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Garden of the Gods in winter
Kristin_Mae Photography

Raising adorable orphaned baby rhinos.

The Volonaut airbike, which the company claims is real, and not just a prop being moved around by a rope dangling from a crane which is digitally removed with CGI. The cost of the airbike, if it's real, will be $880,000, when it's ready for sale, if ever.

Big dog who was kept in a small crate for six years is now free to run and and play.

"Oatmeal" the dog lives in the pool.

It takes a village to raise a squirrel.

Did you know that 90% of modern song "writing" is just stealing the main hook of prior hits and giving the actual writers no money or even credit?

Terrified rescue dog comes out of her shell.

Poor dog was kept immobilized on a chain too heavy to move for 13 years. When he was confiscated, he was put on the euthanasia list due to his immobility. But he was rescued and is living his last years with loving people.

That, sir, is a bear.

Border collie has moved up to herding horses.

Nate Bargatze on the responsibility of dog ownership. And the hazards.

Bargatze is interesting because he avoids all profanity and sexual stuff. I think he's popular, though, because he gets into truly edgy material: passive-aggressively fighting with his wife about nothing from the stage.

This is real courage in comedy. Speaking Truth to Wife.

Last weekend, without assistance or ropes or any other equipment*, star climber Alex Honnold climbed the 1667 foot 101 Tapei building. It was streamed live on Netflix, so I guess he got legal permission to do it?

pic.twitter.com/uPHbc9cgaL
— Otto Huang  (@OttoHuang120) January 26, 2026

Of course, that's easy-peasy compared to the climb he's most famous for.

* Okay, he had two pieces of equipment: His climbing shoes and a bag of talc to keep his hands dry.

Update: Huh, was this a publicity stunt to sell Taiwanese ramen noodles?

Posted by: Ace at 07:40 PM

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Posted by: Admirale's Mate at January 30, 2026 07:39 PM (/enuJ)

2 twoish

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at January 30, 2026 07:39 PM (/enuJ)

3 thirdish

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at January 30, 2026 07:40 PM (/enuJ)

4 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 07:41 PM (Ia/+0)

5 nood duties are done

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at January 30, 2026 07:42 PM (/enuJ)

6 Top 10 baby! W00t!

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 07:44 PM (GTqXr)

7 Did you know that 90% of modern song "writing" is just....ICE ICE BABY

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 30, 2026 07:45 PM (NtVYv)

8 Did you know that 90% of modern song "writing" is just stealing the main hook of prior hits and giving the actual writers no money or even credit?

Tell us about it
youtu.be/bdazIpDDrO8

Posted by: Garden of Delight (or maybe Killing Joke) at January 30, 2026 07:46 PM (gKWVE)

9 What makes that Airbike even stay up besides AI?

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 07:46 PM (Ia/+0)

10 Airbike doesn't look fake at all, no siree.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 07:46 PM (GTqXr)

11
I hope Chico is a nice rooster, if such a thing exists, because those things can get mean as hell.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 30, 2026 07:47 PM (hxCZf)

12
Volonaut Airbike is right out of James Bond.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 30, 2026 07:47 PM (hxCZf)

13 I've about had it with this damn snow and we get snow in the Cafe! And day after tomorrow will be Fe-brrrrrrrr-ary!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 30, 2026 07:47 PM (J+Psw)

14 If the gods had a garden, they wouldn't put it in Colorado Springs.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 30, 2026 07:48 PM (JjkYH)

15 * sniff sniff *

* no mephitic penguin or residual Axe Body Wash emanations detected *

Barkeep, whiskey shots all around!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 30, 2026 07:48 PM (0sNs1)

16 Have a trip planned to the Med. in May. Will end in Athens for 3 days. Stoked to see the Acropolis.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 07:49 PM (GTqXr)

17 Did you know that 90% of modern song "writing" is just....ICE ICE BABY
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 30, 2026 07:45 PM (NtVYv)

The other 10% are Taylor Swift bitching about dating gay men.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 30, 2026 07:51 PM (JjkYH)

18 We have jet power, prop planes, large top bladed helicopters
and a Airbike

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 07:52 PM (Ia/+0)

19 Volonaut airbike

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Reminds me of the brief clip in the old Johnny Quest opening credits of two bad guys flying along.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 30, 2026 07:52 PM (J+Psw)

20 Reminds me of the brief clip in the old Johnny Quest opening credits of two bad guys flying along.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Greatest opening theme music ever!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 30, 2026 07:54 PM (cYBz/)

21 14 If the gods had a garden, they wouldn't put it in Colorado Springs.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 30, 2026 07:48 PM (JjkYH)

30 or so years ago it used to be a very Conservative town... Army Base for Spec Op types, Air Farce Academy, Rodeo Museum... fun bars like Meadow Muffins (which had a sign above the bar saying Budweiser, letting Ugly Women get Laid for over 100 years)...

Then, Colorado changed.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 30, 2026 07:58 PM (mP0Kj)

22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWdhMVkeDeQ

Less than a Lambo.

Posted by: MkY at January 30, 2026 07:58 PM (q6tQZ)

23 Oh, Joachim Phoenix is drawing links between ice and the Israeli military.

Huh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 07:58 PM (zZu0s)

24 We are going to be 50-50 in this upcoming Civil War

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 07:59 PM (Ia/+0)

25 Volonaut bike looks like you're trying to hump a gas grill.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 30, 2026 07:59 PM (snZF9)

26 Did you know that 90% of modern song "writing" is just stealing the main hook of prior hits and giving the actual writers no money or even credit?

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This is my new song dedicated to the President of Mexico.

