was cycling dirty money through the business.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 27, 2026 06:34 PM (tV890)

Didn't Uncle Palp claim to own and run a laundromat?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 06:35 PM (ULPxl)

230 197 I'd like to see Ilhan without all that head raggery. VERY unpopular opinion, but I bet she looks attractive.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:22 PM (Px6E0)

---
I've always thought she has a rather pleasing bone structure and good skin.
Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:27 PM (krQz2)

I rather doubt any of the pleasing or good features survive her insouciant elitist sneer.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 27, 2026 06:35 PM (6Bc88)

231 I don't understand people who can't land nav, can't swim, and write TLDR

I hand you a 400 page book of playboy models, and you say that's too many?

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 06:35 PM (ciYHQ)

232 ... Caryn: "it does take just a minute to develop on the palate. It's quite good, actually. It has a robust, foetid earthiness, with overtones of sand, and... blood, I think. I will have Paolo drive Ken's QX60 down to Trader Joe's and tow back a trailer load of it."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 06:27 PM (BI5O2)
++++
:: throws flag ::

How did Caryn find the totem animal of the hyper-cucks? Only he would marry her...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:35 PM (MABZ1)

233 I've always thought she has a rather pleasing bone structure and good skin.
Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:27 PM (krQz2)

Meh. I’ve seen better bone structure on an iodine bottle.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 06:36 PM (Sxl5b)

234 I gotta say that probably nothing will happen.

Posted by: Guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at January 27, 2026 06:36 PM (vFG9F)

235 214 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:22 PM (Px6E0)

I join you in your unpopular opinion.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 06:30 PM (PFs9e)

+++++

I just can't get past that flash of evil I see in her eyes. It negates all her other positive attributes for me.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 27, 2026 06:36 PM (5fQW6)

236 I don't care about the her bone structure and nice skin.

She is a piece of shit

Posted by: fourseasons at January 27, 2026 06:31 PM (3ek7K)
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Shit doesn't have bones.

I didn't say her looks redeem her in any way. As an artist who studied facial anatomy, I just notice classic or aesthetic lines and spacing. It means no more than that assessment.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:37 PM (krQz2)

237 Only if the next shutdown happens. I think we're scheduled for Friday.
Posted by: t-bird at January 27, 2026 06:17 PM (kIFVO)
++++
The House passed a nicely sold-out bill.

I hope Trump vetoes it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:37 PM (MABZ1)

238 "Sorry baby, you're adorable but I've had too much sex today"

What?

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 06:37 PM (ciYHQ)

239
172
I'd like to see Ilhan without all that head raggery. VERY unpopular opinion, but I bet she looks attractive. Anyway, she's good with accessories, colors, makeup, and she has an interesting ethnic-flavored wardrobe.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:22 PM

--------

Has she had the genital mutilation surgery, or is that just for little people?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 27, 2026 06:37 PM (6E9xV)

240 "Years of 'investigations' have found nothing."

This is true. The investigations have found nothing to explain her meteoric rise in personal wealth.

Posted by: Emmie at January 27, 2026 06:37 PM (FMtrg)

241 For those of you crushed by the big winter storm in the Lower 48, we are in the process of getting about a foot and a half of snow since last night, still snowing. Business as usual.

I understand the panic in the deep south, but bitching about winter in NYC or Boston is just plain silly. OMG! It is snowing! We are all gonna die! But then, it is winter....

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 27, 2026 06:38 PM (6Bc88)

242 The movie The Accountant has some info on money laundering and autistic kung fu, a fun ride.

Posted by: kingsman at January 27, 2026 06:38 PM (ehY6c)

243
The problem isn't the "investigation" or whatever, the problem is that these "investigations" have an unblemished record of resulting in nothing.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

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

"Years of 'investigations' have found nothing" is the one statement Ilhan has ever made that's objectively true, verifiable, and timeless.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:39 PM (Px6E0)

244 >>> 241 For those of you crushed by the big winter storm in the Lower 48, we are in the process of getting about a foot and a half of snow since last night, still snowing. Business as usual.