The Sheinbaum's connected to the assbaum
The assbaum's connected to the retardbaum . . .

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 30, 2026 07:59 PM (J+Psw)

27 Freeclimbing is self-nominating for a Darwin Award.

If you have kids, then shame on you.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 30, 2026 08:01 PM (RIvkX)

28 30 or so years ago it used to be a very Conservative town... Army Base for Spec Op types, Air Farce Academy, Rodeo Museum... fun bars like Meadow Muffins (which had a sign above the bar saying Budweiser, letting Ugly Women get Laid for over 100 years)...

Then, Colorado changed.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 30, 2026 07:58 PM (mP0Kj)

Colorado Springs tends to vote Republican.

Whether that means it's "conservative" or not, I don't know.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 30, 2026 08:01 PM (H4a50)

29 That air bike looks like an ad out of the back of a comic book.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 08:01 PM (zZu0s)

30 Ace did it! Entire month of January Bat-free and Sea Stack-free! Cause for jubilation all-around!

Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board of Trade at January 30, 2026 08:02 PM (oftw2)

31 The Volonaut airbike looks like something that can kill you very quickly.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 08:02 PM (vFG9F)

32 >29 That air bike looks like an ad out of the back of a comic book.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 08:01 PM (zZu0s)

Right next to the ad for Sea Monkeys and XRay specs.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:03 PM (GTqXr)

33 My favorite Bargatze set is when he talks about traveling into the past. He thinks he's too stupid to convince anyone in the past that he's from the future because he doesn't know anything.

"Yeah, in the future, we carry our phones around with us."

"How does that work?"

"I really don't know."

Posted by: Rachel Corrie at January 30, 2026 08:03 PM (dIske)

34 Volonaut airbike looks like it needs to be close to the ground.

What is the lift capacity and range? Could Special Forces or Space Marines use it in a stealth assault?

160th pilots probably are not worried.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:03 PM (u82oZ)

35 Thumbnail on ewetub:

On the plus side, Don Lemon will now be judged by a jury of 12 people, which is more than he ever had watching him at CNN.

Me: Sir, that is beautiful. *goldclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 08:04 PM (zZu0s)

36 on topic of Colorado, Rep-then-Senator Jaquez Lewis (D) is now a convicted felon.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 08:04 PM (gKWVE)

37 >34 Volonaut airbike looks like it needs to be close to the ground.

What is the lift capacity and range? Could Special Forces or Space Marines use it in a stealth assault?

160th pilots probably are not worried.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:03 PM (u82oZ)

Looks like it carries about 3 minutes of fuel before you plunge to your death.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:05 PM (GTqXr)

38 24 We are going to be 50-50 in this upcoming Civil War
Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 07:59 PM (Ia/+0)

Some of us will be 50 cal.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 30, 2026 08:05 PM (I40wl)

39 When I was a little kid I had a book about Robert Goddard and I was sure I could build a rocket like his and maybe even ride in it. I drew plans and everything. Alas, I never built it, much less rode in it, which is one reason I am still here today.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 08:05 PM (vFG9F)

40 Right next to the ad for Sea Monkeys and XRay specs.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:03 PM (GTqXr)

And where the idiot is looking at his hand. Hand? I'd be looking at Amy ******'s sweater melons.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 08:05 PM (zZu0s)

41 Rachel Corrie

You are supposed to go into the past with stock pick, and know where to get gold mines started.

Too far in the past, and there is no good dentistry.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:06 PM (u82oZ)

42 Looked up the Volonaut, intrigued by the sound of that jet turbine. I wondered how long it could stay up, and best info I found is flight time: 10 minutes. That’s the big limitation to its usefulness.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 30, 2026 08:06 PM (ai6/n)

43 Already saw a YouTube short on the Airbike, still not sure I buy that

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 08:06 PM (Ia/+0)

44 Heavy Meta

No air to air refueling in that rig.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:07 PM (u82oZ)

45 YouTube said 30 minutes on s electric charge

So add another 30 pounds beside yourself with the battery

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 08:08 PM (Ia/+0)

46 Ground hover is no way to go through life, Race Bannon.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:08 PM (u82oZ)

47 >44 Heavy Meta

No air to air refueling in that rig.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:07 PM (u82oZ)

Unless your strapping a jerry can to your back - no bueno.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:08 PM (GTqXr)

48 ace.i just watched the Just Shoot Me episode that has to be your favorite. More so than the Chicken Pot Pie episode.

It's the episode where Finch was pursuing a threesome that he thought he had set up with Maya.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:09 PM (cwGMH)

49 Must have driven past the Garden of the Gods on the way up to Pikes Peak though can't remember seeing a sign for it.

Posted by: Decaf at January 30, 2026 08:09 PM (Z8jzG)

50 Did you know that 90% of modern song "writing" is just stealing the main hook of prior hits and giving the actual writers no money or even credit?
__________
Not new:
Everybody's making money but Tchaikovsky
https://tinyurl.com/3yyudh9a

Posted by: Eeyore at January 30, 2026 08:10 PM (AlhUl)

51 > It's the episode where Finch was pursuing a threesome that he thought he had set up with Maya.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:09 PM (cwGMH)

There were only two reasons to watch that show.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:10 PM (GTqXr)

52 As loud as the airbike sounded in that vid multiply it by 20 in person.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:10 PM (cwGMH)

53 Volonaut is a solution in need of a real problem.

Diamonds, fancy cars, and good meals will have a better return for the dick-length challenged men.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:10 PM (u82oZ)

54 This guy would be good at marriage counseling.

https://is.gd/ROhirK

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 30, 2026 08:11 PM (J+Psw)

55 Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:10 PM (GTqXr)

They are spectacular.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:11 PM (cwGMH)

56 Did you know that 90% of modern song "writing" is just stealing the main hook of prior hits and giving the actual writers no money or even credit?

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While waiting for automotive service in Walmart today -- cannot stand the shitty modern ~~music~~ crap they pipe in over the PA (both inside and outside, but particularly loud in the waiting room that wifey and I sat on a bench near the Pharmacy -- so strolled around inside and out.

Anywho, I was shocked upon returning to pick my car up that I heard a good song -- "Give A Little Bit" -- but then realized it was itself a cover of the original Supertramp song.

Wifey said "What is the point of covering a perfectly good song?"

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 08:12 PM (0Eh0f)

57 You were too judgmental to watch so you missed it!

Star Trek gives pacifist Klingon named "Jay-Den" two polyamorous refugee dads

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at January 30, 2026 08:12 PM (J+Psw)

58 wow, en fuego today, Ace!

have a Happy Weekend!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 30, 2026 08:13 PM (Cjt/F)

59 I guess Harold Lloyd wasn't all that.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 30, 2026 08:14 PM (AlhUl)

60 >Wifey said "What is the point of covering a perfectly good song?"
Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 08:12 PM (0Eh0f)

Depends - SRV's Voodoo Child is a better rendition than Hendrix's (which is saying something). There are a number of examples where the cover is superior to the original.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:14 PM (GTqXr)

61 In a different age Hannold's feat of Soloing El Cap, would have been worthy of story and song.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 30, 2026 08:14 PM (XV/Pl)

62 Willowed from Woke Thread:

195 Blah Blah Blah.... the average temperature of the earf is maybe around 50 F or 18 C (my guess)...blah blah blah....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 07:43 PM (QGaXH)

Average Earth T is 15 C, or 59 degrees F
Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 07:47 PM (8avO+)

So my eyeball guess was pretty close...

What is your source?

15 C is 288 K as I recall.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 08:14 PM (QGaXH)

63 From The Verge:

I have two daughters. My youngest is not yet two years old and will, I hope, be too young to remember anything about the armed, masked agents terrorizing Minneapolis. My oldest, as she’d proudly tell you, will be five next summer. I don’t know how much she understands, but I wanted to be prepared for anything she might ask, so I turned, as generations of parents have, to Sesame Street. Here’s their advice for ages four to five: “Children may be concerned about your safety or about being separated. Explain all the ways grown-ups can keep them safe—if they’re afraid of an event that happened far away, use the distance to reassure them.”

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🤣🤣🤣
These people are litrally insane.

Posted by: Really?? at January 30, 2026 08:14 PM (PHOGh)

64 Volonaut is a Dollar Store charcoal grill.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 08:15 PM (rarFa)

65 Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster!

You would think that Star Fleet wants crew members and operators of star ships to be competent, mentally stable, and have no Daddy issues.

If you have a number of planets, and these dweebs show up, your filtering system is not working.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:15 PM (u82oZ)

66 I have a local report on today's supposed economic blackout day. I only had time to visit Walmart but they were remarkably busy, so maybe it's having less impact than the Marxists had hoped.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 30, 2026 08:15 PM (bXd6Z)

67 There are some plagiarism suits I can't believe they found for the plaintiff and a few where they found for the defendant. Specifically Led Zeppelin and Stairway to Heaven. Spirit got screwed.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:16 PM (cwGMH)

68 Update: Huh, was this a publicity stunt to sell Taiwanese ramen noodles?

I'm gonna guess that this is AI although, admittedly, I base that purely on the "HK AI Studio" logo in the top right.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 30, 2026 08:16 PM (ExV1e)

69 The most ridiculous case was the Marvin Gaye estate winning against Blurred Lines.

Absolutely preposterous verdict.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 30, 2026 08:17 PM (XV/Pl)

70 In my town there was no boycott of closing down. maybe some retarded coffee shops or whatever, but overall nada.

Posted by: Really?? at January 30, 2026 08:17 PM (PHOGh)

71 Must have driven past the Garden of the Gods on the way up to Pikes Peak though can't remember seeing a sign for it.

Posted by: Decaf at January 30, 2026 08:09 PM (Z8jzG)

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Have never heard of Garden of the Gods.

Was in Colorado Springs once for a job interview in the 90s and had a rental car. All I knew about it was the U.S. Air Force Academy was there -- so I went and visited it, most impressive.

I was extremely disappointed upon later learning that you can drive to the top (or near the top) of Pikes Peak! ARGGGGHHHHH! The inspiration for "America The Beautiful" and "amber waves of grain" and "purple mountain majesties
above the fruited plain!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 08:17 PM (0Eh0f)

72 They covered Muskrat Love twice.

Lord knows why.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:18 PM (cwGMH)

73 Pacifist gay Klingons? Sure. The Next Degeneration.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 08:18 PM (vFG9F)

74 Don't forget ICE Ice Baby and Queen.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 08:19 PM (zZu0s)

75 >74 Don't forget ICE Ice Baby and Queen.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 08:19 PM (zZu0s)

I recall that was more about using a sample riff without permission.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:20 PM (GTqXr)

76 Don't forget ICE Ice Baby and Queen.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 08:19 PM (zZu0s)

Don’t know why but I consider it a David Bowie song more.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:21 PM (cwGMH)

77 ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner?

You can climb Pike Peak. It's a long, tough slog.