I understand the panic in the deep south, but bitching about winter in NYC or Boston is just plain silly. OMG! It is snowing! We are all gonna die! But then, it is winter....
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 27, 2026 06:38 PM (6Bc8

I stocked up before the freeze. I'm mostly grumpy because I didn't think I had moved to $)@*(%&#*^*(# North Dakota.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 06:39 PM (ULPxl)

245 "Years of 'investigations' have found nothing" is the one statement Ilhan has ever made that's objectively true, verifiable, and timeless.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:39 PM (Px6E0)
++++
Well, *resulted* in nothing. Who knows what they found.

Maybe did find nothing. These investigators all play "three wise monkeys."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:40 PM (MABZ1)

246
Has she had the genital mutilation surgery, or is that just for little people?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

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

I'm certain she's had it. FGM rate in Somalia is said to be 99%.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:41 PM (Px6E0)

247 Why was the Biden Administration investigating her since she was a Democrat?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 06:41 PM (PFs9e)

248
Well, *resulted* in nothing. Who knows what they found.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

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

Good distinction.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:41 PM (Px6E0)

249 >>> 245 "Years of 'investigations' have found nothing" is the one statement Ilhan has ever made that's objectively true, verifiable, and timeless.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:39 PM (Px6E0)
++++
Well, *resulted* in nothing. Who knows what they found.

Maybe did find nothing. These investigators all play "three wise monkeys."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:40 PM (MABZ1)

She didn't *intend* to become amazingly wealthy.

Posted by: James Comey, pine-scented druid philosopher at January 27, 2026 06:41 PM (ULPxl)

250 90. 91. 92..

"Oh you can just stop at $100, that's enough for me"

What?

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 06:41 PM (ciYHQ)

251 I wouldn't fuck Ilhan Omar with Ace's dick and Garrett doing the pushing.
Posted by: ballistic

Somebody run that puppy through an AI prompt for the ONT

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 27, 2026 06:41 PM (vid9O)

252 She’s a loon.
The hubby is a dork.
They’re rich.
She’s a one.

Posted by: Accomack at January 27, 2026 06:41 PM (GbONR)

253 I'm certain she's had it. FGM rate in Somalia is said to be 99%.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:41 PM (Px6E0)
---
Maybe that's the reason she seems so angry.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:42 PM (krQz2)

254
It's 40 degrees here in Wyoming today. We are having a mild winter here. It's strange.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 27, 2026 06:42 PM (3ek7K)

255 >>>Ugly personal attacks against Ms. Omar

Brought to you by people whose ideological opponents are all Nazis.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 06:42 PM (dK+Kv)

256 I stocked up before the freeze. I'm mostly grumpy because I didn't think I had moved to $)@*(%&#*^*(# North Dakota.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 06:39 PM (ULPxl)

How is Bluebell the hen faring?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 06:43 PM (8zz6B)

257
I didn't say her looks redeem her in any way. As an artist who studied facial anatomy, I just notice classic or aesthetic lines and spacing. It means no more than that assessment.
Posted by: Axeman

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

Yes. There are some objectively attractive, spiritually repulsive women out there.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:43 PM (Px6E0)

258 Ilyan might be physically attractive, but I remember one of my bosses. The interview was great! Hot young female boss! Woo hoo!

She was a demon. All of her physical attractiveness was gone once I started work. Every employee lived in fear of her. She slept her way to the top, everyone knew it, and she knew everyone knew it, and she wanted to wield what power she had, and she was a cruel, mean, nasty piece of work that would make most Karens say "that's too far!"

Literally got fired by her twice. The first time my boss in another division had to intervene and force her to rehire me. The second time she'd run the company into the ground with a lot of help from Obama's regulations, and my entire division got let go.

Posted by: Sam MacGee. at January 27, 2026 06:43 PM (/ZkOF)

259 "Estate produced wine, often labeled as "Estate Bottled" or "Estate Grown," is produced entirely from grapes grown on land owned or controlled by the winery, with all crushing, fermentation, and bottling occurring on the same property."