Or take a tram to the top. Car is by far the easiest.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:21 PM (u82oZ)

78 There were only two reasons to watch that show.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:10 PM (GTqXr)

David Spade and Wendie Malik.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 30, 2026 08:22 PM (ai6/n)

79 ShainS

The road goes up to 5 feet below the top of Pikes Peak.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:22 PM (u82oZ)

80 there was also Vanilla Ice's faggy defense of the blatant robbery, claiming that since he'd tweaked one note at the end it didn't count.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 08:22 PM (gKWVE)

81 I was extremely disappointed upon later learning that you can drive to the top (or near the top) of Pikes Peak! ARGGGGHHHHH! The inspiration for "America The Beautiful" and "amber waves of grain" and "purple mountain majesties
above the fruited plain!"
Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 30, 2026 08:17 PM (0Eh0f)

Colorado, to me, is the heart of this country. It's the rugged, young, strong and beautiful uplift that represents all we aspire to be.

I'm not willing to give it over to the dirtbags and fairies from Californica.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 30, 2026 08:23 PM (rMtke)

82 David Spade and Wendie Malik.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 30, 2026 08:22 PM (ai6/n)

That was Rules of Engagement. My favorite sitcom.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:23 PM (cwGMH)

83 Blah Blah Blah.... the average temperature of the earf is maybe around 50 F or 18 C (my guess)...blah blah blah....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 30, 2026 07:43 PM (QGaXH)

Average Earth T is 15 C, or 59 degrees F
Posted by: Oldcat at January 30, 2026 07:47 PM (8avO+)
-----

Allow Dr Willie Soon to esplain earth's temperature variation and timeline.

https://tinyurl.com/bdz22y48

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 08:23 PM (rarFa)

84 You can climb Pike Peak. It's a long, tough slog.

Or take a tram to the top. Car is by far the easiest.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:21 PM (u82oZ)

People have driven over the edge.

Usually not on purpose.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 30, 2026 08:24 PM (rMtke)

85 "SRV's Voodoo Child is a better rendition than Hendrix's "

I disagree and have since the first time I heard Stevie's version, which is very good, but not better. I think the SRV is mechanically more perfect and Jimi's is more fluid. What's better? I dunno. I do know Jimi did it upside down and backwards.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 08:24 PM (vFG9F)

86 David Spade and Wendie Malik.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 30, 2026 08:22 PM (ai6/n)

Never mind I was thinking Wendie was different actress.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:24 PM (cwGMH)

87 What stabilizes the Volonaut air bike? Why doesn’t it just tip over? Unless, of course, it flies suspended from a crane.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 30, 2026 08:24 PM (H6cKs)

88 Why the heck would someone ride around on a Vortigaunt?

Posted by: Barney Calhoun at January 30, 2026 08:25 PM (r9uko)

89 The view from Pikes Peak, to the east, show lots of urban sprawl.

To the south, you can see Cheyenne Mountain. And west you look at lesser peaks. Longs Peak is to the north.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:25 PM (u82oZ)

90 I remember a time when Ace and Iowahawk had a shared solo.

Garrett tried to hide jealousy.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 30, 2026 08:25 PM (oT7pT)

91
ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner?
You can climb Pike Peak. It's a long, tough slog.
Or take a tram to the top. Car is by far the easiest.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I used to work with a guy that ran up, then back down, that trail once a week as long as snow wasn't on the ground at the bottom.

Same dude would try out for, and win a spot on the Vail ski patrol every year at 73 years old. Tougher than shoe leather.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 30, 2026 08:25 PM (QVmho)

92 BurtTC

The road up has a lot of curves.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:26 PM (u82oZ)

93 >>I'm not willing to give it over to the dirtbags and fairies from Californica.
Posted by: BurtTC
--

Don't look but I think they have taken it from you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 08:26 PM (rarFa)

94 How much of a coincidence that Spade starred in two sitcoms with actresses both named Wendi?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:26 PM (cwGMH)

95 BifBewalski-

My hat's off to that man. He is a role model to couch potatoes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:27 PM (u82oZ)

96 73 Pacifist gay Klingons? Sure. The Next Degeneration. - fd

Sounds like "Star Trek: the Last Generation".

Posted by: Paco at January 30, 2026 08:27 PM (2L+MU)

97 Depends - SRV's Voodoo Child is a better rendition than Hendrix's
——-

If a tune is perfectly good, then it probably doesn’t need covering though, which I think was her point.
——-

John Fogerty was sued for writing a tune that sounds a little bit like one of his other tunes.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 30, 2026 08:29 PM (VskgJ)

98

People have driven over the edge.
sually not on purpose.
Posted by: BurtTC

I miss the races to the top. Once they paved it all the way, it ruined the race. Now the bleeding heart assholes won't allow the race because it's 'dangerous'.

Check out Guy Martin's record breaking run.
https://youtu.be/PKR-L3_a7sk?si=BWi8lYeefeqx6ySe

Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 30, 2026 08:29 PM (QVmho)

99 For a good long while, "Something" by George Harrison was the most covered song in the world. Every singer did it.

Posted by: A Little Song, A Little Dance, A Little Seltzer Down Your Pants at January 30, 2026 08:29 PM (oftw2)

100 >I disagree and have since the first time I heard Stevie's version, which is very good, but not better. I think the SRV is mechanically more perfect and Jimi's is more fluid. What's better? I dunno. I do know Jimi did it upside down and backwards.
Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 08:24 PM (vFG9F)

That's a fair take. How about Long White Cadillac - Dwight's cover is better than the Blasters original.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:29 PM (GTqXr)

101 James T Kirk, father to an entire Star Sector.

Discuss.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 08:30 PM (u82oZ)

102 My car broke down at 4am in the Raton pass in winter. Slept in the car until sunrise. Most spectacular site to wake up to ever.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:31 PM (cwGMH)

103 https://tinyurl.com/yut8wevn

Is this just someone being blackpilled, or...?

Posted by: XTC at January 30, 2026 08:31 PM (6Uni8)

104 What an honor to have such distinguished visitors to our country! I am so glad that the board members of Penguin Facts chose the Chilean Adventure Tour from the slate of travel opportunities offered by the Pacific/Atlantic Charter Organization! Please, ladies and gentlemen, it would give me great pleasure to capture this moment for posterity by taking your picture. If you all will kindly line up in front of the paredón – er, heh, I mean to say, that wall over there – I will snap a picture, and this squad of soldiers – that is to say, this purely ceremonial honor guard – will fire their fusiles – loaded with mere blanks, I assure you, mis amigos! - by way of a salute.

Ready, now? Ok, say queso! Ah, qué bonitas sonrisas! Now I count to three...

Preparen, apunten, fuego!

Posted by: Paco at January 30, 2026 08:31 PM (2L+MU)

105 >If a tune is perfectly good, then it probably doesn’t need covering though, which I think was her point.
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I don't agree. A different arrangement can completely change a song - sometimes for the good and sometimes for the bad.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:33 PM (GTqXr)

106 That's a fair take. How about Long White Cadillac - Dwight's cover is better than the Blasters original.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:29 PM (GTqXr)

I like Dwight’s cover of Suspicious Minds better than Elvis’s cover of Suspicious Minds.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:33 PM (cwGMH)

107 You mean that when I cashed in my 401K to buy Carbon Credits from Dr. Al Gore I got scammed ???

I do not believe you because Professor Gore is an expert in Climate Change. He has a PHD in Meteorology from University of Arpitania which he got on the internet.

I have done my part to End Global Warming and what have you done ????

Posted by: Dweasel Clonbyd from Minniapplelos, Mn at January 30, 2026 08:34 PM (38587)

108 I not climb. Clumsy.
-Thog

Posted by: Eromero at January 30, 2026 08:34 PM (LHPAg)

109 The Volonaut Airbike is a nifty device.

But if you notice, it's two and a half minutes of edited and spliced video. How much fuel and how far do you think you can really get?

But I like it.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 30, 2026 08:35 PM (oT7pT)

110 ——-

John Fogerty was sued for writing a tune that sounds a little bit like one of his other tunes.
Posted by: Common Tater
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They all sound alike.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 08:36 PM (rarFa)

111 102 My car broke down at 4am in the Raton pass in winter. Slept in the car until sunrise. Most spectacular site to wake up to ever.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:31 PM
I pulled a 30 foot camper through the Raton Pass in winter and was not sleepy at all.

Posted by: Eromero at January 30, 2026 08:36 PM (LHPAg)

112 I have been living a long time with a broken bone, don't think I want a Airbike

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 08:37 PM (Ia/+0)

113 I don't agree. A different arrangement can completely change a song
——

Right, but “Give A Little Bit” is a perfectly good tune by itself. Can’t they just play that one? That was her point.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 30, 2026 08:37 PM (VskgJ)

114 >They all sound alike.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 08:36 PM (rarFa)

Better run through the jungle > old man down the road

Forgerty kinda mailed that in.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:38 PM (GTqXr)

115 If the motor dies on that thing you will have the glide path of a Fatboy. A loose connection, a faulty winding, a cold solder joint, you are going down like the proverbial rock.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 08:40 PM (vFG9F)

116 John Fogerty was sued for writing a tune that sounds a little bit like one of his other tunes.
Posted by: Common Tater
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They all sound alike.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 08:36

***

Cher has entered the conversation.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 30, 2026 08:40 PM (2WIwB)

117 Drove our motor home through Raton Pass a few times...

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 30, 2026 08:41 PM (VCgbV)

118 >Right, but “Give A Little Bit” is a perfectly good tune by itself. Can’t they just play that one? That was her point.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 30, 2026 08:37 PM (VskgJ)

I understand. Could have just as easily been a Muzak version for her listening pleasure.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:41 PM (GTqXr)

119 Volonaut bike looks like you're trying to hump a gas grill.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 30, 2026 07:59 PM (snZF9)

Some men just gotta level up

Posted by: The Toster at January 30, 2026 08:42 PM (rbvCR)

120 Jim Croce

Bad Bad Leroy Brown

You Don’t Mess Around with Jim

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:42 PM (cwGMH)

121 "How about Long White Cadillac - Dwight's cover is better than the Blasters original.
Posted by: Heavy Meta"

If you can't do the cover at least as well as the original then don't bother.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 08:43 PM (vFG9F)

122 A loose connection, a faulty winding, a cold solder joint, you are going down like the proverbial rock.
Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 08:40 PM (vFG9F)

That is the problem with personal air cars: ANY failure by pilot or mechanism is catastrophic.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 08:43 PM (zZu0s)

123 John Fogerty was sued for writing a tune that sounds a little bit like one of his other tunes.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 30, 2026 08:29 PM (VskgJ)

I saw Fogarty give an interview on that - CCR had a nasty breakup about royalties and rights and everything went into court. Fogarty wanted to go on solo, and his former friends sued to stop him. He told how the Judge told him he could, but he should make sure and sound different (or something)
Fogarty said he asked the judge, “I was the lead voice and I wrote all the songs. How am I supposed to not sound like myself?”