Key Aspects of Estate Produced Wine:

Definition: The winery must own or control (via long-term lease) 100% of the vineyards.

Production: 100% of the grapes must be crushed, fermented, and bottled on-site.

Appellation: All grapes must be grown within the same American Viticultural Area (AVA) as the winery.

Posted by: 13times at January 27, 2026 06:43 PM (G5wD6)

260 I have bouts of hope for our country.

I think that's my problem.

Too much hope.

However, the Lord can do anything he wants. And we have to be available to his works.

So I keep on hoping...at least a little bit.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:44 PM (krQz2)

261 She’s a one.

Posted by: Accomack at January 27, 2026 06:41 PM (GbONR)

She's so repulsive that I wouldn't even hate F her.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 06:44 PM (dK+Kv)

262 Wasn't there a search for the DC J6 Bomber under Biden that found....nothing?

And then suddenly, evidence was discovered.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2026 06:44 PM (iMotb)

263
Maybe that's the reason she seems so angry.
Posted by: Axeman

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I think it may account for a few things about that whole society. Maybe some anthropologist has researched it. I'd be interested to know.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:45 PM (Px6E0)

264 Don't mind me. Ace asked if I could do background chatter for the ambiance

"Walter! You naughty boy! Who could have imagined..."

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 06:45 PM (ciYHQ)

265 This busty brunette in a one-piece wouldn't mind a glass of wine:
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:23 PM

Skips leg day.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 06:45 PM (0sNs1)

266 I'm certain she's had it. FGM rate in Somalia is said to be 99%.

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali's description of her FGM at age 5, and her sister's at age 4, is the stuff of nightmares. Held down by her grandmother, legs spread, with some man basically using scissors and clippers to cut off her labia and clitoris. With no anesthesia. In a room in their house. No medical personnel. No pain relief. Just reading her describing the incredible pain and screaming will make your knees buckle. Then they both got stitched together and had their legs tied together for weeks to keep them still until a thick layer of scar tissue formed. Ultimately sealing together their vaginas, leaving them flat with no opening and only a small trickle for peeing. This apparently goes on until these women are married and the husband busts through the scar tissue, leaving them in blinding pain.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 06:46 PM (qBdHI)

267 >>> 256
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How is Bluebell the hen faring?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 06:43 PM (8zz6B)

She and the other chickens have done pretty well. They are somewhat puzzled and irritated about the cold white stuff on the ground that discourages them from running amok eating grass and seeds.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 06:46 PM (ULPxl)

268 Key Aspects of Estate Produced Wine:

Definition: The winery must own or control (via long-term lease) 100% of the vineyards.

Production: 100% of the grapes must be crushed, fermented, and bottled on-site.

Appellation: All grapes must be grown within the same American Viticultural Area (AVA) as the winery.
Posted by: 13times at January 27, 2026 06:43 PM (G5wD6)

Can you make "Estate-Grown" wine from thistles? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 06:46 PM (8zz6B)

269 Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:44 PM (krQz2)

Good for you. Me too, and keep on praying!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 06:46 PM (PFs9e)

270 She said, "I'll turn you on Sonny to something strong, play the song with the funky break"

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 06:46 PM (ciYHQ)

271
I get so outraged over Ilhan, it may be too much. I just seethe over that hateful little demon.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:47 PM (Px6E0)

272 Can you make "Estate-Grown" wine from thistles? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 06:46 PM (8zz6B)

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Castor Bean Ricin Wine FTW!