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 30, 2026 08:45 PM (ai6/n)

124 All future flying cars should be equipped with a parachute.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:45 PM (cwGMH)

125 >122 A loose connection, a faulty winding, a cold solder joint, you are going down like the proverbial rock.
Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 08:40 PM (vFG9F)

That is the problem with personal air cars: ANY failure by pilot or mechanism is catastrophic.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 08:43 PM (zZu0s)

I feel cheated. I was promised flying cars since I was a kid. Hell, I expected to be living like George Jetson by now.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 30, 2026 08:45 PM (GTqXr)

126 I understand. Could have just as easily been a Muzak version for her listening pleasure.
——

LOL. No, you obviously do not

Posted by: Common Tater at January 30, 2026 08:46 PM (VskgJ)

127 >The Volonaut airbike, which the company claims is real, and not just a prop being moved around by a rope dangling from a crane which is digitally removed with CGI. The cost of the airbike, if it's real, will be $880,000, when it's ready for sale, if ever.
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Betting it's CGI.

Nothing that small will sound like a jet engine unless it's got a whopping big ass gas tank. And it ain't got one.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 30, 2026 08:47 PM (jtM2q)

128 I disagree and have since the first time I heard Stevie's version, which is very good, but not better. I think the SRV is mechanically more perfect and Jimi's is more fluid. What's better? I dunno. I do know Jimi did it upside down and backwards.
Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 08:24 PM (vFG9F)

Not Voodoo Child but just sayin'.

https://youtu.be/6Bj5szpvDM8

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 30, 2026 08:49 PM (ExV1e)

129 It gives me great joy to the the Climate Cult falling apart. Oh there’s plenty of True Believers who will go to their grave swearing their faithfulness; but all the money is being sucked out of propping it up. It’s failed.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 30, 2026 08:49 PM (ai6/n)

130 The Rocketeer’s backpack sounded like that airbike, but I knew the Rocketeer was flying on pure fantasy.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 30, 2026 08:51 PM (H6cKs)

131 I remember the Sears Pike's Peak Hill Climb slot car set from 1964. Cost $19.99. A lot of money then.

Too expensive for us but it looked great in the Christmas catalog.

Posted by: Joemarine at January 30, 2026 08:51 PM (y171U)

132 I'm such a f'n schmuck. Went and had my taxes done instead of opening a daycare. FML.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2026 08:52 PM (qw6Uy)

133 "Not Voodoo Child but just sayin'."

SRV was a master. What a loss.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 08:52 PM (vFG9F)

134 The Rocketeer’s backpack sounded like that airbike, but I knew the Rocketeer was flying on pure fantasy.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 30, 2026 08:51 PM (H6cKs)

And Jennifer Connelly's rack.

And designed by Howard Hughes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 30, 2026 08:53 PM (zZu0s)

135 I always liked Hendryx’s “Little Wing”, sometimes people complain that the tune ends way too early, but I think that was part of the idea.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 30, 2026 08:55 PM (VskgJ)

136 Cam Higby 🇺🇸
@camhigby
23h
🚨 Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson makes clear that her city doesn’t need a Signal chats. Instead she’s going to mobilize the actual police force to do what Signal networks do in Minneapolis.

She will even have the SPD relay intel gathered on federal agents to “community partners” and ban usage of city property by agents.

Katie is a former professional protestor. She’s manipulating her office as mayor of one of the most powerful cities in the country to aid and abet domestic terrorists today, and resist the federal government.

https://tinyurl.com/4mvw38yj

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 08:56 PM (rarFa)

137 >>>All future flying cars should be equipped with a parachute.

Posted by: Opinion fact

>Gravitation, photon/light and time technology will propel us forward into the future. If you're looking for action - reaction propulsion.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 30, 2026 08:57 PM (oT7pT)

138 John Fogerty was sued for writing a tune that sounds a little bit like one of his other tunes.
Posted by: Common Tater
---

They all sound alike.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 30, 2026 08:36

Choppers in Vietnam.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 30, 2026 08:58 PM (RiE77)

139 There is no way having large cities being run by whack jobs that doesn’t end in utter failure. No chance.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 30, 2026 08:58 PM (VskgJ)

140 124 All future flying cars should be equipped with a parachute.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 30, 2026 08:45 PM (cwGMH)

You put your finger on a fatal problem for tech like that (literally): too high up in the air for a sudden fall to be survivable; too close to the ground for a parachute to work.

Related somewhat - a well known wing suit flyer was killed a few days ago jumping in the alps. All it takes is a slight miscalculation.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 30, 2026 08:59 PM (ai6/n)

141 I generally don't like Fogerty, but I do like "The Old Man Down the Road".

Posted by: XTC at January 30, 2026 08:59 PM (6Uni8)

142
NASA had to postpone the wet dress rehearsal for Artemis II due to cold weather after all. This will push earliest launch date to Feb 8 from Feb 6.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 30, 2026 09:00 PM (w6EFb)

143 I showed Pooky the "man of the house" bit because I thought he might relate. He said, "I don't even know why *I'm* here, and I live here!"

Posted by: pookysgirl, trying to keep crackers down at January 30, 2026 09:01 PM (Wt5PA)

144 "sometimes people complain that the tune ends way too early, but I think that was part of the idea.
Posted by: Common Tater"

A lot of songs go on way too long. Keep it short and keep 'em wanting more.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 09:02 PM (vFG9F)

145 NASA had to postpone the wet dress rehearsal for Artemis II due to cold weather after all. This will push earliest launch date to Feb 8 from Feb 6.
Posted by: publius
------

Viton...I knew it, I knew it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 30, 2026 09:03 PM (XeU6L)

146 I liked “Put Me In Coach”, or whatever it’s called. He needed a hit from a financial perspective. That helped a lot, I guess.

Reading his autobiography, he really got hosed financially speaking. The band was about as big as the Beatles or Stones in the early 70s.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 30, 2026 09:03 PM (VskgJ)

147 None of these liberal pestholes should receive a fucking dime.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 30, 2026 09:03 PM (RiE77)

148 There is no way having large cities being run by whack jobs that doesn’t end in utter failure. No chance.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 30, 2026 08:58 PM (VskgJ)
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It's a minor miracle some cities have survived as long as they have.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 30, 2026 09:05 PM (ESVrU)

149 A lot of songs go on way too long. Keep it short and keep 'em wanting more.
Posted by: fd
---------

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: MacArthur Park at January 30, 2026 09:05 PM (XeU6L)

150 There is no way having large cities being run by whack jobs that doesn’t end in utter failure. No chance.
Posted by: Common Tater
------

Or small cities.

Posted by: MacArthur Park at January 30, 2026 09:06 PM (XeU6L)

151 re Artemis Deuce.

Imagine, if you will, that the British Navy had been working on one wooden sailboat that they were going to use to sail to Labrador in the winter. It was a leaky piece of crap that existed only because the King had a contract with London to supply it with wood (and not good wood).
But meanwhile the shipyards in Bristol and Liverpool were designing ironclads supplied from the ironworks up and down Staffordshire.
The Navy would be fools to be investing so much in this one stupid boat with decades-obsolete tech and inferior material.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 09:08 PM (gKWVE)

152 Good evening, all!

Posted by: Piper at January 30, 2026 09:09 PM (Q9G/L)

153 Good evening Piper!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 30, 2026 09:10 PM (Cjt/F)

154 Piper

Good evening, Piper.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 09:11 PM (u82oZ)

155 Congress should confiscate NASA's rum and Trump should give everyone involved in Artemis the lash.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 09:11 PM (gKWVE)

156 151 ... good analogy, and yet here we (taxpayers) are ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 30, 2026 09:12 PM (Cjt/F)

157 That is the problem with personal air cars: ANY failure by pilot or mechanism is catastrophic.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I know, right?
Zombie Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach shut up I know what I am doing

Posted by: Tonypete at January 30, 2026 09:12 PM (cYBz/)

158 gKWVE

The graft of the lowest bidder and not keeping up with the manufacturing anomalies.

Gref says the main guy in charge of the craft is excellent. But he was brought in too late.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 09:12 PM (u82oZ)

159 A lot of songs go on way too long. Keep it short and keep 'em wanting more.
Posted by: fd

What are you talking about?

-- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly

Posted by: Tonypete at January 30, 2026 09:14 PM (cYBz/)

160 Did you know that 90% of classical music was stealing another composer’s music and altering it just enough to avoid ridicule?

Posted by: epador at January 30, 2026 09:17 PM (TRnzq)

161 None of these liberal pestholes should receive a fucking dime.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 30, 2026 09:03 PM (RiE77)

Any money spent should be on MOABs.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 30, 2026 09:18 PM (snZF9)

162 "What are you talking about?

-- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
Posted by: Tonypete"

That is not one of those songs. The ones with 30 "baby"s at the end, or the long fade out with the refrain 100 times over.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 09:18 PM (vFG9F)

163 >That is not one of those songs. The ones with 30 "baby"s at the end, or the long fade out with the refrain 100 times over.
Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 09:18 PM (vFG9F)

I'm right here.

Posted by: Hey Jude at January 30, 2026 09:19 PM (GTqXr)

164 Katie is a former professional protestor. She’s manipulating her office as mayor of one of the most powerful cities in the country to aid and abet domestic terrorists today, and resist the federal government.

https://tinyurl.com/4mvw38yj
Posted by: Braenyard

She's received her orders. Time to create a new pressure point. I'm sure Gubner lil Bobby Ferguson has been whispering in her ear. Seattle will be different. The entire I5 corridor, from Eugene to Bellingham, is Antifa territory.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 30, 2026 09:20 PM (uaYsl)

165
HeyJude, I am ready to strangle you by the end.

Posted by: fd at January 30, 2026 09:21 PM (vFG9F)

166 Since it's in the news, a few things we need to know about IRAN:

1. So far away.
2. All night and day.
3. I couldn't get away.

Posted by: The Toster at January 30, 2026 09:24 PM (rbvCR)

167 So Seattle is now a City State separated from the County.
Hope every cent of the Federal funds are cut off

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 09:26 PM (Ia/+0)

168 And the Seattle militia is ready to get attacked, sea and land

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 09:28 PM (Ia/+0)

169 >>>HeyJude, I am ready to strangle you by the end.

Posted by: fd

>When I heard McCartney and Obama singing that at a White House soiree, I could have sworn the JEF was singing 'Hey Joo.'

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 30, 2026 09:28 PM (oT7pT)

170 If they want their own country with open borders, we should give them California.

Posted by: Piper at January 30, 2026 09:29 PM (OoFl2)

171 156 151 ... good analogy, and yet here we (taxpayers) are ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

That's where the sodomy comes in.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 30, 2026 09:31 PM (gKWVE)

172 Gwen Walz supposedly filed for divorce from Tim Walz yesterday.

Whoops.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2026 09:34 PM (qw6Uy)

173 alas, too true ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 30, 2026 09:35 PM (Cjt/F)

174 Gwen Walz supposedly filed for divorce from Tim Walz yesterday."

She's tired?

/

Posted by: man at January 30, 2026 09:35 PM (XuXeR)

175 This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: MacArthur Park"

Sure.