/Things I learned from "Breaking Bad" ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 06:48 PM (fbMoU)

273 I think it may account for a few things about that whole society. Maybe some anthropologist has researched it. I'd be interested to know.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:45 PM (Px6E0)
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Saw some lady on X who was theorizing that what was really driving AWFLs further all the time was a lack of a strong man in their lives. She got a bit bawdy as well, talking about how sex relieves stress. But she really meant that it's just a frustration that builds because they hate what they also feel they need.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:49 PM (krQz2)

274 Lack of Evidence

There was a ton of evidence. Then we destroyed it.
*shrugs*
-FIB

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 06:49 PM (Dv3i1)

275 I'm certain she's had it. FGM rate in Somalia is said to be 99%.

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali's description of her FGM at age 5, and her sister's at age 4, is the stuff of nightmares. Held down by her grandmother, legs spread, with some man basically using scissors and clippers to cut off her labia and clitoris. With no anesthesia. In a room in their house. No medical personnel. No pain relief. Just reading her describing the incredible pain and screaming will make your knees buckle. Then they both got stitched together and had their legs tied together for weeks to keep them still until a thick layer of scar tissue formed. Ultimately sealing together their vaginas, leaving them flat with no opening and only a small trickle for peeing. This apparently goes on until these women are married and the husband busts through the scar tissue, leaving them in blinding pain.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 06:46 PM (qBdHI)

In Omar's case, I find myself devoid of compassion.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 06:49 PM (dK+Kv)

276
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 06:46 PM (qBdHI)

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There are several of those accounts out there. The first and possibly worst one I ever read was by an Egyptian woman, Nawal El Saadawi.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:49 PM (Px6E0)

277 "I submit to you that your Empire is illogical because it cannot endure. I submit that you are illogical to be a willing part of it."

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 06:50 PM (ciYHQ)

278 I'm just pissed at being the sucker all the time.

If my state passed that no looking into places receiving govt funds thing like VA, I am opening up a somali day care.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 06:50 PM (n5tGW)

279 Down in New Orleans where everything's fine
All them cats love Somali wine

Some buy the fifth
Some buy the quart

When you buy Somali you're doin' things smart

Posted by: Sicks "Miklos" McGee, drinking Spo-de-o-Dee at January 27, 2026 06:50 PM (AP7fj)

280 Nood. If I was in LA.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 06:51 PM (0sNs1)

281 It's 40 degrees here in Wyoming today. We are having a mild winter here. It's strange.

Posted by: fourseasons
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Here, as well. Was almost 50F today. Nights were in the 20s & high teens for a few, recently. Now a tiny chance of snow tonight. It'll melt right away. Highs in 40s-low 50s coming up.

Strange, indeed!

Posted by: JQ at January 27, 2026 06:52 PM (rdVOm)

282
Saw some lady on X who was theorizing that what was really driving AWFLs further all the time was a lack of a strong man in their lives. She got a bit bawdy as well, talking about how sex relieves stress. But she really meant that it's just a frustration that builds because they hate what they also feel they need.
Posted by: Axeman

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Except these women have no idea what they're missing. They simply hate having sex; there's nothing in it for them and men are insatiable.

As for the men, there's evidence that they're affected by a field of partners consisting of "tabletops," as mutilated women are called.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:52 PM (Px6E0)

283 Also alcohol consumption is way down.

So...who's buying this wine?

maybe its exported to Somalia.

Posted by: coba at January 27, 2026 06:52 PM (IuIym)

284
One of the big Gallo industrial wineries is about a mile down the road from my shop. Looks like an oil refinery with a shit-load of huge storage tanks. Has it's own rail spur and they load tanker cars all the time, probably to send off raw wine for bottling in other facilities.

Everything looks like it's made from stainless steel. I imagine that the wine is very... fresh.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 27, 2026 06:53 PM (y9nCu)

285 Can you make "Estate-Grown" wine from thistles? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Grandaddy made elderberry wine on his farm estate.