/ELP live

Posted by: man at January 30, 2026 09:36 PM (XuXeR)

176 Spirit got screwed.
Posted by: Opinion fact

It's just nature's way of telling you something's wrong in song. Taurus (is that the instumental's name) came out in '68? Stairway was 1971 yet Randy California never said squeak about it - it was his family who sued after he died. Taurus is a nice instrumental. Stairway to Heaven may be the greatest rock song ever written and is so much more than the Taurus-inspired intro, such as that guitar solo (my 2nd favorite behind one recorded by FOTB Buck Dharma), and the tour-de-force the solo ends at. At least RC could've used Stairway to bring some attention to Spirit but didn't. I may be the only one here who has 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus. Not feeling bad for Spirit.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 30, 2026 09:38 PM (KAi1n)

177 She’s tired: it’s twue, it’s twue!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 30, 2026 09:39 PM (H6cKs)

178 Nate Bargatze is easily the funniest comic I have ever experienced. His delivery is so unusual, and clever, and simply funny.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 30, 2026 09:40 PM (0aYVJ)

179 🚨 Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson makes clear that her city doesn’t need a Signal chats. Instead she’s going to mobilize the actual police force to do what Signal networks do in Minneapolis.

She will even have the SPD relay intel gathered on federal agents to “community partners” and ban usage of city property by agents.

Katie is a former professional protestor. She’s manipulating her office as mayor of one of the most powerful cities in the country to aid and abet domestic terrorists today, and resist the federal government.

https://tinyurl.com/4mvw38yj
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

If/when the insurrection act is invoked it will be less than five minutes before the political leadership is Maduro'd or get OBL, their choice... Then silence.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 30, 2026 09:40 PM (/lPRQ)

180 "Gwen Walz supposedly filed for divorce from Tim Walz yesterday."

Turning the page?

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 30, 2026 09:45 PM (KAi1n)

181 180 "Gwen Walz supposedly filed for divorce from Tim Walz yesterday."

Turning the page?
Posted by: Dark Litigator

Preserving assets.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 30, 2026 09:46 PM (IhIKR)

182 Way past my bedtime
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 30, 2026 09:46 PM (Ia/+0)

183 "Gwen Walz supposedly filed for divorce from Tim Walz yesterday."

Turning the page?
Posted by: Dark Litigator

Preserving assets.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Probably distancing herself and turning states evidence.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2026 09:49 PM (qw6Uy)

184 > If/when the insurrection act is invoked it will be less than five minutes before the political leadership is Maduro'd or get OBL, their choice... Then silence.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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The administration seems very reluctant to invoke the Insurrection Act. No clue why... but I figure it's a purely political one.

I think all they really want is compliance at the minimal level. That's more or less what Homan wanted/offered to Minneapolis... minimal compliance with federal law. And all that is is just telling the feds where and when the city or state is releasing the illegals.

Note... they're still just releasing the illegals into the landscape.

The feds are not even trying to get the sanctuary enclaves to follow the letter of the law other than this.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 30, 2026 09:50 PM (jtM2q)

185 I may be the only one here who has 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus. Not feeling bad for Spirit.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 30, 2026 09:38 PM (KAi1n)

I don’t have it, but I have listened to it! That’s a great obscure album; there’s more pure musical creativity in that album than in the sum total of every piece of music recorded over the last 26 years.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 30, 2026 09:50 PM (ai6/n)

186 Seattle will be different. The entire I5 corridor, from Eugene to Bellingham, is Antifa territory.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 30, 2026 09:20

Is there a bag limit or are they considered pests?

Posted by: RI Red at January 30, 2026 09:52 PM (UqAH7)

187 176 It's just nature's way of telling you something's wrong in song. Taurus (is that the instumental's name) came out in '68? Stairway was 1971 yet Randy California never said squeak about it - it was his family who sued after he died. Taurus is a nice instrumental. Stairway to Heaven may be the greatest rock song ever written and is so much more than the Taurus-inspired intro, such as that guitar solo (my 2nd favorite behind one recorded by FOTB Buck Dharma), and the tour-de-force the solo ends at. At least RC could've used Stairway to bring some attention to Spirit but didn't. I may be the only one here who has 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus. Not feeling bad for Spirit.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 30, 2026 09:38 PM (KAi1n)

Yep. Stairway is much more than the Taurus sounding melody. It's three songs in one. Wistful acoustic guitar intro, mid tempo 12 string with electric piano, blazing full hard rock ending.

Posted by: Joemarine at January 30, 2026 09:55 PM (y171U)

188
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The administration seems very reluctant to invoke the Insurrection Act. No clue why... but I figure it's a purely political one.”

I understand why - Trump does not believe it benefits him or the MAGA movement to push this into total confrontation, especially since that’s what the left wants.

I suspect he’s right.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 30, 2026 09:56 PM (ai6/n)

189 Is there a bag limit or are they considered pests?
Posted by: RI Red

Deputize the Proud Boys.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 30, 2026 09:58 PM (uaYsl)

190 Gwen Walz can't testify. Spousal immunity.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 10:01 PM (u82oZ)

191 ONT

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 30, 2026 10:02 PM (u82oZ)

192 Remember the adage about making even the wrong people do the right thing.

He may well have to invoke the Insurrection Act. But he has to exhaust the legal remedies. Americans want the system to work as advertised.

The problem is a bunch of saboteurs are embedded like ticks at local, state, and federal levels determined to fuck everything up. That needs fixed. He is giving them the opportunity to do the right thing. They are exposing themselves plainly for everyone to see.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 30, 2026 10:06 PM (sD+rY)

193 ONT up

Posted by: rickb223 at January 30, 2026 10:07 PM (qw6Uy)

194 I love Nate Bargatze!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 30, 2026 10:08 PM (WONhk)

195 If Gwen Walz goes through with a divorce then she can be compelled to testify against her former husband.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 30, 2026 10:41 PM (H6cKs)

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