Never bothered to put labels on the bottles

Posted by: Miklos avec Neck Rouge at January 27, 2026 06:53 PM (AP7fj)

286 Nood. If I was in LA.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 06:51 PM (0sNs1)
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Ahem. were

Posted by: That Guy at January 27, 2026 06:54 PM (krQz2)

287 The grapes thing sounds like a way to funnel money without campaign funding. Sell the 'grapes' for a low price like Hillary's cattle futures, then buy the wine and divide the profits. Then the money is Omars.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 06:55 PM (8avO+)

288 (notes from flute, Alugalug Cat)

https://tinyurl.com/mr3kubh8

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 06:56 PM (ciYHQ)

289 I'm certain she's had it. FGM rate in Somalia is said to be 99%.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:41 PM (Px6E0)

This is yet another thing I do not get about Islam. If the gal is not into it... it takes almost all of the fun out of it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 06:59 PM (zZu0s)

290 For Somalians being lot IQ they sure know how to pirate and stealing Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 06:19 PM (Ia/+0)

My kid's hamster kept getting out of its cage. I was frustrated because, I'm much smarter than a hamster. Then I realized, the hamster has 24/7 to try to get out of his cage, I have only a couple of minutes to think about keeping him in.

Also, Somalis have been stealing aid money from NGOs in Somalia since 1978.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 27, 2026 06:28 PM (tV890)

I'm sure there are plenty of non Somali's helping out with these scams in exchange for a percentage of the take or something.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 07:00 PM (8avO+)

291 Everything looks like it's made from stainless steel. I imagine that the wine is very... fresh.

It is. Gallo ages their wine on the truck.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 07:01 PM (a4flb)

292 And if you're really sharp, you can cash out big on your winery, software firm, whatever, when it inevitably implodes. Ask the WeWork guy.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:17 PM (Px6E0)

I swear these people do absolutely zero due diligence before investing or acquiring. Take Theranos for example. People threw hundreds of millions of dollars at that chick having done no inquiry whatsoever.

Posted by: Somehow dumb people get rich at January 27, 2026 07:03 PM (TbWk/)

293 Back in 1998-2000 we went to check out a new brewery in Kenwood (Napa)- a very large Krones bottling line/shop - probably 500+ bottles a minute. Everything was spanking new. It sat there idle. Bottling lines that size should be operating two shifts. We never saw the kettles and uni-tanks. It was connected to a well established winery.

Ale was good, the only problem was no one was buying it. Never once saw it on shelves at the grocery store. It went belly-up.

Posted by: 13times at January 27, 2026 07:08 PM (tGUk4)

294 > This is yet another thing I do not get about Islam. If the gal is not into it... it takes almost all of the fun out of it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 06:59 PM (zZu0s)

Well, here's the thing: you know that you are capable of making it fun for the woman, or at least that is part of your goal.

Your typical Muzzie has no such goal and probably wouldn't be capable of performing it anyway. They're pathologically insecure about their sexual prowess. That's why they keep their women in harems, put bags over their heads, and so on... to make sure they don't meet any men who might be capable of pleasing a woman. In the extreme, they use surgery to make sure she can't possibly be pleased by anyone.

It is a sick, sick culture and it needs to be eradicated from the face of the earth.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 27, 2026 07:19 PM (IG3/x)

295 There are successful vineyards, wineries and winos.

LA Time, 2015
Nancy Pelosi’s vineyard makes her fourth-richest Californian in Congress 🙄
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Aside from that: It looks like eStCru LLC was registered to ship wine in Maryland until mid-2023.

Odd. (eStCru LLC is linked to Tim Mynett (husband of Rep. Ilhan Omar) and his business partner Will Hailer.

From the West Pike website: (In part) "Will Hailer is the Co-Founder and Partner at West Pike focuses on creating long-term value through opportunistic investments in the beverage industry. We accomplish that through transformation to operations, vertical integration, sustainability and decades of experience.

Will spent almost two decades rising within the leadership ranks of politics in the United States – ultimately serving as the Senior Advisor to the Chairman at the Democratic National Committee. ..."
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Bloomberg, Nov 21, 2024, 'Byju's founder 'tried to regain firm' with cash hidden from US lenders'
Raveendran allegedly recruited Hailer, who is a former political consultant, to try to buy out US creditors owed more than $1.2 billion under a loan
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'Investment' in clean energy infrastructure?'

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 07:26 PM (NFX2v)

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